High honor to Sidneys Lowe newspaper man of year
Lincoln UPI reports Jack Lowe of the Sidney Telegraph received the Nebraska Press Association Master Editor Publisher Award at a convention banquet. He led the paper from weekly to triweekly, boosted circulation, served on city council and as mayor, and helped found a community journalism fund.
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Lincoln
UPI
Jack Lowe
Nebraska Press Association
Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Wilmena
Telegraph
Sidney
United Fund
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Sidney Memorial Hospital
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Hollywood
National Theatre
Charles F Skouras
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska
Panhandie Growth, Inc
Western Nebraska Technical College
Joe W Searcrest
Fred A Seaton
Jack Lough
Ronald Ro Furse
James W Kirkman
Telegraph wins five awards in NPR contest
Lincoln The Sidney Telegraph won five Nebraska Press Association awards including a first place for best use of color in advertising. Three runner up plaques went to best front page best picture page and best use of color in editorial. Scott Bluff Star Herald tops daily categories nine times and Ak-Sar-Ben honoring four papers with community service and agriculture plaques. Sidney and surrounding districts saw heavy rainfall with Sidney Airport reporting 3.16 inches in April.
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Lincoln
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska Press Association
Telegraph
Hank Meysenburg
Anella Studmick
Panhandle
David Hendece
Gregg Piburn
Don Marshall
Soil Conservation
The
Piburn
Bpport
Scotts Bluff Star-Herald
Crofton Journal
Nebraska
Fairbury Journal-News
Gordon Journal
Wayne Herald
Michelle Crittenden reappears in beauty pageant scene
The former Miss Sidney and Miss Greeley, Michelle Crittenden, will appear at events as a stand-in for Miss Colorado Karen Land after Land was stripped of her title following a $234,000 suit. Crittenden, previously first runnerup, remains tied to Sidney and Greeley titles while not currently Miss Colorado.
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Gregg Piburn Sterling
Floyd Patterson
Michelle Crittenden
Michelle
Sidney
Karen Land
Ms. Land
Robert Smith
Crittenden
Colorado
Breckinridge
Colo
Nebraska
Sidney girl wins contest in Cheyenne County spelling bee
Nancy Holling an eighth grader from Sidney won the Sidney High spelling contest on Saturday, earning an all expense paid trip to Omaha for the Midwest spelling bee. The elimination rounds left Holling and Randy Qommen of Lodgepole, with Holling prevailing after the final spellings.
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Telegraph
Nancy Holling
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sidney High
Lisa Mason
Omaha
Miss Holling
Randy Qommen
Lodgepole
Ommen
Rotary District Conference Draws About 200 in Sidney
Approximately 200 visitors attended the District Rotary Conference in Sidney from Thursday through Saturday at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Congresswoman Virginia Smith was among those present.
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District Rotary
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Virginia Smith
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Amy Montgomery
Tony Bayne
Janis Kocourek
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
U.S. Census Bureau
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Kansas City Royal
Whitey Herzog
Roger Maris
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Dave Salvi
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