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Articles from the January 25, 2019 edition


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  • Kimball County Seeks Shared Veterans Service Officer

    Forrest Hershberger|Jan 25, 2019

    Kimball County is asking for help, in the office and service variety, from someone who is still finding his way in the process. The Cheyenne County Commissioners Tuesday met with Veteran Service Officer Fred Wiedeburg regarding a petition for assistance. Wiedeburg said Kimball County had contacted him about helping with the county's veterans. They have a veteran service officer. However, she is not certified. Wiedeburg said she will be attending the same classes he will this spring. One of the...

  • Robotics League Fills Sidney Gym with Excitement

    Don Ogle|Jan 25, 2019

    Young 4-H robotics students from across western Nebraska filled the West Elementary gym in Sidney Saturday to test their skills in the First Lego League Regional Championship. As part of the competition teams made presentations about their projects, then went through three rounds of hands-on competition where members programmed their small machines to perform tasks in timed events. Out of the competition, eight teams earned the right to compete in the Nebraska Championship, to be held at the...

  • 'Throwdown Breakfast' Saturday at Fairgrounds

    Forrest Hershberger|Jan 25, 2019

    Cheyenne County's first Throwdown Breakfast is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds 4-H Building. The Throwdown Breakfast is a cook-off competition between county emergency responders. Representatives from local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, ground and air emergency services, 911 Communications, Emergency Management and Sidney Regional Medical Center will compete for honors of cooking the best meal. The menu will include a variety of...

  • Missoula Children's Theatre Auditions Monday

    Forrest Hershberger|Jan 25, 2019

    Auditions are being held for “The Frog Prince” by the Missoula Children’s Theatre. Auditions will take place 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at the Sidney High School Fine Arts Center. Rehearsals for older students will begin immediately after auditions. Approximately 50 to 60 roles are available for local students. All students grades Kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Most students rehearse about four hours and 15 minut...

  • Sidney's Jacobsen Among UNK Students Named Finalists

    UNK Communications|Jan 25, 2019

    KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney will be well-represented at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards in New York City. UNK students are finalists in four categories in the annual competition, which includes campus radio stations from across the country. Austin Jacobsen and Evan Jones are finalists in the best football play-by-play and best sports pregame/postgame show categories for their broadcast of last year’s home football game versus Lindenwood and the “UNK Gameday” show, which also featured...

  • Laughing Lamb

    Jan 25, 2019

  • How 'Toxic' is Manhood?

    Forrest Hershberger|Jan 25, 2019

    The few seconds I’ve seen of the Gillette commercial doesn’t do much for the image of manhood. A row of men standing in front of charcoal grills as if that is their lot in life. They are cavemen in button-up shirts. Another clip is of two young boys fighting in the yard with apparent dads light-heartedly saying “boys will be boys.” Trying to conduct a little research, I find Toxic Masculinity is hidden in the realm of sociology defining and redefining genders. It would seem that any term us...

  • California's Farm Workers

    William H. Benson|Jan 25, 2019

    Michael Greenberg, reporter for the New York Review, examined California in two recent articles, the first in December on agriculture, and the second in January on housing’s high cost. In the first, he paints a stunning picture of agriculture in California’s San Joaquin Valley, a stretch of land “234 miles long and 130 miles wide,” with Stockton to the north and Bakersfield to the south. Greenberg writes, “Measured by yearly production, the San Joaquin Valley is one of the highest-value stretche...

  • Judy Rae Tilghman

    Jan 25, 2019

    Judy Rae Tilghman, 72, of Tabernash, CO passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born in Sterling, CO on April 19, 1946. She grew up in Peetz, CO and graduated from the Peetz High School in 1964 she then went on to attend beauty school and earned a degree as a beautician going on to practice cosmetology for many years. In 1967, Judy Sperry married Glenn Tilghman of Sidney, NE. In 1970 Judy, Glenn and their new son Glennie moved from Sidney...

  • Kellie Dawn (Sorge) Lippstrew

    Jan 25, 2019

    Kellie Dawn (Sorge) Lippstrew, 53, of Sidney, passed peacefully from this life and joined her mom in heaven on January 19, 2019. Private family services will be held. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday, January 24th from 1-7:00 P.M. Casket will be closed. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (stjude.org) in Kellie's memory. You may view Kellie's Book of Memories, leave condolences,...