Nebraska plans four city pilot for community corrections
The Appropriations Committee reviews a 30 million plan to place first-time nonviolent offenders in community based programs across Omaha Scottsbluff Norfolk and Columbus as a pretrial diversion. Vitek outlines education service purchases and future prison education coordination while lawmakers weigh statutory needs and fiscal impact.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Appropriations Committee
Joseph Vilek
Nebraska
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Norfolk
Columbus
Vitek
James Exon
Exon
Treasurer Buys Eastman Painting For Washington Office
U S treasurer Francine Neff buys Winter on the Pecos by Bruce Eastman a Cheyenne County native who attended Sidney and Dalton schools and is Clark Fuller’s son in law. The work depicts Sena a small village on the Pecos River between San Miguel and San Ignacio. Eastman also illustrates the cover of Fuller's Pioneer Pathways to be published this month. Other local Eastman works include pieces in Memorial Hospital the Ray Cruise home and the Elmer Ladine home.
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Washington
Pecos
Bruce Eastman
Eastman
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Sidney High
Clark Fuller
Memorial Hospital
Ray Cruise
Elmer Ladine
Sidney Job Service Office
Sidney High School
Don Burrows
CAA
Weekend Weather Outlook for Nebraska Cool With Snow Likely
The Associated Press reports cooler weekend conditions for Nebraska with a chance of light snow flurries mainly in the extreme west. Daytime highs will be in the 30s and 40s while overnight lows drop to teens, with a Pacific cold front and a low pressure system moving across the region. The highest temperature recorded was 55 at Kearney and the overnight low was 5 at Alliance.
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Associated Press
Calder Air
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Kansas
Texas
Kearney
Alliance
Senior Citizens Club Dartball and Card Day Action
In Sidney the Senior Citizens Club hosted dartball where the south beat the north 8 to 3 with home runs by Lunberg Ruttner Liljegren Hjelness Rudolph Himmelright and others. Women beat men 6 to 2 with Lunberg hitting two homers. Cards ran 14 tables with Grundwalds in charge and results listed for pinochle. All-day quilting followed with a covered dish. Adeline Howerter from Colorado Springs helped with baked goods.
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Sidney Senior
Ada Seevers
Lloyd Lunberg
Walter Grundwald
Calvary Baptist to Show The Gospel Road Film
Calvary Baptist Church schedules a Sunday 7 p.m. screening of The Gospel Road by World Wide Pictures. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash conceived the film to tell Jesus Christ’s story through scripture based narration, original songs, and character portrayals set in Israel.
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Calvary Baptist Church
World Wide Pictures
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
Jesus Christ
Israel
Rosebud miners back at work after march
Rosebud Coal Sales Co miners near Hanna are scheduled to return to work after a Denver picket in protest of delayed union election. About 40 miners demonstrated before the National Labor Relations Board seeking a new election with the UMW as their bargaining agent.
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Hanna
Wye
Rosebud Coal Sales Co
Denver
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Rosebud
UMW
Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Toys for tots project seeks Christmas toys in Grand Island
The Community Action Agency appeals for toys dolls games and clothing at its 1001 10th Avenue office in Grand Island Nebraska. Donations aid renovations purchases and gifts for needy children as the Catholic schools future awaits Bishop Sullivan’s six week study and final decision.
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Eve Ruff
CAA
10Th Avenue
Grand Island, Neb
Grand Island
John J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Neihardt Center Construction Underway in Bancroft
Groundwork starts on the Neihardt Center for the Nebraska Historical Society in Bancroft. The 4000 square foot building will house a display area a reference library and audio visual equipment. Visitors will hear Neihardt poetry and view filmed interviews honoring Nebraska's poet laureate who lived in Bancroft.
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Bancroft
Neihardt Center
The
Nebraska Historical Society
John G. Neihardt
Neihardt
Nebraska
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