Scarce Candidacies Mark Local Government Elections
Local government elections face few candidates across Gurley Dalton Potter Lodgepole and surrounding Cheyenne County with filing deadlines March 10. Village caucuses set for February 22 in Lodgepole and Dalton plans joint May election as several terms expire on school and village boards.
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Gurley
Dalton
Potter
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Theodore Panas
John Heizer
Drug Council Adopts Bylaws and Elects Officers
Cheyenne Drug Council approved bylaws and enlarged the executive committee. Cindy Brauer became youth member at large, with a new Vice-Chairman Mrs Bob Buhldorf and Wayne McConnell as second youth member at large. Treasurer Dick Osterday showed the film Marijuana. Chairman Dyle Dillon presided. Next meeting set for March 8. A trash can fire in the Courthouse, started by a lighted cigarette butt, was extinguished by Deputy Darrell Johnson with no damage.
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Drug Council
Cheyenne County
Cindy Brauer
Bob Buhldorf
Wayne McConnell
Dick Osterday
Dyle Dillon
Darrell Johnson
Panhandle Forecast Shows Warmth Then Clearing Skies
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with westerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs around 40 today and Saturday, lows 5 to 15 tonight, near zero precipitation. Sunday to Tuesday trend toward warming, highs 45 to 55, lows 15 to 25.
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Panhandle
DOR Office Is Moved
The Nebraska Department of Roads construction offices are relocated to the basement of the CEE Building, formerly Marathon Oil Company. The staff were previously based at the state maintenance building on Sidney's west edge.
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Nebraska Department of Roads
CEE
Marathon Oil Company
Sidney
Outlook Today in Western Quilook Features
The February issue of Western Quilook in Sidney Telegraph offers variety reading. Ed Stykes highlights Will Spindler’s Doc Middleton story, Sandhills ranch Modisett sale, and a Nebraska Safety Patrol review.
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Sidney Telegraph
Quilook
Ed Stykes
Incude
Will Spindler
Doc Middleton
Nebraska
Sandhills
Modisett Ranch
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Lee Johnson
Potter
Jack Lowe
Howard Hughes
Judith Kuehn
Sidney
DOR Employees Meet New Association Executive Secretary
About thirty members of the Nebraska Department of Roads Employees Association met with new NDREA executive secretary Linville Pratt Pratt since January to learn about the association. The Kimball Chapter led by Jerrold Gardner includes members from Chappell Sidney and Kimball. Pratt discussed Kiernan's pending Court of Industrial Relations case and insubordination as reasons for dismissal. The group pursues higher pay scales and better public service. NDREA is expanding and has a new association newspaper. The Kimball Chapter donated to Environmental Cottage in Sidney, reflecting community involvement. Leonard Weander of Chadron represents district five on the eight-member state board, with his brother Ken also a DOR employee in Sidney.
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Nebraska Department of Roads Employees Association
Linville Pratt Pratt
NDREA
Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Kimball
Kimball Chapter
Jerrold Gardner
Sidney
Chappell
Kimball Pratt
Richard Kiernan
Thomas Doyle
Department of Roads
Court of Industrial Relations
Kiernan
Employees Association
Doyle
Pratt
Roads
Leonard Weander
Chadron
Ken
DOR
Kiwanis Seeks Entries for Tri-County Stars of Tomorrow
Sidney Kiwanis Club invites grades one through twelve to enter the Stars of Tomorrow show to be held March 12. Deadline is Monday February 2 and entry blanks have been mailed to all Tri-County schools in Cheyenne Devcl and Kimball counties.
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Sidney Kiwanis Club
Tri-County
Dr Calvin W Cutright Elected to AAFP Membership
Dr Calvin W Cutright of Sidney Kansas has been elected to active membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians. The 31 000 member body requires 150 hours of postgraduate study every three years to help physicians stay current with medical advances.
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Kansas City
Calvin W. Cutright
Sidney
American Academy of Family Physicians
AAFP
Senate budget debate underway in 60 day session
Senator Robert Clark reports the Legislature will begin debate on the 84 page budget bill in a 60 day session. A line by line program budget compromise was reached, with some block grant flexibility. Several bills may die due to time constraints as Clark prepares an SB 758 amendment. Stan Juelfs and Art Lijegren announce candidacies for Clark's seat.
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Sidney
Robert Clark
Sen. Clark
Clark
Jules Burbach
Railway Commission
Ol} and Gas Commission
Stan Juelfs
Kimball
Art Lijegren
Sidnes
Three Arrests Here In Ogallala Drug Probe
Drug charges filed in Cheyenne County Court against two Sidney men a Sidney woman and an Oshkosh man after a four county undercover probe involving about 20 people in Cheyenne Garden Keith and Lancaster Counties. The investigation spanned nearly a year with LSD marijuana and amphetamines seized and five cars confiscated. Officials warn more arrests and charges will follow as offenders are identified.
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Cheyenne
Sidney
Garden
Keith
Lancaster
Milton Campbell
Roger Spearman
Correne Deaver
Gerald Krajewski
Oshkosh
Krajewski
California
Garden County
Keith County
Terry J Thomas
Ogallala
Duane Lee Anderson
Larry
Verde Lane Dam Bids Called for Sidney Nebraska
The Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Service announced bids for the Verde Lane Dam project in Sidney will be called immediately. Bids open March 10 in Lincoln, with construction to begin after award. The dam will protect the city from flood runoff from hills south of Sidney and end years of flood damage. The project has RC and D funding priority and is the Panhandle RC and D program’s largest project to date.
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Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Service
Verde Lane
Sidney
Lincoln
Panhandle
Tourism Unit Debates Room Rent Tax Bill and Local Tourism Plans
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee discussed a one percent room rent tax bill now before the Unicameral. Funds would total about 500000 annually with 80 percent for state tourism promotion and the rest for matching town projects. The plan includes a Sidney area circle tour, Good Sam trailer listings, and extended Fort Sidney Home hours. Ten members attended.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee
Marathon Oil drilling links Dorman and Margate fields in Cheyenne County
Marathon Oil Co's Sidney District plans drilling in Cheyenne County to test connections between the Dorman and Margate fields, with contractor B W Drilling Co on the No 3 C Sparks location. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission may designate the site as a field location depending on results.
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Marathon Oil Co
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Margate
B-W Drilling Co
Marathon
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Dorman
Nebraska
North American
Royalties. Inc
Dalton
Exeter
Roy T Ziegler
Kimbark Operating Co
Kratzin
Banner Drilling Co
McLernon
Patrick A Doheny
Monahan
No 1
Beale
Gear Drilling Co
Kimbark
Johnson
NIE NW
Nightingale
Drilling Co Petroleum Exploration and Production Co
Jim Snyder
No. 1
Gou
Senie
Sunol
Oil-Gas Commission
Mountain Petroleum
Johnson Field
Box Bulle
Maresh
Monarch Oil and Gas
Phillips
Ice Drilling Co
Banner County Kimbark
Thienhard
Seward School Case Tests Industrial Relations Court
Nebraska Supreme Court asked to rule on constitutionality of the 25 year old Industrial Relations Court. Seward Board appeals a court order on teacher pay, while Seward Education Association defends the court’s powers. Sidney board seeks Supreme Court ruling on proper agency to settle teacher disputes. The case tests jurisdiction and whether the body is a commission or a court and whether the 1947 act enlarged its reach.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations
Seward Board of Education
High Court
Seward Education Association
Sidney Board of Education
Supreme Court
Association
Industrial Relations Court
Seward
John Gradwohl
Nebraska
Industrial Commission
Board
Commission
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Dale Wise
Barton Bondegard
Gene Bond
Delmar Zalesky
Duane Bondegard
Robert Dailey
Dalton School Board
Lloyd Winkelman
Cletus Semper
Vander Steep
Leonard Deaver
Cleve Gillespie
Lyle Sanders
Kenneth Larson
Rollie Larson
John Brimmer
Ernest Deaver
Allen Lessman
Virgil Schumacher
Harold Steele
Elvin Thies
Les Wills
Elmer Jung
Merlin Maas
Gordon Reed
Terrell Wickhorst
Keith Sprenger
Wendel Mathewson
WW. Schulz
Violet Minshall
Stan Larabee
del Koch
Dr Garcia
Robert Hassle
Garcia
Koch
Larabee
Sydney Finch
Paul Huff
Outlook Today
Kiwanis Club
Dr. Cutright
Senator Clark
Len Burbach
Exon
Town
Jim Paxton
Cheyenne County Historical Society
Good Sam Club
Good Sam Group
the Historical Society
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