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Sidney Shooting Park held an open house Saturday to showcase its newly refurbished archery range. "We wanted to show people the increased availability of shooting options in the area," said club member Deanna Kendall. The changes have come about since May, when club members began working on implementing newly designed courses. Those include a new target practice range, as well as a field course. On the practice range, Kendall said the new targets, build on frames that remain in place, make it...
Four fire departments responded to a fire that originated on Interstate 80 over the weekend and spread into nearby grassland, placing a feedlot and cattle nearby pastures in danger. Sidney Volunteer Fire Department was called to the report of a semi trailer on fire just before 2 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival at the scene, near mile marker 53 west of Sidney, firemen witnessed one of the vehicle's burning tires burst, throwing burning rubber into dry grass on the south side of the interstate,...
City officials have received word from the Nebraska Department of Transportation that Hwy. 30 between 5th Avenue and Fort Sidney Road will be closed beginning today and will reopen at the end of the day on Friday. During construction work and milling operations, the contractor found some areas that need extra attention, according to Dawn Martin, Assistant City Manager. The contractor felt the best method to safely and most effectively complete the needed repairs is to close the road. Buck Simms...
For 25 years, volunteers have worked to provide holiday meals to those without family in close proximity to Sidney, or those unable to make the meals themselves. It started with Christmas, when Ella Mae Goranson first saw the need and organized a community Christmas dinner at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp. The event grew each year, and 10 years ago, a dinner was added at Thanksgiving time. Each year more than 100 people of all ages have come to the dinners, where they can enjoy the holidays...
Harvest has begun in Cheyenne County, with farmers pulling into fields in the northeast corner of the county this week. Combines made test cuts in a few fields prior to the Fourth of July, but evening rains and high humidity made field-size cutting hard. But Wednesday saw a number of combines rolling in the Weyerts Church area as hot days allowed crops to ripen. Both wheat and peas are now going into the bin, although many expect harvest won't start across the county until next week. "With the...
Two Sidney residents were arrested on felony charges Friday as local law enforcement personnel from the Western Nebraska Intelligence Group (WING) Task Force investigated a report of drugs being shipped through the mail to the Sidney Post Office. According to the arrest affidavit, WING Task Force officers from the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, Sidney Police Departments and Nebraska State Patrol, aided by the United States Postal Inspectors Service, observed Sean Ewert accept a package from...
FORSYTHE, Mont. - Sidney area shooters hit the mark, and often, at a competitive match in mid-June, bringing home first place recognition in three events and second in two others. And this isn't your ordinary trap shoot. The prizes were earned amongst 647 entries in the Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match. What sets the shoot apart are mainly two things: type of weaponry (using black powder or smokeless ammunition, rather than modern center fire) with cast bullets, and the sheer distances...
Already the screeches, crackles and pop, pop, pop of fireworks can be heard throughout the city, signaling the approach of the Fourth of July. The annual celebration is a time for thoughts to turn to our country's independence, and for many the fun of setting off firecrackers, aerials and showers of sparks that go with it. Along with the fun comes great responsibility as well, and local authorities hope safety is as much a priority as the excitement of setting off fireworks. "We don't want...
To many, he was simply “Coach.” To others, “Mr. Combs.” But to all within the Potter community, Al Combs was for many years held in high regard, both within the confines of the school and in the community. And now, the regard Coach Combs held has landed him in the Nebraska Eight Man Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Combs, who coached at Potter High School for 20 years, from 1958 to 1978, was the first man named to the Hall of Fame during halftime ceremonies at the Sertoma Eight Man Foo...
POTTER - Potter's third annual Car Bowl Saturday brought people from near and far to admire cars and enjoy a melodrama. The event brought nearly 70 classic and antique vehicles to the day's car show, Loren Hoekema, event judge, said. "We've got some really high-end cars here today," Hoekema said. "We've got some really nice stuff here." Vehicles are judged on several criteria. "We judge them on exterior quality, interior quality. Overall concept, like if it's a street rod, is it well put...
Striking out cancer was the main goal of a baseball tournament over the weekend that brought 15 teams to play in Legion Park. The tournament, in its fourth year, was a fund raiser with funds going toward local cancer treatment efforts. Along the way, Sidney’s 12U (12 and under) baseball team ran through all challengers, hardly slowing down on the way to winning its division in the Sidney Strike Out Cancer Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend. The Sidney 12U squad defeated every team it faced by...
Chappell teams made a strong showing at the Sidney American Legion Baseball Tournament over the weekend, both vying for spots in the championship. Essentially a junior (Buckley) and a senior (Chappell) team, both showed they came to play ball, with the Chappell squad eventually finishing atop the tournament heap. Chappell went through the bracket without a loss, its biggest scare in its tournament opener, just nipping Kearney 7-6. They then toppled host team Sidney 11-5 in the semi final before...
Beginning to find their game, Sidney's American Legion baseball players finished third in their own Senior Baseball Tournament over the weekend. Sidney opened the tournament by controlling Gordon 12-2 to close the fwirst day of play. In their second outing, the seniors opened up a 3-0 lead over Chappell in the bottom of the first. Chappell hit the holes in the top of the third to tie the score 3-3, then exploded for 6 runs in the fifth to take a 9-3 lead. Sidney answered with two in the bottom...
For the first time this season, Sidney’s American Legion senior baseball team was able to field nearly its full roster Wednesday as it hosted Bridgeport at Legion Field. Camps, injuries and the normal range of summer activity had previously prevented all of Sidney’s players from being in the same ballpark at once, and it was a good chance for Coach Ray Witt to get a look at his squad. “Their timing was off a little bit,” Witt said. “But playing a game like we did, I’m not unhappy.” S...
A Sidney quartet made their marks on the national wrestling ranks last week, competing in the AAU (Ameture Athletic Union) Scholastic Duals in Florida. The five-day event, also known as the Disney Duals, featured nearly 2,300 wrestlers on 133 teams. Competing for Sidney as part of the Nebraska National Dual Team were Derek Robb, Tristan Ahrendt, Trey Arellano and Kaden Vowers. Three of the four, Robb, Ahrendt and Vowers, earned All-American status based on their performances, while Arellano...
Even the non-golfer can appreciate one facet of the U.S. Open golf championship this weekend, armed with the knowledge that the lush greenery of the Erin Hills Golf Course has a Sidney connection. Located at Erin, Wisconsin, 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Erin Hills Golf Course was built using the natural dips and hills left from glacial activity. Then-owner Milwaukee businessman Bob Lang envisioned the rolling hills as a perfect place for the U.S. Open and convinced bankers to help him build...
A Sidney teen is on her way to compete in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo this weekend. Reece Stanley, an eighth grader at Sidney Middle School, earned a spot on the Nebraska Junior High Rodeo Team as a barrel racer. The team will travel to Lebanon, Tennessee to compete in the national finals June 18-24. The meet marks a milestone in a busy year for Stanley. She said she has competed in large number of meets to qualify for the Nebraska team and the national finals. The National Junior...
Sidney’s downtown Hickory Square will come alive Friday as the Downtown Sounds Music in the Square series kicks off for the summer. Based on a recommendation from officials in neighboring Alliance, The Max Temple Band from Spearfish, South Dakota will bring to The Square sounds influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Allman Brothers, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Tinsley Ellis, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and others. The five-member group kicks off the third season of Downtown Sounds, w...
Sidney's Legion Park Pond was a center of activity over the past week, culminating with the Cabela's Kids Fishing Day Saturday. Setting up the weekend, Cabela's officials and Pleasant Valley Fish Farm's Brian Hahle spent last Wednesday morning stocking the pond, putting 400 fish into the water for the enjoyment of local fishermen. Species stocked included channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, yellow perch, black crapie, and large mouth bass. As part of the stocking, a number of fish were...
Baseball fans won’t be left wanting the weekend of June 23-25, as a pair of tournaments for players from nine years old and up provide action in Legion Park. Action begins Friday when American Legion Post No. 17 hosts its Senior Tournament. Chappell’s Buckley Bombers open action against Bridgeport in the tournament opener at 9 a.m. Sidney’s own Seniors will close the first day of play at 6 p.m., meeting Gordon in the night cap. In between, Hershey and Gering tangle at noon, followed by a Chapp...
Sidney's Senior Legion Baseball team blasted in five runs in the fifth inning, four of them with two outs, then held off a powerful Alliance squad in the final two innings to collect an 8-4 win Tuesday evening. The outing was one showing the full potential of Sidney's Seniors, both offensively and defensively. "Now they need to realize it," said Sidney Coach Ray Witt. "They are capable, just sometimes it seems they don't believe it." In nearly every contest in their 4-5 season the Seniors have...
Going into his first session as a state legislator, Bayard’s Steve Erdman wasn’t sure what the work would be like. And after 30 days of wrangling over the Legislature’s operating rules, he was afraid it was going to be monotonous duty. But once members got down to the business of governing, Erdman was overall pleased with the things he and other legislators were able to accomplish. But for one thing. “I was disappointed we couldn’t pass some sort of substantial property tax relief,” Erdman said...
One of the biggest youth activity days of the summer is Saturday, when hundreds of youth line the shores of the pond in Legion Park for Cabela’s Kids Fishing Day. Activities get underway at 8:30 a.m., running until 11 a.m. Youngsters 12 and under will learn knot tying and other facets of fishing, then get their lines wet in the freshly stocked pond. A number of the fish will be tagged, and those tags when turned in will net the young person who caught the fish a gift card. Participants are a...
Sidney's American Legion baseball teams made their first appearance at home Wednesday, hosting Gering in action at Legion Field. It marked the first time in two years Sidney has fielded both Junior and Senior teams, with inexperienced players coming up from the lower ranks to compete at the Junior level. The youngsters held their own for three innings, holding Gering to three runs in as many innings. But the visitors exploded for 13 runs in the fourth, batting around plus some on the way to a...
