Fair opens as heat ends and interchange plan fades
Sidney City Council dropped a public hearing on a proposed I 80 interchange south of Sidney due to little public interest. The panel also addressed traffic changes at El Rancho Road and Solano Drive, road naming, and fair preparations with rain easing heat ahead of Cheyenne County Fair events.
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Sidney
Maynard Dils
Cheyenne County
Ed Narjes
Vince Maliszewski
Lee-Ellen Matzke
Tom Kokjer
Ed Bauman
Ed Haupt
Matzke
Kokjer
Narses
Longshoremen Leader Sends Open Letter to Farmers
The International Longshoremen's Association head says dockworkers refuse to load Russia bound grain until safeguards protect US food prices. ILA president Thomas W Gleason asks Russians to disclose future US grain purchases to farmers. The letter was sent through all 50 state governors as part of efforts to seek economic relief amid detente.
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New York
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Soviet Union
Thomas W Gleason
Gleason
Sidney school board backs study of pep club
The Sidney Board of Education approved budget amendment of 50000 to move state funds for Educational Service Unit 14 services to handicapped children. They also accepted Diane Heck’s resignation, named Jane Montgomery as successor, reviewed teacher extra duty pay study results, approved leasing space at St Patrick's High School for a remedial reading program, and heard Wilbert Higuchi present the new science curriculum to be tested next year.
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Sidney Board of Education
Educational Service Unit 14
Diane Heck
Jane Montgomery
Carl Cornelius
St Patrick's High School
Wilbert Higuchi
School Board reviews Junior High and Senior High Pep Club costs
The Parents Advisory Council reports high cheerleader costs for uniforms clinics and travel. Senior High uniforms totaled 175 each plus 60 for clinics, Junior High outfits 144 each. Members pay dues of 15 and many sew their own skirts. Overnight trips may be reimbursed for meals and lodging. Pep club membership fell from 96 to about 50 60. Board to oversee the program with a cross group committee.
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Parents Advisory Council
Bill Rogers
Wesley Mueller
Rogers
All Nebraska NCIP deadline set for Sept 2
Lincoln announces the Sept 2 cutoff for submitting All Nebraska Community questionnaires as part of the NCIP. Sidney earned first place in the 5 000 to 50 000 population class last year and communities are evaluated across 14 categories from airport improvement to water supply. Each entrant receives a written category evaluation and a certificate noting completed All Nebraska standards.
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Lincoln
Larry Bare
Department of Economic Development
Sidney
NCIP
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