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As graduation rapidly approaches and yet another school year is winding down, for many life seems to pick up pace and a different kind of schedule adopted. Kids are starting the last day of school count down, much like they do for Christmas break, and adults start to make arrangements to accommodate the three months of no school. Nonetheless, everyone in the family making plans for the summer; adults looking forward to summer vacation with the family, away from work and the stress there; kids looking forward to the long days of hanging out...
I need to clarify a few things that pertain to the column I wrote about homosexual marriage earlier this month. It has been brought to my attention that my thoughts were presented in a manner that could have been misunderstood. I did not at all mean to imply that Christians were the same as the KKK. I intended to use the Klan as an example of way some hate groups have misused the Bible – as well as Holy books from other religions –to justify their positions. If my thoughts came across in any other way, I am sorry. Contrary to what some may thi... Full story
“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment,” Loa Tzu. I was struggling with what exactly to say this week in light of all the tragedy that has happen in such a short time. I chewed over many different approaches to my thoughts on the bombing in Boston and the loss of life, the implication it is an act of terrorism, the anger that has since poured from the thoughts and mouths of people from the east coast to the west coast, all over the social media and television. I have thought them out very carefully because some of my tho...
The topic of whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to get married has been on the tongues of many people over the past several years; with the conversation taking on a new element of speed lately. There are many opinions from both sides based strictly on feeling or emotion from both sides of the fence. However, I have yet to find an argument against why homosexuals should not be allowed to get married based in fact or even a just argument in which someone hides behind the Bible. As some may remember, some months ago I explained my...
It’s spring time again and the Sidney Soccer Club’s U-19 Blackhawks are back on the fields. The Blackhawks - founded by Jun Binghay, Scott Mines and Tina Mines - have been a part of the spring sports season since 2005 and are ready to show why they have been around for the past eight years and are “still going strong” according to Co-founder and U-19 Head Coach Scott Mines. “I am really excited about the group of kids I have this year,” Coach Mines said. “Their enthusiasm level is high and thei... Full story
Everyone wants to be loved for who they are, right? If that’s so, then why do so many people portray different sides of themselves depending upon who they are with? It would be more accurate to say people want to be loved for who they show the world – which ever part of society they are trying to emulate. Everyone at some time in their life wears a mask, whether it is to protect them from hurt; while feeling out people and new situations; to shield themselves from detection so they are more accepted into society; or so they are more acc...
“To keep the body in good health is a duty; otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear” ~ Buddha. No words spoken about the connection between body and mind- and soul if you want to get down to it - could be truer. Our bodies are the temples where our heart and soul resides, and when our bodies are not feeling well neither will what makes up the health of heart and soul, our minds. When you get to know yourself the ability to find a way to take care of your body on a daily basis will follow inline as well. And quite oft...
I have said one of the first methods in fighting depression is getting to truly know yourself, and that is undeniable truth. But what I can’t tell anyone is how to do that, because everyone is different and everyone may have a different way of understanding and accepting who they are – who they really are. For me it was many, many tests. As silly as it sounds I took as many tests as I could find that were considered reliable personality tests. I am not saying those tests offered by Facebook, but credible psychological tests that help peo...
As I stated in last week’s column, I have gone a period of time in which I found what it was to tap into the happiness we can only find within ourselves, true happiness, before my Mom became terminally ill. The combination between the people who entered my life and after years of running from it I armed myself with education about depression and the manic phases that follow. Yes, I had been told before it is important to know what each is and it is important to understand who I was so I could see the signs when either approached, but I was a...
“He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened” ~ Loa Tzu. It is an interesting thing to understand and truly know who you are, but many people go their whole life not really knowing who they are. I say this because despite people saying the words, ‘you can only find happiness in yourself and not in someone else,’ the actual practice of this is hardly ever there – even in the speaker of these words. I would venture to say that is where the saying of practicing what one preaches comes into play. When I was first diagnosed...
When I accepted the assignment of writing a column I had no idea it would become as important to me as it has, because when I began this column I told myself I would not make this a frivolous blurb about nothingness. Though I have to admit I have had a few that I feel are just that, frivolous blurbs of nothingness. I can honestly say that was due to avoiding columns like the next few I will have, because I had to figure out how to say what I needed to in order to help someone else. I want to help by letting you (my reader) know you’re not a...
First impressions have been on my mind a lot lately, and how much stock most people put into them, more often than not leaving people with a misplaced judgment, because first impressions can be just as misleading as they can be telling. Most people use a first impression to decide what they think about another, often building their future thoughts on the ‘taste’ that person left in their mouth. Whether it be in the way a person talks, their attitude, the way they dress or how they act most people will form and use that first impression as a b...
I was once told that in life one must wear many hats to truly appreciate the full affect life has upon any one given person – in other words wearing many hats gives a person a true understanding of empathy. In my life I have found this to be overwhelmingly true and with honesty if it wasn’t for all the things I have seen in my short life or been a part of I do not think I would have half the empathy I contain today. And as it is with all aspects of life the journey does not stop in one place, it is us who gets stuck in that place whether or not... Full story
They sparkle and shine not only in the case but on the sign, and if it’s all in a name like they say Albert’s Diamondland says it all. Barb and Rod Alberts opened their jewelry store in 1991 after several years of service to the Kirby Vacuum Company, him in sales and her as a secretary in Scottsbluff. “My husband had been with his previous company for 20 years,” Barb Alberts said, “and he wanted to be a jeweler. He was the Kirby vacuum area distributor as he had seven counties (in Nebraska)...
A newer restaurant made its way into town giving residents their choice in Mexican food and service with a smile. Luna’s Mexican Restaurant, owned by Ramy Bello and Ruben Cornejo, opened almost nine months ago and offers a customer affordable authentic Mexican food; the business name coming from their 3-year-old daughter. The couple came to Sidney from Denver, but grew up in Mexico, and was in search of a nice quite place to raise their family of six. “We were looking for a small town not too...
So I think enough time has passed that the fear of 12-21-12 and the misconceptions that came along with that have passed. While in pursuit of my Bachelor’s Degree in Photography I had to take an English Comp 2 class, as everyone going for a BA knows you have to do, and this particular class was nothing but essays and writing skills. For one of my assignments I had to write an informative paper that would do two things: the first take a topic and clear up misunderstandings and secondly give actualities of the subject. Anyone who has been in c... Full story
Their business started out in a two bay shop and had already been established, owned by Don Hoffman, but it is Roger and Betty Sauder who, on July 14, will celebrate the 27th anniversary of the business that brought their family so much success. Back in 1986 Roger Sauder was doing as most of us do, working for someone else, when his boss, Hoffman, decided he was ready to pack in the chips. Sauder seeing his chance to work for himself in an industry he knows well made a very smart move – he j... Full story
Sidney’s Legion Baseball Association was honored by the Cheyenne County Lady’s Chamber as February’s Dress Down Day recipients. This is not the first year the Association has received Dress Down Day funds in the past the board members for the Legion Baseball Association have used the monies to upgrade the home team’s concession stand and press box. This year, board representative Clay Phillips said the funds would be used for, “the overall maintenance of the baseball team, uniforms all the w...
Third in a series . . . By the late 1880s and early 1890s Sidney’s boom was over and before long Cheyenne County would become mainly agricultural, an industry that had already established itself even before the major events of the boom. After the need for protection against Native Americans along the railroad was no longer needed, the last major fight being the Battle of Wounded Knee and the rush to the Black Hills was all but over, therefore cargo coming to and from miners was no longer in grea...
Second in a series . . . Cheyenne County was carved out of a larger previously established county by the name of Shorter County in 1870 with Fort Sidney as the county seat and took up about half the Nebraskan panhandle. Established originally by soldiers and railroad workers Sidney saw its first real boom in the late 1870s and early 1880s. During this time, Sidney’s first recorded “hay day,” it truly was a Wild West town with lynching, outlaws, brothels, saloons, gambling and a murder rate that would amaze people these days. Fort Sidney’s rapid...
Everyone these days has a beauty regimen; young and old, men and women have found taking care of their skin is a must. The booming market of cosmetics, skin care products and treatments used to rejuvenate the skin or make people look younger is proof of the awareness of how important skin truly is. With so many products out there to choose from it can get quite confusing and often frustrating to find just the right match between the needs of each person’s skin and what the market offers. H...
The Sun-Telegraph series on what it is to be each denomination is finished and I want to take a moment to thank every one of the Pastors, Father and Reverend who gave me a piece of their day – before I finish out the series with what it is to believe as I do in this week’s column. I appreciate each and every one of you and thank you for helping me make that series as successful as it was, the talks with all of you impacted me a great deal. I have to say I am very proud of the turnout especially since I was told not to get my hopes up – somet... Full story
Every small town needs a family feeling grocer, a place where the old time feel is still recognizable and when it comes to lending a helping hand to different organizations within the community, they step up. Sidney has had a few of these, some may even remember the Jack-n-Jill, but it seems the only one left is Sonny’s Super Foods. Even though the owners of this hometown grocery live in Bridgeport, it is managed by Ron Payne, a hometown kind of guy. An employee at Sonny’s for 23 years, Pay... Full story
Deb Lorenz-Hendrickson isn’t the first to greet each customer or lookie loo as they walk through the doors of the Moose-n-Goose, but rather her 2-year-old companion, Putz. Hendrickson moved her antique and framing shop to Sidney about a year ago, having been in business in Lodgepole for 11 years with a previous year in Chappell. Her decision to move to Sidney was because of the increased foot traffic she would have and “I outgrew my building and it was the right time. “I was waiting for my ki...
Note: This article was written from many different, but very reliable, historical sources. The collection of history comes from sources such as The City of Sidney, The University of Nebraska, the Official Nebraska Government, The Nebraska Historical Society and the Cheyenne County Historical Society’s websites. First in a series Saying Sidney has a colorful history would be an understatement. The many changes the town has seen from being a simple outpost established to protect against hostile N... Full story
