City Considers Rate Study For Utilities In Sidney
The Sidney City Council approved seeking a contract from R. W. Beck & Associates to conduct a comprehensive rate study for electrical water sewer and waste services. The aim is to review rates not adjusted since 1958 with a July report target and May 14 meeting action on contracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
R. W. Beck & Associates Engineering
Chuck Steirz
Denver
Steirz
Steirl
Beck
South Country Club
Cheyenne County
Hillside Golf Course
Kirkham-Michaels
Ed Prince
Company
Filsinger Excavating Co
LeBaron Goodwin
el Rancho Road
Lodgepole Creek
Goodwin
Bruce Raddatz
Bruce Hennie
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Hennie
Harold Kuhns
Kiwanis Club
Western Nebraska Technical College
Kuhns
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
SAC
Lawrence
Kansas
Prince
Sidney chooses emblem symbolizing heritage and progress
Rebecca Everitt wins the city emblem contest with a design featuring a wheel of progress, a tumbleweed and a crossroads. She receives 250 dollars and notes art activity since teaching in Sidney and Lodgepole schools ended three years ago. City officials will have a commercial artist refine the final rendition for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Rebecca Everitt
Everitt
Edward Prince
Clean-Up Drive Slated For Parks On Saturday
Sidney Community Improvement Council schedules a one day park litter cleanup this Saturday. Adults and youth meet 9:30 to 10 at Legion Park Shelter House. Boy and Girl Scout units join efforts with council. Participants should wear long sleeves trousers gloves and sturdy shoes. bring bags. A city truck will haul trash. Other sites include Lodgepole Creek and the Community Improvement Nursery at Lodgepole Plaza. Homeowners may also clean their yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Improvement Council
Sandra Stewart
Recreation and Leisure Time Committee
Wilbert Higuchi
Legion Park
Lodgepole Creek
Lodgepole Plaza
Stewart
Panhandle Forecast Shows Cool, Sunny Outlook Through Weekend
Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon with highs in the mid 50s. Tonight remains fair and cool with upper 20s lows. Thursday brings sun and warmer skies with highs in the low 60s. Light winds shift from northwest to south. Precipitation chances near zero through Thursday. Extended outlook: mostly fair Friday and Saturday, partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday, highs in 60s rising to mid 70s, lows mainly 40s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Dogcatcher Begins Duty Captures First Vagrant
John Stark began as animal control officer and captured his first stray dog on Tuesday. Sidney officials hope this starts solving the stray animal problem. Stark will seize licensed and unlicensed animals and hold unlicensed pets 24 hours. council may rewrite the holding period. Impounded animal records will be at the police station for missing pet checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stark
Sidney
Stark
Edward Prince
Prince
WNTC Expects 600 Displays at Industrial Arts Fair
Western Nebraska Technical College hosts an Industrial Arts Education Fair with 16 to 18 area high schools expected. Russ Kaber notes about 600 items will be displayed including plastics wood carvings and welding projects as the fair runs Thursday through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Nebraska Technical College
Russ Kaber
Kaber
Inflation fears dominate Farm Bureau talk in Sidney
Nebraska Farm Bureau leader John Klinker told about 50 Sidney attendees inflation hurts farmers more than cutbacks and price ceilings. He cited REAP losses of 1 to 5 million annually and $75 million per year over two years, urged regional cooperation, warned on LB149 for a Nebraska agricultural institute, and pressed for a stronger state university agriculture program to boost wealth tagged at $25 billion in 1972.
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Nebraska
John Klinker
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Sidney
Klinker
U.S
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
University “Agriculture
Telegraph marks centennial as Sidney paper eyes future edition
The Sidney Telegraph celebrates 100 years in publication starting with volume 100 today. Publisher John Gottschalk announced a special centennial edition during National Newspaper Week in October and ongoing observances. The paper began as The Sidney Telegraph in 1876 by printer Larry Connell and has become Cheyenne County’s oldest business and Panhandle’s oldest newspaper.
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Illinois St
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
John Gottschalk
Larry Connell
George Custer
Battle of
Little Big Horn
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Chappell Protests SCS Office Closure Move
A protest grows in Devel County over closing the Chappell Soil Conservation Service office and moving programs to Sidney. Gail Klingman notes a letter campaign and seeks a meeting with Keith Meyer. Meetings argue travel costs and time hurt efficiency. protest aims to expose a supposed false economy. Closure set for late next month.
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Devel County
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Chappell
Sidney
Gail Klingman
Klingman
South Platte Natural Resources District
Ramey Whitney
Keith Meyer
Devel County Farms
Chappell Scs
Wyoming Leader Sees Secession Talk as Impractical
Gov. Stan Hathaway of Wyoming calls western Nebraska secession chatter flattering but impractical amid Nebraska political moves. Panhandle residents oppose Gov. Exon veto on University of Nebraska takeover of Scottsbluff Hiram Scott College as exploratory talks continue for a joint training facility.
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Stan Hathaway
Wyoming
Nebraska
State
Panhandle
J James Exon
University of Nebraska
Hiram Scott College
Scottsbluff
Hathaway
Sidney Picked For Seminar On Inspection
John L. Sullivan head of the Department of Motor Vehicles announced a May 10 motor vehicle inspection training seminar in Sidney. The sessions, held statewide since last November, aim to educate mechanics who perform inspections and boost uniformity and effectiveness of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sidney
Sullivan
Wyoming Nebraska paramedical plan discussed at Scottsbluff
Editorial notes Section 2 paramedical personnel from Wyoming and Nebraska. The facility would have been located at the Scottsbluff college. Hathaway says the plan is now impossible but flattering to Wyoming and hopes for western Nebraska support and shared comradeship with eastern Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Nebraska
Scottsbluff College
Hathaway
United Fund To Distribute 1972 Proceeds
The Sidney United Fund will distribute 12158 from the 1972 campaign at 7 p m Friday at the Avco Finance Office. Bruce Hennie publicity chairman says the figure is 12498 minus campaign expenses. The goal had been 14000. Recipient organization representatives must be present to receive checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney United Fund
Avco Finance
Bruce Hennie
Reverend Ganzel Drawn to Auburn Church
The Nebraska United Methodist appointments announced by Bishop Don W. Holter place Rev. Stanley A. Ganzel at Auburn starting June 1 with first Sunday service June 10. He moves from Sidney after three years to lead Auburn. Rev. Rodney E. Wilmoth will take over in Sidney from Omaha.
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United Methodist
Nebraska
Don W. Holter
Stanley A. Ganzel
First
United Methodist Church
Sidney
Auburn
Mr. Ganzel
Rodney E. Wilmoth
Trinity Methodist Church
Omaha
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Lisa
Gary Green
North Ward School
Dogcatcher
WNTC
Farm Bureau
Wald
United Fund
Ganzel
Auburn Church
Wilmoth
Donald J. Webster
Bushnell Methodist-Dix Presbyterian
George D. Wheal
Melvin M. Cammack
Kimball
Craig Butterfield
Lodgepole
Wayne Rhodes
Poller
Mlise
New Frontier Agents
Herb Red Cloud
Hay Springs
Dean Rood
Dale Kindred
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