The City of Kearney offices will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Offices will reopen on Monday, November 30.

The Kearney Public Library & Information Center will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, and will reopen on Saturday, November 28, at 9:00 a.m.

Sanitation crews will be collecting garbage in the main business districts on Saturday and residential collections for Thursday and Friday will be collected on Friday.

The Kearney Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill will be closed on Thursday and Friday and will reopen on Saturday for waste until 2:00 p.m. and yard waste until 5:00 p.m.

The City of Kearney Sanitation Division announces that due to the upcoming Thanksgiving Day Holiday, Thursday, November 26, 2009, the following changes will be in effect for the Kearney Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill and the refuse collection system:

• Commercial businesses normally having garbage collection service on Thursday will be collected on Wednesday, November 25. Only those businesses in the main business districts of the City will have their garbage collected on Saturday, November 28.

• Residential refuse normally collected on Thursday and Friday will be collected on Friday, November 27.

• Residential curbside recycling normally collected on the 4th Thursday and 4th Friday will be collected on Friday, November 27.

• The Kearney Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill and Compost and Tree Site will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27. It will reopen on Saturday, November 28.

Kearney Public Library now offers seven additional years of historic Kearney Hub newspapers in an online digital format. Two previous installments of the Reference Services project offered digitized Hubs from 1889-1922. This newest addition extends the collection to December 1929. All 40 years of these digitized newspapers are searchable by keyword or date, making them a valuable source for obituaries, news articles, ads, and more.

The newspapers are available from anywhere with an internet connection by accessing the Library’s website at www.kearneylib.org, clicking on Reference, then on Historic Kearney Hub Newspapers Online. No library card or password is needed.

This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Nebraska Library Commission. These funds augment local support for library services and are used to increase access to electronic information resources.

The Kearney Police Department has been awarded a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety for the “Click It or Ticket” enforcement wave. This selective enforcement will be conducted from November 23-27, 2009. Officers will be out in force, cracking down on drivers who fail to buckle up and fail to buckle up children. A pre-wave survey conducted during the week of November 2-9 by the Kearney Police Department found that on average only 47% of drivers buckle up while operating their vehicles.

As always, the Kearney Police Department is requesting that you wear your seat belt and buckle up children as required by Nebraska State Law. This campaign will run through the Thanksgiving holiday in response to the high number of vehicles traveling for the holiday weekend.

Kearney Public Library now offers seven additional years of historic Kearney Hub newspapers in an online digital format. Two previous installments of the Reference Services project offered digitized Hubs from 1889-1922. This newest addition extends the collection to December 1929. All 40 years of these digitized newspapers are searchable by keyword or date, making them a valuable source for obituaries, news articles, ads, and more.

The newspapers are available from anywhere with an internet connection by accessing the Library’s website at www.kearneylib.org, clicking on Reference, then on Historic Kearney Hub Newspapers Online. No library card or password is needed.

This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Nebraska Library Commission. These funds augment local support for library services and are used to increase access to electronic information resources.

The Kearney Park and Recreation Department is currently accepting registration for Hoop Camp, designed for 3rd grade girls and boys. Players will be introduced to the game of basketball by participating in a variety of creative drills, games, and contests.

The camp will be held at Horizon Middle School, on Saturdays, from 12:15 - 1:30 p.m., December 5 thru January 23. Practice will not be held on December 21 and 28. All participants will receive a Hoop Camp t-shirt. The Camp is lead by experienced Kearney Park and Recreation staff. The cost is $21. Please call (308) 237-4644 for more information.

The Kearney Police Department has been awarded a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety for the “Click It or Ticket” enforcement wave. This selective enforcement will be conducted from November 23-27, 2009. Officers will be out in force, cracking down on drivers who fail to buckle up and fail to buckle up children. A pre-wave survey conducted during the week of November 2-9 by the Kearney Police Department found that on average only 47% of drivers buckle up while operating their vehicles.

As always, the Kearney Police Department is requesting that you wear your seat belt and buckle up children as required by Nebraska State Law. This campaign will run through the Thanksgiving holiday in response to the high number of vehicles traveling for the holiday weekend.

The City of Kearney Sanitation Division announces that residents may now receive electronic notification of Press Releases involving Sanitation, Recycling, Yard Waste, and Landfill information. This will help inform citizens of scheduled changes due to Holidays and will provide other pertinent information.

To subscribe to this service, go to the City of Kearney’s web site at www.cityofkearney.org, click on the “Notify Me” tab and select the desired notification(s).