Council Seeks Closer Ties In Negotiations For Sioux Depot Uses
Sidney councilman C B Dorwart urged closer liaison with groups seeking industrial uses at Sioux Army Depot. He noted the city seems the only federal contact for land title transfers and urged stronger city involvement with Defense Department and GSA dealings. Mayor Thorpe asked council members to attend Thursday Chamber luncheon to align Chamber, Sidney Industrial Corp and city interests on future actions.
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Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
C. B. Dorwart
J. L. Thorpe
Defense Departement
Defense Department
GSA
Dorwart
Industrial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney Industrial Corp
City Budget Drive Seeks Council Item Suggestions
City Manager George Felsch asks council members to submit ideas for the 1966 67 budget. The budget estimate will be presented at the June 28 meeting. Suggested items include police pay raises, a retirement plan for city employees, and expansion of the municipal golf course funded with non tax money and matching State and Federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Felsch
Felsch
City council reappoints D J Garcia to library board
The council reappointed Mrs. D. J. Garcia for a five year term and commended her service while noting her presidency of the board. It approved buying a new aerial lift truck for 19036 dollars from electric funds and authorizing 1500 feet of six inch pipe for the water department from U S Pipe and Foundry Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Garcia
Library Board
Garcia
Electric Department
Water Department
U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co
Animal Hospital Variance Approved for East Side Expansion
Dr. James Edwards won a zoning variance to enlarge his animal hospital at 23rd and Jackson St with a 30 by 56 foot addition costing over 10000 dollars. No building permit was sought yet as plans are not ready. Neighbors voiced no objections. Permits totaling 36000 plus included 26700 for Kokjer Motor Co. at 12th and Jackson. Carl Christ Construction Co. is carrying out work. Also moving a house for 4500 dollars to 1412 Dodge St. Lincoln trip planned to confirm Interstate 80 twin interchange with Sidney. State Roads officials seek formal declaration from Sidney. I-80 plan includes rest areas and a parallel access road. City and county approve plan, no objections filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edwards
23Rd
Jackson St
Edwards
Kokjer Motor Co
12Th and
Carl Christ Construction Co
Klazel Horst
Dodge St
George Felsch
Lincoln
Sidney
Town
State Department of Roads
Felsch
John Hossack
State Highway Department
Police Salary Scale Proposed to Hire Best Officers
Councilman Dorwart pushes a new police salary scale citing rising officer responsibilities and recent high court opinions on duties to prisoners. Mayor Thorpe backs the plan as necessary to attract qualified applicants.
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Dorwart
Thorpe
City considers centennial fund and German band plan
The city manager urged the council to weigh a centennial fund in the 1966 67 budget. He proposed hiring an old fashioned German band to greet travelers and perform at public events during Sidney’s 1967 Centennial year. Band students could work for 200 dollars a month in summer 1967. he opened the idea for further council discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Is Sidney At Century Mark
At a council meeting tied to next year’s Nebraska Centennial residents debated Sidney’s age. City Clerk Gordon Tobin presented records showing Sidney incorporated in 1884, though settlement began earlier with the Union Pacific Railroad’s arrival in the late 1860s and the Sidney Telegraph founded in 1873.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Gordon Tobin
Union Pacific Railroad
Grazing Rights Talked By Cheyenne County Farmers
Robert Rauner urged the council to form a grazing group to use 13000 acres at Sioux Depot for cattle after the Army leaves the reservation. He urged first leasing rights to local farmers if the land is acquired, noting out of state buyers may seek mineral rights. Leonard Fine urged tapping Federal funds for roadside development along I 80 and repairing Highway 19 south of Sidney.
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Robert Rauner
Cheyenne County
Sioux Depot
Leonard Fine
Sidney
Fine
Cheyenne County Commissioners
Nebraska oil finds lift Red Willow County prospects
Report from the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission notes a major oil discovery potential at the No. 1 Doyle well in Red Willow County with 2,200 feet of mud gas and water cut oil and 200 feet of oil from the Reagan sand. Nearby fields include Barger and Northwest Sleepy Hollow. Additional tests continue in Cheyenne and Banner counties with multiple wells and completions.
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Red Willow
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Ben J. Taylor
Pubco Petroleum
No. 1
Doyle
McCook State
Petroleum Information
Reagan
Barger
Sleepy Hollow
Cheyenne County
Banner Drilling Co
Production Land and Cattle Co
Cape
Dalton
No. 2
Goodwin
Dalton Field
Regal Drilling Co
Tom Wessels
Scotts
Bluff County
Nebraska
Beckmann
Burks and Burns
Toltek Drilling Co
Apollo Exploration
Kimball County
Nelson
Potter Field
Toltek
Delta Petroleum
Banner County
Cross
Sunol votes to keep Sunol High School open
At a town meeting in Sunol the school board defeated a motion to discontinue the high school 53 to 29. The debate centered on preserving economic life and potential consolidation with nearby districts while considering conversion to a K 8 model. Community factions argued the change could endanger the district’s future and state probation status.
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Sunol Public School
Sunol High School
Florien Bonkiewicz
John DeMers Jr
Sunol School Board
Tom Allington
State Department of Education
Sunol
DeMers
State Department
Allington
Sidney
Lodgepole
New School Head Tackles Job Of Getting Started
Merle Roudebush 32, named director of the new Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Sioux Army Depot, arrives in town amid early staffing and curriculum planning. He will live on base with staff, housing and start dates set as October 3 with his wife Arlene and daughter Lori moving in by June end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School
Sioux Army Depot
Merle Roudebush
Lincoln Public Schools
State Department of Education
Rodebush
Sidney
Roudebush
Milford
University of Nebraska
Morningside College
Sioux City
Randolph
Nebr
Arlene
Lori
Five Courses Set To Start October 3rd
Plans for the October 3 opening of Nebraska's Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School at Sioux Army Depot proceed this week. About 150 students expected initially, with a projected 2000 eventual enrollment. Five courses listed auto mechanics, diesel and farm tractor, drafting technology, electronics, and building construction. Director Merle Roudebush arrives to organize planning and recruit students. Dormitories will be provided. tuition is 84 dollars per quarter for a six quarter program.
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Nebraska
Sioux Army Depot
Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School
State Department of Education
Merle Roudebush
Roudebush
Vo-Tech
Milford
Cecil Stanley
Sioux
Western Nebraska
Stanley
Cyril Williams
Defense Department
General Services Administration
GSA
Wheat Acre Hike OK'd Here
Cheyenne County approves a 1967 wheat allotment of 160,029 acres an increase of about 15 percent over 1966. The ASC office said the rise adds roughly 21,000 acres for next year and may boost county yield by up to half a million bushels if harvests are average.
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Cheyenne
ASC
Department of Agriculture
Lawrence Thompson
Prgram
Thompson
Panhandle
Nebraska
Sidney moves on campground at fairgrounds site
Development progresses on a west edge campground at the Cheyenne County fairgrounds in Sidney. The city has laid a four inch water line connected to a rest room and recreation building, installed a fire plug, and plans bids for the restroom structure. Lions Club may add picnic tables as the project serves travelers until Interstate 80 roadside facilities appear in four to five years.
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Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Sidney
Stan Larabee
Fairgrounds
George Felsch
Lions Club
Sub-Station Near Sidney Delayed To September Completion
A million dollar Sub-station being built north of Sidney by Tri-State Generating and Transmission Assn. Inc. remains slated for a September completion after an earlier July target. Howard Electric Co. of Denver handles the $1.2 million project with a 105 ton 167000 kva transformer from General Electric. Irby Construction Co. nears finish on a 73 mile high voltage line to a Reclamation Bureau sub-station near Stegall, a $1.3 million effort, while Consumers Public Power District plans a similar line to North Platte. Steel delays push timelines. C H Guernsey of Oklahoma City serves as consulting engineer with two resident engineers in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Tri-State Generating and Transmission Assn., Inc
Howard Electric Co
Denver
General Electric
Irby Construction Co
Jackson, Miss
Stegall
Reclamation Bureau
Consumers Public Power District
Tri-State
North Platte
Robert F. Risch
All Breed Horse Show Sunday At Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
The Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club hosts its 2nd annual All Breed horse show Sunday June 19 at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Events start 9 a.m. with halter classes and a 1 p.m. Grand Entry. Miss Fort Sidney appears with attendants, then performance classes include barrel racing Western pleasure pole bending and trail. Judge Leo Cooksley of Berwyn and chair Bernie Gass officiate. trophies prize money and ribbons offered. Entry info available from Mrs. Kenneth Fleming.
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Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Leo Cooksley
Berwyn
Ned
Bernie Gass
Kenneth Fleming
Rt. 2
Sidney
Paul Nystrom
Mansfield to leave Sidney schools for Lincoln post
James Mansfield, administrative assistant to Mr. Pedersen, will resign from the Sidney school system by Sept. 1 or sooner if a replacement is found. He started July 1, 1965, and will join Lincoln Public Schools central administration under Dr. Arzell Ball while pursuing a half day doctorate at the University. His wife, Mrs. Mansfield, will take a part time teaching post at the University in business education.
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James Mansfield
Pedersen
Sidney
Mansfield
Lincoln Public Schools
Arzell Ball
Lincoln
University
Business Education
County Officials Convene in Panhandle Meeting
Seventy county officials from ten counties gathered here for the Panhandle County Officials Association meeting. Ira F. Radke and Rudy Faimon spoke, and the group planned the next gathering in Scottsbluff on Oct. 11. Cheyenne County delegates included Commissioners Olson, Fenske, and Smith. Assessor Swanson. Clerk Englert. District Clerk Henkle. and Cecelia Michelman representing the superintendent.
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Kimball
Panhandle
Fair Board Will Meet at Cheyenne County 4‑H Building
The Cheyenne County Fair Board will hold its regular meeting on June 20 at 7 30 p m in the 4 H building. All board members are urged to attend.
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Cheyenne County Fair Board
Sidney school budget approved for 1966-67
The Sidney Board of Education approved a general fund budget of 993,458 for 1966-67 with an expected mill levy rise from 52.7 to about 54.7 pending valuations. A 5.5 mill bond fund levy remains, while the general fund sees a $28,326 rise driven by salary costs including $4,400 for Federal payroll taxes. The district expects $11,000 tuition from Sioux Army Depot and $4,000 from surplus funds. it will lose about $25,000 in Federal funds as the Depot school district is phased out in 1967. Bonds outstanding total 717,000 as of June 1, with 1966-67 bond payments totaling 75,000.
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Sidney Board of Education
Russell Pedersen
Pedersen
Sioux Army Depot
Kokjer Motor Co. Breaks Ground on New Addition
Work has begun on an addition to The Kokjer Motor Co. building at 12th and Jackson Street. The Carl Christ Construction Co. holds the contract for a west side expansion that will house a new showroom five offices and additional facilities. When finished the existing showroom and parts rooms will be converted into more space for parts and service a customer waiting room and carpet for the entire addition per Thomas L. Kokjer.
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Kokjer Motor Co
12Th and
Jackson St
Car1l Christ Construction Co
Thomas L. Kokjer
Kokjer
Second Half Personal Taxes Attract Interest July 1
Cheyenne County Treasurer Mable Jorgensen notes that the second half of personal taxes will start accruing interest on July 1 if delinquent. The penalty is seven percent. Taxpayers with any doubt about payment should contact the Treasurer’s Office.
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Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
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Council
Animal Hospital
Centennial Fund
Lincoln Schools
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