There will be a recount in the race for Box Butte County Commissioner.

County Clerk Judy Messersmith says the canvassing board will meet Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 9 a.m.

Following Thursday’s counting of provisional and absentee ballots, Doug Hashman of Berea led Marv Toedtli of Alliance by 20 votes.   She says the automatic recount will take place because the margin of difference between Hashman and Toedtli is less than 1 percent.

Messersmith says the recount will cost the county roughly $200.

The race for third place in the Alliance School  Board is now official.

Messersmith says between the Box Butte County vote and the votes counted in Morrill and Sheridan Counties from voters who have property in the Alliance School District, Deb Grothen-Wegehoft defeated incumbent Troy Schnell by 69 votes.

Grothen-Wegehoft will officially become a member of the school board on January 7.

The City of Alliance Activity Report for Friday, Nov. 9

The City of Alliance is offering a payment option for Sky View Golf Course annual memberships in an effort to encourage the use of our municipal golf course.  City of Alliance utility customers can enroll in a payment program which will add monthly payments to the participant’s utility bill, which will ensure payment in full by the beginning of the 2013 golfing season.  Individuals interested in participating in the program simply need to complete the enrollment form at the Utility Office located at 324 Laramie.  For more information regarding the payment program, please call Shana Brown at 762-2384.

The undecorated trees and wreaths for the 17th Annual Tree and Wreath Festival which will be held December 1-8 have arrived and are ready to be picked up. The Knight Museum and Sandhills Center has both trees and wreaths available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the Sallows Military Museum will have wreaths available daily from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  For more information regarding the festival, please call 762-2384.

The Sallows Military Museum Allies will be holding their quarterly meeting on Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sallows Military Museum.  Anyone wishing to join is welcome to attend.

The City of Alliance will continue collecting yard waste through Wednesday, November 21.  If your yard waste container is full prior to regular refuse collection days, you may take your yard waste to the landfill at no charge.  Leaves should be placed in the yard waste containers and not raked into the street.  Please contact the Streets and Sanitation Department at 762-1907 for more information.

Box Butte Avenue from 3rd to 10th Streets will be closed on Saturday, November 10  from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during the Veterans Day Parade.

The Knight Museum and Sandhills Center would like to encourage anyone who participated in the “Adopt a Civil War Hero” project to please turn your research material in as soon as possible.  If you haven’t adopted a soldier and would like to, there are still 33 soldiers to be adopted, researched and honored with their stories.  Please contact the museum at 762-2384 for more information.

The City of Alliance would like to invite you to serve your community by serving on one of our many boards.  There are currently vacancies on the Board of Adjustment, A-1 and A-2 Downtown Improvement Boards, Park and Tree Board, and Economic Development Plan Citizen Advisory Board.  Anyone interested in serving on these boards should contact the City Clerk’s office.  Information on all of the City Boards is also available on our web site atwww.cityofalliance.net.

City of Alliance Utility customers are now able to register to receive their bills online instead of receiving a paper copy if they wish.  As a convenience, utility customers may also make payments online at www.cityofalliance.net by clicking the “On-Line Bills” button or by calling Payment Service Network at 1-877-885-7968 using their credit or debit cards for a small fee. Customers wishing to utilize the online statement viewing service only may do so at no charge.  Please call the Utility Office at 762-5075 for more information.

 The use of motorized golf carts will not be allowed at Sky View Golf Course for the remainder of the winter effective Monday, November 12.  Push carts are available for use at the clubhouse.

1995 Alliance High School Graduate Amy (Childers) Soden, 36, is awaiting a crucial, life-saving liver transplant. Even so, Amy maintains her smile and sunny disposition.

Amy, the daughter of Jim and Kris Childers and Barbara Langley, was born in Sidney, as were her parents, Jim and Barbara. Amy attended grade school at Lorenzo and Alliance, subsequently graduating from Alliance High School and Chadron State College.

Amy currently lives in Omaha with her husband, Brandon, and their 5-year-old twin sons.

As early as age 15, Amy suffered the effects of an auto immune liver disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). Over the years, Amy has endured seventeen surgeries (and counting).

Amy’s impending liver transplant will include replacement of her bile duct system, where atypical cells have been detected. It’s literally a race against the clock to rid Amy of the atypical cells before they develop into biliary cancer. Amy’s transplant will take place at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where she will receive a partial liver from a living donor.

To help offset transplant-related expenses outside of insurance coverage (estimated between $50,000 to $80,000), for Amy and her donor, a benefit will be held: November 12th, 6pm at the West Side Event Center, Alliance NE

Community members will gather at the Chadron State College Centennial Flag Plaza on Monday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. to honor the nation’s veterans.

The Veterans Day ceremony will include the raising and lowering of the United States flag to half-staff. The Prisoner of War-Missing in Action flag also will fly over the plaza.

A battle cross ceremony also is part of the event. The battlefield cross, often created from artifacts such as a soldier’s rifle and helmet, pays symbolic tribute to those who die in battle.

First Lt. Franklin Annis, CSC assistant professor of military science, will speak about the important role of veterans in society.

Following the ceremony, refreshments will be served at the Chicoine Atrium of the Sandoz Center, where a “missing man” table will honor those missing in action.

Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11, is a federal holiday that originated from Armistice Day, the annual occasion created to honor the veterans who fought and died in World War I. Since 1954 it has been known as Veterans Day to honor all armed service veterans.

The event at CSC is open to the public free of charge. Sponsors are CSC, the Nebraska Army National Guard, the CSC Army ROTC program, the Sandoz Center, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 12 and the CSC Rifle and Quill Foundation.

More information about the service may be obtained by contacting Annis at 308-432-6027 or[email protected].