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What first started as a picnic has blossomed into a four day celebration that brings the community and surrounding areas together. Starting the holiday weekend early, Old Settlers' Days will kick off Friday Sept. 2 with a city-wide garage sale. The sale will last Friday and Saturday and maps are available at the Panther Den or Post Office in Lodgepole or on Facebook. A Turkey Softball Tournament will be Friday starting at 6 p.m., with play throughout the evening. Turkey softball is where...
Grand Marshals for the Lodgepole Old Settlers' Days Reunion have been announced. Preston Richards and Tammy Sherman will preside over the event's 92nd year. Grand Marshal Preston Richards is the youngest of seven children born to Albert and Stella (Gilliam)Richards. He was born June 2, 1950 in Sidney. Richards graduated from Lodgepole High School in 1968, during which time he worked at Zalesky's Petroleum gas station. After graduation, Richards traveled to Anchorage, Alaska where he started...
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Monday to discuss the Pavilion Building at the fairgrounds and the 2016-2017 Cheyenne County Budget. Troy Kurz, volunteering construction manager for the pavilion building, came before the Commissioners to discuss ventilation issues the new Pavilion building is facing. A combination of moisture and heat has proven to be an issue for the new building Kurz said. As a solution a ventilation system is set to be installed. “The ventilation system will be used to create air exchanges in t...
Cabela’s Outdoor Fund and The Arbor Day Foundation have partnered together to replant in forests devastated by natural disaster. A press release sent out by the Arbor Day Foundation said the reforestation efforts, which include the planting of 200,000 trees, are critical to preserving wildlife habitat. Record wildfire seasons in recent years have destroyed millions of trees in forests around the country. Many areas were burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible, making the need to replant necessary. Insect infestations, disea...
Rasing funds for a local shelter, dogs and their owners will be dashing their way through a 5K run/walk at this years Old Settlers' Celebration in Lodgepole Terry Duffield, founder of Adopt-A-Dog Animal Rescue, said she started rescuing dogs in 1986, first by putting pens up in her yard in the town of Chappell before buying a house in the country with more land. "We kept the dogs north of the house at first and later I found an old hog building and was able to get it moved onto our property,"...
Making the most of cooler temperatures, Karla Morlock gives a dock door of the Cash-Wa distributing building in Sidney a new coat of Cash-Wa's signature blue paint on Thursday morning....
A Denver man who was arrested last week by Sidney police plead guilty to a reduced charge in County Court Thursday. Sidney police officers arrested 33-year-old Justin Lane, on Monday after he attempted to run from law enforcement. According to the police affidavit, on August 15 at approximately 8:03 p.m. a vehicle, driven by Lane was observed with no visible registration. After Lane provided a false name and date of birth, the car’s vehicle identification number came back to the arresting officer as stolen. The affidavit stated the officer e...
Mark Wayt, 55, of Fort Collins, Colo., had a preliminary hearing Thursday on two felony charges that were bound over to District Court. According to a press release from the Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office, the preliminary hearing was held Thursday on the charges of Refusal to Submit to Blood, Breath, or Urine Test, a Class II Felony (with 4 or more prior driving under the influence (DUI) convictions) and Driving During Period of DUI Revocation, a Class IIA Felony. The press release stated an officer of the Sidney Police Department t...
Sidney's radio station, KSID, began a project to show community support to local law enforcement. KSID General Manager and Program Director Suzy Ernest said the idea for the project was born from a sticker KSID Graphic Designer Keifer Mitchel made for his vehicle, after the Dallas police shootings. "I designed them out of the thought that support sheds peace of mind on our officers. I brought the idea to Suzy figuring what a great way to support our local law enforcement," Mitchel said. "To me...
Mable Nelson has been following the Olympic games for a more personal reason then most of Cheyenne County, Nelson has been cheering on not only Team USA in Volleyball but also her Grand-niece. Surrounded by paper clippings from various newspapers and magazines, Sidney resident, Nelson sat to talk about her grand-niece Jordan Larson. Larson just competed as a member of USA's Woman's Volleyball Team in the 2016 Olympic games that were held in Rio de Janeiro, August 5-21. Nelson said Larson...
Nebraska Loves Public Schools (NE Loves PS) is an organization dedicated to telling the stories of public schools across the state. The group was recently in Sidney to talk to teachers and students about Sidney Public Schools. The organization travels the state to find out what's happening in the public schools around Nebraska. With interviews from students, teachers, administrators and parents, thousands of hours of video footage make up nearly 50 short films that NE Loves PS has created....
A Sidney family recently reached out to the community to bring relief to flood victims in Louisiana. Retired army veteran Shawn Syverson and his wife and Sidney native, Lindsey Glassburn Syverson made the decision to collect items and send aid to Louisiana. Syverson said he made several phone calls to multiple states looking for help in aiding with donations and all of them came back with the same request, they wanted donations in the form of money. Knowing flood victims lost everything and...
On August 9, 1949, the first successful oil well in western Nebraska was established, effectively ending 60 years of unsuccessful searching and continuing the drive for mineral resources in Cheyenne County. According the Nebraska State Historical Society, Marathon Oil Company completed the discovery, known as Mary Egging #1, located five miles southeast of the town of Gurley. A historical marker on U.S. 385 between Sidney and Gurley reports that interest for oil in western Nebraska first...
A Denver man was arrested this week and is being charged with possession of a controlled substance and assault of an officer with a motor vehicle. Sidney police officers arrested 35-year-old Justin Lane, on Monday after he attempted to run from law enforcment. According to the police affidavit, on August 15 at approximately 8:03 p.m. a vehicle, driven by Lane was observed with no visible registration. The vehicle was stopped near the intersection of 18th Ave. and Fourth Street. After asking Lane to step back to the officers vehicle, Lane...
As summer draws to a close, back-to-school season is in full effect. Students begin returning to school today, and residents are asked to remember to safely share the roads with school buses, pedestrians and bicyclists, and provide children with the necessary knowledge to stay safe at school. Whether children walk, ride their bicycle, take the bus or are dropped off to school, it is extremely important that they - and the motorists around them - take proper safety precautions and follow the...
A road activity update was presented by County Highway Superintendent Doug Hart at Monday’s regular Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners meeting. In the meeting Hart discussed future plans to repave the asphalt pad located at the fairgrounds. The pad is primarily used by the Oktoberfest committee for its annual event. Hart said an asphalt overlay would cost an estimated $28,000 as opposed to a concrete one that would run about $22,500. “The concrete would hold up much better,” County Commissioner Philip Sanders said. Due to the cost, ideas...
Representatives from more than 130 communities across the Midwest traveled to the Holthus Convention Center in York in July to be recognized for their outstanding work in the TeamMates Mentoring Program. Cabela's was honored with the TeamMates Corporate Champion Award. Eighty-six employees mentor with the Sidney chapter, and 11 mentor in other communities. Cabela's allows employees to mentor on company time along with generous financial support. Recruiting and Marketing Coordinator for...
Sidney Public School Board has approved its goals for the upcoming school year. Sidney Superintendent Jay Ehler said that the goals are set based on the observations of the previous school years. Ehler said after discussion about school needs, the goals are prioritized on a larger level and then smaller goals are made in each individual school. School Board officials approved six goals they plan to focus on this school year. The first is to continue to provide quality technology access for teachers and students. Ehler said Sidney is a Google...
New growth seems to be everywhere in Cheyenne County. In the forefront of one particular part of this new growth sits very old history, pre-dating the historic times Sidney is better known for. Before the Gold Rush and the battle for the west, there were per-historic tribes that called Cheyenne County home, and the skeletal remains quietly buried beneath our growing community still have stories to tell. It was story that remained buried until 1992, when a couple of joggers spotted the skull of...
Sidney police are continuing to seek information on a criminal mischief involving city property. On Thursday August 4, the Sidney Police Department received a report that an identified person or persons kicked in the door to an equipment supply shed in the area of the Deer Run Park Frisbee Golf and Soccer Fields, causing an estimated $300.00 in damage. Also damaged were several solar lights that were donated and placed on the disc golf course. The additional damages there were estimated at approximately $50.00. The City of Sidney is offering a...
Costs for school supplies can become quite a strain on a families budget, and Table of Grace mobile food pantry has continued to strive to help alleviate those costs for families by providing school supplies and food to families in need around the area. Table of Grace Mobile Food Pantry is a "helping hand" mission program of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney. This non-profit organization has been distributing food and school supplies to families in our area since 2009 and is spearheaded by...
Despite cool weather and light rain, weather wasn't a factor for the dedicated competitors that participated in this weekends Dash for the Splash hosted by Sidney Regional Medical Center(SRMC). "The weather did not impact us in the least and our participation increased this year over last," Director of marketing and public relations for SRMC, Evie Ranslem-Parsons said. Participants donned their athletic wear early Saturday morning to compete in the 3rd annual triathlon. The super sprint, or shor...
Every five years multi-jurisdictional entities update a hazard mitigation plan, it’s purpose to evaluate and eliminate or reduce risks to residents and property in the occurrence of a disaster. South Platte Natural Resource District’s (NRD), Water Resources Specialist, Ryan Reisdorff, said the area plan was last updated in 2012 and is updated every five years. Entities use the Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide to aid in the assessment of local mitigation plans, ensuring the plans meet the requirements of federal regulations. “Basically anyon...
Phone scams are not a new occurrence to Cheyenne County residents, but a new surge of calls warrants residents to take precautionary measures when dealing with potential criminal callers. Sheriff John Jensen said phone scams have been occurring for as long as he can remember, but he has seen an increase in volume and persistence. “Over all I think our community is very smart when it come to these scans, because they have been going on for so long,” Jensen said. There are a few different scams to be aware of and the list is always changing as...
LINCOLN (AP) — A new state audit has uncovered serious flaws in the operations of a Nebraska agency that’s key to the governor’s goal of growing Nebraska’s economy. The audit, released Tuesday, says the Department of Economic Development spent millions of dollars on grants and contracts during 2015 without adequate documentation or monitoring. State Auditor Charlie Janssen couldn’t confirm the money was used for appropriate reasons. The audit also questions a more than $14,000 payment made in October as part of a settlement agreement with Bren...
