Oliver Area project seeks half of 413712 funding
The South Platte NRD board approved a preliminary go ahead for Oliver Reservoir recreation site funding seeking 50 percent federal support for facilities and engineering totaling 413712 dollars. Remaining costs would come from state and local sources with additional federal funds requested for land and dam options. The Singleton family has filed for a permanent injunction to block land condemnation and private development, with July 11 deadline to respond.
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Oliver Reservoir
South Platte Natural Resources District
Bob Hahn
NRD
Soil Conservation Service
Charles R
Betty Mae Singleton
Singletons
NRC
Nrds
Illinois Street
Boren
Skelly Service
John Ferguson
Hahn
Darrell Smith
Doane Agriservices Inc
Grand Island
Oliver Recreation
John Moore
Rond AbeeReneeeeee and
Legion Downs Grant in Tight 8-7 Victory
Sidney Junior Legion remained undefeated after a close 8-7 win over Grant on Monday night. Page 11 also highlights Sidney Midgets season opener with a team photo and interview with Coach Bob Decker Jr. plus notice on senior housing applications and Independent Cable open house.
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Sidney Junior Legion
Grant
Page
Sidney
Bob Decker, Jr
Oil Well Drilled Inside City Limits Near Sidney
Drillers east of Sidney operate a well within city limits amid a city ordinance banning oil or gas drilling. Paul Roberts of the Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission says the city cannot prevent the project, while local officials focus on project viability. Champlin Petroleum Co. operates the well on Union Pacific property near the sewage plant.
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Sidney
Paul Roberts
Nebraska Oil & Gas Commission
Champlin Petroleum Co
Union Pacific
Correction to flooding may take up to 15 years
Landowners led by Ivan Palser pressed the South Platte NRD Tuesday for help to fix flooding in Big Springs area. Officials warned that any construction funding is likely 12 to 15 years away, while approving a new office site, an appraiser, and a change of auditors.
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Gordon Stofer
Big Springs
South Platte Natural Resources District
Ivan Palser
NRD
Palser
Deuel
Keith County
Parking meter survey results to be discussed at city meeting
John Laing chair of the parking meter committee reported 72 survey forms were returned. The forms will be tabulated at a 7 20 p m meeting at city offices, with survey results and alternatives to be presented to Sidney City Council. Public feedback ranges from removing all meters to keeping them with changes such as off street parking or chalking and fines.
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John Laing
Laing
Sidney
Plane crash kills four near Gordon in Nebraska
A single engine light plane crashed into a 75 foot gully after a low pass near the Gordon area. Four occupants died including Darwin Calkins early 20s and Robert Grant 1% from Aldance. Rodney Calkins survived as the wreckage burned with a Hay Springs pilot trapped inside.
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Gordon
UPS
Darwin Calkins
Robert Grant
Aldance
Calkins
Glenn
Rodney
Hay Springs
Commissioners back home health survey in county
Cheyenne County commissioners authorized a comprehensive home health survey form at their meeting with the new home health study committee. JoNel Mundt of the Panhandle Resource Council will prepare a countywide questionnaire, with questions from local committee members routed via County Clerk Bob Hossle. The plan envisions a Scotts Bluff County Home Health satellite funded by service fees, not taxes. In other actions, Linda Knight's pay was raised, funds shifted to Noxious Weed District, and Basin Electric received a conditional use permit for a substation. Jack Peetz was named special county attorney for emergencies, and stop signs were approved four and a half miles west of Lorenzo.
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Cheyenne County
JoNel Mundt
The
Panhandle Resource Council
Bob Hossle
Mundt
Ava Weeweety
Scotts Bluff County
Linda Knight
County Highway Department
Jack Peetz
Lorenzo
Thompson
PERC
Ron Reichert
Sidney
Unit 14
Reichert
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Lodgepole
WIFE pushes consumer education and beef referendum
Frances Craig reports Women Involved in Farm Economics focuses on consumer education arguing farmers aren’t controlling rising grocery prices. The group promotes beef producer registration for a July vote on a beef board while urging members to lobby Washington on the farm bill.
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Frances Craig
Joy Ankeny
Ankeny
WIFE
Beef Board
Marian Lenzen
Virginia Smith
Washington
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Change in lanes for Illinois Street in Sidney
Sidney street superintendent Mel Jackson says Illinois Street will switch from four lanes to two lanes with a center turning lane. Work starts once the state paint truck is available. Nebraska’s Bob Mason is pursuing the truck from Bridgeport. The change aims to improve safety as four lanes are too wide for federal participation. Preliminary center strip coverup occurred Tuesday.
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Illinois Street
Mel Jackson
Sidney Street
Jackson
State Highway Dept
Bob Mason
Nebraska Highway Dept
Sidney
Bridgeport
Clinois
Illinois
School Board sets Studnicka hearing date June 15
Ella Studnicka will have a hearing before the Sidney Board of Education June 15 after the board rescinded April 27 probation action. The hearing stems from disputes over raises and a civil rights suit. a settlement filed in Lincoln June 2 set the hearing and probation rescission. The board also considered dissolving PERC to save costs and approved several education and staffing measures.
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Studnicka
Tobin Beck
Ella Suudnicka
Sidney Board of Education
Gerald Matzke
Sidney
Lincoln
Barbara McDaniel
Panhandle Educational Resources Corporation
PERC
Panhandle
Educational Services Unit 14
Gene Thompson
Lodgepole
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Mbngranay Champlin Ol] Co
Lodgepole Valley
City of
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Independent Cable
Western Irrigation Association
Colorado
Hani
Commissioners Back Home Health
Nebraska Health Systems
Basin Electric
Bob McKay
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
McDaniel
Dick Muldoon
Bill Rush
Muldoon
Sidney High
Rush
Sidney High School
Rush and
St. Pats
Connie Spangler
Byron Sharman
Donald Hubbs
John Gancer
Phil Martin
Martin
Cozad High School
Alberta Walker
Tom Cotton
Joe Folda
Shirley Beyer
Pat Burrows
Alta Schmitt
Nadine Hinn
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