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The Nebraska Wesleyan University choir performed in Sidney on Wednesday night. The concert was held at the First United Methodist Church and was a stop on the choir's three-state tour. The choir is a 46-voice ensemble. William A. Wyman has conducted the group for 41 years, and Tamara Riley Wyman serves as its pianist....
The Sidney High School choir will be sojourning to Los Angeles in May for a music competition, performances and sightseeing. Choir teacher David Mead said he plans big trips for the students every few years. "I try to go every four years with the choir to a competition," he said. "The last place we went was Chicago, and before that, it was New York – and we've gone to Washington, D.C., Kansas City and to Denver." Travelling out of state allows the choir to measure itself against national c...
A comprehensive rate review of Sidney's electric utility is moving forward. At a Sidney City Council meeting in November, Andrew Ross, of the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool, presented an overview of the public utility's current financial status and projected future growth. Ross returned to a council meeting this week, seeking direction. The rate review examines the utility's current revenue and expense sources, as well as estimating what those numbers could be in coming years. The review will be...
Ongoing A memorial account has been set up at American National Bank (Main Bank and Drive up locations) for Tabitha Davis. Donations can be made to: “Tabitha Davis Memorial Fund” to help defray expenses and to benefit twin daughters “Emmersynne Joy & Ellyeaunnah Grace”. … Saturday, Jan. 16 A benefit pancake feed and 5K for Deuel County Sheriff Deputy Mike Hutchinson will be held at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. The pancake feed starts at 7 a.m., followed by a 5K walk at 8 and run at 8:15. Hutchinson was shot several times and seriously... Full story
Ten students with local ties were named to the dean’s list at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the fall 2015 semester. Sidney students named to the dean’s list include Ashley Stafford, Meghan Wiedeburg, Michaela Flick, Sara Wright, Chase Harmon, Thomas Arellano, Madisen Stafford and Sara Von Seggern. Rachael Ernest of Dalton and Alex Humpfer of Lodgepole were also named to the dean’s list. Students who are on the dean’s list must have completed 12 credit hours or more of classes with a 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. Dean’s list stud...
Dear Editor, The president waxed long and evasive Tuesday night in his annual address. The topics ranged from distortions to downright lies over more than an hour. Here is a man who has spent over $3 million to keep his records at colleges and others from being released and whose birthday record, which was released after much procrastination, was a phony, altered on a computer, which of course was not in existence at the time of his birth. He stated that the nation’s economy was in good shape and improving when he has presided over the g...
BASKETBALL Thursday, Jan. 14 Creek Valley at Paxton 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 Leyton at Potter-Dix 4 p.m. Sidney at Ogallala 5:30 p.m. Fleming (Colo.) at Peetz (Colo.) 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 Potter-Dix at Hay Springs 1 p.m. Lexington at Sidney 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 Leyton at Potter-Dix (boys only) 6:30 p.m. Banner County at Creek Valley (boys only) 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Peetz (Colo.) at Sedgwick County (Colo.) 4 p.m. Minatare at Potter-Dix (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Garden County at Creek Valley (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Banner County at...
The Minuteman Activities Conference boys and girls basketball tournament is on tap next week. The first two days of the tournament are played at the home sites of the higher seeds - Monday for the boys and Tuesday for the girls - before moving to Sidney for the semifinals and finals. The semifinals and finals will be played at the Sidney Middle School Gym. On Monday, the boys tournament gets underway with four 6:30 p.m. contests. A pair of familiar foes match up to begin tournament play as...
