Colonels To Present Genesis Concert
Fort Sidney Colonels announce a spring show this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Senior High Auditorium featuring spiritual songs solos and a program arranged by John Elwell Jr and Dr J E Thayer. The cast includes soloists Bill Fankhauser Jordon Ball Richard Marker Jack Knicely Rev Edward Flinn and more with group numbers such as Step to the Rear Raindrops Keep Falling and Close To You. Sidney High School band members participate with Steve Kuhns on drums and Mrs Ron Peterson on piano.
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Fort Sidney
Butch Cassidy and
The
Bill Fankhauser
Joshua
Jordon Ball
Richard Marker
Jack Knicely
Eliza
Edward Flinn
Mr. Flinn
Mrs. Elwell
George Hinn
Mr. Marker
Bill Rush
Mr. Ball
Jim Jones
Mr. Hinn
C.J. Cornelius
Calvin Cutright
Adam and the Big Snake
James Edwards
Elwell
Thayer
Cornelius
Outright
Hull Cook
Fankhauser
Marie
Steve Kuhns
Ron Peterson
Sidney High School
Construction Cost Doubled: I 80 Toll Transforms Car Bills
Cheyenne County residents face higher highway costs as I 80 expands from 41 000 to 42 500 miles with a 1978 finish now expected. Federal funding covers 90 percent of construction with 10 percent state share, costing area drivers about 980 a year per typical car and adding up to 16 000 annually for local 5 620 cars. The extended timeline raises total outlay to about 75 billion dollars, prompting calls to redirect Highway Trust Fund toward railroads airports and mass transit.
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Cheyenne County
Uncle Sam
Highway Trust Fund
Wheat Growers meet in Ogallala on March 27
The Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Growers Association will hold its monthly meeting next Monday March 27 at the Ramada Inn Ogallala starting at 9 30 am with members expected to attend.
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Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Growers Association
Ramada Inn
Ogallala
Weather shifts as cold front moves through Sidney
Spring arrived at 5 22 this morning with clouds and rain then cooling. Forecasters expect a cold front this afternoon followed by clearing skies and highs near 50. Earlier records show wide temperature swings from 17 to 58 with light winds and trace precipitation.
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Frontier Airlines
Federal Flight Agency Association
Sidney
New Crossing Signs Proposed for Nebraska Rail Crossings
The Nebraska Department of Roads seeks FHWA approval to mark paved approaches at all railroad crossings with RRX symbols. The design aligns with the 1971 MUTCD and federal regulations to alert drivers of possible trains, with no new right of way needed.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Roads
Federal Highway Administration
Cheyenne County 4-H Emphasis Week Highlights Youth Programs
A Sidney Telegraph special section honors Cheyenne County 4-H Emphasis Week through March 25 with window displays posters and exhibits across local businesses. County 4-H Council leaders Ken Sakurada and Marlene Brubaker coordinate activities while 75 adult leaders guide 27 clubs for youths ages 9 to 19.
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Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Ken Sakurada
Marlene Brubaker
4-H
Marcel McGee
Telegraph
Dennis Larson
Dean Christensen
Kermit Nelson
Dale Katen
Herb Hruska
Cooking School Sponsored by KSID Wednesday
Miss Joyce Siefering, a nationally known food lecturer, will conduct the annual Ideas For Tomorrow cooking school sponsored by KSID on Wednesday. The free show starts at 7 p.m. at the Junior High Auditorium, Sidney, with doors opening at 6 p.m. Homemakers may win bags of groceries and other prizes, plus a free cookbook, recipe leaflets, and samples.
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Joyce Siiefering
KSID
Siefering
Sidney
Chimney Rock Fair Scheduled In Bayard
The 14th Annual Chimney Rock Stone Age Fair, March 24-26 in Bayard, attracts rock hounds from several states. Bayard Lions Club sponsors the Rock and Indian artifact show with 40 plus exhibitors and four dealers. Harold Heil chairs the event at the American Legion Hall, free to the public, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Chimney Rock
The
Bayard Lions Club
Harold Heil
Fair
American Legion Hall
Bayard
Panhandle Forecast Looks Warmer After Cooler Afternoon
The Panhandle forecast calls for cloudy cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight with a 10 percent chance of light rain. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs 55 to 65 and lows 25 to 35. Extended outlook shows variable cloudiness and a few light showers Thursday with highs 50 to 60 and overnight in the 30s.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
ASC Personnel Attend Nebraska State Workshop Conference
Nebraska ASCS personnel from across the state gather in Lincoln March 23 and 24 for the Nebraska State ASCS Workshop Conference chaired by state officials. Washington speakers include Elvin J. Person and Dale H. Helsper, with sessions on farm program information and keeping farmers informed about changes. Cheyenne County attendees include Robert Rexroth and Lawrence Thompson, plus Don Bremer Frances Barnes and Audrey Tremain.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Nebraska
Lincoln
Ray Davis
Cheyenne County
Washington, DC
Elvin J. Person
Dale H. Helsper
Northwest Area
Frances Barnes
Audrey Tremain
Lawrence Thompson
Court likely test LB 759 community college law in Panhandle
At a Sidney meeting over 40 Panhandle county commissioners and State Senator Robert L. Clark discussed the constitutionality of LB 759 the community college law. They questioned district boundaries the required eight district formation and the sufficiency of a one mill levy to fund the plan with 75 percent state support after capital costs.
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Community College
Sidney
Panhandle
Robert L. Clark
Banner County
Robert Downer
Downer
Nebraska Western College
Scotts Bluff
Western Nebraska Technical College
Scotts Bluff County College
Banner County Opinion on SB 759 Unclear and Unworkable
Banner County Attorney Robert Simmots issues an opinion labeling SB 759 vague and impractical. Counties may seek Nebraska Supreme Court review as an original action to test constitutionality. Polling across Panhandle counties expected soon to gauge action. Senator Clark reiterates the bill is unconstitutional and notes August budget deadlines for new districts.
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Robert Simmots
Scottsbluff
Banner County
Panhandle
Simmons
Nebraska Supreme Court
State approves phone trade in Midwest exchanges
The Nebraska Railway Commission approved United Telephone Co. of the West's acquisition of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co exchanges in Kimball and Potter. The deal includes property exchanges in North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska with North Dakota officials also approving. Iowa hearings are pending a decision. Northwestern Bell serves about 1,600 Kimball customers and 200 rural customers. Potter area service totals about 300.
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Nebraska Railway Commission
United Telephone Co
West
Grand Jury Dismisses Complaints Against County Officials
A 16 member grand jury for Garden County found no grounds for a true bill after investigating claims that county commissioners, the county attorney, and the county treasurer overspent 11868 on a county hospital and that a pickup for Commissioner A H Fetters was bought without bids or public notice in the Garden County News. The petition carried 197 signatures with 148 valid.
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Oshkosh
Garden County
A. H. Fetters
Garden County News
Ed Sullivan
Longtime Dalton Farmer Killed In Farm Accident
Ben Pelster 80 longtime Dalton resident died Friday in a farm accident on his southwest Dalton farm. Coroner Donald Tedesco said chest injuries from a likely tractor overturn caused his death. he was alone when found by his wife about 5 p.m. Burial followed at Dalton Cemetery after services at St. Marys Church. Surviving are his widow two sons Alfred and Eugene three daughters Dolores Hecht Rose Mary Meier and Patricia Hruska 22 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was born October 6 1891 in Raeville Neb and married Elizabeth Reicks in 1913. he lived in Petersburg before moving to Dalton in 1917.
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Ben Pelster
Dalton
Donald Tedesco
Cheyenne County
Pelster
Elizabeth
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Cletus Semper
Dalton Catholic
Father Vincent Pelster
Burse
Mr Pelster
Raeville, Neb
Joseph
Margaret Kongs Pelster
Elizabeth Reicks
Raeville
Petersburg
Neb
Alfred
Eugene
Dolores Hecht
Roswell
N.M
Rose Mary Meier
Leonard
Anne Katherine Jochum
Sutherland
Eleanor Elizabeth Howley Ross
Tetoc
Calif
Vincent Pelster
Hastings Band Set To Play Potter High On Thursday
The Hastings College Concert Band led by Duane L. Johnson travels a five day Nebraska Colorado tour ending with an Hastings campus home concert at 8 p.m. March 1. The program includes marches overtures and classical pieces with Jesus Christ Superstar Gershwin a Symphonic Portrait and Love Story selections. Susan Fisher and Cynthia Schmale are touring band members.
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Hastings College
Sidney
Duane L. Johnson
Potter High School
Nebraska
Colorado
Hastings
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Joyce Siefering
ASC
Chadron State College
Potter
Barb Pursel
CSC
Suzanne Small
Crawford
Dawner
Clark
Dalton Farmer
Potter High
Susan Fisher
Cynthia Schmale
Lodgepole
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