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The Sidney City Council recently approved an engineering firm for work at the Sidney Elks Lodge. The City received $415,000 in Community Development Block Grant Tourism Development Funds for the Elks Lodge project. The intent is for the funds to be used to initiate a restoration effort for the building. A Request For Qualifications was sent out in September for architectural design and engineering services. Four firms submitted qualifications: Joseph R. Hewgley and Associates (office in North Pl...
A new cancer support group has been formed for anyone who has been diagnosed in the past with cancer or if you ave been newly diagnosed. The first meeting, scheduled for Nov. 12, at St. Patrick's Parish Center Large Meeting Room, has been cancelled because of the rise in COVID-19 cases. The group plans to meet in 2021....
The Veterans Day Bean Feed in Sidney has been cancelled this year. The annual event hosted by the Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and Veterans of Foregin Wars has canlled the event due to heightened COVID-19 concerns. County Government Day Postponed The annual County Government Day held the third Monday in November has been postponed until spring 2021. The event is a day when high school students can tour county offices and meet elected officials....
SCOTTSBLUFF - Western Nebraska Community College has updated more COVID-19 related protocols for the Alliance, Scottsbluff, and Sidney campuses, due to the recent elevated risk level in the Panhandle. All classes are scheduled to continue with face-to-face instruction until Nov. 24. After the Thanksgiving break, all classes, with the exception of Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, will complete the semester online. "We understand that the hands-on style of instruction is critical for successful learning for the students in our CTE...
The classroom is converted to a photo studio. Cameras are mounted on tripods. Lighting is balanced perfectly. The background is set in the right position behind the seat. All that is left is for the subject to be poised correctly and the photographer to see the personality in the image. Well, that is not quite all. There is the bookkeeping, the photo editing, the marketing and the numerous steps from concept to returning photos. One of the newest approaches in Sidney High School's Career...
Outlaw Motorsports recently held its grand opening and ribbon cutting with the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. Owned by Nick and Diadra Eddy, Outlaw Motorsports specializes in small engine repair and Jeep customizations. Outlaw Motorsports is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday by appointment. Call 308-249-0580....
Bernie G. Fehringer, age 77, of Sidney, NE passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center with family members by his side. He had battled interstitial lung disease and leukemia for several years. Memorial services will be held at 10 A.M. Friday, November 13, 2020 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney, NE with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Cremation has taken place. Friends may s...
Dell Ray Zimmer, 79, of Peoria, Ariz., passed away on October 16, 2020 after a determined and brave fight with multiple myeloma. Dell Ray grew up in Nebraska and was an avid Cornhuskers fan. He and his new family moved to Oregon in 1967 with the Umatilla Army Depot. As they worked to build their life and family in the Hermiston/Umatilla area, Dell Ray also worked a second job at Safeway at night. In 1971 Dell Ray joined Farmers Insurance as an agent. He worked to serve the greater Hemiston area...
Larry William Bruce passed away on October 10, 2020 at his home in Albany, Oregon. Larry was born in Dalton, Nebraska on June 9, 1939. He was the oldest of six children born to John and Mary Bruce. The family resided in Gurley, Nebraska in a historic old bank turned into a unique home. Larry was always the strong, older brother who helped his parents and younger siblings. Larry graduated from Gurley School in 1957. After graduation, he lived with his grandfather before going to work in Wyoming...
Jerry L. Rose , age 67, formerly of Dalton, NE, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 in Sidney, NE. Cremation has taken place and no formal services are planned at this time. You may view Jerry’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Jerry’s care and funeral arrangements. Jerry was born on January 30, 1953 in Benkelman, NE to Herbert and Betty (Tucker) Rose. He is survived by thr...
If you missed the Senate hearings with the titans of Tech last week, you missed a classic Washington bleep-show. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey looked like an over-dedicated Civil War re-enactor. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zukerberg at least put on a tie, but delivered wooden recitations of written talking points punctuated by deer-in-the-headlights expressions during questioning by senators. The hearings came about after Twitter, Facebook and Google were accused of removing or “throttling” content poste...
We have a dog, again. Or maybe better said is he has us. I used to smile at, maybe quietly question, people who had the “100 pound lap dog.” The examples I think of were probably 100 pounds or more by the time I met them, or maybe not. The end result was the same, a dog big enough to request his own zip code also indignantly acts like his has a place on the couch, the love seat, the bed... even snooping on the countertop. I remember watching the movie “Marley and Me” and thinking “you guys need...
Mr. Benson’s title presents itself as part of pamphlet from Arab propaganda, or from anti Jews, or from anti-Israel provocateurs, or from all three. In the first paragraph he continues an antagonistic approach with this quotation: “…its occupation of the rest of the territory seized in 1967 is ongoing”. Israel re-incorporated Judea and Samaria land after it defeated several Arab countries’ armies, its enemies, in a 6 days war. He presents that quote as irrefutable truth. Far from the truth it...
Over the course of the past several weeks I have been outlining the Nebraska Taxpayer Bill of Rights which will appear in Legislation I plan to introduce in January for a consumption tax. The consumption tax will replace the State income tax, property tax, State sales tax, and inheritance tax. It is the best solution to Nebraska’s tax problems. The right that I will talk about this week pertains to the Nebraska Department of Revenue. This right of the people states that “The Nebraska Department...
Like everyone, you want to remain physically and financially independent throughout your life. But if you lose some of this freedom, the last thing you’d want is to become a burden on your family. How can you keep this from happening? First of all, you need to be aware of the risk. Someone turning 65 today has almost a 70 percent chance of eventually needing some type of long-term care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you face that 70 percent likelihood. In reality, yo...
My wife and I recently received our annual fall flu shot and it got me to thinking about how the vaccine and immunization program has played an important role in avoiding many harmful diseases. Let’s consider the vaccination/immunization process as a way to understand God’s Plan of Salvation. As we all know, the Panhandle of Nebraska is well known for its cows and ranching. Who knew that cows would save the lives of countless people? In 1796, a physician named Edward Jenner decided to prove a theory that had been circulating for some time. Sma...
The COVID pandemic of 2020 has contributed to increased food insecurity for many Nebraska families. In response, communities have pitched in to help. And some of the donated food is produce that has been grown this year at community gardens around Nebraska, which leverage local volunteers with grant funds from Growing Together Nebraska (GTN), part of Nebraska Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) program. Established in 2016, Growing Together Nebraska i...
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. In response to thi...
In this month’s column, I will provide updates on our recently released 2019-2020 Annual Report, COVID-19 in western Nebraska, Panhandle Beginnings Day Treatment, and a new ESU 13 facility in Sidney. Annual Report It is with tremendous pleasure that I invite you to read the 2019-2020 ESU 13 Annual Report. The report synthesizes the robust high quality services and programs provided to the 21 school districts in our service area. To view the report in its entirety, please visit www.esu13.org, c...
Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in a partnership with TestNebraska has increased the availability of the program from two days to three. TestNE is a State of Nebraska program that provides free COVID-19 testing to eligible residents. To determine eligibility, residents of Nebraska must take the online assessment through the TestNebraska portal. If eligible, participant will receive a free test from the TestNE program available at the SRMC Walk-in Clinic. “We are seeing a surge in the utilization of this program and felt it is crucial t...
The Sidney Lady Raider Volleyball team ended its season Saturday afternoon with a loss to the Syracuse Lady Rockets three sets to two at Kearney High School. Sidney finishes with a 24-7 record. After losing in straight sets in the C1-12 Subdistrict finals to Ogallala, the Lady Raiders faced a District Final opponent in Syracuse that boasted a 21-and-1 season record, dropping only two sets the entire year during their lone loss to Douglas County West in early September. Sidney had never faced...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes added another notch to the win column Friday when they defeated the visiting Wallace Wildcats 66-34 in the first round of the D6 playoffs. The game started with the Coyotes managing the field well. The first score attempt of the game was earned by the Coyotes at 7:37 in the first quarter by Luke Kasten. The play was called back on a holding call. About 40 seconds later, the Coyotes reclaimed their presence in the end zone with a touchdown pass by Kasten. The Coyotes return...
Creek Valley’s Storm Football team rebounded from their 66-to-13 loss against Potter-Dix with a convincing 40-to-16 win over the Spalding Academy Shamrocks, shutting out the visitors for three quarters as they advanced to the second round of the NSAA D-6 playoffs. Spalding received the ball first, and was able to gain a first down to mid-field, but then were stopped by the Storm’s defense and turned the ball over on downs. Creek Valley immediately got their running game going, and after thr...
The annual non-denominational Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony in Sidney, will be held 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at The Well Church, 432 20th Ave., Sidney, Neb. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting is held on the second Sunday in December worldwide, in every time zone. Everyone is invited to light a candle in honor of all the children who have died, so that their light may always shine. As candles go out in one time zone, they are lit in the next, creating a wave of light that enc...
The Nebraska Department of Labor is hosting our third Veteran Job Fair. In response to COVID-19 considerations, the Veteran Job Fair is changing format from a traditional room full of employers job fair model to a no-contact model, where the employers provide us with their hiring information and we provide interested Veterans with a package of relevant and current employment opportunity information. The Nebraska Department of Labor is assembling 35 HR packets and Veterans who are interested can contact Alan “A.J.” Trook, Worforce Coo...
