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The Sidney City Council agreed July 28 to continue its contract with the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The contract is for the Chamber to execute "services and deliverables" for the City each fiscal year, according to the summary presented to council members. "I think we put as many results and checks and balances in it as we could," said Economic Development Director Melissa Norgard. In the contract, the Chamber is to work with the city's Economic Development office on projects...
“Enough is enough” was the chant Thursday morning when residents of Western Heritage Apartments in Sidney took to the street to present their case. Residents are complaining of his prices for maintenance services, when work is completed, and long waits for service. “My toilet has been clogged since Friday,” said Bette Castle. Castle has lived at Western Heritage Apartments for about six years. A shower unit was installed in another resident's apartment. She reported a gap in the unit and was...
The annual contest between law enforcement and firefighters met at the softball park again this year. This time, the trophy went to the firefighters. Proceeds from the game, t-shirt sale and related raffle go to Night of Hope and other local charities....
The Cheyenne County Emergency Communications Center (CCECC) logged 21,325 calls from all the agencies it dispatches in fiscal year 2019-2020. CCECC Manager Heidi Gillespie presented her annual report to the Sidney City Council on Tuesday, July 28. The dispatch center dispatches Sidney Police Department, Sidney Fire Department, Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, Deuel County Sheriff's Office and Regional West EMS. Most of the dispatch service is for the Sidney Police Department at 8,053 calls for...
Sometimes in life opportunity presents itself when following an unexpected path. That is part of the history with a new company in Cheyenne County. Ken Sawyer was a cabinet builder in the Denver area. He and his family then moved to South Dakota where he set homes and continued custom woodworking. In 2013, they decided it was time for a change and his wife accepted a position at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Ken, meanwhile, accepted a position at Cabela’s. Three years and an injury later, S...
Gordon Leroy Vallier, 74 of Peetz, CO passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 at his home. A graveside celebration of Gordon's life was held Friday, July 31, at Peetz Cemetery with Pastor Jodie Harless as officiant. Gordon's family requests that you bring a lawn chair to the service for seating. Gordon was born February 10, 1946 in Sidney, Nebraska to Henry Howard Vallier and Eileen Pearl (Dallegge) Vallier. Gordon married Sandra Joyce Trojanovich on July 18, 1970 and the couple just celebrated 50...
Rod Mathewson, age 95, died August 1, 2020, at Sidney Regional Memorial Center, Sidney, NE. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., August 11, 2020, in the First United Methodist Church with Pastor Corey Jenkins officiating. Services will conclude at the Church. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Rod’s register book and leave condolences for the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church or the donor’s choice. You...
"If you want to see evil, evil is all you will see." Many years ago now, I was driving what was then a rural section between two cities in Colorado. The sun was just beginning to set and the colors that would be absolutely soothing in the backyard with a glass of iced tea caused a little doubt when driving and still comfortable with some light-colored sunglasses. The wake-up call occurred when I realized the "yellow line" was actually white, discolored by the glasses I was wearing, and what...
Did you see it? It didn’t last very long. But on Sunday afternoon, just before 1 pm Mountain Time, an American spacecraft with two American astronauts on board descended from the sky over a calm Gulf of Mexico and executed a picture-perfect splashdown, the first in 45 years. Though exhilarating in and of itself, the icing on the cake came when seconds after a successful water landing a voice from the Space X control center welcomed the astronauts back to planet Earth and then said, “Thank you...
Certain individuals desire a headstrong official to govern. They submit to that man or woman who claims all power belongs to him or herself. They follow. They obey. They do what they are told. They cease thinking for themselves. They refuse to contradict. They discard their own thoughts. They appreciate a monarch’s talent for quick far-reaching decisions. Politicians call this right-of-center government “authoritarianism.” Other individuals want a democracy, a republic, a sharing of power...
Dear Editor, Your article in the July 29, 2020 Sidney Telegraph, made me smile “SRMC Conducting a Community Health NEEDS ASSESSMENT.” My friends and I have contacted some of the board members of SRMC about the needs we think are VERY important to this comunity. Home Health and Hospice! Their answer was the same: “money.” With the amount of money spent on the new walk-in office, I think better use would have been, to meet the nededs of the large population of older citizens and those with health concerns. I have contacted Regional West in Scot...
The investment world contains different types of risk. Your stocks or stock-based mutual funds could lose value during periods of market volatility. The price of your bonds or bond funds could also decline, if new bonds are issued at higher interest rates. But have you ever thought about longevity risk? Insurance companies and pension funds view longevity risk as the risk they incur when their assumptions about life expectancies and mortality rates are incorrect, leading to higher payout levels. But for you, as an individual investor,...
OMAHA – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls by scammers posing as DEA employees attempting to defraud and extort victims. The schemers call the victims, spoofing DEA phone numbers in order to appear legitimate, and threaten arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities unless victims pay a “fine” over the phone, via wire transfer, or through a gift card. The reporte...
To write of the life of another is a humbling experience and to live in the presence of that person is a life lesson. My brother Richard Kent Holloway and I share with you what we have heard recounted by Dorothy Elizabeth West Holloway our mother. Dorothy Elizabeth (her father’s choice of name) was the first-born child of Wm. C. West and Alma Minnie Walck West with Wm. H. Fickel, M.D. attending in their home located next to the livery stable owned by them in Medicine Bow, Wyo., on Tuesday, A...
The Sidney Raider 12U team earned its fourth consecutive State Championship by defeating the Westco Bluffs 12U team in the championship game of the Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament at Kiwanis Field in Sidney Sunday afternoon. The Sidney squad earned its place in the final game by going 3-and-1 in tournament play, and were the number 2 seed matched up against the undefeated Westco Bluffs team led by slugger Ryan Hinman. The teams faced off for a final battle that turned out to be a classic, with...
Sidney’s 11U baseball team went undefeated in pool play at the Cal Ripken Sate Tournament in Chadron over the weekend. After defeating Chadron 11-3, Gering 6-2 and Chadron a second time 7-1, the Radiers lost in their final game against the Westco Bluffs Bomb Squad 5-0, earning second place in the tournament....
WACO, Texas – Jordan Cook of Sidney is among the more than 5,300 Baylor University students who have been named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the spring 2020 semester. Cook is enrolled in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Students honored on the Dean’s List are Baylor undergraduates with a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.7 with no grade lower than a “C” while enrolled in a minimum of 12 graded semester hours. As a national Christian research university, Baylor’s mission is to educate stu...
On Friday, July 31, the South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) was notified by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) that the water sample for Oliver Reservoir meets or exceeds the threshold of the toxin, Microcystin, which is associated with the presence of harmful algal blooms. Oliver Reservoir will remain on Health Alert until a new sample tests below 8 parts-per-billion (ppb). Samples are taken weekly. On Aug. 7, the South Platte Natural Resources District was...
