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Locals celebrated Sidney's 12th annual Gold Rush Days at Legion Park over the weekend. The park was filled with stories, music, games, food and skits representing Sidney's history during the gold rush....
Wednesday, June 17 Cast of Bronze-Dallas, a hand-bell choir from Texas, will perform a concert on Wednesday, June 17 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Sidney First United Methodist Church. The free concert is one of the group’s first stop on its summer tour. Amber Davis White, a former Sidney resident, is a member of the group. For more information, contact Joy Davis at (402) 705-3029. Thursday, June 18 Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. A variety of topics will be discussed and foo...
JoLettah May Brestel, 90 of Chappell, entered into rest Sunday morning, June 7, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2015 in the United Methodist Church in Chappell with Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Inurnment will be in the Hillside Cemetery at Julesburg, Colo. at a later time. Memorials may be directed to...
Ruth Bartling, 78 of Lodgepole, passed away Friday morning, June 12, 2015 at her home north of Lodgepole. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in the Lion's Den in Chappell with Pastor Brent DeJong of Grace Community Fellowship officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Memorials have been established to the Grace Community Fellowship, the Alzheimer's Association or the LAM Foundation. There is no visitation at the funeral home, th...
Janice Marie Erickson, 74, of Casper, Wyo., passed away Friday, May 29, 2015. Graveside services will be held at Greenwood Cemetery at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Janice was born Dec. 4, 1940 at Grant, Nebraska, the daughter of Harold H. and Winifred E. (Darling) Schepker. Survivors include her daughter, Debra (Todd) Zettlemoyer; grandchildren, Jeremy Huston, Jaimie Huston and Mark Pierce and six great-granchildren; brothers, Gary Ammerman, John Schepker, Lonnie Krueger and Jay Krueger;...
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Clinton Tscharner, age 41 of Kimball, appeared for a status hearing on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a class IV felony. He pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methamphetamine and DUI-D, a class I and W misdemeanor, respectively. He received 24 months probation. Gary Vannatter Jr, age 28 of Sidney, appeared for a status hearing on a charge of distribution of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a playground, a...
This past week I spent a morning with Dr. Bob Harveson, University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center plant pathologist, touring field pea fields in the Alliance area. Harveson and I were looking for diseases in field peas. He is concentrating on diseases in field peas this year to see what concerns may develop for field pea producers in our area. So far the only disease that has shown up in field pea production in our area is blight. I have spoken with numerous field pea producers this spring about this disease in field peas....
With a mixture of enthusiasm, pink wooden bats and pink shirts all stirred by an abundance of good will, the Sidney 12U baseball program and the Cheyenne County Community Center welcomed in five other teams to Legion Park for the Sidney Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend. With more than just baseball on its mind, the wood bat tournament benefitted two worthy causes. The Sidney 12U program not only helped fund its own program, but also raised more than $400 for the Sidney Regional Medical...
CRETE – The Sidney American Legion seniors returned from the Thom Stallard Senior Legion Tournament in Crete over the weekend with a 1-2 record. Sidney’s overall record now stands at 4-8. After the long ride from Sidney on Saturday morning, Post 17’s bats were slow to get going as it fell to Pleasant Dale, 14-3. The locals rebounded in game two with a 15-8 victory over host Crete. Malcolm then defeated Sidney in the sixth-place game on Sunday, 12-3. “We struggled a little with our hitting in the first game but we snapped out of it for the sec...
