United Fund reaches 15 percent of goal in Sidney drive
The Sidney United Fund has reached 15 percent of its $15 000 goal with 2183 in contributions. A kickoff meeting for the business drive is set for Tuesday at 7 pm in the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce office, drive headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney United Fund
Drive
Carolyn Niekum
Board of Directors
Cheyenne County
Frank Partsch
Advance
Jack Lowe
United Fund
Oktoberfest profits spark debate at Sidney Chamber
Last weekend's Oktoberfest drew about $8,800 in revenue from beer food booths and flea market sales against roughly $6,800 in expenses. Ed Cole said about $2,000 would remain after bills, while Mary Evans said beer and German food profits were handled as a single category. Directors voted to allocate 25 percent of profits to the Oktoberfest fund and move the rest to the operating budget, amid debate over profit classification and chamber financial solvency.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Mary Evans
Puddle Makers CB Club
Classroom Update draws 500 teachers to Sidney event
About 500 elementary and secondary teachers from 18 Southern Panhandle schools attend the in service at Sidney Junior and Senior High Schools. State Education Commissioner Dr Anne Campbell leads a delegation of nearly 40 department specialists guiding nearly 100 sessions and staff conferences. Educational Service Unit 14 sponsors the event with topics ranging from new developments in education to classroom method evaluations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Anne Campbell
Southern Panhandle
Rojo Pedersen
Educational Service Unit 14
Education Dept
Ford seeks Congress for airline deregulation plan
The Ford administration will ask Congress to grant airlines freedom to set fares and start or stop service, replacing mandatory stops and preapproved pricing. The proposal follows months of interagency dispute and mirrors prior moves to deregulate railroads, aiming to boost competition and reduce rigid price structures.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
White House
Transportation
William T Coleman
Coleman
Aeronautics Board
Soil judging contest draws more than 120 contestants
More than 120 contestants from the Panhandle gathered in Chappell for the West Area Land and Stubble Mulch Judging Contest. Fut ure Farmers of America teams from Alliance Bayard Bridgeport Chappell Harrison Hemingford Kimball and Scottsbluff competed for state-qualifying spots. Top individuals included Day Ray Hemingford Tim Deboodt Kimball Kevin Kerry Chappell Ted Kelmer Kimball and Bill Reichman Chappell. State-qualifying teams were Kimball No 2 Chappell No 1 Hemingford. The land judging was on Gail Klingman farm and the stubble mulch on Dale Bruns farm with sponsors South Platte Natural Resources District Devel County Extension Service and Soil Conservation service.
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Brad Price
Hemingford
Raymond Snyder
Kimball
Frank Nerud
Bayard
Casey Brest
Dee Zimmerman
Harrison
Alliance
Gail Klingman
Dale Bruns
Chappell
South Platte
NRD backs study before ETSI coal slurry pipeline
The South Platte NRD approved 8-1 a Ron Cacek drafted resolution urging three Panhandle NRDs to oppose ETSI authority to build a coal slurry pipeline until independent analysis shows effects on water, resources, and environment. The measure aims for case by case consideration and local comment before legislature action.
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David Hendee
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
Energy Transportation Systems, Inc
ETSI
Nebraska
South Platte Natural Resources District Board
John Ferguson
Kimball
North Platte Nrd
Ron Cacek
Gering
Panhandle
North Platte
US ‘Congress
State Association
Natural Resources
Hahn
ETS
Niobrara-White Nrd
Chadron
Powder River
Wyoming
Arkansas
Mid South
Perfect entry wins rare football contest for The Sidney Telegraph
Joel Birner submitted a perfect one time entry predicting all 20 regular games and the tie break Nebraska 27 Miami 13. Advertising Director Henry Meysenburg presented Birner tickets for the Nebraska Kansas game. Birner represented Western Drug Co, sponsor in the annual contest.
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Joel Birner
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Miami
Henry Meysenburg
Birner
Western Drug Co
Night patrol grant to Cheyenne County deputy
The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice approved a 7932.50 grant to Cheyenne County for an additional sheriff's deputy to provide night patrol service. The award was part of 27 grants totaling 367293.97 approved at the September meeting to upgrade Nebraska's criminal justice system and reduce crime.
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Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Cheyenne County
Sherff
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Cooler air forecast for Nebraska Panhandle and state
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy skies tonight with cooler temps. Lows range from the lower 30s in the west to the upper 40s in the extreme southeast, with Thursday highs in the upper 60s to low 70s statewide as a cold front moves southeast from a southwest South Dakota low. The low center moves into southern Canada by Thursday morning, bringing cooler conditions to Nebraska, where Tuesday’s high reached 91 in the state and North Platte logged a 45 degree low.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
South Dakota
Nebraska Panhandle
Canada
Nebraska
Hadron
North Platte
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United Fund Reaches
Dr. Campbell
Pedersen
Ford
NRD
Sioux County
Deuel County
Kansas
Hitchcock County
McCook
Louis Schmale
Sedgwick Sand Draw
Sedgwick County
Colo -Seta
Western
Nebraska Technical College
Night Patrol
Grant Oked
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