County Farmers SCS ASC Solve Gullies Problem
Five miles north and one fourth mile east of Shelby, Clifford Sullivan Jerome Scholz and Polk County road department solved a 20 foot gully issue. The SCS designed a diversion and drop inlet in the county ditch while the road department built the structure. Sullivan and Scholz hired Kaspar Construction to build the diversion with ACP cost share. Sullivan added a flood retarding dam to reduce silt and protect the dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Clifford Sullivan
Jerome Scholz
Polk County Road Department
Scholz
Sullivan
Soil Conservation Service
Sullivan and
Kaspar Construction Company
ASCS
Geological Structure Underlying The Upper Big Blue River Basin
The editor opens a seven part series on underground water management with Part I. Geological structure under the Upper Big Blue River Basin is mapped on a computer grid. Geological scientists and Marilyn Ginsberg provide the framework for understanding underground aquifers and irrigation impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dunavan
Upper Big Blue
University of Nebraska
McConaughy
Groundwater Flows in Upper Big Blue Basin Explored
In the Upper Big Blue River Basin Nebraska groundwater sits in gravels and sands totaling about 49 million acre feet beneath the basin. Water moves laterally at over 200 feet per year and has shifted directions since the 1950s with increased pumping for irrigation. Reprints are available from the Upper Big Blue NRD in York and reader comments are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Blue River
Big Blue River Basin
Nuckolls County
Hardy
Nebraska
Milford
Collegeview
Lincoln
Beaver Crossing
Big Blue Basin
Missouri River
Upper Big Blue River
Quiet Water
Upper Big Blue Nrd
York
Upper
Big Blue Natural Resources District
Local social notes from Greens Chapel visitations
Mr and Mrs Bert Rystrom of Wichita Kansas were Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs Max Rystrom. Tuesday evening visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Burke were Pastor and Mrs G M Christensen. Mr and Mrs Clarence Burke of Osceola were Wednesday visitors at the Earl Burke home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Rystrom
Wichita, Kar
Max Rystrom
Earl Burke
G. M. Christensen
Clarence Burke
Osceola
Earl
Community guests and weekend visits flow in Polk area
Mrs Homer Green and others hosted and visited relatives across Polk County. Weekend guests included Everett Powell, Doris Sparr and Meadow Grove visitors, Quintin Torell with Harold Anderson, Carold Hoffman with Harry Obrist, and Gaylord Dose’s Polk dinner hosts. Additional stops featured Edwin Lewis at Carol Donelson, Bob Berggren of Council Bluffs, and Brooke Berggren hosting Madison Beeler and Kenneth Olson. Sunday dinners included Roger Sundberg family and Earl Burke visits followed by George Burke’s Central City trip. Homer Green and family joined a Tinker picnic in St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Dose
Polk
Edwin Lewis
Carol Donelsons
Bob Berggren
Council Bluffs
Brooke Berggren
Brooke Berggrens
Madison Beeler
el Cerrito
Calif
Kenneth Olson
Leonard Benjamin
Garnet
Kans
Jeri Lyn Benjamin
Kansas ‘City
Roger Sundberg
Scott
Kathy
Earl Burke
John Myers
George Burke
Central City
Homer Green
St. Paul
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County, Farmers
SCS
ASC
Realty
Maurice Newcomer
Phylliss Newcomer
E. 6Th St. Stromsburg
Nebr
EO Complete Farm & Home
Vern Lockman
Farmers Coop Busn
Assaj
Ricky
Alison Eickmeier
Kearney
Thelma Conkling
Omaha
Walter Watts
Herman Erks
Utica
Erks
Teresa
Cheryl Thomas
Morris Richards
Helen Beebe
Larry Miley
Grand Island
Kent Heckman
Jennifer
Stockholm
Sweden
George Heckman
Kent
Otter Creek Lodge
Lake McConaughy
Ogallala
Alvin Eickmeier
Tillsee
Oiniseee
Shelby Flying Service, Inc
Jerry Peterson
Big Blue Nrd
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