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Leyton High School 2012 graduate Justine Peters was awarded the Sidney P.E.O. Chapter’s FR and BO 2012 scholarship award. The award is given annually to a graduating senior at a Cheyenne County high school who applies and goes through the selection process. The criteria used in selecting a candidate for this award are whether or not the student exhibits excellence in academics, leadership, extracurricular activities, community service and has potential for future success, according to Sandy W...
The Sidney Public Library is a busier place than usual this February. Not only is the library hosting art from Panhandle high school students and holding their fourth annual Library Lover’s Month, but the library is also teaming up with Western Nebraska Community College instructors to hold free computer classes at the library. This is the first year that the library is offering the classes and the classes will be taught by college instructors, according to Doris Jensen, the library’s dir... Full story
The Sidney Jaycees are holding another event aimed at community involvement and children’s personal growth. They are holding a Super Shooters Youth Basketball Competition this Saturday at the Cheyenne County Community Center. The competition starts at 9 a.m., with registration occurring before 9 upon competitors’ arrival. The individual timed basketball competition is open to any boy or girl age 6 to 13. Competitors are split up into four age groups to compete against however, according to Amber Talich, President of the Sidney Jaycees Chapter....
The court hearings for the City of Sidney’s property nuisance abatement case against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating and Filsinger Emergency Services continued with the presentation of more evidence on behalf of the defendants Friday. The case is being heard before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer and there was an addition to the defense council, Lincoln Attorney Craig Dirrim. Dirrim served as co-council to the defendant alongside Sidney Attorney Don Miller. Representing the city was Ft. Collins, Colo. Attorney Charlie Cu... Full story
SIDNEY — There’s still time to sign up for the Points for Pink fundraising event taking place at the Sidney High School basketball games with Alliance on Friday evening. Through Points for Pink, a person is able to sponsor money for every free throw made during the boys and girls varsity games. Though the original deadline for Points for Pink forms was noon Friday, it has been extended and participants can sign-up during the games. All sponsors will meet in the commons directly following the Varsity boys basketball game to pay. Points for Pin... Full story
Jeff Teague, an independent owner operator leased to Adams & Sons Truckingwas awarded the Bowman Police Department’s Civilian Life Saving Award yesterday afternoon by Cheyenne County Sherriff John Jenson. Teague was sent the award by Bowman Chief of Police Charles Headley who regretfully could not make it to Sidney to present the award in person. “On behalf of a grateful community we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Jeff A. Teague for his keen observation and actions of ren...
Among heated debate on stray cats within Sidney city limits and recreational vehicles parked along city streets at the Sidney City Council meeting Tuesday night was also the remorseful resignation announcements of both city council member Aaron Barnes, and City of Sidney Chief of Police Mike Brown. “Due to employment changes we are relocating to California so I am sad to report that I will have to resign from Sidney City Council,” said Barnes. Members of the council thanked Barnes for running and serving his time helping the community. His res...
I’ve never truly celebrated Valentine’s Day before. My mother would always get my brother and I some treats on the holiday but it was never a big event in my household. When I was younger and inquired as to why we rarely even gave the holiday recognition my father replied, “It’s a stupid holiday. If you love someone you should tell them everyday, not just once a year.” Even at a young age I understood this and thought that it was a good reason to boycott the holiday myself. My father also explained that kids my age had no idea what “love” me... Full story
The Wyo-Braska fourth through sixth grade basketball league is teaching kids the rules of the game, as well as personal growth. Eight Sidney boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have been competing against teams from around the Panhandle every Saturday since the beginning of January. The league lasts approximately a month and a half, according to Kasey Kantor, the Cheyenne County Community Center Sports Director. The girls and boys teams alternate each weekend so that every parent can watch the...
In the Sidney Regional Medical Center/Cheyenne County Community Center’s Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge a total of 246 pounds have been lost in the first month of the challenge, according to Ashley Houtwed, Sidney RMC director of nutrition services. Those pounds lost only account for the weight loss of 36 participants that attended the first weigh-in at the center this Feb. 6 and there are 102 total participants competing in the challenge. “The middle weigh-ins are not required but a way to see how they have progressed,” Kiersten Richards, the C...
Sidney City Council member Aaron Barnes has regretfully informed the council that he will be stepping down from his position as council member this month, with his last meeting being Jan. 20. In a letter Barnes wrote to City of Sidney Mayor Wendall Gaston he said that he must resign because of employment changes and his family’s relocation out of Sidney. Barnes said that he was honored to hold his position and that he will miss the town and the people of Sidney. “I am very honored to have bee...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors joined Doug and Tammy Hays at the ribbon cutting ceremony for their business, Bushido Mixed Martial Arts, as the business united with the chamber yesterday at 11 a.m. The ribbon cutting took place at the Youth Center (located on 14th and King St.). Bushido Mixed Martial Arts has officially been open for business since Feb. 4. The Hays have been working in different areas of martial arts for years. Tammy said she started out learning Tai Chi, which...
As of Jan. 27, 2013 business owners are now allowed to charge customers with a surcharge fee of up to 4 percent extra when customers use a credit card to pay for their products. Whether or not to charge the extra fee is up to each individual business retailer and although using a credit card may result in the surcharge, debit cards will remain untouched. According to a Reuters article by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, this surcharge can apply in 40 U.S. states – California, New York and Texas are among those outlawing the charge. The state of N...
Lara Herboldsheimer stays in shape by not only teaching a total body conditioning class at the Cheyenne County Community Center but she also teaches the popular class of kickboxing there. Total body conditioning occurs Monday and Wednesday mornings from 5:15 a.m. to 6 a.m. and kickboxing class is on Tuesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at the center. While Herboldsheimer has been teaching kickboxing at the center on and off for seven years, this is the first year that she has been teaching total body... Full story
Sidney West Elementary School fifth grade student Salena Petluri came out on top once again at the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee held at West Elementary. Petluri beat out 23 other contestants and not only correctly completed her word (renegade) in the fifth round but also spelled the championship word, Olympian, correctly and confidently. Two rows of boys and girls sat patiently waiting to see who would be victorious in a war of words Wednesday afternoon with an audience consisted of parents,...
Sam Jacoby of Bridgeport Dental Clinic awarded a certificate from the Great Navy of Nebraska to Tom Von Seggern on Jan. 30. Von Seggern was presented this honor due to his courageous efforts saving two little boys from drowning in a pond at Sidney’s Legion Park Jan. 4 at around 3:30 p.m. One of the boys had slipped into the pond while chasing his dog across the iced-over pond. The other fell in attempting to rescue his submerged sibling. Von Seggern and four other city workers came upon the scen...
City of Sidney officials may be issuing a Snow Emergency either later today or early Saturday morning because of recent weather forecasts, according to John Hehnke, City of Sidney Public Services Director, in a press release this morning. A winter storm is forecasted for this weekend and city officials would like to alert residents and ask them to pay attention to local media sources for future alerts from the National Weather Service or the city. “The City of Sidney is closely monitoring forecasts provided by the National Weather Service f...
Sidney native, Mark Zalesky returned to Cheyenne County in 2011 after years of serving in the U.S. military. Pastor Mark has not only made a homecoming but was also voted in by members of the First Christian Church in Sidney to be their pastor after the retirement of their previous pastor Jan. 6. “I was born and raised in Sidney and I just moved back and am the new pastor, in all sense of the word, new. I had lived in Florida for 25 years in the military and then I moved back here in June of 2...
Fear. When I was younger I had an intense fear of heights. My father too said he had the same fear so at the time I felt a little better in knowing that the person I saw as the bravest man on Earth could have fears as well. However when I was a kid I felt that fears would stay permanent and that there was no way you could get past something you once found terrifying. But over the years I learned of the kind of freedom that comes from getting over your fears and what significant impact that can have on your life. When I was a sophomore in colleg... Full story
Feb. 15 will be a night at Sidney High School devoted to basketball and supporting The Night of Hope Foundation, a foundation dedicated to helping local cancer patients. Pink Out Sidney Lady Raider t-shirts are being sold at the school for $15 per short sleeve shirt. All shirt proceeds will be donated to The Night of Hope Foundation. T-shirt payments and order forms must be returned to the high school office by 3 p.m. Feb. 8 to receive them before the game. For any questions concerning t-shirts... Full story
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Director Glenna Phelps-Aurich and Taylor Fortin participated in the annual tradition of pulling Sidney Sid (Sidney’s resident stuffed-groundhog) from his improvised tree stump this Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Both Phelps-Aurich and Fortin saw Sid’s shadow, meaning just as if Punxsutawney Phil had seen his shadow, Sidney is bracing for six more weeks of winter according to national folklore. Just as in previous years a Groundhog Day drawing was hosted by bot...
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved a notice to the public of finding no significant impact and notice of intent to request release of funds for a community development block grant for Adams Industries Industrial Park Development Project at their meeting Monday morning. In attendance at the meeting was Don Adams and his son Zach Adams, owners and operators of Adams Industries, Inc., as well as Gary Person and Megan McGown representing the Sidney-Cheyenne Economic Development Partnership.... Full story
One class at the Cheyenne County Community Center is dancing their way to personal fitness. Instructor Nicole Schroeder holds a zumba class on Mondays from 6 - 7 p.m. and starting this month on Thursdays from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the center. “The theme of zumba is ditch the workout and join the party,” said Schroeder. “It’s not like your traditional group fitness class where everybody needs to be doing the same thing and it’s redundant. With zumba it’s really you just need to move. The idea be...
The medical staff at Sidney Regional Medical Center wore red Friday morning, ironically the color of a human heart, in honor of National Wear Red Day to spread heart disease awareness this Feb. 1. According to hospital personnel, staff participated in this national awareness day to increase awareness of the disease and to show their commitment to fighting this preventable, yet deadly, disease. “More women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined. Unfortunately, the killer i... Full story
The Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber is inviting any woman in Cheyenne County to come to the chamber’s membership night Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Security First Bank’s basement. To make reservations to attend the membership night potential members should call Diane Scott, the ladies chamber president, at 254-2984 and leave their name and number. The ladies meet every first Monday of the month at 6 p.m., except for the months of July and August, and usually gather in the same location at the bank, said Scott. Dinner will be served at the mem...
