Realignment of FAS routes proposed by Cheyenne County
County commissioners approved a seven mile north of Potter to Gurley route with multiple east and south segments across Cheyenne County to realign Federal and secondary road mileage. The plan aims to reduce FAS mileage from 230 to about 135 by July 1 1976 pending State Department of Roads review and potential renegotiation.
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Cheyenne County
Federal Highway Administration
F B
Tommy” Thompson
State Department of Roads
Thompson
Dor
Potter
Gurley
Dalton
Brownson
Lorenzo
Colorado
Lodgepole
Calton
Nebraska Technical College
Bob Ommen
Colorado State Line
John Lingwall
Samson Sworn In as Deputy Sheriff in Cheyenne County
Jeff Samson of Sidney was sworn in as deputy sheriff joining Darrell Johnson and Sheriff Oren Cox. Samson, 24, is a lifelong Sidney resident and will train at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Academy when a vacancy allows. He has worked in rescue ambulance services and as a funeral home employee. He was chosen from six applicants.
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Jeff Samson
Sidney
Samson
Darrell Johnson
Oren Cox
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Oren
Cox Samson
Cox
Johnson
Nebraska Law Enforcement Academy
Grand Island
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Missile route improvements and bridges lead county road plan
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved a six year road plan including 22 miles of missile route hard surfacing with an estimated 853800 dollars for 1975 76 and about 400000 funded by the Air Force pending written approval. A systematic bridge replacement program aims to cut upkeep as 82 bridges were found deficient in 1973.
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Cheyenne
Air Force
Bicentennial planning discussed by Nebraska officials
Don Searcy, executive director of the Nebraska American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, met with Sidney Bicentennial members to share projects and offer organizational guidance. The Sidney group plans a 9 am Saturday meeting as part of ongoing bicentennial planning amid cost estimates for a proposed road project and potential route revisions.
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Don Searcy
Sidney
ESU faces cuts as funds freeze endangers services in four counties
Cheyenne Kimball Dueul and Garden counties rely on the Sidney based Educational Service Unit for handicapped student services. Only 53 000 received of an expected 213 000 annual budget the state covers 90 of the bill under LB403. About 600 students would be affected including 129 in Sidney Public Schools in speech language therapy and learning disabilities programs.
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Panhandle
Educational Service Unit
William G. Kelley
Kelley
ESU
Cheyenne
Kimball
Dueul
Garden Counties
FSU 14
Sidney Public Schools
Stahmer threatens suit over delayed special education funds
Former Omaha official David H Stahmer pledges $5000 toward a lawsuit if state funds for handicapped education are not distributed within a month. He would require equal contributions from affected parents as he targets misdirected LB403 disbursements to ESUs and school districts amid political opposition and administrative rulings.
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OMAHA
David H Stahmer
Stahmer
Esus
State Department of Education
Esas
Zeke
Brauer
Nebraska School Improvement Association
Committee pushes for fast solution for LB403
Lincoln AP reports Nebraska Education Committee voted 6-0 to draft emergency legislation to stabilize funding under LB403 for handicapped children. Bellevue Senator Frank Lewis said the bill could be introduced in a day or two to prevent loss of special education staff and avoid a year or more to restart the program if it collapses.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Bellevue
Frank Lewis
Lewis
Sidney schools plan to pick up handicapped services
The Sidney Public Schools will expand in house services for the handicapped using LB 403 funding with 10 percent local and 90 percent state support. They will hire a speech therapist, a learning disabilities specialist, and an extra educator for the educable mentally handicapped to assume duties previously handled by ESU 14.
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Kelley
Dept of Education
ESU 14
Sidney Public Schools
Board of Education
RJ Pedersen
Educational Service Unit 14
ESU
Sidney
Pedersen
Sidney Board reviews tentative plans for school additions
The Sidney Board of Education discussed additions at North and South Elementary Schools and a new high school complex facility. Plans include a 22000 square foot physical education building, a four room vocal music area, and expanded vocational education space with possible remodeling and a unified roof concept. The board took the plans under advisement with no action, pending site survey findings and further study.
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Sidney Board of Education
Lincoln
Dean Arter Arter
Central Elementary
Arter
R.J Pedersen
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County
Wendell Mathewson
F B ‘Tommy’ Thompson
Ed Narjes
Narjes
Mathewson
Four Mile
Potter Road
DEVCO
Department of Administrative Services
Exon
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