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Officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons from throughout Nebraska gathered in Sidney on Friday afternoon to perform a cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Sidney Regional Medical Center hospital. Two dozen people were on hand to watch the ceremony, including SRMC's CEO Jason Petik and Sidney City Councilor Joe Arterburn....
October is a time to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month and celebrate the lives of those who have overcome the disease or are still battling it. Alice Macht, a cosmetology professor at Western Nebraska Community College's Sidney campus, found a way to give back to the community by hosting a free spa day for cancer survivors, as well as those still going through treatment. The cosmetology program at WNCC in Sidney will be hosting its second annual cancer survivor spa day. Macht started the...
Nineteen people were killed in traffic accidents on the state’s roadways during September, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Roads. There were 27 fatalities on the roads in September 2014. Last month, the 19 fatalities occurred in 18 crashes. In those accidents, 13 of the 14 vehicle occupants who died were not wearing safety belts. None of the fatalities occurred on interstate roads, with 10 happening on non-interstate highways and nine on local roads. Six of the fatalities occurred involved vehicles that overturned. F...
"How do you do that?" That is a phrase often heard by artists, as if creating something magical. But most artists have studied techniques and have done a lot of practicing to get to the place where they are today in their art. That's the approach taken by Cindi Egging, who was selected as the "Artist of the Mont" for October by the Cheyenne County Art Guild. Egging said she once thought of art as magical. As a young child, she remembers watching with awe and delight as an unseen person brought a...
Sidney High School seniors Ryan Birner and Emily Mahr were named Homecoming king and queen on Friday night....
Tabitha R. Davis, 29 of Sidney, passed away at her home, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20 in the Christian Life Center with Pastor Jim Gerhold and Pete Morgan officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday from 1 to 7 p.m., with family present from 5 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Tabitha Davis Memorial Fund in care of Ameri... Full story
Ongoing 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”. Tuesday, Oct. 20 2015 Cheyenne County FCE (Family and Community Education) Achievement Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. Veteran’s History Project, 841 10th Ave., Sidney. Larry Nelson, COL, U.S. Army (Ret) and Veteran’s History writer will be our guest speaker. Interested... Full story
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.45 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 fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.26 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 58.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 5.4 cents per gallon h...
The United Nations estimates that the world population has now surpassed 7.3 billion humans living on our planet. It took 123 years, from 1804 to 1927, to go from a population of 1 billion to 2 billion people on our planet. The United Nations estimates it will take only 10 years from now to add another billion people and reach 8,000,000,000 people in world population. World population will grow an average of 78 million people per year. That is a rather amazing and sobering statistic. The strain on our planet’s resources to cloth, feed, and supp...
The Potter-Dix High School volleyball team continued to show its dominance this season, rolling to the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament title on Saturday. The Lady Coyotes won three matches on the day and improved to 21-2 this season. Top-seeded Potter-Dix defeated rival and No. 2 seed Leyton (17-2) in straight sets 25-22, 25-11 in the championship match of the eight-team event. Junior Alexus Rozelle had 10 kills and four blocks for Potter-Dix in the title game, and teammate Regyn Hicks added seven kills and 15 digs. For Leyton,...
Garden County High School got off to a fast start as it stayed unbeaten this season with a 70-24 victory over Leyton on Friday night. Garden County scored 30 points in the opening quarter and added 18 more in the second to open up a 48-12 advantage by the intermission. Matt McCarthy returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown to get Garden County off to a fast start. McCarthy scored four first-quarter touchdowns and added a fifth score in the second period. His teammate Elliuot Epp added three TD runs to help the Eaglerds push their...
POTTER – The Potter-Dix High School's football team got its first win of the season in style. The Coyotes jumped out to the early lead and went on to defeat visiting South Platte for a 54-20 win on Friday night. "Friday night was mostly just about our team finally getting close to healthy," said Potter-Dix head coach Dale Frerichs. South Platte got on the scoreboard first, but Potter-Dix quickly came back to take an 8-6 lead in the first quarter. The Blue Knights went up 12-8 in the second quart...
Jordan Nelson rushed for more than 200 yards and scored three touchdeowns to help boost the Peetz High School football team to a 45-21 victory over host Pawnee on Friday night. Nelson carried the ball 19 times for 210 yards and found the end zone three times. Teammate Cody Wilson caught four passes for 101 yards and scored one touchdown. Quarterback Wolf Wenneker had another efficient evening, connecting on 7 of 9 passes for 141 yards. Garrin Cox had a rushing touchdown and a scoring reception as well for the Bulldogs, who improved to 4-3....
Hemingford High School ripped off 41 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 66-0 victory on Friday night over winless Creek Valley. Hemingford, which improved to 6-1, added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to open a 60-0 by halftime. Hemingford scored all 10 of its TDs on the ground in the contest. Jonathan Mayer ran for four scores and Jameson Woods added a pair of TDs. Creek Valley quarterback Pierce Leef was 4 for 15 passing for 35 yards and one interception. Noah Dickerson caught two of those passes to account for for 27...
Even before the 2015 football season started, Tyler Wintholz was looking to do something "special." Most would expect that statement to simply mean catch a lot of passes and score touchdowns in bunches in his final season. Instead, his intentions were to honor the man who introduced him to football. Wintholz traded in his usual No. 24 jersey for the No. 17 on Friday night for Sidney's game against Alliance. That number was adorned on his great-grandfather Maynard Smith's uniform back in the...
