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  • Cheyenne County Chooses Spellers for State

    Forrest Hershberger, Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Jan 30, 2019

    Twenty-nine spellers and nearly as many rounds were needed for Cheyenne County schools to decide the two best spellers Thursday. West Elementary School again played host for the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee. Contestants represented Potter-Dix, Leyton, Sidney Middle School and West and North Elementary Schools. After 26 rounds of spelling, the top academic was decided. Words varied from the simple to the abstract and complicated. Some of the words were complicated because the phonetics, the...

  • NET Unwraps a Sweet Story About Chocolate in Nebraska

    Jan 30, 2019

    LINCOLN – NET's newest television documentary "Nebraska: The Chocolate Life" is a decadent journey about the sweets we love. It premieres on NET, Nebraska's PBS & NPR Stations, at 8 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 8. For most of its history, chocolate was consumed as a bitter beverage, but with the addition of cane sugar, it became a celebrated confection. "Nebraska: The Chocolate Life" traces the history of chocolate, follows its journey from pod to package and takes viewers across the state to meet p...

  • Throwdown Breakfast a Resounding Success

    Don Ogle, Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Jan 30, 2019

    There was some smack talk, a little bragging, and a lot of good food. That was the setting for what planners hope will be an annual event - the Throwdown Breakfast - showcasing the cooking talents of Cheyenne County's emergency services professionals. The Saturday contest was a fund raiser, this year for the Cheyenne County CERT Team, with proceeds going toward that team's goal of purchasing a tent to be used as a shelter and home base when the team is aiding other agencies in times of...

  • Century Students

    Jan 30, 2019