Sidney 1966 tax levy totals 96.5 mills across multiple units
The Sidney 1966 tax year levy totals 96.5 mills, up from 95.85, with half a mill for Educational Unit No. 19 covering Cheyenne Kimball Devel and Garden counties. City breakdown includes Cemetery Fire General Library Publicity Music Park Road Fund and Street Lights among others. valuation set at 14,943,801, up from 14,100,760, and Cheyenne County levies show General Bridge Emergency Bridge County Road Emergency Relief and related items based on a 50,668,361 valuation.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Kimball
Devel
Garden Counties
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Village
Dalton Village
Potter Village
Gurley Village
Sime
Sidney Telegraph
Lions Sponsor Sight Program at Fort Siiney Hotel
The Sidney Lions Club met at the Fort Siiney Motor Hotel with Dr. Paul Adkinson speaking on Sight Conservation. Discussion covered shatter-proof lenses, contact lenses for faculty vision, and new ideas on how we see. Jr. L. Hoover named general chairman of the pancake feed. James Bosley to lead International Search for Peace contest to mark Lions Golden anniversary. Stan Lygers guest, Art Wright program chairman.
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Sidney Lions Club
Fort Siiney Motor Hotel
Paul Adkinson
Jr. L. Hoover
Tins Club
James Bosley
Lions
Stan Lygers
Art Wright
Enrollment Decline Hits Cheyenne County Schools
Cheyenne County school enrollment totals 3560 for the term, down about 300 from last year due to Sioux Army Depot closure. Sidney Public School hosts 2003 pupils with declines tied to SAD, while rural districts like Gurley Potter Lorenzo and Lodgepole report varied losses and new grade enrollments.
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Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Gurley
Potter
St. Patrick’s Academy
Sioux Depot
Lorenzo
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Warm Weekend Ahead
The Panhandle region forecasts fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a low of 45 to 55 and a high of 80 to 90. Precipitation probability near zero. The five day outlook shows temperatures averaging 3 to 8 degrees above normal through Wednesday, with cooler near period's end. Highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.
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Panhandle
All Vo Tech Courses Will Open Oct 3
Merle Rudebusch director of the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School said enrollment is sufficient to open all five fall courses on October 3. He noted room for more students and projected 100 to 150 by the January term. He cited mid summer recruitment as a disadvantage and expects easier outreach next year.
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Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School
United Fund Board Plans Sept 14 Budget Session
The United Fund board met at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to elect officers and set Sept 14 at 7:30 p m in Fort Sidney for the annual budget meeting. Benny Hochman was reelected president for the fourth straight term with Dr D J Garcia also reelected. The kickoff for the finance drive is set for Oct 3 with directors naming unit heads for divisions and appointing assistants.
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United Fund
Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Benny Hochman
D. J. Garcia
Fort Sidney
L. S. O’halloran
J. H. McNish
Bill Peterson
Garcia
Dave Olinger
H. C. Q. Nelson
Cyril P. Williams
Sioux Depot
Don Jorgenson
Ada Hansen
Sidney C Of C In Action Old Style Christmas Theme
Sidney Chamber of Commerce retail committee plans an old fashioned Christmas season including a potential parade and street decoration upgrades funded by a 300 dollar appropriation. Free Saturday parking will be trialed with bags provided by the chamber, each merchant covering meters for in front of their store. Membership stood at 250 midweek with a goal of 300 as organizers mass for a final push to recruit. Also reported were two early morning accidents and a near-tragic train-pickup collision near Greenwood Cemetery, plus a three-vehicle crash near Sidney with minor injuries.
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Sidney
Ron Mercer
Sible
Mercer
Chamber of Commerce
Stan Larabee
Paul Manley
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Highway 385
Gurley
Herbert Heine
Dalton
Heine
Greenwood Cemetery
John H. Hinrichs Sr
Water Control Job Postponed In Sidney Region
City Manager George Felsch said Soil Conservation Service reps warned flood water control work south of Sidney is indefinitely postponed. He cited Viet Nam War demands and tight funding as factors making the Sidney dam nonessential under current priorities.
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George Felsch
Soil Conservation Service
Sidney
Felsch
SCS
Census officials plan fall Nose Count meeting
A federal Census bureau asked a resident to reserve a room for a meeting of enumerators on September 26. A briefing and training session for chief enumerators is expected in North Platte late next week.
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George Felsch
Bureau of the Census
North Platte
Accidents and Charges Filed in Sidney
Police investigated three Sidney accidents with no injuries. In the first, Rev. Paul Nystrom’s car was hit by 16-year-old William Young. no charges or damage estimates. The second involved Vier telle Palmer and George Kealy with no injuries or charges. The third saw Donn A. Hume charged for failure to yield after backing into Kenneth Bennett. no damage estimate. A Colorado Highway 113 crash near the Colo Nebraska line damaged a Sparks truck and an air compressor.
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Sidney
Paul Nystrom
11Th Avenue
William Young
Young
Nystrom
Viertelle H. Palmer
Toledo
Ohio
Illinois Street
George Kealy
Illinois
Donn A. Hume
10Th Avenue
Kenneth Bennett
Hume
Colorado-Nebraska State Line
State Patrol
Ted J. M. Sparks
Bridgeport
Neb
Sparks
Certified Wheat Seed Use Expands Across Nebraska Acres
Nebraska farmers will plant about 3.5 million bushels of certified wheat seed this fall. Officials from the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association say inquiries indicate rising interest in certified seed as tougher varieties from the College of Agriculture perform well under Nebraska conditions. Varieties include Gage Scout Lancer Ottawa Warrior Cheyenne and Omaha. Nebraska Experiment Station tests ensure adaptation and superiority before certification.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Richard Mills
NCIA
College of Agriculture
Gage
Scout
Lancer
Ottawa
Warrior
Cheyenne
Omaha
Mills
Nebraska Experiment Station
Highway hearings set for Sidney on September 14
The Nebraska State Highway Commission schedules two September 14 hearings in Sidney. At 9:00 a.m. a session in the district courtroom will address relocating State Route 19 east of Sidney. At 1:30 p.m. a public information meeting follows. All interested in highway issues across the eleven Panhandle counties are invited to attend this session, one of eight statewide hearings.
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Sidney
District Court Room
Nebraska State Highway Commission
Panhandle
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