The rodeo
The Sidney, Ia., rodeo opens this week with afternoon and evening shows for rodeo fans and musical entertainment by Bill Anderson.
The rodeo runs August 7-12 at the fairgrounds in Sidney. The annual event is sponsored by Legionnaires of the Sidney post.
Thanks to the Sidney rodeo board for inviting John Quinlan and myself to a dinner party last winter where we got to dine and talk with Mr. Anderson. What followed was the full page feature in the News-Press on Anderson and his music group, the Po' Folks.
Nebraska City area residents will be particularly interested in the drummer. He's Mike Streeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Streeter of Thurman.
Farm Families
Several Otoe county 100 year farm families will be honored at the Otoe County Fair August 19-23. They are Dan and Leone Baltensperger, Mrs. Tim Crook, Jr., Harold A. James, Arthur H. Douglas, Palmyra, Alvin and Viola Hillman, Otoe, V. V. Jacobmeier, Wayne, Ervin Klingsick, Talmage and Charles and Esther P. Miller, Lincoln.
Nemaha county will honor its farm families this week. They include Frank Clark Demarest, Talmage, Charles E. Henning, Peru, Joy J. Deuser, Lincoln, Blanche Markland, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Markland, Ralph and Iona Norvell, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Norvell, and Harold Oestmann, all of Auburn, Lloyd F. Nichols and Allan Woerlen, Brock and Melvin and Luella Oestmann, Johnson.
They will be recognized individually at the county fairs and be presented with plaques from Ak-Sar-Ben. They will also be guests at a dinner party prior to the opening of the Ak-Sar-Ben rodeo in September.
The County Fair
A change was made at the Otoe County Fair this year that will pep the activity on the opening day, Sunday, at Syracuse.
The big, and it's a biggie, style show that was held on Wednesday nights has been moved to Sunday at 7.30 p.m., followed by the recognition of 100 year farm families and the 4-H purple ribbon song group.
The purple ribbon livestock show will be held on Tuesday night as usual.
The new brand
"What's the name of your spread?" Bob Herman asked cowboy Craig Beman.
"The SKJ Lazy B Double Diamond Circle Q Bar D," Craig replied.
"How many head do you have?" Bob asked.
"Only a handful," the cowboy answered. "Not many survive the branding season."
So long, Bill
Good luck to Bill Perry, assistant manager at Gibson's in Nebraska City, on his new assignment as manager at the Lexington store.
Bill has been training for the manager's job under Stan Stava at the Nebraska City store. We've enjoyed working with Bill and wish him much success.
Toastmasters
Nebraska City Toastmasters missed their chance the other day when Eunice Edwards, Toastmistress of Temple City, Calif., was in Nebraska City to attend the Staack family reunion.
Dennis Kennell's speech, "reach out and touch someone," would have been especially appropriate for the visitor.
Dennis won the best speaker award at the meeting.
P.S. We suggest the Toastmasters ask him to expound at the podium on his neighborhood remarks when he found "bugs" in his manicured lawn.
Tch. Tch . . . ain't in Webster.
So long Jan
Jan Wiezorek, 24, public relations director at Peru State for the past school year, has accepted a similar position at Loyola University in Chicago.
Mr. Wiezorek will leave Peru State at the end of this month. Prior to coming to Peru State he was in public relations for the Guild of Performing Arts in Minneapolis and moved to Omaha to head the department for Joslyn Art Museum.
He is a native of Dubuque, Ia., and a graduate of Iowa State. He will work in public relations for the theater department and teach a class in theater management at Loyola.