Softball And Town Team Ball This Weekend
The master ball diamond in Legion Park hosts Sidney Wo men's Softball Team and Sidney Men's Town Baseball Team this weekend. Tonight the Sidney women face Potter Women under lights at 8 p.m. Sunday August 6 Sidney Town Team meets Potter Town Team at 8 p.m. Also Gus's Gals and the Sidney Mods play Saturday at 8 p.m. in Legion Park.
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Legion Park
Sidney
Potter
Sidney Town
Potter Town
Gus
Sidney Mods
Women's Bowling Group To Meet In Sidney Soon
The WIBC field representative will attend a Sidney Woman's Bowling Association meeting on Wednesday August 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Dude's Steak House. All members are invited to attend as Julia Gunti covers WIBC topics including services, officer duties, championships, and programs. a Q&A follows with possible slides.
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WIBC
Woman’s International Bowling Congress
Sidney Woman’s Bowling Association
Dude’s
Julia Gunti
AIBC
Western Plains Horse Show Entries Deadline Set
The Western Plains Fair Open Horse Show deadline is 8 p.m. August 14. The event runs August 17 to 19 at Frontier Park Arena with Halter Classes for several breeds on the 17th and 18th, and Performance Classes for Quarter Horses and Appaloosas also on the 17th and 18th. Lara mie County Day occurs Saturday the 19th for residents of Laramie County. Judges are Joe Crow Jr and Lawrence DeHaan. Announcer is Dale Harris. superintendents are John Morris, Hyde Merritt, Dick Ferguson, and Wayne Bonham. Entry blanks and information available from the Western Plains Fair Office or Mrs. Guy deCastro.
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Frontier Park Arena
Laramie County
Joe Crow, Jr
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Lawrence DeHaan
Brooking
South Dakota
Dale Harris
Torrington
Wyoming
John Morris
Hyde Merritt
Dick Ferguson
Wayne Bonham
Guy deCastro
P. C. Box
Cheyenne
Whitey Ford Retires With 2.74 ERA Record
AP reports Whitey Ford’s elbow spur led to retirement on Memorial Day, leaving him with the lowest ERA among American League pitchers with 200 wins. Also noted: Tom Bolack, Albuquerque Dodgers president, toured spring training in Florida and sent Navajo Willows trees to the site. Fadie Arcaro holds the Preakness win record with six victories. Jack Nicklaus to play Thunderbird Classic at Upper Montclair on Sept 20 2024 for charity.
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Whitey
NEW York
Whitey Ford
Albuquerque
Tom Bolack
Farmington
Albuquerque Dodgers
Vero Beach
Fla
New Mexico
Dodgertown
Dick Bird
Bolack
Baltimore
Fadie Arecaro
Bold Ruler
Arcaro
Whirlaway
Citation
Hill Prince
Bold
Nashua
Nicklaus Tuners
Upper Montclair
Jack Nicklaus
United Cerebral Palsy
Central Flyway Officials Say Outlook This Year Is Okay
Central Waterfowl Flyway Council of 10 states discounts UDalls warning of fewer ducks. Hatch is good in Saskatchewan Alberta and in the ten states but late year. Council seeks longer season higher bag limits and seasons aligned with peak flights. Four flyway councils meet federal officials in Washington next week. Goose flights expected to be strong despite poorer nesting for ducks and canvassbacks.
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Waterfowl Flyway Council
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Fish and Game Directors
Montana
North and
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
U.S
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Udall
Washington
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
John S. Gottschalk
Interior Department
Department
Gottschald
Little League Playoffs Begin Tonight in Sidney
The Sidney Junior Baseball Association starts playoffs this evening in the Major and Pony Leagues. Western Druggers versus Rotary and Sidney National Bank versus Kiwanis lead Major League action at 5:30 p.m. Playoffs continue through next week with losers from tonight’s games playing Tuesday. In Pony League, Greenlees and Deckers meet at 6 p.m. August 10 in a consolation match, Potter against Dalton at 8 p.m. August 10 to reach the championship round, and the Potter Dalton winner faces Goodyear at 7:30 p.m. August 17 for the Pony League title.
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Sidney Junior Baseball Association
Western Druggers
Rotary
Sidney National Bank Crew
Kiwanis
Sidney National
Greenlees and Deckers
Potter and Dalton
Potter-Dalton
Goodyear
Sportsmen Top Hold Meeting Picnic at Lake Minatare
The West Nebraska Sportsmen Association will hold a special picnic at Lake Minatare on Sunday August 6. Each family should bring a meat dish a covered dish and bread for their own family. Drinks and watermelon will be provided by the club. All sportsmen are invited to attend and spend a day on the lake. Signs will direct attendees to the site.
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West Nebraska Sportsmen’s Association
Lake Minatare
Sportsmen’s Association
Sidney Cycle Association Plans Special Meeting
Dick Bonner announced a special Sidney Cycle Association meeting to be held Wednesday August 10 at 940 18th Avenue in Sidney. The session begins at 8 p.m. The club sponsors a meet during Cheyenne County Centennial Celebration and urges all members to attend.
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Sidney Cycle Association
Dick Bonner
18Th Avenue
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Bonner
Calf Roping Requires A Good Steed
Editor notes a Cheyenne County Centennial rodeo lead article detailing calf roping rules and technique. It covers barriers, timing, penalties, teamwork between horse and roper, and methods to topple and secure the calf with a piggin string, stressing precision and practice for faster times.
Bayard Dam Contract Awarded for West Wildhorse Drain
Franke Construction Company of Mullen Nebr won a contract to build a 194 375 cubic yard earthfill detention dam four miles north and a mile west of Bayard near Highway 26. Groundbreaking expected August with funding from the Bureau of Reclamation and local sponsors including Bayard City Farmers Irrigation District Pathfinder Irrigation District and Morrill County Soil and Water Conservation District. Contract price stood at eighty four thousand dollars.
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Bayard
Wildhorse Drain
Franke Construction Company
Mullen
Nebr
Highway 26
City of
Farmers Irrigation District
Pathfinder Irrigation District
Morrill County Soil and Water Conservation District
Conservation District
Bureau of Reclamation
Wheat Certificate Checks Mailed in Box Butte County
USDA Farm Program wheat certificate checks totaling 1.1 million dollars were issued by the Box Butte County ASC office. Payments use 40 percent of local average yield of 26 bushels per acre times $1.36 per bushel. Funding comes from 70 cents per bushel paid by domestic millers.
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United States
Nursing home addition set for Miller Memorial Hospital
Congressman's notice confirms a Health Education and Welfare grant to Dever County Nursing Home in Chappell for an addition to Miller Memorial Hospital. The $227,942 project includes a $109,177 government grant, with bids to be advertised after plan finalization and fall construction hoped. The new facility will join the hospital under one management.
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Chappell
Dave Martin
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dever County
Miller Memorial Hospital
Harold Peterson
Rest Home
Vern Pangburn
Scottsbluff
Howard Duncan
R. A. Fritchman
Alvin Carlson
Louis Piva
E. O. Richards
Glen Kepler
Devel County
Kimball County School District Merges Nine Districts
Mrs. Alice McMichael county superintendent signs an order reducing Kimball counties districts from 13 to 9 by transferring four districts to District 3. Districts border Wyoming with areas 38 20 7 and 23. Students continue to attend Pine Bluffs or Bushnell. District 3 will maintain contracting with other schools. 38 had no school age children. District 20 pupils have attended Bushnell. 7 and 23 sent pupils to Pine Bluffs.
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Kimball
Kimball County
Alice McMichael
Wyoming
Pine Bluffs
Bushnell
Little Britches Rodeo in Oshkosh Planned for Aug 5-6
Garden County Western Saddle club and allied groups prepare for the Little Britches Rodeo at saddle club grounds west of Oshkosh on Saturday at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 1 p m. Two trophy saddles and 1500 in prizes. Stock supplied by Jack Long Alden Kansas. Events include senior boys bronc bull dogging bareback calf roping Brahma bull and senior girls calf roping plus cloverleaf barrels goat tying and pole bending. Junior division features bareback steer riding calf roping cloverleaf barrels goat tying and pole bending. Community groups Chamber of Commerce Jaycees VFW and American Legion support the event.
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Oshkosh
Garden County Western Saddle Club
Saddle Club Grounds
Jack Long
Alden
Kansas
Saddle Club
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
VFW
American Legion
Ski Production Hiked at Alliance True Temper Ski Plant
Alliance True Temper ski plant ramps up for first shipment in September under Plant Manager Dick Anderson. About 30 production workers now on site with five recent transfers including Bob Cummings Roy Elder Jan Moller and Tom Pittendreigh. Tom Jackson from Cleveland overseeing six weeks. Furloughed workers recalled. night shift possible later this year as orders continue.
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Alliance
True Temper Corporation
Dick Anderson
True Temper
Bob Cummings
Greeley
Colo
Roy Elder
Arvada
Jan Moller
Area Calendar Crowns SCOTTSBLUFFAgricultural fairs fill early fall schedule
Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming residents will see a busy calendar of fairs and related events from August through September. Highlights include county and state fairs at Harrison, Bridgeport, Mitchell, Torrington, Kimball, Sidney, Hemingford, Douglas, Bridgeport, Mitchell, Lincoln and more with multiple days for the Scotts Bluff County fairs and the Nebraska State Fair.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Wyoming
Harrison
Bridgeport
Mitchell
Torrington
Kimball-Banner County
Kimball
Scotts Bluff
Sidney
Box Butte
Hemingford
Douglas
Lincoln
New Deuel County Agent Chappell Ray Sall Appointed
Ray Sall named Deuel County Extension Agent to start September 1. A University of Nebraska graduate, he previously served as county agent at Mullen and hails from Holdrege. He, his wife Maribeth and their two children will relocate to the area this month.
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Chappell
Ray Sall
Deuel
University of Nebraska
Mullen
Holdrege
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Telegraph
OMAHA
Roper
R.C.A. Rules
Nebraska Panhandle
Rest Home Funds
Polara
Monaco
Elwell Motors
Sidney National Bank
Travelers
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