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More than 300 community members worked together this weekend to pick up trash throughout town in efforts to keep Sidney beautiful. On May 2, Keep Sidney Beautiful held its annual Great Trash Race. The ten participating teams pitched in to collect as much garbage and recyclables as possible. Teams gathered at Hickory Square in downtown Sidney and then split up to various parts of town in an attempt to be the team to collect the most trash. First place went to the team representing Western...
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department held its annual banquet at Dude's on Saturday evening. The banquet is held to honor and recognize the Sidney firefighters, with awards given for years of service as well as the Firefighter of the Year award. Sidney City Councilor Wendall Gaston and City Manager Gary Person also thanked the firemen for protecting Sidney throughout the years. "On behalf of the city, we really thank you for always being there," said Gaston. "When we live in an area where we...
Cassie Challburg, pre-school teacher at the Learning Korner, organized a Change for Children competition for the kids at the Kids Korner and Learning Korner. For a week, each class collected spare change to see who could raise the most. The children at the day care and pre-school surpassed their goal of $200 by raising more than $500. Tiffany Jones and Angie Borgmann of the Kids Korner and Learning Korner presented a check for $566.53 to Kyle Larson, a board member of CASA, and Director Marion... Full story
Although it's common to see Husker red on specialized license plates in Nebraska, pink could be making an appearance in the near future to help raise breast cancer awareness across the state. Komen Nebraska is making strides to submit enough applications to the state to allow breast cancer awareness specialty license plates. The Susan G. Komen Nebraska nonprofit organization raises funds to support the Komen Promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring...
Local students from Sidney High School competed at the annual District Music Contest last week with instrumental and vocal performances at the Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff campus. Group instrumental and vocal ensembles received superior rankings. Division One, or “superior,” is the highest ranking an individual or group can receive at the contest. The concert band earned a Division Two, or an “excellent,” rating overall. “I thought the band performed very well at the contest,” said band director David Mead. “They are a...
Cheyenne County’s Court-Appointed Special Advocates will host its annual “Night of Music” fundraiser on Tuesday at Sidney High School. This fundraiser offers the community an opportunity to help fight against child abuse and neglect. Marion Janzen, CASA’s executive director, said the “Night of Music” will feature 10 local performers with a variety of music from piano, singing and a musical group to help toward the organization’s mission. “All of the talent supporting CASA is from Cheyenne County,” Janzen said. “April is also Child Abuse Prevent...
Western Nebraska Community College's Sidney Campus held its annual Awards Ceremony at the Aviation College on Thursday afternoon. Every year, the three WNCC campuses recognize the hard work and dedication of graduates in each program. WNCC President Todd Holcomb along with the Dean of Students, Vice President of Student Services, Vice President of Administration Services, Vice President of Education Services, Sidney's Student Services Coordinator and Sidney's Campus Director congratulated and...
Students at WNCC's Sidney campus celebrated Arbor Day by planting trees next to the new campus dorms today. Pictured from left to right are: Cody Merwick, Reece Pedersen, Rose Nelson, Derick Ramsey and Brad Gilbert.... Full story
The University of Nebraska Extension office hosted its 20th annual Safety Day for local second graders at the Lodgepole Youth Camp on Wednesday. The camp was filled with more than 150 second-graders from Cheyenne and Deuel counties received hands-on information from local experts and volunteers about farm equipment to basic safety. Krysti Nienhueser helped organize and bring Safety Day to Sidney when her son, who is now in his 30s, was in second grade. "When I taught second grade, I went with a...
Sixteen Sidney High School students competed recently at the annual SkillsUSA Nebraska State Leadership and Skills Conference in Omaha. More than 1,300 Nebraska students from 72 chapters vied for titles. SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization that partners with more than 300,000 students, teachers and industry representatives that work together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA's overall mission is to prepare members to be world-class workers, leaders and responsible...
Owners of Snyder and Hilliard Law Offices – the husband and wife duo of Michael Snyder and Kristi Hilliard – held their official ribbon cutting on Tuesday morning. The law office is located at 937 Jackson St., in Sidney.... Full story
Sidney High School students have put in months of labor and collaboration to put the finishing touches on remodeling and improving a house located at 1833 Maple St. The students hosted their first open house to the public on Saturday morning. Beau McConnell, Sidney High's construction teacher as well as Kim Castner, the school's design teacher, have helped their students gain a hands on opportunity dealing with team work, planning, budgeting and construction. The students worked together to...
Andrew Sherman is excited to turn the page and start a new chapter at the Sidney Public Library as the library director. Originally from Omaha, Neb., Sherman began his adventure at the Sidney Public Library on April 13. "I was born and raised in Grand Island and went to Hastings College," Sherman said. "I was actually a computer science major and had a long I.T. career." Sherman said that after years spent doing banking I.T. he started to get burned out with that. "I wanted to pursue something n...
The former Reganis Motors at 435 Illinois St. in Sidney will officially be opening their doors as Panhandle Automotive Group. Mike Winstrom of Kimball is now the new owner of the dealership. Pictured from left to right are: Winstrom and Tim Reganis.... Full story
The Sidney Public Library is currently displaying art from Potter-Dix middle and high school students. Their art will be displayed until April 25.... Full story
The convenience of Western Nebraska Community College's Sidney campus is what appeals to many students enrolled or hoping to take classes. However, there are a few programs that couldn't be completed at the Sidney and Alliance campuses, such as an associate's degree in nursing – until now. An associate's in nursing is a degree that prepares students to become registered nurses. Western Nebraska Community College is making efforts to increase the accessibility of the registered nurse program t...
Thanks to a pair of disorienting goggles and the Sidney Police Department, students at Western Nebraska Community College's Sidney campus got to experience what it's like to drive at different intoxication levels. The goggles give you double vision as well as throw off your depth perception and balance to simulate being drunk. They are meant to simulate being drunk in order to show the effects that intoxication actually has on coordination while driving. "We set up a controlled environment and...
The month of April is the eighth annual World Autism Awareness Month where information is shared about autism and celebrated with fundraising and awareness-raising events. World Autism Awareness Day was officially celebrated on April 2 to bring attention to the growing global health crisis. This year, Peetz students were able to get information about autism and participate in the international "Light It Up Blue "Campaign. Autism is one of only three health issues to be recognized with its own...
The Cheyenne County Art Guild selected Tish Treinen as March Artist of the Month. Treinen's watercolor "Summertime" is currently on display at the Sidney Public Library.... Full story
It's Duck Stamp season! The Nebraska student entries for the Junior Duck Stamp art contest judging event was held on late last month for the 2015-2016 season, and several students from Chappell were winners and honorable mentions. The Junior Duck Stamp Program exposes hundreds of thousands of youth each year to wetlands, National Wildlife Refuges and art concepts. The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a dynamic, art and science program designed to teach wetlands habitat and...
Sidney Public Library Director Doris Jensen celebrated her last day at the library with friends, community members and coworkers on Wednesday afternoon. Jensen has served the city as director of the public library for more than eight years and has been devoted to Sidney's library for 25 years. Her passion for books and being a part of the library environment isn't surprising as she earned a minor in library science from Chadron State College to go along with a degree in elementary education....
Donna Gunn, a Nebraska native, will transform the Sidney High School Auditorium into the greatest westward journey through music and storytelling. The Lied Center's "Arts Across Nebraska" in Lincoln, Neb., is bringing Gunn's tour "Music on the Trail" to town for music and history lovers to experience life on the Oregon Trail through the piano. Gunn will perform at Sidney's Fine Arts Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday. "Music on the Trail" is a combination of taking concepts of classical styles wit...
The Western Nebraska Community College's Sidney campus hosted a blood drive provided by the United Blood Services mobile crew based out of Cheyenne, Wyo., on Monday afternoon. "We travel to different communities in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and sometimes Utah to take donations," said Jill Vaudrin of United Blood Services. "Anyone who wants to donate will sign in and read information about the process, and then we will decide if the volunteer meets height, weight and other requirements that...
The Potter-Dix High School speech team finished as state runners-up Friday afternoon at the 2015 Nebraska State Class D meet. In all, more than 30 teams competed at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Potter-Dix received 62 sweepstakes points as a team, tying for second place with Winside. Wausa took the Class D state title with 150 points. Potter-Dix’s Rebekah Hutchinson won the state title in the Poetry Interpretation category. Hutchinson also competed in the Persuasive Speaking category, where she finished 12th. Justice Palmer and K...
Throughout National Children's Dental Health Month in February, Summit Dental Group in Sidney collected toothbrushes, mouth wash, floss and toothpaste for local at-risk children to raise oral health awareness. Summit Dental Group partnered with America's ToothFairy, a National Children's Oral Health Foundation that launched in February 2014. More than 430,000 oral care products have been collected and donated to children in need since the campaign originated. Community members and businesses...
