Box Butte General Hospital’s first ever Alliance Grime Time Adventure Race will take place Saturday, October 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) – A hearing for a Hemingford woman suspected of helping to hide the body of a Denver man in Dawes County has been delayed.

20-year-old Rose Siefke will wait until Oct. 17 to challenge the case against her.

Following a preliminary hearing on July 17, Box Butte County Court Judge Russ Harford ruled that the prosecution had presented enough evidence to have Seifke bound over to district court to stand trail.

However, Seifke’s attorney, Larry Miller, has filed a plea in abatement with the district court, requesting district court judge Travis O’Gorman review the county court hearing transcripts and determine whether or not the case should be dismissed, or be bound over.

The District Court is still waiting for specific transcriptions from the county county preliminary hearing before the case can proceed.

Prosecutors say Siefke helped her boyfriend, Andy Gonzalez, hide the body of Joshua Bullock.

Gonzalez was killed on June 12 after a daylong standoff with police in downtown Alliance where he wounded three officers.

Investigators believe she helped Andy Gonzalez hide Bullock’s death. Bullock’s pickup was found near Chadron in December.  Bullock’s remains were found in June.

Seifke remains free on bond.

A 1993 Ford ambulance that used to belong to the Crawford VFD is on its way south of the border, thanks to the Scottsbluff/Gering Rotary Club and its sister club in Fortin, Mexico.

The Mexican club will present the ambulance, which includes a new Jaws of Life unit to the city of Tuxtepec, Mexico, in the state of Oaxaca.

Despite Tuxtepec having 300,000 residents and 5 surrounding communities with another 25,000…it doesn’t have a single ambulance or personnel extractor.

The former Crawford ambulance was completely reconditioned by Floyd’s Truck Center in Scottsbluff, while a number of area fire departments…including Crawford…filled it with 30 sets of firefigher safety gear, a new “jaws of life” and even a used electric dental chair.

Scottsbluff/Gering Rotary Club committee chairman Joe Schon says the cost of the project…including transportation to Mexico…is about $11,000 but would be much higher except for volunteer time and effort expended in both contries.

The Panhandle club has now sent its sister club three ambulances, a fire truck, another extractor unit and dozens of sets of firefighter gear. Club president Dan Carter says stories have come back about lives already being saved because of the earlier gifts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Symposium runs today from 9 till 5 at at Chadron State College with morning sessions in the Student Center and afternoon sessions in the Sandoz Center.

This year’s Symposium focus is on theme’s found in two of the author’s books: Cheyenne Autumn and Hostiles and Friendlies.

The first session at 9:00 is by retired college professor Dr Norma Wilson on Native America storytellers, followed at 10:30 by 6 discussion round tables on the two focus books.

The Sandoz Society award luncheon is at 11:45, a book signing is planned for 1:00, and the first of 3 afternoon sessions starts at 1:30 as Dr Kim Lee talks about why Mari Sandoz felt it was important to explain the two Sitting Bulls.

At 3:00, Nebraska State Capitol researcher Jamison Wyatt will talk about the relationship between Mari Sandoz, the city of Lincoln, and the state Capitol.

The final presentation is at 3:45, when Fort Douglas Museum curator Ephriam Dickson tells the story of internal politics within the Oglala nation during the Great Sioux War.

The Sandoz Society Symposium comes during the first month of the 10th anniversary of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center…a longtime priority of the Society.

Center Director Sarah Polack is pleased to be hosting the Symposium during the Center’s 10th anniversary, although there’s no special celebration.

She says the 10th year of operation has brought a greater emphasis on academics through CSC and some changes in the center itself.

One new item is a display case that’s changed each month to highlight or reflect some timely local issue, activity, or fact…such as the start of school or the Museum of the Fur Trade.

Polack says visitors over the next year will see continuing changes as some of the multi-media aspects of the center are revamped and the CF Coffee Gallery…which tells the story of the cattle industry in this area…continues to evolve.

Admission to the Sandoz Center is free, but donations are welcomed. Its hours are 8-12 and 1-44 Monday-Friday and 9-12 and 1-4 on Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays.

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