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BRIGGSDALE, Colo. – The Peetz Bulldogs' football team made a dramatic entrance into the winners' column at the expense of the Briggsdale Falcons in Briggsdale on Saturday afternoon. After having several of its top guns out of its season opener and then losing a close contest to the defending state champions, Peetz recovered with a 63-33 pasting of the Falcons (2-2) on their home ground. The league win now gives the Bulldogs a mark of 1-2 on the season. Peetz jumped on the Falcons early by taking...
CHAPPELL – The Creek Valley Storm football team slipped to 0-3 on the season with a 54-12 setback to the South Platte Blue Knights at home Friday night. The Knights (1-1) jumped out to an 8-0 lead after the first quarter before the Storm got on the board in the second 12 minutes. By halftime, Creek Valley trailed 26-6 before a nearly identical outcome in the second half when South Platte outscored the Storm 54-12. Josh Schievelbein was the Storm's principal offensive force as he rushed for 98 y...
Front row, from left: Gaila (Sanford) Wisdom, Ellen (Olsen) Morledge, Marilyn (Atkins) Jensen, Dorothy Holloway, Terry (Gass) Anthony, Sharon (Benzel) Talich, Judy (Johnson) Weeks, Janet (Pederson) Boshart, Joyce (Thomas) Hemry, Art Merrick. Second row, from left: Susie (Pattison) Haugan, Lyle Stewart, Jeanine (Thies) Niemoller, Diana (Gifert) Neemeyer, Dana (Phelps) Culham, Donna (Landmesser) McKay, Diane (Tobin) Johnson, James McCaig, Shirley (Cobb) Nightengale, Dianne (Hartman) Myers, Ginger...
In the 2014 South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Water Usage Report, the average amount of water used daily by people living in the District boundaries of Kimball, Cheyenne, and Deuel counties is 287 gallons of water a day. Taking a shower, cooking, and doing laundry are just some of the everyday activities that attribute to our water usage. In an average year each of us uses some 105,000 gallons of water, enough to fill three backyard pools once a year. Begin to add the water used in our communities, such as restaurants, hotels,...
Dr. Wendall Gaston, a former three-term Sidney mayor and long-time pharmacist from Sidney announced today that he will be a candidate for the open seat of the 47th District of the Nebraska Legislature in 2016. Gaston is currently serving his fourth term on the Sidney City Council and has been involved in numerous local, state and national organizations. He will be traveling the district over the next three months on a "listening tour" to gather information about the needs and concerns of the...
About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. Logan Uhlir, from Sidney High School, was among the finalists. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a stat...
Scotts Bluff National Monument invites all fourth-grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, fourth-grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks. Scotts Bluff National Monument serves many local residents as a place to exercise, bring out of town guests and to attend interesting programs. Many fourth-grade students are brought t...
One of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Panhandle facilities is expanding. Construction has begun on an addition to the Wildcat Hills Nature Center south of Gering. The $2.375 million expansion will add 8,720 square feet to the building, which serves as headquarters for the commission’s educational programs in the region and the 700-acre Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area. The new construction will more than double the size of the existing 5,300-square-foot structure. The expansion will bring exhibit space and a large multipurpose roo...
Weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin the week of Sept. 7 on two sections of Interstate 80 from reference post 21.49 to reference post 24.50, east of Kimball, and from reference post 33.20 to reference post 35.69, west of Potter, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads. Paul Reed Construction and Supply, of Gering, has the $442,680 contract for construction of median crossovers to be used for the upcoming I-80 reconstruction project in the spring of 2016. There will be closures in both the eastbound and westbound passing lanes...
The Lodgepole-Goodview All School reunion was held on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Lodgepole Community Center with approximately 90 alumni in attendance. A delicious meal was served by Shawn Kruse, owner of Outlaws Cafe & Catering. Class display tables were designed by the classes of 1944, 1965, 1966 and 1967, with the class of 1965 winning by popular vote. Special recognition was given to Velma Gade as the oldest alumnus in attendance and Kelly Huff, the youngest visitor, Marilyn Davison, the...
New Generation Construction teamed up with Raj Motel, Inc. from Laramie, Wyo., to build a Marriott brand hotel in Sidney. NGC Group has broken ground on a new Fairfield Inn and Suites in Sidney. The new hotel will be located at the intersection of Jennifer Lane and Silverberg Drive, close to the original Cabela's retail store. The addition of the new hotel provides an experience that lends well to both business travelers who are passing through, and families who are staying to enjoy activities...
Organizations: 1st, Chappell Area Veterans; 2nd, Sunshine Club; 3rd, Sidney DAV & VFD Churches: 1st, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church; 2nd, Lodgepole United Methodist Church; 3rd, Riding on Faith Cars: 1st, 1932 Ford "Fun wagon" owned by Danny & Cookie Dickinson; 2nd, 1947 Chrysler Winder owned by Doug Loughry; 3rd, 1947 Willie's Jeep owned by Jack Schilling Buggies/wagon: 1st, Jerry & Maryann Dickinson; 2nd, Wayne & Patty Fraass; 3rd, Junkyard Dogs Horses: 1st, Cheyenne County Queens; 2nd, Wranglers...
Organizations: 1st, American Legion; 2nd, Historical Foundation; 3rd, PCI Churches: 1st, St. Paul's; 2nd, Prairie West Businesses: 1st, Potter Sundry; 2nd, Potter State Bank; 3rd, Collective Gathering; 4th, Bags Bar Kids' groups: 1st, Children's Theatre; 2nd, Kasten Family; 3rd, Ramsey Kids; 4th, 4-H Adult groups: 1st, Pep Band...
The Nebraska State Patrol took 82 drivers off Nebraska roads for driving under the influence (DUI) during the nationwide “You drink, you drive, you lose” special enforcement campaign, Aug. 21 – Sept. 7. Troopers and communications specialists put in overtime hours during the more than two-week long enforcement campaign thanks in part to a $23,500 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. Encompassing the heavily traveled Labor Day holiday weekend, the special enforcement was designed to raise awareness of the dangers of impaired drivi...
The 42nd annual Ed Dulaney Canoe Derby will be held Sept. 11-13 at the Bridgeport State Recreation Area. Founded in 1974by the late Ed Dulaney, a scoutmaster from Gering, the derby is one of the longest running scouting events of its kind in the nation. The derby involves Boy Scouts, Webelos and Cub Scouts from Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. John Zerck, a scoutmaster from Alliance, Neb., will serve as chairman of the derby and will be assisted by Rick Ross of Gering. Registration begins on Friday, Sept. 11, with the scouts camping for the...
Just a reminder that the home opener for the Sidney Red Raiders football team is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday. The Red Raiders will host the Hastings Tigers at Weymouth Field. Prior to kickoff, the Sidney Teammates Mentoring Program and Security First Bank and Insurance will host a pre-game tailgate barbecue to help raise funds for the local Teammates chapter. The barbecue will begin at 5:30 p.m....
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.52/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.39/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 84.6 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 10.0 cents per gallon lower than a m...
With 62 points, the Sidney girls' cross country team finished in third place at the Gering Invite on Friday at its season opener. The Raiders were topped in the standings by the Scottsbluff Bearcats with 22 points and the Gering Bulldogs with 51. The 5K race was run at the Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering. Leading the way for Sidney were Erin Lindeman and Jami Flores, who were 11th and 13th overall. Lindeman completed the course in 22:38 with Flores just seven seconds back. A pair of...
The Sidney Red Raiders made the long trip to Lake Maloney Golf Course in North Platte on Friday well worth the ride as they came home with the team title. The Raiders finished with 380 strokes to edge out runner-up Ogallala, which finished at 389. The strength of the field was evident as six of the nine teams broke 400. Millard West (392), McCook (392), Cozad (397) and North Platte (398) were the others. In addition to earning the team gold medal, Sidney had two individual medalists. Emma Alexander, who won the Western Conference championship...
The Sidney Teammates Mentoring Program and Security First Bank and Insurance would like to invite everyone to join them for a pre-game Tailgate Barbecue on Sept. 11. The barbecue will take place in the south parking lot of Sidney High School beginning at 5:30 p.m. prior to the Sidney Red Raiders football home opener at Weymouth Field. All procedes from the Tailgate Barbecue will benefit the local Sidney Teammates chapter. In the event of bad weather, the event will be held in the high school commons area. Raffle tickets to win an autographed...
Though Jordan Nelson rushed for 198 yards and Wolf Wenneker threw for 306, the Peetz Bulldogs football team came up just short against the Arickaree/Woodlin Indians on Friday, 58-50. Arickaree (1-0), the defending six-man state champions, jumped on the Bulldogs (0-2) early to take a 34-12 halftime lead. The Indians then ran the opening second-half kickoff in for a touchdown to go up 40-12 before the Bulldogs mounted a rally. Arickaree was outscored 38-18 after the second half kickoff. "At...
Brooke Glass, the daughter of Stuart and Candi Glass, was crowned Miss Potter 2015 on Thursday night at the Potter American Legion Hall. Her attendants are Cortney Lewis, the daughter of Les and Jodi Lewis, and Alana Thies, the daughter of Brian and Sondra Thies. The event is sponsored by the Potter Beta Sigma Phi sorority....
The Foster Grandparent Program and Commodity Supplemental Food Program at Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska will be sponsoring a “Hygiene for Humanity” toiletries drive from Sept. 7-11. It is being held in conjunction with the Sept. 11th National Day of Service. The public is being asked to donate any unused toiletry items to be given to the elderly in this valley at boxes located at the CAPWN offices, 3350 10th St. and 975 Crescent Drive in Gering. The local schools ESU 13, and volunteer sites where foster grandparents ser...
The Creek Valley High girls’ golf team continued its pattern of improvement as all three of its players shot career-best rounds at the Storm Invite at the Chappell Golf Course on Thursday. Finding their home course to their liking, Jaden Criswell led the squad with a 102 that included a second-nine score of 47. Maddy Johnson reduced her previous best by three strokes as she came in with a 109. Jo Hummermeier, playing in just her second career match, finished with a 136 to best her first effort by four strokes. Criswell medaled for the second t...
