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In 2019, the American Legion Auxiliary celebrated 100 years of service. This year, in 2022, American Legion Chapter 17 in Nebraska celebrates its century mark. On March 15, the American Legion Auxiliary Chapter No. 17 held a celebration of its 100 years in service. The dinner and ceremony were held at Grandma Jo's in Sidney. The evening opened with The Pledge of Allegiance, the American Legion Auxiliary Preamble. Followed by recognition of officers of the Auxiliary and of the Legion. The America...
Christian M. “Chris” Rieken, age 64, of Sidney, NE, passed away on March 17, 2022 at KC University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, March 25, 2022, at Berea Lutheran Church in Chappell, NE with Pastor Scotty Ray officiating. Burial will take place in the Berea Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in care of the family for later designation. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1-6:00 P.M. You may view Chris’s Book of Memor...
A community college has an extensive list of possibilities, of opportunities to be part of the community. Western Nebraska Community College's Interim President John Marrin met with Cheyenne County community representatives Thursday, March 17. The visit was part of a listening tour hosted by WNCC. The goal is to visit all 13 counties in the service area. “We want to hear from as many people as possible,” Marrin said in a press release on the college's website. The Sidney visit was initially sch...
From the Publisher's Desk To sound like a moment in Dr. Seuss land, it happened without warning or prompting. It happened without need or greed. It happened to warm one person's heart, which lead to another, and another until the chain could be seen to the entrance of “WhoVille.” Friday, March 18, started like any other day. The workforce went to their respective time clocks, travelers headed to their destinations. All was as it should be until, one person offered a moment of kindness to a stranger at a local restaurant. Dairy Queen man...
LINCOLN – Community-owned ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, will again participate as a natural gas supplier in the Nebraska Choice Gas selection period, which begins April 1 and runs through April 21. The Choice Gas program allows customers on the Black Hills Energy distribution system to choose their natural gas supplier for the gas year, which runs June 1-May 31. ACE, the only not-for-profit, community-owned supplier in the program, encourages consumers to actively choose their natural gas supplier during the three-week s...
Jeanine Lucille Batt, 77, of Pine Bluffs passed away March 11, 2022. Jeanine was born September 10, 1944 in Sterling, Colorado to Eli and Rose (Wilder) Blue. She married LeRoy Batt July 6, 1966 in Sterling, Colorado. Jeanine worked for over 60 years as a hairdresser. Jeanine was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed making arts and crafts such as wreaths for the holidays. Jeanine is survived by her husband, LeRoy Batt of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming; children, Scott (Stephanie) Batt of...
H. Lee Oliverius, age 81, a longtime area resident, passed away in Sidney, NE on March 11, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Gehrig-Stitt Chapel in Sidney, NE with Pastor Chad Rademacher officiating. Burial with Military Honors will take place in Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney, NE. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1-6:00 P.M. You may view Lee’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at ww...
Reverend Dr. Pastor brother chaplain Mr. Curtiss P Davis, Gurley, Neb., went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jan. 15, 2022, after a long battle with myriad health issues. He was born Jan. 19, 1964 in Omaha, Nebraska to Phillip and Nyla (Christensen) Davis. He pastored Pioneer Baptist Church, Denison, Iowa, from 1993 to 1998 and was ordained there in 1994. Following this, Curtiss served his Lord in various pastoral roles throughout his career, including as associate pastor of Praise...
Rodney Lee Hecker, 68, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Bridgeport, Nebraska with his wife Deb by his side. Rodney was born September 29, 1953, in Sidney, Nebraska to Paul ‘Sonny’ and Gwendolyn Hecker. Around age 4 they moved to California where he travelled along the coast with his dad, playing the guitar with his brother Ron for Me and Ed’s Pizza Parlors. After a short stint in California, they moved to Colorado, and then settled back in Sidney, Nebraska. Rodney graduated from...
The images we’re seeing from Ukraine are upsetting. Families displaced, combat in the cities, buildings leveled and innocent lives snuffed out. And let’s not forget each Russian tank we see set ablaze burns a crew of soldiers inside alive, soldiers who, we’re told, often have no idea why they’re even fighting. And each of those dead men has loved ones at home whose lives are devastated by the loss of a son, husband or father. We shouldn’t react joyfully to any death. Yet as we watch the comba...
When advanced Navy boot camp training commenced in earnest our recruit company was quickly immersed in fire fighting techniques, first aid, NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical warfare), among other necessary skills. We spent two sweltering days in Southern California heat at the San Diego Navy boot camp learning to handle fire hoses and how to put out a shipboard fire with nothing but water. It was hot miserable necessary training. When you are 100s of miles out to sea there are no fire...
I was recently perusing some of the book titles in my collection at home. My collection doesn’t say laser focused, although there is a prevailing theme. Depending on the shelf there is adventure, various philosophical thought or writers using fiction to search for the meaning of our existence. Some shelves look like I’m guilty of “Rabbit!” and take off on the chase, which I frequently am. One particular short series is actually rather interesting. What would you do if you were asked to do the eu...
In the spirit of democracy, the League of Women Voters of Nebraska provides a statewide compilation of candidate information via VOTE411 (www.vote411.org). The online voters’ guide asks impartial questions of candidates running for local, state and federal offices in Nebraska. It is published before the primary and general elections. VOTE411 requires the LWVNE to obtain email addresses for candidates to invite them to participate. To obtain the names of candidates, office, party, and contact information – including an email address – volunteers...
Many expenses in life are unpredictable. But there are two things you know you’ll have to pay for: medical bills and retirement. You’ll probably need to take a variety of steps to meet these costs, but one financial instrument that can help is a health savings account (HSA). If you’re not familiar with an HSA, here are the basics: • Eligibility – If you are enrolled in a qualified high-deductible health plan (HDHP), you can generally contribute to an HSA. While HSAs are typically offered through employers, you can still open one if your empl...
God never intended for there to be all the different religions or denominations From the beginning GOD wanted relationship with his most perfect creation man (mankind). In Genesis 1 GOD went looking for Man in the garden in the cool of the evening, this denotes GOD was relational, he went looking for man to have communion with him. God again wanted relationship with man when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and he invited the whole nation to ready themselves and come up onto the mountain and meet with him, but they chose to let on...
LINCOLN – Three individuals were recognized at the Nebraska Corn Board’s (NCB) 2022 awards dinner on March 17 in Lincoln. The annual awards event highlights outstanding contributions to the state’s corn industry. Each of the three recipients have long histories serving Nebraska agriculture. Two recipients received the inaugural NCB Vision Award. The purpose of this recognition is to honor individuals, industry leaders, businesses or organizations that have gone above and beyond to help NCB a...
As the search continues for the next permanent director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center at Scottsbluff, Mitchell Stephenson, Range and Forage Management Specialist at the Panhandle Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, has been appointed interim director. Stephenson had been interim associate director since mid-2020, when Panhandle Center Director Jack Whittier retired. He replaces Jeff Bradshaw, who had been interim director between Whittier’s d...
Former Sidney resident and current Kearney resident Dave Saylor will be inducted into the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame, honoring his 31 years as an official in the Nebraska Wrestling community. Saylor will be inducted on June 10 at the NSWCA Banquet at Boarders Inn and Suites in Grand Island. Saylor has many ties to Sidney, with his father Mel being Sidney's Mayor back in the 1990's. Saylor's officiating resume contains over 18,000 matches and 455 Duals and...
The Minuteman Athletic Conference released it's All-Conference Basketball team selections, and many local area athletes were honored. The selections are as follows: MAC All Conference Girls 1st Team Zaili Benish - Leyton Lexi Fiscus - Bayard Dani Harter - Bayard Madison Cheleen - South Platte tie Lauryn Stanley - South Platte & McKenna Krueger - Garden County MAC All Conference Girls 2nd Team Shawnee Gamble - Leyton Haily Koenen - South Platte Madison Williamson - Potter-Dix Ella Whiting - Creek Valley Axi Benish - Leyton MAC All Conference...
Chadron State College hosted the annual CSC HS Open Meet on Saturday, and the Creek Valley Storm Track and Field team traveled north to compete. Eleven teams from the panhandle and Wyoming competed, and Creek Valley had several athletes with outstanding results and brought home medals. Creek Valley sophomore Samantha Marin placed fourth in the 1600 meters with a time of 6:50.45. Creek Valley's girl's 4x400 Relay team of Karsyn Burgman, Elizabeth Whiting, Chaeli Polk and Ella Whiting placed fourth with a time of 5:15.93. For the boys, senior...
Sidney senior Lydia Peters signs her Letter of Intent with her father Robert to run for the Track and Field team and Cross Country team at Chadron State University. Peters plans on majoring in Biology and plans on becoming a Marine Biologist. Her interest in the field was sparked by a Plant Biology course she took at Sidney High School. She has many friends at Chadron State, and will be coached by former Sidney coach Nicky Banzhaf. Sidney Cross Country coach Donna Wiedeburg said of Peters,...
Sidney senior Mitch Deer signs his Letter of Intent to run for the Track Team at UNK in the fall. He is flanked by his father, John, and mother, Jolene. Deer plans on studying Cyber Security Operations as he pursues a career in the information technology industry. Deer has family that are alumni, and is familiar and comfortable on campus. Deer excelled in math and science in High School, which will help in his chosen major. Sidney Cross Country coach Donna Wiedeburg said of Deer, “It’s been a p...
America is God’s country. By His design it was founded in 1620 by godly people we call Pilgrims. With no book but the Bible and no king, but King Jesus, their intrepid spirit survived starvation and exposure. Natives took note of this never-before-seen strength, or anointing, which they call ‘medicine’. Pilgrim families came to build, unlike the pillage and plundering of Vikings and other raiders. This same, fearless, brave, forward moving quality is found here, in America’s heartland where w...
Last week the Nebraska Legislature debated the main budget bills for the State. These budget bills always tell State Senators what the State cannot afford, but we end up spending the money anyway. That’s very easy to do when you are spending other people’s money. Budget bills are always controversial. Although the main budget bill (LB 1011) survived the first round of floor debate by a vote of 40-6, every State Senator in the Unicameral Legislature believes the State’s money should be spent...
The Nebraska Legislature has reached a critical juncture. In the coming weeks, Senators will make important votes on a budget that will shape the future of our state. On March 11th, the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee released its amendments to my proposed budget. This week, Senators will begin debating what to do with billions of taxpayer dollars. Specifically, they will decide whether surplus State revenues should be used for more government spending or returned to Nebraskans through t...
