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The Sidney Community will be celebrating Veterans Day Monday with programs and dinner. A Veterans Day program is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Sidney Middle School. The program will be held in the gymnasium. Guest speaker will be Ret. Col. Lori Fritz. She is a 1981 graduate of Sidney High School, highly-decorated veteran with 21 years of active duty. The program is designed to honor veterans, for local veterans and to share with students the importance of patriotism and military service. The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and...
Larry Nelson, right, explains the meaning of the flag to Monro Stewart and Constantine Gordon. Stewart and Gordon are part of the Cool Kids program and recently took part in making a flag from rubbings of markers at Memorial Park. Veterans Day is Nov. 11....
Be prepared for a lot of trunks with treats in a small area. Sidney's annual Trunk or Treat will take place Thursday, Oct. 31, at Hickory Street Square. The event is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 6. As of Oct. 24, there were 47 “trunks” registered to take part in the annual event. The large number of participants has resulted in the City closing the adjacent parking lots to make room for more vehicles. To accommodate for the number of participants and trick-or-treaters, the event will start from The Insurance Store at Illinois Street and Tenth Ave...
There are homes where being blessed is to have your needs met. For a child to receive a Christmas gift in some of these places is extraordinary. Operation Christmas Child, a program through Samaritan's Purse International Relief, offers an opportunity for a child to feel blessed in the holidays. Picture the excitement in a child's eyes when he or she is presented with an unexpected box decorated in green and red. It is generally the size of a shoebox and contains numerous articles from hygiene...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors welcomes Amanda Bauer and Take Back Health & Fitness Studio to the Sidney Community. The center is located at 920 10th Ave., and is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. They can be reached at 720-448-6377. Take Back Health & Fitness offers personal training in a studio atmosphere....
Busy! Busy! Busy! That describes the lifestyle of so many people. We’re busy at work – busy at school – busy at church – busy in the community. And soon we will be busy with all of the holiday events of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Too often our calendars fill up so quickly and leave us feeling exhausted. We over commit ourselves and seem to constantly live “life in the fast lane.” The urgent things crowd out the important things. Even the good things we do are done at a frantic pace. And when the dust finally settles, we often don’t have...
The Sidney Church of the Nazarene is hosting Burkhalter Ministries Oct. 20-23 at the church, 1445 Jackson St. Service times are 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, and 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 21-22. Burkhalter Ministries is composed of Pat and Donna Burkhalter. They have been in full-time evangelism ministry for 39 years in the Church of the Nazarene. They travel across the country ministering in song and the preached word. Their focus is to see genuine revival, lives changed and needs met....
The Sidney School District Board of Education recognized the September Students of the Month Monday. 7th grade: Kayla Westby is a strong academic student who often leads in the classroom by example. She is always willing to assist others to understand problems and demonstrates the strong desire to learn by asking questions when she does not understand. Her responsibility in the classroom and her determination to excel, make her an outstanding student. Kayla is the daughter of Kilee Rapp and Stev...
8th Grade Straight A Honor Roll Sidney Allard, Matthew Carlson, Zoey Dornbier, Ty Grunig, Cole Hanley, Harold Hicks, Ellie Hollingshead, Luke Holly, Siona Kshirsagar, Johnathan Meza, Jayce Namuth, Madison Packer, Danay Peters, Katie Ramsey, Syrus Roberts, McGuire Rolls, Luke Uhlir, Grace Weber, Shealynn Wittrock. 8th Grade A Average Honor Roll Chloe Ahrens, Rishyanthi Banoth, Lucas Booe, Isak Doty, Serena Heeren, Chance Houser, Madison Kuhns, Karsyn Leeling, Dominik Lucero, Kandice Luu, Gabriel Neufeld-Ponce, Isabelle Neve, Preston Olson,...
This years homecoming was filled with fun dress up days, enjoyable activities, and even our first snow of the year. The theme this year was "versus." To start with our homecoming festivities, Dress up VS. Dress down day. Roll out of bed and come to school in your cozy and comfy pajamas or dress up! Tuesday was Rap VS. Country, the question was asked, do I have the stuff to be a rapper, or the tuff to be a country singer. Wednesday..... Gender Bender Day!!!! Girls VS. Boys, are you girly enough...
The Leyton High School Class of 1979 held its 40th Class Reunion-Sept. 20-21 over Dalton Fall Festival Weekend. Friday was Meet 'N Greet in Dalton to decorate the class float for the parade on Saturday. Saturday started with riding the float through the parade and winning second prize. The class also toured the Leyton High School in Dalton and then the Gurley site. The class also gathered for a meal at The Dock in Gurley on Saturday evening. Pictured from left, Front row (ladies)-Marci Ernest...
The Friends of the Sidney Public Library will be spending the week of October 20-26, 2019, celebrating its Friends of the Library group as part of the 13th annual celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week. The Friends put on several community events to support the library and promote its resources. Events that the Friends support and put on are Library Lover’s month in February, Dr. Seuss’ Birthday Party in March, Summer Reading Program Kickoff at the start of summer, Kindergarten Reading program in September, and Pumpkin Dec...
John Andrew Nerud was born in Minatare on Feb. 9, 1913, but his name lives on in the records of horse racing. The Fox Theatre in Sidney will be screening a documentary film addressing Nebraska's role in horse racing, specifically four men who were involved in making it what it is. The movie “Born To Rein” features communities throughout Nebraska and John A. Nerud of Minatare, and the father and son team of Marion and Jack Van Berg of Columbus. Nerud, known as one of America's most acc...
Just past noon Friday, there was a reverent disruption to the increasingly rowdy celebrants west of Sidney. The annual Oktoberfest celebration got underway with the official sampling of the beer, a formal act replacing the tapping of the keg. The mugs were poured with a sample of beer. Cooks had their bratwurst and sauerkraut and numerous other options ready as the Sidney's 45th Oktoberfest kicked off Friday afternoon. During the ceremonial sharing of the suds, Gene Lienemann was recognized as...
Job’s Daughters Inter-national, Bethel #25 of Sidney, NE competed in their annual state competition “Let Your Dreams Set Sail” Grand Session in Kearney, NE this past summer. The small but mighty team garnered first place for Small Bethel Circle of Five, the Attendance Award, and Raina Hartwig earned the Exemplary Leadership Award. Our very own Janessa Carley was chosen to be Grand Bethel Honored Queen for the state of Nebraska for the 2019-2020 year. The team followed up their state achievements with awards at the international Supreme Sessi...
Students gathered at the flagpole at Sidney High School last week for the "See You at the Pole" prayer event. The student-lead event invites students and adults to meet to pray for the nation, country, city leaders and their school....
Students are served cake in honor of North Elementary School's 90th birthday on Sept. 25. The celebration included students singing in the playground to parents and staff. The building as it is seen now was constructed in three phases: 1929, 1949 and 1952....
Legion Park was busy with walkers, artists, children chattering and adults talking within the cool shade of the trees near the Shelter House. Under the surface, many held that puts them in an unfortunate membership — survivor of a loved-one's death. On Sept. 15, Sidney's Walk Out of Darkness suicide awareness event with 106 registered walkers. As of Sept. 17, the event raised $7,800, more than in 2018, according to event coordinator Liz Borgmann. The event had a fundraising goal of $3,000 and r...
She has a son. She is active in the Sidney and Cheyenne County Community. She is in a battle against Stage 4 Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Adenocarcinoma of the liver. Stephanie Hajek is a lifelong resident of Sidney, daughter of Cathy (Wolff) Hecker, and a graduate of Sidney High School. She started working for Cabela's the same year she graduated from high school, eventually transferring to the corporate offices. She was diagnosed with cancer in July of this year and soon began...
The Village of Dalton celebrated with their Fall Festival Friday. Parade floats included the Job's Daughters, American Legion and VFW....
The Sidney High School class of 1969 held their 50-year reunion on August 16, 17 and 18th. Fifty seven classmates and their guests attended. Front Row: Chris Brening, Larry Lingwall, Greg Merick, Eddie Geiger, Keith Nienhueser, Gerald Thompson, Steve Bruce, Second Row: Sandra Chryst Applegate, Dale Foland, Kathleen Grant, MIke Green, Sheree Evans Metcalf, Barbara Gillgren Bauer, Pam Hahler, Debbie Witters Sterling, Sandy Spearow White, Teresa Divis Walker, Sara Johnson Bourlier, Carole Smith...
Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office September 11, 2019 7:26 pm, Transport, Scottsbluff 7:19 pm, Traffic Accident, No Injury, US Hwy 30 & CR 99, Cheyenne Cty. 6:49 pm, Paper Service, 800 Block King St. 7:00 pm, Paper Service, 2200 block Linden St. 6:29 pm, Follow Up, 10th Ave. 6:36 pm, Paper Service, 1000 block 9th Ave. 12:03 pm, Training, Sidney 4:15 pm, Motor Vehicle Inspection, 1800 Hickory St. 3:34 pm, Transport, Scottsbluff 2:11 pm, Motor Vehicle Inspection, 2600 Montery Dr. 2:00 pm, Transport, Scottsbluff 11:29 am, Escort Funeral, Potter 9...
This weekend will be busy with community celebrations. ---- PEETZ ---- The town of Peetz will be hosting For Peetz Sake Days and their homecoming. Events start Friday, Sept. 20, in Peetz with a bake sale and craft sale at the Old Fire Hall 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The 3-4 grade SPYFL football game is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the big football field. The community hog roast and potluck, sponsored by the Lions Club with the Cub Scouts assisting, is set for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Community Center. Participants are asked to bring a side dish or dessert....
The late 1970s was a time of 8-track radios, CB radios, 55 mph interstate speed limits and the Dodge Li'l Red Express. Owning one has been a passion of John Phillips since then. He first got a close-up look at one when he and a friend stopped at a Dodge dealer in Grand Junction, Colo., in the summer of 1979. They didn't have the fee to test drive it, much less the purchase price, but convinced the salesman to let them test drive it. That was then. Life moved on. He got married and became the...
Thursday evening the traffic through Gurley surpassed normal in both the automotive and pedestrian variety as the village rolled out the red carpet for people to see what it has to offer, and where it started. The first "A Night Out in Gurley" was held Sept. 5 with sites from the Gurley Jail to the Leyton K-8 school tours. Visitors from the south were greeted with a stop on the walking historic tour, an example of history in the present day. The Outlaws Cafe has a history longer than many of...
