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What started out as an interest in the process and trying to stay informed, is closing after nearly a decade of service. Now in his tenth year on the Sidney City Council, councilman Joe Arterburn has decided to do something else. In the closing minutes of the January 25 city council meeting, Arterburn announced his plan to resign and submission of a formal letter that he is stepping down. He plans for his last council meeting to be February 22. “I would like to thank the voters of Sidney for p...
Vincent C. Havorka Jr., age 99, went to catch his T-time at the most beautiful golf course he could ever dream of, on January 25, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, February 3, 2022 at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney, NE with Pastor Chad Rademacher officiating. Inurnment will take place in Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with full military honors. Services will be recorded and available on our website for viewing. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel...
This story is reprinted in memory of Vincent Havorka who died Jan. 25, 2022, at the age of 99. “Go west, young man” must have been ringing in the ears of Vincent Havorka (Vince). After graduating from high school in northeastern Nebraska, he made his way to California. It was late in 1940. He looked for jobs and found a good one with Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Vince liked his work there where he worked on assembling the P-38 and 414 Hudson Bombers. He developed some metal-smithing ski...
What areas of Sidney should be defined as "blighted," and what areas should be removed from the blighted definition? That is a question proposed to the Sidney City Council on Jan. 26. Bobbi Pettit, Five Rule Rural Planning of Kearney, explained to the city council with City Manager David Scott how the city can have no more than 33 percent of the city defined as blighted. Pettit said cities like Sidney need to consider when to designate an area blighted, and when to "de-blight" a neighborhood. A...
A favorite Lincoln biographer of mine is Carl Sandburg. In 1926, he published a two-volume work, Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years, and then in 1939, he published a four-volume work, Abraham Lincoln, The War Years. This latter work won Sandburg the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1940. Although fellow historians have pointed out that Sandburg did a poor job citing his sources, his readers find his biography “exhaustively researched, and magnificently illuminating.” One reviewer called the six...
After some diligent investigation over a rather short period of time (I’m trying to emulate a federal in depth investigation) I have researched and assembled a somewhat limited dictionary of liberal verbiage, also known as jabberwocky. The first recorded use of jabberwocky was by Lewis Carrol in 1872. Since then the proliferation of the technique of jabberwocking has been expanded and refined. In modern times the usage of jabberwocky has been taken to new heights1 of wocking2 by liberal p...
Are you expecting a tax refund this year? If so, what will you do with it? Of course, the answer largely depends on the size of your refund. For the 2020 tax year, the average refund was about $2,800, according to the Internal Revenue Service. But whether your refund this year will be about that size, smaller or larger, you can find ways to benefit from the money. Here are some possibilities: • Contribute to your IRA. You’ve got until April 18 to fully fund your IRA for the 2021 tax year. But if you’ve already reached the maximum for 2021,...
We may not be what we say we are, but what we say is what we really are! Sounds like a lot of double talk, but there is a bit of truth in this statement. James Chapter three almost exclusively deals with one of the most practical issues of life having to do with the tongue. It has been said, that no matter how hard we try to hide it, eventually, we will reveal our true self through what we say. “If anyone can control his tongue, it proves that he has perfect control over himself in every other way. We can make a large horse turn around and g...
The annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Plains Ag Lab Research Update and Advisory Board Meeting is scheduled for Feb. 9 at the Western Nebraska Community College campus in Sidney. The latest results from crop and livestock research at HPAL, as well as administrative and business updates, will be shared with the HPAL advisory board and the public. The morning session starts with coffee and doughnuts at 8:30 a.m. at 371 South College Drive. After lunch, the HPAL Advisory Committee will meet. The public is welcome. For more information...
LINCOLN – Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and allied industries will learn new information related to feedlot price reporting, health, labor and sustainability at Nebraska Extension’s 2022 Beef Feedlot Roundtables Feb. 22-24 in Bridgeport, North Platte and West Point. University representatives will speak on new price reporting and risk production strategies, and economic impact of feedlots and the beef industry in Nebraska. As traditional, a portion of the event will be focused on feedlot cattle health with presentations by uni...
(La Vista, NE) The 64th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition was held January 25-26, 2022 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska. This day and a half event consisted of educational training on Agricultural Budgeting, Carbon Markets and Nitrogen Stabilizers and a show of vendor exhibits. The association also welcomed Congressman Don Bacon from Nebraska’s Second District to the Directors’ and Industry Awards Reception. The Nebraska Agri-Business Association (NeABA) honored industry leaders at its annual con...
The public hearing for my priority bill has been set at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln for Thursday, February 3, 2022 beginning at 1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the hearing and to testify in person. LR 264 CA is my priority bill. LR 264 CA is a resolution for a constitutional amendment for the consumption tax. Before the consumption tax can ever become law in Nebraska, the voters must vote to amend the Nebraska State Constitution. LR 264 CA contains the ballot language that...
Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams hosted the Chadron Cardinals Friday night, and both Sidney teams were unable to get past good defensive performances by the Cardinals and lost their games. It was Senior Night, and the Cardinals came in looking to spoil the event starting with the girls' contest. The first quarter of the girls' game was well played by both sides, with both defenses slowing the scoring in the opening minutes of the game until both teams started to have success shooting from...
Potter-Dix basketball resumed play after the MAC Tournament, with the girls matching up against Prairie in New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday and both the boys and girls teams matching up with Minatare on Saturday. The girls traveled on Tuesday to New Raymer to play against the Prairie Lady Mustangs. Potter-Dix gave a big effort, but the Lady Mustangs were able to open a lead and hold off the Lady Coyotes' offense. Potter-Dix threatened to go on a roll a few times, but the Prairie girls shut them...
Leyton's Lady Warrior team had a busy week coming off the MAC Tournament, with games on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. On Tuesday, they hosted the Banner County Lady Wildcats, and had no trouble earning the win. After a 22 point explosion in the first period, the Lady Warriors cruised the rest of the way for an easy 69-to-13 win. The scoring for Leyton was lead by the freshman tandem of Zaili Benish with 22 points and Shawnee Gamble with 17 points. On Friday the team traveled to Minatare to...
Leyton's Warrior Boys Basketball team kept up the momentum and won three games over the week to move their record to 13-and-2. The Warriors started on Tuesday hosting Banner County, and the Wildcats stood no chance, going down 33-to-4 at the half. Leyton kept up the pressure until the running clock was enabled, then cruised the rest of the way and picked up the 62-to-12 victory. Junior Dillon Juelfs led the scoring with 14 points in the victory. On Friday the Warriors traveled to Minatare, and...
Creek Valley's Storm Boys Basketball team continued to struggle, with two more losses this week to move their season record to 1-and-15. On Tuesday they traveled to match up against the Sutherland Sailors, and a tight defensive first period ended with Creek Valley trailing 8-to-7. However, Sutherland picked up the pace in the second quarter, scoring 16 points to give the Sailors a 24-to-13 lead at halftime. Again the Sailors had a big quarter in the third, and continued to score in the fourth,...
Creek Valley senior Eli Schmidt has committed to Concordia University, and will make the jump from 6-Man Football to 11-Man Football at the college level this Fall. Schmid was swayed by Concordia’s excellent facilities and the “family culture” that is built-in with their program, and plans on studying Public Health and Fitness. Schmid plans on becoming a strength and conditioning coach after college. Schmid accumulated impressive statistics in his football career with the Storm, with over 2,200...
It was two duals and an invitational on Saturday for the Sidney Red Raider Wrestling team, and at the end of the week, the team could look back at the good results they achieved over the week. On Tuesday the Red Raiders hosted the Alliance Bulldogs for a dual at the Perfoming Arts Center, and won the competition by a final score of 55-to-15. On Friday the team traveled to Valentine for a dual, and were bested 40-to-32 at the end of the competition. Sidney then competed at the Ainsworth...
Sidney Police Department Jan. 27 3:13 a.m., Medical Call, 1100 block 7th Avenue. 7:51 a.m., Traffic Stop, Sidney High School. 7:57 a.m., Traffic Stop, 9th Avenue and Illinois Street. 8:08 a.m., Motorist Assist, 17J Link and Andrew Drive. 9:13 a.m., Animal Call, 1100 block Spruce Street. 9:22 a.m., Motorist Assist, Jennifer Lane and 17J Link. 9:52 a.m., Suspicious Vehicle, 1200 block Village Way. 10:03 a.m., Follow-Up, Cheyenne County Impound. 10:04 a.m., Parking Complaint, 900 block 19th Avenue. 10:36 a.m., Animal Call, 2400 block El Rancho Roa...
When the concept of chicken and waffles came out, my first thought was somewhere in time a family, probably a mom struggling to assemble a family dinner, combined what was left from the night before with what remained in the pantry. The same could probably be said when steak and eggs were introduced in the morning I can almost hear the “Well, we’ve never done this before but what the heck,” or “This is what we have so this is what’s for dinner (or supper depending on the region).” It became c...
TSUGIO “TUGO” YOSHIMOTO, 97 of Sedgwick, passed away January 26, 2022, at the Sedgwick County Nursing Home in Julesburg. Tugo was born June 16, 1924, at Sedgwick, Colorado, to Hideichi and Hide (Toyota) Yoshimoto. He graduated from Ovid High School. Tugo’s family farmed north of Sedgwick for many years. He was one of the last farmers in the county to employ a team of horses for his farming operations. He was proud of his farm and was honored when his beet crop was named one of the “High Ten” for Great Western Sugar. In 1949, Tugo married Elsie...
