Cheyenne County Wheat Payments Reach Record High
Cheyenne County 1300 wheat farmers will receive final payments totaling 917500, boosting the 1971 wheat certificate total to 3737 per acre and indicating a county harvest well above prior years. The final rate stems from subtracting the national five month average wheat price from the parity price, with drafts expected soon for distribution.
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Cheyenne County
Lawrence Thompson
ASCS
Mr Thompson
Sidney Telegraph
Scropould
SCS
Thompson
Mr .Thompson
ESU Plans 3600 Sq Ft Workshop Center in Sidney
ESU announces a 3600 square foot work activity center and offices in Sidney to serve trainable mentally retarded and handicapped children. The Arlo Jones Agency will build and lease under a new law to the unit with completion aimed for March 15.
Sprenger Hill Road Trimmed To Safer Size In County Project
Project C-1720 in Sidney Draw north of Keith Sprenger farm trims Sprenger Hill by 44.4 feet reducing grade to five percent. The job moves 173,000 cubic yards of material over 60 days with 34 foot wide gravel road. oil surface planned later. Work began November 15 with completion hoped by February. Local residents expect safer access as I 80 area traffic grows.
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Sidney Draw
Sprenger
Keith Sprenger
Sidney
Sprenger Hill
Doyle Lund
Bob Johnson
Sidney Conservation Contractors
F. Blaine
Tommy) Thompson
Agencies Collaborate to Serve Handicapped Youths in Tri-County Area
Educational Service Unit 14 coordinates education and job training for handicapped ages 5 to 21, runs resident programs, and connects with state and county welfare and vocational services. The Tri-County Association supports facilities, leadership, and crisis aid funded by United Way and Junior Chamber trades. The Regional Office of Mental Retardation in Scottsbluff coordinates family services, transportation, and contracts, financed by state and federal funds.
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Educational Service Unit
Office of
Tri-County Association For Retarded Children
The
United and
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Mental Retardation and Welfare
Benefit Dance Set Dec 11 at Legion Clubrooms
The Sidney American Legion Post 17 and the Volunteer Fire Department sponsor a benefit dance on Saturday December 11 in the Legion Clubrooms. Music by the Country VIP, admission one dollar per person, dancing from 9 p.m. to closing.
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Sidney American Legion Post
Volunteer Fire Department
Legion
38-Year March of Dimes Volunteer P. J. Heaton Sr.
P. J. Heaton Sr. honored for 38 years of service with the March of Dimes. Heaton chaired Cheyenne County drives since 1933 and led western Nebraska campaigns. He witnessed the vaccine's impact on polio and the shift to birth defects prevention, reflecting a long record of dedication.
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P. J. Heaton SR
Heaton
Cheyenne County
National Foundation For
Nebraska
Weather forecast notes continued cool, light precipitation
The forecast predicts continued cool, variable days with light precipitation through next Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration flight service station reports a trace of precipitation on Thursday with temperatures ranging from 13 to 36 degrees and a noon reading around 20 to 28.
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Federal Viation Administration Flight Service Station
Natural Gas Finds Lead Week of Nebraska Oil Activity
Nebraska reports eight new drilling permits, bringing monthly total to 44 as natural gas discoveries headline Cheyenne, Banner, Kimball and Kimball County wildcats. Notable finds include a 1.5 million cubic feet per day gas well at Marathon On Co and oil shows at No 2 Mohalt in Mohatt Field.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne
Count
Marathon On Co
Margate
Sidney
Exeter Drilling and Exploration Co
Cheyenne County
Kimbark Operating Co
Nebraska Colorado Line
Logan County
Colo
Raymond Oil Co
Exeter
Peavey
Cow Gulch
Raddatz Certified By State As Sidney Street Superintendent
Bruce Raddatz, Sidney City Engineer, was informed he passed the state exam to qualify as street superintendent. State law requires a qualified official for highway incentive payments, securing Sidney a $3000 payment. Raddatz succeeds Pat Wright, who died a year ago, and he earned a civil engineering degree from Colorado State University in 1966 after military service.
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Bruce Raddatz
City of
Sidney
Highway Department
Raddatz
Pat Wright
Wright
Peetz High School
Colorado State University
US Air Force
Tommy Thompson
State Board of Examiners
Panhandle Weather Forecast Mostly Cloudy and Frosty
The Panhandle forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Saturday. Cooler temperatures with light snow possible Saturday. today’s high 35 to 45, tonight’s low 15 to 23, Saturday’s high around 30s. Chance of precipitation near zero today and tonight, about 40 percent Saturday.
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Panhandle
Two Accidents Investigated by Sidney Police
Sidney Police investigated two minor accidents this week. On Tuesday Donna Schmidt's car was hit by Patricia Cornelius's car at 14th and Osage as Cornelius backed across the street. On Thursday Deanna Fehringer's car struck Walter Thomas's car while Fehringer exited a parallel space between King and Linden. No injuries were reported.
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Sidney
Donna Schmidt
14Th and
Osage
Patricia Cornelius
Cornelius
Deanna Fehringer
King
Linden
Walter Thomas
SHS Band Uniforms Arrive for Orange Bowl Parade
Sidney High School unveils long awaited Manacca style red and white band uniforms modeled by Cathie Ellison and others. The outfits include tailcoats fur hats and white gloves as the band prepares to perform in the Orange Bowl parade in Miami on New Year’s Day.
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Sidney High School
Cathie Ellison
Linda Langley
Donna Rich
Ken Steffens
Miami
Fla
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ESU
Pill Kelly
Educational Service
Lait 14
Arlo Jones Agency
Fesls
Toledo
Spruce Streets
Eleventh Avenue
Jones Center
Mr Jones
ESL
Ramona Leiding
Sidney Marland Gatinman
Iie
Sear
Vic Gammon
Hay Springs
ESC
Kelly
Kimball
Devel
Sprenger Hill Road
Yo Cheyenne
Wildcat
Robert Schulem and Associates and Gear Drilling Co
Warner
Banner
Chis
Sundance OW Co
Banner County Wildcat Gear Drilling Co
Exeter Drilling and Exploration
Hughes Bros Enterprises
Ronnie Thrasher
Ruhter
Hendricks Field
Frank Walsh
Harry S Ayres
Kimball County
Wildcat Gear Drilling Co
BW Drilling Co
Parker and Brien
Peterson
Banner County
Western Operating Co
Stanfield
McGowan Trust
SHS
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