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The City of Sidney Street Department will begin chip sealing selected roads throughout the city this week. Work will be conducted during three separate strings of days: July 15-17, July 20-24 and July 27-29. Hank Radtke, city street superintendent, said chip sealing is a maintenance program that entails spraying a layer of oil, laying down chip rock and then rolling over top of the material. “We try to get to every street every seven years,” he said. The amount of streets to be chip sealed this year is comparable to previous years, he add...
The Potter-Dix Children's Theater will perform its annual musical this week. The production – held for the eighth consecutive year – serves as a fundraiser for the Potter-Dix Early Learning Facility. The facility includes a day care and a preschool. There are 24 children, ranging in age from 4 to 13, who will be involved in the production of "The Gold Miner's Daughter" this Friday at 7 p.m. at the Potter American Legion Hall. A silent auction and barbecue will be held prior to the per...
Allyson Hart and Raychel Thomas are the recipients of the 2015 Cheyenne County 4-H Council scholarships of $500 each for use at their chosen university or college. Both 4-Hers are graduates of Sidney High School. 4-H is part of the county extension, which is a division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the counties and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hart is the daughter of Doug and Rita Hart of Sidney. She is a 1...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.66 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $2.76 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 81.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 2.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. T...
Dalton Prairie Sooner Museum open Saturday and Sundays from 1-4 p.m., for the rest of the summer. Farmer’s Market on Saturdays July 11 through Oct. 10 at Hickory Street Square from 8 to 11 a.m. in Sidney Thursday, July 16 Holy Trinity’s Table of Grace Mobile Food Pantry, 254-3124, FREE food! No proof of income required. Thursday, July 16 in Sidney at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2305 San Marino. 5 p.m. – Registration - Food Distribution to follow. Sign-up for school supplies will be at each of the pantries. Cancer survivor support group meets... Full story
One of our visits during the Panhandle No-till Partnerships field days included a morning tour of the High Plains Ag Lab located near Gurley. Cody Creech and Karla Jenkins took the time out of their busy schedules to show our group the exciting research they are conducting at the University of Nebraska research farm. I really appreciate all the hard work Creech and Jenkins do to help agricultural producers in our region. I also want to thank them again for taking our group for a tour of the research farm. I found the yellow field pea variety...
GERING – The Sidney American Legion juniors had their season come to an abrupt end in Gering this weekend as they were eliminated from the District B7 Tournament after losses to Alliance and Chadron. In the opener on Friday, Sidney allowed five first-inning runs and seven more in the fifth on its way to a 13-6 loss to the Spartans of Alliance. The loss sent Sidney to a date with top-seeded Chadron on Saturday where offensive struggles led to a 7-1 setback and elimination from districts. T...
Several local pool players were recently recognized for winning the spring session of the American Poolplayers Association (APA) 8-Ball and 9-Ball Pool Leagues. Winning the Tuesday 8-Ball title was Hillside Cutters from Hillside Bar & Grill in Sidney. Members of the team were Jeanette Palmore, Cory Glanz, Clint Kesselring, Brad Palmore, Judy Morrison, Deb Goen and Trent Glanz. MVP and Top Gun awards went to Cory Glanz, Nate Bartling and Gina Monacy. The Sunday 9-Ball League was won by Chata...
Panhandle Junior Tour Scenic Knolls Golf Club July 9th Boys 4th & 5th(6 holes) 1st Cael Peters – 28 Girls 4th & 5th (6 holes) 1st Anna Kelley – 35 Boys 6th & 7th (9 holes) 1st Crayton Cyza – 53 2nd Austin Thyne – 58 3rd Jaxon Preble – 66 Girls 6th & 7th (9 holes) 1st Emily Krzyzanowski – 57 2nd Brooklyn Briggs – 59 3rd Sunny Edens – 99 Boys 8th & 9th (9 holes) 1st Tanner Rust – 46 2nd Blake Thyne – 56 3rd Jack Darnell – 59 Girls 8th & 9th (9 holes) 1st Avery Mitchell – 59 2nd Ali Boswell – 61 Boys 9th-12th (18 holes) 1st Nate Dvorak – 74 2nd... Full story
