Nine Counties Challenge Vo Tech Funding in Suit
Nine Panhandle counties led by Banner and Cheyenne file in Cheyenne County District Court for a declaratory judgment on the states one mill levy to fund the Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area. The suit targets funding procedures under LB533 and cites the Duis Amendment, arguing boundary and jurisdiction issues and that the legislature did not intend a current year levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Bergstad
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Western Nebraska Technical Community College
Banner
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball
Morrill
Sheridan
Dawes
Sioux
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area
Scotts Bluff County
Grant County
Garden County
Cherry County
Technical Community College Act
Scotts Bluff
Banner County
Robert Simmons
Area Board
H.C.Q. Nelson
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Simmons
Lancaster County
Tax levies set for Cheyenne County communities with Sidney tax cut
Final county levies show increases for Potter Lodgepole and Gurley while Sidney prints a tax cut. Potter’s total 73.93 mills rise 6.37. Lodgepole 82.51 mills up 3.15. Gurley 71.38 mills up. Dalton 81.82 mills up 4.47. Sidney's county levy 10.71 mills down .06 with a school cut of 2.54 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Bergstad
Cheyenne County
Robert Hossle
Sidney
Potter
Historical Society
Educational Service Unit
County Ambulance Fund
Natural Resource District
Community College System
Community College
Lodgepole
Dalton
Gurley
Potter and Gurley
Apole
City to hear reports on proposed gas rate increase
Consulting engineers from Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co and the City of Sidney present final reports tonight at the city council meeting on K N s proposed 23 percent rise in natural gas rates. The council will set the new rate after testimonies. Assessments for paying district No. 106 on 20th Ave between Elm and Cedar St were deferred until a revised figure. The new total reduces the district assessment from 18167 to 12606 with the city covering the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Sidney
K-N
20Th Ave
Elm and
Cedar Sts
13Th Ave
19Th Ave
Maurice Gordon
Toledo St
10Th Ave
Lodgepole Creek
City Treasurer’s and Utilities
Wheat Market Activity Slows in Kansas City and Chicago
Trading slowed in Kansas City and Chicago as wheat opened higher on the Chicago Board of Trade. Don Hoffman paid 4.24 a bushel at the Sidney Co-op before close. RB and H manager Jerry Eder attributed weak demand and reduced exports to falling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Don Hoffman
Sidney Farmer's Co-op
Jerry Eder
Rb&h
Sterling
Colo
Eder
Aging Unit Head Plans Sidney Visit
Ronald L. Jensen executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Aging will visit the Sidney Senior Citizens' Center at 3 p.m. Wednesday for remarks. Center officials invite members and the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald L. Jensen
Nebraska Commission On Aging
Sidney
Senior Citizens’ Center
Jensen
Shot Wounds AIM Leader Bellecourt on Rosebud Reservation
Clyde Bellecourt, 43, leader of the American Indian Movement, was shot in the yard of a home three miles north of Rosebud at 9 40 AM and listed in critical condition at a Rosebud hospital. Investigators said no suspects named yet. Separately, AIM President Carter Camp’s bond was revoked and a bench warrant issued after a 11 count federal indictment tied to the Wounded Knee occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebud
S.D
Sioux Falls
U.S
William Clayton
AIM
Carter Camp
Camp
Ponca City
Okla
Wounded Knee
1973 Dalton Fall Festival Queen crowned
Cathy Ziegler won the 1973 Dalten Fall Festival Queen title at a pageant in the Dalton Public Schools auditorium. Diane Cruise was named second alternate and Patty McCabe first alternate. The trio will make their first official appearance at Lodgepole Old Settler's Day next week. Nineteen contestants competed in the Mud Springs Club sponsored event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Ziegler
Dalten
Dalton Public Schools
Diane Cruise
Patty McCabe
Lodgepole Old Settler's Day
Mud Springs Club
Localized Oil Drilling Activity Bounces Back in Nebraska
Six drilling intents filed with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission last week show Cheyenne County projects dominating activity. Completed tests include No. 1 Pelsteron in N Faro Field by Gear Drilling with a 4,850 ft J-sand test. Other Cheyenne County wells include No. 126 Brotherson wildcat and No. 1 Gemeinhardt, plus Armstrong and Kerstein tests. Gear holds multiple contracts. Stoeppelworth and J&C target Mississippian in Hitchcock County Bush Creek field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
C. W. Hughes, Sotexco Inc
Gear Drilling Co
Pelsteron
Cheyenne County
N. Faro
Gear
Sundance Oil Co
Brotherson
Patrick A. Doheny
Gemeinhardt
Summit Oil
Burlington Northern
Banner Drilling
Armstrong
Reimers Southwest
Commission
Kerstein
Cse
Sage Oil Co
Nelson
Cove
Chain Oil, Inc
Ittner Unit
Ittner Field
Banner Drilling Co
Stoeppelworth Drilling
J&c Oil and Gas Co
Hitchcock County
Bush Creek
Stoepperworth
City Hires New Engineer Larry J Richards
Sidney hires Larry J Richards a native of Gering as city engineer replacing Bruce Raddatz who left for a Kansas based consulting firm City Manager Ed Prince announced today Richard s appointment strengthens the municipal engineering staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry J. Richards
Gering
Sidney
Ed Prince
Bruce Raddatz
Kansas
Colleges Raise Fund Request for Technicallity Budget
Nebraska technical community colleges request operating budgets around 24 million dollars for fiscal 1975, about 2 million more than last year. When combined with capital needs the request nears 35 million dollars. The board aims to submit by September 15 and meet September 14 to set an overall budget figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Technical Community Colleges
State Board of Technical Community Colleges
Associated Press
Robert C. Schleiger
State Department of Administrative Services
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Bellecourt
City
Bill Folkert
Lincoln
Sidney Junior High School
Ken Knaub
Rhonda Lanker
Tracy
Shane Fulton
James Thorne
Shawn Fulton
Jennifer
Rebecca
Colleen Kieham
Duane Abbott
Jeff
Mark Kieham
G. B. Abke
Denise Starr
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