Kimball County High School bids approved for new vocational building
Bids set for the Kimball County High School vocational building with B and C Steel of Scottsbluff awarded the construction and John's Plumbing and Heating the plumbing work. Supt. Max Hensley announced a 60 day completion target and immediate ground work. Building measures 60 by 140 feet, all metal with two walk in doors and two overhead doors with full insulation. Plumbing bids ranged from 4175 to 4250 dollars.
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Kimball
Kimball County High School
B & C Steel
Scottsbluff
John
Max Hensley
Loseke
Weatherwise Mfg. Co
Herb Linn
John’s Plumbing and Heating
Paul Jusoun Named Box Butte County Attorney
Alliance Nebraska Paul Jusoun deputy county attorney has been named county attorney and will assume the office July 1 He succeeds Laurice Margheim who resigned in May to enter private practice Margheim served four years as county attorney and Emson joined the staff two years ago
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Alliance
Paul Jusoun
Box Butte
Laurice Margheim
Margheim
Emson
Resignation of Panhandle Mental Health Center Leader
Dr. Noel Haukebo head of the Panhandle Mental Health Center resigns effective July 31 after a verbal notice to the executive board and a written termination request. He helped establish the center north of St Marys Hospital after coming from the West Nebraska Psychiatric Clinic in Scottsbluff. Dr. Allen Roehl becomes acting director as the board seeks a replacement. The boards praised Haukebo for unfailing cooperation benefiting the 11 county area.
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Panhandle Mental Health Center
St. Mary’s Hospital
Haukeho
Allen Roehl
Hlaukebo
Oshkosh Church Plans Pass Vote for New Building
Oshkosh Methodist Church members approve a one story 8920 square foot church on the site of the burned structure. Groundbreaking is eyed for July with completion hoped by Thanksgiving as the congregation meets at the city auditorium and aims for a rapid build.
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Oshkosh
Lisco Prepares 60th Anniversary Celebration
LISCO The Lisco Rural Fire department plans a 60th town anniversary celebration with details pending. A two day or one day event is under consideration and may be part of last year’s successful oldtimers celebration. Potential features include a carnival parade high school bands ball game talent show and barbecue.
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Lisco
Gas Rate Hike Is Nixed In Bridgeport
Bridgeport officials reject a proposed Kansas Nebraska Gas Co rate increase after a study by R W Beck & Associates finds no need for higher gas rates. The council also reviewed a request from Nebraska to comment on the Ogallala Wyoming Line Freeway Express Way route, recommending a path south of the North Platte River near Bridgeport with interchanges to be set by surveys and investigations by the Nebraska Department of Roads.
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Bridgeport
Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co
R.W. Beck & Associates
Lincoln
Nebraska
Bridgeport- Northport
North Platte River
Nebraska Department of Roads
Nursing Home Ballot Plan Near Garden County Hospital
Voters in Garden County consider adding a 40 bed nursing home at the hospital’s southwest corner. The $249000 project would require only 1.05 mills for up to ten years. Shared facilities, staff, and utilities expected to keep costs low.
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Oshkosh
Garden County
Garden County Hospital
Lisco Hosts International Arabian Ranch Trials This Weekend
Lisco to host the International Arabian Ranch trials for the fourth time in six years at two ranches this Saturday and Sunday with free admission. Saturday events take place at Wall Queen's ranch 25 miles north of Lisco, and Sunday at Mitchell flats three miles east of the Lisco bridge on the river's south bank. The trials have alternated locations over six years, returning to Lisco in recent years after stops in New Mexico.
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Lisco
Wall Queen’s
Mitchell Flats
Lisco Bridge
New Mexico
Garden NFO to Host OsHkosh Meeting on Wheat and Cattle
Garden County National Farmers Organization unit will meet Wednesday July 2 at 8pm at the VFW hall in Oshkosh. Ranchers farmers and businessmen are invited to discuss cattle and hog collection points feeder cattle situation and the impact on prices and profits for wheat and other crops with full farming community support urged.
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Oshkosh
Garden County National Farmers Organization Unit
VFW
NFO
Old Jules tour set for Sunday in Gordon area
Plans are complete for the Old Jules tour on Sunday June 29 starting 8:30 am at the Gordon Park or 9 am at the Mari Sandoz Museum on Hi way 87. The Sunbeam Calyx Garden Club will keep the museum open all day as the 70 mile eight stop trip visits sites including the Sandoz market fruit farm gravesite Swiss graveyard Grossenbacher homestead Indian Signal Hill and Old Jules homesite before ending at Sacred Heart Church on Mirage Flats. Bring a box lunch.
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Gordon
Jules
Mari Sandoz Museum
Here
Sunbeam Calyx Garden Club
Marie Sandoz
Sandoz Fruit Farm
Flora Sandoz
Sandoz
Pine Creek
Grossenbacher Homestead
Indian Signal Hill
Old Jules
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mirage Flats
Bridgeport Rodeo Sets July 4 5 Schedule and Parade
Preparations for Morrill County Amateur Rodeo in Bridgeport plan two evenings of events July 4 and 5 at 8.00 with intermission fireworks. Jaycees parade at 10.30 a.m. July 4 with local groups urged to participate. Registration for old-timers 1.00 4.00 p.m. at fairgrounds pavilion. Prizes awarded for county oldest residents and longest residents. Jaycees also run horseshoe and softball events.
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Bridgeport
Morrill County
Bridgeport Jaycees
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Brownies
Monte Morrison
Fred Turner
Fairgrounds Pavilion
Highway 88
North Platte Valley
Jaycees
Japanese Wheat Representative Visits Nebraska In June
Shigeru Tamesue, chief of Japan's wheat and barley import planning unit, will tour wheat producing and processing facilities in the Lincoln area this June. The visit, sponsored by the Nebraska Wheat Division, aims to study marketing, production, quality, transportation, and public private roles in wheat. Japan is the top foreign cash customer for U.S. wheat, especially hard red winter, a Nebraska staple.
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Lincoln
Japanese Food Agency
Shigeru Tamesue
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Division
Department of Agriculture
Marx Koehnke
Tamesue
United States
Japan
U.S
Koehnke
Golden Gals Meet for Song Practice and Plans
The Golden Gals gathered at Beth Walsh's home on Monday June 23 at 6 o'clock with five members present. They practiced numbers for a song contest, discussed a pre-camp party, and adjourned after refreshments and knitting. The next meeting is July 8 at Carolyn Deaver's home at 1 30 p.m. Nyla Leypoldt, Reporter.
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Golden Gals
Beth Walsh
Carolyn Deaver
Nyla Leypoldt
Grant Helps Chadron State College Work Study Program
Chadron State College officials were notified of an $11,399 grant approved by the Office of Education in the Department of Health Education and Welfare. The funds will finance the college work study program for one year.
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Chadron - Chadron State College
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Auction in Julesburg Offers Bar Lounge Equipment
Huge auction set for June 30 at 1 PM in Julesburg Colorado features Lincoln Cafe Bar and Lounge equipment able to seat 165. Dozens of additional items will be sold piece by piece. For full handbill details contact Box 604 Scottsbluff Nebraska 69361 or call 308-635-3133.
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Julesburg
Colo
Lincoln Cafe
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
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