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Six local hair dressers – all who worked with each other years ago – have reunited at Transformations Salon. Tamara Vowers, Christy Riley, Sondra Thies, Jana Tarrell, Shelly Peckham and Kathy Solberg all met working for Tarrell there. Tarrell had bought the shop in 1985. One by one, the women flocked into the shop to form what they can now call a lasting friendship. In 1996, Vowers bought the salon from Tarrell. As time passed, various opportunities and circumstances took the women in dif...
The Sidney Singers visited South Elementary on Wednesday afternoon to sing Christmas Carols. Pictured from left are: Thomas Kokjer, McKenzie Bowker, Jon Smith and Abbie Fraas.... Full story
The City of Sidney dog tags for the year 2015 have arrive and are being issued to all pet owners. The tags are at the Sidney Police Department at 1715 Illinois St. Owners must bring a certificate of current rabies vaccination for each dog or a license will not be issued. The fee for an intact female is $11. The fee for an intact male is $6. Altered females, males and puppies younger than 6 months are no charge. According to city ordinances #618.07, starting March 1, 2015, intact females will be $16, intact males will be $11, altered females,... Full story
Sidney High School senior Jachob Wiedeburg was recently installed as Master Councilor of the Fort Sidney Chapter of DeMolay. Tyler Miller was installed as Senior Councilor and Ryan Birner as Junior Councilor. DeMolay International is an organization dedicated to preparing young men to lead successful, happy and productive lives. Basing its approach on timeless principles and practical, hands-on experience, DeMolay opens doors for men ages 12 to 21 by developing the civic awareness, personal...
Clark Wicks, 89 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center in Sidney, Sunday evening, Dec. 7, 2014. Funeral services for Clark will be at 10 a.m., Fri., Dec. 12th in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Graveside services with Military honors will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may visit Gehrig-Stitt Chapel Thursday, Dec. 11th from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. There will be no viewing at the church. You may... Full story
Ongoing Send your Christmas wishes to military members in veteran’s hospitals. Visit the Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library in Lodgepole from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday (Dec. 8-11 and Dec. 15-18) to sign a card or write a note. Cards, envelopes and postage are provided and they will be mailed on Dec. 20. Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great Topics and food. Call Leslie @ 250-1113 if questions. Thursday, Dec. 11 The Sidney Youth Choir will perform a concert in the h... Full story
A Honor Roll – 1st Quarter 9th Grade – Taylor Borges and Paige Ernest. 10th Grade – Taylor Berner and Hope Dykman. 11th Grade – Tanner Bellmyer, Caitlyn Deal, Katelyn Higgins and Jessica Houk. 12th Grade – Dani McKay. AB Honor Roll – 1st Quarter 9th Grade – Sierra Nickel. 10th Grade – Abbe Draper, Kenny Ernest, Morley Haley, Jack Houk, Bailey Miller, Brody Morgan and Brianna Weyerts. 11th Grade – Zach Deal, Rhett Dye and Rebecca Tafoya. 12th Grade – Kaitlyn Berner, Cody McKay, James Rushman and Jared Westman.... Full story
A Honor Roll – 1st Quarter 6th Grade – Ella Draper, Jillian Ehlers, Alianna Gonzalez, Colvin Ladely, Dominick Russ and Hannhan Vah. 7th Grade – None. 8th Grade – Janessa Carley, Destinee Henke, Danielle Higgins, Meg Huson and Josh Kruse. AB Honor Roll – 1st Quarter 6th Grade – Logan Borges, Quentin Brown, Zack Henke, Dylan Miller and Sage Rummel. 7th Grade – Megan Ernest, Cassidee Murray, Mayson Rowan and Madelyn Watchorn. 8th Grade – Caleb Buttle, Carley Fortune, DJ George, Alyssa Maldonado, Quentin Miller, Shelby Miller and Major Roberts.... Full story
Coming off its loss to a tough Scottsbluff squad last Saturday, the Sidney High boys' basketball team will face two more tests this weekend. The Red Raiders (2-1) will travel to face another stacked team on Friday in Chase County (2-0). Tip time is 7:30 p.m. Then on Saturday, Sidney will host Sterling (Colo.) High at 7 p.m. The Tigers are off to a 3-0 start this winter. Chase County boasts a trio of big, senior guards in Travis Luhrs, Issac Sorensen and Jeff Dickey – all averaging more than 1...
Three games into the season, the Sidney High Lady Raiders have established a defense that is strong most of the time, but can be even suffocating on occasion. A unified defensive effort held a powerful Omaha Gross Catholic offense to just 42 points in the Western Conference Tournament final last Saturday. Fortunately for the Lady Raiders, their next opponent – the Chase County Longhorns don’t pose nearly the same offensive threat as Omaha Gross did. The Longhorns have one true scoring threat in sophomore 5-foot guard Destiny Reinke, who is ave...
“It is simply the nature of the journalism and news industry that requires one to always be prepared for change at any moment.” This is one of the best nuggets of advice my journalism professors always reminded me of when I was an undergrad at UT Austin, progressing my way toward a journalism degree from the Texas School of Journalism. The first time I heard that was three years ago when I first stepped foot inside a classroom at the Belo Center for New Media, on UT’s campus, as a sophomore. I heard it one final time as I crossed the stage with...
