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The Sidney City Council decided to continue to move forward with the contract on a new community pool on Tuesday night, despite hearing that the cost has risen $1.7 million. The city council heard a presentation from Water Technology Inc. on the proposed outdoor swimming pool and water aquatics park at Legion Park. "It's really about providing a quality of life for residents here in Sidney," said Doug Whitaker of Water Technology. "It's appealing to children of all ages, they'll be able to have...
Approximately 40 Sidney residents boarded a bus Tuesday at Western Nebraska Community College to take a community tour led by city manager Gary Person. The bus visited multiple sites across the city, such as the spots for the new Love's travel stop, the proposed new swimming pool and aquatics center and the new hospital. "It's all about helping educate the community," Person said. "So they can have the facts and understand where the projects are." According to the U.S. Department of Commerce...
Vickie Smith received the Caring Kind Award for Sidney Regional Medical Center. The center's CEO Jason Petik made the presentation. Smith is the volunteer coordinator for the Helping Hands Reception Volunteers and is also a board member for the Health Center Foundation. Smith is an active volunteer serving others in many areas of the SRMC facility as well as in her hometown of Chappell. The Caring Kind award is sponsored by the Nebraska Hospital Association. It has been around for 35 years, and... Full story
Mildred Van Aelstyn, 97 of Sidney and former Kimball resident, passed away at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care, Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, 2014. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Mildred’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
Olivia Kay Langley, daughter of Dennis and Tresa Sutton-Langley of Tucson, Ariz. was born Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson and passed peacefully later that day in the arms of her loving parents. During her short time on earth, Olivia unknowingly and gently sowed seeds of joy, hope and love; deeply touching the lives of family and friends. Olivia came into this world too soon and was taken too soon. In addition to her parents, Olivia is survived by one sibling, Brittany Sutton-Wirth of Loveland, Colo.; her... Full story
Judith A. (Judy) Waterson, 77, died peacefully on Oct. 26, 2014 at her home in Turlock, Calif. Services will be held at Turlock Memorial Park on Nov. 3 at 3:00 p.m. Donations may be made in her name to the American Cancer Society, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, or to the charity of the donors choice. Judy was born in Sidney, on Dec. 1, 1936, to Jarvis C. and Helen C. Bush. She attended school in Sidney. She graduated from Sidney High School in 1954. After graduating she attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for one year. She became a member... Full story
SEWARD, Neb. – Concordia University, Nebraska will present the musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” during November and freshman McKenzie Akeson of Chappell will be part of the ballet chorus. “This show is a big undertaking for any theatre company, and it includes numerous technical and performance challenges along the way,” said Bryan Moore, director of theatre at Concordia. “I hope people appreciate and enjoy the choices we have made for our production. Multiple people have expressed both excitement and surprise about us producing t... Full story
Wednesday, Oct. 29 The fascination with zombies will be explored at Lifetree Café on Wed., Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is located at Lifetree Cafe - Sidney, 2305 San Marino Rd., Sidney, Neb. 69162. For questions about Lifetree may be directed to Deb Aikens at 308-254-3124 or [email protected]. More information is available at Lifetreecafe.com. Friday, Oct. 31st - Halloween The City of Sidney’s Trick-Or-Treat Halloween Festival will be held on Fri., Oct. 31st in Hic... Full story
Whether you have young children or not, you’re probably well aware that Halloween is almost here. However, despite the plethora of skeletons and ghosts you might see floating around this week, you probably don’t have much to fear (except, possibly, running out of candy). But in real life, some things genuinely are frightening — such as “scary” investment moves. Of course, investing, by its very nature, is not a risk-free endeavor. Ideally, though, these risks are also accompanied by the possibility of reward. Nonetheless, some investmen...
Sidney High football head coach Todd Ekart and Seward High head coach Jamie Opfer go way back. As high school seniors, they lined up against one other – Ekart in Superior and Opfer in Geneva. In 1993, they both enrolled as freshman at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward. They didn’t know each other very well at the time and lived in different dorms on campus. But it wouldn’t take long for that to change. For the next four years, the two took the field together in Bulldog uniforms – Ekart as a defensive back and Opfer as a linebac...
After failing to make the NSAA Class D2 state tournament in 2013, Potter-Dix High’s football team is back in the playoffs after going 5-3 with a 4-1 record in district play. The Coyotes are the No. 9 seed in the bracket and are set to face No. 8 seeded Paxton (4-4) in their first round game Thursday night. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. MDT in Paxton. The two teams played in the regular season back on Sept. 19, with the Tigers winning 55-32. Potter-Dix head coach Dale Frerichs is excited to have his program back in the hunt for a state title. T...
The Sidney High volleyball team defeated the Kimball Longhorns (14-13) in four sets to close out its regular season Tuesday night in Kimball. The Lady Raiders won the match by scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 25-19. With the win, Sidney finished the regular season with a 10-20 record and a 1-5 posting in district play. The Lady Raiders will get a clean slate for the B District 8 tournament, which will start Tuesday, Nov. 4. Game times and locations will be released later this week. Senior right setter Erin Bown paced Sidney with a very nice...
