Irrigation Tour Highlights Pivot Systems in Panhandle
A Wheatbelt tour in the southern Panhandle showcased pivot sprinkler irrigation expanding from eight units to fifteen in Cheyenne County. Farmers like Ray Nienhauser detailed costs and high yields from corn silage and alfalfa, while comparisons with dryland wheat showed irrigation boosting gross income and lowering cost percentages.
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Panhandle
Wheatbelt
Public Power District
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Ray Nienhauser
Sidney
Nienhauser
Carlson
Merle Bobo
Bobo
Preliminary figures show Sidney Levy under 100 mills
Early calculations indicate Sidney combined city, school and county taxes will stay below 100 mills as officials Nissen and Hossle review levies. Preliminary bases show gains in Sidney, Lodgepole, Potter and the county, with some districts down and others up from 1971 figures.
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Sidney
Milt Nissen
Robert Hossle
Lodgepole
Potter
Dalton City
Gurley
Dalton
Potter, Gurley
Sidney City
Schoool
Cheyenne County
Gutley
Potter City
Panhandle Forecast Warm to hot with scattered storms
Clear to partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a 10 to 20 percent chance of thunderstorms each afternoon or evening. Light southerly winds. Highs near 90 to 97, lows 56 to 63. Thursday mainly 89 to 95. Extended outlook shows dry, upper 80s to lower 90s with lows around 60s to 70s.
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Panhandle
Entertainment Plan Approved by Cheyenne County Chamber
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce tourist committee approved a weekly community entertainment program for next summer after reviewing possible tourist attractions. The plan aims to boost local visitation and provide regular public events.
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Cheyenne County
Road upgrade plan approved east of Sidney
Upgrading location and design approval received for a county road project six miles east of Sidney. The work covers about three quarters of a mile extending south from US Highway 30.
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Sidney
Sidney School Board selects new activities director and staff
The Sidney School Board elected Bob Lohrberg of Lincoln to serve as activities director and Victor Kennedy as junior high social studies teacher and wrestling coach. The board also discussed fire safety upgrades and approved bids for stage curtains and a fume hood while approving a Title 1 classroom lease with St Patrick's Academy and renewing Leonard Wintermore as business manager.
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Bob Lohrberg
Lincoln
Lohrberg
Lincoln Southeast High School
Sidney
Victor Kennedy
Russell Pedersen
Pedersen
South Ward
Paxton Electric
Laurie Kopecky
Central School
Jefferson County
Sidney Schools
St Patrick’s Academy
St Patricks Pedersen
Supreme Court
Leonard Wintermore
Contract Awarded For Dix I-80 Leg
Missouri Valley Construction Co awarded a 2,652,177 dollar contract for I 80 Dix Interchange to 1.1 miles east plus 7.2 miles of grading gravel detour pavement and fencing funded by the Department of Roads and federal funds. Completion estimated September 10 1973. Also planned Sept 5 start from Sunol to Lodgepole with DeGroff’s Construction Co at 13,436 for safety beam guard rail. project manager W M Rempel of Sidney.
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Missouri Valley Construction Co
Department of Roads
Dix
DOR
Sunol
Lodgepole
DeGroff
Atkinson
W.M Rempel
Sidney
Colorado Woman Dies in One Car Crash Near Sidney
A single vehicle crash on Nebraska Highway 19 about three quarters of a mile south of Sidney early Tuesday killed Alice Blackhorse, 69, of Idaho Springs Colorado. Her daughter Wanda Blackhorse, 35, was hospitalized in Sidney after being injured in the overturn.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Alice Blackhorse
Idaho Springs
Colo
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Ghanidbag Olin
H.L
Panahadle
Platte River
Southern Panhandle
HL Carlson
Devel County
General Motors
Kit Carson
Kansas
Gene Lienemann
Wally Moline
University of Nebraska
Les Sheffield
North Platte Experiment Station
U of N
Warner
Board of Regents
Sheffield
Number
Lienemann
Naraes
11Th Avenue
Sidney Levy
Sidney School Board of Education
Hank Reitz
Colorado
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