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With one change to the overall program, Sidney’s City Council this week approved an energy savings program that will provide rebates to city electrical customers. Sidney City Manager Ed Sadler presented the program to council at its final June meeting Tuesday. In his program summary, Sadler expressed that with there is little electrical systems and COOP’s can do to affect prices charged for electricity. Sadler’s presentation stated that such providers are subject to large electrical compa...
Independence Day is upon us. As a national holiday, this means a three day weekend for most. It also means many businesses will be closed and services shut down for the Fourth of July. Below is a listing of closings for the long weekend, as well as a schedule for the local fireworks shows from surrounding areas. The City of Sidney will be closed Monday, July 4. All City Departments will be closed on July 4, including the Landfill. The Cheyenne County Courthouse will be closed July 4. Sidney Public Library will be closed July 2 and July 4. Dial-...
HydroGeological Inc.(HGL) recently requested right of entry to the Cheyenne County right-of-way at the former Sioux Army Depot. Cheyenne County Commissioners approved the request at the Board of Commissioners meeting June 20, giving HGL access to the Sioux Army Depot. In the meeting, Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schuab said HGL was contracted by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to complete an Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) evaluation of the area. County Commissioner Darrell Johnson said HGL is testing the water for any potential...
Robert D. Bowman, 90, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Mi Casa Nursing Center, Mesa, AZ. He was born to Lloyd and Margaret Bowman in Marsfield. MO, March 30, 1926. He attended Sidney, NE schools, excelling in sports, enlisted in the U.S Navy (1944-1946) served aboard the USS Concord. On February 2, 1951, he married Myrna (Planck) in Sterling, CO; three children were born to this union. In 1959, they moved to Phoenix, AZ where a business was purchased, 1968 it was sold and he joined Saga...
Joe Garcia, 68, of Ovid, CO, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 in Ovid. Rosary service will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 7pm at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Julesburg. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 11am at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Michael Bodzioch celebrating. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. Joe Garcia was born December 6, 1947 to Timoteo and Angelina (Valdez) Garcia in Big Springs, Nebraska. He attended school in Iliff....
Writer’s note: While working as a support driver for RASDAK (Ride Across South Dakota) {a 7 day bicycle ride w/brother doing the biking}, a local person from Bison, SD approached the writer and inquired about the event going on. As the conversation progressed, she learned about the bicycle ride. She also found out about the Veterans History Project. She asked the writer to interview her father, then and there. He was in the Navy during WWII. After the Veteran drove his John Deere tractor to the farm, the interview took place… then and the...
Sidney's Post No. 17 Junior Legion baseball team closed a hectic week at home Thursday evening with a contest that, barring one inning, could have netted one more notch on the bat. Ogallala entered the fourth inning trailing 1-0, but took advantage of a short burst of miscues by the Sidney defense on the way to a 6-4 win. Ogallala had runners at first and third with one out in the top of the fourth when an error allowed one run to tie the game. A single to right pushed two more Ogallala runners...
