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Some things just aren’t made to stay the same. At Bulldog Stadium in Alliance on April 30, Sidney senior Sam Arterburn was locked in a neck-and-neck struggle for second place in the 1,600-Meter Run. When it was over Levi Avila of Mitchell left Arterburn nearly four seconds behind. The Sidney miler had to settle for third. Six days later things were different. The Sidney Girls proved best of the pack at the Bayard BCD track meet with 114 points to host Bayard’s 99.5. Bridgeport finished thi... Full story
Even though Scott Phillips often looked like the he was in a dentists chair having two front teeth pulled without anesthesia, he managed to be a good sport thoroughout his hair-owing ordeal. Among the more than 80 items offered up in a silent auction to benefit Sidney’s American Legion baseball program, Scott Phillips head-of-hair may have been the most unusual. But at this gathering, held at the Buffalo Point Restaraunt Sunday night, it was this good cause that took center stage. And when a t...
The Rocky Mountain Fever swept through the Double Pump Spring Series field on their way to a tournament championship last weekend in Denver. Only B&B Basketball Academy caused any trouble for the squad. On Saturday, the Fever slipped by with a 57-56 nail biter, aided by Sidney guard Paxton Ehler’s 13 points. Mike Daum from Kimball led the team in scoring with 14, while his Longhorns teammate Jake Reader shut down B&B’s inside game. The teams met again in Sunday’s title game. This time, howev... Full story
The Peetz baseball team defeated Briggsdale 4-3 on Friday to move into the “Great-8.” The Bulldogs had four players collect two hits including Troy Clevinger, John Ommen, Austin Wilson and Bradey Holtz. Holtz and Austin Crane each scored two runs. Two Peetz athletes placed in the Track 1A Invitational in Limon, Co. on Saturday. Bradey Holtz (11.31.68) finished in sixth place in the 3,200-meter run. Morgan Burns triple jump of 31-2 was good enough for third place. There were more than 30 teams competing in the meet. The Peetz team will be in Ste...
Each year Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) celebrates the efforts that each SRMC area contributes to the continuum of care they provide during SRMC Week. A week full of special events planned for the members of the SRMC team. Kicking off the week, SRMC recognized the efforts of three nurses that were nominated for the Nebraska Nurses Association, District 5 “My Favorite Nurse” contest. Congratulations to Cheri Berry (SRMC Home Health and Hospice) and Rebecca Peters-Flohr (SRMC Acute Car...
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved of the Cheyenne County Highway Superintendent’s 2013 One and Six Year Road Improvement Plan during their meeting Monday morning. Tom Noel explained the completed construction and maintenance projects from the 2012 hearing, as well as his future proposed projects. “Last year we took a bridge out and made it a low water crossing on 97,” he told the commissioners. The bridge in question was said to be deteriorating on Road 97 south of Road 18, and was replaced with the low water crossing. “We did 81 miles o...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he’ll get to plant. Like so many other Midwest growers who were praying for rain during the recent drought, he’s now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry out his soggy fields as the deadline approaches for deciding what he can even plant this year. It’s a troubling scenario playing out across America’s breadbasket, where the U.S. Department of Agriculture says just 12 percent of the nation’s cornfields have been planted. That’s abou...
Despite the recent weather, summer and the end of school is upon us. Soon the “happy I’m out of school” attitudes of our school-aged children turn into “I’m bored”. The best way to counter the ”I’m bored” lament is to offer some out-of-the-ordinary activities that teach a new skill or hobby. The University of Nebraska Extension - Cheyenne County Office has several interesting day camps and a fun overnight experience for local youth. Youth do not have to be a member of 4-H to participate. First up in the summer fun is a variety of day ca...
The “Brown Revolution” is a term given to the emphasis that is now being placed on improving the soil’s health on the farms and ranches across our country. Agriculture went through the “Green Revolution” years ago which helped shape modern day agriculture. During the “Green Revolution” commercial fertilizers were developed and crop varieties were developed through plant breeding to site-specific growing regions. Herbicides to control specific weeds were developed. These technologies continue today and are the reasons we have seen improved yiel...
Walk down any Main Street, and you’ll see storefronts of small businesses that fuel local economies. From quaint “mom & pop” shops to sleek and trendy boutiques, these businesses often provide a human element that helps define the character of our communities. But many of these small businesses, the source of nearly 70 percent of American jobs, face an uphill battle when competing with out-of-state Internet merchants benefitting from outdated tax policy. In most states, including Nebraska, businesses collect sales taxes from patrons and remit...
Saturday’s volunteer effort to pick up refuse around Sidney, billed as the Great Trash Race, led to one of my better Facebook posts. Somewhere along the railroad tracks a member of the Sun-Telegraph team scooped up a discarded liquor bottle still in its cliché brown paper bag. I posed with the find and tapped out the caption “Sure you spend the morning picking up trash, but there are perks.” OK—not very original. And that was in the giddy moments before we learned that the Girl Scouts, UPS, Cabela’s, Saunders Construction and other teams kick... Full story
When President Barack Obama again turned his attention to the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay—the same facility he promised to close quickly when campaigning back in 2008—it reminded us that our response to the 9/11 attacks has now consumed almost a dozen years. This nation’s political leaders, unfortunately, seem unable to fully grasp Clausewitz’s assertion that war is an extension of foreign policy and therefore must be conducted with a clear (and achievable) outcome in mind. They receive less than valuable advice from this nation’s military... Full story
OMAHA (AP) — The Nebraska State Board of Education on Tuesday suspended the certificates of two teachers who tried to hide how a student with a peanut allergy tasted a peanut butter sandwich. Board spokeswoman Betty Van Deventer said the board suspended the certificates of Keri Watkins and Ann Gigstad for a year. The suspensions were dated back to late April last year, when the two resigned from the Millard school district. Thus, Van Deventer said, the teachers’ suspensions have been completed. The incident occurred earlier that April at the...
New officers were recently installed for the Fort Sidney DeMolay Chapter. Lucas Rosenbaum, son of David and Janet Rosenbaum, was installed as Master Councilor. Other elected officers were Nick Castner as Senior Councilor, Brendan Holly as Junior Councilor, Corbin Heller as Treasurer and Ryan Birner as Senior Deacon. Installing officers were David Rosenbaum, Robert Goodwin, Steve Mattoon, Phil Patten, Rev. Tom Hyde, Logan Lewis and Luke Castner. Installing musician was Cathy Mattoon, with the...
Lawyer Mike Bacon from Gothenburg presented draft number three of the redevelopment contract for the former Sioux Army Depot to the Potter village board on Monday night. Bacon insisted that the changes were modest; he didn’t understand that the city of Sidney provided water service to the site, so that was changed in the contract along with the addition that the village is not required to provide sewage, water or any of those services. Another aspect changed because there will be two bonds; one for the Dell Project and one for the rail. B...
Cabela’s donated $7,000 to the local TeamMates Mentoring Program during a presentation that was held on April 30. Sean Baker presented the check on behalf of Cabela’s. The 2nd Annual TeamMates Mentor/Mentee Fun Day will be at West Elementary on Wednesday, May 15 at 1:30 p.m. students and their mentors will get to run the new obstacle course and eat snacks while the enjoy time together. The TeamMates Mentoring Program is a school-based one-to-one mentoring program that began in 1991. Tom and Nanc...
Cheyenne County may soon be in the weeds. The board of commissioners and Weed Superintendent Brian Hiett discussed whether or not a new weed in the amaranth family should be put on the County’s Noxious Weed List at their meeting yesterday. Commissioner Harold Winkelman said that this weed was particularly a problem found in corn crops and soybeans, and that the “glorified pig weed” puts out thousands of seeds. “If you see one of those suckers growing out there you better go pull it because it became Roundup resistant and it also became T40 res...
Brad Rowan, the new Cheyenne County Planning and Zoning Administrator, met with Cheyenne County Commissioners Monday morning to discuss the procedure of issuing county building permits. “Presently there is no fee for inspections or issuing permits,” said the planning and zoning administrator. “I’d like to suggest we amend that to sister up to what I’m proposing for the city to do also.” Rowan explained to the commissioners that with his credentials, if the county updated it’s building codes the ISO rating would be lowered and in return it wou... Full story
The Great Trash Race that was held in Sidney on May 4 was a couple of tons of success. The participants collected 244 bags of trash, which equaled 4380 lbs. or 2.19 tons of trash. Keep Sidney Beautiful recycled a half ton of metal from the event. This is up nearly one ton from last year’s race which had a total of 1.46 tons. The race is a part of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Clean Up campaign. The goal of the race is to clean up litter in the community of Sidney and to educate the...
