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Charlotte Dorwart was recently selected as a member of the State Advisory Committee on Aging. She will be serving on the committee through 2024. The state is divided into Area Agencies on Aging with eight in Western Nebraska. Each board of county commissioners elects a representative for the local board. She stressed the need for services to the senior populations, especially in rural areas. "That is one of the problems," she said, "getting services." The challenge is keeping people in their...
Among the residences on the north side of Sidney stands a church building, a building acquired by prayer and private support. A crew of workers from Mississippi recently spent a week at the church providing a much-needed facelift. Billy Matkins, group leader, said the group was connected with The Well, through Terry and Dana Pickins of their North American Missions Board. The Pickins call themselves fulltime missionaries. He left his electrical and plumbing business, and she walked away from...
Here in Nebraska, June is both Renewable Fuels Month and Dairy Month, so it’s a fitting time to talk about how we’re working to get Nebraska agriculture growing. 2020 has been another challenging year for our state’s largest industry. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted commodity prices and caused significant changes to the nation’s food supply chain. Through it all, our farmers, ranchers, and food processor workers have delivered the food our nation and the world need. Over the years,...
The Nebraska Wheat Board (NWB) would like to congratulate Marla Prusa for being selected as this year’s recipient of the Home Baking Association’s (HBA) Educator Award. Each year the HBA requests teachers, community leaders and youth leader organizations to submit their baking lessons, community service programs or adult/teen leader skill training lesson plans. The winner receives a cash prize of $1,000 and an all-expense paid trip for two to HBA’s Annual Meeting to present a summary of their award winning project. Marla was selected as this...
Where's the beach? This beach cruiser is just one of the many vehicles that showed up for Friday's cruise night. Downtown Sidney was busy Friday evening a variety of every type of car, pickup and farm truck available for Cruise Night. The night included various makes of hot rods, custom cars, production cars and people who cruise just to see who else is downtown....
Here is the weekly crop of Master Gardener tips from Nebraska Extension in the Panhandle. These tips are relevant to local lawn and garden issues in the High Plains and follow research-based recommendations. This week’s tips come from Vicki Schmitt, Nebraska Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, and each focuses on the roles that trees can play in home landscapes. Using a rain barrel to water plants: Surprise! The old-fashioned rain barrel is making a comeback. Catching water from your roof allows you to store it for later use. Even ½ inch of...
The recent market volatility has affected just about everybody’s financial and investment situations – so, if you were planning to retire soon, will it still be possible? Of course, the answer depends somewhat on your employment situation. With so many people’s jobs being affected by the coronavirus pandemic, your retirement plans may also have been thrown into confusion. But assuming your employment is still stable, what adjustments in your financial and investment strategies might you need to make for your retirement? Here are a few areas...
Americans are stunned. In the first five months of 2020, not only have we been discouraged by political battles and world-wide pandemic devastation, but most recently we have also been shocked and angered by a racist crime which has resulted in nation-wide protests, as well as lawlessness. This latest tragedy has exposed the fact that “we the people” are still struggling to be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” As in other times of national upheaval and crisis, the problems are once again being well documen...
Hajek Sworn into office: Deputy Assessor, Jordan Hajek was sworn in Friday, May 22 by the Honorable Judge Derek Weimer. She was hired in January of 2019 and has worked very hard and studied very hard to pass the Deputy Assessor Exam....
Lincoln — Putting a smart thermometer to the ear could mean putting an ear to the ground for future COVID-19 outbreaks and the consequences of relaxing social distancing, says a University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineer. Alongside colleagues from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and University of Nebraska at Kearney, Fadi Alsaleem is exploring how data from Bluetooth-connected Kinsa thermometers may help forecast COVID-19 hotspots in Nebraska up to weeks before new outbreaks are officially reported. With a boost from that data and mac...
It may appear to be like a toy, but the power found in ATVs (all terrain vehicles) can quickly turn deadly when they are misused. In 2016, the Nebraska department of Health & Human Services documented 578 hospital emergency room visits due to ATV incidents. Nationally, between 1982 and 2016, 44% of child fatalities related to ATV incidents were children age 12 and under. “Education for awareness of safe behaviors related to ATV use is lifesaving for all ages,” Susan Harris, University of Nebraska Extension Educator – Rural Health, Wellness and...
This is the time of year when farmers and ranchers are receiving the valuations on their parcels of agricultural and horticultural lands. While most of these valuations have been fair and accurate, some have not been. This week I received numerous phone calls from agricultural landowners all across the state complaining about how their valuations rose astronomically this year. Worse yet, these landowners reported to me how the rise in their valuation was due to LB372, a bill I introduced in 2019...
LINCOLN – During the past seven days, the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in the state increased by 16 to 186, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) data dashboard. The state case total, as of 5:45 p.m. Central Daylight Time today, is 15,193, marking an increase of 1,539 from last Friday. Local health departments are reporting deaths and cases in their jurisdictions. In the event of a discrepancy between DHHS dashboard data and deaths or cases reported by local public health officials, data reported by...
In 2016, a group of people met to establish the Community Shepherds of Dalton and Gurley. They were offered the Presbyterian Church in Dalton as their home. The Community Shepherds is administered by a board of six members, and is a 501c3 organization. “We’re not a church, but we’re christian-based,” said Bud Gillespie. The former church is the home to the food pantry in Dalton. The food pantry offers food to family on the first Saturday of each month, opening the doors at 9 a.m. The program ser...
The home should be a sanctuary, a place of shelter. For many, the home office is a way of doing business outside of the office, a place where the home is managed and official work of the home is done. It is also a trendy place to do the work of your employer. The challenge however, is what to do when the home environment offers as many distractions as benefits. That is where Kurt and Sarah Kaiser came up with the idea of shared space, a building where various enterprises can each have office...
Merle Nordyke will be showing photographs at the Petrified Art Gallery during the months of June and July. Regional painter Ron Nordyke will also be displaying a series of paintings of “quilts and hands” based on how we relate to quilts throughout our lives. This is the premier showing of his ten-year 14-painting collection. Merle Nordyke is currently focusing his photographic pieces on shape, color, and contrast. Much of his work is an exploration of layers of reflected images. What you “se...
Recently, I received a card from a dear young friend. On the front of the card was a big bright sunflower. In the card, she noted this thought: “Sunflowers follow the sun…but did you know that when it is cloudy and gray, they face each other and share their energy….”. Of course, this turned my thoughts to the present times. Throughout the cloudy and gray days of this pandemic, people have turned toward each other, sharing their energy and their love with their friends, neighbors and complete strangers. We know the source of that love comes f...
Here is the weekly crop of Master Gardener tips from Nebraska Extension in the Panhandle. These tips are relevant to local lawn and garden issues in the High Plains and follow research-based recommendations. This week’s tips come from Elaine Pile, Nebraska Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, and each focuses on the roles that trees can play in home landscapes. Trees help control yard temperatures: Trees can alter the temperature of outdoor living spaces, making them cooler and more usable d...
8th Grade Straight A Semester 2 Sidney Allard, Matthew Carlson, Zoey Dornbier, Isak Doty, Ty Grunig, Cole Hanely, Ellie Hollinshead, Luke Holly, Siona Kshirsagar, Johnathan Meza, Danay Peters, Jenju Peters, Katie Ramsey, McGuire Rolls, Talissa Tanquary, Luke Uhlir, Grace Weber and Shealynn Wittrock. 8th Grade A Average Semester 2 Rishyanthi Banoth, Isis Finnie, Harold Hicks, Chance Houser, Madison Kuhns, Dominik Lucero, Kandice Luu, Isabelle Neve, Madison Packer, Payton Schrotberger, Brenden Shepard, Grant Smircich and Ariadna Torres. 8th Grade...
The line of cars and pickups around the football field could have brought back memories of Friday night lights with fans lined up in support of the home team. That was not the case this time. The sun was high, the temperatures fair and the wind breezy as the 2020 Potter-Dix High School graduates lined up to be recognized. The event was held within the social distancing guidelines. Families and friends stayed in or near their vehicles, with the exception of when flowers were presented by...
The Sidney Community Donor-Advised Fund, an affiliated fund of Nebraska Community Foundation, has made five grants totaling over $184,000 to protect local childcare and early childhood education capacity in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants from the Fund, established to support Sidney and its neighboring communities, will benefit Here Wee Grow Child Development Center, Kid’s Korner Early Child Development Center, as well as three licensed home care providers via $1,000 grants through Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. A s...
Presenting the check to the Elk's Lodge is Mike Palmer, City of Sidney Electric Supt. Pictured left to right are Guy Johnson, Cindy Bartling, Mike Sellers, John Phillips, Kim Phillips, Mike Palmer and Rob Kuhns....
Matthew 5:1-16 5 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the [a]earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For t...
Sidney Police Department May 7 • 12:09 a.m. Citizen Assist, 1700 block Forrest Street. • 12:32 a.m. Traffic Stop, Old Post Road and 17J Link. • 2 a.m. Citizen Assist, 1700 block Forrest Street. • 2:50 a.m. Citizen Assist, 1700 block Forrest Street. • 4:12 a.m. Parking Complaint, 12th Avenue and Newton Street. • 9:11 a.m. Follow-Up, 1800 block Osage Street. • 10:38 a.m.Welfare Check, 1000 block Jackson Street. • 12:43 p.m. Traffic Accident, 7th Avenue and Linden Street. • 1:55 p.m. Follow-Up, 1000 Pole Creek Crossing. • 2:06 p.m. Civil Call, 13...
The Sidney Elk's Lodge 1894 did the community cleanup as a fundraiser sponsored by ACE Energy. On April 28th, a group of Sidney Elk's members cleaned up the Northside Park, Baudik Park, San Marino Park, Legion Park, Memorial Garden, Softball Fields and the Soccer Fields. The 16 volunteers collected 25 bags of trash in two pickup loads....
