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One candidate in the 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial Race stands above all others. Jim Pillen will best serve as our next Governor. He was raised on a small town farm in Platte County, Nebraska. After playing football for the Huskers and earning a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine, he became one of the largest pork entrepreneurs in Nebraska. Jim Pillen will fight federal overreach, provide new property tax relief, and limit spending. He will stand up to anti-agriculture regulations, value agriculture land fairly, and ensure competitive markets. Mr....
Sidney voters will to choose between five candidates for three seats on the Sidney City Council. The ballot has Paul Strommen, Brad Sherman, Marva P. Ellwanger, Brandon Bondegard and Tony Jones as seeking city council seats. There are three four-year terms to be decided and one two-year term created with the resignation of Joe Arterburn. City Manager David Scott said recently the deadline to apply for the two-year term is July 15 of this year. Ellwanger was appointed to fill Arterburn's seat...
The city of Sidney is in a dilemma, a conundrum if you will. When Bass Pro purchased Cabela's, real estate became a buyer's market. In many instances there was a house or more on nearly every block with a for sale sign. That was then. Since that time, the housing market has tightened and prices have increased. The dilemma is the city is also seeking economic development, which is a challenge without housing for the potential workers, and the existing residents of the Sidney area. In the April...
After over 30 years employed at KSID in Sidney, Lana Butts has decided to retire. Butts was born and raised in Sidney, and has been with the radio station since the 1980's. Butts also worked at the Sun-Telegraph, when it was known as The Daily Sun. She graduated from Sidney High School, and went right into the workforce. She spent her first 10 years after school working in retail, mostly for Western Drug. Through her affiliation with the Jaycees, she applied for a secretarial job with KSID only...
The United States missile defense system that dots the rural terrain north to Montana and North Dakota, including western Nebraska, and Colorado has been in the ground and at the ready for several years. Some of the systems have been in place since the 1960s. The United States Air Force has decided now is the time to upgrade the system. The question is what that will mean for local residents. The new system, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, named the Sentinel, is the Air Force's program to...
Plummer Insurance, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Prince-Empson Insurance. “We are excited to announce the sale of our agency to Andrew and the Plummer Insurance, Inc team.We know they are going to be active supporters of the community and take care of our clients as we have tried to care for them. Plummer Insurance represents all of our companies, plus several more to offer our customers the best coverage at the most affordable price in the marketplace. I have enjoyed my 45 years in the insurance business and look forward to helping i...
Wauneta Mae Eastman (Handley) was born to the late Arthur Ross and Gladys Dell Handley (Sellars), in Gurley, NE on December 15, 1929. She ended her fight with cancer on April 19, 2022. Wanda started her working career as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse east of Gurley, Nebraska and retired as a key-punch operator for the VA in Seattle, WA. Wanda was blessed with a large and loving family. She married Arthur Edward Eastman, on June 3, 1961 in Seattle, WA and went on to raise two lovely...
New research from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation shows that people who aren’t enrolled in college view cost as the greatest barrier. It’s not that folks don’t see the value in higher education, or that they question whether additional credentials would advance their careers. Among those who have never enrolled in college as well as those who enrolled at some point and paused, the perceived cost of tuition and fees was cited far more frequently than other factors. That should concern us for a...
Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to get to somewhere where it’s still safe from the bird flu. The avian (bird) flu has come to Nebraska. The bird flu has been especially bad in the eastern part of the state. Millions of birds are currently being euthanized in Eastern Nebraska. Nebraska has already experienced seven outbreaks of the bird flu this year. Most recently, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture discovered an outbreak in a flock of 2.1 million chickens in Knox County. W...
Since the trend of buying bottled water, the phrase “I never had to pay for that when I was young” surfaces occasionally. That same can be said about free speech. Who would have thought “free speech” comes with a price tag. I suspect some people are still reeling in shock. The unlikely rebel has changed sides, by perception at least. There’s this belief, assumption maybe, that if your bank account is several times the average worker you’re some variety of narcissist with little interest in...
If you want to provide educational opportunities for your children or grandchildren, you may want to consider investing in a 529 plan. In recent years, this plan has gotten more flexible, and potentially more powerful, than ever. A key benefit of a 529 plan is that earnings are generally tax free, provided the money is used for qualified educational expenses. As the owner of the plan, you can essentially name any beneficiary you want, and you’re free to change the beneficiary as needed. Contribution limits are quite high, so you can put away c...
Spring is upon us, and praying through a piece of nature helps us actively see how God’s hands are at work and how new life is coming out of winter’s hibernation. This devotion is from the Jesuit Spirituality Center. Praying with a ‘Piece of Nature’ Introduction A ‘piece of nature’ might be a pot plant, a bunch of flowers, something in your garden (if you have one), the contents of a window box or plant hanger, a bird feeder, something you see on your walk (such as a dandelion growing in a crack in the pavement), a shell, pinecone, or any othe...
Sidney’s Red Raider Boy’s Track and Field team continued their successful season last week with two wins, at the Best in the West Classic in Scottsbluff Tuesday, and at the Western Conference Meet in Sidney on Friday. Sidney continued their strong showings in the running events and relays, earning 19 total medals at the Best in the West, and following that effort up with 27 medals, nine of them gold, on Friday. The boy’s team placed first at the Best in the West with 128.5 points, follo...
Leyton's Warrior Boy's Golf team traveled to the Oshkosh Country Club to compete in the MAC Golf Tournament, and the Leyton boys team took top honors after a second playoff hole finally broke a tie with Garden County to give Leyton the win with 385 total strokes. Garden County placed second, also with a 385, followed by Bayard with a 409, Creek Valley with a 416, Suth Platte with a 511 and Potter-Dix with a 523. Leyton's Trenton Rushman led the field with a round of 88, besting Creek Valley's...
Leyton’s Warrior Track and Field teams traveled on Tuesday up to Scottsbluff to compete in the annual Best in the West Classic against the best track and field athletes in the region. Leyton’s boy’s team placed 11th overall, with 18 points while the girls team finished 12th with 23 overall points. Against powerhouse Class B teams like Sidney and Chadron, the Leyton boys held their own and were able to bring home a few medals. Junior Justin Ernest placed fifth in the 800 Meters with a time of 2:0...
Potter-Coyote Track and Field teams traveled up to Scottsbluff on Tuesday April 26 to compete against the best athletes in the region at the annual Best In The West Classic. The boys squad managed to earn 17th place with 9 overall points while the girls placed 21st with 2 points. The Sidney boys took top honors with 128.5 points, followed by Chadron with 94 points and Scottsbluff with 90.5 points. The Scottsbluff team took top honors for the girls with 89 points, followed by Torrington with 81...
The 2022 Legislative Session will go down in history as one of the Nebraska Unicameral’s finest. In just 60 days, the Legislature passed record tax relief, made critical public safety enhancements, and invested in generational water resource projects. As if this wasn’t enough, Senators also allocated $1.04 billion of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Here are some of the highlights of this historic session. Tax Relief The crowning achievement was tax relief. Heading into this sess...
Sharpshooters Black 4H Sara Allard: 23,21,23,18 final score 85 Kaleb Miller: 20,20,23,22 final score 85 Bodhi Brandt: 23,24,20,23 final score 90 Hunter Borges: 21,22,22,23 final score 88 Gauge Harcsa: 20,18,18,19 final score 75 TEAM SCORE: 423 Sharpshooters Ind 4H Colt Van Anne: 22,17,21,21 final score 81 Josette Mcconnell: 17,23,22,21 final score 83 Kellan Mathine: 15,14,14,11 final score 54 Ben Tuzica: 14,13,17,14 final score 58 Sharpshooters Ind 4H Emily Miller: 19,22,22 total 63 Kord...
Sidney senior Sawyer Dickman signed a letter of commitment to attend and play basketball for Concordia University this Fall. Dickman, flanked by his father Jim, and mother Angie, became very interested in Concordia after attending basketball camps during the summer at the University. Dickman was a team leader for the Red Raiders, leading the team to the Class B8 District Final game in his senior season. Dickman has earned scholarships and plans on majoring in Business Adminis...
The Master Chorale, under the direction of Don Johnson, with accompanist Mary L. Smith will present its 30th Spring concert on Sunday, May 8th at 4 p.m. in the Dorothy Corsberg Theater at Northeastern Junior College. In conjunction with the NJC Foundation, the Master Chorale will award another tuition scholarship to a deserving music student for the next semester. The first half of the program features Gabriel Faure's REQUIEM in seven parts with English text and editing by Mark Evans: beginning with Introit and Kyrie, then Offertorium with bari...
Who do you trust to tell you the truth? Would you know the truth if you heard it? What is the difference between “disinformation” and a “different point of view or belief”? Your answers to these questions will have a great deal of influence on who and what you believe in. We are hearing a great deal from certain characters in our federal government and mass news media about “disinformation”. They are so distraught over what they call “disinformation” they want to instigate (yes, I know what tha...
It may be said that time and chance happen to everyone. James 1:8 says it differently, “… a double minded man (who says one thing, does another) is unstable in all his ways…” And, there are those who discern the times and chance (gamble) all they are and all they own, for the greatest of all commodities: FREEDOM. Long before the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed, a Continental Army formed. You know their names: John Adams, Ben Franklin, John Glover, John Hancock, William Lee, Paul Re...
Almost two years ago, the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce announced a new president and CEO. McKailie Carnahan-Kuhns was selected as the new President/CEO, replacing Hope Feeney. Feeney and her husband Eamonn moved to the North Platte area for the Feeneys to teach at Maxwell High School. Feeney was hired as a business teacher at Maxwell High School and her husband Eamonn as head football coach. Carnahan-Kuhns came to the Chamber as a business owner. She has her own photography business. It...
Isaiah 66: 13 “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.” My mother was eighty-three years old at the time. That would have made the year 1994. She was still active; driving, going to church, going to stores and anywhere else she wanted. And to say her mind was in better shape than mine would have been an understatement. Dad had died 10 years previous. Mom was born in 1911 and would come up out of her grave and have words with me if she kne...
