Forney Family Camps Indian Style In Wyoming
Frances Craig describes the Bruce Forney family from Lincoln lodging in a 14 foot tepee in Ten Sleep Wyoming on a return trip from two weeks in the mountains. They set up in Don Schroeder’s yard marking the fourth year of their Indian style camping with a tarp and metal poles for weather protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Craig
Bruce Forney
Lincoln
Don Schroeders
Wyoming Mountains
Forneys
Schroeder
Forney
Ten Sleep
Raising Bulls of the Pond A New Food Frog Venture
LSU researchers in Baton Rouge seek a cheap pellet feed and fast growing bullfrog strain to boost frog farming for food and research. They report frogs reject many pellets, require suitable binding, and project four months to reach eating size while most tadpoles mature slowly.
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Thomas Brooks JR
New Orleans
UPI
United States
Dudley Culley
Louisiana State University School of Fisheries
Louisiana
Culley
Baton Rouge
South
LSU
Sidney City Council approves 1.8 million budget without public input
Sidney approves a 1.881 million dollar budget for 1977-78 with cuts to parks and libraries and increases for streets sanitation fire and golf. The plan raises property tax to 456 306 while the overall levy may adjust after county assessed valuation is certified.
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Gordon Stofer
Sidney
Sanitation Department
Park Department
Housing Authority
Cheyenne
Bike safety day rides into Sidney High field event
Riders of all ages will join a Bicycle Safety Day this Sunday at 1 30 pm on the Sidney High School practice field. Charlene McConnell chairs the event co sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 17 and the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 610. A bicycle rodeo, repair and inspection activities, an information test, Lite A Bike tape, and refreshments are planned with 50 prizes including a grand prize bicycle radio. Volunteers may contact Miss McConnell. Monday Aug 1 is an alternate rain date.
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Sidney High School
Charlene McConnell
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 17
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 610
Miss McConnell
Fair board considers fence plan for grandstands
Cheyenne County Fair Board debated exits and entrances to the new grandstands and postponed a decision until prices on chain link fencing and gates are obtained. Preparations for the 91st annual fair begin, with Aug 19 set as the start. The board approved a Jaycees demolition derby on Sept 11, with receipts to be split between the Jaycees and the fair board.
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Cheyenne County Fair Board
Project Fair Board
Fair Board
Jaycees
Fairgrounds
Jaycees and Fair Board
Sidney Housing Authority OKs water system change order
The Sidney Housing Authority voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve a change order for Western Heritage construction to install an underground watering system. The cost is about $10,144. Housing director Maxine Whitaker said 43 senior applicants have applied for the 40 units, with Sept. 1 set as the residency target.
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Sidney Housing Authority
Western Heritage
Maxine Whitaker
City Housing
Oktoberfest Adds Horseshoe Pitching Event
Cheyenne County Oktoberfest organizers appointed Archie Greenwood as horseshoe event chairman for the Sept 30 to Oct 2 festival. Prizes will be awarded. The committee also added two more big tent booths and discussed T-shirts, entertainers, and craft and food booth participation. A color photo album from 1976 is on display at the Chamber of Commerce. The next public meeting is Aug 9 at 8 p.m.
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Archie Greenwood
Mary Evans
Vern Draper
Paul Hecker
Ken Pittam
Mrs Evans
Carol Claypool
Cheyenne County
Wheatbelt
Public Power District
Alaskan suspect in pipeline blast arrest
Larry D Wertz 26 was arrested outside his Elliott Highway home near the damaged Trans Alaska pipeline site. He faces Alaska malicious destruction charges and was jailed in Fairbanks with a 100000 dollar bond awaiting arraignment.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
UPI
Larry D. Wertz
Elliott Highway
Wertz
Fairbanks District Court
Calling Colleen Tennis Dilemma Sparks Boyfriend Debate
A brief from Page 4B of the Community and Suburban Press Service explores whether a girl should risk losing a tennis match on purpose to affect her relationship with her boyfriend. The item captures a cartoonish discussion in a column format.
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Colleen
Sidney Council okays parking fines and speed limits
The Sidney City Council on Tuesday night adopted two ordinances raising parking meter fines from 25 cents to one dollar and aligning street speeds with state law while allowing targeted reductions in problem areas. The measures also approve free downtown morning parking during August and a Saturday appreciation event with sidewalk use and a hamburger barbecue.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
10Th
Hickory
Illinois
Jack Peetz
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Don Schroeder
Mr. Forney
Keith
Kathleen
Heather
Joleen
Tepee
Louisville
Business and Professional Women's Clubs National Federation
World News Digest
Taipei
Taiwan
Kaohsiun
Thelma
Johnstown
Conemaugh Valley
H John Heinz III
R-Pa
Santa Barbara
Calif
US Forest Service
Ed Waldapfel
Montecito
Union Pacific
Arlo Jones
Don Kuhlman
Olsson and Associates
Kuhlman
Maurice Gordon
Gordon
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
North Side Park
Rex Swanson
Parks Department
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