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LODGEPOLE - The Lodgepole Village Board of Trustees is considering well rehabilitation as a possible solution to its arsenic problem. “We’re looking to see if that would be an option for us. We don’t even know yet,” Tammy Sherman, Lodgepole city clerk, said. “We’re just gathering some information to see if our wells would maybe fit that category, to get in compliance with the arsenic levels.” The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has regulations governing public water supply...
Jim Cantrell, a former Sidney art teacher, was chosen as the official artist for the 2017 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks races. He received the call from Churchill Downs last summer and completed the art in the fall. Cantrell said it was an honor to be chosen. "At first I didn't understand it, but it's turned out to be, not an ordeal, but it's something I'm not used to," he said. "All this celebrity, people stopping me on the street and that sort of thing." Cantrell was reluctant at first,...
The City of Sidney is pursuing a parking area for carriers displaced by a recent ordinance banning carrier trucks from parking in residential zones. “We’re looking for land initially that we could rent,” Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager said. “We have talked to some people. We have found a couple that are willing to rent us property.” A memo will be brought before the City Council at its May 9 meeting for direction. “My recommendation will be that they don’t rent anything until we would get som...
Sidney’s Economic Development Citizens Advisory Committee is looking for three new members. The group of citizens provides input, feedback and direction to the City Council about business in Sidney. “There needs to be five to 10 members, but we currently only have four active members,” Melissa Norgard, Sidney economic development director, said. “We are going to start advertising (this week) to fill the vacancies of the three spots that are not filled right now.” Remaining board members include...
Several new businesses are arriving in Sidney. Melissa Norgard, Sidney economic development director, gave a presentation to the city council Tuesday on the city’s latest prospects. Sandhills Publishing is “up and running,” Norgard said, at 630 Illinois St., the former Cabela’s call center. Some employees started on April 17, with more starting in May. The company hired 22 employees and will hire 10 to 15 more. Positions include customer service and collection specialists, and are expandi...
Sidney Police Department is holding a Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday. The SPD is collecting old and disused medicines for proposal disposal, Chief Joe Aikens said. “We do it annually,” he said. “It gives people an opportunity to dispose of unneeded, expired medications in a safe manner so they’re not just dropping them in the trash can or flushing them down the toilet.” The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will take place at Sidney Police Department, 1715 Illinois St., Satu...
he schedule is set for the Sidney sesquicentennial weekend starting Aug. 18. Events begin with a 150th anniversary proclamation kickoff to be held at Camp Lookout. “They’ve just finished refurbishing it to be historically-correct,” Denise Wilkinson, Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce president, said. “Way Out West, at the Elks Lodge, will be holding their ‘America Abridged’ play.” The weekend also boasts a 5K run and a parade on Saturday, a volleyball tournament on Sunday, two concerts, his...
The City of Sidney is pursuing a $1 million Community Development Block Grant to provide direct assistance to Lukjan Metal Products, LLC. The Conneaut, Ohio, based company would use the funds for working capital, and the purchase of equipment and an existing building at 1 Greenwood Drive, formerly TE Connectivity. “We’ve applied for it,” Herb Gibson, Lukjan midwest regional director, said. “I think we’ve given them all the information we need to have a successful application.” The federal fun...
Acommunity garden is opening on Cooege Drive. Plots are already available for Sidney residents to grow their own plants and vegetables. The effort is the inspiration of Rose Ewoldt, a Walmart assistant manager, and Dana Revell, a local gardener. "I have been gardening since I was small with my grandmother and mother," Revell said. "I recently moved in with my mother and I always had a big garden and she had a big garden, but the two of us are living in a place where we don't have a big enough...
Sidney Tree Board is celebrating Arbor Day with its annual tree giveaway Saturday. This is Sidney’s 31st year as a Tree City USA community with the National Arbor Day Foundation. The giveaway allows Sidney to maintain a healthy canopy, Tom Von Seggern, Sidney parks director, said. “We’re trying to diversify our community urban forest, to have more varieties of trees,” he said, “so if any one single disease comes through town, similar to Dutch elm disease, we have more variety and aren’t co...
The City of Sidney is seeking input from the community on snow routes. A workshop is being held Wednesday on what to do with snow in residential areas. "I want to explain to people what we do, what we could do and let them pick their poison, for lack of a better term," Ed Sadler, Sidney City Manager, said. "If you talk to people around here, in the past they plowed residential streets before only to have people be unhappy with it." Every method has been tried, Sadler said: plowing down the...
Sidney's carrier ordinance passed with a 4-1 vote at Tuesday's city council meeting. Council Member Kelly Utley voted against the ordinance. A third reading of Ordinance 1787 was held from March 28 so city staff could include a waiver process following complaints and concerns received from the public. The ordinance itself remains the same. "Motor carriers, common carriers or contract carriers" are prohibited from parking in residential districts "except for the purpose of expeditiously loading...
An Easter egg hunt for Sidney's autistic children brought together special needs families in celebration Saturday. The free event, held at Legion Park, is one of many observing Autism Awareness Month. "All month long we are doing autism awareness," Eric Packer, event organizer and Sidney Dairy Queen manager, said. "All the events we're doing are going to benefit the Sidney public schools and their special education department." The event was sponsored by Dairy Queen, Maddox Motors and High...
Stephen D. Barber, 28, of Sidney, faces two felony charges: child abuse, a class 3A felony, and enticement by electronic communication device, a class 4 felony. At his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Cheyenne County Court, Judge Randin R. Roland found there was sufficient evidence for arraignment. Lt. Keith Andrew, Sidney Police Department, testified and presented evidence. Subscribe to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph to read the rest of the story. (308) 254-2818 817 12th Ave. Sidney, NE 69162...
James L. Daily, 37, pleaded not guilty to felony charges Wednesday in Cheyenne County District Court. Daily is charged with terroristic threats, a Class 3A felony, and using a firearm to commit a felony, itself a Class 1C felony. If found guilty of the latter charge, Daily faces a minimum five years and would not be eligible for probation during that time. The alleged acts took place on March 14. According to a Sidney Police Department affidavit, the SPD responded to a report that Daily had...
The Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation is holding its 12th annual fundraiser Saturday at Buffalo Point Steakhouse & Grill. The non-profit foundation started in 2006 to support the community center, Mike Namuth, CCCC director, said. “Anything that’s needed, the foundation’s there to do that,” he said. The Community Center Foundation Fundraiser is Saturday at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m., at Buffalo Point. Tickets are $75. Subscribe to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph to read the rest of...
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and fighting for the rights of abused and neglected children in Cheyenne County is Court Appointed Special Advocates. “When a child has been abused or neglected, a judge appoints through the court a special volunteer advocate to be the voice of the child throughout their time, when they’re involved in the juvenile system,” Rose Bowcut, Cheyenne County CASA director, said. “What we do as a program is recruit and screen and train volunteers to become ready t...
Sidney City Council delayed a third reading of its carrier parking ordinance Tuesday. Ordinance 1787 was held until the council’s April 11 meeting to be amended to include language for exemptions after hearing citizens’ concerns. The ordinance prohibits “motor carriers, common carriers or contract carriers” from parking in residential districts “except for the purpose of expeditiously loading or unloading their commercial contents.” “This addresses carriers,” Ed Sadler, city manager, said....
State Senator Steve Erdman, of Bayard, visited Sidney Friday to speak about the current legislative session. Erdman explained to an audience of 15 at Dude's Steakhouse problems facing the Legislature. A member of the Committee on Committees, Erdman said the education and judiciary committees are balanced toward progressives. "In Judiciary we have two very conservative people and six progressive people, and on education we're four-to-four," he said. "So those two committees have a difficult time...
More than 150 parishioners from St. Patrick's Catholic Church spent Sunday packaging 20,000 meals for Helping Hands, a joint effort between Catholic Relief Services and Rise Against Hunger. "It's an opportunity to be in solidarity with the poor and the hungry throughout the world," Rev. James Heithof said. "There's a sense that when we serve them, we're serving Christ." The meals cost 50 cents each to produce. Stations with volunteers of all ages put together the rice, dehydrated vegetables and...
Every property in Sidney will be inspected starting in April. City employees will be looking for basic violations, Ed Sadler, city manager, said. “We’re inspecting for the obvious,” Sadler said. “If you’ve got the car parked in the front yard, the mattress piled up against the side of the house. You don’t have any house numbers on it. You’ve got trash bags piled up. We’re trying to get things cleaned up.” He added, “For the violations we’ll take pictures and we’ll send out a letter.” Citizens wi...
Sidney Police Department is investigating damage to multiple vehicles that took place across Sidney Wednesday evening. “We are investigating a series of car windows getting broken throughout the community,” SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. “We’re thinking it took place sometime over the night time hours.” Aikens said nine vehicles had been reported damaged by Thursday morning. There are no suspects at this time. How the vehicles were damaged has not been determined. “We’re not totally sure if it wa...
The City of Sidney has sent out bids for its weed control services. The action will save the city both money and resources, Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, said. “I was curious as to whether we could find a better way to do it,” Sadler said. “We did some initial checking with some of the landscaping companies and at least the initial prices they gave us said they can buy the chemicals so much cheaper, for fertilizing and weed killing. They can do it with labor included for less than we spend...
Sidney's Meals on Wheels program serves 65 clients per day, on average. To provide 1,179 meals in February during its 23 days of service, it had a budget of $2,500. Sidney's Meals on Wheels receives its funding and resources from the Aging Office of Western Nebraska (AOWN) in Scottsbluff. While AOWN mostly receives state funding, federal funding is "a far amount" of its budget, Mary Smith, programs coordinator, said. A budget submitted by the White House to Congress this month, though, would...
Every City of Sidney department now has its own defibrillator. The city had three before, for Sidney’s police and fire departments and Sidney Aquatic Center, and has added 17 more, Ed Sadler, City Manager said. Sidney Public Library, Landfill, Electric Department, and City Hall now have the devices, as well. “I’ve never been in a place where we had them but we didn’t use them,” Sadler said. “One time it was an employee. One time it was a member of the public. But we deal with some dangerous jobs...
