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Students in Sidney's North and South Elementary Schools' 'Act Of Kindness' collected canned food to replenish the food pantry and give back to the community. Pictured front row, from left, are students Isabelle Herrod and Amelia Mazour. Pictured back row, from left, are Rick Meyer, Kylee Kampfe, Timm Lindemann and Reagan Fish....
Application forms are now available for college scholarships provided through the Oregon Trail Community Foundation. The Oregon Trail Community Foundation annually awards dozens of scholarships to regional high school and college students. The scholarships have been established by regional families and organizations, which entrust endowment funds and program management to the foundation. In 2015, the foundation awarded $64,450 in scholarships to regional students. Downloadable applications are available online at www.otcf.org. The application...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 10.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.63 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.69 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 55.2 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 27.8 cents per g...
Cheyenne County Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Executive Director Brad Fraass reminds producers that the Cheyenne County FSA is conducting a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up that ends on Feb. 26. “It continues to be our goal to ensure that we use CRP to address our most critical resource issues,” said Fraass. “I expect there will be strong competition to enroll or re-enroll acres into CRP, so I urge county producers to maximize their environmental benefits and make sure their offers are cost-effective.” CRP is a volunta...
The High Plains Organic Crop Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting on March 5 at Buffalo Point Restaurant in Sidney. The business meeting for members will begin at 9 .m., with an educational discussion in the afternoon. The public is invited for lunch and the afternoon discussion. The afternoon session will feature Martin Eddy, marketing coordinator for Kansas Organic Producers Association, speaking on the status of organic farming and the organic food industry. A farmer panel will join in the discussion with Eddy. Results of a...
Cabela’s performance throughout 2015 earned the company six awards at the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, the outdoor industry’s largest tradeshow. The tradeshow was hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation in Las Vegas last month. Awards presented to Cabela’s include: 2015 SHOT Business Chain Retailer of the Year, 2015 Remington Ammunition Retail Chain of the Year, 2015 NSSF “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” Retailer of the Year, 2015 Columbia River Knife and Tool Retailer of the Year, 2015 Crimson Trace Retailer of...
Applebee's presents the local Make-A-Wish Foundation chapter a check from a portion of their soft opening sales during Monday's grand opening. The check was also presented to 8-year-old Paige Phoebig, who has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Her wish was to go to Hawaii. The local chapter of the foundation partnered with Sidney Regional Medical Center and the Make-A-Wish Foundation to send Phoebig and her immediate family to Hawaii for five days in July. Paige's favorite thing about...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in observance of President’s Day. All city departments will be closed including the landfill and the library. The Dial-a-ride Bus and Stage Line Bus will not be running. The Solid Waste Department will be collecting Monday’s trash on Tuesday and Tuesday’s trash on Wednesday....
Twelve local students were among the nearly 4,500 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2015-16 academic year. Qualification for the dean’s list varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours. Students can be on the dean’s list for more than one college. The following area students were named to the dean’s list list of disting...
Two students from Sidney were among the more than 1,000 students at Wayne State College who were named to the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the fall 2015 semester. Sean Neal and Xina Balandran were each named to the dean’s list. Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for the semester....
The following person appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Feb. 5 before the Honorable Randin R. Roland. Alfred D. Okonigbo, 27, of Dover, Del., pleaded guilty to third degree assault, which is a Class I misdemeanor. He was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and ordered to pay court costs. The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Feb. 9 before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Timothy Spires, 45, of Potter, appeared for arraignment on a charge of second degree assault, DUI-serious bodily injury and child abuse,...
The Panhandle No-Till Partnership Winter Conference will be held Feb. 23-24 at the Gering Civic Center. This annual event provides the opportunity to listen to experts in the field of soil health on a variety of topics. Speaking this year are Dr. Wayne Beck, Neonila Martyniuk and Paul Jasa. Each will speak on management of soil and resources. Also speaking are Ray Ward of Ward Labs on soil testing, Lance Gunderson on understanding laboratory tests, Cody Creech on dryland crop research and Karla Jenkins on Field Peas and Livestock. Finishing up...
Cabela’s Incorporated announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon that Scott K. Williams has been appointed president, effective immediately. He will continue to report to Tommy Millner, the company’s chief executive officer, according to the release. Williams, previously the company’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, will take on additional responsibility for U.S. retail operations and all operations in Canada. “Scott has made a tremendous contribution to Cabela’s over the past five years, and his wealth of commercia...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors hosted a ribbon cutting Monday morning for the grand opening of Applebee's....
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.74 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.74 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 39 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 15.6 cents per gallon l...
Sidney Regional Medical Center recently received recognition for its work to combat diabetes. The American Diabetes Association awarded SRMC with the prestigious Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program. SRMC received the award on Dec. 28, 2015. The SRMC diabetes education program was originally recognized in December 2011. The ADA believes that this program offers high-quality education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment. The ADA’s Education Recognition C...
Peetz 7th grader Owen Kurz, right, won the Northeast Colorado Regional Spelling Bee in Brush, Colo., on Feb. 4. Kurz, the son of Brian and Sheri Kurz of Sidney, also tied for the best score spelling 27 of 30 words correctly in the regional written qualifier test. His classmate Gus Cowan, left, also of Sidney, will also will advance with Kurz to the Denver Post's 76th Annual Colorado State Spelling Bee on March 12. There were eight total Peetz students who qualified for the regional spelling...
The area's newest Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar will open at 625 Cabela Drive in Sidney at 11 a.m. on Monday. The restaurant is privately owned and operated by RMH Franchise, based out of Lincoln. "Applebee's provides a local place where people can connect and enjoy great meals at reasonable prices," said Paul Hefner, director of operations for the Nebraska region. "We offer delicious menu items at a great value including juicy burgers, wood fired grilled steaks, a 2 for $20 section,...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services received reports of two cases of travel-related Zika virus. These are the first cases in the state. One is in Douglas County and the other is in Sarpy County, and both people are females in their 20s who recently traveled to Zika-affected countries. Neither one was hospitalized. Zika virus is spread to people primarily through the bite of a mosquito. Although the virus usually causes mild illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have also been reports of...
MEDFORD, Mass. – A Chappell resident was recently named to the fall 2015 semester dean’s list at Tufts University. Abigail McFee of Chappell, a member of the class of 2017, earned the honor for the fall 2015 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater....
Although snow abounds in Sidney this week, the city's aquatic center is on track to be completed on time in late May. On Dec. 9, construction crews applied concrete for the new 2,100 square foot leisure pool as part of the Sidney Outdoor Aquatic Center Project. The total cost of the new state-of-the-art outdoor swimming pool/aquatic center is approximately $5.4 million. The application of the concrete that was applied on Dec. 9 is a product and process called Shotcrete. Concrete is mixed to a...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.79 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.80 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 17.6 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 11.2 cents per gallon l...
Daniel Bashtovoi, a sixth grader at West Elementary School in Sidney, won the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee on Thursday. Bashtovoi competed against the top-six spellers from schools throughout the county. The competition was open to all students in fourth through eighth grades. He will next compete at the Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha on March 12. A victory there would send him to the national championships in Washington, D.C....
The TeamMates mentoring program of Sidney held its annual appreciation dinner for its mentors at Buffalo Point earlier this month, at which time the group presented Security First Bank and Security First Insurance with its "Friends of TeamMates" award. The award was given for their continuous support over the years, such as the annual tailgate party held every fall, along with various other projects. Tracy Miller and Clem Schumacher accepted the awards. Suzanne Hince, the executive director for...
Augustus Cowan of Sidney won the Peetz Plateau School District's annual spelling bee on Friday. Caroline Lindahl also of Sidney, took second place in the contest. Virginia Splichal, spelling bee coordinator, commended each of the contestants for qualifying for Friday's spelling bee. "What makes your presence here more special, is that yours is often referred to as the auto generation due to technological advances in every day life," she said. Qualifiers from the fourth through eighth grades...
