New Booster Station Boosts Sidney Water Pressure
A $31,000 Summit Street booster station in South Sidney restarted Tuesday, delivering 64 pounds of pressure citywide in the Country Club Heights area, part of a $97,000 stage one water program. Stage two envisions a 500,000 gallon elevated tank south of the city to serve the I 80 interchange and future housing, with conversion of the Summit Street station to a lifting unit. The six stage plan totals $772,000 and relies on department revenues. no timetable is set for stage two, though planners expect the I 80 interchange opened by 1973.
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Sidney
Summit Street
City Water Service
Dry Conditions Threaten Cheyenne County Spring Crops
Cheyenne county farmers face moisture shortages that may wipe out oat and barley crops if rain does not arrive soon. Ken Sakurada and entomologist Art Hagen note wind and heat drain soil moisture, with corn planting timing critical for yields. They monitor wheat disease risk, cutworm activity, and note upcoming conservation tours and 4-H events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Ken Sakurada
Art Hagen
Scottsbluff
Sakurada
Sunol
Eric Kerr
Scotts Bluff
Cheyenne
Acall
Scottshluff
Roger Plantz
ASCS
Sidney
National Guard
Two More Panhandle Counties Join Suit Over Community College Act
Garden and Box Butte counties joined Cheyenne Banner Sheridan Kimball in a suit testing the constitutionality of the Community College Act. Dawes and Scotts Bluff declined participation while Deuel Morrill and Sioux had not yet acted. Banner County Attorney Robert Simmons said the law is vague and unworkable and the boundaries and financing provisions raise concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Community College
Panhandle
Nebraska Highway 71 Detour Planned For Harrisburg Spur
The Nebraska Department of Roads will start subgrading on Highway 71 and the Harrisburg Spur this coming Monday. All traffic detours to Highway 92 at the Junction in Gering, south on Wrights Gap Road to Highway 88, then west to return. No removal date given. June 1 predicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Department of Roads
Harrisburg
Gering
Wrights Gap
Panhandle Forecast Sees Cooling Trend and Showers
The Panhandle forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and a cooling trend through Thursday. A few showers are possible this afternoon with higher chances tonight and Thursday as westerly winds reach 20 to 35 mph. Highs today in the mid 60s to mid 70s, tonight low 30s to 40s, and Thursday highs in the 50s with 10 to 40 percent precipitation chances. Extended outlook through Sunday shows variable clouds, a few showers, warmer conditions Sunday in the 60s, and lows 25 to 35.
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Panhandle
Drug Council Meeting Postponed in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Drug Council postpones its regular meeting to April 19 at 30 pm in the City Offices so Martha Martinez of the Panhandle Mental Health Center Scottsbluff can speak. Martinez serves on the Governor's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped and on the Nebraska Commission on Drugs Treatment and Resources Committee.
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Cheyenne County Drug Council
Martha Martinez
Panhandle Mental Health Center
Scottsbluff
Governor's Committee On the Employment of the
Nebraska Commission On Drugs
Crippled Youth Events Set For Saturday Benefit Dance
Two events for handicapped youths unfold Saturday with a charity dance at Western Nebraska Technical College and a clinic at the Elks Lodge. Registration begins 7:30 am, examinations 8 am to 10:30 am, for Cerebral Palsy and other services, with Lincoln specialists guiding screenings. The Colorado Wheelers, a handicapped Denver group, will perform at 8 pm, with Jim Crabb and John Ward representing sponsoring groups.
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Crippled Childrens
Elks
Elks Lodge
Cheyenne County Division of Public Welfare
Lincoln
Colorado Wheelers
The
Elks and the
Prairie Schooners
Western Nebraska Technical College
Chan Chandler
Lakewood
Cole
Reading Area
Jim Crabb
Schooners
John Ward
Denver
TV Stations Seek FCC Waivers In Cable Non Duplication
KTVS Sterling and KDUI Hay Springs petition the FCC to suspend new non duplication rules set for March 31. Station managers say the filings delay compliance as Frontier and Duhammer Broadcasting await FCC action. Sidney officials plan a response by April 30, with no timetable for a decision.
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Sidney
Panhandle
Sterling
KTVS
Hay Springs
KDUI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Larry Stricker
Sidney Community TV System
KDUH
Frontier Broadcasting
Duhammer Broadcasting
KDU
Stricker
Marion Gunderson Promoted to Ballistic Meteorology Technician
Marion Gunderson was promoted on March 23 in Scottsbluff to Ballistic Meteorology technician after serving six years as Sergeant First Class in charge of operations at the National Guard Armory. Staff Sergeant Rodney Ahim will assume the armory duties as Gunderson joins an 11 member Meteorology team with balloon and radio transmitter data skills. Gunderson appeared before a Scottsbluff board of review prior to the promotion.
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Marion Gunderson
Scottsbluff
National Guard
Rodney Ahim
Gunderson
Sidney Rotary honors 38 years of perfect attendance
Olson Cited Albin Olson of Sidney received a plaque for 38 years of perfect attendance at the weekly Sidney Rotary Club meeting. The award was presented at the District 563 gathering in Ogallala last weekend. North Platte dentist Thomas Miller was named District Governor, succeeding Don Potts of Grant.
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Albin Olson
Sidney
Sidney Club
Olson
Ogallala
Rotarians
North Platte
Thomas Miller
Don Potts
Grant
Sidney council endorses cleanup drive and planning
The City Council endorsed a city wide cleanup week for late April or early May and will form a Sidney Cleanup Committee with local groups and volunteers. Ideas include an ecology program to collect recyclables and storage before trucking to facilities. The council also discussed a truck parking ordinance with possible hour and street width limits and approved a no parking zone on 21st Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
John Baudek
21St Avenue
ESA
Kenneth Fritchley
New Schedule Brings Paychecks To $900,000 In Marathon Session
The Sidney School District Board adopted the 1972 73 salary schedule for certified staff in a marathon Monday night meeting. Base pay rises by 100 to 6700 with added horizontal qualifications and 13 vertical steps. Total salaries under the new plan reach 893381, up 42446 from last year.
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Sidney School District Board of Education
Imm
Chadron
Wilbert Higueht
Sidney Educators’ Association
Supreme Court
Court of Industrial Relations
Watson and Barlow
Lincoln
Seward
Sidney woman loses control in early morning crash
An estimated 250 dollars damage occurred to Rhonda Bickford's car and 50 dollars to Henry Schoenholtz's pickup in a one vehicle collision after Bickford's foot slipped from brake to accelerator while turning from Forrest to 10th Ave at 1 am Tuesday. No charges or injuries were reported.
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Rhonda Bickford
Sidney
Forrest
10Th Ave
Bickford
Henry Schoenholtz
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Cliff Nienhueser
Orville Filsinger
W.W. Shubert
Automatic Systems Co
Floyd Lanks
Sidney Water
Ray Vollendorf
Hemco, Inc
Telegraph
Gordon Beckman
Chandler
Wichita
Kan
Stardusters
Young Americans
Fitzimmons Hospital
Council
BY David McCL Mber
SIA
Bill Fankhauser
George Hinn
Reker
Russell J. Pedersen
Central School
Gerald Matzke
Elizabeth Young
Mildred Elwell
Russ Pederson
Elwell
Winn
Dorothy Holloway
American Legion
Educational Service Unit 14
Alverado Road
ASC
Hill
Goerke
Shafer
Hilderman
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