24 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1977
Page
1
Oktoberfest organizers report difficulty booking professional acts but local groups step in. Steven Treinen’s band Ron Barker and the Nitty Gritty Deutschland Band join a Fort Sidney Colonels quartet plus Eula Zwickl dancers. Volunteers expand tents, booths and art displays as planning continues.
Ray Davis of Potter Nebraska was named vice chairman of the Great Plains Wheat Inc Board at the annual Wichita meeting. Davis, a Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee member, recently completed a term as Nebraska committee chairman and is a past officer.
Nebraska Department of Roads and the State Highway Commission begin a series of public information meetings with a Sidney session at 7:30 p.m. on September 13 at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Residents from many area counties are invited to discuss highways and the 1978 to 1983 construction program, with further meetings planned in North Platte Alma St. Paul O Neill Wahoo and Papillion.
In recent years tractor pull events have become common for fairgoers with supercharged engines pulling large wheels. Coverage notes include photos and stories on pages 8 and 9.
West Nebraska General Hospitals and St. Mary representatives reach a sale agreement valued at about 1.5 million dollars for all assets and liabilities of St. Mary. The deal awaits Nebraska Department of Health and bondholder and Catholic Church approvals. WNGH will manage St. Mary during a 90 day interim period as a formal review is filed.
St. Patrick’s High School begins classes today with enrollment figures unavailable and expected student totals similar to last year. Sidney Public Schools project about 1,525 total students across elementary, junior and senior high levels. Both systems schedule multiple no classes and vacations through December including Labor Day, teacher in service days, a teachers convention, and Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks with staggered dismissal times.
The Kearney City Council rejected a Southern Route Commission proposal to have Pioneer Airways of Denver serve Kearney McCook and Hastings. Four council members opposed with Mayor Francis Richards voting for it. Hastings may swing the decision as its officials consider the plan amid Frontier Airlines' proposed service discontinuance.
The livestock sale saw high prices while 4-H projects finished well and the fair produced many photos. Horseshoe players consider forming a league and Lutheran women from our area attended a national convention. Potter village board sues several residents.
Northwestern Bell protests a proposed three percent occupation tax on Sidney, Nebraska as the council seeks more data. The meeting rezoned east Sidney residential tracts to commercial and industrial use, approved a sanitation shop, set utility budgets, and eyed a $22,000 revenue shortfall plus a Wheeler’s Store site plan and a new water well contract.
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