Deuel County Fair Kicks Off With Exhibits And Contests
CHAPPELL The Deuel County Fair opens Tuesday running through Thursday. Events include exhibits judging non livestock entries and horse show, fair king and queen ceremonies, 4 H dress revue junior talent and song contests, livestock judging, kids games, golf ball contest, pie eating, and local talent shows. The Bicentennial parade themed Spirit of 76 starts at 10 am Thursday features 4 H and FFA entries. Thursday also offers livestock sale at 1 pm barbecue at 5 to 7 pm, a Blackwood Singers grandstand show at 8 pm, rocket club display, and winners presentation plus slipper kicking contest.
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Deuel County Fair
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Chappell Livestock Auction Co
Blackwood Singers
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Plane crash kills former Dalton woman and husband
A Kearney couple with western Nebraska ties died in a plane crash 34 miles northeast of Overton in Dawson County Sunday night. Donald L Childs, 38, was the pilot and his wife Lesley, 35, were returning from his high school reunion at Gering High School. Childs taught at Banner County High School and previously at Doniphan, Fairfield and Lexington. his father was a longtime Gering High School band director. They left three children, Alan 11, Angela 6 and Aaron. The crash occurred with another weekend Nebraska accident killing three near Columbus.
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Nebraska
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Dawson County
Donald L Childs
Lesley
Gering High School
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Banner County High School
Harrisburg
Donald W Childs
Morrill
Ernest Nickell
Dalton Childs
Nebraska man charged in Crook murder case
Robert E Gardner 35 of Brady Nebraska faces first degree murder charges for stabbing 13 times the 60 year old Crook woman Mrs Clara M Abts in her mobile home kitchen Friday afternoon. He was arrested two hours later in Sedgwick after driving the victim’s car through a fence. Mrs Abts daughter in law Mrs Clifford Abts identified the suspect and car helping police track him.
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Robert E Gardner
Brady, Neb
Clara M. Abts
Logan County
Gardner
Sterling
Sedgwick
Logan
Colorado State Patrol
Abts Gardner
Clifford Abts
Highway 138
Sidney street crews run out of paint on city markings
City of Sidney street crews dipped into the bottom of their paint cans last week but could not complete re stripping parking stalls pedestrian cross walks school crossings and other street markings. Officials said the crews ran out of paint and expect to resume and finish the job starting Friday. Crews have been painting at night to let markings dry and minimize traffic disruption.
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Marathon sale crowds Sidney office space needs
The Marathon Building at 909 5th Ave in Sidney is being sold to Western Nebraska Technical College prompting tenants to move. Four firms must relocate by month end while others may stay or relocate, with space shortages and plans to shift operations to Aurora and local industrial sites.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
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Sidney Moore
Eighth Ave
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Highway Aircraft
Dick Babcock
Tri-State Generation
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Aurora
Colo
Borchert
WNTC
Arlo Jones
Oil and Gas Commission
Jack Fish
Commission
Bob Hahn
South Platte Nrd
Hahn
NRD
Nebraska Delegates Rally For Convention Despite Split
Nebraska GOP delegates gathered in Kansas City for the Republican National Convention with 18 for Reagan and seven for Ford. Chairman Milan Bish warned against switching pledged delegates and promised a poll if anyone defected. Steve Ford and Sen Roman Hruska spoke at receptions as debates over agriculture and the ERA continued.
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APA
Nebraska
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Milan Bish
Grand Island
Bish
Reagan
Ford Ford
Steve
University of Nebraska
Roman Hruska
Hruska
Rex Haberman
Imperial
U.S
Severe weather sweeps western Nebraska with tornadoes and hail
Overnight storms spawned tornadoes near Venango Whitney and Chadron. Winds topped 75 mph at Chadron and 64 mph at Sidney. Hail was golf ball sized at Brule west of Ogallala. Fire danger rose across western rangelands with highs in the 90s and gusty southerly winds.
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Colo
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Weather Service
Dix Interstate 80 crash kills two in Nebraska
A Denver man Kenneth D Walton 21 and his mother Beryl A Walton 45 of Aurora Colorado died when their motorcycle was struck by a semi truck after clipping a parked car on the right shoulder near the Dix interchange on I-80. Authorities from the Nebraska State Patrol said the derailment happened in low visibility from a dirt storm and the truck continued about 500 feet before stopping. The motorcycle first hit a parked car driven by AZ Williams 57 of New Orleans causing the fatal sequence. Williams’ car sustained about 600 dollars in damage while the truck had none. The incident remains under investigation.
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Interstate 80
Kenneth D Walton
Beryl A Walton
Aurora
Colo
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New Orleans
Raymond R Whittrock
Waverly
Neb
Walton
Nebraska State Patrol
Williams
Banner youths sweep Kimball fair championships
Banner County youths dominated the Kimball Banner County Fair with top ribbons across livestock. Jill Greathouse and Galan Larson, both of Harrisburg, won grand and reserve in market hogs. Andy Evertson of Kimball led grand market lamb with Chris Olsen of Harrisburg taking reserve. Mark Stahla of Kimball won grand champion market beef for the FFA. Tammy Larson of Harrisburg won the 4-H reserve overall. Kendall Henderson of Bushnell showed the reserve FFA beef. 4-H livestock sale closed the event.
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