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  • Smelly situation

    Courtney Fletcher|Jan 29, 2015

    A flood of raw sewage gushed from a sewer main onto a portion of gravel roadway on 18th Avenue near Elm Street on the north side of Sidney on Wednesday afternoon, causing a stir among nearby residents. Sidney's Public Services Director John Hehnke said sewage and toilet paper flooded onto the street in the residential neighborhood. "There was an unknown blockage in the sewer main and we're still trying to find out what blocked the main, but we were able to clear it," Hehnke said. With heavy...

  • V-I-C-T-O-R-Y: Sidney seventh-grader takes spelling bee crown for third straight year

    Courtney Fletcher|Jan 29, 2015

    T-H-R-E-E – P-E-A-T: three-peat Definition: to win a third consecutive victory. Used in a sentence: When Sidney Middle School seventh-grader Salena Petluri captured the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee title on Wednesday, it was a three-peat. For the third consecutive year, Petluri spelled her way to the top. Family, friends, teachers and three judges gathered in the West Elementary auditorium to anxiously see who would be Cheyenne County's ultimate speller. Twenty-four students from Sidney M...

  • Local 21st Century Equipment employees receive awards

    For The Sun-Telegraph|Jan 29, 2015

    Stephanie Barrett, a 21st Century Equipment employee, recently received advanced level recognition for the position of parts and service sales representative. She received a special plaque of recognition to honor her accomplishment. John Deere University credits are earned in various categories to ensure expertise in sales, service or parts departments of John Deere dealerships. The structure for this recognition is similar to achieving credit hours in a university. This ongoing training program is one of the tools used by 21st Century...

  • 8th annual Polar Bear Tank Race planned

    For The Sun-Telegraph|Jan 29, 2015

    MULLEN, Neb. – The Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway will hold the 8th Annual Polar Bear Tank Race on March 6-7 on the Middle Loup River north of Mullen. Teams of at least four members race down the river in metal stock tanks with winning teams determined by time. The event kicks off on Friday evening with team registration and a soup cook-off. Soup entries from communities along the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway are taste-tested by tank racers and winners selected in the categories of taste, theme and decorations. Tank race teams meet for b...

  • Dorwart make academic list at Nebraska Wesleyan

    For The Sun-Telegraph|Jan 29, 2015

    LINCOLN, Neb. – Sidney’s Elizabeth Ellen Dorwart made the Academic Honors List for the fall semester of the 2014-2015 academic year at Nebraska Wesleyan University. A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list....

  • Sidney's Sukup makes Peru State Dean's List

    For The Sun-Telegraph|Jan 29, 2015

    PERU, Neb. – Sidney’s Jordon Sukup, a junior at Peru State College, made the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester. To make the list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester, have completed at least 12 college credit hours during the past semester and have no incomplete grades for the semester....

  • Self-government and modernity

    William H. Benson, Columnist|Jan 29, 2015

    Historians rank Frederick Jackson Turner as one of the most noted of all American historians. In 1893, in Chicago at the American Historical Association, he delivered a paper he entitled The Significance of the Frontier in American History, and in it, he argued that the frontier shaped the American character. Turner insisted that on the frontier pioneers dropped their European characteristics and values, and picked up a respect for democracy, an intolerance of social hierarchy, a distrust of...

  • Community Calendar 01-29-15

    Jan 29, 2015

    Ongoing Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great Topics and food. Call Leslie @ 250-1113 if questions. Friday, Jan. 30 The Unboxed Theater Workshop will be held on Jan. 30 from 7-9 p.m. at the Sidney Fine Arts Center Performance Hall. An introduction to independent theater productions and a historical review of Commedia Delle’ Arte are planned. Saturday, Jan. 31 The Missoula Children’s Theater production of “The Wizard of Oz” will held Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Sid... Full story

  • Talking Sports: Let's look ahead to the district playoffs

    Stephen McKay, Sports Writer|Jan 29, 2015

    Just a few more days and the calendar gets turned over to February. It may be too early to start thinking about spring, even though the mercury climbed past 70 earlier this week. But February reminds us that the winter sports season is fast heading towards it's dramatic conclusion. There are just 15 days until the competition begins at district wrestling in Chadron. Three days later the girls of class D basketball get started with subdistricts and the boys a week later. Before President's Day...

  • UPCOMING SCHEDULE

    Jan 29, 2015

    Girls’ Basketball Friday, Jan. 30 Garden Co. at Creek Valley, 5 p.m. Sidney at Chadron, 5:30 p.m. Minatare at Leyton, 5:30 p.m. Prairie at Peetz, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 Pawnee at Peetz, 2 p.m. Leyton at Crawford, 3:30 p.m. Sidney at Hershey, 5 p.m. MST Potter-Dix at Minatare, 5:30 p.m. Boys’ Basketball Friday, Jan. 30 Garden Co. at Creek Valley, 6:30 p.m. Sidney at Chadron, 7 p.m. Minatare at Leyton, 7 p.m. Prairie at Peetz, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 Pawnee at Peetz, 3:30 p.m. Leyton at Crawford, 5 p.m. Sidney at Hershey, 6:30 p.m. MST Pot... Full story