Grim struggle follows life saving drama for Nebraska family
DeAnna Lynn Jacobs born May 12 at Chadron Community Hospital two months premature with a rare esophageal defect. Air ambulance blocked by fog, ground transport to Denver for care. surgery began May 15 after weight gain. Parents Jerry and Dianna Jacobs, CSC seniors, face $13 000 debt now possibly $25 000, funding uncertain across state lines Nebraska Colorado. Sidney Telegraph offers to help coordinate fundraising and notes need for inter state public assistance reforms.
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DeAnna Lynn Jacobs
Chadron Community Hospital
Chadron
Omaha
Children’s Hospital
Denver
Ruth Sexton
Chadron Hospital
Jerry Jacobs
Chadron State College
Cheyenne County
Potter
Walter Hilpert
Dianne Hinrichs
Robert T. Hinrichs
Gurley
Jacobs
Rapid City
Sidney Telegraph
CSC
DeAnna Lynn
Jerry
Dianna Jacobs
DeAnna
Nebraska
Colorado
Nebr
Panhandle Weather Outlook Thundershowers Bring Warm Days
Forecast calls for a few afternoon thunder showers and warm temperatures through Thursday. Highs reach 85 to 95 degrees with lows 55 to 65. Rain chances 10 percent today and tonight, 30 percent Thursday. Friday and Saturday see scattered showers and cooler weather, then generally fair and warmer Sunday with highs in the 80s and lows 45 to 55.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
City County Agree On Waste Unit At Campgrounds
The city and county will share about 1300 dollars to install a waste disposal facility at the west edge campgrounds. Kenneth Pittam of the Chamber of Commerce tourism committee urged collaboration before city council and county commissioners due to campers using the grounds. The camping site attracts tourists who often stop in Sidney, with Wheatbelt Public Power District supplying electrical connections. The two governments will also share duties for keeping the grounds policed and orderly.
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Fairgrounds
Kenneth Pittam
Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Wheatbelt
Charles W Nelson services set in Potter
Charles W Nelson 65 of Potter died Monday at Weld County Hospital Greeley after a 15 day stay. Funeral services are 2 PM Friday at Potter United Methodist Church with Rev. Leon Foster officiating. burial in Potter cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. He was born April 10 1905 in Potter to John and Mary Benish Nelson. He lived in Potter until 1940 then California, 1950 Sidney, 1952 Denver, and since 1960 Boulder where he worked as a custodian for Boulder Public Schools. He married Virginia Smith April 9 1965. Surviving: two daughters Shirley Griset Homeland California and Jackie Nelson Denver. one stepdaughter Harvey Rusah Denver. two brothers Clyde Potter and Walter Denver. an aunt Anna Nelson and uncle Joe Benish Potter. four step grandchildren.
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Charles W. Nelson
Weld County Hospital
Greeley
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Potter United Methodist Church
Leon Foster
Potter Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Charles William Nelson
Potter
John
Mary Benish Nelson
California
Denver
Boulder
Virginia Smith
Shirley Griset
Homeland
Calif
Jackie Nelson
Harvey Rusah
Clyde
Walter
Anna Nelson
Joe Benish
Yarmey Eyes New Deno Committee Faces in Nebraska
E K Yarmey serves on the Deno Committee as 63 new members join the 98 member Nebraska Democratic State Central Committee elected at the Omaha state convention. Members come from 49 districts with a man and a woman per district. Western district representatives include E K Yanney of Lodgepole and Leota Brawner of Kimball in the 47th, John Kissack of Gering and Joyce Purtzer of Scottsbluff in the 48th, and Willis Hoffman of Crawford with Ann Kosmicki of Alliance in the 49th.
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Nebraska
Democratic State Central Committee
Omaha
E.K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Leota Brawner
Kimball
John Kissack
Gering
Joyce Purtzer
Scottsbluff
Willis Hoffman
Crawford
Ann Kosmicki
Alliance
Birth Defect Centers Have Funds Available
P. J. Heaton, Cheyenne County March of Dimes chairman, notes Birth Defect Centers in Omaha and Denver offer financial aid for cases like the Jacobs. Doctors and parents decide on referral, with centers usually notified at birth. Heaton questions state line barriers and urges checking Denver for possible assistance.
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P. J. Heaton
Cheyenne County March of Dimes Organization
Omaha
Denver
Heaton
Jacobs
Moisture May Set Record in Southern Cheyenne County
In 1970 moisture totals rise in Cheyenne County with Sidney reporting 13.01 inches year to date and June at 5.17 inches. Don Dey Ermand in Dalton notes 3.31 inches this month and observers expect the wet year to continue, recalling past totals from 1966 to 1969 and ongoing irrigation impacts.
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Cheyenne County
Sam Countryman
Sidney
Federal Aviation Agency
Countryman
Sidney’s
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
Dey Ermand
School census signals population drop in Sidney
The 1966 1969 and 1970 school census shows declines in youths and total births within School District No. 1. Five to twenty year olds fall from 3,247 to 2,984 and births drop from 3,876 to 3,567. Preliminary 1970 state counts hint Sidney will fall below 8,004 from 1960.
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Sidney
Sunol Alumni Celebrate Golden Year With Peetz Canyon Trip
The Sidney Summer Recreation Program hosts a field trip this Friday June 26 for about 50 children from first grade to high school to survey Peetz Canyon for arrowheads. Sign up with city officers. parental permission required. bus leaves at 9 a.m. from Sidney Junior High tennis courts. The Sunol High School alumni mark 50th anniversary with Aug 15 reunion featuring social hour dinner and dance. Aug 1 deadline for alumni notices follows letters sent earlier.
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Sidney
John Baudek
Peetz Canyon
Sidney Junior High School
Sunol High School
Sunol Garden Club
Scool
Gehrig Family Mourns After Fulton Tractor Death
Leland Bried age 70 father of Mrs Bud Gehrig died in a noon tractor accident at Fulton. Mr and Mrs Gehrig and their children left Tuesday for Fulton following the tragedy.
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Leland Bried
Bud Gehrig
Fulton
Dry Weather With Incoming Thunder Showers Forecast
The county has seen fair dry weather with no precipitation since last week. Temperatures are expected to rise with a forecast of thunder showers later. FAA data show daily ranges of 52 to 86 on Monday, 58 to 89 on Tuesday, and 53 to 76 on Wednesday.
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Federal Aviation Agency
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