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Sidney City Council delayed a third reading of its carrier parking ordinance Tuesday. Ordinance 1787 was held until the council’s April 11 meeting to be amended to include language for exemptions after hearing citizens’ concerns. The ordinance prohibits “motor carriers, common carriers or contract carriers” from parking in residential districts “except for the purpose of expeditiously loading or unloading their commercial contents.” “This addresses carriers,” Ed Sadler, city manager, said....
SIDNEY (AP) — Shares of Cabela’s soared following a report that the sale of its credit card unit and the $4.5 billion sale of its retail business to Bass Pro Shops had been revitalized. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that regional bank Synovus Financial based in Columbus, Georgia, was negotiating a role in the deal. Previously, Cabela’s had said Capital One’s proposed purchase of the credit card unit attracted additional scrutiny that could have delayed the transaction. The Federal Trade Commission has also requested additio...
I s it a challenge to be a wake up call before it comes true? Or is it an insult to those working to maintain and build a city? That all depends on your point of view and how you react to the opinions of others. We’re talking, of course, about the “Lights Out” advertisement that began running in the Sun-Telegraph Wednesday. Predictably, reactions have run the gamut from chuckles to outrage. No matter your reaction, the ad did what its author intended. It gained attention. Now, the question is, what is our reaction going to be? It takes littl...
Shelby Price is the face that greets anyone who visits Sidney High School (SHS). Her official title is Attendance Administrative Assistant, but if you talk to any of her colleagues or the students of SHS she is something much more. "She treats all students equally and with respect. She listens with a very caring and open ear," SHS Administrative Assistant Jodi Harvey said. Price has worked for SHS for seven years, acting as the main hub in the front office overseeing communication between...
April is Autism Awareness Month and Sidney Public Schools (SPS) Special Education Program has partnered with area businesses to help promote awareness and education in the community. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that involves abnormal development and function of the brain. Those with autism show decreased social communication skills and restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviors or interests. CDC Prevention issued a report in 2014 concluding that autism has risen to one in...
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (CAPWN) offers a Teen Outreach Program to youth in Cheyenne County. CAPWN is a non-profit community-based organization that serves low-income households and those unable to meet their needs by offering alternative sources. The teen outreach program is an after-school club that operates currently in the Media Center at Sidney Middle School, and meets once a week. The no-cost program is for youth ages 12 to 18. For more information on the CAPWN teen outreach program contact Lorilei Stark at...
Arlene Maxine Johnson Triplett, 90, of Longmont, passed away March 18, 2017, at Life Care Center of Longmont. She was born March 10, 1927, in Chappell, Nebraska, to John E. and Frances (Brahatcek) Johnson. Arlene graduated from Chappell High School; she married Wilson Eugene Triplett on November 12, 1946, in Chappell, Nebraska. They moved to Longmont in 1962 from Sidney, Nebraska. Arlene was a homemaker; she was also of the Christian faith and a member of the VFW Post 2601 Ladies Auxiliary. Arlene enjoyed gardening and flowers, taking care of...
Cleo Birner, 79 of Sidney, Nebraska died Monday morning, March 27, 2017 at her home in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, March 31, 2017 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor David Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials have been established to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church or the Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 30 at the Holechek Funeral Home with the family present. You can view...
Brian passed away at his home in Palmdale, California on March 23, 2017. He is survived by his parents Roy Edward and Allyn Dee (Whitmire) Reed, wife Jackie Lynn (Jones) Reed, daughters Brianne Johnson (Tim) and Nicole Reed Allen, grand-daughter Clair Johnson, and sisters Joy Pauley (Tom), Belinda Barbour and Valerie Silva (Daniel). Uncle to numerous nieces and nephews. Brian was born on January 3, 1955 in Sidney, Nebraska. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School Class of ‘73, Barstow Community College, graduated with Valedictorian H...
