Week of January 2, 2025
Week of January 2, 2025
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph DALTON--It's not surprising that Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team has had a strong start to the 2024-25 season, however, the fact that they've only played in one competitive game stands out in the young season's results. The team is loaded with seniors who have played together since elementary school, and it looks like they have a legitimate shot to go deep into post-season play this year. After their first three games where every contest was won by at least...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY--On December 23, 2024, 22-year-old Dakota Schrencengost, of Sterling, Co., appeared in Cheyenne County Curt via Zoom from the Cheyenne County Jail. Hon. Judge Randin R. Roland presided over a status hearing concerning Schrencengost's Status of Extradition as a Fugitive from Justice. In a prior hearing on November 13, 2024, Schrencengost extradition was waived and the defendant was advised of his extradition rights. Roland continued the case to February 24,...
Five Youths Facing Serious Repercussions after Vandalism, Theft and Property Damage Complaints Made; Suspect Identified in Second Case, Another Suspect Sought MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY – On December 29, 2023, Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub and Cheyenne County Chief Deputy Attorney Amber Horn said complaints were filed against a group of youths in connection to a series of vandalism and property damage incidents that occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday period. The...
Lois Maurine Gustafson, age 100, of Dix, Nebraska, passed away on December 21, 2024 in Sidney, Nebraska. She was born December 23, 1923 in Dix, Nebraska to Theodore C. and Alice (Benson) Mathewson. After attending Potter High School, Lois graduated from Sidney High School in 1940 and then attended Chadron State Teachers College, obtaining her teaching certificate in 1942. Lois and Burdette Gustafson were married August 29, 1942. She was a member of Prairie West Church, Potter, Nebraska....
"Where the word of the King is, there is power." Ecclesiasts 8:4 We the People attended the right rally. Jesus IS King! The most historical political event of the people by the people for the people since the Declaration of Independence has just happened! Let us wonder no longer! Let us fight to take this promised land, the United States of America back to her covenant with God, declared by our first President, George Washington, and his Congress while still in session, on the day of his...
Jane Goodall turned 90 years old last April. In the late 1950's, Jane-then an English girl in her twenties-dared to travel to Africa. Jane arrived at Gombe on July 14, 1960, with her mother, who acted as Jane's chaperone. On December 22, 1965, a Wednesday, "National Geographic" ran a televised documentary on Jane's work over the previous five years, entitled, "Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees." I watched that special on my grandparents' black and white television. Jane began, "Louis Leakey...
Merry Christmas friends and neighbors. I want to share some thoughts with you on current events and respond to a recent editorial that appeared on this editorial page. 77 million Americans voted for Donald Trump to be the President of the United States. That alone does not elect Presidents. The candidate that gets the most votes in November determines which political party sends its Presidential Electors to the state capitol in December to cast the states' Electoral Votes. In Nebraska and Maine, each congressional district has its own...
One of my last official duties as a Nebraska State Senator was to attend a hearing on TIF financing and workforce housing last week at the State Capitol in Lincoln. As a result of that hearing, I am convinced more than ever that TIF is a bad experiment in social engineering and makes property owners pay more in property taxes than they ought to have to pay. If the Legislature ever ended TIF, it would result in lower property taxes for everyone. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a popular way...
