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This weekend will be the last opportunity that Cheyenne County residents have a chance to make their voice heard regarding possible changes to the Cheyenne County Community Center, according to community center staff. Staff had put an assessment survey up online on the community center’s website during the first week of January and will be closing the survey link upon the opening of the center Monday morning at about 8 a.m. The community center board decided to create this survey to collect information from county residents regarding whether o...
Sidney is set to host the annual Conclave event for the Nebraska State DeMolay Chapter this July. The city will receive this honor due to the Fort Sidney Chapter’s very own member serving as this years State Master Councilor. “The chapter is extremely proud that a member of the chapter, being Luke Castner, is currently serving as State Master Councilor for State DeMolay,” advisors to the chapter said. According to Tanya Lewis, a member of the chapter’s advisory committee, the Conclave event i...
Another option has been given to Sidney residents as to how they can pay their bills to the city, according to a press release from City of Sidney officials Thursday. Now city residents will be able to pay bills to the city with a simple click of a button online. The City of Sidney has recently joined up with a premier provider for online bill paying services called Xpress Bill Pay. “All you need is an Internet connection through a Web browser and an e-mail address. Once you sign up for your free account you can begin using this service,” acc...
This Tuesday Sidney’s AmericInn became a Best Western Plus Sidney Lodge after being awarded the title of a Best Western Plus from the world’s biggest hotel franchise, according to a press release by sales manager Christine Stephens. The worldwide entitling process began in 2010 when Best Western hotels were given the chance to earn the designation of Best Western Plus or Best Western Premier if they met specific criteria based on design and services. To earn the title of Best Western Plus a hote...
The cast has been called for the 2013 Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Jack and the Beanstalk. There will be a show for school children this Friday between 9:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. and the children will be preforming for the public on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. in the Sidney High School auditorium. Great photo opportunities will be allowed during the kids practice at the Sidney High School Auditorium between 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday night. The cast includes: farmers, wonder beans, merchants, circus performers, main characters a...
At the Sidney High School basketball games taking place this Friday night in Cabela’s Athletic Facility gym, a big mass of the crowd will not be wearing their usual Sidney supporting attire but instead t-shirts supporting a different cause. That cause is Cystic Fibrosis awareness. Sidney High School cheerleaders have teamed up with local adults and have been selling t-shirts and will continue to sell them at the game to raise money and awareness for the disease. Friday night is being called P...
One hot topic creating much discussion among U.S. leaders and politicians is health care along with Medicaid. Discussion of President Obama’s Medicare decisions have undergone heated debate ever since their induction. Last week U.S. Senator Mike Johanns cosponsored the American Liberty Restoration Act regarding health care laws. This bill targets the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which was signed into law by President Obama in March of 2010. Obamacare was created with the idea of decreasing the amount o...
Most people have some sort of brain capacity to recall most events or things that they have to do in a given day. I am not one of those people. If you are like me you can walk from one room of your house to another and in those few short steps and have already forgotten why in the world you even got off the couch. Granted I also have just “brain farts” sometimes where I can be searching the house for a good five minutes before realizing that the cell phone that I am frantically looking for is in my hand. Sometimes I question my sanity at tim... Full story
Owners of the Ace Hardware store in downtown Sidney, Jon and Pat Finney, moved to Sidney in March of 1990 with a dream of owning a retail outfit and settling down in a nice location to raise their family. “We wanted to own a retail business and so we looked around and we chose Sidney because it had a lot of good qualities,” said Pat Finney. The two owners moved here with their children from Oklahoma City, forgoing big cities or other opportunities of managing a business elsewhere. “We chose... Full story
One former Dalton native has brought a new twist to the theme of classic children’s books. “Jimmy John the Tractor” is a one of a kind tale of one man’s search for his beloved childhood tractor. Though author Ken Hinman is a current resident of Henderson Nev., he is originally from nearby and part of his book takes place in Western Nebraska. Though the publishing process was long, Hinman said he is glad that family and friends pushed him to make his story into a book. “It just came to me,” said...
Many concerned Sidney residents filled the Cheyenne County Planning Commission’s room Monday afternoon to discuss an application for a conditional use permit for a proposed use of mining soil, gravel, sand and rock. The land is located on County Rd. 99 in the Southeast quarter of section 13, according to information from the commission. The permit was applied for by Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavation, Inc. and Doug Keller attended the meeting to represent the company. Residents hoped the c... Full story
The year 2012 was the first year that results of each district’s NeSA scores were completely calculated and ranked for schools to review. Sidney School District officials are happy to report that out of the 50 largest school districts in Nebraska, Sidney ranked 11th among those districts. Results in eighth grade science also ranked Sidney second in the state for that age group. “Last year was the first year that the science results reported out and for our middle school science which is just 8th grade we are second in the state. We are ver...
Can’t find time to workout during your workday? Water aerobics instructor Leslie Richards holds a class every week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:45 a.m. solely to fit a working-person’s schedule. Richards has been an instructor for the water aerobics class at the Cheyenne County Community Center for six years and the class runs all year long, except during the month of December. Classes are held at the Holiday Inn in Sidney, according to Richards. The instructor said she dove into the...
Local law enforcement officials are watching a new bill before the legislature very closely. Legislative Bill 412 was introduced by Sen. Paul Schumacher to Nebraska Legislature this Tuesday regarding law enforcement’s use of drones to obtain evidence. The proposed bill, also known as the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, states that, “a law enforcement agency shall not use a drone to gather evidence or other information.” The act defines a drone as a powered aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, can fly by itself while... Full story
The Sidney Public Library has undergone many changes since the first library was introduced to Sidney in 1914 and the library continues to keep getting better and better, said Doris Jensen the librarys director. According to Jensen the first library was built in the summer of 1914 and was in the building that now houses the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The library was funded by a gracias grant from the Carnegie Foundation. In 1965 the current 7,900 square foot library building was... Full story
A new skills building class determined to equip teenagers with the skills they need to succeed in life kicked-off last night at the Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska Sidney location. Class coordinator and primary teacher, Brenda Dickinson said that the class will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center and teenagers ages 14 and older are invited to partake. She hopes that the class will be an ongoing learning tool for teens around the area. “It’s working on skill building and there is a little quiz that we give them at the beg...
The second hearing of the City of Sidney’s property nuisance abatement case against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating and Filsinger Emergency Services drew much interrogation of both Police Chief Mike Brown as well as Filsinger himself. The case continued before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer on Wednesday at 1 p.m. within the county courthouse. Representing the city was Ft. Collins, Colo. Attorney Charlie Cuypers with City of Sidney City Manager Gary Person and Sidney C... Full story
Distance. According to my iPhone — which is sitting on my office desk this morning — from my present location I am currently a car travel of 21 hours and 35 minutes from my previous home in Rochester, Wash. This calculates to an approximate distance of 1,360 miles. With technology these days, distance seems to be less of an obstacle when trying to communicate with the ones you care about. A letter delivered on horseback is now not the only way to receive messages from your loved ones. Heck, I’d love to see that one of these days. Instead we ha... Full story
Two major items were discussed in depth at the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners and Cheyenne County Board of Equalization meeting Tuesday at the Cheyenne County Courthouse. The issues dealt with an agreement regarding a mutual aid service between counties and the removal of a Medicaid discount for county prisoners. The proposed County Sheriffs Inter-local Agreement with Cheyenne County, Deuel County and Garden County was passed during the meeting, while the proposed SWAT Agreement with...
At the City of Sidney Council meeting last night City of Sidney Attorney J. Leef presented the council with revisions of two different proposed city residential laws. After taking feedback from both the previous council meeting and the city’s planning commission meeting Monday night, Leef gave recommendations based on the teams’ inputs regarding the definition of accessory buildings in residential zones. Also discussed was the continued consideration of an ordinance related to the parking of recreational vehicles and trailers in town. “Th... Full story
Debate that has been passed back and forth between city council members and planning commission members continues regarding the definition and restrictions of accessory buildings in residential zones at the City of Sidney Planning Commission meeting Monday night. City council members present consisted of Aaron Barnes, Chris Gay and Joe Arterburn. At the Sidney City Council meeting two weeks previous city attorney J. Leef had inserted language into the proposed statute and the council had asked... Full story
The first of many public meetings between Sidney residents and Doug Whiteaker from Water Technology, Inc. and Jeff King with Ballard*King and Associates regarding their creation of Sidney’s new swimming pool or aquatics center commenced at City Hall yesterday afternoon. In attendance were city representatives, city council members, members of the community, as well as representatives from the Cheyenne County Community Center. Community Center officials have been working with the city on the p...
With every new year comes a flood of New Year’s resolutions. Some of these resolutions involve promises to become healthier and to attend the gym more. At the Cheyenne County Community Center 11 workout classes are offered for those who want to take their personal workout to the next level. One of those classes is step aerobics. The class is held every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the center and Carla Orr, the class instructor, encourages members of the community to join the class at any time. L...
As the Nebraska State Legislature returned to session this January there were many proposed bills attracting statewide attention. The proposed tax relief bill is one of them. However, there are some bills being proposed that are less known to the public, such as one dealing with the question of where tax dollars for schools are being spent. Senator Jeremy Nordquist introduced the Education Compensation Transparency Act, LB 274, to the legislature this Wednesday. According to a press release by Nordquist, the proposed bill “will require full d...
The City of Sidney has been awarded the title of an Economic Development Certified Community for the second time by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and the Nebraska Diplomats, according to City officials. This certification lasts for five years and will designate the city as such for the years 2013 through 2017. Updates of the city’s condition however will be required periodically throughout that time period, city officials reported. An official announcement of the communities t...
