Harvest Wheat Harvests Begin Across Cheyenne County
Early cutting in Cheyenne County indicates a fair to good winter wheat harvest. Reports from Lodgepole Colton and surrounding elevators note moisture around 12.6 to 17 percent with test weights near 60 pounds and the potential for 4 bushels per acre in some patches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Hart Quinn
Otto Schlaman
Bill Behrends
Quinn
Colton
Jim Deaver
Colton Grain Co
Oscar Schlaman
Otto
Norm Kent
Dalton
Morrill County
Larry Miller
Miller
Lee Foster
Gurley
Potter
Bruce Juelfs
Tom Birth
Lorenzo
LaVern Thomas
Sidney Co- Op
Don Hoffman
Hoffman
School Board Uses Cash Reserves to Keep Tax Rate Flat
The Sidney Board of Education unanimously agreed to tap up to 150000 from cash reserves in the new 1.8 million budget to avoid a tax increase. They also raised nonresident tuition rates and approved a 77,000 bond fund while projecting steady mill levies depending on revenue and state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Partsch
Sidney Board of Education
R.J Pedersen
Pedersen
County Eyes South I 80 Interchange Change
Cheyenne County Commissioners held a 30 minute meeting with State Highway Commission member Dan Ramsey and Roads division engineer Jim Jensen to discuss transferring the I 80 overpass south of Sidney into a third interchange with new entrance and exit ramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
State Highway Commission
Dan Ramsey
Department of Roads Division
Jim Jensen
Ed Narjes
Ramsey
Jensen
Department of Roads
Town
11Th Ave
South
Narses
Tom Doyle
Council approves fiscal 1976 budget with big tax hike
The city votes a fiscal 1976 budget increasing the all purpose mill levy by 21 percent. With an estimated city property value of 13.8 million dollars, Sidney taxpayers face about 30.25 dollars per thousand in valuation, up from 23.96 the prior year, while overall expenditures are nearly 300 thousand dollars less than last year. The council also tables actions on a board of adjustment and two variance requests and discusses cemetery lot rates and other items before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Tobin
Sidney
Council
Board of Adjustment
Lee-Eben Matzke
Matzke
Frank Guenther
John Bard
Arlo Jones
Insurance Center
Sidney Cable
Gary Brue
Connell
Ed Haupt
Blue
Greenwood Cemetery
Local Pianists Invited To Play Century-Old Fort Sidney Piano
Cheyenne County Historical Association invites local pianists to perform on the 1877 Knabe square grand in the Fort Sidney Commander's Home during Sunday tours from 1 to 5 pm. The instrument, bought from the McFadden family, has 83 keys and a rosewood cabinet. signups are through Mrs Ken McMillen or Mrs CW Cutright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Thurlow
Mitchell
Fort Sidney Post
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Thurlow
Nancy McMillen
Association
McFadden
Sidney
Fort Sidney
Baltimore
Knabe Co
Ken McMillen
CW Cutright
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Gade’s
Sundl
Thing Town
L.S O'Halloran
Tom Dorwart
Tobin
Dorwart
Kirkham, Michael & Associates of
Omaha
Larry Richards
North Platte
Hansen, Fuenning, Raetz, & Erb
Sioux Industrial Development Corp
F.B
Tommy’’ Thompson
Ed Marquardt
Fairplay
Colo
South Elementary
Polly Ann Boyd
Augustana College
Melinda Pete
David Hausmann
Kearney State College
Omaha Benson School
Cornelius
John Platz
Mildred Tillotson
Bill Rogers
Frank Finney
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