Oktoberfest success sparks hopes for yearly Sidney event
Hans Rolf Eiderlen, German consul general, praised the Sidney Oktoberfest finale as a sign for the future. Organizers plan an annual event amid strong attendance, with a sellout Sunday and extensive beer and food consumption. The Munich festival ended with record beer and food totals as six million visited Theresienwiese and the event valued at about $80 million.
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Hans Rolf Eiderlen
Cheyenne County
Beer Garden
Kiderlen
Munich
West Germany
George Kronowitter
Long agenda for South Platte district board meeting
The South Platte Natural Resources District reviews Oliver Dam repair plans with estimated costs around 600000. Directors discuss funding sources legal help recreation planning and contacting consultants to form an improvement project area for off campus water users.
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South Platte
Western
Nebraska Technical College
Call for volunteers helps reopen ESU 14 programs
Mentally retarded programs at Educational Service Unit 14 that closed last month due to funding gaps have reopened. Douglas Dunkle reports a state grant and anticipated deficit funding, plus staff reassignments, made the adult developmental workshop and preschool program viable again. A volunteer meeting will be held next week as efforts to expand community support continue.
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Douglas Dunkle
ESU
State Department of Education
Office of
Dunkle
Dr Helm
Owens
ESA
Owens Sai
Southern Panhandle
Sidney
Colorado
U.S
Sidney keeps funding for inclusive mental retardation program
Officials affirm continued growth of a birth through death program in Sidney, stressing it remains a national model. Dunkle outlines a renewed flow of services from birth onward and assigns himself to lead the workshop program to boost self sufficiency and development for the disabled community.
Moratorium on Grain to USSR Could Boost U S Carryover
Wheat marketing official Gene Vickers warned the U S moratorium on grain sales to the USSR could leave the United States holding a larger share of carryover wheat by year end. He outlined Russia's purchasing capacity and urged renewed movement of grain while noting USDA efforts toward a long term Russia deal. He also reported Asian sales at 49.4 percent of exports and supported home grinding to boost domestic use of bran and shorts.
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Ussr
United States
Gene Vickers
Washington, D.C
Western Wheat Associates
Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Western Wheat
Nebraska Wheat Division
Asia
Vickers
Russia
U.S
Canada
Australia
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Richard Bell
Moscow
Washington
State Department
Agriculture Department
Asian
People’s Republic of China
Erv Friede
Maas Named Director of Western Wheat Tokyo Office
Former Potter resident Ron Maas is named director of the Western Wheat Associates Tokyo office after serving as acting director since James Hutchinson's departure to a USDA post earlier this year. The Nebraska Wheat Division contracts with Western Wheat for Asia market development and the appointment was announced at a Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee meeting in Lincoln.
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Potter
Ron Maas
Western Wheat Associates
Tokyo
Maas
James Hutchinson
USDA
Western Wheat
Nebraska Wheat Division
Asia
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Lincoln
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Jeff Bush
Foreground
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National Farmers’ Organization
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Frank Partsch
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Weather Service
WWA
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