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The Beatrice City Council will hear an update on the proposed one-half percent sales tax increase. The Council voted Feb. 3 to add the sales tax increase to the upcoming May 13 election ballot.
The Council estimates an additional $666,000 would be generated annually from the tax increase and the funds would be used for city street projects.
The Council will also review plans and specification of the proposed Beatrice City Hall remodeling.
The remodeling plans focus on increased access and safety in and around the building. The building currently does not meet fire or building code requirements.
The City Hall structure currently lacks a sprinkler system, handrails on multiple staircases and emergency exits in the basement. The total cost of the renovation is estimated at $175,000.
The Council will discuss the expenditure of funds to the Omaha-based Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center to restore three historic plaques in relation to the Carnegie Building, located at 106 N. 6th Street.
The city will also discuss entering into an agreement with Carnegie Centers, Inc., regarding reimbursement to the city for the restoration of the plaques.
Mondays meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Beatrice Public Schools administration building.
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WAGA's coverage of the 1973 storm shows ice-covered trees on power lines; much of Atlanta was in the dark for a week.
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Atlanta (CNN) -- All through the night, limbs fell and transformers blew. Each sent a sharp crack that echoed across the neighborhood.
When dawn broke, we could see the culprit -- and the damage: Pines in the park across the street stood naked like telephone poles, stripped of their branches under the weight of ice.
Elsewhere, whole trees were felled. And across the city, the power was out, overhead lines brought down by ice, trees and boughs.
The city in a forest was in the dark. And so were we.
I was 12 when that happened -- in 1973 -- and I spent much of Wednesday waiting for another "storm of the century" to hit Atlanta.
Snow, sleet and ice pummeled the Southeast, and hundreds of thousands lost power. But it was nothing like the ice storm that walloped the city 41 years ago and plunged the Capital of the New South into seven days of survival.
This time, fortunately, most of the area dodged the bullet. That's not to say the storm didn't take a toll. At least two people's deaths were attributed to the weather, and others experienced close calls. But it could have been so much worse.
This is the storm that forecasters feared: trees laden with ice bringing a city of 6 million to its knees for a week.
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WATERLOO | It's a good time to be selling home heaters and insulation.
Another dose of snow and frigid temperatures may have hurt attendance at the Eastern Iowa Home and Landscaping Show on Saturday in the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. But Eric Weber was keeping warm in front of a row of toasty fireplaces at the Fireplace Creations booth.
"It seems like (attendance) is down a little bit," Weber said. "I don't know if that's due to the weather or something else. It's been steady though."
In the next booth, Dennis Kayser also said the unusually cold winter wasn't hurting his business, Arctic Seal Urethane Insulation Systems of Jesup.
"The colder it gets the more business we do," said Kayser, who insulates quite a few exterior home foundations to keep out the cold. "It warms the basement up so the pipes don't freeze and the wind doesn't blow through it."
About 175 vendors focused on home construction, remodeling, landscaping and related businesses filled the convention center for the annual event, which started Friday and concludes today.
"It was a little slow (Saturday) morning because of the weather," said Barbara Miller, of Iowa Show Productions Inc. "It's picked up this afternoon."
Vendors weren't the only attraction.
DIY Network star Paul Ryan, also known as "The Kitchen Magician," held seminars providing tips on home remodeling projects from hanging drywall to plumbing and tiling.
"Let's talk about the bane of my existence," Ryan told the crowd. "Plumping can be one of the most frustrating things you can do or one of the most rewarding if it's done right."
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NEW ULM - Are you an artist or creative type with a need for additional space? If your answer is yes, New Ulm has the perfect place for you. The historic Grand Hotel at 210 N. Minnesota St. hosted a grand opening Friday night to show off its renovation. Renamed as the Grand Center for Arts and Culture (GCAC), it will now serve as studio space for local artists.
Open house guests were given a guided tour of the various studio spaces created from old hotel rooms, along with a history lesson about the building which covered topics such its use as a hospital during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. The process of converting the GCAC into an arts center was nearly three years in the making and required substantial fundraising. A portion of the reconstruction was funded through historical grants. To receive grants, the building needed to meet certain criteria. As one tour guide put it, "You can't just replace every window."
Building architect Andy Engan was present during the open house and explained that fixing the floors was a huge challenge. According to Engan, both the second and third-floor boards were beginning to sag. Engan compared the floor to walking on a diving board. While floor repairs were necessary to qualify for historic grants, the replacement floor needed to resemble the original. In addition, all door frames to the studio are originals, including the transoms. In fact, to preserve the historic look of the building, the building features a couple of doors that go nowhere. Those doors and door frames simply serve as a reminder of the building's past.
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Anne Makepeace, instrumental in the renovation and a descendant of the man who built the hotel, tours the basement, which she hopes will some day house a ceramics studio.
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Many of the old hotel rooms at the Grand Center for Arts and Culture have been converted into studio spaces for local artists.
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Local artist Jenny Fitzen makes herself at home in one of the The Grand studio spaces.
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Twenty children, including five infants, were evacuated from a daycare Monday after smoke started filling the building.
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SALT LAKE CITY Twenty children, including five infants, were evacuated from a day care Monday after smoke started to fill the building.
Just before 1 p.m., smoke was reported at 1760 S. 1100 East, which houses five to six businesses, said Salt Lake City fire spokesman Jasen Asay. By the time fire crews arrived, many of the businesses, including the day care, were already in the process of evacuating.
The children were moved to a nearby vacant business to stay warm. No injuries were reported.
The smoke, Asay said, was coming from the basement area where the day care was located. Initially, crews believed it was a small fire in either a wall or a crawl space.
After more than an hour of investigating, crews determined the smoke was being produced by a faulty furnace, Asay said.
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