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A cacophonous yet spirited din permeated Sidney High School's gymnasium Tuesday afternoon as a pep rally was held for middle and high school students honoring the winter sports program and gearing everyone up for the upcoming spring sports season. Following the pep rally, picture day was held for the boys and girls track and golf teams....
Sidney High School Senior Logan Uhlir was recognized at Monday's regular meeting of the Sidney School Board for being selected as a National Merit Scholar finalist. To become a finalist, a semifinalist, along with his or her high school, must submit a detailed scholarship application providing information about the their academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment and honors and awards received. They must also have an...
After approving the resignation of board member Janet Rosenbaum during Monday evening's regular meeting, the Sidney school board discussed a method to fill the vacancy for the remainder of her term. Rosenbaum served as a board member since March 2013, the same month a former board member submitted his letter of resignation leading to a vacancy. On Feb. 8, Rosenbaum sent a letter to the board and district administrators stating "with much emotion" that she had to resign from her position as a...
Middle and high school students who were named a student of the month for February at Sidney Public Schools were honored at Monday's school board meeting. The award acknowledges students for superior academic performance or dramatic improvement, exceptional work effort toward a particular class project, outstanding contribution to the class, leadership exhibited in the class or school, citizenship emphasized and modeled, or for service to the school. Students honored with the award also receive...
This week, from March 14 to 19, is National Ag Week. As the country celebrates agriculture and its role in everyday life, the Cheyenne County 4-H will be capping the week with its annual 4-H Spring Carnival, a tradition stretching back for decades in Sidney. "It's been going on for longer than I know," Cheyenne County UNL Extension Educator Cynthia Gill said. Gill said the annual carnival is the primary fundraiser for the 4-H council, funding county 4-H activities and programs throughout the...
If somebody had asked me at the beginning of this year if I saw myself leaving my hometown of more than 20 years and move 1,000-plus miles north to the Nebraska panhandle, I would have thought they were crazy. But here I am, and now that I've been in Sidney for the past couple of weeks I am starting to think I was crazy for staying in one place so many years. But maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Anthony Ruiz, and I am the newest addition to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. I grew up a...
A watershed project long in the works could be changing routes as the Sidney City Council voted to go with an east route towards the Lodgepole Creek during Tuesday's regular meeting. Once completed, the watershed would control the water flowing down Fort Sidney Road, with ditches and culverts handling any runoff, even during large storms. It would also ensure that future development upstream will not create issues for those downstream. Galen Wittrock with the South Platte Natural Resource...
The Cheyenne County Commissioners selected a construction company from two sealed bids for projects providing armor coating to about 12 miles of county roads during Monday's regular meeting. Three projects were included in the bids will cover 4.5 miles on County Road 8 between CR103 west of Lorenzo and the end of the asphalt, about 3 miles on CR8 between CR115 and CR121, and about 4.5 miles on CR111 from Sidney to CR32. Doug Hart, Cheyenne County highway superintendent, was present for the...
Discussion regarding daily admission and season passes for the Sidney Aquatics Center continued at the Sidney City Council's regular meeting held Tuesday night, with action tabled until the March 22 meeting to allow additional feedback from the community. Tom Von Seggern, park superintendent for the City of Sidney, presented staff recommendation on the proposed prices to the council. For children five years and under and seniors, the admission price is proposed at $3 daily and $45 annually. The...
Speed limit increases could be coming to Greenwood Road and Pole Creek Crossing in the future as the city council considers raising from its current limit of 25 miles per hour. Action was tabled during Tuesday's regular meeting to allow city administration time to locate prior traffic studies conducted on the roads. The proposed speed limit increase was brought to the council through a letter dated Feb. 16 from Jason Petik, chief executive officer at Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC), which...
It was a split vote when the Sidney City Council approved the 2016 one-year and six-year street improvement plan following the public hearing held Tuesday evening during the council's regular meeting. According to state statute 39-2115, each municipality "shall develop and file with the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards a long-range, six-year plan of street improvements based on priority of needs and calculated to contribute to the orderly development of an integrated...
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved future changes to the county's policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of employees and funding for training department heads during Monday's regular meeting. County Attorney Paul Schaub presented the policy change to the board, saying that currently there are different policies in place including the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) policy that applies to people operating commercial vehicles. "There's also a policy in our handbook that applies...
A full house greeted the commissioners Monday morning to look at event arena expansion at the fairgrounds. The Cheyenne County Commissioners meeting room was filled to capacity as members of the fair board and other interested individuals discussed a proposal to expand the event arena at the county fairgrounds in preparation for future monster truck events during the annual fair. While the expansion plans would not be ready for this year's monster truck show at the county fair, which is set to...
Joshua Woolery accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning in the Cheyenne County District Court, pleading no contest to two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor. The counts stem from alleged instances occurring in July and September last year. Woolery, 26, of Sidney, was arrested in October 2015 and charged with six felony charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of a minor between the ages of 12 and 16. Last fall, he pleaded not guilty to two charges of first-degree sexual assault...
The Sidney Rural Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call Tuesday morning at a property on County Road 109 just west of Sidney near Hwy. 30 after a stacked pile of railroad splits caught fire. The property owner, Bennie Bennett, said he did not see how the fire started. He said he had returned from breakfast when he noticed the splits on fire and tried to extinguish it with a garden hose. "But at that point, it was already too late," he said. The fire also damaged a nearby telephone...
Last month, North Elementary School teacher Judi Roach was named the 2016 Teacher of the Year by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, one of two teachers in the state to receive the honor. Last Friday, she expected to receive the honor through a Skype call in the early afternoon with Courtney Schaardt, manager of outreach education with the foundation. Unfortunately for her, the school had scheduled an assembly in the gym at that same time. To her surprise, however, Schaardt,...
A public hearing and presentation regarding the 2016 one-year and six-year street improvement plan will be held during Tuesday's regular meeting of the Sidney City Council. The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. at city hall, located at 1115 13th Avenue. According to state statute 39-2115, each municipality "shall develop and file with the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards a long-range, six-year plan of street improvements based on priority of needs and calculated to contribute to...
Just over 70 Democrats filled the room at the Cheyenne County Community Center in Sidney on Saturday for the presidential caucus, and local party members voted for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Voters in Cheyenne County joined Democrats in the state's other 92 counties in selecting delegates for the state convention. Sanders won 57.1 percent of the vote statewide, compared to 42.9 percent for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In Cheyenne County, there were 44 votes for Sanders...
Sounds of singing, dancing, shouting and laughing have been echoing through the Sidney High School auditorium for the past month as nearly 30 students prepare for this year's spring musical production set to debut in early April. "We've been doing musicals for probably 15 or 16 years," Director David Mead said. "We do one every year." This year's production is "The Wild, Wild, Wildest West" by Christopher Gieschen and Bill Francoeur. The show is a comedic melodrama about a cold-hearted banker...
The filing date has come and gone for candidates in the upcoming primary election. According to the website for the Nebraska Secretary of State, for the primary election incumbents had between Dec. 1, 2015 and Feb. 16, 2016 to file, while non-incumbents had until March 1. For the general election, incumbents can file through July 15 and non-incumbents through Aug. 1. For Cheyenne County, three Republican candidates have filed for county commissioner in district 1 and will be on the primary...
The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners convene for a regular meeting a 8 a.m. Monday in the commissioners meeting room at the county courthouse located at 1000 10th Avenue in Sidney. On the agenda is discussion of a proposal to expand the event area at the county fairgrounds for a monster truck event at the county fair. Commissioners will also discuss bidding requirements for related projects as well as zoning requirements at the fairgrounds. The boards will also open, review and consider...
Thousands of Democrats across Nebraska will come together Saturday to caucus in their respective counties to determine delegates for their party's choice for the presidential nominee. The caucus in Cheyenne County is at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cheyenne County Community Center, located at 627 Toledo St. in Sidney. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. "The caucus really is the most important thing right now," said Clara Benisek, organizer for the Cheyenne County Democratic Caucus. "We want to have a...
Leyton High School senior Kordell Maestas will soon be traveling across the state for college after signing a letter of intent to play football for Peru State College. Maestas, 18, is the son of Bridget Brauer and Joe Maestas and a native of Sidney. He transferred to Leyton High School in Dalton during his junior year. "I wanted to try something new," Maestas said. "It's a great environment, and I like it a lot." Maestas has played football since his freshman year, starting as a lineman. He...
The Sidney High School Raiders Speakers speech team had a strong showing over the weekend at the 2016 Western Conference Speech Meet, winning its first conference title in more than a decade. "We got 19 of our students in the finals," said Tanya Lewis, assistant speech coach and English teacher at Sidney High School. "It's the first time that Sidney has won this speech meet since 2005." The Raider Speakers won four of the nine events at the meet, and had three of the six finalists in four events...
