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The Cheyenne County Commissioners Tuesday approved the purchase of a 2012 John Deere 770G and a 2013 Caterpillar 12 M2. In December, the commissioners opened bids for the purchase of a new maintainer. Bids ranged from a low of $135,900 for a 2010 John Deere 770G with 4,753 hours to a high of $245,000 for a 2018 Caterpillar 12 M2. The proposals include the trade-in of a 1991 Caterpillar for $46,800 against the 2012 John Deere 770G, and a 1990 Caterpillar with a trade value of $59,200 against the...
The 2018 year will include another chance for voters to decide their policy-makers and office holders. Deadlines are quickly approaching for voters and for candidates. On Jan. 14, voters can begin requesting an early voting ballot. The only requirement to be a voter in Nebraska is to be a United States citizen and a permanent resident of Nebraska; there is no minimum length of residency requirement. Also, residents can register to vote as young as 17 years of age, if they are 18 on or by...
There will be a changing of the guard in some elected positions next year, with at least two current office holders choosing not to file for re-election this year. For 41 years, 42 by the end of her term, Dianne Scott has served Cheyenne County residents in the treasurer’s office, with four terms as County Treasurer. Scott began as a part-time clerk, pulling license plates in 1976 when all plates were purchased in the first two months of the year. Registrations, titles and other paperwork run t...
Results of the 2017 variety trials for dry edible beans conducted by the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center have been posted on the Nebraska Extension CropWatch website. The direct link for variety trial results for both peas and beans is http://cropwatch.unl.edu/varietytest/othercrops. Or, navigate to the Other Crops Variety Trials page from the main Cropwatch page (ht...
Bernice T. Niemoller, age 98 of Sidney, NE passed away at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, NE, Monday, January 1, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 8th with a Rosary Service at 10:00 A.M., Monday prior to Mass. Both services will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Burial will follow the Mass in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made in Bernice’s name to the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chape...
LINCOLN - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) completed a special enforcement over the holidays focused on removing drunk drivers from the road. The "You Drink & Drive, You Lose" campaign was held in conjunction with dozens of other law enforcement agencies in Nebraska and many more throughout the country. During the enforcement, which ran from December 15 to January 1, NSP troopers removed 63 drivers from the road for Driving While Intoxicated and four for Driving Under the Influence...
Cheyenne County has a building needing some work and the commissioners are seeking bids for the work. The Cheyenne County Commissioners announced Tuesday they are advertising for bids to remodel the building at 921 Hickory St. in Sidney. The building is presently unoccupied and current county offices for the location have not been determined. The county is planning a pre-bid conference with the project coordinator, scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, in the commissioners meeting room. The dead...
Farmers in western Nebraska grow a number of pulse crops, grains that are harvested for their dry seed. Dry edible beans is the common example, which has long been a part of the crop rotation under irrigation. In recent years farmers have been planting increasing acres of other pulses such as field peas, chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans), black-eyed peas (cowpeas), and soybeans. Growing and marketing these alternative pulse crops is the focus of a Pulse Crop Workshop scheduled for Jan. 17, 2018, at Prairie Winds Community Center in...
As I write this, there is a strange quietness in our house. All the Christmas gifts have been opened, the New Year welcomed and family members have returned to their homes and their lives. Yet, there is a sense of warmth that remains from that special time with family, as we rejoiced in the birth of the Christ Child and the New Year God gave to us Christmas and the New Year are a good time for Christians to reflect on what God has done for us and all creation. He began by creating us and making us precious in His sight. ….and He has a plan f...
I get some of my best ideas drinking coffee. I get good ideas drinking whiskey, too, but I forget them before I can write them down. I was drinking coffee in the office yesterday morning, instant coffee in a cup with a Christmas tree and the “Peanuts” character Snoopy on the side, when I came up with the best idea I’ve had since I decided to stop smoking cigars around my wife. Well, actually, the cigar idea was hers, but I got on board with it pretty quickly. What I want to do is change the Constitution of the United States of America, of which...
1) In 2018, a. the Democrats will win control of the House of Representatives. b. the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. c. President Donald Trump will provoke the use of the 25th Amendment by his Cabinet to remove him temporarily from office. d. the key issue in the congressional races will be whether or not to impeach President Trump. 2) At the end of 2018, a. more American troops will be deployed around the world than are today. b. the United States will be directly involved in a land war in North Korea. c. the United States...
