Cheyenne County Planning Commission to review draft plan
The Cheyenne County Planning Commission will meet at 10 am Thursday in the basement of the County Courthouse to review a 100 page comprehensive plan draft and an 87 page zoning draft with consultant Bob Britzman absent. A public hearing on the development plan is tentatively set for April as the group prepares for a February joint review.
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Cheyenne County
County Planning Commission
Cheyenne County Court House
Wayne Larson
Potter
Bob Britzman
Larson
Britzman
Greeley, Cole
Keith County
Devel County
Renovations Ready for Ft Sidney Officers Quarters
Renovation of the Ft Sidney Officers Quarters can restart when weather improves and contractor Jasper Bowman recovers. The $12,000 project is funded by the Cheyenne County Historical Association and a federal grant via the Nebraska Historical Society.
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Ft Sidney
Lee Nelson
Tim Turner
Nebraska Historical Society
Nelson
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Jasper Bowman
NRD seeks study to repair or replace Kimball dam
The South Platte Natural Resources District applied to the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission for financial help to fund an engineering study of the dam at Oliver Reservoir eight miles west of Kimball. The study aims to determine repairs needed to meet safety standards and explore alternatives such as a new dam, with potential recreation preservation in mind.
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Kimball
Oliver Reservoir
South Platte
Hahn
Nebraska
Lodgepole Creek
MD Ball
Departent of
Water Resources
Irrigation District
Warm Trend Heads East Across Nebraska
A warming trend moves east as a cold high pressure ridge shifts east and a low pressure trough forms. The National Weather Service expects not so cold temperatures tonight with lows around 20 in the west and teens in the east, followed by partly cloudy skies Thursday and highs from the upper 40s west to the mid 30s east. McCook records 44 degrees as Omaha drops to 6 below zero and Valentine reports 21 degrees.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
National Weather Service
McCook
Omaha
Valentine
Lincoln committee finds bond rule binding in 48th District race
A Nebraska special committee concluded Terry Carpenter failed to meet bond and procedural requirements for the 48th District contest. The panel adopted a statement stressing laws binding the Legislature, with Len Ralph Kelly the sole dissenter seeking an attorney general opinion. If Nichol is seated, Carpenter may appeal federally.
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Lincoln
Neb
Terry Carpenter
Carpenter
William Nichol
Jerome Warner
Len Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Kelly
Nichol
Richard Fellman
Allen Beermzgan
Repairs begin Thursday at Bunker Hill School fire
Repairs start Thursday at Bunker Hill School District 76 southwest of Gurley after a propane furnace fire Saturday caused extensive floor and smoke damage. Damage is estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars with temperatures near 1800 degrees. Eight students will study at Western Nebraska Technical College while contractors take up to six weeks to fix the one story brick building.
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Bunker Hill
Gurley
Norman Steffens
Lee Foster
Steffens
Western Nebraska Technical College
Kay McElwain
Leonia McNurlin
George Chaney
Ogallala
County road plan coming for Cheyenne County includes bridges
Cheyenne County Commissioners reviewed the 1974 highway report to shape a one and six year road plan. A Feb 18 public hearing is set with bridge work, drainage corrections, and hard surfacing potential highlighted.
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Cheyenne County
F B
Tommy
Thompson
Cheyenne
Highway Department
Dalton
Potter
Sidney
Kremer bill backs local vo ted areas
State Senator Maurice Kremer of Aurora introduced LB344 to re-establish technical community colleges as locally governed schools. He expects an amendment to cap school property taxes at about five mills and allow per student funding through appropriations.
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Lincoln
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Kremer
State Supreme Court
Robert Clark
Sidney Kremer
Clark
State College Board
Technical Community College Area
Campbell and Wagner Named Premier Seed Growers for 1975
Wayne Campbell of Lodgepole and Bob Wagner of Harlington were honored as Premier Seed Growers for 1975 by the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association in Lincoln. Campbell, farming in Cheyenne and Garden Counties, has certified seed for over 25 years and operates 1,400 acres dryland plus 200 acres irrigated with annual yields of about 5,000 bushels of wheat and 2,000 of oats.
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Wayne Campbell
Lodgepole
Bob Wagner
Harlington
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Lincoln
Donald G Hanway
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy
NCIA
Campbell
Cheyenne
Garden Counties
Union Pacific Agricultural Development
Nebraska
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Turner
Fort Sidney
Historical Society
Court House
Ft. Sidney
Union Pacific
Oliver
NRD
South Platte Nrd
Devel
South Platte Nrc Board
North Platte
Nebraska Association of Resource Districts
Chicago
Duane Fearer
Texas Water Authority
Frank Rayner
Underground
Environmental Protection Agency
Norman Klocke
Kansas City
Allen Beer
Don Wank
Pat Hofffpan
League of Women Voters
Dayl Williamson
Natural Resources Commission
Terry
Bunker Hill School
Foster
Dennis Larson
Kremer Bill
Arkansas
Michael Dale Shelley
Siloam Springs
Ark
Shelley
Edward B. Shelley
William C. Platt
Salt Lake City
Platt
Keith Golder
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