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The Village of Dalton celebrated with their Fall Festival Friday. Parade floats included the Job's Daughters, American Legion and VFW....
The Cheyenne County Commissioners met in special session Monday morning, awarding the water project at the county fairgrounds to Best Plumbing and Heating of Sidney. The project is for replacement of a 6-inch water line from the east side of the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds to the west. Farris Engineering was contracted to oversee the project. Business Development Manager Mark Mazour said Farris Engineering was contacted to document the condition of the water lines and what could be done to...
In Janaury 2019, MMP Enterprises announced its intention to open a new location in Sidney. The plan then was to purchase the two-story Cabela's corporate building and fit it according to MMP's needs. Mark Priemer, president of MMP, announced the company is a dietary supplement business and would be hiring 100 to 150 people. With the closing of the Cabela's/Bass Pro distribution centers in the area, MMP redirected its focus to the distribution center (DC) northwest of Sidney. In June, the...
On the rolling hills just north of Sidney, the sense of timeless rural life was broken by the numerous service trucks and even more linemen. It is three days of making sure electricity customers continue to have the right response when turning a switch, needing a stove or relying on a refrigerator. They are the men and women who climb the poles in dedication of electric power delivered to its customers, and of each lineman returning home each night. The program had all levels of experience from...
The Sidney City Council on Sept. 10 approved the proposed 2019-2020 budget. The budget calls for an Operating Budget of almost $28.3 million, down 1 percent from this year. The property tax request is down 2 percent from $2,451,106.38 to $2,399,056. Valuation for the city of Sidney decreased by 11 percent, from $461,171,073 to $409,136,261. The top budgets for the City are Electric ($10,637,322), Water ($2,752,517), Police ($1,669,086), Solid Waste ($1,652,224), Sewer ($1,368,960), Golf...
The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners opened sealed bids submitted for work on the water system at the fairgrounds Monday morning. The county is seeking to upgrade the water system at the fairgrounds with the ultimate goal of replacing the water infrastructure, Ben Schmitt said in an earlier commissioners meeting. Schmitt is a registered mechanical engineer with Farris Engineering in Sidney. The project will be done in two phases. The first phase is focused on the water main at the east...
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 Board of Education approved its 2019-2020 budget Monday night. Prior to the regular board meeting, the board of the Sidney public schools held a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed budget. The proposal is for a general fund of $7,005,114, the Qualified Capital Purchase Undertaking Fund at $202,020 and the Bond Fund at $995,000. The 2019-2020 budget itemizes $19,265,000 in disbursements and transfers, an increase of almost $5 million from...
In 1965, she moved from Alliance to Sidney. The move was expected to be a career step. Get her training and Sidney Business Institute and move on to the next step. That all changed when a short-term opportunity, you might say an internship or temporary position, turned into a lifelong occupation. "I've been with the City (Sidney) since 1965-66," Geri Anthony said Thursday. She announced her retirement effective Oct. 11 at the Aug. 27 city council meeting. She has served as the City Clerk and...
The late 1970s was a time of 8-track radios, CB radios, 55 mph interstate speed limits and the Dodge Li'l Red Express. Owning one has been a passion of John Phillips since then. He first got a close-up look at one when he and a friend stopped at a Dodge dealer in Grand Junction, Colo., in the summer of 1979. They didn't have the fee to test drive it, much less the purchase price, but convinced the salesman to let them test drive it. That was then. Life moved on. He got married and became the...
A sudden disruption in a person's career or work pattern can be devastating. There are questions of what to do next, how to get employed, if you should after a certain age, how to adjust to a lower salary if necessary. The National Able Network can help those questions and more. The National Able Network is a non-profit organization administering the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) through State and Federal grants. Kristen Knobbe, director of the Nebraska/Iowa SCSEP, said...
Thursday evening the traffic through Gurley surpassed normal in both the automotive and pedestrian variety as the village rolled out the red carpet for people to see what it has to offer, and where it started. The first "A Night Out in Gurley" was held Sept. 5 with sites from the Gurley Jail to the Leyton K-8 school tours. Visitors from the south were greeted with a stop on the walking historic tour, an example of history in the present day. The Outlaws Cafe has a history longer than many of...
The Sidney City Council made amendments to the proposed 2019-2020 budget, delaying approval of the budget. The City Council met Aug. 27 with an agenda including a budget hearing. City Manager Ed Sadler explained that if council members chose to amend the proposed budget, the budget could not be approved until it is published again. The proposed 2019-2020 budget, before amendments, includes $28,203,960 for disbursements and transfers, $24,312,220.24 for Necessary Cash Reserve for total resources...
Military Vehicle Preservation Association Stops in Sidney In 1919, the US Army conducted a convoy of various military vehicles nearly coast to coast along the newly formed Lincoln Highway (Highway 30). Last week, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, 42 vehicles in this tour, commemoration the century anniversary, passing through Cheyenne County Thursday, Aug. 30. Don McCluskey, Convoy Commander of Simi, Calif., said the century trip started in York, Penn., and will wrap up the journey...
Two Cheyenne County 4-H members went to the Nebraska State Fair and came home with the gold, well actually a purple ribbon and a blue ribbon. 4-H members modeled for a panel of judges and for a crowd estimated at 1,000 during the Nebraska State Fair. Deanna Horst and Kaylee were among 147 4-H members who participated in the Nebraska State Fair 4-H Fashion Show at Grand Island on Sunday, August 25. The skills judged were on fashion and appearance, and how to look good on a tight budget. Eddy said...
In about a month, German heritage will be celebrated as the Sidney community will be ringing in Oktoberfest. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the Sidney City Council approved a request for the Oktoberfest Parade. The route will again be on Illinois Street/Highway 30. The closure would be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Twenty-third avenue to the intersection of Fort Sidney Road and Illinois Street. As part of the agreement, the City of Sidney will place barricades and detour signs, and have the signs removed...
Sidney Public Schools is one of five districts in Nebraska to receive 2019-2020 Perkins reVISION initial grants. The grant is designed to assist local school districts in completing the reVISION Career Education strategic planning process, according to a press release from the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). The program promotes collaboration between school officials, regional workforce and economic development leaders, reVISION career educators, industry professionals and community...
On a gentle rise north of Sidney sits a grain elevator, several homes and a few businesses. The view is a little deceiving because of the landscape in the area. Also deceiving is the level of activity the village of Gurley had in its early years compared to the quiet hometown nature of the community in its present day. It overlooks history from all directions. There is the remnants of a former church, former service shops that are not memories too stubborn to fall in, and public buildings that...
The Cheyenne County Fair Board has a challenge in the 2019-2020 year — tightening the budget gap. The fair board met Monday evening. Among the agenda items, Cheyenne County Commissioner Randal Miller encouraged the board to consider a finance committee. "I think it would be nice to have a finance committee so the burden is not on one person," Miller said. Board treasurer Anita Pennel was asked her opinion on creating a finance committee. "Whoever is taking over as treasurer, it probably would h...
The high school and middle school years are challenging at best. They are a time of making the leap from childhood to the teenage years and then to young adulthood, and all of the stress and confusion that comes with it. Sometimes success is as simple as having someone to talk to, someone to vent to without judgement. Making your way through the day could be as simple as having someone who has been there to offer some guidance. That is where Teammates comes into play. Teammates is a mentoring pr...
The Sidney City Council reviewed the City's fee schedules during the Aug. 13 city council meeting. Finance Director David Scott said in the resolution that the council approved an ordinance in 2018 creating a fee schedule containing all of the fees. Prior to that, each department's fees were reviewed and approved individually, “at random,” according to Scott. The fee schedule reviewed included actual fees to be charged from that point forward. According to City Manager Ed Sadler, the intent is...
A 1995 Isuzu Rodeo and a 2008 Dodge 1500 pickup truck collided at Illinois Street and 17J Link at about 7:49 a.m. Aug. 21. According to the accident report, the accident occurred when the Isuzu driven by Kristina A. Tracy, of Dix, was traveling east on Illinois Street approaching the stop sign intersection with 17J Link as Steven Minshall of Sidney was driving the Dodge pickup south on the 17J Link. The two vehicles collided when the Isuzu proceeded into the intersection as the Dodge was...
To reach the future, you need a plan, a blueprint of what you have and how to arrive at where you want to be. That is the goal of Blueprint Nebraska. The program is the result of a group of business, industry and civic leaders coming together to harness the state's strengths and address challenges that threaten growth, according to the July 2019 Blueprint Nebraska summary report. Representatives from the Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce stopped in Sidney Aug. 14 to update community leaders on...
The Cheyenne County Commissioners are set to propose a budget with cuts amounting to almost $1 million. The cuts are a result of a substantial decrease in the county's valuation, according to commissioner Randal Miller. “We are doing everything we can to lower the mill levy again,” Miller said in Monday morning's meeting. He added the biggest hurdle in minimizing the mill levy is the $93 million loss in county valuation. For the 2018 tax year, Cheyenne County's total valuation was $1,...
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in 2018 suicide was the 10th leading cause of death; the second leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 34, fourth for ages 35-54 and eighth for those ages 55 to 64. In 2018, Nebraska lost 246 by suicide, or 13.05 per 100,000 population. Nationally, the numbers are much higher with 44,965 deaths by suicide at 13.42 people per 100,000 population. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention also says suicide cost Nebraska a...
The village of Lodgepole is opening its doors and laying down the welcome mats for its 95th Old Settlers' Days with the theme "Honestly - It's For Everyone!" Events start 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, with the Platte Valley Tractor Pull sanctioned truck and tractor pull. The event will be held on Front Street near the south park; registration and weigh-in starts at 8 a.m. Also at 10 a.m., golfers are invited to take part in the Old Settlers Golf Tourney. The four-person scramble is limited to 18...
