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Residents were treated to two groups at Downtown Sounds Friday. Here, Loaded Dice performs a mix of old rock hits to close the evening....
Sean Ewert, 49, of Sidney, faces 50 years and a minimum sentence of five years on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a class 1C felony. Ewert was arrested June 30 as part of a WING taskforce bust at Sidney Post Office. At Ewert's preliminary hearing Thursday in Cheyenne County Court, Judge Randin R. Roland found there was sufficient evidence for arraignment. Jim Bush, Sidney Police Department investigator, testified that he met with other officers the morning of June 30 to execute a sear...
A city auction being held at Sidney Police Department Sunday will offer surplussed items from various city departments, including used vehicles. The auction is part of an annual city effort, SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. “We have property that’s gathered that nobody claims and we can’t keep it around forever,” Aikens said. “We have a ton of bikes, and stuff people turn in, abandoned around town. Every couple of years we try to have an auction to sell off that, any surplus equipment we might have....
By the time Joan Fowler-Hughes was 21 years old, she had graduated from high school as well as college. She was seriously involved with a man who was a college graduate as well as a pilot… and deployed to the theater of war in Europe. The man was killed in action. Joan was grief-stricken. The best thing she felt she could to do keep his memory alive was to try to take his place in service to the country. Joan and a college friend decided to join the ranks of the Navy’s WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). The WAVES were est...
For 25 years, volunteers have worked to provide holiday meals to those without family in close proximity to Sidney, or those unable to make the meals themselves. It started with Christmas, when Ella Mae Goranson first saw the need and organized a community Christmas dinner at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp. The event grew each year, and 10 years ago, a dinner was added at Thanksgiving time. Each year more than 100 people of all ages have come to the dinners, where they can enjoy the holidays...
Harvest has begun in Cheyenne County, with farmers pulling into fields in the northeast corner of the county this week. Combines made test cuts in a few fields prior to the Fourth of July, but evening rains and high humidity made field-size cutting hard. But Wednesday saw a number of combines rolling in the Weyerts Church area as hot days allowed crops to ripen. Both wheat and peas are now going into the bin, although many expect harvest won't start across the county until next week. "With the...
Rev. Mike McDermott, a native of Grand Island, is the new priest at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. It was St. Patrick's where McDermott entered into his vocation in January 1979, serving for two and a half years. "Sidney was really the beginning of all of that," McDermott said. "Sidney really set the tone for me, in the sense of how to do ministrating, how to enjoy ministry. My first two and a half years were great years." From there, McDermott went on to serve at St. James in Kearney, St....
GMCO Corporation, a Rifle, Colorado-based company, is expanding its efforts in Western Nebraska. Started in 1964, the company offers de-icing materials and provides dust control services. GMCO has one warehouse at Sidney/Potter Adams Industries complex, and is pursuing additional property at the complex, Bruce Juelfs, business development manager, said. In June, GMCO was awarded "preferred distributor" by the state of Nebraska for magnesium chloride, Juelfs said, used in treating roads for dust...
Nebraska’s Department of Transportation has announced that weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin on US-30 on July 10 for repair of concrete panels. The work will take place on U.S. Hwy. 30 in Sidney’s main downtown business district from 7th Ave. to 13th Ave. Work is expected to take place for 26 days from July 10 through Aug. 4. Workers will be involved in repairs daily from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Business holders, city representatives and the Chamber of Commerce members agr...
Sidney's Office of Human Development and the DOVES Program both visited Legion Park Wednesday for a morning of gardening. OHD, which serves adults with developmental disabilities, brought six clients to Memorial Gardens for a morning of planting and maintaining the grounds. "This is just an activity to get them out and about, something just to help them learn a skill," Nick Hays, OHD staff member, said. "It gets them out in the community. They love getting out. They have a lot of fun doing it....
Already the screeches, crackles and pop, pop, pop of fireworks can be heard throughout the city, signaling the approach of the Fourth of July. The annual celebration is a time for thoughts to turn to our country's independence, and for many the fun of setting off firecrackers, aerials and showers of sparks that go with it. Along with the fun comes great responsibility as well, and local authorities hope safety is as much a priority as the excitement of setting off fireworks. "We don't want...
John Bahr, Western Nebraska Community College Sidney receptionist, was honored Tuesday by Nebraska VR with the Debra Bowers Client Award. “We choose one client every year to receive this award,” Nicole Fisher, Nebraska VR Scottsbluff office director, said. “The award is named after a client who achieved employment success while overcoming adversity.” She continued, “Her determination, motivation and dedication to achieving her goals is her legacy, and it lives on each time we present this awar...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. 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 collect Tuesday’s trash on Wednesday....
Sidney Parks Department will begin spraying for mosquitos July 16. It is the best time for eliminating mosquitos that could carry West Nile Virus, Tom Von Seggern, parks director, said. "We could start now but then I'd need a bigger budget," Von Seggern said. "And we'd be fighting some nuisance mosquitos perhaps, but we wouldn't be protecting against West Nile Virus because that mosquito isn't prevalent until mid-July." While West Nile Virus is the most common disease spread by mosquitoes in...
POTTER - Potter's third annual Car Bowl Saturday brought people from near and far to admire cars and enjoy a melodrama. The event brought nearly 70 classic and antique vehicles to the day's car show, Loren Hoekema, event judge, said. "We've got some really high-end cars here today," Hoekema said. "We've got some really nice stuff here." Vehicles are judged on several criteria. "We judge them on exterior quality, interior quality. Overall concept, like if it's a street rod, is it well put...
Rick Meyer is the new principal at South Elementary. Meyer has served as a teacher at South and as Sidney Public Schools technology coordinator. "I taught kindergarten for seven years," Meyer said. "After seven years, there was a position that became open in the district which was a technology coordinator. I've been doing that the last five years." As technology coordinator, Meyer was tasked with leading elementary technology classes at South as well as North and West elementary schools. "I...
British coaches with Challenger Sports visited Deer Run Park this week to teach Sidney youths how to play European football, here in the states called "soccer." "We put on camps in different places for a week, and then go traveling all around the midwest," Coach Patrick Stutt explained. Throughout the week, Stutt and fellow coach Sean McGee have taught youths in morning sessions and half-day camps the basics of the sport. "We're working on a bit of dribbling, getting the kids used to using both...
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) congratulated Ethan Nelson of Dalton Wednesday on receiving the Congressional Award Gold Medal. This annual award is presented by the U.S. Congress to youth across the country who have completed at least 400 hours of community service, 200 hours of both personal development and physical fitness activities, and a four-night expedition or exploration. "Ethan dedicated hundreds of hours to reaching his goals, and I congratulate him on this a...
POTTER - The third annual Potter Car Bowl Saturday is a day of melodrama, bowling, bull riding, and, of course, exceptional cars. The event started as a way to attract more people to the village's theater productions, Drew Enevoldsen, event organizer, said. "We noticed that awareness of our melodramas was starting to dwindle and we wanted to get our numbers up," Enevoldsen said. "We thought if we held a car show it would bring more people into town." The event has grown since then to include a...
A Sidney quartet made their marks on the national wrestling ranks last week, competing in the AAU (Ameture Athletic Union) Scholastic Duals in Florida. The five-day event, also known as the Disney Duals, featured nearly 2,300 wrestlers on 133 teams. Competing for Sidney as part of the Nebraska National Dual Team were Derek Robb, Tristan Ahrendt, Trey Arellano and Kaden Vowers. Three of the four, Robb, Ahrendt and Vowers, earned All-American status based on their performances, while Arellano...
Foster Grandparents needs more volunteers to serve in area schools. The program offered by Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska is looking for retired seniors to serve as a supportive presence for students, Linda Massie, CAPWN recruiter, said. “It’s a non-profit community action program to put seniors into schools to help students learn,” Massie said. “We do everything from preschools to junior high.” Foster Grandparents are neither paraeducators nor parents. They are “warm and fuzzi...
Even the non-golfer can appreciate one facet of the U.S. Open golf championship this weekend, armed with the knowledge that the lush greenery of the Erin Hills Golf Course has a Sidney connection. Located at Erin, Wisconsin, 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Erin Hills Golf Course was built using the natural dips and hills left from glacial activity. Then-owner Milwaukee businessman Bob Lang envisioned the rolling hills as a perfect place for the U.S. Open and convinced bankers to help him build...
Sidney’s downtown Hickory Square will come alive Friday as the Downtown Sounds Music in the Square series kicks off for the summer. Based on a recommendation from officials in neighboring Alliance, The Max Temple Band from Spearfish, South Dakota will bring to The Square sounds influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Allman Brothers, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Tinsley Ellis, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and others. The five-member group kicks off the third season of Downtown Sounds, w...
Michelle Onstott, nurse at Central and South elementary schools, won the Excellence in School Nursing, School Nurse of the Year award from the Nebraska School Nurses Association. Attending the annual NSNA School Health Conference luncheon in Kearney on June 6, Onstott received her award to the applause of her peers. "I was very honored, but very humbled," Onstott said. "I feel like that I love my job and so I didn't feel like I was doing anything above and beyond. I love my job, I love the kids...
