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Saturday evening was none too kind to the Creek Valley and Potter-Dix high school’s basketball programs, whose boys and girls were swept by Caliche (Colo.) and Paxton, respectively. TIGERS TOO STRONG FOR COYOTES Paxton proved too tough a visitor for P-D, winning the girls contest, 58-27, and then handing the boys a 90-34 thumping. Conner Wolff managed a team-high 16 points for the Potter-Dix girls’ squad, but Paxton rolled to an easy victory on the strength of 17 points from Brekkan Martinosky. Emma Holz added 13 points and Taylor Hol...
A light can be signified by a flashlight checking for monsters under the bed, a sun coming up over cornfields, or even a shooting star. But a light can also symbolize something as important as remembrance. Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, grandmothers and grandfathers, and friends all gathered Dec. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church- South Divide in Sidney at 2 p.m. to remember the loved ones that have gone before them. The Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony is put on every second December...
Minnie I. Sanks 1922 to 2012 Minnie I. Sanks, 90, of Sidney, passed away Thursday evening, Dec. 6, 2012, at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in the First Christian Church in Sidney, with Mark Zalesky officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. You may view Minnie’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Memorial contributions may be made in Minnie’s name to the First Christian Church. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of...
Dorothy Hokom 1912 to 2012 Dorothy Hokom, 100, of Lodgepole, died Saturday morning, Dec. 8, 2012, at her home in Lodgepole. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, in the Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. In lieu of flowers memorials have been established to the Lodgepole United Methodist Church of to a memorial of the Donor’s Choice. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Holechek Funeral Home in S...
Charlotte V. ‘Stina’ Doyle 1924 to 2012 Charlotte V. “Stina” Doyle, 88, of Sidney, passed away with family and loved ones by her side on Friday afternoon, Dec. 7, 2012, at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Wake services will be at 6 p.m.., Wednesday, Dec. 12, and a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, with Father Art Faesser officiating. Both services will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow Mass in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. Memorial cont...
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Andersen 1918 to 2012 Robert R. “Bob” Andersen, 94 of Sidney, passed away at Golden Living Center, Thursday morning, Dec. 6, 2012. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sidney, with Pastor Bradley Heinecke officiating. Military Honors will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Bob’s name to the donor’s choice. You may view Bob’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremat...
Amongst the wind and winter cold, the Cheyenne County Community Center was the site of the second annual Christmas Craft Fair and Bazaar, Saturday. All handcrafted art filled the community center room as shoppers and vendors buzzed. Buyers asking how the creator used their skills to produce such cute ideas, while the creators began blushing and responding in detail. Crafts ranged from Hello Kitty hats to knitted Cornhuskers apparel.The tiny loops in every crotched scarf that filled the tables just as identical as the rest. Wooden snowman...