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Sidney's Brian and Julie Slagle won first place this year in the annual "House Lighting" contest sponsored by the Cheyenne County Visitors Committee. The Slagles, whose house is located at 2040 Elm St., won $100. Second place went to John Hanley and Kandace Conroy at 2214 13th Ave. They won $75. Burt and Rachel Abrams at 1555 Greenwood Road collected third place and $50. The "Griswold Award" – named after the family in the movie, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" – went to Ron and Bre...
Residents at the Golden Living Center were the recipients of a number of gifts Tuesday afternoon courtesy of the Adopt-A-Senior program sponsored by the Cheyenne County Community Center. Kierston Richards, the activity director at the center, and Scott Borcher, the center’s senior community director, assisted with the four-year-old program. Golden Living Center’s Activity Director Dawn Davis provides Richards and Borcher the names of each residents. The residents are given numbers and those numbers are then put on a bulletin board at the com...
During the holiday months, Adams Industries has been involved in various activities to help less fortunate families in our community. In November, it hosted a community-wide coat drive. It asked employees and the members of the community to donate any men's, women's or children's gently used coats, gloves, scarves or hats. Employees collected nearly 75 coats and a good amount of warm necessities. The coats that were collected went to anyone in the community who reached out to the company and...
CHADRON – Chadron State College has announced the names of 660 students who qualified for the institution’s fall 2014 semester academic honors lists. The president’s list, which requires a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average, consists of 277 names. Another 383 students met requirements for the dean’s list by earning at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify. Local students who made the lists include: President’s list – Karson Lang...
M. Winifred Johnston Nichols Lieutenant, U.S. Navy World War II – 1942-1945 Korea – 1951-1953 Editor's Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. In 1937, Winifred Johnston graduated from Beth El School of Nursing in Colorado Springs, Colo. The head of the school at that time insisted that the graduates give back to the...
Sharon passed away Mon., Dec. 22, in Scottsbluff. As she requested, cremation has been held and the memorial service will be at a later date. Sharon is proceeded in death by her husband Bill, parents Dan Foran & Bernice Beebe. She is survived by sisters Valerie Tooley, Cindy Thompson & Carol Stimka and brother Danny Foran.... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Troy Haas, age 37 of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., appeared for a pre-trial conference on a charge of DUI 3rd, a class W misdemeanor. Entry of Plea set for Jan. 26. Slimane Lashini, age 47 of Sidney, appeared for arraignment on a charge of DUI, a class W misdemeanor. Entry of Plea set for Jan. 12. Kimberly Wittrock, age 42 of Sidney, appeared for arraignment on charges of Attempted Strangulation and 3rd Degree Assault: Fight by Mutual... Full story
Bruce Aaron Merrick, born Feb. 11, 1925, passed peacefully from this world to the next on Dec. 18, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Mon., Dec. 29, 2014 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in his name to Concerned Women for America or the Cheyenne County Historical Association. You can view the online obituary... Full story
Ongoing 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. Wednesday, Dec. 24 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, at 2305 San Marino, is holding their Candlelight Christmas Eve services at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 24th. Come and worship the newborn King at one of these beautiful services! You are always welcome! First United Methodist Church Christmas Eve Services - 5 p.m. or 11 p.m., Wed., Dec. 24th. Hear the Christmas story from the... Full story
During the holiday season, you no doubt have a lot going on in your life — work functions, gatherings with friends and neighbors, tracking down the elusive “perfect gift,” etc. But you may find it valuable to add one more event to your calendar: a family meeting to discuss those financial preparations that affect you and your loved ones. Of course, the scope of your meeting will depend on your age and the age of your children, and on whether you have elderly parents. So, let’s look at one family meeting scenario that would work under two dif...
“Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.” In other words, I’ll be brief this go around. Also I’m afraid, whatever follows in this space – on this day or any other day – will never be near as brilliant as Lincoln’s second inaugural address. Fortunately, since I am only entering my second term as a sportswriter in Sidney and not as the head of a nation in crisis, it doesn’t need to be. It can be reasonably surmised that one...
