Sidney High Preview: Basketball and Wrestling Open Season
Sidney High unveils 1968-69 varsity basketball and wrestling rosters with a Monday 7:30 pm clinic in the Junior High Auditorium featuring a film on basketball rules, led by coach Gene Torezon. Tuesday offers wrestling demonstrations under coach Kyle Mines with similar admission. Both nights charge one bar of soap, used by teams. The wrestling squad, led by Mines and assistant Hay, includes ten lettermen and top finishers from last year, as they seek a state title. The Raiders begin away at Wray on Dec 6 and host Holyoke on Dec 7. Thumbnail sketches of prospects follow.
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Sidney
Sidney High
Tom Barnes
Gene Torezon
Kyle Mines
Red Raitlers
Raiders
Century Club
Pete Hay
Wray
Cole
Colorado
Red Raider
Holyoke
Colo
Nebraska stocks 300000 fish in October across 33 counties
More than 300,000 game fish were stocked in Nebraska waters during October, with channel catfish comprising just over half. Species released included largemouth bass, bluegill, northern pike, perch, trout, crappie, smallmouth bass, walleye, white bass, and redear sunfish across 33 counties and multiple lakes such as Island Lake and Enders Reservoir.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Game Commission
Scotts Bluff
Grant, Rock, Gunge
Lancaster
Box Butte
Cherry
Ing Dawes
Sheridan
Custer
Keya Paha
Rock, Thomas
Madison
Kentucky
Ogalla= la Pond
Crawford
Island Lake
Sheridan County
Crane
Dad’s
Punch Bowl
Antelope
Dundy
Douglas
Enders Reservoir
Lake Maloney
Rockford Lake
Gage County
Schaffert dispersing outstanding Hereford herd near Dalton and Alliance
Western Nebraska ranching family begins dispersal sale this Tuesday and Wednesday at the Alliance operation seven miles west and two south of Alliance. The lineup includes four herd bulls, ten herd-bull prospects, 160 cows and calves, 90 bred heifers, and fifty open yearling heifers. A second sale in Alliance features the On-Top Sale with fifty-five bulls and forty-seven females.
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Nebraska
Dalton
William T. Schaffert
Alliance
Snake Creek
Clark Schaffert
William Schaffert
Richard
Navy Air Corps
Vietnam
California
Tom Allington and Sons
Sunol
Damage Heavy In Three Accidents
Sidney Police investigated three accidents over the weekend. A 1968 car driven by 16 year old Phyllis Heckman of Sidney collided with a car driven by 46 year old Orville Filsinger at 13th and Maple, causing about 190 and 15 dollars in damage respectively. A 26 year old James Eli Hepler of Guerneville California struck two parked cars in front of Dixie Discount Store, causing about 100 dollars damage to the Adams car and 400 to the Weber vehicle. truck damage unavailable. A 1965 convertible driven by 24 year old Ronnd I. Johnson of Vasey Avenue was hit by a 20 year old Roger Smith of Kimball turning left from 13th onto Illinois. Johnson car about 200 damage, Smith car about 20 damage. Smith was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
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Sidney
Phyllis Heckman
Orville Filsinger
13Th and
Maple
Heckman
James Eli Hepler
Guerneville
Calif
Dixie Discount
Shelia M. Adams
Esther Weber
Adams
Weber
Ronnd I. Johnson
Sidiis
Roger Smith
Kimball
Ilinois
Johnson
Smith
Youth Injured In Gun Mishap Near Old Scout Camp
A 14 year old Sidney youth Leroy Williams was injured Saturday afternoon at 2 40 p m while hunting with friend Don Houston also 14 of Sidney west of Sidney near the old Boy Scout Camp Young Houston had set down his 22 caliber rifle and when he picked up the gun it discharged striking Williams in the right thigh and the bullet lodged in the left thigh He was treated at Memorial Hospital and released Sunday
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Sidney
Leroy Williams
Don Houston
Young Houston
Williams
Memorial Hospital
Weather Fringe Maps Cold Dec Outlook in Nebraska
Western Nebraska lies on a weather fringe in a weekend map from the weather bureau. December precipitation may be near normal to above normal while temperatures could be near normal to below normal. Much of the south and southwest faces cold weather in December, dampening plans to flee south.
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Nebraska
The
Weather Bureau
Portable dipping vat for sheep plan outlined by USDA
A field tested portable sheep dipping vat designed for small flocks emphasizes practicality and economy. The 300 gallon unit weighs about 2700 pounds when empty, requires a three person crew, and includes detachable up ramp and dripping pen to recover dip. For working drawings Plan 5999, send 77 cents to E A Olson at University of Nebraska Lincoln.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cooperative Farm Building Plan Exchange
State University Agricultural Engineering Departments
U.S
E. A. Olson
Extension
East Campus
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Warning Issued On Acceptance Of Food Stamps
Virgil Knackstedt Cheyenne County Welfare Director warns that some retailers and banks are accepting food stamps without USDA authorization. Dealers without official credentials should not accept coupons under any circumstance. Unauthorized acceptance could cause financial loss equal to the total value of the coupons accepted.
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Virgil Knackstedt
Cheyenne County
United States Department of Agriculture
Knackstedt
Pheasant habitat gaps spark calls for spring cover care
An Iowa state column notes hunters find abundant fall cover but spring nesting areas remain sparse. It urges leaving unused land with dense cover rather than burning or plowing and cites past pheasant gains when habitat work was emphasized. Local gathering reports 70 attendees at a Sunday event with gifts presented to Mr. Weitz by the group.
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Elds
Game Commission
Cross Country Banquet Honors Sidney High Team
Coach Hank Reitz and Sidney High School cross country runners were honored at a catered dinner at Central School. The event celebrated season achievements and recognized team members for their efforts.
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Hank Reitz
Sidney High School
Central School
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Schaffert
Vasey
Jaycees
Denver
Jaycee
Truline
West
Illinois
Dennis Behm
US Weather Bureau
Seal Bank
Prodrank
Kev
Lester Boehm
Rollie Biggs
Ceres
Gene Torczon
George Hunt
Bill Prankhouser
Pam Brexs
Teain
Mr. Weitz
Pitt
Baldwin
Ron
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