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Sen. Deb Fischer met with local officials throughout western Nebraska recently, including officials at Sidney Regional Medical Center Aug. 30. After the meeting, she took time to meet with the press. Some of the major topics she has encountered on her tour are housing, the impact of inflation and jobs. She said in her stop in Kimball, officials explained their housing project. She said the Air Force plan to update the ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system) will bring workers in in...
Robert Richard Lloyd, age 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Mesa, AZ August 24, 2022. In 1961, he bought Snyder’s Mens clothing and in 1964 he bought Fines Women’s Wear. July, 26, 1966 he married Rose Mary (Ogden) Booth. He owned and operated Snyder’s and Fine’s until his retirement in 1996. In 2007, Bob and Rose Mary moved to Mesa, Arizona. Bob was a proud member of the Masons, Shriners, VFW, Elks, Kiwanis, and Legion. Bob will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 56 years, Rose Ma...
Sidney's Cross Country teams had a busy weekend, competing at the Gering Invite on Friday and the Cozad Invite on Saturday. At Gering, the varsity boy's squad took third place overall, with 46 points. Gering came in first with 10 points and Chadron took second with 38 points. Junior Duncan Carrasco was the top finisher for Sidney in 29th place with a time of 28:34.43. Junior Hunter Isenbart was the top finisher for Creek Valley in 19th place with a time of 25:29.68. The Sidney varsity girls...
The Cheyenne County Chamber Board recently announced Toshia Jones as the new President/CEO of the Chamber. Jones comes to Sidney from Northwest Missouri. She has lived in Sidney for about two years. She enjoys playing league volleyball and assisting in coaching youth basketball and volleyball. Her previous leadership experience and 10 years in customer service will make her a great asset to the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, and the Cheyenne County community. She is excited to meet...
It's a theme used over and over on the big screen. Fun-loving young adults visit a foreign country and their week in Rome becomes a walk through a nightmare with a one-man army to the rescue. There's also the desperate immigrant who was led to a unofficial border crossing and obligated into forced labor, or worse, in exchange for payment of getting them across the border. While these scenarios occur to some degree, the deeper story involves coercion and grooming, according to discussion at the...
The Suicide Awareness Walk in Sidney is scheduled for 4 p.m. September 18 at Sidney High School. The walk will take place at the high school track. There is no cost. There will be food trucks, helpful information and support for those affected by suicide and or suffer with suicidal thoughts....
LINCOLN – Greater Nebraska youth remain committed to small communities but there is work to be done in showing them they can have the future they want in their hometowns, according to Nebraska Community Foundation’s new 2022 Youth Survey. Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF), in partnership with the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR) and local school districts, surveyed 715 middle and high school students between January and May of 2022. Participating communities included Bertrand, Butler County, Colum...
Ron Pyeatt, age 87, of Sidney, NE, passed away on August 17, 2022 while at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. A Remembrance will be planned for later this year in Sidney, Nebraska. Memorials in his name may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Nebraska Chapter, 8790 F Street, Suite 404, Omaha, NE. 68127. You may view Ron’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. He was born in Prairie Grove, Arkansas on November 21,1934 one of eight chi...
Larry Dean Wolf, age 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Littleton, CO on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. A Graveside Memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, September 12, 2022 at Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Military Honors will be rendered by the United States Air Force Honor Guard and the Sidney American Legion Post #17, VFW Post #610, and the DAV Chapter #40 Honor Guard. A Celebration of Life will be held in Littleton, Colorado at Blue Spruce Brewery on October 24th at 5 PM....
Lance Richard Barker died on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Despite this disease, he had a full and rich life He was born March 29, 1938 in Sidney, Nebraska. His parents, Ross and Doris Barker, had him baptized on Palm Sunday of that year in the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church where he was confirmed in 1950 and where in 1969 he was ordained into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament of the Presbyterian Church. He attributed his life-long interest in t...
Ah! September!! It is just like Father to start a new year with a bountiful harvest and a time of rest and rejoicing. As a youngster, I loved September. Haying was finished. Stacks were set aside for winter feeding and the baled hay was ready for sale. Snow fences were shored up for winter snows. Cattle were brought home from summer pasture. Bulls were penned, older cows culled and steers separated for October shipping. A choice steer was selected for butchering. I would be off into Dick & Jane...
The ability to tell stories is among the traits I inherited from my dad, Calvin Kenneth Sunderland. Among his many skills was the ability to communicate with both the written and spoken word. I asked him how and where he learned to communicate so well. He laughed and said, “It’s a family trait. My dad, his dad and as far back as we can trace were all story tellers. At family gatherings they would try to out do each other. Don’t worry son, as you grow and mature you’ll be just like the rest of th...
My wife and I did something recently that we’ve never done before. It was my niece’s wedding. I haven’t seen her for about 16 years, since losing my daughter. We connected over time with similar interests in other places and people. Mission experiences have a way of changing a person. And she did, as did I. In the nearly 29 years we’ve been married, we’ve traveled here and there, mostly regional locations — day trips stretched into a few days at a time — but we’ve never flown together. Now,...
There are no shortcuts to investment success — you need to establish a long-term strategy and stick with it. This means you’ll want to create an investment mix based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon — and then regularly review it to ensure it’s still meeting your needs. In fact, investing for the long term doesn’t necessarily mean you should lock your investments in forever. Throughout your life, you’ll likely need to make some changes. Of course, everyone’s situation is different and there’s no prescribed formula of when and how...
What do we seek in Life? Some seek wealth, some good health some are looking for Peace. The Word seek has several definitions, To search out, to look for, to go searching for, or to seek to find. The best way I have found is to Seek after GOD. Why? First GOD wants to be found, in Matt 7:7 the Word of GOD states seek and you will find. So how do I seek after GOD, in Deuteronomy 4: 29 GOD’S word speaks about seeking GOD with your Whole heart and soul, and again in Jeremiah 29:13, seeking GOD with you whole heart. So, what does it mean with y...
By Gary Stone Nebraska Extension Water & Integrated Cropping Systems Educator Built in the 1950s, the Dave Johnston power plant is located near Glenrock, Wyo. This coal-fired power plant uses North Platte River water for cooling. Combined energy produced from the four steam-powered generators is 922.2 megawatts. The power plant is operated by PacifiCorp and scheduled to be decommissioned in 2027. The Laramie River Station power plant is located north of Wheatland, Wyo. on the Laramie River. The...
By Dr. Amanda Easterly, Research Assistant Professor at the High Plains Ag Lab; Dr. Brian Maust, Research Technologist, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture; Dr. Cody Creech, Associate Professor and Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, PREEC; Dr. Katherine Frels, Assistant Professor of Small Grains Breeding, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Results of the 2022 UNL Crops Testing Winter Wheat trials are now available in the 2022 Fall Seed Guide. It can be found at cropwatch.unl.edu/varietytest and includes details on yield, protein,...
The High Plains Arts Council recently announced that it has been awarded a $9,818 Basic Support Grant from the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) for its 2022-2023 season. “The High Plains Arts Council contributes a great deal to advancement fo the arts in Sidney,” said NAC Executive Director Suzanne Wise. “We commend the work being done by the organizations such as HPAC because the arts are important to the education and quality of life for all Nebraskans.” HPAC President Carrie Brown thanked the NAC for its support of local programs. “We are honor...
The Dallas Brass, one of America's foremost musical ensembles, will open the High Plains Arts Council's 2022-2023 season at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. Dallas Brass last played in Sidney in 2014. Tickets for this concert are $13 for adults, $7 for seniors $5 for students (including Western Nebraska Community College) and children under 5 are free. Tickets will be available at the door. This group's unique blend of brass instruments with a full complement of drums and percussion will be featured i...
I Love Meditating on the things God Has done for Me (us) in Christ Jesus And who i am in Christ and who Christ is in me. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life — the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us — that which we have seen and heard we declare to you...
LINCOLN — EducationQuest Foundation today announced that 24 Nebraska high schools have been awarded a total of $200,000 in College Access Grants to help develop and enhance programs designed to increase the number of students who go to college. EducationQuest awards College Access Grants every two years through a competitive application process. Schools are funded for four years with annual awards ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, depending on school enrollment. Since the program began in 2006, EducationQuest has awarded more than $6.2 million i...
There are people on the journey of life who are too gentle and kind-hearted to seek the limelight, but also need to be recognized. “Jo” Jodene Houser is among them. Houser retired from the City of Sidney as Director of Human Resources in January 2021. In the days prior to her departure, she was overwhelmed with the well-wishes of friends and family on completing 30 years working with five city managers. She started as an administrative secretary, and later to administrative assistant. For...
Two weeks ago, I addressed the reset at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to their failure to adequately guide the American public through the COVID-19 outbreak, and last week I addressed how the military has failed to adjust their policies to the facts about the COVID-19 vaccinations and natural immunity. So, today I would like to focus my attention on the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which approved a new booster shot last week. Because of this latest...
Sidney's Red Raider Football team got on the winning side of the ledger Friday night with a decisive 33-to-14 victory over the visiting Chase County Longhorns at Weymouth Field. It was Senior night, and the big crowd not only got to honor the senior members of the sports and activities teams, but also got to celebrate a big win for the Red Raiders. Although the Red Raiders were able to move the ball and score last week against Holdrege, the Sidney defense was unable to stop the Longhorns when it...
The undefeated Lady Raider Volleyball team traveled to Ogallala Thursday for a triangular with Ogallala and North Platte, and after defeating the Lady Bulldogs to start the day, fell to the Lady Indians in the second match for their first loss of the season. Ogallala started off the action by defeating North Platte without much drama, 25-to-11 and 25-to-14. Sidney then matched up with North Platte, and opened up a sizable lead to start the first set. But the Lady Bulldogs fired back, and tied...
