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Last month, North Elementary School teacher Judi Roach was named the 2016 Teacher of the Year by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, one of two teachers in the state to receive the honor. Last Friday, she expected to receive the honor through a Skype call in the early afternoon with Courtney Schaardt, manager of outreach education with the foundation. Unfortunately for her, the school had scheduled an assembly in the gym at that same time. To her surprise, however, Schaardt,...
There has been a time change to Tuesday's sendoff activity for the Sidney boys basketball team. The community event at Dude's Steakhouse on Tuesday, which was previously set to start at 6:30 p.m., has been moved to 6 p.m. The change was made to allow attendees to also attend the Sidney High School band concert, which is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday's sendoff event, sponsored by Day & Night Plumbing, is open to the public. Raider players and coaches will be present, and there will be posters available...
A public hearing and presentation regarding the 2016 one-year and six-year street improvement plan will be held during Tuesday's regular meeting of the Sidney City Council. The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. at city hall, located at 1115 13th Avenue. According to state statute 39-2115, each municipality "shall develop and file with the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards a long-range, six-year plan of street improvements based on priority of needs and calculated to contribute to...
Just over 70 Democrats filled the room at the Cheyenne County Community Center in Sidney on Saturday for the presidential caucus, and local party members voted for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Voters in Cheyenne County joined Democrats in the state's other 92 counties in selecting delegates for the state convention. Sanders won 57.1 percent of the vote statewide, compared to 42.9 percent for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In Cheyenne County, there were 44 votes for Sanders...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 8.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.92 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.81 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 49.9 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 18.5 cents per gallon...
Ongoing The Elks Lenten Fish Fry will be held every Friday between Feb. 19 through March 25, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., located at 1040 Jackson St. in Sidney. … A memorial account has been set up at American National Bank (Main Bank and Drive up locations) for Tabitha Davis. Donations can be made to: “Tabitha Davis Memorial Fund” to help defray expenses and to benefit twin daughters “Emmersynne Joy & Ellyeaunnah Grace”. … UPCOMING Registration for kindergarten students attending Sidney Public Schools for the 2016-2017 school year will be held every...
Over the past four weeks I have had the good fortune to travel to four regional conservation agriculture meetings. These meetings are all billed as no-till meetings in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska. What we have learned over the years is that no-till is a tool used in conservation agriculture but is not the “end all” to soil health. All of these meetings are focused on improving the health and performance of the soil which we work with on our farms and ranches. Improving soil health is the end goal in conservation agriculture and using no-...
