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A free Thanksgiving community dinner, open to everyone, will be served from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the First United Methodist Church in Sidney. All community members are invited to attend the event and celebrate the holiday with a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Those who attend are welcome to bring a side dish to share, and monetary donations will be accepted to purchase supplies for next year. The First United Methodist Church is located at 2622 11th Ave. in Sidney. For more information, call...
Thanksgiving evokes images of football, family reunions, roasted turkey with stuffing, and pumpkin pie, with the holiday upon us area businesses will be closed in observance. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States, as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The event that Americans commonly call the “First Thanksgiving” was cel...
Dean Starr, age 86 of Sidney, NE passed away at his home, Sunday, November 20, 2016. Memorial services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Dean’s care and funeral arrangements....
Helen Ann (Habrock) Kai, age 99 of Dalton, NE and formerly of Pender, NE passed away at her home on Sunday, November 20, 2016 just a few months short of her 100th Birthday. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 23rd in the United Church of the Plains in Dalton with Pastor Wayne Pouppirt officiating. Local services will conclude at the church. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. A second visitation will be from 10 to noon at the...
Edward Carl Hofrock, 88, passed from this life to be with his heavenly father on November 19th, 2016. Visitation will be at Colyer Funeral Home November 21st 2016 from 3 to 5 p.m. The memorial service will be held at Center Cross Church in Gering Nebraska November 22nd 2016 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Bill Marietta officiating. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery Tryon, Nebraska on November 23rd 2016 at 2 p.m. Carl was born September 26th, 1928 in Lisco, Nebraska. He was adopted at the age of 18...
Violet Kurz, 86 of Sidney, Nebraska died early Monday morning, November 21, 2016 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2016 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Leon "Bud" Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. A memorial has been established to be determined at a later date. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with the...
From his early childhood, Daniel Rouse (Dan) wanted to be a soldier. During elementary school classes, the question to the students was: "what do you want to be when you grow up?" Most of the kids' answers were about being teachers, policemen, firemen, astronauts, etc. Dan's was consistently "soldier". On graduating from high school, many of his friends wanted to go into the Iowa National Guard. In that it was a good way to pay for college, he joined. Dan passed all the requirement of enlistment...
A quartet of Potter-Dix players, who helped lead the Lady Coyotes to the Nebraska State Volleyball Tournament, led picks for the MAC All-Conference Volleyball team. Lady Coyote seniors Dawson Sharman and Lanie Thies, and junior Audrey Juelfs were chosen for first team honors, while another senior, Alexus Rozelle, was chosen for the second team. Other local players chosen for first team honors included Leyton’s Cheyenne Nickel and Creek Valley’s Payje Misegadis. Second team picks were Taylor Ber...
Three local players were named to the D2-10 all-district football team, with two others given honorable mention. Leyton senior Morley Haley, was among the Warrior offensive leaders with 878 yards, averaging 110 yard per game. Haley rushed for 419 yards over the season, and was a favorite receiver in Leyton’s passing game, gaining 459 yards with 27 receptions. He scored nine touchdowns On defense, Haley was in on 42 tackles, with 13 solo stops. He also had two interceptions and one fumble r...
