Senators adopt I-80 sculptures
Nebraska lawmakers approved the Interstate 80 Bicentennial sculpture project gifting 10 abstract works by out of state artists led by Hans Van de Bovenkamp. The lands later plan a July unveiling with residency and local meetings as towns from Sidney to Cozad host rest area pieces along the 455 mile route.
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Hans van der Bovenkamp
Nebraska
Mildred Elwell
Sidney
New York
Hans van de Bovenkamp
Holland
Interstate 80
East
von DE Bovemkamp
J. James Exon
Grand Island
Ralph Kelly
Kelly
Gov Exon
Sidney Sen
Robert Clark
Clark
Ewell
Denise Wilson
Sculpture Project
Lincoln
Elwell
Kimball
Chappell
Nebraska Business Community
May Elections In Sidney Cheyenne County Voters
May brings local elections in Sidney and Cheyenne County with city council and school board races. Incumbents Ed Bauman and Vince Maliszewski seek new terms, while three council seats and four school board terms face voters, plus county commissioners and weed board seats. Filing ends March 12 for the May 11 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Ed Bauman
Vince Maliszewski
Ed Haupt
Tom Kokjer
Lee-Ellen Matzke
Ed Narjes
Narjes
George Bailey
Ken Rose
Oliver Dam project wins first round
South Platte NRD gains preliminary approval for funds to renovate Oliver Dam recreation area west of Kimball. An advisory board approved the Million-dollar Resource Development Fund request, with final application due in one year including a final design for the dam. Local resolutions supported groundwater rights, solid waste, a returnable bottle bill, and a coal slurry study.
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South Platte Natural Resources District
Oliver Dam
Kimball
South Platte Nrd
Bob Hahn Hahn
Lincoln
Hahn
NRD
Nrds
Nebraska
Youth camp board to hear good and bad lodge news
Marjorie Borcher tells Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp board that the new lodge is nearly finished but not yet usable due to missing city electricity. The project may run short of funds though, with $45,000 budget, aiming for April 1 completion to host an Easter service in Sidney near Legion Park.
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Lodge
Marjorie Borcher
Lodgepole Valley
Borcher
Legion Park
Sidney
Monica McNish
Hammond McNish
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Co op taxation bill clears preliminary vote in legislature
The legislature backed a bill 41 to 3 to end double taxation on co-ops, shifting tax on cash patron payments and retained profits. Debates centered on who pays income tax, with supporters arguing the co op patrons shoulder the tax and opponents warning against dual statements and unfair burden. The bill, LB382, targets co op patrons as the taxed party and was framed by Sens Maurice Kremer and Herbert Duis.
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Associated Press
Jules Burbach
Burbach
Co-Op
Sidney
Robert Clark
Clark
Kremer
South Sioux City
John Murphy Murphy
Bellwood
Loran Schmit
Prosecution wraps up case in Simants mass murder trial
The state rested late morning after calling two Nebraska psychiatrists to rebut the defense. Dr. Emmett M. Kenney and Dr. Eli Chessen testified Simants was not insane at the Oct. 18 Kellie family killings and could distinguish right from wrong. They noted schizoid traits but no serious mental illness and no brain damage. The defense plans one rebuttal witness, then final arguments with jury instructions to follow. Simants faces six counts of first degree murder and pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to all charges.
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Edward C. Nicholls
Associated Press
North Platte
Nebraska
Erwin Charlies Simants
Simants
Emmett M. Kenney
Omaha
Eli Chessen
Lincoln
Simant
Kenney
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
Chessen
Asst
Leonard Vyhnalek
Jack R. Anderson
Department of Public Institutions
Lincoln County District Court
Hugh Stuart
Sitmants
Kellies
Stuart
Steven Scott
Great Plains Mental Health Center
Seward
Scott
Sam Campanella
American Psychiatric Association
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May
Carl Cornelius
Lloyd O'Holleran
John Platz
O'Holleran
Bob Cook
Joanne Muesburger
Elizabeth Young
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Third District
Virginia Smith
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Len Robert Eyre
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Sargent Shriver
Hubert Humphrey
Byrd
Shapp
Shriver
Ford
Ronald Reagan
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