Pioneer Airways Presents Nebraska Route Proposal
Pioneer Airways of Denver outlined plans to serve nine Nebraska communities including Alliance Chadron McCook Kearney Hastings Columbus Lincoln Omaha and Sidney with a Denver connection. The plan envisions 10 daily flights from Sidney using Cessna 402 Utililiner aircraft with about 70 employees and fare levels aiming to be 30 percent cheaper than Frontier. Community approval and financial backing were emphasized as crucial.
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Con Marshall
Pioneer Airways
Denver
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney
Pioneer
John Warren
Frontier
Warren
Com
Federal Aviation Administration
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Alliance
Chadron
McCook
Kearney
Hastings
Columbus
Lincoln
Omaha
Air America
Stapleton
Sculpture to Arrive and Erect in Sidney on July Fourth
Sculptor Hans Van de Bovenkamp arrives in Sidney Saturday to start erecting the Roadway Confluence Bicentennial sculpture at the east Sidney rest area. The piece is finished and was to be assembled as a dress rehearsal in New York today and will reach Sidney by midweek for on site assembly. Volunteers from Capitol Bridge Co and Metro Paving Co provide concrete and workmanship, with dedication planned for July 4. Mrs John Elwell coordinates, and organizers invite groups to hear the sculptor speak during his 10 days in the area, with slides of his work available.
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Hans van de Bovenkamp
Sidney
East
New York
van de Bovenkamp
John Elwell
Capitol Bridge Co
Metro Paving Co
Elwell
Redingtons Bicentennial Celebrated With Church Service Tour
Redington marks its 1886 founding with a 11 am church service and a carry-in dinner, followed by a 2 pm historical tour of local sites two miles east of Redington. Free refreshments, entertainment, and an antique display will close the day. The Holmeses note Redington’s early boom included multiple shops and a telephone company, with death date for founder H V Redington not yet confirmed.
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Redington
H V Redington
Nebraska
Sidney
Old cars roll through Sidney on Lincoln Highway tour
A 45 member Lincoln Highway Bureau caravan on a six day, 950 mile journey from Dyer Indiana to Cheyenne Wyoming travels in vintage vehicles from a 1924 Model T to a 1954 Buick. The group stops at historic sites and a ranch near Grand Island while Iowa towns flag the route as a Bicentennial celebration.
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Gregg Piburn
Babe Ruth
Ike
Sidney
Lincoln Highway Bureau
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dyer
Ind
Bureau
al Hathaway
Davenport
Iowa
Heartland of
America
Hathaway
Ilinois
Grand Island
Assembly
Harry Dawson
Clinton
Dawson
Brent
Rain brings limited relief to drought battered wheat fields
Rain across the southern Panhandle Tuesday night offered some help to pastures and crops but came too late to save much of the wheat. Nebraska farmers report varying yields from near 20 to 30 bushels per acre despite showers. winds and late May frost severely damaged fields. Local gauge readings ranged from 1 to 3 inches with some spots near Gurley reporting 3 inches.
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Panhandle
Telegraph
Gurley
Sidney
Don Hoffman
Cheyenne County
Hoffman
Ken Barton
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Evertson
Paul Fernandez
Chappell
Roy Adams
Potter Coop Grain Co
Albert Mahr
Chet Phelps
Lorenzo Mahr
Phelps
Gillespie sale tops $525,000
Bridgeport buyers Dave and Cole Harvey of Fort Collins purchased 2,720 acres of Gillespie family farm and pasture near Dalton and the Morrill county line for over 525000. The Cedar Creek Fish Hatchery tract of 160 acres brought 600 per acre, while other parcels sold to Tom Walsh, Leon Gillespie, Cleve Gillespie, Clayton Gillespie, and Roy Weborg at various rates. The Gillespie homestead dates to 1907.
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Bridgeport
JM C
Mane Gillespie
Dalton
Morrill
Cheyenne
Cedar Creek
Dave Harvey
Fort Collins
Cole
Tom Walsh
Leon Gillespie
Cleve Gillespie
Clayton Gillespie
Roy Weborg
Oshkosh
Broadwater
Gillespie
Big Oktoberfest tent expanded for Sidney event
A 60 by 180 foot tent is ordered for the Sidney Oktoberfest October 1 to 3, larger than last year's 40 by 140 foot tent. The festival site is Legion Park, with a 62 by 130 foot blacktop area ahead of the Shelter House. Booths for concessions remain available through the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. Ron Reichert, 41, is named new Sidney Public Schools superintendent, moving from Millard Nebraska with his wife.
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Sidney
Legion Park
Shelter House
Maynard Dis
Cheyenne County
Ron Reichert
Sidney Public School
North Platte Valley
Millard
Cheyenne County Bicentennial Quilt Shown in Sidney Display
The 16 scene blue and white Bicentennial quilt, a joint project by Cheyenne County residents, is on display at the Sidney Senior Citizen Center. Scenes were provided by the Cheyenne County Historical Society with embroidery by youth groups and quilting by seniors, to be permanently housed at the Post Commander's Home after a July 4 presentation.
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Cheyenne County
Senior Citizen Center
Sidney
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Genny Brooks
Delmer
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Brooks
Plains
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Kimball County Extension
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Kimball
Adams
Rick Jurgens
Bob Holmes
Near Redington
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Sidney Center
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