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After nearly a year of study and discussion, an electric master plan for Sidney is nearer to completion. At the city council meeting this week, councilors heard possible options for expanding electrical capacity near Interstate 80 and the eastern part of the city, as well as increasing redundancy systemwide. In an interview, City Manager Gary Person explained the need for a master plan. “Anytime we do major utility upgrades, we try to master plan it to where we’re not making intermediary types of decisions that might adversely affect us lon...
Sidney artist Paul Adkinson's painting "Winter's End" has been selected to be in the Museum of Nebraska Art's 2015 calendar. It's featured for the month of March. Adkinson is a self-taught artist who learned to paint by reading books, experimenting with different methods and mediums and by taking workshops taught by nationally recognized artists. "I didn't get an education in art," Adkinson said. "It really started as a hobby." Adkinson's wife, Beverly, said that it was recommended by a doctor...
Following an accreditation review last spring that gave the Sidney Public School District high marks in most areas – but also identified two places where improvements could be made – the district continues to make strides. Technology infrastructure and a mentoring program for new teachers have been formalized and implemented in the months following the review. Nebraska state statue requires all schools to be accredited. Every five years, schools must undergo a formal, comprehensive review. Last March, an accreditation team visited all Sid...
The Sidney Public Library is displaying art from Creek Valley, Sidney, Leyton and Potter-Dix schools. Currently on display is art by the fifth- and sixth-graders from Creek Valley. Their art will be displayed until Feb. 28. Sidney's art will be displayed from March 2-14, Leyton's from March 30-April 11 and Potter-Dix's from April 13-25.... Full story
William "Bill" Mackey Platz, 60, resident of Mitchell died Monday, Feb. 23, 2015 at his home under hospice care. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Mitchell. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday evening with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. A Memorial Fund has been established to Bishop Dudley Hospitality House, Mitchell Fusion, the First United Methodist Church mission trips and Avera Queen... Full story
Linda May Wilkins, passed away at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo., Wed., Feb. 25, 2015. Funeral arrangements for Linda are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of handling Linda’s service arrangements.... Full story
Mary Ann Baack, 86, a long time Sidney resident, passed away in Overland Park, Kan., Wednesday morning Feb. 25, 2015. Cremation has been held. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Mon., March 9th in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of handling Mary Ann’s service arrangements.... Full story
Alice Carol Spencer, 89 of Gering and longtime Potter resident, passed away at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Sat., Feb. 7, 2015. Friends and family are invited to gather and share memories at 11:30 a.m., Sat., March 7th in the Prairie West Church Fellowship Hall. Private family burial will be in the Potter Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Carol’s memory to the Potter Rescue Unit, Potter Prairie West Church or to a memorial of the donor’s choice. A complete obituary will be published next week. Gehrig-Stitt Cha... Full story
Ongoing Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Dates of Lenten soup suppers & Lenten worship services are Feb. 24, Mar. 4, 11, 18 & 25 Lenten Soup suppers are every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Lenten worship services are every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 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 at (308) 250-1113 with questions. A Parkinson’s support group the for Western Nebraska area meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Epi... Full story
To learn a second language is difficult, if not impossible. At an early age, a child learns to think in his or her first language, and so his or her brain is set, hardwired for that first language. After that, an adolescent or an adult cannot stop thinking in that first language and begin thinking in a second or third. Thus, most people fail to learn a second language, despite loads of willpower and intense study. One guy said, after years of living in the Orient, “I am just not that good at l...
Grover Cleveland Alexander was born, raised and died in Nebraska. If you’re a baseball fan with just a rudimentary knowledge of the game’s history, you’ve heard of Alexander. In honor of today being the 128th anniversary of Alexander’s birth, this space revisits the great Nebraskan right-hander. He is rated third by the Omaha World Herald on its “Nebraska’s Top 100 Athletes” list. Only great’s Bob Gibson and Gayle Sayers are ahead of him. While there are lots of other great athletes on the list, maybe none were so gritty or tortured as Ale...
STERLING, Colo. – For much of the first half, the fifth-seeded Peetz Lady Bulldogs (8-12) stayed within growling distance of the No. 4 Briggsdale Lady Falcons 15-5). But then the Falcons' Darian Hale caught fire. With 23 points, all scored in the second half, Hale led the Falcons to a 53-33 win over the Bulldogs at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling in a quarterfinal game of the Colorado 1A District 4 playoffs Wednesday night. In the other quarterfinal games, No. 2 Fleming had little t...
GIRLS’ B-6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Girls’ Basketball B-6 District Tournament At Gering High School Monday, Feb. 23 No. 4 Gering 37, No. 5 Alliance 35 Thursday, Feb. 26 At McCook Community College No. 1 Sidney (16-7) vs. No. 4 Gering (6-18), 4 p.m. MST No. 3 McCook (6-17) vs. No. 2 Scottsbluff (8-12), 5:30 p.m. MST Friday, Feb. 27 *At McCook Community College Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. MST (*Will be played at McCook C.C. if McCook reaches the final. If McCook is eliminated, the higher seed will host). BOYS’ B-6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BOYS’ Basketb... Full story
The Sidney High School girls' basketball team will play Scottsbluff tonight for a spot in the Nebraska Class B state tournament. The game will tip today at 6:30 p.m. at the Cabela's Athletic Facility Sidney. The top-seeded Lady Raiders (17-7) defeated Gering 26-19 Thursday night in a semifinal. Second-seeded Scottsbluff (9-12) downed McCook 48-39 in the other semi. The eight-team state tournament will be played in Lincoln from March 5-7.... Full story
