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Sidney resident Ada Johnson celebrated her 104th birthday on Sunday. She was born and raised in Cheyenne County on a ranch about 25 miles south of Sidney with her parents and three older sisters. "I had a delightful childhood. We had to be creative and think of our own games, we didn't have all this stuff to buy like kids do now. It's funny because my three older sisters all aspired to be teachers when we were kids and that's why one of our main games was always school and I had to be the...
The Sidney Red Raiders' Jake Heeren poses with Dion Turner after several Raiders' players presented him with a signed basketball for his 11th birthday....
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 15.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.13 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 12.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.17 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were $1.05 per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 11 cents per gallon h...
Dale E. Buhrdorf, 72 of Scottsbluff and former Cheyenne County resident, passed away Sat., Feb. 7, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Dale’s care and funeral arrangements....
Carol Spencer, 89 of Gering and longtime Potter resident, passed away at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Sat., Feb. 7, 2015. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Carol’s care and funeral arrangements....
Earline Cox, 91 of Sidney, passed away Wed., Feb. 4, 2015 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wed., Feb. 11th in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. A memorial is being established. You may view Earline's Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt...
Jerilynn M. "Jeri" Childers, 72 of Sidney, passed away Thurs., Feb. 5, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tues., Feb. 10th in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Hall officiating. Cremation will follow with graveside services at a later date. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday from 1 to 7 p.m. with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Jeri's name to the American Heart Association or the Dorwart Cancer...
Lyle L. Shaw, 86 of Dix, died at the Kimball County Manor on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tues., Feb. 10, 2015 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball with Father James Joseph officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 9, 2015 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Lyle's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have...
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. The Nebraska Master Gardener Program is offering classes for those interested in horticulture on Tuesday nights, from Feb. 3 through March 10 from 5:30-8 p.m. at Western Nebraska Community College’s Sidney campus. Class topics include: water wise landscapes, tree pruning, beneficial insects and insect pests, wildlife damage and more. Participants must pre-register for the c...
Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots on just one question. But it’s a big decision that’ll impact the Sidney community for decades to come. The time is now to vote “yes” for the bond that’ll create the funds for a new elementary school to house students in kindergarten through 4th grade. The need to provide a school with the space, technology and amenities for our youngsters to receive a 21st Century education is too overwhelming to ignore. The new school – to be situated on donated land on the east side of town – w...
One of the pleasures of traveling to the various winter conference meetings and summer field days I attend is getting introduced to some real innovative producers and researchers who strive to really make a difference in modern production agriculture. Last week, I visited about our tour to Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, S.D., and the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District, in Bismarck, N.D. Dwayne Beck, farm manager for Dakota Lakes, and Jay Furher, head of the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District, are two of the innovative...
The 2015 federal grazing fee, which is determined annually through a Congressionally-mandated formula, will increase by $0.34 on March 1. The fee applies to more than 8,000 permits administered by the U.S. Forest Service and nearly 18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The 2015 fee will be $1.69 per head month (HM) or animal unit month (AUM) for lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, respectively. An HM or AUM, which are treated as equivalent measures for fee purposes,...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – Like a good heavyweight fight, it took a little while for the Sidney and Scottsbluff boys' basketball teams to get a feel for each other on Saturday night. After trading punches in a sloppy opening eight minutes, the Bearcats' Dru Kuxhausen landed a few knockout punches that Sidney ultimately couldn't recover from. Scottsbluff posted a 70-56 victory in front of a loud and packed home gym, snapping the Red Raiders' 12-game winning streak. Sidney slipped to 17-3 this season – w...
While the Sidney High boys' team took advantage of a technical foul call late in the game at Gering on Jan. 9 to eek out a two-point victory, the Red Raiders gave themselves more room for error the second time around. Though Gering made it interesting in the third quarter, the Raiders pulled away in the fourth to earn a 54-42 win over the Bulldogs at the Cabela's Athletic Facility on Friday night in a Class B District-6 matchup. The win marked the Raiders 12th straight – a school record. After t...
The Peetz Bulldogs boys basketball team won a pair of 1A North Central League games over the weekend to up their league record to 7-2 and 10-5 overall. On Friday night at Carlile Gymnasium, the Bulldogs dominated the second half on their way to a 79-47 win over the Briggsdale Falcons (1-15, 0-8). On Saturday at Weldona, Colorado the Bulldogs turned back the Weldon Valley Warriors 57-41. The Warriors record has dropped to 4-14 on the season with a 2-7 league mark. Casey Barrett hit eight...
Girls’ Basketball Tuesday, Feb. 10 Leyton at Bayard, 5 p.m. Creek Valley at Perkins Co., 5:30 p.m. Peetz at Potter-Dix, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 Leyton at Garden County, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 Peetz at Caliche, 5 p.m. Chadron at Sidney, 5:30 p.m. Creek Valley at South Platte, 5:30 p.m. Banner County at Potter-Dix, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 Sidney at Mitchell, 3:30 p.m. Peetz at Sedgwick Co., 5:30 p.m. Boys’ Basketball Tuesday, Feb. 10 Leyton at Bayard, 6:30 p.m. Creek Valley at Perkins Co., 7 p.m. Peetz at Potter-Dix, 7:30 p.m. Fri...
Friday Sidney 54, Gering 42 Gering 8 7 19 8 – 42 Sidney 15 6 14 19 – 54 GERING (42) – Esai Hernandez 12, Austin Hoffman 11, Joses Palomo 10, Brent Barge 6, Kraiger Ebbers 2, Sonny Salazar 1. SIDNEY (54) – Tyler Wintholz 16, Lane Harvey 13, Cutter O’Connell 10, Jake Heeren 9, Brady Radcliffe 3, Cody Frerichs 2, Jared Ross 1. Peetz 79, Briggsdale 47 Briggsdale 6 18 9 14 – 47 Peetz 14 19 25 21 – 79 BRIGGSDALE (79) – Not available. PEETZ (47) – Casey Barrett 24, Logan Sircy 11, Cody Wilson 10, Bradey Holtz 9, Garrin Cox 8, Jordan Nelson 7, Brian R...
While Scottsbluff put a stop to Sidney's five-game winning streak back on Jan. 23, the Lady Raiders responded with the perfect solution – start another five-game winning streak. Rather than being the terminus of an unbeaten streak, the Lady Bearcats (6-9, 6-1) were this time around the continuation of one. The Raiders (14-6, 5-1) earned their fifth consecutive win by avenging their only district loss of the season with a 47-27 win over Scottsbluff at the Cabela's Athletic Facility Saturday n...
If there was any doubt that a pair of late first-half field goals by Sidney Lady Raiders' Annalise Lecher and Emily Mahr on Friday night were the enough to put the locals ahead for good, Maddie Stafford made sure when the second half opened. Powered by an 18-4 run that spanned two halves, the Raiders went on to post a 37-27 win over district rival Gering at the Cabela's Athletic Facility to earn their fourth consecutive victory. The win advanced the Raiders record to 13-6 on the eve of their...
The Leyton Lady Warriors (8-10) overcame a seven point first-quarter deficit to post a 45-40 victory over the Creek Valley Lady Storm (6-10) on Friday at Chappell in a non-district contest. The Warriors fell behind 13-6 after eight minutes but rallied to take a 22-20 halftime lead. Leyton was able to add an addtional three points to its margin over the third eight minutes before fighting to an 11-11 draw over the final period. Kaitlyn Berner was tops in scoring for the Warriors with 13 points...
Friday Sidney 37, Gering 27 Gering 6 6 4 11 – 27 Sidney 5 11 12 9 – 37 GERING (27) -– Kaylee Spreier 11, Ashlyn Schultz 7, Katie Martinez 3, Mariah Conn 2, Allie Boggs 2, Sam Rahmig 2. SIDNEY (37) – Maddie Stafford 10, Kelsey Knight 9, Emily Mahr 9, Savanna Rosenbaum 3, Vanessa Riley 2, Annalise Lecher 2, Maddi Porter 1, Leilani Carrasco Ashley Stafford 1. Briggsdale 52, Peetz 33 Briggsdale 17 11 12 12 – 52 Peetz 12 8 2 11 – 33 BRIGGSDALE (52) – Darian Hale 14, Brianne Schneider 11, Jodel Erickson 11, Amber Thormodsgard 7, Susanne Sutto...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes continued their strong season with a 54-28 win over the Garden County Lady Lady Eagles at Oshkosh in a non-district contest on Friday night. The Coyotes (14-3) jumped out to a 14-3 lead after the first quarter and held a 27-11 advantage at the half on their way to the lopsided victory. Potter-Dix will host cross-state rival Peetz on Tuesday at about 6 p.m....
The Peetz Lady Bulldogs (7-8, 4-5) split a pair of 1A North Central League games over the weekend with a 39-33 win on the road over Weldon Valley (2-16, 1-8) on Saturday and a 52-33 loss at home to Briggsdale (12-4, 6-2) on Friday night. While the Bulldogs were competitive throughout much of the game against the Briggsdale Lady Falcons at Carlile Gymnasium, a cold third quarter put them in a hole they couldn’t climb out of. The Bulldogs trailed 28-20 at the half but 10 more points were added to their deficit with a 12-2 third sealing their f...
Considering they went undefeated in duals this season, perhaps it was fitting that the Sidney Red Raiders' wrestlers finished their regular-season schedule with a dominating dual performance over district rival Gering Friday night. While battling the Bulldogs on their home mat, Sidney outpointed Gering 61-18 to finish the 2014-15 season a perfect 11-0 in one-on-one team matches. On their way to victory, the Raiders won four matches by forfeit and came out on top in six of the nine contested...
