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The Peetz school community came together Thursday night to address how best to protect its students. At issue is if the Peetz School District should seek staff volunteer as armed security as well as teachers or administrators. The meeting was lead by Superintendent Mark Collard with a slide presentation of concerns and issues. One of the concerns listed is the changes in society. Many of the parents and teachers were of the age they could recall when students in rural schools could drive to...
Graduating from school or leaving a community isn't easy, but it does have opportunities. Thursday afternoon, Todd Holcomb, president of the Western Nebraska Community College Sidney campus, shared a story of a student he met several years ago who was feeling depressed. He realized he would not be seeing some of his friends and favorite faculty after graduating. "You're looking at it all wrong," Holcomb recalls telling the student. "Instead of looking at the things you're losing, look at what...
The Sidney Tree Board will celebrate Arbor Day with its annual tree give-away Saturday, April 28th at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp. This year marks the 32nd year Sidney has been recognized as a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The celebration and tree give-away continue to be a major part of the Sidney Tree Board’s community work to maintain a healthy and diverse tree canopy in the City of Sidney. The board is offering ten different species of deciduous trees to Sidney residents including: Thornless Hawthorn, S...
Officials from Sidney Regional Medical Center spent part of an evening last week going over changes at the hospital before a group of about 30 local residents. SRMC Chief Executive Officer Jason Petik took the lead in reviewing expansion of programs and highlighted the hospital’s new providers and systems. A number of staff members were also on hand. Petik said three new providers, Physician Assistants Steve Rolls and Jonna Beyer join Nurse Practitioner Stephanie Green on staff. Petik said the hospital and clinic plans to staff with three f...
Authorities are investigating the death of two people in Lodgepole April 19. According to a press release from the Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office, the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Lodgepole Village Office at 12:24 p.m. regarding a report of elder abuse. The investigation lead authorities to 819 Bondegaard St., the residence of Mark Arledge and Michelle Lee Marlatt-Arledge. Deputies knocked at the door, announcing their presence, to hear a female voice reply “Just a minute.” The report states deputies then heard a...
A Sidney, Neb., woman was taken to Sidney Regional Medical Center Wednesday, April 18, after the car she was driving and a military vehicle collided on Link 17J at about 2:39 p.m. According the accident report by Sidney police, Rosella Mehling, 87, of Sidney, was driving a 2004 Cadillac full-size four-door sedan as a military convoy with emergency lights was traveling south on Link 17J. The report said convoy security had traffic blocked at the intersection of Link 17J and Old Post Road....
Creek Valley FFA held its annual banquet on April 19th in the high school gym. Award winners were recognized, along with the naming of the 2018-2019 Officers. Creek Valley officers for the 2018-19 school year will be, from left, Parliamentarian Rhett Dykstra, Reporter Patrick Hansen, Vice President Cooper Reichman, President Jordyn Koenen, Secretary Kenzie Backus, Treasurer Mariah Koenen and Sentinel Jersie Misegadis....
Creek Valley High School had three students selected for the All State Masonic Band to be held at UNK from May 29-June 2. They are, from left, Grace Greenwood, Cooper Reichman, and Jessica Bellows. All three have received a scholarship to attend the five-day marching band camp. The camp is held in conjunction with the Shrine Bowl. The band will play during half-time, have a concert in the City Park in Kearney and participate in the Shrine Bowl Parade on Saturday, June 2....
Mark Arledge, age 52 of Lodgepole, NE passed away in Lodgepole Monday, April 16, 2018. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Mark’s care and funeral arrangements....
Those from businesses, financial institutions, civic and community organizations, educators and government entities are invited to attend an Economic Forum on May 8 at the Gering Civic Center. The event, from 5:45 to 8 p.m., brings those interested together for dinner and to hear from Federal Reserve speakers about: • economic development trends, • the agricultural economy, and • the regional and national economic outlook. Speakers at the Forum will be Dell Gines, senior Community Development advisor on entrepreneurship-based economic devel...
First Lady Susanne Shore invites Nebraska artists - professional and emerging – to design Nebraska-shaped ornaments for the Nebraska State Capitol’s official holiday tree. Nebraska artists of any age are encouraged to submit up to five design ideas/proposals (appropriate for community display) on 11” x 17” paper within a line drawing of the shape of Nebraska. Project information and an outline of the state, available for downloading purposes, can be found on ne150.org/ornament/ . Designs should depict themes of Nebraska using traditi...
The Oregon Trail Dance Club will have a Spaghetti Supper and a dance Friday, April 27. Supper will be from 5-6:30 p.m. with a mainstream dance at 7:00. Public is invited to come to the supper and watch dancing afterward. Tickets do not need to be purchased ahead of time. A bake sale will be going on at the same time at IOOF Hall, 800 N Street, Gering. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under....
Sidney's Red Raider Track & Field teams travelled to Scottsbluff on Friday to compete in the Twilight Invitational at Scottsbluff High School, with the boy's team taking top honores and the girl's team finishing in second place. The boy's team earned 153 total points in their first place finish, while the girl's team scored 154 points to take second place honors, falling short to Gering at 162.25 points. The boy's team won six events while the girl's team won five events. Both teams had a...
Sidney's Red Raider Golf Team traveled on Thursday to participate in Gothenburg Invitational Golf Tournament at the Wild Horse Golf Club. Out of a field of 75, Sidney senior Connor Dormann placed second with a round of 72. Senior Jake Burke finished 24th with a round of 84, Cole Westfall finished 32nd with a round of 88, Cayden Jobman finished 35th with a round of 89, and Jackson Witt finished 36th with a round of 89. Sidney golf coach Jeff Yahn commented, "Even with a 40 minute frost delay that...
Coach Lu Howard and the Sidney Volleyball Club played host on Sunday to their second tournament where club teams from the region competed in the 12 and Under divison and the 14 and Under division. At the end of the tournament, the Sidney Volleyball Club's 12U and 14U teams earned gold medals by besting teams from Chadron, Bridgeport, Scottsbluff, Ravenna, Julesburg CO, and Burns, Wyo. Both teams played very well, showing teamwork and proper technique they've learned during their practices with...
Two Creek Valley Lady Storm seniors were named to the Mid-Plains All-Star Basketball team for their outstanding play during the 2017-2018 basketball season. Seniors Payje Misegadis and Sami Schmid will be representing the Lady Storm basketball team this year due to their outstanding play and leadership throughout the 2017-2018 season. Payje Misegadis averaged 12.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 3.5 steals per game and scored a total of 269 points on the season. Sami Schmid averaged 7.6 points, 2.5...
LINCOLN, Neb. – Anglers at the Two Rivers State Recreation Area (SRA) trout lake are facing some stiff competition. Double-crested cormorants recently discovered the lake. As a result, the fish-eating birds have lowered the anglers’ catch rates. A daily trout tag is required to attempt to take and to possess trout on the area March 1 through June 30. Steve Wilhelm, fish production manager at Grove Trout Rearing Station near Royal, said typical catch rates this time of year are 3.5 trout per tag. Since the cormorants arrived on April 13, the...
Laura Armstrong, age 92 of Omaha, NE, died April 2, 2018 at the Bickford Assisted Living in Omaha. Born in Hastings, NE on September 1, 1925, she was preceded in death by her parents: Frank & Emma Pillar, and husband, LaVerne Armstrong. She is survived by her son Mike and his wife Angie of Elkhorn, Nebraska; two grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. Private services were held at the Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation, and can be mailed to the family, in care of Reichmuth Funeral...
