Memorial Hospital Faces Medicare Driven Capacity Strain
Memorial Hospital, built for 56 beds, now serves 59 patients amid rising Medicare demand. Administrator Darold Hendee notes occupancy peaks in the 60s but aims for about 80 percent to handle emergencies. An enlargement is proposed with bids possible later this year. Medicare share rose from 33 percent in December to 45 percent on average in January, with older patients comprising 20 percent last year. A meal service change at Memorial Home adds five meals daily to ease staff strain, though nightly snack demand persists.
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Memorial Hospital
Medicare
Darold Hendee
Hendee
Memorial
Memorial Home
Look For The Good Ten Years Of Unified Love Across Racial Barriers
A 1950s Sidney wedding between Jung Ok Lee a Korean bride and Henry Kumagai an American of Japanese ancestry blends faiths and backgrounds. Their union is highlighted by Rev. Robert Townsend and a diverse turnout of religious affiliations showing unity amid historic tension. Their story is presented as a hopeful example of love transcending racial and national divides.
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Sidney
Robert Townsend
First Methodist Church
Jung Ok Lee
Alvin Duis
Henry Kumagai
United States
Korea
Mr. Townsend
Neisi
University of Nebraska
Episcopal
Europe
Queen
Royal Navy
Palestine
God
Wedding of Jung Ok Lee and Henry Kumagai
Postscript updates the couple's path from Nebraska graduates in 1957 to Princeton research and Western Electric, with Jung Ok Lee translating Japanese papers and pursuing a master's in higher mathematics. The narrative notes family growth and a commitment to education amid a life of scientific work.
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Jung Ok Lee
Henry Kumagai
University Hospital
Omaha
Lincoln
Princeton
N.J
Western Electric
Institute For Advanced Learning
Einstein
Oppenheimer
Trail Run Re-creation Planned Aug 16 21 in Centennial Spirit
Interest in re running the Sidney Deadwood Trail grows from a Hot Springs meeting as organizers open applications via the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. The Aug 16 to Aug 21 route recreates 1870s gold seekers trail from Deadwood to Sidney with horse race fees set at 20 dollars per rider, observers pay 10, and 200 riders expected. The caravan will feature a stage coach, medicine wagon and mounted watchers, with a parade and awards dinner in Sidney on Aug 22. Planning meetings are set for April 6 in Deadwood and later in Sidney.
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Sidney-Deadwood
Hot Springs
Sidney
Deadwood
Crawford
Alliance
North Platte
Gothenburg
Lisco
Front Street
Ogallala
Tne
Hill City
Bridgeport
Black Hills
South Dakota
Bodega Cafe
Railway Board to Protest Burlington Train Discontinuance
State Railway Commissioner John Swanson of Eustis said the Railway Commission will protest Burlington Railroad’s plan to discontinue passenger trains No. 33 and 34 between Alliance and Brush, Cole. The board will seek a hearing to ensure all facts are aired before any permission is granted, noting interstate issues involve the Interstate Commerce Commission and stressing impact on Alliance and Sidney, Nebraska’s two largest cities, as Burlington cites ongoing losses with a March 15 stoppage target.
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State Railway
John Swanson
Eustis
the Telegraph
Railway Commission
Burlington Railroad
Alliance
Brush
Cole
Swanson
Commission
Burlington
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Board
Sidney
Nebraska
Panhandle Weather Forecast predicts mild, dry stretch
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with lows around 20 to 30 and highs near 40 to 50. Precipitation probability under five percent. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 10 degrees above normal through Wednesday, highs in the 50s, lows in the 20s, occasional wind and little to no rain. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Audrey Newton to Speak on Paris Fashion Design
Miss Audrey Newton, chair of textiles design at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics, will speak on Design Of Paris Fashions. She attended a Paris workshop last summer and will present in Oshkosh on February 7, Harrison on February 8, and Kimball on February 9.
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Audrey Newton
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Newton
Paris
Oshkosh
Harrison
Kimball
Top Speakers Set At WNOA Conferences
Residents of 11 Panhandle Counties will attend Western Nebraska meetings next week in Oshkosh Harrison and Kimball. Notable speakers include Dr Robert Manley Hiram Scott College Scottsbluff Extension Specialists Retzlaff Sachs Ottoson Dorothy Brown Audrey Newton Dick Baumgartner Frank Mattoon and Frank Balderson. Public invited to attend any session.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Gene Lienemann
Sidney
WNOA
Oshkosh
Garden County High School
Oshkosh City
Harrison
VFW
Kimball
Kimball County High School
Robert Manley
Hiram Scott College
Scottsbluff
Robert Retzlaff
Warren Sachs
Robert Ottoson
Dorothy Brown
KOLT
Audrey Newton
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and
Interim Pastor Leads First Christian Church in Transition
The Rev. Ben Ogden serves as interim pastor at the First Christian Church while a permanent replacement for the Rev. Drexel von Forell is sought. The von Forells moved to Sparta, Wisconsin, for his Job Corps assignment. Ogden, retired from ministry, lives in Lincoln and is staying at the church manse at 1302 Mission Drive.
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Ben Ogden
First Christian Church
Drexel von Forell
von Forells
Sparta
Wis
Mr. Ogden
Lincoln
Sidney
von Forell
Ogdens
Mission Drive
Mrs Hand Dies At 93 In Sidney Nebraska
Mrs. Frank Hand Sr., 93, died at Memorial Rest Home in Sidney after nine months there. Funeral at First Methodist Church with Rev. Stayton, burial Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, 20 grandchildren, 66 great grandchildren, 45 great great grandchildren. A freak accident damaged the Ken Noteboom home wall when a 1959 Chevrolet driven by Donn W. McKinney struck a cliff edge and brick wall. charges of reckless driving filed. Also notes public opinion poll on Daylight Savings Time in Cheyenne County with mixed views and regional implications.
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13Th and
Cedar
Donn McKinney
Cedar Street
Telegraph
Frank A. Hand
Sidney
Methodist Church
Emma Cassidy
Roy Walker
Sterling
Glen Ayers
Drain
Ore
Esther Naley
Garner
Iowa
Marie Hand
Edna Worden
Bloomington
13Th Ave
Cedar St. Sidney
Donn W. McKinney
13Th
Cedar St
McKinney
Fight On Sidney's Cable
The Cassius Clay Ernie Terrell heavyweight title bout will be shown on Sidney TV Cable Channel 4 via a closed circuit feed from Las Vegas next Monday night February 6. Starts around 8 to 8 30 p.m. MST, exact time to be confirmed in local newspapers.
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Cassius Clay
Ernie Terrell
Channel 4
Sidney Tv
Sidney
Sidney Tv Company
NFO Meeting Aims to Explain Collective Bargaining
The National Farmers Organization plans a meeting to introduce collective bargaining aims to Cheyenne County farmers. It will be at the American Legion room below J C Penney in Sidney on Thursday February 9 at seven p m. Speakers include L L Stang Sedgwick County Colo William Werner Washington County Colo and Louis Hessler Morgan County Colo.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Cheyenne County
American Legion Room
J. C. Penney Co
Sidney
L L. Stang
Sedgwick County
Colo
William Werner
Washington County
Louis Hessler
Morgan County
Rare old piano sought for Ft Sidney restoration fund
Cheyenne County Historical Association seeks 4000 dollars to purchase a piano owned by the McFadden sisters for the old Fort Sidney home. An anonymous donor has pledged 2000 dollars, but funds remain short as volunteers press contributions from individuals and groups to keep the project moving.
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Ft. Sidney
Sidney
Cheyenne County Historical Assn
McFadden Sisters of
Sid
The
Historical Association
Cheyenne County Historical Assa
Beyer Rites On Saturday
Services for Mrs. Iva Frances Beyer 76, will be held Saturday at St. Patrick's Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary is at 9 p.m. tonight at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. She died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after 16 days there. Born September 20, 1890 in Winchester Missouri she lived in Iowa before moving to Sidney in 1909 and married John C. Beyer in 1912. Survivors include son James F. of Sidney, sisters Effie Anna Bayne and Esther Conrad, brothers C. C. Bayne Rex, eight grandchildren. memorial for St. Patrick's building fund.
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Iva Frances Beyer
St. Patrick’s Church
Vincent J. Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Beyer
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
William Bayne
Iowa
Cheyenne County
Sidney
John C. Beyer
The
Altar Society
James F
Effie
Anna Bayne
Portland
Ore
Esther Conrad
Rochester
Mich
C. C. Bayne
Harold, S. D
Rex
Utica
N. Y
St. Patrick’s Building Fund
Car Of Onions On Fire At Chappell
Chappell fire department responded to a standby call from Sidney for a fire in a box car. Once the car was sidetracked and smoke visible, firefighters advanced and quickly extinguished the blaze.
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Chappell
Chappell Fire Department
Sidney
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Rev. Ogden
Christian Church
Frank Hand
Memorial Rest Home
John E. Stayton
Hand
Elmira
Irving J. Palmer
Colorado
Wyoming
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