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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1968
Page
12
Sidney Telegraph announces 1968 All-Conference ballots for Western and Minuteman Leagues. Coaches receive ballots. selections of top 11 in each league to be published November 18 with accompanying citations mailed shortly after. First time includes basketball citations.
The Sidney High Red Raiders travel to McCook to face the Bison in a crucial Friday game seen as a potential rating booster. McCook sits at 1-4-2 but is tougher in play than record suggests. last season the Bison defeated Sidney 25-13.
Local Papillion players and fans provided a hearty, hospitable welcome to visiting Western Nebraskans last Friday. The Sidney bench was swept during the game and non-starters saw time on several quarters. Papillion athletes hosted visiting players as fans described the evening as a true show of hospitality.
The Raiders have 2953 points this season through seven games while allowing 40, reflecting disruptions from injuries and departures. Despite missing several regulars early, the team remains pleased with its current group and questions how much better they could be with full health.
Sidney High Red Raiders travel to McCook to meet the Bison in a 6:30 p.m. MST kickoff. Sidney, ranked third in Class B, seeks a 7th straight win while McCook sits at 1-4-2. Co captains are Peetz Butts Mika Solano as Sidney preserves its lineup.
The Sidney High cross country team placed fifth at the state meet, correcting a headline in Monday's Telegraph which had stated sixth. The story's standings were accurate. Chief Roy Bauer and the International Association of Chiefs of Police advise gradual maneuvers and steering into a skid if it occurs.
Nebraska hunters edge toward opening day for pheasant and quail with sunrise start times and sunset closures. State Senator George Fleming was photographed preparing for the season at his home, while a preserved white owl in his collection stands nearby.
Sidney St. Patrick’s Academy hosts Hemingford in a non-league tilt at Weymouth Field. With injuries shaping the lineup, starters are to be determined at gametime. Key names mentioned include Benkiewicz, Bennett, Kennedy, Domingues, and Mor ris, as the Irish sit 0-6-1 heading into an impending Dalton date.
Mr and Mrs Roland Banks, a noted hunting pair, scored antelope each during Nebraska antelope season south of Sunol Cheyenne County. Banks boast strong big game and bird hunting records and were among the first through the antelope check station in Sidney on opening day.
Sidney area residents Mr and Mrs Wilbur Houser Crook Colo learn their son Spec 5 Douglas D Houser 23 earned the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement in Vietnam February 15 through March 25 He was a senior parts specialist with the 87th Engineers Battalion and helped reorganize supply storage at Cam Ranh Bay His brother Spec 5 Rodney Houser 25 also served in Vietnam with the same unit and both are separate from service this month Also another brother Charles 27 served two years in the Army including Vietnam duty and now lives in Long Beach California.
Be safe and legal on opening day for pheasant and quail season. Hunters need a current permit and proper game stamp. Private land requires landowner permission. sunrise is 6 28 am, sunset 4 48 pm. only cock pheasants legal, quail in flight. never load a shotgun in the car. know target before pulling trigger.
Nebraska officials note uncertain early demand for nonresident small game permits as 1968 comparisons with last year show expectations around 26 301 nonresidents. South Dakota reports pheasant gains and higher nonresident hunting. Nebraska quail and pheasant numbers expected near last year with residents buying 98 209 small game permits and 5 531 combo licenses.
State officials proceed with expanding a captive Canada goose pen at Clear Creek Waterfowl Management Area southeast of Levellen near Lake McConaughy. The two-acre addition includes a breeding pen to encourage nesting among 55 geese with marked plans for future free-flyer young returning to Nebraska.
Peetz Bulldogs meet Merino at Merino in a winner take all Low er Platte Valley Conference game. Merino is unbeaten and untied. Peetz is unbeaten with a 0-0 tie. A Peetz loss forces a playoff with Diff at Sterling on Nov 5 for a state tournament bid. If Peetz wins, they advance to the state football classic.
James C Keeley of Sidney faces defective brakes with a $15 fine. Roger L Kloos of East Lake Ohio and David M Orgel of Canton Ohio were fined $15 each for speeding. LaVerne E Sorensen of Cheyenne Wyoming received $107.50 and six months suspension of driving privileges in Nebraska for DUI. James Ballew Milford Minnesota fined $18 for speeding. Gordon G Gutwein Francesville Indiana fined $15 for speeding. Danny Lee Spurgin Cheyenne Wyoming fined $21 for speeding. Tom Hughes North Mankato Minnesota fined $18 for speeding. Ione L Wickstrom Sidney fined $15 for speeding. Mary Lou Christensen Crook Colorado fined $15 for no registration certificate. Peter F Patterson Sidney and Paul Melvin no address fined $40 for excess motor fuel. Phillip D Bucholtz Wakeeny Kansas fined $15 for no driver’s license.
About 85 percent of U S corn crop goes to livestock feed with the rest processed for food and hundreds of by products Even the cob finds use as livestock feed garden mulch polishing powder and furfural a chemical used in nylon drugs and solvents.
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