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The results of the 2019 Cheyenne County Art Guild Annual Show were announced Wednesday. About 100 people attended the 2 ½ day event in downtown Sidney. Best of Show goes to Ron Nordyke with an acrylic work called "Approved." People's Choice goes to Cindi Egging with a pastel titled "Bending Another Tune." Second place goes to JoAnn Guenther with "Sunrise Hideaway." Awards by category include Portrait/Landscape: "Dee" acrylic by Ron Nordyke in first place and "Bending Another Tune" pastel...
Seven Cheyenne County youth were recently awarded certificates by the Cheyenne County Family and Community Education (FCE) organization during their poster and essay contest. Lillian Dyson, a home-schooled second grader, received first place in the Environmental Poster Contest. Lillian is the daughter of Christopher & Amy Dyson of Sidney. The theme for this year's contest was "What Items Are Made From Recycled Plastic?" Two students of Vickie Brauer and one student of Karan Clark of North...
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is grateful for the outpouring of offers from volunteers to help with cleanup efforts at state parks, wildlife management areas and trails damaged by the recent catastrophic flooding. The Commission will accept volunteer help in the recovery of its affected parks and other areas. Individuals or groups who want to volunteer to help the Commission’s cleanup efforts can notify Game and Parks at outdoornebraska.gov/volunteer. Game and Parks staff will alert those who wish to volunteer of opp...
While Cheyenne County needed the weekend to dig out of snow, the eastern portion of the state is trying to hold back the water. The Nebraska State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC) was opened Wednesday, March 13, to address the record-setting flooding for much of the state. As of 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 52 counties and two tribes had issued emergency declarations. By 3 p.m., evacuation centers were established and travel through much of the state was defined by NEMA as "extremely dangerous."...
Tish Treinen, left, and Cindi Egging place artwork for display in preparation for the opening of the 49th Cheyenne County Art Guild's Spring Show. The show continues today (Friday) and Saturday, at 940 10th Ave., Sidney; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday....
Not everyone can experience the enjoyment of swings or slides in the park in the same way other children do. Some have specific challenges that make the experience something other children do. That is an obstacle SOAR Pediatric Therapy wants to help the City of Sidney address. Madison (Madi) Malzahn, a 2013 graduate of Sidney High School, addressed the Sidney City Council Tuesday with a proposal to help the city update playground equipment in city parks. Malzahn, a pediatric physical therapy...
BALTIMORE, Md. – Mitchell Porter of Sidney was named to the Dean's list for academic excellence for the fall 2018 semester at Johns Hopkins University. To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale in a program of at least 14 credits with at least 12 graded credits. He is the son of Carol Porter and attended Sidney High School. Porter is majoring in Biology and Environmental Sciences and will graduate May 2022....
She held the children's attention like fine jewels. In turn, they submitted their attention as the queen entered the room. Their gasps in excitement could be heard throughout the room as Cheyenne County Rodeo Queen Carissa Radtke was the guest speaker for a group of primary students in Chadron recently. Radtke is nearing the end of her second term as queen. She was first elected in 2017. Then was asked to serve a second term because there were no contestants. She is a Sidney High School graduate...
Big snows meant big opportunities for sledding in Sidney over the weekend. This group of youngsters took advantage of piles left from clearing off parking lots for their sledding and snow climbing fun....
Bass Pro/Cabela's held fishing clinics Saturday in Sidney. Pictured are children helping stock the fishing tank in Cabela's. Pictured from left to right are Faith McHenry, Ava McHenry, Kate Lienemann, Parker Lienemann and Brian Hahle of Pleasant Valley Fish Farm in McCook....
In October 2018, Dianne Bates was diagnosed with throat cancer, Stage 4 Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma. The diagnosis came after four to five months of doctor visits. After each visit, Bates and her family left with her symptoms getting worse. Her first surgery came just 12 hours after her diagnosis. Procedures included a tracheotomy and a feeding tube. She had another surgery in November to remove the mass, and to reconstruct her throat. Doctors removed all of the “visible cancer” in the 16-hour procedure, according to her family. Fol...
Dorothy Kettler and Leonard Soucie were chosen as the Valentine Day King and Queen at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care. Residents voted to see who would be recognized for the honor, with the coronation taking place at the Extended Care's Valentine's Day party....
Members of the Sidney Police Department Explorer Post held its awards banquet recently, recognizing members who have excelled. Also recognized was businessman Sean Doyle for his commitment to the community. Doyle, owner of Cedar Lanes, has hosted two major police department events this past year - the 2018 Shop With a Cop gathering, and the Explorer Awards Banquet. For that support, the Explorer Post #607 presented him the Community Action Award. The Community Action Award is given out every...
Marriage is a commitment with blessings and challenges often sharing the same space in time. The depth of its challenges is evident by divorce rate statistics in the U.S. According to hopesandfears.com, the national average length of marriage in the U.S. is 8.2 years; 12.2 years for New Yorkers with most marriages lasting 10 to 14 years. Quora.com said the median length in the U.S. is 45 years. A couple who live southwest of Sidney have both beat, together, and then some. Robert and Eleanor...
Pictured from left are: Madison Gurr, Jayden Hodgson, Auriella Walters and Taylor Sprenger. Fourth graders from North Elementary School’s Raider Club were at MakerSpace in the Sidney Public Library making bookmarkers for students. Raider Club is an incentive program where students earn Raider Bucks according to how they act at school. This time, the Raider Bucks were used for gifts to be given to the rest of the students....
The High Plains Chapter No. 278 of Pheasants Forever will hold its annual banquet at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds on March 1. Tickets are $50 for members and $65 for a member and spouse, $10 for youth membership and $10 for a bottomless beer mug. Tickets can be purchased online at www.highplainspf278.org. The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. with a live auction, silent auction and raffles for adult and youth hunting trips, firearms, framed prints, two Labrador puppies and more....
The Friends of the Sidney Public Library are spreading literary awareness and celebrating a favored children's author by hosting a birthday party for Dr. Seuss. The birthday party is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, at the library. Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as "Dr. Seuss," celebrates his 115th birthday on Mar 2, 2019. Though he died in 1991, birthday parties occur across the country on this date to celebrate the creative man who for decades has helped children learn to love to read. For...
The west side of Sidney High School frequently is bustling with excitement. One could say it is all abuzz about the new buzz: coffee and like products. The Sidney High School Coffee Shop held at ribbon cutting with the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Friday morning. The opening of the coffee window is the result of work from several disciplines at Sidney High School and their associated students. "This has been a really good learning experience for all of us," SHS student Tomiyah Munier...
One of the many fairy tales by Brothers Grimm is "The Frog Prince." It is a story of a young girl who wandered away from what is familiar and lost something she valued. She had an unexpected conversation with a ... frog. The meeting of the frog and the princess results in an unexpected adventure in what is important in life. The Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) will be performing an updated rendition of the story Saturday, Feb. 2, at Sidney High School. "It is livened up with music and characte...
Twenty-nine spellers and nearly as many rounds were needed for Cheyenne County schools to decide the two best spellers Thursday. West Elementary School again played host for the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee. Contestants represented Potter-Dix, Leyton, Sidney Middle School and West and North Elementary Schools. After 26 rounds of spelling, the top academic was decided. Words varied from the simple to the abstract and complicated. Some of the words were complicated because the phonetics, the...
There was some smack talk, a little bragging, and a lot of good food. That was the setting for what planners hope will be an annual event - the Throwdown Breakfast - showcasing the cooking talents of Cheyenne County's emergency services professionals. The Saturday contest was a fund raiser, this year for the Cheyenne County CERT Team, with proceeds going toward that team's goal of purchasing a tent to be used as a shelter and home base when the team is aiding other agencies in times of...
Cheyenne County's first Throwdown Breakfast is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds 4-H Building. The Throwdown Breakfast is a cook-off competition between county emergency responders. Representatives from local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, ground and air emergency services, 911 Communications, Emergency Management and Sidney Regional Medical Center will compete for honors of cooking the best meal. The menu will include a variety of...
Auditions are being held for “The Frog Prince” by the Missoula Children’s Theatre. Auditions will take place 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at the Sidney High School Fine Arts Center. Rehearsals for older students will begin immediately after auditions. Approximately 50 to 60 roles are available for local students. All students grades Kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Most students rehearse about four hours and 15 minut...
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney will be well-represented at this year’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards in New York City. UNK students are finalists in four categories in the annual competition, which includes campus radio stations from across the country. Austin Jacobsen and Evan Jones are finalists in the best football play-by-play and best sports pregame/postgame show categories for their broadcast of last year’s home football game versus Lindenwood and the “UNK Gameday” show, which also featured...
