Wheat Field Day Probes Hard Year for Panhandle Wheat
Crowds of farmers gathered for the ninth annual field day at the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory near Sidney to review 20 wheat varieties, discuss moisture conservation, and hear researchers on yields, Ecofallow benefits, and the impact of freeze drought and wind on the Panhandle crop.
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High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
University of Nebraska Agricultural
John Weshing
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Weihing
University
August Dreier
Charles Fenster
USDA
Akron
Colo
Colorado
Smika
Vic Haas
Hemingford
Hail and rain sweep Great Plains injuring crops
Severe storms delivered heavy hail and up to four inches of rain across the Great Plains from Gurley and Sterling to New Haven and Bushnell. Cropland damage included up to 50 percent loss in some strips, with over 5 000 acres of sugar beets harmed in Morrill and Mitchell, while Kansas wheat harvest slowed under heavy rain.
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Great Plains
Gurley
Dalton
Bushnell
Sterling
North Platte Valley
New Haven
Logan County
Kimball County
Mick Evertson
Evertson
Highway 38
Morrill
Mitchell
Associated Press
Kansas
St Pat's delays adding grades to 1977 fall start
St Patrick s School in Sidney postpones adding fifth and sixth grades to its St Pat s School System until fall 1977. Officials cite need for planning and cost concerns while the parish remains confident the move will proceed next year.
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St. Patrick’s
Sidney
St. Patrick's Board of Education
Frank Hoelck
St Pat's
Duane Gross
Gross
Father Hoelck
St. Pat
Telegraph Soil Conservation Issue Highlights Modern Tech
The Telegraph publishes a yearly Soil Conservation issue with extensive conservation stories. It features coverage on how computers are entering the conservation business and includes messages from numerous conservation-minded firms.
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The
Telegraph
Methodists to Break Ground for New Sanctuary in Sidney
The First United Methodist Church in Sidney will break ground for a $350,000 sanctuary at 9 45 am Sunday between worship services. The Rev Rodney Wilmoth says all attendees should bring a shovel and participate. The project, to be built by Nebraska Enterprises of Sidney, with Willscam and Mullins of Omaha as architects, will take about nine months and adds a 56 by 72 foot westward extension.
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First United Methodist Church
Sidney
Rodney Wilmoth
Nebraska Enterprises, Inc
Sidney J
Willscam and Mullins
Omaha
Sidney Public Schools
Roger Willmarth
Willmarth
C.J Cornelius
Cornelius
Nebraska
Chadron
Sticky budget squeeze hits Sidney and Cheyenne County
Local officials brace for tighter budgets as expenditures rise and mill levies near legal ceilings. School boards expect higher salaries and deficits from state funding gaps while city and county seek cost cuts and staff reductions amid slow valuation growth and ongoing re evaluations.
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Con Marshall
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sidney prepares Bicentennial celebration with lodge dedication
Final plans detail a July 4 event in Sidney featuring lodgepole Valley Youth Camp lodge dedication and an Interstate 80 sculpture unveiling. A 1:30 p.m. youth parade from Legion Park includes age divisions and bicycle and costume contests. The Rotary Club, Elks, and Boy Scouts support activities, with cake decorating, ice cream, bread, lemonade, and costume contests.
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Sidney
Lodgepole Valley
Legion Park
Nancy Brown
Sidney Elks Lodge
Rotary Club
Betty Tremain
Churches of
Boy Scouts
Marge Curtiss
Sidney Jaycees
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Sidney National Guard
J Hammond McNish
University of Kansas
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Ron Maas
Western Wheat Associates
Tokyo
Ag Lab
Harold Tremain
St. Pat’s
Methodists
Sidney Ellis Lodge
Darrell Danielson
Maynard Dils
Dils
Gordon Tobin
Bob Hassle
Ken Rose
Potter
Rose
Hassle
Washington
Kingsley Dam
Ogallala
Neb
Midwest
Vocational Technical Colleges
Mable Portz
Cheyenne
Chissy McDaniel
Jennifer Wilmoth
Susie Kuehn
Monica McNish
Gerald Whelan
Hans van de Bovenkamp
Cheyenne County Ministerial Association
Girl Scouts
Verde Dam
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