United Fund in Sidney Reaches 43 Percent of Goal
The Sidney United Fund total now 6467 dollars, 43 percent of the 15000 dollar target, with advance gifts and business drive contributing most. Proceeds will aid 10 groups including Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boy and Girl Scouts, muscular dystrophy and arthritis funds, and other local organizations. Volunteer help comes from teachers groups, hospital staff, CWA, businesses, and youth groups.
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Sidney United Fund
Carolyn Niekum
The
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Boy and Girl Scouts
King’s Daughters
Tru County Association For
USO
Travelers Aid
Sidney Public Schools
Western Nebraska Technical College
Employes of Memorial Hospital
Communications Workers of America
Sidney High School
Weather change predicted for Nebraska from AP report
The Associated Press notes a new weather shift for Nebraska with light rain in the extreme northwest today and more rain or light snow spreading northeast tonight. A cold front trails from Lake Winnipeg across western Minnesota to South Dakota and into Wyoming, with Tuesday bringing cooler highs from the 40s to the 50s and lows in the 20s to 40s.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Lake Winnipeg
Canada
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska Panhandle
Wyoming
Lake Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Rate hike hearing set by Sidney council tonight
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co officials return to Sidney City Council to seek a 25 percent rate increase averaging about $3 per month for residents and businesses. Also on the agenda are truck traffic regulation on South 11th Ave, a package liquor license for Helen S. Bunion, and a public hearing on federal Community Development Act funding. The 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Sidney
Council
K-N
South 11Th Ave
Helen S. Bunion
Council Chambers
City Hall
Sidney earns NCIP second place in Nebraska contest
Sidney finished second in the Nebraska Community Improvement Program contest with Alliance taking first and Kearney third. Sidney also earned an honorable mention for recreation and art development at the Lincoln awards banquet, with 180 communities participating nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska Community Improvement Program
Lincoln
Alliance
Kearney
McCook
Nebraska City
Norfolk
Sally McGee
Jerry Lawson
Richard Posten
Ilinois
NCIP
Panhandle
Lisco
Chappell
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Otto Hoiberg
Peggy Langley
Telegraph
Trails West national park idea gains support in Nebraska
Rep Virginia Smith in a weekly column cites growing interest in a Trails West National Park linking Ash Hollow to Scotts Bluff to preserve historic sites along westward migration. She plans to draft a bill after refinements, noting the park could be one of the least expensive in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Smith
North Platte Valley
Ash Hollow
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Trails West National Park
West
The
Panhandle
New York City
New York
Flood plain hearing set for Sidney Tuesday
A public hearing on flood plain regulations and floodway location is planned for 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Cheyenne County Courthouse. City lands along central Sidney between Lodgepole Creek and the Union Pacific tracks are affected. The meeting aims to present the program and hear testimony from flood plain property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County Court House
Dayle Williamson
Natural Resources Commission
Lodgepole Creek
Union Pacific
Ground water levels eyed by South Platte NRD head
South Platte NRD manager Bob Hahn explains rising registered irrigation wells from 4 in 1930 to 6659 by 1974 and details a long term program to monitor groundwater. He notes dry cycles and pivot irrigation affect levels and outlines collaboration with USGS and Extension Service to expand well measurements across Cheyenne Deuel and Kimball counties.
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David Hendee
Cheyenne
Devel and
Kimball
South Platte Natural Resources District
United States Geological Survey
South Platte
NRD
Bob Hahn
Panhandle
Hahn
T Rural Development Committee
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
USGS
Cheyenne County
Deuel County
Kimball County
Lodgepole Creek
Gurley
Creek
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Ogallala
Bridgeport
Public Works Committee
Energy Transportation Systems, Inc
San Francisco
Arkansas
Burlington Northern
Belle-Aire
Gillette
Wyo
Sidney Draw
Burlington
Penny Kreutzer
United Fund
Mrs. Smith
Trails West Park
Terest
South Platte Nrd
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