Kindergarten registration schedule set
Kindergarten registration for next fall will be held at all elementary buildings next week. Registration is 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on specific days at North Elementary Central School and South Elementary. Parents must bring birth certificates.
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Mildred Tillotson
Tillotson
North Elementary
Central School
Burlington Northern
South Elementary
Union Pacific
Central
Warming Trend Continues Across Nebraska
The Associated Press reports a warming trend across Nebraska with no signs of upcoming cold. Tonight lows may reach upper 30s to upper 40s, Saturday highs near 70, and a very high fire danger due to dryness across rangelands west and north of a Yankton to McCook line through Saturday. The state high Thursday was 72 at Omaha and Chadron dipped to 33.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Yankton
S. C
McCook
Weather Service
Omaha
Chadron
First graders dance around May pole at North Elementary
First graders at North Elementary School on Thursday danced around the May pole to observe May Day. Students, like others, also made May baskets filled with candy treats. Teachers Florence Gish and Charlotte Gunderson guided the activities.
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North Elementary
Florence Gish
Charlotte Gunderson
United Fund disburses thirteen thousand to charities
Sidney United Fund directors distributed 13 000 to eleven beneficiary organizations from last fall’s drive and projected about 2 000 more once pledges are received and the audit is complete. About 15 200 in contributions and pledges were tallied, meeting the goal for the first time in years. Carolyn Niekum was elected drive secretary succeeding Barbara Custer who resigns to move to Bridgeport.
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Sidney United Fund
Drive
Barbara Custer
King’s Daughters
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Association For Retarded Citizens
Salvation Army
Red Cross
United Services Organization
National Travelers Aid
National Arthritis Foundation
The
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
Custer
Bridgeport
Carolyn Niekum
Ed Cole
Jack H. Lowe
Frank Partsch
NCIP Entries Grow as 193 Nebraska Towns Join Program
Four local towns Sidney Dalton Lodgepole and Chappell are among 193 communities entering the Nebraska Community Improvement Program now in its 12th year. Awards will be presented in Lincoln on October 24 at a ceremony recognizing class leaders and nine achievement areas including downtown improvement and economic development.
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NCIP
Nebraska
Sidney
Dalton
Lodgepole
Chappell
Larry Bare
Department of Economic Development
Lincoln
Industrial Arts Fair Opens at Western Nebraska Tech College
Margie Howton of Dix preps a clock entered in Western Nebraska Technical College s industrial arts fair held with the college open house. Projects from regional junior and senior high students will be on display in the college gymnasium, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Margie Howton
Dix
Western Nebraska Technical College
Neta
Wntc Teachers’ Association
Cutworms and weeds worry Cheyenne County wheat growers
Cheyenne County extension agents and grain elevator operators say cutworms and weeds are immediate spring problems. Some fields north of Brownson and Sunol show weed or cutworm damage, while moisture varies across the county. Winter kill is not as severe as expected and prices at elevators hover around 2.85 dollars per bushel.
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Cheyenne County
Ken Sakurada
Sakurada
Brownson
Bunker Hill
Dalton
Larry Miller
The
Dalton Coop Elevator
Texas
Bruce Juelfs
Juelfs Grain Co
Potter
Oklahoma
Kansas
Juelfs
Nebraska
Dakotas
Russia
United States
Senator Clark Fears Taxpayer Revolt Over LB 344
State Senator Robert L. Clark of Sidney warned taxpayers fear a revolt as the Legislature moved to preliminary approval of LB 344 to blend state and local taxes for funding Nebraska vocational community colleges. He argued the bill could raise Sidney’s total levy past 120 mills, harming farmers and ranchers, and noted opposition from the Nebraska Farm Bureau and other agricultural groups.
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Robert L. Clark
Sidney
Clark
State College Board of Trustees
Western Nebraska Technical College
State Supreme Court
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Milt Nissen
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Sidney student to graduate CSC amid polio history
Diana Hart of Sidney will graduate May 11 from Chadron State College as one of the last polio victims to earn a CSC degree. Born in 1952 the year Salk’s vaccine emerged she has lived with paralysis from the waist down and uses braces crutches and a wheelchair. She works in the college mailroom and as a Schreiner for the Nebraska Commission on Aging while pursuing a business degree, praising independence and aiming to inspire others facing disability.
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Diana Hart
Chadron State College
Diana
CSC
Jonas Salk
Albion
Sidney
Chadron State
Nebraska Commission of Aging
Scottsbluff
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