Sidney boards, SEA seek local settlement in teacher pay talks
After a thaw in relations, the Sidney Board of Education and the Sidney Educators Association agreed to pursue a local settlement of court cases over salaries and negotiations. The SEA proposed a 4x4 index salary plan with six thousand nine hundred base pay and added benefits, while the board weighs state aid limits and potential tax implications before responding.
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Sidney Educators’ Association
Ifer Russell Pedersen
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SEA
State Supreme Court
State Court of Industrial Relations
Sidney
Pedersen
Sidney Finalist in Nebraska Improvement Contest
Sidney has been named one of six finalists in the state improvement program, chosen from 20 Nebraska cities. Judges visited Sidney to review projects, including mental health facilities, downtown upgrades, park development, tree planting, and a community improvement scrapbook that highlighted local efforts. The winner will be announced November 2 in Lincoln.
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Sidney
Kay Fix
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Lexington
South Sioux City
Nebraska City
Nebraska
John Dunbar
Purdue University
Richard Lincoln
Maryland
Marcia Strand
Division of Community Affairs
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Lincoln
Cheyenne
Eltra Corp
Eltra
Fix
Tom Ryan
Cheyenne County Crane Damaged by Gunfire
A Cheyenne County Highway Department crane sustained 180 damage after a high powered rifle shelling. Bullets pierced a side window and ricocheted into the cab, breaking all cab windows and causing damage while parked south of Sidney on a county road, the sheriff's department said today.
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Cheyenne County Highway Department
Cheyenne County Sheriff's Department
Sidney
Wheat Growers Plan Meeting in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers and Wheat Hearts group will meet Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel for a Dutch treat dinner. Holly Wedge of Holdrege Nebraska will speak as Wheat Growers President and Wheat Queen candidates will be revealed.
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Cheyenne County Wheat Queen
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers and Wheat Hearts
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Holly Wedge
Holdrege
Nebraska
Bayne Seeks Presidency At Major Nebraska Firemen Convention
Ray Bayne of Sidney plans to run for President of the Nebraska State Volunteer Fireman's Association at a large Kearney gathering. The event includes registration, officer meetings, a memorial service, House of Delegates sessions, an officers’ election, and a closing session.
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Sidney
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Lodgepole
Chappell
Kearney
Nebraska State Volunteer Fireman's Association
House of Delegates
Ray Bayne
Bayne
Nebraska Rescue and Emergency Care Association
United Fund Maps Push for Advance Gifts in Sidney
Sidney United Fund directors met at the Avco Finance office to boost advance gifts. Secretary Barb Custer said about half of 150 prospective donors have responded and the board planned follow up letters with post cards and visits. The drive totals $7,168, about 40 percent of the $18,000 goal.
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Sidney United Fund
Avco Finance Office
Barb Custer
Two Studies Review Seven-Period Day at Sidney School
Community groups study a possible seven period day for Sidney junior and senior high schools while the Parents Advisory Council plans surveys and a November vote. A joint committee chaired by Superintendent Russell Pedersen will assess current schedule problems and potential changes.
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Sidney Board of Education
Parents Advisory Council
Joint Committee
Russell Pedersen
Lee Ellen Matzke
Terry Beutler
Frank Finney
Bev Cunningham
State Department of Education
Nebraska Business Up Local Rise 15 Per Cent
Nebraska July business rose sharply driven by farm incomes with a 187 percent gain in dollar volume from last July and a 58 percent rise in physical volume. Seven month gains varied by city with Omaha 104 percent Lincoln 150 percent and several towns around 200 percent.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
UNL College of Business Administration
Associated Press
Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Fremont
West Point
Falls City
Seward
Commissioners Pick Johnson to Lead Predator Control Committee
Cheyenne County commissioners met in regular session to form a predator control committee with Lemoyne Johnson of Lodgepole heading it after proposing one member from each of three districts. Allan Arringdale urged a nutrition program survey, a bid for paving 66 miles near Sunol was rejected as excessive, and the Noxious Weed Building sold to Emmett Clark for 3750 dollars.
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Chesyeane County
Lemoyne Johnson
Lodgepole
Johnson
Allan Arringdale
Community Action Agency
Cheyenne County
Sunol
Emmett Clark
Four Injured In Three-Car Crash North Of Gurley
Four people were hospitalized at Sidney Memorial Hospital after a three car collision two miles north of Gurley on Highway 385 Monday night. Jane L Reimers, Steven G Ross, Matthew W Sobota, and Jimmy Hoyle were among those treated and released.
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Gurley
Ford Ltd
Jane L Reimers
Rural
Dalton
Oldsmobile
Steven G Ross
Rural Dalton
Reimers
US Air Force
Matthew W Sobota
Warren Air Force Base
Jimmy Hoyle
Air Force
Brenda Vogler
Miss Reimers
Ross
Nelson resigns ESU No 14 post in Sidney
Dr H C Q Nelson resigns as secretary of Educational Service Unit No 14 Board effective Nov 1 to focus on chairmanship of the Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board. Mervin Jensen elected secretary. Beverly Cunningham appointed to fill unexpired term. Nelson elected ESU Dental Program consultant and remaining retirement-trust trustee.
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H C Q. Nelson
Educational Service Unit No 14
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
WNTC
Nelson
Mervin Jensen
Chappell
Beverly Cunningham
ESU
William G Kelley
ESU Dental
Jensen
Ellis Hickman
Bushnell
Milton
Nissen
Donald Haldeen
Big Springs
Gordon French
Dix
Dale Flora
Dalton
Harry Jacoby
Shirley Heinz
Nebraska
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