Buffalo Bend ends entertaining season
Buffalo Bend near Potter closes its fifth season of home grown entertainment run by Doug Reetz with 11 cast members. Dr James Thayer of Sidney wrote all songs. The show blends Western Nebraska history with music and audience participation, drawing locals and tourists alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Marshall Potter
Buffalo Bend
Nebraska
Doug Reetz
Reetz
James Thayer
Sidney
Trish Mueller
Jus
Miss Mueller
Greg Mueller
Jay Matzke
Jobe Fix
Joslyn Easterly
Craig Brauer
Lorenzo
Mike McVicker
Lynette Lessig
Gurley
Peggy Misegadis
Lodgepole
Dina Musil
Potter
Tina Hickman
Kimball
Dr Thayer
Reets
America
Keystone
Julesburg
Lisco
Curly
Dude
Sandburr
Slim
Buckshot
Rowdy Reetz
Nebraska Board hikes taxes to record levels
The State Board of Equalization and Assessment raised sales taxes to 3 percent and individual income taxes to 17 percent effective Jan 1, lifting Nebraska to new highs. Corporate rates follow, boosting business taxes. Projections and high appropriations cited, with Exon and lawmakers urging spending restraint.
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Lincoln
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Nebraska
Peters
EXON
Revenue Committee
Cal Carstens
Avoca
Appropriations Panel
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Exon Administration
Revenue Department
Carstens-Marvel
Mari Sandoz Featured in Nebraska History Magazine
The Nebraska History article in the summer issue highlights Mari Sandoz and her literary apprenticeship in the 1920s. It notes her teaching at Dalton School in Cheyenne County and includes a photo of Sandoz at Sidney Grade School No 2, 1023 8th Ave, as she nears posthumous Nebraska Hall of Fame recognition.
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Mari Sandoz
Nebraska State Historical Society
Nebraska
Miss Sandoz
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Focal
Sidney
Old East Ward
8Th Ave
Carter May Stop Here in Nebraska Whistle Stop Plan
Local Democrats hear a possible whistle stop tour by presidential candidate Jimmy Carter across Nebraska in September or October. An Omaha campaign coordinator and Cheyenne County officials mention an Omaha address for Carter, a mainline train run through eight to ten stops, and a stop in Kimball before Scottsbluff. The plan includes Mondale aboard if feasible and future political events in Sidney with a Zorinsky Senate campaign chairman and youth outreach in area schools.
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David Hendee
Democratic Party
Jimmy Carter
Nebraska
Sidney Mare Wemper
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Carter
Joan Musack
Omaha
Wempel
Umnon Pacific
Senate
Edward Zorinsky
James Hanson
Gering
James Exon
Goveral Whelan
Robert Rauner
Zorinsky
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball
Cheyenne County Fair
County fair opens with rodeo in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo launches Thursday, Nebraska's largest event, running through Monday August 23. Activities include 4-H contests at St Patrick's High School, a style revue, livestock judging and sales, a parade with area royalty, and the RCA approved rodeo start in the evening. Top rodeo cowboys and stock from the National Finals Rodeo era are expected to perform, with prize money across five divisions and a special livestock sale moved to Saturday.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
St Patrick's High School
Cool Cooks
Lorenzo
the Rainbows
St Pat's
Sidney
Panhandle Shrine
Jackson
19Th
10Th Streets
King
Almber
Area
Beth Calder
Ogalalla
Keith County
Jean Arms
Brule
Lee Morrell
Ogallala
Dalton
Terry Vander Stoep
Rodeo Sterling
Denise Dorn
Lodgepole
Old Settlers
Harold Isley
Panhandle
Alys Lafler
Clark Fuller
Ron McMillen
Wiley McCray
Wright Howington
Mike Cervi
Sterling
McMillen
Marijuana harvest found in Cheyenne County fields
Cheyenne County deputies led by Sheriff Oren Cox harvested a large marijuana crop in the eastern part of the county on Thursday. No arrests were made and the owners remain unknown. The crop is estimated worth about $1000 if properly treated and processed.
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Cheyenne County
Sheriff's Department
Oren Cox
Explosion hits Hastings grain elevator
An explosion at the Central Soya grain elevator in Hastings injured three workers. Fire officials said two fires followed the blast in the head house where a construction crew was operating. One worker had third degree burns over about 90 percent of the body and the others had second and third degree burns over about 15 percent.
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Hastings
Ed Spahn
Spahn
County Fairs Open Across Cheyenne County Region
County fair season is underway with the Kimball Banner and Logan County fairs opening this week. Deuel and Morrill County fairs start next week, with regional attractions including a two hour show by a Colorado group, and Western star Stonewall Jackson on August 20.
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Cheyenne County
Kimball Banner
Logan County
Deuel
Morrill
Kimball Banner County
Kimball
America
Colorado
Chappell
Bridgeport
Stonewall Jackson
Keith County
Ogallala
Scotts Bluff
Mitchell
Box Butte
Hemingford
Dawes
Chadron, and Garden
Oshkosh
Independent Cable plans expansion in Sidney approved
The Eltra Corp board formally approves expansion of the Independent Cable Midwec plant in Sidney to manufacture telephone load coils and cable. About 20 new workers will join 80 total this fall, with equipment cost around 379000 and bids proceeding. Construction aims to start soon and finish by December 1976, with training starting late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Eltra Corp
The
Telegraph
Sydney
Norm Bodine
JCM
Cable-Midwec Management
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Jobe
Curly) Fix
Fov J J Exon
Aue
Herb Hruska Jr
Benny von Seggren
Potter and Chappell
Independent Cable Plans
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