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IMPERIAL and LINCOLN, NE (November 29, 2021) – ALLO Communications today announced a fiber-to-the-premise project offering 10 Gigabit bandwidth in Sidney. ALLO will begin construction in Sidney in Spring 2022 after working closely with the city to complete the necessary agreements. ALLO President and CEO Brad Moline stated, "Developing Sidney as a gigabit society will further ALLO's investments in the panhandle region of Nebraska. ALLO's fiber investment will ensure that Sidney is connected at a world- class level." Sidney Mayor, Roger G...
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. – The 37th Helicopter Squadron stationed here will be assisting the 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron Hardened Intersite Cabling System (HICS) team with inspections in the missile field starting Dec. 2, 2021, and lasting approximately one week. The HICS team will be flown over utility and cable corridors to examine post markers as well as check for any evidence of tampering or erosion to cable lines. These inspections are conducted at regular intervals to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the cable e...
The Sidney City Council on Nov. 23 heard an update on a project designed to upgrade the trail system adjacent to East Old Post Road. The project traces its history to a ½ percent Occupation Tax applied by Cabela's. Early this year, the Occupation Tax was defined with a balance of about $740,000. Initially, the council discussed how to use it, are there options on where to use it and what can be done with the balance. The council recently contracted with Jason Nelke, president of Keep Sidney...
Watch carefully as windows in downtown Sidney can already be decorated in anticipation of the Parade of Lights. There could be snowmen, elves, reindeer pulling bright red sleighs, mangers with shepherds in awe of the newborn Jesus or Scrooge somewhere in his transformation. Then again, there could be gifts from the 12 days of Christmas. The Parade of Lights is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 3. This year as in the past will be an event as much as a parade. However, unique to this year, the event...
Cheryl A. Miller, age 74, of Sidney, NE passed away in Sidney on Thursday, November 18, 2021. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation has been held. You may view Cheryl’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Cheryl’s care and funeral arrangements. Cheryl was born on December 26th, 1946, to Lumar and Ella (Schlman) Studnicka, in Sidney NE. She grew on the family far...
Lewis J. Bruns, age 89, of Lodgepole, NE passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2021 in Sidney. A Rosary will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, December 3, 2021, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney, NE. with Father C.P. Varghese officiating. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with Military Honors. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 1-6:00 P.M. to sign Lewis’s reg...
Verna left this earthly world to join our Lord in Heaven on November 20, 2021. She had been in the hospital with several chronic ailments. The last week of her hospital stay was in the care of Pathways Hospice in Loveland, Co. At the time of her death she was living in Akron, Co with her daughter. Verna was born on February 15, 1935 at home in Sidney, NE to Mark and Leona Schilz. She was the middle child of 7 children. She attended school in Sidney, Platte Center, Belgrade, St. Edwards, and retu...
Geraldine (Gerry) Skrdlant Simpson, 82, was remembered at a graveside service in Sidney, Ne., on Oct. 29, 2021, attended by family members. She passed away March 2, 2020 of cancer. Gerry was born in Sidney, NE on Oct. 29, 1939, to Jim and Alice Skrdlant. She graduated from Sidney St. Patrick Academy. She was united in marriage to Tim Simpson, had three children, Michael, Melanie and Marcella. She spent most of her life in Scottsbluff, NE. At her passing, she resided with her daughter in...
The recent trial of Kyle Rittenhouse dominated the national news cycle. As usual, the event became highly politicized. I followed the trial closely as I carry a firearm, and was concerned the Rittenhouse verdict might impact Second Amendment rights. In the end, the jury acquitted Rittenhouse of wrongdoing, but that doesn’t mean the young man didn’t do anything wrong. By “wrong” I mean error in judgement. Having been a concealed carrier of firearms most of my adult life, I understand that si...
I recently noticed a headline that Thanksgiving is an offense to indigenous people, promotes colonialism, etc. Let’s just take a moment for that to sink in. A celebration following a winter they didn’t think they would survive, helped in part by people they had met in the North American continent, and spreading a table is an offense. I really wanted to believe it was a joke, a parody of headlines, The Babylon Bee, or The Onion, publications designed to be humorous and deliberately mis...
Thanks to my dad I became something I never thought I would be – a student of history. History was boring with no practical application in our fast changing, technically oriented world. Then I came across some pictures of my dad in uniform and the ship he served on during WWII – the USS Portland, a heavy cruiser that saw action at Midway, Guadalcanal, and other big battles in WWII in the Pacific. I asked him why he enlisted in the Navy instead of waiting to be drafted. He replied, “I wante...
While you’re working, you may be contributing to an individual retirement account (IRA), which can provide a tax-advantaged way to save for your future. So, is it ever a good idea to tap into your IRA before you retire? Ideally, you should leave this account intact until your retirement. After all, you could spend two or more decades in retirement, so you’ll need a lot of financial resources. Still, life is unpredictable, so there may be times you’ll consider taking money from your IRA. You’ll need to be aware, though, that if you withdra...
There’s an old Egyptian story about a little boy named Miobi who came to a village where the people were very strange. They did little more than moan and groan about almost everything. The fires didn’t get lit, the goats didn’t get milked, the children didn’t get clothed, and the crops didn’t get planted, all because the villagers were expecting any time to get eaten by the monster that lived on top of the mountain. Miobi looked up and behold - the monster was real. He had a head like her crocodile and a body like a hippopotamus and a tail li...
Jessica Groskopf, Regional Ag Economist Cory Walters, Associate Professor, Ag Economics Rising fertilizer and input prices are the hot topic of conversation in rural coffee shops across the corn belt. However, there seems to be little banter about how to make crop-input purchase decisions heading into 2022. So what should savvy farmers be discussing, in addition to rising costs, to make the best purchase decision? A large piece missing from the discussion is an individual’s personal financial scenario. Your financial standing might be d...
INDIANAPOLIS (National FFA Organization) – The National FFA Foundation announced its new chair for the Sponsors’ Board during the 94th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis this fall. Paul Rea, senior vice president, BASF agricultural solutions North America (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), was named the chair for the upcoming year. Rea, born and raised on a farm in New Zealand, holds a master’s degree from the University of Sydney, graduate school of management and lives in Raleigh, N.C. “It is a privilege and honor to serve as the...
After an historic season culminating with a runner-up trophy at the D6 Sate Championships, The Coyote Football team had a big number of players qualify for the 2021All-District Football Team. First Team Offense Running Back – Luke Kasten End – Thomas Muldoon Center – Caden McConnell Second Team Offense Quarterback – Brayden Kasten End – Niko Koon Kicker – Thomas Muldoon First Team Defense Defensive Back – Jared Anton Second Team Defense Defensive Back – Zach Rotert Punter – Thomas Muldoon...
Sidney Police Department Nov. 23 • 2:28 a.m. Suspicious Person, Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office. • 7:02 a.m. Fraud, Walk-In Clinic, Glover Road. • 8:35 a.m. Information Only, Police Department. • 8:53 a.m. Suspicious Activity, 600 block Chase Blvd. • 9:03 a.m. Code Violation, 1800 block 10th Avenue. • 10:37 a.m. Animal Call, 2200 block Linden Street. • 11:18 a.m. Animal Call, 11th Avenue and Newton Street. • 1:10 p.m. Parking Complaint, 600 block Chase Blvd. • 3:16 p.m. Traffic Stop, 19th Avenue and Newton Street. • 3:57 p.m. Animal Call, 100...
What value is there in a college education today? Where can a student go today for higher education which isn’t laced with Left-wing propaganda such as Critical Race Theory? Nebraska’s state’s colleges and universities are now devolving at an alarming rate. Many Nebraskans now believe there may be more hope for the Cornhuskers to play in a bowl game this year than for our own colleges and universities to recover their good names and reputations. Last week Gov. Pete Ricketts announced publi...
During this season of Hanukkah and Christmas, friends and acquaintances have asked me to explain Hanukkah to them. I’m happy to help them understand the holiday. A recent, highly publicized interview with U. S. Senator Kamala Harris raised questions and negative comments about her understanding of and explanation for the significance of Hanukkah. The Hebrew word Hanukkah means “rededication”. Rededicating the Temple through purification acts and oneself to practice traditional Judaism. It has a...
Names are important in every relationship. Names define us; who we are, where we belong, even our status and prestige in society. It is no different with God. There are about 200 recorded Names of God in the Bible. Fourteen of them show up in Psalm 23, alone, so let us examine His Names. The “EL” names define His Person, such as Elohim (Creator), El Elyon (Most High God), El Roi (God Who sees me) and El Shaddai (God of all sufficiency). “YAH” is God’s redemptive Name. Above every other name, it means “I was, I AM, I will ever be.” YAH is...
