Break in at Wheeler's store in Sidney raises theft concerns
Cheyenne County Sheriff Oren Cox reports a second break in this month at Wheeler's on East Highway 30. A sizeable amount of merchandise was stolen but dollar figures and exact items remain undisclosed. Forcible entry noted. state patrol and Sidney police assist in investigation. A prior break occurred on June 6.
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Wheeler's
East Highway 30
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Oren Cox
Cox
Nebraska State Patrol
Sidney Police Department
Panhandle native named Sidney Public Schools superintendent
Ronald Reichert a 41 year old native of western Nebraska was named superintendent of Sidney Public Schools at a special board meeting. He currently leads Montclair Elementary in Millard and teaches at UNO while completing a doctorate. Reichert will move to Sidney in August after summer studies.
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Ronald Reichert
Sidney Public Schools
Board of Education
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Montclair
Millard
University of Nebraska- Omaha
Sidney
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
C.J. Cornelius
Scottsbluff Junior College
Chadron State College
UNC
Minatare
Dix
Millard School
UNO
Parks and Recreation
Lorraine
Marla
Michelle
Sidney Board of Education
Selection Research Inc
Lincoln
Russ Pedersen
Pedersen
Milford
George Hinn
Nebraska program aids 8 to 13 year olds in Panhandle
A summer recreation program for 8 to 13 year olds starts Monday in Sidney and Kimball, sponsored by the Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency. Coordinated by Jerry Williams, the project targets lower income children and offers daily sessions with swimming, bowling, crafts, sports, camping, and more at North Side Park facilities. Registration meets at 10 a.m. Monday in Sidney.
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Sidney
Kimball
Jerry Williams
Williams
North Side Park
Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency
Sioux Villa
Antique cars stop in Sidney on Midwest Bicentennial Tour
About 20 antique automobiles are set to arrive in Sidney around 1 30 p.m. Tuesday June 22 as part of the 1976 Midwest Bicentennial Tour sponsored by the Lincoln Highway Discovery Committee based in Davenport Iowa. Organizer Dr Alan Hathaway says the group will dine in Sidney with cars on display and he will drive a 1915 Ford racer. The tour crosses Illinois Iowa and Nebraska ending in Cheyenne.
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Midwest
Lincoln Highway Discovery Committee
Davenport
Iowa
Cheyenne
Alan Hathaway
Nebraska
Western Nebraska Technical College budget tops million marked
Western Nebraska Technical College gains first round approval for a 1,006,963 budget, up 242,758 from this year, with 116,000 set for capital equipment. The plan includes shared area admin costs and a three-campus funding structure, pending a July 21 public hearing and final approval.
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WNTC
Tom Dindinger
Dindinger
Wolverton family retrace Old Overland Trail with red stagecoach
Ivan Wolverton and his family spend 14 weeks this summer retracing the Old Overland Trail using a bright red stagecoach. They mortgaged their Wetmore ranch near Pueblo to fund the trip as they and several others roll into a northeastern Colorado town to begin the journey.
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Red) Wolverton
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Pueblo
Wolvertons
Colorado
Bicentennial celebration in Crook and historic stage ride
About 260 people gathered in Crook for Bicentennial events highlighted by Wolverton's replica Concord stage ride. The 12 passenger mail coach pulled by six Morgans cost 27 250 and travels 1 750 miles toward the California State Fair with 33 miles a day. Sidney National Guard will train at Camp Guernsey Wyoming for two weeks starting Saturday, July 3.
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Concord
Wolvertons
St Joseph
Sacramento
Sidney National Guard
About & A.m
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
Western Nebraska
168Th Field Artillery
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Gering
Chadron
Ogallala
North Platte
Sidney
Guernsey
6Th Army
Pioneer Airways to discuss Nebraska commuter service in Sidney
Pioneer Airways representatives will meet the public in Sidney at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to outline plans to serve nine Nebraska communities if Frontier reduces its network. Pioneer aims to begin within 40 months after FAA certification and PSC filing.
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Pioneer Airways
Nebraska
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Mary Meick
Cheyenne County
North Platte
Grand Island
Lincoln
Omaha
Pioneer
John Warren
Alliance
Federal Aviation Administration
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Sidney plans downtown park mall with fountain and parking
Five Sidney residents will meet a Scottsbluff draftsman Monday to draft a downtown park mall project. They seek cost figures from Rich Goss and city engineers as plans to close 10th Street at Illinois and Hickory, remove the Oberteider building, and turn the area into a parking lot take shape. The project, backed by Mrs Meick of the Cheyenne County Chamber, could rely on an improvement district for funding and has city council approval.
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Sidney
Scottsbluff
Joel Birner
Ed Haupl
Mary Meick
Bill Peterson
Vince Wright
Rich Goss
Meick
Cheyenne County
Weick
Wright
10Th Street
Illinois
Hickory
10Th
Oberteider
Oberfelder
Interviewing underway for WNTC president at Sidney
Four candidates for Western Nebraska Technical College presidency were to be interviewed today with a fifth slated for Monday. Acting president Tom Dindinger said two candidates come from Colorado and one each from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. Dindinger has led the college since March.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Tom Dindinger
WNTC
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
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