Sidney employee wins Cabela's highest community honor

Cabela’s Inc. network engineer Erik Fritzler received the company’s Community Hero Award on Thursday for his work leading a team that upgraded the Sidney Public Schools network over the summer.

Chosen by a committee that includes Cabela’s executive vice presidents and CEO, the Community Hero Award is given annually as the company’s highest honor for community outreach.

Fritzler and his team led a project that gave Sidney Public Schools $1.8 million in upgrades to its network infrastructure at a fraction of the cost through generous donations from Cabela’s and several of its partners.

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