Nostalgia as deeds handed for Sioux Army Depot land
Ed Narjes praised a collective effort that returned about three per cent of Cheyenne County wheatland to production after a complex private purchase of government land. The $1,325,000 property was paid in eight years via Sidney City titles and Sioux Industrial Development Corp investors. The event honored families such as Beyers and Sorge and marked first land ownership for many locals.
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Sioux Army
Ed Narjes
Leonard Beyers
Roger Sorge
Narses
Sidney
Sioux Industrial Development Corp
Cheyenne County
Four amendments threaten constitutionality of local college bill
Lincoln AP Four amendments to a bill for local control of Omaha area technical community colleges may render LB344 unconstitutional. The attorney general, Harold Mosher, says diverse provisions on Metro levy limits and operation mills could be hard to defend. Hastings and other amendments adding state approval for projects and a formula based on tuition income also raise constitutional concerns.
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Metro Technical Community College
Omaha
Metro
Attorney General
Hastings
Richard Marvel
Mosher
Gurley High to graduate 24 in Monday ceremony
Gurley High School will graduate 24 seniors next Monday. Baccalaureate services are Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev C Moermond of Salem Lutheran Church will deliver the address. Rick Madison is valedictorian and Lynette Lessig salutatorian. Kenneth Griffith will be commencement speaker. Remaining graduates include Nancy Adams, Ron Ahlschwede, Joe Block, Neil Christofferson, Eugene Cox, Kathy Dalton, Judy Egging, Debra Ewert, Renee Kuelin, Warren Horst, Jim Larson, Renita Larson, Karen Mather, Bill Makey, Joe McNurlin, Mike McVicker, Jodeen Miles, Mike Ortiver, Charles Roose, Diane Spearow, Stanley Stein, Dan Wolff.
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Gurley High School
C Moermond
Salem Lutheran Church of
Potter High School Commencement Week Plans
Potter High School announces baccalaureate Sunday at 8 pm and commencement Monday at 8 pm. Deb Slama is valedictorian with Dina Musil as salutatorian among 17 seniors. three meet graduation requirements at mid term. May graduates include Hewlen Carlson David Fry Jim Harder Carrie Hardman Betsy Kuhns Kay Larson Rick Leach Dina Musil Deb Slama Cindy Spencer Hereb Stevens Tami Stines Mike Summers and Gina Wickhorst. Mid term grads are Diane Nielsen Judy Parker and Debbie Plachy. Former superintendent Albert Mason will speak.
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Potter High School
Deb Slama
Dina Musil
Hewlen Carlson
David Fry
Jim Harder
Carrie Hardman
Betsy Kuhns
Kay Larson
Rick Leach
Cindy Spencer Hereb Stevens
Tami Stines
Mike Summers
Gina Wickhorst
Diane Nielsen
Judy Parker
Debbie
AMTRAK Nebraska route action still pending delay
Third District Representative Virginia Smith reports the Chicago to West Coast AMTRAK route through Nebraska remains under consideration. The Department of Transportation review is paused pending the AMTRAK Development Act and possible shift of route designation to an AMTRAK board if the bill passes. She notes potential support from Nebraska towns and outlines route stops including Omaha and North Platte.
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Amtrak
Nebraska
Congress
Virginia Smith
Senate
Omaha
Fremont
Columbus
Grand Island
Kearney
North Platte
Sidney
Sidney School Board Tonight Discusses Education Program
The Sidney Board of Education meets with Central Elementary teachers this evening to review the educational program. The regular meeting starts at 4:45 PM in the Junior High Library with items including renewal of the Panhandle Educational Resources contract, corner election of new teachers, and discussion of teachers’ contract forms.
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Sidney Board of Education
Panhandle
Cold front may bring more rain across Nebraska
A weak cold front west of Nebraska moves east bringing scattered thundershowers to central and western areas tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures hold rather steady with lows in the 40s and highs mid 60s to low 70s. North Omaha led moisture at .23 inch for 24 hours, while towns like Norfolk Burwell and Lincoln posted lighter totals and Sunday’s high reached 70 degrees in several cities.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
National Weather Service
North Omaha
Omaha
Norfolk
Burwell
Lincoln
McCook
Beatrice
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Mullen
Pack 82 and Sidney win Sidney cleanup contest
Fewer participants than last year but more trash collected as eight teams, including Pack 82 with five squads, hauled the equivalent of over 120 pickup loads. Crusaders and Boy Scout Troop 89 placed second and fourth with the Fix Balfour team donating their prize to a medical fund.
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Sidney
Sidney Community Improvement Program
Sidney Jaycees
Cub Scout Pack 82
Crusaders
Foursquare Gosple Church
Boy Scout Troop 89
Richard Fix
Balfour
Fix-Balfour
Sidney City to consider PRC aid for diversion terrace project
Sidney City Council plans to authorize a pre-application with the Panhandle Resource Council for technical and financial help to build a diversion terrace above future park and development land. The project aims to guide watershed water away from parkland toward an existing dam, with costs largely funded by federal sources and possibly Upland Industries.
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Sidney
Panhandle Resource Council
City of
Maynard Dils
Dils
Prc
Soil Conservation Service
Bike safety program includes map routes
Sidney Police and the Ladies Division of the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce drafted a map of safe bike routes to Legion Park facilities and a bicycle safety day set for Saturday at the Sidney Junior Senior High School complex. The event features free bike inspections, races with cash prizes, and a poster contest.
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Legion Park
Sidney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ladies Chamber
Pat Dorwart
Sidney Junior- Senior
Sidney Police
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Automobile Association
Sidney Jaycees
Dewart
Paul Manley
Nebraska State Patrol
Gurley
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Mrs. Sorge
SIDCO
Guy F. Bush
Mr. and
Mrs. Beyer
Diane Spearow
Stanley Stein
Dan Wolff
Kenneth Griffith
Madison
Miss Lessig
Plachy
Albert Mason
Miss Musil
Sidney Waste Dept
Pack
CIP
Sally McGee
Bruce Vizina
Jaycee Cal Corcoran
National Guard
Mrs McGee
Inother Business Council
Gary Brue
Sidney Cable TV
Federal Communication Commission
11Th Ave
Rose and
Quince St
West Newton St
24Th Ave
Bob Balfour
Gary Howitt
Laredo Lane
Robert Pohl
City Hall
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