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Saturday afternoon the village of Lodgepole celebrated community. The celebration recognized an individual and his family whose support is taking the community into the future. The Yanney family, E.K. Yanney specifically, is credited for support of the Lodgepole Community Foundation. The E.K. Yanney Foundation committed $20,000 to the community fund. E.K. Yanney was known for banking in the Lodgepole community. But he was more than that. His family and friends also recall him for his involvement...
AnnaGrace Briggs, age 48, of Sidney, passed away at home on Sunday, November 14, 2021 from pancreatic cancer where she was surrounded and comforted by many of her loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the New Heart Fellowship Church in Sidney, NE with Pastor Pete Morgan officiating. Burial will take place in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery at a later date. Services will be recorded and available on our website for viewing. Friends may stop at the...
Ronald E. Rieken, age 68, of Sidney passed away in Aurora, CO on Monday, November 15, 2021. Sunrise Memorial service will be held at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021, at the Big Pasture northwest of Lorenzo off Road 12. Cremation has been held. His ashes will be spread across the land that he loved and nurtured. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Rieken Farm from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. to celebrate the life of a man who impacted more lives than any of us even know. You may view Ron’s Book...
The Sidney City Council recently approved amendments to the Joint East Sidney Watershed Authority (JESWA) agreement recently. The city council met Nov. 9 in council chambers. The agenda included a proposed amendment to the JESWA bylaws. JESWA was established in 2013 as an independent authority as an independent authority through an interlocal partnership between the City of Sidney and the South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD). The board member structured was amended in 2017 to change...
North Elementary School students again had the opportunity to have fun and learn life lessons the Lakota way recently when traditional Sicangu Lakota artist Steve Tamayo was a guest at the school. He presented games that showed traditional play time coupled with life lessons. If you make a mistake, you pay the price. In a game, that might mean surrendering one of the game pieces. The games also explained Lakota legends about nature and how animals came to be as we see them today. Steve Tamayo is...
The Sidney Board of Education honored music teachers Jen and Dave Mead in the Nov. 8 school board meeting. The award is presented by Dairy Queen, the French Door and Sidney Floral to a nominated staff member. The Meads are vocal and instrumental music teachers at Sidney High School. District Superintendent Jay Ehler said the Meads often recognized for their successes for school music groups and ensambles. However, this commendation is for the day-to-day, how students experience learning in the...
Ron Nordyke has received 2021 Will Rogers Silver Medallion Awards for being both author and illustrator of the book EagleHorse, in the Young Readers / Illustrated category, and as well as a 2021 Publishers’ Silver Medallion for his book. Ron also has received the Will Rogers Gold Medallion as 2021 Illustrator of the Year. In this book “A wild horse, and a golden eagle befriend a young native girl of the North American plains, Little Red Moon. Listen to her thoughts and dreams. See the spa...
Catherine Louise Peters, born on May 17, 1942, passed away on November 6, 2021. She was the beloved and devoted wife of 53 years to Jack Peters. She was the loving mother of Jacqueline (Barry) Shay, Janell (Jeffery) Pocock, and Carli Peters (Scott Franczek). Catherine was the proud grandmother of Bryan (Kallie) Pocock, Keith (Elise) Pocock, Kyle Pocock, and Steele Maas; and great-grandmother of Everly, Adelaide, Remi, and Ridley. She was the dear sister of Paul (Theresa) Maier, Ron Maier, and Ke...
I had an exchange with my editor in the last week during which he remarked how things I’d written about months ago are only now starting to be covered on the fringes of mainstream media channels. Specifically, I’d written several pieces about The Great Reset. Now that the World Economic Forum’s meeting for this year has wrapped up, they’re not even trying to hide their intentions anymore. It’s all out in the open on the WEF website, and on the site of the International Monetary Fund. One just ha...
One of the home “fast food” go-to meals is burgers, or most any sandwich, and a plate of chips. No, it isn’t usually very healthy, but it is quick and light. I still recall a time — it feels like years ago now — when I stopped at a store to get my favorite variety of barbecue chips and found the 20 oz bag had generally 12 ½ ounces of product. I might be exaggerating some, but it truly felt like the bag was only half-full. So, I paid for a full bag, the bag was full size, the wording described...
Humans tend to have a rather bad trait that often raises its nasty head. Shortly after God created the human race certain members of this new creation determined that they were better than anyone else and therefore the power to rule over one and all was theirs, and theirs alone. Even before the tower of Babel some people were attempting to gain power over others. This tendency has continued throughout history unto today. Kingships and dictatorships, regardless of the title, they all establish co...
When you and your life partner work together to achieve your important long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement lifestyle, the experience can be greatly rewarding. However, your success will require commitment and discipline. So, what steps should you take along the way? One key move is to decide early in your relationship how you will handle money. Many couples merge their finances and make joint decisions on major purchases. But some couples like to keep at least part of their finances distinct, perhaps by maintaining separate...
Isaiah 40:1-10 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 5 And the glory of the Lord wil...
The number 1 ranked Potter-Dix Coyote Football team continued their historic season on Friday, holding off a late surge by the number 13 ranked Spalding Academy Shamrocks to punch their ticket to a State Championship game in Kearney, the first in the school's history. The Coyotes will face their biggest challenge of the year against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys on Friday, November 19 at 6 p.m. MST at the Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The contest against Spalding...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Football team makes the last stop on their historic run on Friday, when they face off against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Friday at 6 p.m. MST. Potter-Dix comes into the matchup ranked number 1 in D6, with Cody-Kilgore ranked number 2. Both teams are undefeated at 11-and-0, but that's where the similarities end. The Cowboys have scored 768 points and given up 184, while the Coyotes have scored 691 while...
Let’s revisit the scenario I presented in my last article: It’s 2:00 AM on a Tuesday night and you and your spouse are fast asleep in bed. Your kids are comfortably tucked in down the hallway. All is quiet in the house, not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse. Suddenly, you’re jolted awake by the sound of glass shattering and your security system blaring. In your sleepy stupor you’re not sure where the sound came from, all you know is that something was broken. Your heart starts to race and you feel the adrenaline pumping through your ve...
