Czech Day honors western Nebraska Czech descendants
More than 200 direct descendants gathered at Lodgepole Legion Hall for the sixth annual Czech Day, renewing ties with Czech culture through food, dance, and prayers. Attendees hailed from towns including Lodgepole, Gering, North Platte, Sidney, Potter, Kimball, and beyond, with guests from California and Wyoming also present.
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Nebraska
Lodgepole Legion Hall
Vosika
Jenik
Bohac
Tesar
Hornicek
Seda
Treblik
U.S
Orange
Wilmington
Calif
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Crook
Sedgwick
Westminster
Colo
Comstock
Caterpillar seminar trains diesel students at Western Nebraska Tech
Myrlen Dixson of Nebraska Machinery Company led an eight hour Caterpillar sleeve metering injection pump seminar at Western Nebraska Technical College. Students learned disassembly assembly troubleshooting and internal pump adjustments with a metric focus.
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Nebraska Machinery Company of
North Platte
Myrlen Dixson
Western Nebraska Technical College
Myrlen
Dude’ Dixson
Nebraska Machinery Company
Dixson
Jerry Monnier
John Kogl
Frank Kriha
Dennis
Nebraska Special Education Advisory Council Meeting Set
The Nebraska Special Education Advisory Council will hold its first meeting at 10 a.m. on November 5 in Conference Room B at the State Department of Education in Lincoln. Members include Eugene Thompson, superintendent of Lodgepole Public Schools.
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Nebraska
Special Education Advisory Council
State Department of Education
South 10Th Street
Lincoln
Eugene Thompson
Lodgepole Public Schools
Sidney School Lunch Menu Highlights This Week
The menu lists Tuesday spaghetti with meat sauce and cole slaw, Wednesday creamed turkey with mashed potatoes, Thursday tacos on chips with vegetables, Friday fish fillets with peas and carrots, and Monday burritos with tomato sauce. Each day includes milk and a bread item. desserts vary from peach krinkle to orange juice cookies and apple sauce cake.
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Sidney
Bazaar at St Patrick's Church Set for Sunday
The annual St Patrick's Catholic Church Bazaar will open at the youth center with games booths and a 1 p.m. start for public access. Dinner begins at 4 p.m. and runs to about 6 p.m. The event features the Jake and Molly store cakewalk and other traditional activities.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Jake & Molly
Past Masters Night Observed by Frank Welch Lodge 75
Frank Welch Lodge 75 AF and AM hosted Past Masters Night with guests from Alliance Dalton Potter Elkhorn North Platte and Idaho Springs Colo A banquet at Fort Sidney Hotel preceded a Masonic Temple meeting led by Elwood Lostroh worshipful master The Master Mason degree was conferred Guests included Harold Hultman Grand Master of Masons Nebraska Wayne G Luenenberg Grand Tyler of Nebraska and Frank Mattoon Past Grand Master of Masons Nebraska
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Frank Welch Lodge
Frank Mattoon
Masons of
Nebraska
Elwood Lostroh
AF & AM
Harold Hultman
Wayne G. Luenenberg
Grand Tyler of
Akks Twente
Frank Welch
Alliance
Dalton
Potter
Elkhorn
North Platte
Idaho Springs
Colo
Fort Sidney
Masonic Temple
Wayne G Luenenberg
Grand Tyler
Masons
Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp board to elect new directors
The Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp board met with six members present to discuss nominating a three year slate for three board vacancies at the January election. They approved a list of needed kitchen gear and explored fundraising from service clubs and individuals, with donations already funding cabin heat and painting. Memorial plaques will honor donors, with Elva Davison in charge.
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Lodgepole Valley
4-H Youth Camp
Elva Davison
George Lyons
Ken Sakarada
Mary Meick
E’laine Weyerts
Marge Borcher
Court House
Dewey Merck
Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Heritage Arts display lessons at Juliets Extension Club
Mrs George Hellman led an October Juliets Extension Club meeting at Mrs Elmer Chaons home with members and guest Mrs George Thompson sharing heritage arts pieces. Business notes covered 1976 plans and a Christmas Workshop display scheduled for November 7 at the 4H building. The next gathering at Mrs John Sell's home will feature the lesson Swimming Upstream by Mrs LaVerne Couch.
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George Hellman
Juliets Extension Club
Elmer Chaon
George Thompson
John Sell
LaVerne
Nebraska Agricultural Agents elect new leadership
Raymond Sall of Deuel County Agricultural Agent is re elected vice chairman of the Agricultural Agents of Nebraska. He was chosen at the state convention which concluded Wednesday in North Platte.
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Raymond Sall
Deuel County
Agricultural Agents of
Nebraska
North Platte
Rush Creek Willing Workers Meet At Bauer Home
Rush Creek Willing Workers Extension Club met at Mrs Lavern Bauers home for October. Mrs Doyle Flessner opened with the club. Seven members and one guest Mrs Gertie Payne of Lisco attended. Givenna Payne reported on the Coupon project and listed new coupons to save. Plans were set with each member assigned a time to work. Judy Frerichs gave a candle making lesson. October was Birthday month with a gift exchange.
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Rush Creek
Willing Workers Extension Club
Lavern Bauer
Doyle Flessner
Club Creek
Gertie Payne
Lisco
Givenna Payne
Judy Frerichs
Three-part seminar on divorce offered in Sidney
A three session program on coping with divorce is planned in Sidney. Sponsored by First United Methodist Church and Panhandle Mental Health, specialists will lead sessions on overview of divorce, factors involving a divorced person, and children with a single parent. No charge. open to all, especially recently divorced individuals.
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Sidney
Rodney Wilmoth
First United Methodist Church
Panhandle Mental Health Program
Cheyenne County Court House
Wilmoth
Bev Stecker
Mike Cugini
Marilyn Ramsey
Robert
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Don Lafler
Mrs
Mary Bohac
Kimball
Lodgepole
Kuenning
Terry Timm
Larry Buhlmann
Don Misegadis
Alan Armstrong
Tom Bauer
Stan Rhoades
Steve Schledewitz
Tim Thomas
James Bright
Brian Bitner
Leonard Freeburg
David Waegl
Gary Hornice
Gary Green
Alan Bedient
Diesel
R Peterson
Jim
Don Ehrlich
Longmont
Novotny
John Novotny
Dix
Ord
Novotny Mow
Tulsa
Okla
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Jackson Street
Masons If
Wediraska
Draper
Youth Camp Board
Cliff Nienhueser
Butler Agri
Everstrong
Assestance
Fait Construction
Sengie
Courtany Genrerness
10Th
Osage
Calkins
Bill Nisi
Panhandle
Charles Richardson
PMHC
Rusco Steel
Baird's Glass & Paint, Inc. and
Penny Mills
Cheyenne County Farmers Union
NFU
S.A. Foster Lumber CO
Dennis Hudson
Mgr
15Th & Quince Sidney
Burlington
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