CSC students teach in Sidney Public Schools
Seven Chadron State College seniors begin eight week student teaching in Sidney Public Schools. Gretchen Wheeler teaches speech and English at the high school. Ruth Painter covers art at the junior high in Crawford. Diane Ford handles special education and third grade at North Elementary. Cheryl Schindler teaches fourth grade at North. Edyn Gillespie takes third at Central. Kristy Williams teaches physical education at Central. Kathryn Mahr is sixth at South. Additional CSC students from the area will student teach in Hemingford and other local towns during the same period.
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Chadron State College
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney
Gretchen Wheeler
Alliance
Ruth Painter
Crawford
Ingh
Diane Ford
Madrid
North
Cheryl Schindler
Kimball
Edyn Gillespie
Dalton
Central
Kristy Williams
Cozad
Kathryn Mahr
South
CSC
Deb Dorwart
Hemingford
Brent Abrams
Hyannis
Barb Abrams
Cora Berry
Gordon
Dennis Berry
Gurley
Equipment bug prompts search for possible missing plane
The FAA said malfunctioning equipment on a parked airplane triggered a search Monday night into Tuesday morning. Air patrol, state troopers, and others joined the effort in Western Nebraska near Sidney at the Western Nebraska Technical College hangar after an emergency beacon signal was tracked to a plane with faulty gear.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Nebraska
FAA
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
I 80 sign plan moves forward in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce tourist committee members Don Born and Dennis Wamsley oversee an artist's conception for I 88 roadsigns advertising Sidney. Two signs are planned, one in each lane, with six panels on a chain link background. Numbers for tourist businesses are approximate and pending updates.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Don Born
Dennis Wamsley
Sidney
Magazine distributor talks to concerned parents here
A Sidney based distributor Doug Kent of Kent News Agency met with a local group Christian People Taking Action CPTA protesting lewd magazines in Sidney. He urged dealers to restrict sales and consider blinders and discretion while noting market demand guides stocking. CPTA plans to seek council action but state law preempts city ordinances on obscenity and enforces protection of youth at county level.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney Doug Kent
Kent News Agency
Sidney
Kent
Penthouse
TV Guide
Tom
Pahhandle
Tu U
CPTA
Sidney Newstands
Playboy
Ed Bauman
Panhandle wheat labeled poor due to drought and wind
USDA calls Panhandle winter wheat poor while other regions report fair to good. Low moisture plus wind erosion left fields dusty as Ken Sakurada notes marginal growth and the crop needs more water. monthly lab records show February moisture mainly on Feb 15.
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Panhandle
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Cheyenne
Sakurada
High Plains Agricultural Lab
Sidney
Cheyenne County group approves nine-director election plan
The Cheyenne County Historical Association adopts a new governance model at a special meeting voting to elect nine directors, three from each county commissioner district, with staggered three year terms and officers chosen from within. The change, effective at the April annual meeting, aims to streamline bylaws and improve taxpayer accountability.
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Cheyenne County Historical Association
Ken McMillen
Association
Federal Treasury
Harold J Kuhns
Elmer Hartmann
Bob Zuhlke
Reading Emphasized by Sidney Parents in School Survey
Sidney elementary parents rate reading as the top subject for children with five key topics named Reading personal worth and dignity mathematics attitudes and social understandings and responsibility. The survey covers 611 responses and 35 questions on educational questions.
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Sidney
Rithmetic
Riting
R J Pedersen
Pedersen
Plans for Cheyenne County camp lodge progress report
Lodgcole Valley Youth Camp board presented to Cheyenne County Commissioners, detailing finances, building fund, and budget. County and Sidney pledge $15,000 each if matching funds reach $15,000. target is about $20,000 for a $45,000 plus price tag. Plans for a multi purpose lodge with kitchen and dining area sent to state officials, bids to follow if funds and approvals align.
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Lodgcole Valley Youth Camp Board
Cheyenne County Commissioners
Mary Borcher
Sidney
Borcher
Commissionerr
Elks Name Creger Elk of the Year at Sidney Lodge
Jim Creger was named Elk of the Year during Monday ceremonies at the Sidney Elks Lodge. He was cited for supporting the Crippled Children's Clinic and his work on other Elks projects. Mel Crom presented his certificate and plaque.
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Jim Creger
Sidney Elks Lodge
Creger
Crippled Children’s
Elks
Mel Crom
Western Outlook Wins Postal Service Ruling
Western Outlook, a monthly magazine in 13 western Nebraska newspapers, received a favorable USPS review after an earlier ruling denied it regular mailing privileges. Publisher Ed Sykes said Darwin Sharp tentatively reversed the prior decision, though a USPS official noted no clear difference between Outlook and other popular supplements like Parade and Family Living.
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Ogallala
Western Outlook
Nebraska
US Postal Service
Postal Service
Outlook
Ed Sykes
Darwin Sharp
Department of Mail Rates
Outlock
Parade
Family Living
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Wotels
Les Caees
Doug
Oks
McMillen
Buhas
Guiding Star Girl Scout Council
Lodge
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