City Council Sets Election Date for Storm Sewer Bond
The Sidney City Council plans a special election to consider a storm sewer bond issue at a 7:30 meeting. It will designate polling locations authorize notice order printing and mail ballots to registered voters five days before election. Other agenda items include bids planning commission recommendations and Legion Park complex talks.
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Sidney
Planning Commission
Planning Commission, the July City Treasurer's and Utility
Legion Park
Rodeo Finals Night Caps Cheyenne County Fair
The RCA Rodeo finals close a three night stand at the fairgrounds tonight with the final program starting at 8 p.m. Leaders include Phil Lyne in bull riding with 68 points and in All Around standings with $31,013 earned. Other events see Wayne Harris and T J Walters atop bareback and bronc lists, Dick Jackson leading steer wrestling, Richard Stowers in calf roping, and Glen Darlington in steer roping as final times and scores tighten before payouts after tonight's rodeo. Last year’s prize money topped $14,000.
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RCA
Cheyenne County
Fairgrounds
Phil Lyne
George West
Tex
Frank Strout
Lyne
Wayne Harris
T J Walters
Chri LeDoux
Dick Jackson
Tom Elliot
Richard Stowers
Dave Lockhart
Glen Darlington
Tim Prathes
Fair Breaks Records At County Fair Winds Up Tonight
The Cheyenne County Fair closes tonight after four days of top exhibits and crowds. Attendance set records with about 3,800 served at the buffalo elk barbecue Sunday, and many exhibits and machinery displays drew visitors from out of state. Rodeo action crowned a $9,000 purse night, and 4 H events crowned champions in swine sheep and beef segment.
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Stew Brown
Teasurer
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Fair Board Service
Brown
Nebraska
Kim Mayer
Darrell Dykman
Leon Kriesel
Tim Larson
Jeff Markel
Lodgepole
Mary Ann Nelson
Potter
Angus
Candy Sick
Darlene Schlesselman
Jim Larson
Margaret Peters
Randy Mathewson
Charles Borcher
Jerry Spiker
Keith Brogren
Kristin Vick
Steven Vick
Jeff Misegadis
Gary Sanders
The
Telegraph
Little Hope Seen Ending Local Drouth
Hot dry weather persists with highs near 96 degrees and readings over 100 in downtown. Forecast offers slim chances of thundershowers while humidity remains low around 20 percent and no significant precipitation so far this period.
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Panhandle
Federal Aviation Agency Weather Station
Grand Champion Sold At 1050 Pounds In Auction
Grand Champion of 1050 pounds and Reserve Champion at 1260 pounds were sold with the top price of 55 and 41 units respectively, marking a strong finish at the market.
Governor Pushes Plan to Expand Nebraska Air Service
Governor J J Exon urged the State Aeronautics Commission to find answers and alternatives to restore air service as Frontier Airlines cuts routes by up to 50 percent in some areas. He proposed commuter flights with smaller planes and tailored schedules to fit traveler needs, and pledged legislative support before 1972. Frontier’s Sidney changes sparked local dismay over missing eastbound service and leaders hope for an improved Lincoln-Sidney schedule.
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J.J. Exon
State Aeronautics Commission
Nebraska
Frontier Airlines
Commission
Frontier
Exon
Lincoln
Sidney
Art Show Features 170 Entries at Cheyenne County Fair
The Cheyenne County Fair Art Show reports 170 entries with Curtiss Routh of Chappell earning Best of Show. Winners span Oil Landscape, Still Life, Portrait, Animal Oil, Abstract, Water Color, Acrylic, Black and White, Mixed Media, Velvet Painting, Pastel, and Pottery categories with multiple top placings by Linda McNurlin and others. Thomas H Olson of Dalton serves on the Agriculture Rural America Committee of the Independent Bankers Association of America.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Clarence Meyer
Curtiss Routh
Chappell
Matilda Philer
Catherine Borgens
Charles Everitt
Emma Tank
Helen Bush
Louise Hanley
Linda McNurlin
Nancy Rankin
Clarice Kuehn
Joseph Fresquez
Bill Platz
Elene Nightingale
Dennis Nielson
Cindy Earnhart
Liesa Rauert
Nancy Rexroth
Debbie Sherrerd
Shelley Stasch
Dennis Neilson
Gale Sterling
Denise Hare
Vicki Johnson
Bank
Karen Johnson
Thomas H Olson
Dalton State Bank
Dalton
Agriculture-Rural America
Independent Bankers Association of America
Beware Of Rattlers Move Into Populated Areas
A dry season warning notes rattlesnakes, shedding skin making them blind, striking unannounced. A Potter farm woman bitten by an eight year old rattler required four hospital days for a swollen arm. She urges calm after bites and immediate medical care.
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Potter Farm
Millet and sorghum field day at university lab
A millet and sorghum field day will be held at the University High Plains Agricultural Laboratory starting at 1 30 p m Thursday. Visitors will view plots hear varieties described and learn management practices Results of millet and sorghum feeding trials at Scotts Bluff Station will be presented Millet is studied as an alternate crop for the Panhandle wheat problem.
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University High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Scotts Bluff
Panhandle
Cheyenne County Tops 25 Oil Fields With Seven Entries
Cheyenne County lists seven of Nebraska's top twenty five oil fields led by the reopened Southwest Sidney Field delivering 18 356 barrels monthly. Newer finds near Sidney and Gurley push production as Marathon and others drill and expand with several fields showing steady gains including Graff Johnson Margate and Willson Ranch plus Brideport in nearby Morrill County.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Sidney
Marathon Oil Co
Double M Oil Co
No 1 Marathon
Johnson
Margate
Southwest Potter
Willson Ranch
Brideport
Morrill County
Jomar
Gurley
Oil-Gas Commission
Kimbark Operating Co
No 1
Donna
Gear Drilling Co
Cheyenne County Chamber Guests Invited to Buffalo Bill Show
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce invites all members to attend the Buffalo Bill Wild West show in North Platte this Wednesday evening August 25 as special guests at no charge. Members may obtain a pass and membership card from Ed Cole or at the chamber office.
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Cheyenne County
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