Verde Lane dam project moves forward after land acquisition
Sidney to deepen Verde Lane dam plans with nearly 35 acres bought from Union Pacific. City officials expect bids by Oct and possible start as early as November or next spring, with 77 000 cubic yards of fill and a 99.6 acre foot reservoir. The sandy soil may limit recreation use unless a liner is installed.
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Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Gordon Tobin
Erwin E. Dodrill
Omaha
Dodrill
Verde Lane
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Country Club Heights
Roger Plantz
Plantz
Dalton Fall Festival marks 44th event with Golden Anniversary theme
Dalton hosts its 44th Fall Festival on Monday and Tuesday September 20 21 with a Golden Anniversary theme celebrating 50 years since the festival began. Entry Day features auto and machinery displays and judging after 6 pm. The Dix Reserves face the Dalton Reserves at 5 pm, then an auditorium program. Tuesday features a 1038 am parade with floats competing for prizes and trophies, lighted float honors, 1 pm horseshoe tournament, 430 pm motorcycle contests, and evening awards and entertainment.
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Dalton
Dix
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Fifth Well Added To West Sidney Area
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau board discussed plans for the annual meeting on Oct 12 at Yendis Cafe with Maurice Van Kirk of the Nebraska Farm Bureau attending. Oil news notes Enbrook’s fifth well near Sidney and new wildcat bets in Cheyenne County, plus other southeastern Nebraska and Washington County drilling activity and regional geological context.
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West
Sidney
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Bureau
Maurice van Kirk
Lincoln
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Lemoyne Johnson
Fair Booth
Roland Green
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Washington County
Omaha
Enbrook Oil and Gas Co
Margate
Gear Drilling Co
Exeter Drilling and Exploration Co
Hughes Bros. Enterprises
Ronnie Thrash
Exeter Drilling Co
Enbrook
B-W Drilling Co
Olsen
CSW
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Garden
Hayes
Hitchcock
Murfin Drilling Co
Hitchcock County
Oil-Gas Commission
Morrill County
Coulter
P. T. Landes
Big J. Production Co. Inc
Leiberson
Richardson County
Falls City
Elco Oil Co
Breithaupt
Petroleum Information
Sundance Oil Co of
Denver
Viola
Sundance
Colorado
Iowa
Missouri
Elco
Bray
Granite
Nemaha Anticline
Salina
Forest City
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Showers and Frost Risk
Forecasters expect considerable cloudiness and cool conditions this afternoon and tonight with a chance of scattered showers ending tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with a chance of frost or freezing temperatures tonight. Lows around 25, highs 45 to 55 today. Saturday high 55 to 65. precip 10 percent this afternoon, 0 percent tonight and Saturday. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a slow warmup Sunday through Tuesday with a few showers after Monday. highs in the 60s Sunday, mid 70s by Tuesday, lows 35 to 45.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Drenching Rainfall Dampens Panhandle Weather
Rainfall soaks the Panhandle as the Sidney Airport reports 1.26 inches since Wednesday. Temperatures varied from 38 to 65 Wednesday and dropped to the 30s in the following days with forecast chilly conditions into Sunday.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney
Panhandle
Youth Camp Dedication Sunday at Lodgepole Valley 4-H site
The Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp hosts a ribbon cutting and open house Sunday from 2 to 5 pm at a site east of Sidney where Ak-Sar-Ben cabin will house 100 youths. Local bands, officials, and extension staff will attend, with donations aiding landscaping, utilities, and facilities. Ed Bauman receives the Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor award for 28 years of civic leadership.
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Lodgepole Valley 4-H
Sidney
Toledo Street
Highway 19
Sidney High School
Larry Pippitt
4-H
Kimball
Banner
C. B. Dorwart
Ak-Sar-Ben
Cheyenne
Devel Counties
Nebraska Extension Service
City of
Nebraska
Morrill County
Cheyenne County
Ed Bauman
Bauman
Chamber of Commerce
Hiner to Retire from the Sidney Nebraska Employment Office
Francis R. Hiner plans to retire at month end after 37 years with the National Reemployment Service in Sidney. Chet Hickman will assume managerial duties as a new staff member is added, with details to be announced later.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Employment Service
Francis R Hiner
Chet Hickman
Mr. Hiner
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hiner
McCook
Experimental Agriculture School
Curtis
University of Nebraska
National Reemployment Service
Frontier County National
Ogallala
Kingsley Dam
Holdrege
Scotts Bluff
Sioux Ordance Depot
Greyhound Bus Lines
Sioux
Army Engineers
Kokjer Chevrolet
Doran
11Th
Illinois
Harvest
Dartmouth University
Hardy
10Th Avenue
Jackson
Helen
Hiners
Arlene
Virginia
Dean
Canada
Hickman
Broken Bow
Montgomery-Ward
E.L. Hoover
Army Suplus
The
VFW
American Legion
Evelyn
Kearney State College
Jerry
Connie
Bob
Sidney High School
Bid Accepted For Wheatbelt Line Project
A Minnesota firm won the low bid for a Wheatbelt Public Power District transmission line from Dalton to Bridgeport. Aasen Construction Co of Marshall bid $148,582 as part of a $500,000 project including a new substation and lines to improve service from Gurley, Dalton and Broadwater. Work starts around Nov 1 and should be ready for operation in spring.
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Minnesota
Wheatbelt
Dalton
Bridgeport
Aasen Construction Co
Marshall, Minn
Gurley
Broadwater
Good Representation At WMCC Meeting Urged
The Pawnee Hotel in North Platte will host the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce meeting on Tuesday September 21. The county Chamber renewed WMCC membership and urges attendance to ensure strong regional representation. Ed Cole notes benefits rise with participation and invites at least two cars and 10 attendees, with a 5 pm adjournment and return to Sidney around 7 30 pm. A plan suggests leaving Sidney at 9 am to reach North Platte for the noon luncheon.
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Pawnee
North Platte
Nebraska
United Chambers of Commerce
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
County
WMCCA
Ed Cole
Sidney
Chappell Man Donates Landscaping to Lodgepole Camp Honor
Ivan Liljegren announces ceremony honoring his parents with four cabins landscaped by volunteers. The project includes trees shrubs sod and flowering trees forming three mini parks and aims to benefit hundreds of youth at Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp.
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del Koch
Sidney Ivan Liljegren
Lodgepole Valley
Arthur Liljegren
Liljegrens
Ralph Spearow
Lodgepole
David Dorman
Liljegren
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Verde Lane Dam
Farm Bureau
North Carolina
Black Mountain Club
Employment Service Office
Francis R. Hiner
WMCC
Chappell
Grafton I. Crabb
Madelyn Donna Benson
Los Angeles
Calif
Crabb
John L. Kuntz
Roy Gollobith
Colorado Highway 6
Kuntz
Renee Kuntz
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