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Cheyenne County 4-H members, volunteers and families recently celebrated their accomplishments from the past year at the annual awards banquet at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. The following are the awards presented for 2015. These awards are given based on the completion of the career portfolio and project records. Outstanding 4-Hers for 2015 were Kaitlyn Higgins and Dominic Beyer. This award is presented to high school seniors who have excelled in their involvement in the Cheyenne County...
Hickory Street Square in Sidney was again bustling with activity last weekend. Carriage rides throughout the city were offered on Saturday afternoon and the Cheyenne County Young Professionals also hosted a series of games and activities for children....
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen two cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.05 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $2.03 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Areas nearby Nebraska and their current gas price climate: Lincoln - $2.20 per gallon, down 3.8 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.24 per gallon. South Dakota - $2.03 per gallon, down 2.2 cents per...
The Sidney High School One Act Play Production team finished fourth in the district contest held Saturday at Chadron State College. Even though the Raiders finished fourth, they had the most acting awards of any school competing at the Class B-6 District Play Production Contest. All 11 of Sidney's eligible cast members in the play, "The Addams Family," were recognized by the three judges for acting honors. Winning outstanding performance award certificates were: Josh Austad, Abbie Fraas, Jakob...
Dog tags for 2016 in the City of Sidney are now available and being issued to pet owners. The tags are available at the Sidney Police Department, located at 1715 Illinois Street. Owners must bring in a certificate of current rabies vaccination for each dog or a license will not be issued. The fee for an intact female is $11, and a fee for an intact male is $6. There is no charge for tags for altered females, males and puppies younger than six months. Prices for the dog tags will go up in March. According to city ordinance 618.07, starting...
For the first time, irrigators will have the option to obtain their irrigation and nitrogen certificate through an online course designed to make it easier to complete the necessary training and achieve certification for the next four years. All irrigators in the district area will have until March 1, 2016, to complete their training and earn their certificate. The course will be available by the end of December. “It is hoped that many irrigators will take the opportunity to complete the training in the comfort of their own home on their own t...
Two railroad crossings will be closed next week due to maintenance. The crossing on County Road 125 near U.S. Hwy. 30, which was originally scheduled to be closed Friday, will now be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday. Additionally, the railroad crossing on Greenwood Road in Sidney will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday due to maintenance....
The Cheyenne County Historical Museum and Post Commander’s Home have been decorated by various groups and individuals for the Christmas season. Winners of the contest are as follows: Museum - adult division: First place - Sidney Public Library staff, library; Second place - Threads of Friendship Quilt Guild, quilt room. Museum - children’s division: First place: Addyson Stutzman, Emily Stutzman and Lilee Wieser, school room; Second place - St. Paul’s Lutheran Preschool, toy room. Post Commander’s Home - adult division: First place - Goal Ga...
The City of Sidney is in the beginning stages of addressing properties that are unsafe or dilapidated. Over the past several weeks, staff members from the city have conducted a survey of properties in Sidney, under the direction of Chief Building Official Brad Rowan, CBO. The purpose of the survey was to identify distressed, dilapidated, unsightly and unsafe properties. Property owners of these types of properties will be given a courtesy letter to voluntarily comply with the requests to repair or replace or remove their distressed structures...
Work on the railroad crossing on County Road 125 near U.S. Hwy. 30 will see the road closed most of the day Friday. The road will be closed at the crossing at 7 a.m. and will reopen at 5 p.m. The crossing is being closed due to maintenance work due to be performed there....
Security First Bank will host its annual "Tree of Lights" at its Sidney branch, located at 1205 Jackson Street. Memorial Health Center Extended Care has provided the bank with a star for every individual who is currently residing in its facility. Each star contains the name of a resident, as well as a list of three items they need. Individuals who participate are asked to pick at least one star from the tree and purchase the items on it for the selected senior in the extended care facility....
An investigation by emergency responders on Sunday evening turned up no gas leak after a county resident reported smelling natural gas. The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded to an area north of Sidney on County Road 111 shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday. Ron Leal, Region 21 Emergency Management coordinator, who was also on scene, said while the source of the smell was not identified, no gas leak was found. As a precaution, representatives from Tallgrass Energy, which operates a natural gas storage facility north of Sidney, were contacted...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 5.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.06 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 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.04 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Areas nearby Nebraska and their current gas price climate: Lincoln - $2.23 per gallon, down 6.2 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.29 per gallon. South Dakota - $2.03 per gal...
The Sidney Rotary Club presented each fourth grade student in Sidney Public Schools with a copy of the Scholastic Children's Dictionary on Nov. 24. The club has distributed more than 300 dictionaries in the past. The Sidney Rotary Club was chartered in 1925, and is a part of Rotary International. Rotary, whose motto is "Service Above Self" and includes more than 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries around the world....
Sean Anders and friends perform during the annual Cheyenne County Thanksgiving community service, sponsored by the Cheyenne County Ministerial Association. The theme this year was "Together we serve" to honor local law enforcement, fire department, emergency medical field and military personnel. The annual event was held Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Sidney....
OMAHA – Sidney High School freshman Payton Jung has been identified by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as an elite rising high school volleyball player – and has been named to the organization's AVCA Phenom List. The list is comprised of underclassmen who have received recognition for their outstanding play. Jung will attend the 2015 Phenom program Dec. 17-20 in Omaha and will attend educational sessions regarding recruiting and life as a college athlete, interact with AVCA Col...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Americans hitting the road for Thanksgiving will certainly have something to be extra thankful for: the cheapest gasoline prices since March 2009. The low prices are showing up just in time for millions of motorists that are heading out, saving them $1.5 billion over the five days that GasBuddy’s recent survey found most motorists will be traveling. GasBuddy projects that by Thanksgiving Day the national average will be $1.99 per gallon, nearly 80 cents per gallon cheaper than last year and $1.29 per gallon cheaper than 201...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27, in observance of Thanksgiving. 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 Thursday and Friday’s trash on Wednesday....
Creek Valley seniors who are thinking about taking college courses from a community college next school year have the opportunity to take the COMPASS. The COMPASS is a college placement assessment. Western Nebraska Community College will offer this assessment, free of charge, at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 2 in the CVHS library computer lab. Interested students need to signup for this assessment by Wednesday, Nov. 25. Students may access sample questions, tips and practice tests for the COMPASS at the following sites: www.act.org/compass/sample,...
Creek Valley Senior High Students who wish to change their schedule for the second semester may do so Dec. 7-9. This will be the only time students will be allowed to change their schedules for the second semester. The procedure is as follows: 1. Student contacts Kathy Ford, who will give them a class schedule change form. 2. Student gets the teacher’s signature of class to be dropped. 3. Student gets the teacher’s signature of class to be added. 4. Parent/guardian signs the form giving permission for this course of action. 5. Ford signs the...
A single vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Bushnell in Kimball County claimed the lives of two Scottsbluff residents Thursday night. The crash occurred just after 10 p.m. near the Bushnell exit (mile marker 8) on I-80 in Kimball County. A 2012 Buick Enclave was eastbound on I-80 when the vehicle left the roadway and went down into the median. After traveling in the median for several hundred feet, the vehicle became airborne, striking a concrete barrier on the eastside of the Bushnell overpass (County Road 13). The driver of the SUV, Kelly...
The Nebraska State Patrol will join its law enforcement counterparts from across the nation in a Thanksgiving holiday special enforcement campaign designed to reduce the potential for serious injury and fatality crashes by enforcing seat belt usage. Monday, Nov. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 29, troopers and communication specialists will put in extra hours as part of the “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign. An $18,000 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS) will help to pay for the additional enforcement. “The Thanksgiving hol...
LINCOLN – Jack McAreavey, a 2012 graduate of Sidney High School, is one of seven Nebraska Wesleyan University players to be named all-conference by the Great Plains Athletic Conference for football in 2015. The all-conference team was selected after a vote of the league coaches on Nov. 15 in Fremont. Two NWU players were named to the All-GPAC Second-Team. On offense, McAreavey, a senior offensive lineman, received his first all-conference recognition. Kicker Kramer Rath was named All-GPAC s...
Possible funding for water augmentation projects at Oliver Reservoir Recreation Area (ORRA) were discussed at the Nov. 10 South Platte NRD Board of Directors (Board) meeting. The board approved working with Olsson Associates on the Oliver Reservoir Water Project for a proposal to utilize Platte Basin Coalition funding and to help satisfy terms of the Platte River Recovery and Implementation Program, along with requirements of the Ground Water Management and Protection Act and provisions in the IMPs and Basin-Wide Plan. The proposal will expand...
The High Plains Pheasant Forever Chapter of Sidney hosted its third annual U.S. Warriors Outdoors (USWO) veterans hunt Nov. 6-8 in Cheyenne County. The High Plains Pheasant Forever chapter partnered with the USWO to enlist eligible veterans for a fun weekend of outdoor therapy. This group of veterans were comprised of seven local Nebraska veterans and one from Colorado and another from Pennsylvania, all with various combat experience ranging from Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraq and...
