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"How do you do that?" That is a phrase often heard by artists, as if creating something magical. But most artists have studied techniques and have done a lot of practicing to get to the place where they are today in their art. That's the approach taken by Cindi Egging, who was selected as the "Artist of the Mont" for October by the Cheyenne County Art Guild. Egging said she once thought of art as magical. As a young child, she remembers watching with awe and delight as an unseen person brought a...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.45 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.26 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 58.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 5.4 cents per gallon h...
The Potter-Dix High School volleyball team continued to show its dominance this season, rolling to the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament title on Saturday. The Lady Coyotes won three matches on the day and improved to 21-2 this season. Top-seeded Potter-Dix defeated rival and No. 2 seed Leyton (17-2) in straight sets 25-22, 25-11 in the championship match of the eight-team event. Junior Alexus Rozelle had 10 kills and four blocks for Potter-Dix in the title game, and teammate Regyn Hicks added seven kills and 15 digs. For Leyton,...
Garden County High School got off to a fast start as it stayed unbeaten this season with a 70-24 victory over Leyton on Friday night. Garden County scored 30 points in the opening quarter and added 18 more in the second to open up a 48-12 advantage by the intermission. Matt McCarthy returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown to get Garden County off to a fast start. McCarthy scored four first-quarter touchdowns and added a fifth score in the second period. His teammate Elliuot Epp added three TD runs to help the Eaglerds push their...
Jordan Nelson rushed for more than 200 yards and scored three touchdeowns to help boost the Peetz High School football team to a 45-21 victory over host Pawnee on Friday night. Nelson carried the ball 19 times for 210 yards and found the end zone three times. Teammate Cody Wilson caught four passes for 101 yards and scored one touchdown. Quarterback Wolf Wenneker had another efficient evening, connecting on 7 of 9 passes for 141 yards. Garrin Cox had a rushing touchdown and a scoring reception as well for the Bulldogs, who improved to 4-3....
Hemingford High School ripped off 41 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 66-0 victory on Friday night over winless Creek Valley. Hemingford, which improved to 6-1, added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to open a 60-0 by halftime. Hemingford scored all 10 of its TDs on the ground in the contest. Jonathan Mayer ran for four scores and Jameson Woods added a pair of TDs. Creek Valley quarterback Pierce Leef was 4 for 15 passing for 35 yards and one interception. Noah Dickerson caught two of those passes to account for for 27...
LINCOLN – Cheyenne County has received a membership dividend of $15,828 from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, the county's property, liability and workers' compensation coverage and risk management services provider. The dividend was part of a $1 million distribution shared by 79 Nebraska counties and six regional area agencies on aging during NIRMA's annual conference earlier this month in Kearney. With this latest distribution, Cheyenne County has now received a tota...
Panhandle Mental Health Center has been offering the Mental Health First Aid program in local western Nebraska communities since 2012. This free course to the community will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Chappell Fire Hall. Seating is limited so register now through the website: www.panhandlepartnership.com/training-academy. Additional Youth-MHFA courses will be offered in Scottsbluff in the spring of 2016, and courses for specific groups, organizations and businesses can be scheduled by contacting with Nichole Peralta or Phil Darley....
Both the boys' and girls' cross country teams at Sidney High School qualified for the Class C state tournament with stellar efforts at Thursday afternoon's district meet. Each squad's top-three finish automatically earned a spot in the Class C state meet next Friday, Oct. 23 held at the Kearney Country Club. In the district meet, the Red Raider boys finished second – just two points behind Mitchell. Four boys finished in the top 10 for Sidney and five crossed the line in the top 15. Mitch P...
Creek Valley High’s Collin Brott took 24th at the District D-6 cross country meet at Pheasant Run Golf Course. The Storm boys finished seventh and did not qualify for next week’s state meet. Bridgeport won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles. Cooper Reichman took 31st place and teammate Tanner Crass crossed the line in 35th. In the girls’ event, Noemi Marin – the only Storm runner to compete – finished 59th....
Payje Misegadis collected 17 kills and teammate Joey Straber added 14 kills to help the Creek Valley volleyball team defeat Peetz in a five-set marathon match on Thursday by scores of 25-19, 22-25, 11-25, 28-26, 17-15. The Storm improved to 8-8, while Peetz slipped to 2-14. Mikenna Curlee paced the Bulldogs with 29 kills and 27 digs. Straber also had 30 digs and three aces and teammate Samantha Schmid dished out 23 assists. Cami Thompson had 43 assists for Peetz....
Nebraska-based 21st Century Equipment was named one of its first Agrarian Ambassador sponsors of a new joint-agriculture advocacy venture called the American Doorstop Project. With 17 John Deere equipment dealerships in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, the 21st Century Equipment Corporate Support Center in Scottsbluff will serve as the centrally located national headquarters for the American Doorstop Project. The team will travel the U.S. to research, collect and preserve the stories that shaped the development of American Agriculture through...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Cheyenne VA Medical Center Director Cynthia McCormack has announced that she will retire from federal service on Oct. 31. She served 30 years within the Department of Veterans Affairs. McCormack assumed the position of director at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center in August 2010. She joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1985 and has served in a variety of clinical and management positions. McCormack also served in the Wyoming Air National Guard, and deployed during O...
The Sidney High School girls’ golf team finished third at the Class B state tournament on Tuesday at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. And, the Lady Raiders had an impressive three medalists – the top 15 individuals earn medals – along the way. Sidney, with a two-day team score of 733, was third – behind champion Omaha Duchesne (717) and Scottsbluff (727). Gretna (782) was a distant fourth in the 12-team field. It was Omaha Duchesne’s first state title in any sport in 13 years. Sidney’s Rachel Blauert shot rounds of 86-85–171 to finish in a t...
The Chadron High School volleyball team – fresh off its Western Conference Tournament title over the weekend – rolled to a straight-set victory Tuesday night against Sidney. The Eagles, who improved to 22-4, downed the Lady Raiders 25-16, 25-15, 25-7. It was Chadron’s eighth consecutive victory. For the Eagles, Chandler Hageman, Jadyn McCartney and Alex Nobiling combined for 39 kills. No individual statistics for Sidney were reported. The Lady Raiders fell to 11-14 and are back in action next Tuesday at home against Gering....
Creek Valley ran into a tough Paxton volleyball squad on Tuesday, falling in straight sets 25-15, 25-16, 25-15. The Storm dripped below .500 at 7-8, while Paxton improved to 17-3. Payje Misegadis and Joey Straber had five kills apiece for Creek Valley. Chadra Smith had a pair of aces, two blocks and 13 digs. Faith Michelman had a team-high four assists and teammates Madison McFee and Samantha Schmid registered 11 digs each. Creek Valley returns to action Thursday when it hosts Peetz....
The Leyton High volleyball team received strong efforts from several of its starters en route to a 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Sedgwick (Colo.) County on Tuesday night. Leyton improved to 15-6 this season, while Sedgwick fell to 3-12. Diedra Waite led the way for the Lady Warriors with 11 kills, 22 digs and six blocks. Kristine Barnett added 10 kills and 25 digs. “We played a fairly solid match,” said Leyton head coach Jodi Craig. “We picked up our intensity in the third and fourth sets, which helped us execute succe...
Karl Elmshaeuser filed the appropriate paperwork needed to form a campaign committee to run for state legislature. Elmshaeuser is seeking election to the District 47 seat in the Nebraska Legislature. District 47 is made up of Arthur, Banner, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Morrill, Sioux and parts of Box Buttee counties. The seat will be open due to term limits. Elmshaeuser hand delivered the form to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission in Lincoln. Candidates are required to form a campaign committee once they have either...
The Sidney High School girls' golf team put itself in a position to contend for a state title after the opening day of the Class B State Championships on Monday. And, the Lady Raiders' Rachel Blauert was near the top of the leaderboard after the first of two rounds of action and poised to make a run at the individual title. Sidney shot a team score of 383 on Day 1, good for third place overall. Omaha Duchesne Academy was the leader with a 367, followed by defending state champion Scottsbluff at...
The Potter-Dix High School volleyball team continued to cruise through its competition this fall, winning two more matches on Monday evening. Playing on the road at the Garden County Triangular, the Lady Coyotes defeated the host Eagles 25-15, 25-9 and then dispatched Wallace in the nightcap 25-13, 25-17. The two wins improved Potter-Dix’s record to 18-2. Against Garden County, which fell to 2-18, Alex Rozelle had seven kills and teammate Anna McLaughlin added five kills. Regyn Hicks provided seven digs, four kills and a pair of aces. Setter L...
Regional West achieved the Healthgrades 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Award, a designation that honors hospital performance in the prevention of serious, potentially preventable complications during hospital stays. The distinction places Regional West among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. On average, 133,896 patient safety events could have been avoided if all hospitals, as a group...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 18 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.51 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.31 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 60.5 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 4.6 cents per gallon h...
Adam Davis, a member of the Future Farmers of America chapter in Peetz, Colo., will perform on stage during the 2015 National FFA Convention and Expo in Louisville, Ky. Davis, a senior and the son of Brent and Beverly Davis, has been selected to perform in the National FFA Talent Competition on Oct. 28-31. He will perform on stage and bring excitement and spirit to the convention and expo. He submitted an application along with a recorded audition. Nearly 45 acts from throughout the country...
Panhandle Mental Health Center will be sponsoring two community-based events to mark National Substance Abuse Prevention Month in October. The first will be a presentation on drugs and alcohol given by Chuck Elley on Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. at the health center. Information regarding the current drug issues affecting our youth including palcohol – or powdered alcohol – and the impact of marijuana laws in Colorado affecting western Nebraska will be discussed. The second event will is an open house on Thursday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the main off...
The Sidney High School volleyball team finished third in the six-team field at the Western Conference Tournament on Saturday in Mitchell. Chadron, which was the No. 1 seed, defeated Gering for the tournament title to claim the championship trophy for the third consecutive year. The Eagles won all three of their matches to improve to 20-4. Alliance beat Mitchell in the fifth-place match. Sidney, as the No. 5 seed, opened pool play against Chadron on Saturday morning, falling 25-18, 25-20. Maddi Porter, Alex Wamsley, Annalise Lecher and Payton...
