Wheat sculpture proposed for I-80 rest area in Chappell
Curtiss Routh unveils a 25 foot tall four stalks of wheat sculpture with a wind swayed oil casing at the westbound rest area. The project, presented to the Chappell Chamber of Commerce, aims to honor Western Nebraska pioneers and the wheat economy. Local funds will cover costs and no construction timetable is set.
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Bernice Brestel
Chappell
Curtiss Routh
Nebraska
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
Routh
State Department of Roads
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Flu outbreak closes two Nebraska schools
Lincoln AP report says influenza has closed two Nebraska schools Stanton and DeWitt and is spreading north and westward. Dr Paul Stoer notes many flu like cases in Beatrice Grand Island and Lincoln with Omaha and Lincoln showing rising absenteeism. He warns chronically ill individuals should seek medical advice if exposed.
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Lincoln
State Department of Health
Nebraska
Paul Stoer
Stanton
DeWitt
Beatrice
Grand Island
Omaha
Stoer
County weighs enforcing oil road weight limits
County officials discussed a plan to enforce vehicular weight limits on hard surfaced county roads. A portable scale program may replace signs. enforcement could begin in about six weeks with a 10 percent average load allowance for grain, and special permits possible under strict rules.
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David Hendee
Cheyenne County Road Department
Ken Rose
Potter
Rose
Ed Narjes
Atty
Sonntag
Trio sought in attempted break in near Colton
Cheyenne County Sheriff Oren Cox and Deputy Darrell Johnson planned to travel to Ogallala and possibly Hyannis to question suspects in an attempted breaking and entering at a rural Colton area home Tuesday afternoon. Officers seek two men and a woman believed involved, one carrying a shotgun, as Donna Worster surprised intruders at 1 30 pm.
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Cheyenne County
Oren Cox
Darrell Johnson
Ogallala
Hyannis
Cox
Donna Worster
Colton
Kennedy NRD director dies in farm accident near Bushnell
Ronald W Kennedy 34 South Platte Natural Resources District director died Monday after his arm became entangled in a grain loader at his farm five miles southeast of Bushnell. He was a two year NRD board member and active conservation leader. Funeral services were held this morning. He is survived by his wife Joyce and three children Randall Reanna and Vicki. Burial at Kimball Cemetery.
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South Platte Natural Resources District
Ronald W Kennedy Kennedy
Kennedy
Bushnell
NRD
Old Soil and Water Conservation District Board
South Platte Nrd
Bob Hahn
Joyce
Hawaii
National Association of Conservation Districts
Randall
Reanna
Vicki
Kimball Cemetery
SWIS Buys Downtown Lot From Cheyenne County
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites Inc bought a downtown Sidney lot at 899 11th Ave, site of the Maroon Inn, for 3700. The county had acquired the property in tax proceedings. County commissioners signed a contract with the Office of Mental Retardation for a reorganized program. A settlement offer from Sidney Federal Savings & Loan to pay half the wall replacement cost for the county warehouse was rejected.
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Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites, Inc
Sidney
Cheyenne County
11Th Ave
Maroon Inn
Office of
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Sidney Federal
Savings and Loan
Court to hear levy issue in Western Nebraska colleges
Box Butte County commissioners face District Court action to show cause why 24 mills owed to Western Nebraska Technical Community College have not been paid. Treasurer Gwen Warthen notes $51,500 collected but not turned over. writ risks removal for noncompliance.
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Alliance School of Nursing
Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff
State Supreme Court
Sheridan County
Plane Crash Kills Wife of Lincoln Doctor Near Hebron
An injured Lincoln physician walked about a mile to seek help for himself and his four injured children after a twin engine Beechcraft Baron crashed about one mile from U S Highway 81 near Hebron. Dr James Styner, of the Lincoln Orthopedic Clinic, was unharmed but his wife was killed. The four children are Christopher 10 Rickey 8 Randy 5 and Kimberly 3. Two young men who had just off work found the crash site, took the children to a Hebron hospital, and Sheriff Jim Johnson reported the plane demolished on prairie land near a farm pond.
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Hebron
Lincoln
James Styner
Styner
Lincoln Orthopedic Clinic
Christopher
Rickey
Randy
Kimberly
Jim Johnson
Prairie
Nebraskas Senate explores bizarre death penalty amendments
Lincoln AP A maverick lawmaker proposes LB702 revisions to televise executions in Nebraska and use a monkey to pull the switch. Other ideas include public displays in the Capitol and a governor led switching panel. The move aims to spark debate on the death penalty amid ongoing court challenges.
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John Barrette
Associated Press
Lincoln
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Capitol Rotunda
Ernest Chambers
Omaha
Chambers
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
California
Capitol
Supreme Court
High Court
Western Nebraskans urged to help plan arts outreach
Four residents attended a Sidney town meeting launching a three month Nebraska Arts Council effort to gather public input on arts funding and programs for Western Nebraska. The council aims to spark dialogue and uses questionnaires in newspapers to guide six regional meetings in March and April. Representatives Greg Lafler and Curtis Routh were chosen to attend a Scottsbluff regional meeting on March 23.
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Nebraska Arts Council
Jane Ahrens
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Nebraska
Nebraska Educational Television Network
Sidney High School
V T Miller
Council
Gerald Ness
Omaha
Ness
Arts Council
Greg Lafler
Curtis Routh
Chappell
Sidney Area
Sidney School Board Meets In Executive Session
The Sidney Board of Education spent 12 hours Monday night in executive session to discuss Superintendent RJ Pedersen's 1976 77 contract and next year's teachers contracts. No formal action was taken on either item, per business manager Leonard Wintermote.
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Sidney Board of Education
RJ Pedersen
Leonard Wintermote
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