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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Zachary Weiderspon, a native of Sidney, received a MHA-Health Management and Policy degree from the University of Iowa at the close of the spring 2015 semester. About 5,100 students received degrees from the university during the spring ceremonies....
The Sidney Area APA Pool Leagues are now accepting team registrations for the upcoming session. The registration deadline is Tuesday, Aug. 25. Play begins in September and runs through December. APA Pool Leagues that are available include Tuesday 8-Ball and Sunday 9-Ball. Other formats offered include Ladies 8-Ball and Masters. The APA Pool Leagues are designed to offer a fun time out with family, friends and co-workers and are open to amateur pool players, men and women, who are at least 18 years of age. Except for the Masters League, the APA...
Panhandle Public Health District was honored with the Model Practice Award at the 2015 Annual Conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. The award celebrates local health departments for developing programs that demonstrate exemplary and replicable best practices in response to a critical local public health need. The National Diabetes Prevention Program in the Panhandle was one of 19 local health department programs to receive NACCHO's Model Practice Award. "We...
Area residents will have an opportunity to hear a piano recital by Donica Enevoldsen this Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Harry McNees Auditorium at Kimball High School. Enevoldsen was one of only four students to be selected by the University of Nebraska Hixon Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts music faculty as a Nebraska Young Artist of the Year in Piano for 2014. She has been teaching six piano students since 2013. In 2011, she started dual enrollment at WNCC, graduating high school in...
Three Sidney Rotary members were awarded their first Paul Harris Foundation awards for contributions to the foundation and the Sidney club. Matt Moore, Louella Pippitt and Wendall Gaston were presented pins and certificates from the foundation. Also awarded at the meeting was John Eastman with his third award, while Gregory Scripp received his fourth award. Other past Paul Harris award winners from the Sidney Rotary Club are Rob Robinson, Rob Rauner Jr., Steven Mattoon, Joe Christopher and... Full story
The Potter American Legion Post #291 recently received funds raised from the June Dress Down Day program. A total of $890.74 was raised in support of the Potter Legion Hall to help with restoration and repairs. The hall is a popular location for community activity and events. Those attending the presenation were, front row from left: Margaret Lienemann (Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce), Jerry Steele (Potter American Legion) and Heather Hausmann (Cheyenne County Chamber) as well cast members... Full story
KEARNEY, Neb. – Graduate and undergraduate degrees for 244 will be conferred at University of Nebraska at Kearney commencement exercises on Friday at 10 a.m. in the Nebraskan Student Union. Three area students will be receiving degrees: Kaela Cole of Sidney, Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English as a Second Language; Blake Thompson of Dalton, Master’ of Arts in Music Education; and Shauna Baker of Potter, Master of Arts in Education (curriculum and instruction – transitional certification). Marilyn Hadle...
William Benson, of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Sidney, recently won the company’s Frank Finnegan Award for exceptional achievement in building client relationships. “It’s truly an honor to receive recognition for building relationships with those clients we serve,” Benson said. “And, it’s quite inspirational to receive an award named after a firm legend such as Frank Finnegan who was dedicated to individual investors and understood each investor’s unique financial goals.” Benson was one of 904 of the firm’s 14,000 financial...
FENTON, Mo. – Collin Harvey of Dalton, Brenton Soule, of Harrisburg, Neb.; Javier Rojo of Holyoke, Colo., and Jacob Hazlett, Fort Morgan, Colo., were selected as recipients of the NAEDA Equipment Dealers Foundation Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year. Each scholarship totals $2,000, including matching funds from their sponsoring equipment dealership, 21st Century Equipment, headquartered in Sidney. Soule and Hazlett will be attending Garden City (Kan.) Community College, studying for t...
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Director Jim Macy announced the awarding of $2,257,791 in grants through the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant Fund. The “Keep Sidney Beautiful” program received $5,600 as part of the program. It will be used for an electronics collection event for local residents. The Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant Fund is generated by a fee on solid waste disposed of in landfills, an annual retail business sales fee, and a fee assessed on the sale of new tires for motor vehicles. The gra...
WAYNE, Neb. – Wayne State College has added a new concentration to the Master of Science in Organizational Management degree program. Human Resource Management concentration will be available starting in the spring 2016. The concentration is designed for those students who want to maximize employee performance in service to their employer’s strategic objectives. The program focuses on key human resource functions and addresses a strategic approach to managing people in relation to the workplace culture and environment. Admittance req...
Casey Baldwin, a 2014 graduate of Sidney High School, earned a spot on the Chancellor’s List at the University of Arkansas for the spring 2015 semester. Baldwin, who just completed her freshman year, had a 4.0 grade-point average....
SCOTTSBLUFF – Coaches, parents, school administrators, student athletes and health care providers can attend one of two upcoming presentations about concussion injuries on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Regional West Medical Center. The free presentations by Dr. Peter Meyer, Air Link medical director and emergency department physician, and Chief Flight Nurse Tracy Meyer will take place from 7-8 a.m. and again from 4-5 p.m. in the Scotts Bluff I meeting room at Regional West. The presenters are both nationally known speakers who are passionate about b...
SCOTTSBLUFF – Persons interested in becoming a respite care provider, or wanting to learn more about respite, can attend training on Aug. 28, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Harms Advanced Technology Center on the campus of Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff. Sherri Blome, respite coordinator at the Nebraska Statewide Respite Network, said space is limited and interested persons should register either online at www.panhandlepartnership.com/training-academy.html (scroll to REST Training) or call (308) 432-8190. Pre-registration is r...
The South Platte Natural Resources District Board held its monthly meeting on July 15 and began with a presentation and slide show by Oliver Reservoir Recreation Area Technician Kent Matsutani, who discussed several upgrades to the recreation area. One important upgrade has been to the restrooms where ventilation and a cleaner environment have been key steps to making a better experience for those visiting the area. Another area of priority was to clean and repair the picnic tables and the playground area. More signage and a new buoy system...
Janessa Carley was recently installed as Honored Queen of Job's Daughters International, Bethel #25 for the Fall 2015 term. Other elected officers installed were: Senior Princess, Autumn Hartwig; Junior Princess, Jordan Cook; Guide, Josie Dowse; and Marshal, Ginny Herboldsheimer. Appointed officers installed were: Chaplain, Raina Hartwig; Recorder, Amanda Beier; First Messenger, Lorien DeMasters; Second Messenger, Jolene Oliverius; Fourth Messenger, Kate Huson; and Fifth Messenger, Abby Heller....
The 2015 NREA Youth Energy Leadership Camp was held from July 13-17 at the 4-H Camp in the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey. There were 61 campers from 25 member systems with 13 counselors and eight junior counselors. Attendees sponsored by Wheat Belt PPD were: Elizabeth Lindahl, Tim McClung, Diana Sifuentez and counselor, Dan Westman. Regional experts from Custer PPD, NREA, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District and NPPD provided workshops, demonstrations and presentations addressing many of the issues affecting the rural...
The Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce is holding a raffle to benefit the High Point Welcome Center of Western Nebraskaand its operation expenses. Tickets are $10 each. The winner will receive two tickets to the Nebraska vs. Wisconsin football game Oct. 10 and a two-night stay at the Downtown Holiday Inn-Lincoln. The weekend package is valued at more than $880. The winner will be drawn Sept. 10 during the Eagles Hamburger Night. Ticket holders need not be present to win. Tickets are available at the chamber office, High Point Welcome...
The Panhandle Senior Ladies Golf Association held its latest outing at Rolling Green Golf Club in Morrill. First place and two birdies went to the team of Mary Nielsen, Dee Vogel, Myrna Carroll and Donna Meier. Coming in second was the team of Gina Briggs, Sylvia Debus, Norma Perkins and Rose Jacoby. Taking third were Sandy Huckfeldt, Jill Wozniak, Judie Brighton and Pat Rogers, while the team of Sheri Dobrinski, Londa Maron, Beth Korell and Jan Bashaw finished fourth. The team of Vickie Nemnich, Claudia Benda, Joy Eberhardt and Chris... Full story
With a little less than a month to go, the Night of Hope Walk for Cancer Foundation committee is working on finishing up the last-minute details for this year’s event. The walk will be held Friday, Aug. 14 in Sidney’s Legion Park around the pond as in past years. The event will kick off at about 5:45 p.m. with the National Anthem followed by the inspirational “Survivor’s Lap.” The evening will be filled with the return of a silent auction, BBQ, chair-ity auction, cookbook sales, face painting, autographed football raffle and more. The readi...
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission set the 2015 early teal season dates at its meeting last week in Sidney. The teal hunting season will be Sept. 5-20 in the Low Plains and Sept. 12-20 in the High Plains. Teal hunting season dates are set to coincide with the teal migration through Nebraska, and the opening day is typically the Saturday following Labor Day. This year, because Labor Day is Sept. 7, an earlier opening day in the Low Plains was recommended to accommodate a 16-day season while avoiding conflicts with possible youth and regular...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.69 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 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.76 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 73.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 1.5 cents per gallon lower t...
Alex Jones of Sidney recently participated in the USSSA All-American Baseball Showcase tryouts in Des Moines, Iowa. Jones made the final roster for the 9-year-old division and will be on the Central Region Team that will play at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Aug. 3-7 in Orlando, Fla. The games will be televised on MLB.com. Her is the son of Barb and Jason Jones.... Full story
KIMBALL – Alex Schaake of Omaha won his second straight Nebraska Junior Amateur Championship on Thursday as he fired a 74 at West Winds Golf Course in Kimball to overtake second-round leader Koy Potthoff of Scottsbluff. Schaake finished with a 54-hole total of 219 to edge Pothoff and Omaha’s Nolan Maschka by two strokes. Among the locals, Connor Dormann led three of his Sidney High School teammates with a three-day total of 252 after a final round 85. Dormann opened the tournament on Tuesday with an 85 and carded an 82 on Wednesday. Nate Dvorak...
Cabela's officials presented a $150,000 "Outdoor Fund" grant to the Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation on Wednesday at its local corporate headquarters. The grant, to be awarded in $50,000 increments over the next three years, will support the foundation's Half-Price Youth Lifetime Permit Program. The grant mirrors a donation made to the foundation by Cabela's in 2012. Pictured at the presentation, from left, are: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Chairman Kent Forney, NGPC Director Jim... Full story
