West Nebraska Tourism Highlighted In June Western Outlook
The June issue of Western Outlook marks a year of publication for the tourism and outdoor recreation themed supplement. Distributed by fourteen papers in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado, it is the largest issue at 28 pages with a 48,000 copy press run. Ed Sykes calls it the most ambitious undertaking since the supplement began just over a year ago, noting strong reader and advertiser response.
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West Nebraska
Western Outlook
Nebraska
Colorado
Ed Sykes
Western Nebraska
Sidney Telegraph to Include June Western Outlook Issue
Mr Sykes said the Sidney Telegraph will mail the June issue of Western Outlook on Friday June 13. Thousands of copies will be distributed to tourist information centers along Nebraska highways for tourists, with additional coverage planned in North Platte and Scottsbluff areas.
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Rastic
Sykes
Sidney Telegraph
Western Outlook
Nebraska
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Hea
Unique Western Nebraska venture thrives in diving school
June issue highlights Midwest Diving Schools in Sidney run by Robert A. Clark. The article profiles his new, thriving business and his passion for scuba diving, illustrating growing interest in diving and related sports in western Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Midwest Diving
Robert A. Clark
Sidney
Clark
Underground Water Data From 63-Well Test For Farms
Wheatbelt Public Power District released a published report detailing underground water data from 63 drilled wells in Cheyenne County. The book, produced with the University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, documents foot by foot findings and aims to aid farmers and landowners seeking new irrigation water.
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Cheyenne County
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Wheatbelt
Merle Bobo
University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division
Frank Smith
Kimball County
Gene Leinemann
Wheatbelt Board
Mandatory two mill levy for junior colleges in Nebraska
Senator Terry Carpenter’s LB979 proposes district wide mandatory two mill levies to fund junior colleges across multiple counties. Critics fear Scottsbluff and Cheyenne County would gain a full vocational technical program at Scottsbluff, undermining the Sidney vo-tech. Attorney General advice suggests such a levy may be unconstitutional. bill has cleared education committee and awaits floor action.
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Robert L. Clark
Nebraska
Sidney
Western
Scottsbluff
Vo-Tech
Scotts Bluff County
Sen. Clark
Education Committee
Panhandle Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Showers
Panhandle forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Rain chances 20 percent this afternoon 10 percent tonight and Tuesday. Highs around 80 with lows near 50. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal, cooler start with warming later. Chance of showers or thunderstorms on most days with highs in the 70s.
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Panhandle
Citizens Session Postponed One Week
The Citizens for Cheyenne County Development meeting set for Tuesday night is postponed to Tuesday, June 17, due to multiple conflicting activities. The delay was announced this morning by organizers seeking to ensure wider attendance and input.
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Citizens For
Cheyenne County Development
Elks Dedicate New Sidney Lodge After Remodeling
Sidney Lodge No. 1894 Elks celebrated a three day dedication and open house at 11th and Jackson. The event featured 16 new members initiated by Ogallala Lodge officers with Scottsbluff and Lincoln dignitaries in attendance. Local leaders praised the remodeled facility as residents packed the open houses and a prime rib supper capped the weekend.
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Sidney
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
11Th and
Jackson
Ellis
Elks
Jack Pollock
Keith County News
Ogallala
Sidney Elks
Sidney Lodge
Elks Clubs
Pollock
Ogallala Lodge No
Gene Lienemann
Louis Miller
Morgan Disbrow
Ron Welch
Harold Bond
Leonard Wintermore
Ken Noteboom, Jr
Dick Borchert
Joe Lehman
Jim Joyce
Robert Elsen
Bill Lorance
Roland Biggs
Lloyd Carr
Robert Stephenson
Lee Nelson
Stan Scrabee
Sidney City
Larabee
Mel Crom
Ken Green
Scottsbluff Lodge
Vince Collura
Lincoln Lodge No. 80
Kfor Radio
Lincoln
Collura
Crom
Scottsbluff
Ksid Radio
Sidney Telegraph
Taylor Supper Club
Denver
Threatening Phone Call To Sidney Resident Reported
A Sidney woman, Mrs. Mary Johnson of 2025 13th Ave, received a Sunday threatening call demanding $1000 on her porch or she would be harmed. Police opened an investigation. In other news, John Kinnersley reported the theft of 12 goose decoys.
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Sidney
Mary Johnson
13Th Ave
Sidney Couple Alarmed Over Silence Of Missing Daughter
Mr and Mrs Henry Meyer of Sidney report their daughter Sharon Kay Hickey age 20 has vanished after leaving Sidney last Tuesday morning en route to Norfolk Virginia to join her Navy husband. They traced a trip with brother in law Michael Hickey a student from Kearney State College, in a 1965 white Chevrolet Impala with Nebraska plate 39 E679. They fear for her safety as she promised nightly calls which have not come, and her father plans to retrace the route if contact is not made. Authorities are assisting in locating Sharon Kay Hickey.
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Henry Meyer
Sidney
Albert John Hickey
Norfolk
Meyers
Michael Hickey
Kearney State College
Savannah
Nelson
Nebr
Hebron
Hickey
Nebraska
VoTech Graduation Friday Delivers 21 Degrees
Twenty one men will graduate from Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School in a brief Friday ceremony at 10 a m in the school cafeteria. Administrator Merle Rude Busch lists the graduates across aviation maintenance auto mechanics building construction drafting technology with hometowns including Crawford Sidney Lodgepole Randolph Bloomfield Johnson Bridgeport Imperial Gering Hem ingford Hem ingford Cheyenne Gurley Duncan Hamburg and Gering.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Merle Rudebusch
Maurice W. Bell
Crawford
Daniel J. Calahan
Sidney
Wayne Eugene Fraass
Lodgepole
Vincent Joseph Hartz
Randolph
Melvin H. Kobles
Bloomfield
Gerhardt Paul Narjes
John Omar Ottens
Nebraska City
Galen J. Schneider
Johnson
Leonard L. Wilcox
Bridgeport
Ricky Keith Kimble
Imperial
John S. Miller
Alliance
Earl George Mills
Lander
Wyo
David Lyle Munich
Hemingford
Richard Fred O’bannon
Gering
Kenneth Gene Larson
Dalton
Philip Lee Grabowski
Gurley
Norman E. Klepper
Cheyenne
Jack L. Schilling
Rawley William Stockton
Knicely Tapped for Phi Beta Kappa Honor at GWU
James J. Knicely, who graduated Sunday night from George Washington University with a BA in international affairs, was tapped for Phi Beta Kappa. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Knicely of 1430 Newton St Washington DC. Knicely is a former student body president and active in Student Academic Evaluation and other campus groups. He has earned Dean's List honors, a Rhodes nomination, Who's Who recognition, and various scholarships.
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James J. Knicely
George Washington University
Washington D. C
Phi Beta Kappa
Jack Knicely
Newton St
Knicelys
Washington
James
GWU
Alpha Phi Omega
Adams Hall
Columbian College Day of Dialogue
Knicely
Nebraska
Order of the Scarlet
Board of Trustees
Wheat exports rise as cash sales grow in foreign markets
Nebraska official Marx Koehnke notes U S wheat cash sales improve in ten months of the marketing year ending June 30.14 foreign countries increased cash purchases or became cash buyers, including Costa Rica Guatemala India Nicara gua Pakistan Portugal Spain Trinidad Turkey. Nine countries bought cash this year not last year, while five boosted cash purchases from 0 to more.
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Lincoln
United States
U. S
Marx Koehnke
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Keohnke
Costa Rica
Guatemala
India
Nicaraga
Pakistan
Portugal
Spain
Trinidad
Turkey
Dominican Republic
France
Italy
Nigeria
Venezuela
Hernbloom Rites Set At Lodgepole
Walter I Hernbloom 90 longtime Lodgepole resident died Sunday at Miller Memorial Hospital in Chappell Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Rev Harold Backus officiating Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery with Masonic rites Memorials established Craig-Hole chek Funeral Home in charge Surviving include widow seven children 18 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and one brother A drouth relief rain brings welcome moisture to Panhandle crops with totals varying across western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado over the weekend improving winter wheat and pasture prospects
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Walter I. Hernbloom
Lodgepole
Miller Memorial Hospital
Chappell
Lodgepole United Methodist Church
Harold Backus
Pleasant View
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
Mr. Hernbloom
Osceola
Neb
John and
Clara Anderson Hernbloom
Mable Johnson
York
Golden Red Lodge No
Af& AM
Wallace
Morris
Harold
Richard
Mary Zalesky
Virgil
Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneth
Jackson
Miss
David
Denver
Colo
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Sidney
Nebraska
Colorado
Chadron
Alliance
North Platte Valley
Chardon
Bayard
Mercury
Good Prices At Sales Pavilion
There was active bidding on all classes of cattle at the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion sale held Saturday. Prices showed strength despite week-long declines elsewhere. Top butcher hogs brought 24.50, feeder pigs 12 to 23 per head, weighup cows 19.50 to 25.50, with notable cattle lots as follows: 96 whiteface heifers 610 lb at 32.50 to a Colorado Feeder, 23 bulk heifers 629 lb at 32.50 to an eastern feeder, 29 whiteface heifers 472 lb at 33.80, seven bulk heifers 421 lb at 33, 14 bulk steers 760 lb at 33, and 11 whiteface steers 786 lb at 32.85.
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Sidney
Colorado
Gas Test at Spearow Well Near Lorenzo
A test at the No 1 Spearow well west of Lorenzo in the Rohlfing Field yielded 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Office in Sidney reported the figure but said there was no decision yet on whether to pursue completion of the well.
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Spearow
Lorenzo
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Office
Sidney
Rev Harlan Brei elected to Nebraska Synod board
At a Fremont conference Reverend Harlan A Brei pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church was chosen for the executive board of the Nebraska Synod reflecting leadership in the church community.
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Fremont
Harlan A. Brei
Trinity Lutheran Church
Nebraska Synod
ESU 19 Budget Plan Set for June 30 Meeting
The proposed annual budget for Educational Service Unit 19 will be considered at 8 p.m. Monday June 30 in the East Ward School. The meeting will review funding allocations and oversight for the upcoming fiscal year.
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East Ward
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Ray Bayne
Robert Larsen
Lloyd Bauer
Cochairman
Telegraph
New Lodge
Walter I
Hernbloom
Rev
Brei
ESU Budget
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