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Continued development is planned in the east Sidney expansion area, including one project anticipated through a partnerships between Cabela’s and a property belonging to Tim and Virginia Reganis. The couple own land adjacent to the area where Cabela’s plans to expand its corporate offices, next to the company’s current corporate headquarters. The Planning Commission held a public hearing last week regarding a preliminary plat of the Reganis land on the 14 acres next to the Cabela’s land on the South side of Old Post Road. The commiss...
The Methodist Church's Free Community Christmas dinner, welcomed guests for the 22nd consecutive year on Wednesday. Some 180 local residents showed up for the feast. To accommodate them, volunteers prepared 10 turkeys, 40 pounds of ham and dozens of side dishes. Harold Powers can't resist another item for his plate.... Full story
The Methodist Church's Free Community Christmas dinner, welcomed guests for the 22nd consecutive year on Wednesday. Some 180 local residents showed up for the feast. To accommodate them, volunteers prepared 10 turkeys, 40 pounds of ham and dozens of side dishes. Kevin Swain was in a festive mood.... Full story
Volunteers from the Cheyenne County Community Center provided Christmas gifts for residents of Golden Living Center on Tuesday.... Full story
Joan Bell, 68 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center, Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Joan’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
Carlleen Joan (Temple) Fehrenbach 1929 to 2013 The children of Carlleen Joan (Temple) Fehrenbach announce the return of her soul unto the Lord on Dec. 22, 2013. Carlleen was born in Sidney on Feb. 26, 1929 to the parents of Marguerite and Carl Temple. As a child, Carlleen resided on a ranch outside of Peetz, Colo. until she married William Joseph Fehrenbach on July 19, 1947. They lived in Peetz, Ness City and Oakley, Kan. as they raised their family. Carlleen was preceded in death by her... Full story
The City of Sidney will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 1, in observance of the New Year’s holiday. All City Departments will be closed including the Landfill and the Library. The Dial-a-ride Bus and Stage Line Bus will not be running. The Solid Waste Department will be collecting trash on the regular residential schedule.... Full story
Now, we’re right in the midst of the most festive part of the holiday season. Although Christmas is behind us and New Year’s Eve is ahead I’m sure most of our celebrations don’t take place exclusively on those two days. I enjoy spending time with family during this season as much as anyone, though I don’t think I’ll ever understand sitting one’s small child on a bearded stranger’s lap for a photo op. Even though none of my kin are particularly religious, Christmas is a big deal for my mother’s family. My grandma owns an army of festive holida...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready to ring in the new year, Americans look ahead with optimism, according to a new AP-Times Square New Year's Eve poll. Their ratings of the year gone by? Less than glowing. What the public thought of 2013: GOOD YEAR OR GOOD RIDDANCE? On the whole, Americans rate their own experience in 2013 more positively than negatively, but when asked to assess the year for the United States or the world at large, things turn sour. —All told, 32 percent say 2013 was a better year for them than 2012, while 20 percent say it was wor...
Grover Cleveland Alexander was born, raised and died in Nebraska. If you’re a baseball fan with just a rudimentary knowledge of the game’s history you’ve heard of Alexander. For some reason he was called “Ol Pete” in his day though nobody really knows why. Even when describing his exploits on the mound the Sidney Telegraph stories would refer to him occcassionally as Pete in one form or another. He was on the hill for three games of the 1926 World Series between the New York Yankess and the St. Louis Cardinals. The ‘26 series was one of the mor...
