Massachusetts 4-Hers tour Western Nebraska on exchange
Berkshire County youths visit Lodgepole farms as part of a two year interstate 4-H Exchange Program. They learn about local ranching and crop practices while sharing meals, farm tours, and planned activities from Lake McConaughy to Chimney Rock and Yellowstone before returning home.
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Nebraska
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
New York City
Janis Millette
Adams
High Plains
Bob
Charles
Cheyenne County
Anna
Janis
Susan
Lake
Egging Cab Company
Gurley
Missile Control Center
Titan Missile Park
Kimball
Wildcat Hills
Scottsbluff Monument
Chimney Rock
Yellowstone National Park
Legion Park
Longtime Peetz Sterling resident Harold Hecker dies
Harold W. Hecker 57 died Saturday in a Denver hospital after a year of declining health. A Sterling resident for 12 years, he worked for National Tank Co and farmed near Peetz. Funeral is 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gehrig and Son. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by two sons Jack Dean and Randy E. Hecker, a daughter Marilyn Kay Boone, a sister Dorothy M. Crow, and four grandchildren.
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Harold W. Hecker
Denver
Peetz
Sterling
National Tank Co
Gehrig and Son
Henry York
Gurley
Greenwood Cemtery
Cancer Fund
Harold William Hecker
Coleridge
Neb
Earl
Elizabeth Kuehl Hecker
Gering
Florien L. Bayliff
Jack Dean Hecker
Berkshire Guests Tour Disney Calf Project
Berkshire 4-H exchangees and their Cheyenne County host visit Larry Disney’s Lodgepole calf project with three skittish calves. A 40 member group toured the Lodgepole farm today and two nearby operations. Bob Balawender of Cheshire and Charles Sturtevant of Windsor join in observing Western Nebraska farming methods.
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Larry Disney
Lodgepole
Larry
Bob
Charles
New York City
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Farm
Bob Balawender
Cheshire
Mass
Charles Sturtevant
Windsor
Services For Mika To Be Thursday
William E. Mika 49 a lifelong Cheyenne County resident died unexpectedly Saturday night while being moved to Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 o clock Thursday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. John Stayton officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery with graveside military rites. Mika born Sept 18 1918 in Lodgepole son of William and Philomena Mika. Survived by wife Irene three sons William Kimball Robert Sidney one daughter Virginia Susan three sisters Minnie Henri Helen Smith Florence Olson and one grandchild. Memorial Hospital designated for memorials.
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Cheyenne County
William E. Mika
Memorial Hospital
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
William Ervin Mika
Lodgepole
William Mika
Sidney
Irene Domeir
Western Nebraska Express
Philomena Mika
William
Kimball
Robert
Dennis
Cherry Point
N. C
Virginia
Susan
Minnie Henri
Helen Smith
Florence Olson
Second Mishap Near Sundl On Rainy Highway
Friday a 1967 station wagon driven east on Highway 30 by Allesandra Gaetjen of Alexandria Virginia slipped off the pavement 11:15 a.m. causing $1000 damage. Five occupants reported no injuries. Earlier that day another car ran off at the same spot. County patrolman Ron Gussman attributed the incidents to rain slicked pavement.
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Sundl
Ron Gussman
Nebraska State Patrol
Gussman
Allesandra Gaetjen
Alexandria
Wheat harvest waits on warm drying weather
Farmers across the region monitor a delicate balance between warm and wet weather as Scout wheat samples near readiness. In Chappell, Jim Ledbetter reports no samples yet amid two days of rain, while other areas and Cheyenne County anticipate good yields but warn about heat and drying winds that could shrivel crops. Beets are harvested, corn looks normal, and irrigation intensifies as hail season threatens western fields.
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Chappell
Jim Ledbetter
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegran
Liljegren
Harold Winkelman
Dalton Co-Op
The
Télegraph
Dalton
Morrill County
Panhandle Weather Forecast Highlights Fair Skies
The Panhandle expects generally fair conditions through Tuesday with a slight chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs 80 to 90, lows 50 to 60. Rain chances about 5 percent each period. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal Tuesday to Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely most days.
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Panhandle
Dealers Tour High Plains Lab in two day visit
About 100 fertilizer dealers from around the state will tour the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory. They will inspect fertilizer test plots starting at 2:30 p.m. at plots one mile north of the High Plains offices in the depot area. Base is Scottsbluff station with southern Panhandle and northern routes.
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High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Gerald Moline
High Plains
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Moline
Band Concerts Start Tuesday At Legion Park Shell
A summer band concert series opens Tuesday night at the Legion Park band shell starting at 8 o'clock. The 60 piece summer high school band will perform under the direction of George Hinn.
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Legion Park Band Shell
George Hinn
Six oil drill notices filed in Nebraska counties
Nebraska oil firms filed six notices to drill last week with the Oil and Gas Commission. Locations include Cheyenne County NE 36 15N 48W by Okmar Oil for a 4500 J sand test, Scotts Bluff County NE 30 21N 54W by Montana Petroleum with Toltek Drilling for a 5300 J sand wildcat, Kimball County Bertramson Field by Sundance Oil for Nelson Nos. Three and Four with B W Drilling for 5800 D sand tests, and Banner County SENE 1-18N 58W in Bajada Field by Love Oil with Braden Gear Drilling for a 6800 J sand test.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Cheyenne County
Okmar Oil Company
Montana Petroleum Corporation
Dirks
Scotts Bluff
Toltek
Bertramson
Kimball County
Sundance Oil Company
Nelson
B. W. Drilling, Inc
Sundance
B. W. Drilling
Schmid
Bertramson Feild
Tourism Push Promises Sidneys Summer Revenue Boom
Local Chamber of Commerce and service clubs promote Highway 30 tourist traffic into Sidney Nebraska. A welcome booth run by Cheryl McHenry at an Eggings Cab tractor cab offers pamphlets and directions, while a park behind the chamber hosts picnics and rest areas for travelers.
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Sidney
Illinois
Highway 30
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cheryl McHenry
John McHenry
San Marino
University of Nebraska
Miss
Egging Cab Company
Eggings
Ed Cole
Miss McHenry
New York
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Lions Club Whic
Nebraska
Car Recovered in Colorado Stolen Vehicle Case
A stolen car was found Friday at Sidney airport after a man named Rand Miller left the vehicle on Monday July 1 and boarded a plane. Police say the name is fictitious and the crime occurred at the Arlus Evans ranch near Hereford Colorado. case now rests with Colorado authorities.
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Sidney
Colorado
Rand Miller
Arlus Evans Ranch
Hereford
Colo
Roy Bauer
Houtz among photo winners in weekly contest
Glen Houtz of Sidney is named one of three weekly winners in the black and white division of the magazine photo contest. His winning image titled Flight captures Sidney High School athlete Larry Lingwall mid air during a pole vault. Houtz, Sidney High journalism instructor, earns five dollars and a grand prize spot.
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Omaha World Herald
Glen Houtz
Maple
Sidney
Houtz
Larry Lingwall
Sidney High
Budget Hearing for Sidney United Fund 1968 Drive
The Sidney United Fund board will hold a budget meeting on Thursday July 11 at 7 30 p m at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel for the 1968 campaign.
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Sidney United Fund Board of Directors
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
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H.W. Hecker
Berkshire
Disney Calf
Mika
Lodgepole Creek
Theresa Iwanowicz
Pittsfield
Telegraph
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