Exchange Pupil Returns After One Year Abroad
Julie Wertz of Chappell returned home after a year as a Rotary exchange student in The Netherlands. She stayed with four families near Amsterdam and noted Dutch teens balance sports with homework, favor biking and walking over cars, and live at a slower pace. She praised Dutch language learning and the close, discussion‑oriented family life, and described Amsterdam as friendly, The Hague as sophisticated, and Rotterdam as rebuilt after WWII.
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Julie Wertz
Chappell
Rotary
Netherlands
Julie
Amsterdam
Nebraska
Holland
America
Lyceum
Gravernhage
The
Hague
Rotterdam
Postoffice To Move To Schemm’s Market Building
Bushnell postmaster Donald Hickman said the postoffice will relocate in September to the Schemm's Market Building, owned by Grace Dowd of Kimball. The move follows a government notice. Schemm's Market will swap to the former Johnson's Furniture site.Even with the change, no new equipment or box changes are planned.
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Bushnell
Donald Hickman
Bushnell Postoffice
Postoffice
Schemm
Grace Dowd
Kimball
Hickman
Schemm’s Market
Johnson’s Furniture
Bushnell Odd Fellows Lodge
Wayside Area Busier Than Expected At Lodgepole Way Side
A July count of camping units at the Lodgepole Wayside Area near the West reservoir recorded 1249 units with counts taken each evening around eight. Additional daily visitors were not included. Gene Morris conducted the survey for the State Game Commission which plans improvements like yard lighting better restrooms and more water wells.
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Kimball
Lodgepole Way
West Reservoir
Gene Morris
State Game Commission
Oil Leases Grow Across Counties Near Chadron
Dawes County reports 326132.81 acres under oil and gas lease as of Aug 13 per County Clerk Roselyn Mackey. Sioux County has leased virtually all of 1132579 privately owned acres with over 220000 in lease money, Alvin Publow says. Goshen County Wyoming across the border also has about 600000 acres under lease.
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Chadron
Dawes County
Roselyn Mackey
Sioux County
Alvin Publow
Goshen County
Wyo
Box Butte Fair Opens in Hemingford Aug 15 18
Box Butte County Fair in Hemingford runs August 15 to 18. Highlights include 4-H horse dairy homeliving and food judging on opening day, 4-H beef swine and sheep rib bons, livestock auction Saturday, Lions Club Parade skydiving show Western vaudeville and barbecue Saturday, and stock car races on the final day.
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Hemingford
Box Butte
Panhandle
17 Year-Old Scott Skultety Conquers Lake McConaughy Swim
Omaha teen Scott Skultety, 17, becomes the first to swim the full length of Lake McConaughy Nebraskaland’s largest reservoir. He finished after 11 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds, entering Aug 6 at 7:45 a.m. MDT and exiting at 7:09 p.m. with Mona Petersen among cheering spectators. He swam with three support boats, a physician, his coach, and two lifeguards, under Eng lish channel style rules.
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Ogallala
Omaha
Scott Skultety
Lake
McConaughy
Nebraskaland
Kingsley Dam
Scott
Big Mac
Morning Glory
Mona Petersen
English Channel
Vandals Strike Whitney Garden in Big Springs
County Sheriff Floyd Stahr investigated vandalism at J. O Whitney’s garden in Big Springs. Vandals uprooted a 75 foot row of green beans and a row of tomatoes and sliced off five pound cabbages. Whitney offered a reward for information. authorities charged malicious destruction of property.
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Chappell
Floyd Stahr
Big Springs
J. O Whitney
Whitney
Stahr
New Agent Appointed for Kimball Banner County
Ralph Anderson has been named Kimball Banner county extension agent, starting Sept 1, replacing Paul Ohlenbusch who resigned to join Texas A&M. Genoa Nebraska native, he holds a Nebraska B.S. and recently completed work toward a master's in soil fertility. He formerly served in Cedar County as assistant agent and agent chairman and is currently single.
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Kimball
Ralph Anderson
Kimball- Banner County
Anderson
Paul Ohlenbusch
Texas A&m University
College Station
Tex
Genoa
Neb
University of Nebraska
Cedar County
Field Day at Seo Bluff Station Set for Aug 15
Officials plan the Seo Bluff Station field day Wednesday August 15 with public viewing of eight research projects. Morning tours begin at 9 a.m. and end by 10 45 a.m. Dr Howard Ottoson University of Nebraska will discuss Research in Modern Agriculture in the afternoon along with Lionel Harris and NN Board of Regents member Jack Elliott Scottsbluff A noon barbecue is to be sponsored by Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee prepared by Harry Bingham and served at noon.
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Seo Bluff
Howard Ottoson
University of Nebraska Research Stations
Ottoson
Lionel Harris
Jack Elliott
Scottsbluff
NN Board of Regents
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce
Harry Bingham
4 H Clothing Awards Listed in Pre Fair Judging
Miss Pat Dunham announces 4-H clothing project ribbon results with numerous names across Blue Red and White cords. Awards cover Blouse Skirt Scarfs Sewing Box Kitchen Towel and Other Garments with many participants and multiple color levels. A note mentions state angler Frederick Baldwin of Grand Island holding the state record fishing white bass.
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Pat Dunham
Cheyenne County
Barbara Davis
Gayleen Thies
Cynthia Martin
Cindy Spencer
Kay Larson
Susan Fankhauser
Jana Kahl
Vicki Smith
Deanne Smith
Carolyn Hruska
Barb Schlesselman
Laura Jackson
Vicki Richie
Margaret Peters
Debbie Sherfey
Mary Beth Schlaman
Cindy Sick
Nancy Adams
Abbie Herrera
Kristy Schlaman
Lynda Aufdengarten
Rosemarie Hruska
Cheryl Deaver
Kathy Lenzen
Shelly Stasch
Patty Schlesselman
Amy Lenzen
Eileen Nightingale
Ann Bonkiewicz
Ann Bon
Kin Aaron
Patricia Fraass
Dianna Hruska
Gerylyn Deaver
Laura Baudek
Lynn Fuehrer
Kathy Mathewson
Dawn Lafler
Patty Runge
Rita Brown
Kim Aaron
Creta Bowzer
Barbara Meier
Kandi Brown
Cynthia Cathey
Lisa Houtz
Patty Reunge
Federick Baldwin
Grand Island
Baldwin
Good Samaritans Rescue Flooded Car in Underpass
Last week heavy rains turned downtown streets into rivers for about two hours. Two Good Samaritans waded to the back of a car trapped in the 13th Ave underpass to attach lines as the vehicle floated. Owner Clifford Wolf said a truck’s back wash stalled the engine after he entered the rising water. By Friday Sidney gauge readings reached about 3.5 inches with higher totals later. Farmers called the rainfall a Godsend, though Wolf faced difficulties.
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13Th Ave
Clifford Wolf
Sidney
Merritt Area Suggested For Trout Fishing
Anglers can find trout action in the canal and river below Merritt Reservoir as water levels drop for dam repairs. With Merritt pool down ten feet and planned extra drop, trout move to streams below where Ainsworth Canal and Snake River offer good fishing. Most stay near the spillway. temperatures reach 74 degrees with low oxygen at depth. Public access below the spillway and downstream stretches remain active for fishing.
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Lincoln
Merritt Reservoir
Game Commission
Merritt
Ainsworth Canal
Snake River
Boardman Creek Bay
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North Platte Telegraph
Box Butte Fair
4-H Clothing Awards
Barbara Meter
Debbie Krueger
Susan Fankhouser
Dianne Smith
Lana Jackson
Rose Marie Hruska
Kathryn Lenzen
Be A
Beau Monde
Sterling
Colo
Schure
Ellerschel
Good Samaritans
Guard
National
Office of
C. M. Nelson
Pine Bluffs
Hetame Win
Telegraph
Gedl
4-H
Forrest
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