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For the past eight years, Doris Jensen has served the city as director of the public library. But she has been devoted to the facility since she began working at the location some 24 years ago. Her dedication is hardly surprising. She earned a minor in library science from Chadron State College to go along with a degree in elementary education. That degree led to a teaching position in Binkelman before she moved to Sidney, where Jensen taught for 17 years at Sing and Say, a private pre-school....
South Elementary held its Fine Arts Night on Tuesday, inviting children and parents to participate in various activities, from dance to painting--and even a game of twister. Hundreds of participants, young and older, took part in the event. Dakota Ahrendt pauses to consider her options during a game of music bingo....
Ukraine. We’ve all heard of it, right? Thanks to a period of political unrest that led their eastward leaning president to scamper … no, that’s not what attracted the interest of most Americans. Rather, it was Russia’s quasi-takeover of the Crimean peninsula and their continuing chest thumping along border. Donetsk is the latest flash point. The former Soviet republic has been in the news of late, as have the major players: Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama,Viktor Yanukovych—OK, not so much Yanukovych, but those guys in unmarked military uniforms...
Potter-Dix high jumper Regyn Hicks tied the meet record for Class D, clearing 5-02 at Saturday's Bayard C-D. A record mark is quite an achievement any time. But just placing in any event was a chore at Bayard, thanks to a crowded field of 19 teams. In some events more than 40 athletes vied for a podium position, forcing events to overlap and competitors to scramble from one discipline to another and back. Still, the Coyotes and Warriors performed well. Leyton's Kaitlyn Berner surpassed her...
Connie Carrillo, retail marketing manager for Sidney's Cabela's outlet, leads a group of employees through the high fives and handshakes of a tunnel formed by the company's corporate staff on Friday. The tunnel walk was part of a day of celebration for the retail store, which last month was named as Cabela's top location based upon customer service and other criteria....
Margaret Lienemann (right) of the Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber presents a check to Sidney High School's Donna Wiedeburg and Mike Brockhaus. The Ladies Chamber raised $303.13 for the school's post prom activities....
Nick Colgrove of the University of Nebraska's educational media department points out some benefits of broadband technology during a Power of Business presentation at WNCC on Wednesday. The event was a UNL Extension program and part of the statewide Nebraska Broadband Initiative....
Connie Hancock took her first job out of college with the University of Nebraska's Extension office. That was 35 years ago, when the Kearney native had completed degrees from Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska-Kearney. It's no wonder the extension educator refers to the program as "a system I believe in." Hancock came to the Sidney office in 1995. She divides her time between Sidney and Kimball, allowing her to direct the extension service in three panhandle counties. 1. You know you're a long way...
CASA held its annual Night of Music fundraiser on Tuesday. The concert featured 11 local acts performing everything from rock and country to opera. Several hundred fans turned out for the event, which aids the Cheyenne County chapter of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an organization helping abused children. Peetz high student Adam Davis opens the night with some accordion favorites....
Brian Buescher grew up on a farm outside of Deweese but turned his attention to law while in college. He knows just how much Nebraska's farmers and ranchers love to tell lawyer jokes. "I've heard a ton," he said with a laugh. Buescher graduated high school in a class of 28. He studied law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.-the only time he lived outside of the state, as he returned to focus on agribusiness litigation. "Being a farm boy I get to fight for farmers every day," Buescher pointed out. "They are in a tough spot when they...
I am not a Luddite—not really. You remember the Luddites, right? In the early years of the Industrial Revolution, groups of frustrated British textile workers began smashing machines meant to improve productivity. They had cause, mind you—at least in their minds. In the 1800s, waves of new technology send more and more laborers to the streets, where they were consigned to lives of crime, rum or other things fodder for the likes of Hogarth and Dickens. Men were losing lifelong jobs and they perhaps rightly blamed labor saving devices. Even the...
When western Nebraska rancher Deb Fischer graduated from the LEAD program almost 15 years ago, she put the experience to use by becoming involved with the school board. Two years ago Fischer was elected to the senate. Yet LEAD director Terry Hejny is reluctant to tell of prominent success stories. The purpose of the Leadership Education/Action Development program is more fundamental. “When they finish, they go back to their communities and get involved—make their communities stronger,” he explained. The program provides training for Nebra...
The Cheyenne County 4-H Council held its annual spring carnival on Saturday evening, drawing hundreds of young people for games, food, contests and a raffle. Two contestants battle it out on the pillow fight beam....
It was just a year ago that Susan Stone took over as director of CASA. The acronym stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate, and the organization trains volunteers to help children through the court system. The position is not an easy one. The cases can be tough, for one. And her office is in a city garage. But then again, Stone spent 29 years in finance, working with Wells Fargo through sound economic times as well as recessions. Stone is originally from Manchester, in England. She left...
A line from “The Great Gatsby” came to mind over the weekend. It was something about the human capacity for hope or wonder—reaching over to the bookcase to double check seemed a bit too strenuous for a Saturday afternoon. Fitzgerald was, of course, referring to our innate ability to see potential. But what about the human capacity for foolish trust? Some firmly believe, despite a swell of evidence against their supposition, that the president is either a tyrant or a Muslim. Others look back on the previous administration and pronounce the f...
On Sunday some 200 volunteers--mostly members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church--packaged 20,000 meals to be distributed to needy people in Africa through the organization Stop Hunger Now. The volunteers filled containers with rice, beans and other necessities, weighed and boxed the meals before loading everything onto a truck. The church had originally planed to package 10,000 meals, but the outpouring of financial and voluntary support was so great they were able to double the number. Baylee...
Pastor Thomas Hyde placed a lot of faith in Nebraska. Just in his fourth year at Sidney's First United Methodist Church, he has served congregations across the state. He was born in Gothenburg. Before being called to the large church on 11th Ave., Pastor Hyde was in St. Paul. He didn't even travel far for seminary, graduating in 1979 from a school in Denver. Yet he has toured Israel and Egypt, led missions to South America and China and met with people from all over the world--a broad education...
High winds knocked over barricades meant to divert drivers from the alley between Illinois St. and Hickory St. on Wednesday. City staff are replacing old gas lines that run under the pavement. Work had to be halted because of Tuesday's winter storm....
Dan Szasmach offers up a green beer toast before digging into his corned beef and cabbage during the St. Patrick's Day festival at Hillside Bar & Grill on Monday....
Judy Morrison, manager of Hillside Bar & Grill, and KSID radio host Dave Collins share a laugh before going on the air from the St. Patrick's Day party on Monday....
What to make of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, missing for more than a week? Theories take hold for a few days—the flight crew landed it on some uncharted island for no known reason, it scorched Kazakhstani earth with blazing exhaust from just 5,000 feet, it plunged into the Indian Ocean—before being contradicted by the very Malaysian officials who offered up the hypotheses in the first place. It’s difficult to gauge their competence. With nothing to go on, they turn to such reliable regional governments as China, Pakistan and Myanmar for assis...
Collin Philipp, Casey Carroll and James Miller do a little Irish kick during the running of Sunday's Leprechaun Leap in Sidney. The 5K-10K run was part of the Git Fit & Stay Fit Challenge and organized by the Cheyenne County Community Center....
The Cheyenne County Community Center hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day run/walk on Sunday, sponsored by the Get Fit & Stay Fit Challenge. Winners 5K Run Men's Division Darrold Smith 24.43 Women's Division Sarah Heckenlively 26.45 10K Run Men's Division James McGown 39.20 Women's Division Donna Wiedeburg 59.00 Men's 10K winner James McGown stretches his lead....
The Cheyenne County Community Center hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day run/walk on Sunday, sponsored by the Get Fit & Stay Fit Challenge. Winners 5K Run Men's Division Darrold Smith 24.43 Women's Division Sarah Heckenlively 26.45 10K Run Men's Division James McGown 39.20 Women's Division Donna Wiedeburg 59.00 Donna Wiedeburg, Jenn Dorwart and Fred Wiedeburg keep up the pace....
Members of the Cool Kids Club spent Friday morning making items - in this case a flower - out of duct tape....
