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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...
Crowned as Miss Potter 2019 this evening was Miss Mary Kasten, daughter of Jason and Amanda Kasten. Her attendants are Miss Virginia Herboldsheimer, daughter of Bryan and Laurie Herboldsheimer, and Miss Fedalina Schuessler, daughter of Craig Schuessler and Rhonda Schuessler. The royalty will reign during Potter Days this weekend and represent Potter in area parades this fall....
My cowboy had some horses consigned at a sale in Laramie recently. We always arrive the day beforehand to get stalls set up, horses put away, chores done and marketing material out. Driving long distances is always an adventure anymore with 4 cowpokes in the vehicle. My cowboy took one of the cowpokes and the 8 horses in one rig and I took three cowpokes in my vehicle. Although the littlest poke is by far the easiest he still has some needs that require mom’s attention including his meal planning. He naps well, but the drive while the t...
The South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) recently added a new No-Till Grass Drill to its lineup of equipment available for rent! The SPNRD has made equipment for conservation management available to District Residents for several different types of habitat improvement for years. Each piece of equipment assists District Residents to improve their own little piece of heaven out here in the Nebraska Panhandle. Some improvements are decisions made solely by the landowner/tenant and...
On a gentle rise north of Sidney sits a grain elevator, several homes and a few businesses. The view is a little deceiving because of the landscape in the area. Also deceiving is the level of activity the village of Gurley had in its early years compared to the quiet hometown nature of the community in its present day. It overlooks history from all directions. There is the remnants of a former church, former service shops that are not memories too stubborn to fall in, and public buildings that...
The Potter community will be celebrating the 88th Annual Potter Days Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The weekend kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 28, with the crowning of Miss Potter at the Legion Hall at 7 p.m. Activities pick on Friday with arts and crafts, inflatable bounce houses, agriculture and household exhibits, kids games, a fun run and as the night approaches there will be a beer garden, live band, popcorn bar and fireworks at dusk. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday with the theme "Enjoy the Ride."...
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in 2018 suicide was the 10th leading cause of death; the second leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 34, fourth for ages 35-54 and eighth for those ages 55 to 64. In 2018, Nebraska lost 246 by suicide, or 13.05 per 100,000 population. Nationally, the numbers are much higher with 44,965 deaths by suicide at 13.42 people per 100,000 population. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention also says suicide cost Nebraska a...
The village of Lodgepole is opening its doors and laying down the welcome mats for its 95th Old Settlers' Days with the theme "Honestly - It's For Everyone!" Events start 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, with the Platte Valley Tractor Pull sanctioned truck and tractor pull. The event will be held on Front Street near the south park; registration and weigh-in starts at 8 a.m. Also at 10 a.m., golfers are invited to take part in the Old Settlers Golf Tourney. The four-person scramble is limited to 18...
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Cheyenne County project for this year teamed up with Community Action Partnership to collect and distribute school supplies for children in need in the Cheyenne County area. The effort produced 75 backpacks filled with school supplies for the upcoming year that the Community Action Partnership started distributing last week, and had enough leftover supplies to donate to the Sidney area schools. Leadership Cheyenne County's Nick Hays commented...
Highby Outdoors is sponsoring two young native Nebraska bass fishermen in the 2019 Junior World Bass Championship in North Little Rock, Ark., on August 8-10. Justin McEvoy and Brennan Teters, both 15 and both from Wahoo, Neb., will represent Nebraska in the tournament, which consists of two-person teams made up of anglers age 15 and under. To qualify for the Junior World Bass Championship, an event organized by The Bass Federation, the two-person team must have first won the championship of the...
Survivors launch their balloons after the "Survivors Walk" to start the Night of Hope festivities....
