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Downtown Sidney woke early Saturday as the "Stronger Together" program participants opened their doors to shoppers. The event is designed to encourage shoppers to see what Sidney's small businesses have to offer. Businesses offered first looks as they had just opened their doors, and others offered event discounts and coupons to encourage people to try their offerings....
Numerous large wildfires in the Western United States may affect the air quality in Nebraska. Nebraska continues to monitor smoke levels and wind directions and provides updates accordingly to the media and public. Smoke advisories are issued for impacted areas by notifying the media and local health departments, and posting information on the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy's (NDEE) webpages and social media sites....
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States.” -- Preamble to the United States Constitution, 1787 On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Cheyenne County Commissioners signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week, and Sept. 17 as Constitution Day. Constitution Day is observed eac...
The Sidney Airport Authority Board meet Sept. 10, approving its budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The budget shows actual disbursements and transfers increasing from $335,485.51 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year to $720,912.76 for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and regressing a little more than $94,000 for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to $626,599.96. The proposed budget includes cash reserves of $1,873.89, funds from personal and real property tax of $159,449, carryover from the current fiscal year of...
The Sidney City Council recently it can receive a new public transportation bus through the CARES Act. "As part of the CARES Act, we're eligible to apply for a bus," said Sidney City Manager David Scott. The bus, a 12-passenger, with a handi-cap lift, is valued at $75,000. The bus has to replace a unit from the City's fleet that is at least 10 years old and has $100,000 miles. The grant covers the full cost of the bus. The City frequently purchases buses through a federal program at an 80-20...
Lodgepole – As of August 21, the Village of Lodgepole finalized the purchase of the Creek Valley Middle School building known to most as the Lodgepole High School, home the Panthers!! Class of 2004 was the last graduating senior class from Lodgepole prior to the Lodgepole School district and the Chappell School district consolidating to form Creek Valley Storm. Lodgepole site become home to the Creek Valley Middle School student's 5th – 8th grade. In 2018 Creek Valley closed the Middle Sch...
Darlene M. Thies, age 82, former long-time resident of Potter, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Cherry County Hospital in Valentine, NE. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, September 16, 2020 in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Reverend Ted A. Bourret officiating. Burial will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Memorials can be given to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Potter and The Lutheran Hour. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday from 1-7:00 P.M...
Glenna Belle Niebaum, age 96, long-time resident of Sidney, NE, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 30, 2020 in Omaha. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday, September 25, 2020 from 11-2:00 P.M. to sign Glenna Belle’s register book and leave condolences for the family. Family will be present from 11-2:00 P.M. Burial will follow at 2:30 P.M. in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska, 1005 South 107 Avenue, Suite 1...
Lillace R. Brott, 80, of Chappell passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, September 8, 2020 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center- Extended Care. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 18, 2020 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Reverend Neil Carlson officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Holechek-Bondegard Funeral Home in Chappell. Holechek-Bondegard Funeral Home and...
June M. Cashman was born April 26, 1925 and passed away Aug. 31, 2020. Our dear Aunt Junebug passed away early August 31st following a brief illness, surrounded by her family at home. She was a longtime resident of Scottsdale, AZ and spent summers in Pinetop, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim, and their little fur baby Lizzie, and will be resting with them forever. She was a queen, and much-loved...elegant, wise, funny; she missed nothing, could be pointed and prickly, caring,...
My household canceled our Netflix subscription months ago. We’d been grumbling for some time about the increase in programming that mocked our values and was either borderline pornographic or certainly blasphemous toward our faith. I really wasn’t surprised when I first saw promotions for the film “Cuties” a few weeks back because I’d been telling people to expect a cultural push toward acceptance of pedophilia, bestiality and other deviant practices for some time. “Cuties” is a movie that fo...
In even the best experience, high school has a way of making a student feel like he’s passing through a blender. Don’t get me wrong. High School can be a fun experience. It is a fun and learning experience academically and socially. The books and now the tablets and iPads are only part of the bigger lessons, the social lessons. I call it a blender because students pass in and out of classes, some thinking of the next class, others stressed about the quiz they just bombed and others who can...
Ian Fleming divided his 7th James Bond novel, Goldfinger, into three parts: “Happenstance,” “Coincidence,” and “Enemy Action.” Three times Bond intervened in Auric Goldfinger’s diabolical plans to enrich himself, and after the third time, Goldfinger had had enough. He seized 007. “Mr. Bond,” Goldfinger said, “they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.’” Coincidences startle us. Two people discover that they have the same bir...
It’s that time of year again, where, if you work for a medium-to-large employer, you’ve got some decisions to make because it’s open enrollment time. Of course, depending on your situation, you may have been working remotely for a while, but, even so, you will likely have the opportunity to review your benefits package and make changes. And you’ll want to make the right moves, because your choices can have a big financial impact on your life. So, take a close look at these key areas of your benefits program: • Health insurance – Think about...
I write this article on the Anniversary of the Destruction of the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the Plane Crash in a Pennsylvania field. The emotions that go through me even after 19 years are so very real, but my focus has changed from 19 years ago. I don’t focus on the tragedy, I focus on the one who has been there through it all GOD. Some would say how could GOD let that happen, well we all have a Free Moral Will to choose, and those men chose to do evil and kill people, as for me I chose to follow and serve a GOD who wants to heal, p...
There is something about my cowboy that I will never understand. The way our minds are hard-wired so differently truly amazes me. We have lived in the same house for over eleven years and very few things have moved locations since we first put them in their place. The special whisk goes in a particular drawer, and the green platter has a spot in a specific cupboard, and the griddle stands on end to the right of the stove. Despite these kitchen items remaining in the same place for over a...
An upcoming online training for agricultural professionals will teach individuals how to recognize and respond to potential signs of crisis and suicidal behavior. Farming and ranching can be stressful in the best of times. Financial worries, unpredictable weather, unpredictable commodity prices, plant pests, livestock diseases and isolation all contribute to a producer’s anxiety. And now Nebraska’s rural communities and families are coping with the unpredictability and imposed isolation produced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nebraska Extension and...
Lincoln -- No matter where you live, drought is a part of life. Being prepared for drought before the next one develops can help reduce the severity of its damaging effects on everything from agricultural production to urban water supplies to physical and emotional well-being and beyond. The National Drought Mitigation Center, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources, along with Nebraska Extension, work with an array of partners to develop resources that can help you be better prepared before and during drought...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team righted themselves last week with a gritty 27-to-18 win over Chase County, but the visiting Cozad Haymakers showed their power with a convincing 47-to-0 rout over the Raiders at Weymouth field on Friday. The Sidney squad kicked off and started on defense, and was able to shut down the Cozad offense that entered the game winning their first two games by a combined score of 78-to-7. Sidney’s first drive also stalled and the Raiders were forced to punt. Cozad the...
Creek Valley’s Storm Football team improved their record to 2-and-1 with a convincing 62-to-24 win over the visiting Sioux County Warriors in Chappell Friday night. The Storm started hot, putting up 24 points in the first quarter as their offense opened up the field with its passing attack while the Warriors fought back and put up 12 points of their own in the opening frame. Creek Valley turned it on in the second quarter, racking up 32 points to open a big lead, and went into the i...
Leyton’s Warrior Football team hosted rival Bayard on Friday night, and a hard-hitting close contest turned into a convincing 50-to-24 win as the Warriors took control of the game in the second half. The night started with a solemn remembrance on Patriot’s Day, with members of multiple area fire, police and veterans groups participating in a moment of silence commemorating the memories of all who were lost on September 11, 2001. After the ceremony, the game started and immediately the two teams...
Leyton’s Lady Warriors 1-2 at Garden County Leyton’s Lady Warrior Volleyball team had an off day on Thursday as their scheduled opponent, Sedgwick County, could not play due to Colorado’s onerous COVID-19 policy, but had a full slate of action on Saturday against three opponents. The Lady Warriors first squared off against host Garden County, and the Lady Eagles took it to the Leyton squad firing off a 25-16, 25-13 2-to-1 victory. The Lady Warriors next faced the undefeated South Platte Lady...
Sidney juniors Daniel Bashtovoi and Mitch Deer led the boys Cross Country team, while junior Lydia Peters and freshman Talissa Tanquary led the girls squad as both teams ended the day with a second place finish at the Chadron Invitational Cross Country Meet at Chadron State College on Saturday. Bashtovoi finished third overall with a time of 18:32.31 followed by Deer in fourth place with a time of 18:51.34 for the boy’s squad. Junior Treyson Johnson finished in 19th place with a time of 1...
There is something “normal,” a little bit historic, about attending a summer camp. The concept is foreign to some families, however, because of the expense of attending a camp and of driving to the nearest camp. Since 1995, Sullivan Hills Camp near Lodgepole has offered a nearby place to get away, a place for summer camp, weekend and event activities of all ages. The camp depends on the support of donors to keep prices affordable for campers and their families. For several years, supporters of...
