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As housing in Sidney continues to be an issue, city officials and Cabela’s executives are working together to make sure plans for the organization’s housing development aren’t delayed. The planning commission recommended that some of the land for the development be re-zoned from agricultural to residential at last week’s meeting and the city council then set a public hearing for Jan. 14 in the matter. The subdivision will be located between Old Post Road and link 17J, although the first phase will involve only a portion of that. “I’ve been meet...
Young Katelynn Dubas examines an item at the Book and Coffee Corner during a Saturday sidewalk sale over the summer. Each day for the rest of the year, we will be running a photo or photos from the passing year.... Full story
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce can now say ‘there’s an app for that.’ My Chamber is a mobile application being launched by the chamber and included in membership. It provides profile information and contact numbers at the flick of a finger. “It gives the ability for mobile users to find member businesses,” explained chamber director Glenna Phelps-Aurich. All chamber members are automatically included, free of charge.... Full story
The City of Sidney is accepting live Christmas trees for recycling from December 26 thru January 14, according to Tom Von Seggern, Parks Superintendent. Please remove all decorations and take them to the municipal pool parking lot located on Toledo Street.... Full story
This Christmas I would like to share a few Christmas poems that I have written over the years. I hope that they might bring a smile to your face and perhaps light a spark of that good old Christmas Spirit in your heart. Many Years ago we had a Christmas tree that was a misshapen cedar that Dad had cut out of a fencerow along the county road. It definitely was not a perfect tree by any stretch of the imagination. Most times our Christmas tree came out of the pasture and Dad would pick out whichever one might look best that year. Store-bought...
Merry Christmas! We will not hear it said or hear the Christmas carols playing after this week, as some radio stations have already switched back to the regularly schedule everyday music. The Christmas ornaments will be wrapped carefully and placed into the storage boxes. Decorations will be taken down off the house and the lawn. In other words we are approaching the last of Christmas for this year. Perhaps you have already done this at your house. Perhaps you have already put Christmas away. Perhaps you have placed the remaining Christmas...
Mr. & Mrs. Leland Adamson and Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeNardo are announcing the engagement of their children Megan Jean Adamson & Montana Michael DeNardo. The wedding is planned for January 4, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.... Full story
Shirley Minshall, 85 of Sidney, passed away Friday morning, Dec. 27, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Shirley’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
Marian S. Mather 1924 to 2013 Marian Sarah Roberts Mather, 89, of Gurley died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 with her children present at the home of her daughter, Paula Mather in Lynch, Neb. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at 11 a.m. in the Evangelical Free Church in Sidney. Pastor Doug Birky will officiate with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Don Mather, Matthew and Jonathan Adams, Eli Weyerts, Vaughn and James Meehan will serve as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may... Full story
Joan Kay Bell 1945 to 2013 Joan Kay Bell, 68 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 30th with Wake services at 5 p.m., Sunday evening, Dec. 29th. Both services will be in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Art Faesser officiating. Burial will be in the Chappell Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Sunday from noon until 3 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Joan's... Full story
During the second week of the fall sports season, Sidney Public Schools Technology Facilitator Matt McKay came across a webcast featuring a football game between the Alliance Bulldogs and the Aurora Huskies. "Maybe we should be doing that," he thought. In just three week's time his thoughts had turned to reality, when McKay and a small group of volunteers streamed live the varsity football game between McCook and Sidney from Weymouth Field on Sept. 27. With a heavy rainfall being blown sideways...
