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With mostly clear skies and favorable conditions, Cheyenne County’s wheat harvest went by quickly this year, and was mostly finished by the weekend. This year’s harvest has been deemed a success, with overall good test weights and about average yields. The only disappointment, according to Blake Mackey, general manager at Scoular Grain, was low protein levels, around nine percent. “It was a good harvest,” Mackey said. Mackey said test weights average around 62 or 63 pounds per bushel, and est...
SCOTTSBLUFF - Sidney's 10-and-under Cal Ripkin team got off to a rough start in Babe Ruth Regional Tournament action here last week, and was unable to break its offense open to advance into bracket play. Friday, the group fell to Colorado's team 16-1, then lost to Kansas 16-1. "They were tough losses," said Sidney Coach Jason Jones. "But the boys played extremely well." Jones said Sidney went through the tournament with good fielding and hit the ball hard, "but we just couldn't hit the ball...
Sidney’s City Council will be considering a plan for demolition of the swimming pool on Toledo Street when it meets Tuesday, its last meeting for the month. The old pool, replaced with the Sidney Aquatic Center, which opened this spring, went out of service in part because of increased leaks and concerns over related expenses. The pool was Sidney’s second, replacing the Bertrun O’Conner pool which sat near the Legion Baseball Field in what was the center of Legion Park. That pool was fille...
It was the "Amazing Race" all over Sidney earlier this week, when members of the Sidney High School cross country team could be seen crisscrossing town in sometimes unusual ways. The exercise, inspired by the popular television show "Amazing Race," was carried out for the second year to give team members a fun activity. Team building was also a big part of the day, said Donna Wiedeburg. During the race, team members went (ran) from place to place, following clues and instructions found at four...
SCOTTSBLUFF - Sidney’s 10-and-under Cal Ripkin team got off to a rough start in Babe Ruth Regional Tournament action here this week, but showed it can complete strongly with the best teams in the tournament. Sidney played defending regional champion Minnesota Thursday in its second tournament game and led 4-0 after four innings. But Minnesota deployed the strength is used to rise to the top of the heap last year, eventually winning 16-6. Sidney opened play against North Dakota, losing 12-4. S...
Baseball fans watching the Americal Legion Class B Junior State Tournament at Legion Field were given a surprise Thursday when the tournament came to an end. Hickman came into the state tournament as two-time defending champions, and as the tournament progressed, went through the bracket and into the championship game without a loss. Hickman powered its way to the final using hot bats and solid defense to mow down challengers. Talk around Legion Field, and expectations from many, considered Thur...
Three farm families were recognized at the Cheyenne County Fair this week for long time farm ownership within the county. The family farms, Easterly Family Farm, Narjes Land and Livestock, LLC, and Rasmussen & Sons, LLC, received the 2016 Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award during the fair rodeo. The Pioneer Award, presented by the AKSARBEN Foundation, along with Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers, is given to farm families who have consecutively held ownership of land...
Hickman set itself up for a third defense of the state Class B legion baseball title with an 8-5 win over McCook. But even facing Hickman, the southwestern Nebraska representatives weren't intimidated, bouncing out to a 4-0 lead, displaying their own prowess at the plate. McCook scored one run in the bottom of the first inning, then exploded with three more in the second. Hickman answered with three runs in the top of the third, while shutting down the home team in the bottom half of the...
Hickman blasted its way to the top of the heap Monday night in the American Legion Class B Junior State Tournament, with a 12-3 drubbing of Seward. Both teams entered the game without a tournament loss, and the it showed the promise of being yet another tight tournament contest, with the score tied 3-3 after three innings of play. For the second night in a row, lightning halted play, with Hickman being one of the teams involved. Players sat for an hour and a half, while lighting lit up the...
Young entrepreneurs saw the results of their efforts come to life at the Hickory Square Farmer's Market Saturday, opening up shop for products developed through a local program established to give them a taste of being small business owners. Through a collaboration with Cool Kids Club and UNL Extension, students participating in the EntrepreneurShip Investigation program(ESI), which taught them the process of marketing products – from concept, to development, securing financing and finally, p...
A passing storm system brought with it an impressive lightning show early Sunday evening, but local fire departments weren't as impressed with the results. Lightning sparked nearly a dozen grass fires within the county, sparring only one rural fire department, Lodgepole, calls for service. The Sidney Rural Volunteer responded to four separate fires, spread across the southern and western portions of its district. Just one of those, near the intersection of County Roads 4 and 111, in the...
Cheyenne County's smallest animals took center stage to christen the fair's biggest building when the Small Animal Show got underway Saturday morning. First up in the new Livestock Pavilion was Jacob Kruse of Gurley, who put forth a purple ribbon performance by showing Carmel, one of the family's hamsters. Kruse, along with his brother Jonathan and Mason Riemers, comprised the opening Small Animal class, each earning a purple ribbon with their knowledge and presentations. Jonathan also had a...
Sidney's Legion Junior team saw its season come to an end Sunday in state tournament play, and while losing its final game was disappointing to players and fans alike, the season was a success nonetheless. "If you'd have asked me after the first practice if we would end up with a record like this – no way," said Coach Ray Witt following Sidney's last outing. Going into the tournament with a 15-11-1 record, Sidney had its hopes set on turning some heads. And, the way they started, they did in a...
Baseball fans from across the state weren't disappointed over the weekend, as the American Legion Class B Junior Tournament got underway at Legion Field. Defending state champions Hickman show they still have what it takes, moving through their first two games with wins over Waverly (7-2) in the tournament opener, and Waverly in a Sunday afternoon marathon. Hickman took control in both outings, but on Sunday, an unexpected game delay cooled the red-hot Post #11 Knights, who needed extra innings...
Legion baseball players and fans from across the state will converge on Sidney this weekend to see the state's best 13-16 year old players compete for the Class B American Legion State Junior Tournament crown. The tournament, and five others across the state, will cap the 91st year of Legion Baseball in Nebraska. In all, more than 4,000 Nebraska baseball players have played in the Legion program this summer on more than 290 teams. State tournaments are held for both Junior and Senior teams in...
When Sidney's baseball team hits the field in American Legion Junior State Tournament play this weekend, they likely aren't the favorites to win the tournament, but Coach Ray Witt believes his team could turn a lot of heads. "We can hit with any of them," Witt said when asked about how his team might shape up against the competition. "But to be competitive we've got to make sure to play good defense." Witt doesn't hold his team up as the dark horse, either. He just wants to see the members of hi...
New Assistant City Manger Dawn Martin was introduced to the Sidney City Concil at its first regular June meeting Tuesday evening before quickly dispatching a short, routine agenda. Martin, who who worked as an environmental assistance coordinator with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) in Lincoln, began her sting as assistant city manager last week. During the public comments portion of the meeting, council members heard from two Sidney citizens who gave opposing opinions...
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high. A day earlier, the broader Standard & Poor's 500, a widely used benchmark for index funds, also reached a record-high close. Both indexes beat peaks set in May 2015. The Dow, which is made up of just 30 stocks, is an older and better-known barometer of the market than the S&P 500, but professional investors generally pay much closer attention to the S&P 500. The Dow...
ALLIANCE - Sidney's Junior Legion baseball team opened district tournament play here last Friday with one of its best overall games this season. "We played good, solid baseball," Junior Coach Ray Witt said of Sidney's 10-2 win over Chadron. "We hit the ball well, we played good defense, it was just a good game." Sidney's potential continued to show through its first three games and despite a 6-3 loss to number two seed Alliance in the second round, the Juniors bounced back hard with a 21-3 drubb...
Wheat harvest 2016 is underway. After a few test cuts early last week, combines began rolling in earnest over the weekend. While some pockets of wheat were ripe enough to harvest mid-week, hot days allowed many farmers to begin Friday, with the biggest push Saturday. Scoular Grain reported test weights are about average, with most around 59 or 60 pounds. Some, officials said, is lower, but the bulk matches the 60 pound per bushel standard. Saturday deliveries at Crossroads Coop in Sidney average...
Sidney's Cal Ripken baseball team came through its bracket the hard way over the weekend, but emerged as state champions on its way to the 11-and-under regional baseball tournament in Council Grove, Kan. July 24. Sidney opened tournament play Friday afternoon with a 10-5 over Gering, then was sent to the bottom half of the double elimination bracket later in the day with a 10-6 loss to Chadron. Battling back through the bracket, Sidney clipped Gering again, 5-2, and edged Scottsbluff 7-6...
Sidney's 10 and under Cal Ripken league baseball team came up short in state tournament play, but will still represent local baseball at the regional tournament in Scottsbluff July 24. Sidney opened tournament play Friday with an 18-0 win over North Platte. Scottsbluff downed Sidney 12-2 Saturday, but the young team bounced back with a 15-5 win over Alliance. Scottsbluff, which opened its tournament with a 10-0 win over Alliance prior to defeating Sidney, remained in control in the championship...
Jake Olson, 9, spent time this week picking cherries and visiting with his neighbor and former principal, Brent Jeffers....
A brief but intense weather system rolled through southwest Cheyenne County Thursday evening, producing high winds, heavy rains and the report of a brief land spout tornado. A meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Cheyenne confirmed NWS had received a report from a trained weather spotter that a land spot tornado briefly touched down west of Lorenzo. Responding to the report were Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jensen and Region 21 Emergency Management Director Ron Leal. Sheriff...
Fresh fruits, vegetables and other goodies are coming to Sidney throughout the summer via the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. Beginning this weekend, the Chamber’s Hickiory Street Square Produce & Pickers Farmer’s Market hosts vendors from all corners of the county and one returning produce farm from Bridgeport. This is the second year the Chamber has hosted the Market, taking over when the Ladies’ Chamber disbanded two years ago. “This was something the Chamber felt was something it want...
