I 80 funding hoped to accelerate Nebraska upgrades
Nebraska expects extra federal highway funds this year to finish remaining I 80 work in western Nebraska and other projects. The Roads Department cites optimism after talks with federal officials and anticipates about 16 million dollars across 34 highway projects with some funds likely by June.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Roads Department
Tom Doyle
Sidney
Brownson
West
Doyle
US 30
Lodgepole
Falph Bartelsmeyer
Chappell Wheat Festival Schedule Highlights June Events
The Chappell festival runs June 6 to 10 with Sidewalk Sales and a Triple L Amusement Carnival featuring 10 rides. Downtown will host two buildings for an Art Show with Mary Reichelt Hickman demonstrating China painting. Highlights include a Demolition Derby, Aerobatic Show by Dr Cruthers and sky divers, plus Wheat King Golf Tournament, Dart Ball, and a Horse Show.
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Mary Reichelt Hickman
Fort Collins
China
Jaycees
Fairgrounds
Dr Cruthers
Lincoln
Omaha
Panhandle Forecast Shows Cooler, Possible Showers
Partly cloudy and cooler today with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Highs mid 70s to lower 80s, lows 45 to 50. Tuesday turns cooler with highs 70 to 75 and 20 to 30 mph winds. Extended outlook favors more showers or storms Wednesday to Friday with cooler conditions east and west zones. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Balloon Adds Spark To Cheyenne Trade Fair Card
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Trade Fair opens Friday at the National Guard Armory in Sidney with industrial exhibits door prizes and a hot air balloon view. Balloon Aurora Borealis owned by Bob and Donn Miller of Atwood Kaw will debut Friday evening as organizers report strong exhibitor turnout and international ballooning ties.
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Cheyenne County
Bob and
Donn Miller
Millers
Atwood
Kaw
U.S
Sidney Elks Win Award and Havorka Named State Tiler
The Sidney Elks Lodge received the Most Improved Youth Program award at the 61st Elks Convention in Lincoln. VC Havorka was named State Tiler for a one year term amid a weekend of honors. Sidney ranked second in state membership and third in donations to the Elks National Foundation, with a notable Crippled Children Exalted Ruler drive totaling 1260 dollars. A resolution was adopted to strike the whites only clause from the Grand Lodge By-Laws.
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Sidney Elks Lodge
Lincoln
VC Havorka
Chadron Elks
Sidney
Elks National Foundation
Elks
Lawrence Thompson
Vincent Havorka
John Ward
LeRoy Spiker
Harold Lessig
Robert Wait
del Lamm
Jack Bruns
Darrell Danielson
Bill Aschoff
Les Wills
Grand Lodge
Resource Unit Meets Thursday
Panhandle Resources Conservation Development and Planning Council to hold its regular monthly executive council meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Bell Restaurant north of Bridgeport on Highway 385. Agenda includes A 95 review and comments on Sidney Chadron and eastern Devel County projects and preparation for the June 28 annual meeting. Reports by Pat Malloy Joyce Purtzer Bill Fobair and Jack Jones.
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Vernon C. Rockey
Panhandle Resources Conservation Development and Planning Council
Bell
Bridgeport
Highway 385
Sidney
Chadron
Devel County
Pat Malloy
Department of Economic Development
Joyce Purtzer
Commission On Aging
Bill Fobair
RCD & PC
Jack Jones
RCD &Pc
Top SHS graduates named for 1973 commencement
Sidney High School announces valedictorian Susan Easterly salutatorian Larry O Halloran and class orator Jean Curtiss for Class of 1973. They will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday as 133 seniors receive diplomas. pictures of Class of 1963 start at 7:30 p.m. and the list includes 133 graduates led by Michael Armstrong and many others.
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Susan Easterly
Sidney High School
Larry O’halloran
Jean Curtiss
Miss Easterly
Jack Easterly
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
O’holleran
Lloyd O’holleran
University of Nebraska In
Miss Curtiss
Phil Curtiss
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley
Bob Cook
Sidney Board of Education
Michael Armstrong
Mavis Bauman
Cheri Beisner
Kristi Bennett
Mikael Bergkvist
Mark Blanke
Jane Born
Randall Brauer
Dan Bruns
Greg Bryant
Samuel Bucher
Cynthia Buecker
Ruth Carter
Kathleen Chaon
Scott Cook
Scott Cornelius
Tim Correll
Bruce Couch
Deborah Cowell
John Craig
Mark Cruise
Rafae Darnstaedt
Delbert Davison
Daniel Didier
Dennis Disbrow
Nancy Dolan
Brian Draper
Nancy Empson
Donald Elsen
Robert Elsen Jr
Ann Elwell
Suzanne Fankhauser
Jackey Fish
Pamela
Hail Council Sets Meeting
The Citizens Council on Hail Research will hold its first meeting of the year in Sterling. Local members include Ivan Liljegren Sidney Clifford Herbold Sheimer Potter and Delmar Nelson Peetz. The experiment seeks hail storm control via cloud seeding with no seeding yet this year as no hail clouds formed. Seeding tests continue.
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Citizens Council On Hail Research
Sterling
Colorado
Nebraska
Ivan Liljegren
Sidney
Clifford Herboldsheimer
Potter
Delmar Nelson
Peetz
First Quarter Crime Shifts in City and County
Nebraska study shows Sidney crime up in Q1 1973 with eight burglaries and 32 larcenies, versus 3 and 25 in 1972. Cheyenne County logs seven burglaries and 12 larcenies, down from nine and 16. One felonious assault and one auto theft reported in Cheyenne County. statewide rate falls 15 percent.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Sheriff's Office
Sidney Community Improvement Unit gains co chair but loses member
The Sidney community group welcomes a new co chair while Sandra Stewart moves to Scottsbluff with her husband, who becomes head basketball coach. Father Tom Ryan stays in Sidney as co chair, with Father Frank Hoelk joining to replace the late Father Edward Flinn. The diocese hires a lay superintendent for the diocese and Central Catholic High School. The group advances projects including a community nursery tree planting, a per ceptive disability study in schools, a local history tour, and a paper recycling program aimed at an environmental contest and future expansion. The health and safety committee plans a bicycle safety program for youth.
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Sidney
Father Ryan
Frank Hoelk
Grand Island
Edward Flinn
Paul Button
Sidneyite
Central Catholic High School
Kay Fix
Community Betterment Group
Tom
Ryan
Nebraska
Lodgepole Plaza
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Exon
Washington
National Administration
Secretary of Transportation
Brinegar
Bartelsmeyer
Nebraska Department of Roads
Frisky Grads
East Ward School
Denise Flood
Ken Adamson
Sidney Hines
John Johnson
Yolanda Campos
Patty Flood
Renny Meier
Jerry Deaver
Djuana Murphy
Sidney Mead
Ed Matthews
Billy Goats Gruff
Sidney Elks
Havorka
SHS
Mary Schmidt
Patrick Seidel
Larry Sherfey
Dexter Smith
Linda Smith
Kathy Spieker
Steven Spencer
Terry Lurber
James Thayer
Carol Tremain
Daniel Virgil Jr
Barbara Walker
Bryan Walker
Randal Warren
Susan Warren
Mary Wheelock
Brenda Whitefoot
Alan Wilcox
Randall Wills
Donis Wolff
Rhonda Worster
Kent Wright
Rockie Zalesky
Jan Zilmer
Hail Council
Community Improvement Unit
Council
Mrs, Stewart
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