Community Action Sets Up Long-Range Plan
Panhandle Community Action Agency marks three years with growth and a long range plan to expand Head Start Day Care senior citizen centers nutrition and education. Goals include legal aid services housing health training and greater volunteer involvement across five counties.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle Community Action Agency
Panhandle
PCAA
Cheyenne County
Deuel County
Pcra Board
Kimball
Cheyenne
Allen Arringdale
Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Technical College
Long-Time Sidney Man To Head Fair Parade
Harry Warner, a 90 year old Sidney resident, named Parade Marshal for Cheyenne County Fair Parade. Born in Illinois, he moved to Nebraska in 1902 and Sidney in 1907, worked 37 years as deputy assessor at Potter, married 60 years with six sons, 39 grandchildren and 62 great grandchildren, still active with neighbors and lawn care.
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Harry Warner
Warner
840 Linden
Illinois
Nebraska
Sidney
Potter
Oregon
Kier Fund Boosted by Store Box Donations
The Sidney Chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority sponsor donations to the Danny Kier Fund. Containers placed in nearly every Sidney store were donated by Parkview Drive-In to aid the Kier family with hospital expenses after Mr Kier’s death.
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Sidney
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Danny Kier
Parkview Drive-In
Kier
Senators To Address Wheat Growers in Ogallala
Senator Richard Lewis of Holbrook Nebraska will speak at the Nebraska Wyoming Wheat Growers Association meeting in the Ramada Inn Ogallala on Monday August 16. Sessions begin 9 30 a m with an executive board meeting at 7 30 p m Sunday also at the Ramada Inn. The Wheat Hearts meet August 16 at 10 a m in the same hotel.
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Richard Lewis
Holbrook
Neb
Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Growers Association
Ramada Inn
Ogallala
Lewis
CAA Open House Sets Sunday in Sidney
The Sidney Community Action Agency opens a new office at 1001 10th Avenue with a ribbon cutting by Mayor Dr Del Koch at 1 pm on Sunday. Open house runs 1 to 5 pm with CAA representatives from Gering, SOS, housing, and fiscal offices on hand to answer questions.
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Sidney Community Action Agency
CAA
10Th Avenue
Sidney
del Koch
Richard Dittmar
Allen Arringdale
Gering
Darlene Feezer
SOS
Mike Minzy
Eloise Jacoby
Dittmar
Senator Curtis to Visit Sidney August 18 19
Cheyenne County Republican Chairman John Elwell announced Senator Carl Curtis will overnight in Sidney August 18 and attend a 3:30 p.m. coffee at 1245 Alta Vista Road, a 5:00 p.m. Teenager Republican reception, and a 7:00 a.m. breakfast August 19 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Tickets for the breakfast are $1.50 and available at local banks and Sidney merchants.
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Carl Curtis
Sidney
Cheyenne County
John Elwell
David Young
Alta Vista Road
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Republican Central Committee
Elwell
Irrigation Push Promises 30 Million Economic Boost in Wheatbelt
Five percent crop development in Wheatbelt could lift area economy by about 30 million annually. Pivot irrigation expands within Garden Devel Morrill and Cheyenne counties, with 900 irrigated quarters projected and over 110 pivots already installed. Officials say irrigation reverses rural decline, boosting gross and net farm incomes and enabling higher yields.
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Wheatbelt
Garden
Devel
Morrill
Cheyenne
Merle Bobo
WPPD
University of Nebraska
Durwood Warner
Cal Corcoran
Nebraska
Henry Hass
Gene Lienemann
Panhandle
Devel County
Chappell
Highway 30
Garden County
City Eyes September 9 Vote On Storm Sewer Bond
City Manager John Baudek reported a referendum on the storm sewer bond ordinance will likely be held September 9, with the date set at the August 23 council meeting after bond attorneys resolved whether the election must occur within or after 30 days of petition receipt. If not Sept 9, the vote would be after Sept 2 and avoided scheduling near Labor Day weekend to ensure voter turnout.
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John Baudek
Sidney Panhandle Forecast Calls for Warm, Slight Rain Chance
The forecast for Sidney and the Panhandle shows mostly warm, fair weather with a few light afternoon thundershowers. Saturday highs reach near 95 with lows 55 to 65, rain chances about five percent. The Sunday to Tuesday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with a few afternoon and evening thundershowers and cooler highs 85 to 95 with Lows 55 to 65.
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Sidney
The
Panhandle
U.S. Weather Service
Continental Trailways seeks route and schedule changes
Continental Trailways filed with the State Railway Commission to bypass Sidney on run 1707 using Interstate 80 from Big Springs junction to Julesburg Sterling and Denver. Eastbound run 1740 would remove stops east of Sidney to Ogallala with earlier departure and later Omaha arrival. Protests due by August 20 may trigger a hearing. changes aimed for September 1.
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Continental Trailways
State Railway Commission
Sidney
Ogallala
Denver
Sterling
Big Springs
Julesburg
R.C. Malcolm
Omaha
Commission
American Bus Line
Greyhound
Highway 30
Continental
Nebraska
Lodgepole
Chappell
Brule
Richard Lysinger
the Telegraph
Railway Commission
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Senator Curtis
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Drouth
Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney Draw
Redington
Bridgeport
Dale Wright
Sidney Telegraph News Department
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