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The Charlotte Hornets and Bank of America recently honored Maj. Ricky Garvin, US Army, Ret., as this season's sixth recipient of the season-long Yellow Ribbon Program. Maj. Garvin grew up in Sidney, graduating from St. Patrick's High School. He then attended Kearney State College and Chadron State College before entering the U.S. Army. In partnership with Bank of America, the Hornets honor military members and veterans for their service, and the Yellow Ribbon Program recognizes one of these hero...
Kids Korner Preschool teacher Callie Schilz points out a forming embryo to student Jaxon Ford while classmate Reed Black looks over his shoulder while candling incubated eggs. Candling involves shining a bright light behind the egg to see the shadow of the embryo to determine if the eggs were "winners with developing embryos, quitters that started and stopped development or yolkers that never started development." Nebraska Extension Educator Cynthia Gill has been visiting the classroom to help...
The public is invited to the 47th Spring Cheyenne County Art Show March 22 through March 24. All are invited to come, meet the artists, and enjoy the show at the opening reception 4 p.m. March 22 at the Cheyenne County Visitor Center. Refreshments will be served. The Cheyenne County Visitor Center is located on 658 Glover Road, Sidney. Show hours are: Thursday March 22, 4-7 p.m., Friday, March 23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s show includes watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media artworks. Our members hold m...
8th Grade Straight “A” Andrew, McKenzie Bashtovoi, Daniel Bruns, Samantha Calvin, Saria Deer. Mitchell Glass, Seth Heckenlively, Wyatt Jones, Karlee Krazter, Kathryn Krishna, Rishi LaSure, Abigail Lichti, Ava Neufeld-Ponce, Elena Perez, Jasmin Peters, Lydia Pile, Kaitlyn Pritchard, Paige Rauner, Makinna Richards, Presley Ross, Brynna Shaw, Brayden Siquera, Julia Stevens, Karalyn Vach, Lacie 8th Grade “A” Average Backer, Charity Campbell, Alecca Dickman, Sawyer Dorcey, Gunnar Ernst, Hannah Fuller, Evan Gadway, Kurtis Haas, Hannah Kendall...
Phelbotemist Danny Mayeux is seen prepping Ylani Cole for donating blood during Monday's blood drive. Cole, Mrs. Cheyenne County competing for Mrs. Nebraska, took her turn at the American Red Cross Blood Drive Monday at the Sidney Community Center. Cole hosted Monday's blood drive. She decided to host an event after she wanted to give blood last year and couldn't find a location. She learned through an Internet search that should could host a blood drive. As a contestant for Mrs. Nebraska she...
Sidney American Legion Unit #17 is sponsoring this contest for grades 3-12 students in public school or home schooled. The Essay Title for 2018 is “What can I personally do to promote Americanism in my school or community?” Class I (3&4 grade) requires 150-250 words, Class II (5&6 grade) requires 250-300 words, Class III (7&8 grade) requires 350-400 words, Class IV (9&10 grade) requires 450-500 words, Class V(11&12 grade) requires 450-500 words, and Class VI (Students with special needs) word count should correspond with students Grade Lev...
Gurley Lions Club honored member Trudy Ketteler at its Feb. 27 meeting, awarding her the Melvin Jones Fellowship. The Melvin Jones Fellowship is named for Lions Club Founder Melvin Jones. Ketteler joined the Dalton Lions Club in 1999, then subsequently continued her participation with the Gurley Lions Club because of her belief in the Lions Club Motto "We Serve". Over the years, Ketteler has held officer positions, attended many state conferences, and gives of her time and money to local, state...
One of history's most popular bands will take the stage at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center next Wednesday (March 7, 2018), bringing the unique style developed by musician Glenn Miller in the 1930s. The 18-member ensemble, brought to town by the High Plains Arts Council, features Miller favorites In The Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo, String of Pearls and the signature song Moonlight Serenade and other. The band also plays more modern songs arranged in the Miller style. Glenn Miller...
A lockdown drill at Sidney High School last week was realistic enough to cause some concern as word spread through texts and social media, but there was no threat to those in the school and SHS Principal Chris Arent deemed the drill a success. Arent posted a message on the school's Facebook account Friday afternoon reviewing the morning's happenings, which in addition to the lockdown drill, included a drug dog search of the school and parking lot. In the message, Arent complimented SHS students...
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on February 13, 2018 before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Scott Touney, age 34 of Sidney, appeared for arraignment on a charge of Theft, a class IIA felony. Status hearing set for April 10 at 9:30 a.m. Casey Rotness, age 24 of Alliance, appeared for arraignment on a charge of Possession of THC, a class IV felony. Status hearing set for Mar. 13 at 10 a.m. Haley Lohman, age 28 of Sidney, appeared for arraignment on a charge of Possession of THC, a class IV felony. Status hearing set...
FIRST TECH is more than building robots. FIRST Tech Challenge teams are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Participants call it "the hardest fun you'll ever have!" Guided by adult Coaches and Mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles (like keeping an engineering notebook), while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and sharing ideas....
Sidney American Legion Unit #17 is sponsoring this contest for grades 3-12 students in public school or home schooled. The Essay Title for 2018 is “What can I personally do to promote Americanism in my school or community?” Class I (3&4 grade) requires 150-250 words, Class II (5&6 grade) requires 250-300 words, Class III (7&8 grade) requires 350-400 words, Class IV (9&10 grade) requires 450-500 words, Class V(11&12 grade) requires 450-500 words, and Class VI (Students with special needs) word count should correspond with students Grade Lev...
$40,000 In Scholarships To Be Awarded To Four Female High School Students Outdoor retailers Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops, together with The Harry & Reba Huge Foundation, will be awarding $40,000 in scholarships to four female graduates of Nebraska or Missouri Ozarks region high schools this spring. Applications are being accepted now through Wednesday, March 7. The Women in Leadership Scholarships are part of an initiative by Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops leaders to encourage young women to become tomorrow’s leaders. This is the first year the p...
Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) and the members of the SRMC Cardiac Rehab Team, this week celebrated AACVPR National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, Feb. 11-17. Cardiac Rehabilitation Week, initiated by the AACVPR, coincides with both Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month in an effort to draw greater national attention to heart health. This year’s theme, “Making Positive Changes, One Beat at a Time,” honors the patients, families, and healthcare professionals who are dedicated to cardiac rehabilitation as a vehicle for a healthy lifesty...
Not long ago, a Sidney resident was at work when he began to experience discomfort in his chest. Determined that nothing was wrong, he took some medicine and went home without thinking too much about it. Later that night, he went to Sidney Regional Medical Center and was later transferred to Fort Collins hospital for a heart attack. This was Tom O'Connell's experience. The heart attack was caused by a clot in the vein in front of his heart. While at the hospital in Fort Collins, he had to get a...
M y wife, Andi, and I have 2 sons and 5 grand-children, with Matrix being the oldest at age 15. When he was around 6 or 7, Matrix would sometimes stay over at our house for the night. One Friday morning Matrix and I walked over to our church to get things set up for Sabbath worship. As I was getting things ready, Matrix decided he was going to have a sermon and went up to the pulpit to preach like Grandpa. He paused for a moment, wrote a little, paused, wrote a little, then he began to speak…“I love Grandpa, and I love Grandma.” Then he would...
A half dozen Sidney Middle and Senior High School students received recognition by the Sidney School Board Monday in the Monthly Performance Award Program. The Monthly Performance Award acknowledges student accomplishments for excellence not only in the classroom, but other areas as well. Those criteria include: 1. Superior academic performance, (or), dramatic improvement of classroom work, G.P.A. or attitude toward learning. 2. Exceptional work effort toward a particular class project. 3....
The year was 1911. Transportation was a mixture of horses, buggies and stage coaches and the occasional car. The Civil War and Indian conflicts were recent memory. It was also the year the Johnson family added one more to the family role and the population of Cheyenne County. Ada Johnson recently celebrated her 107th birthday. It started with a round of "Happy Birthday" sung to her as a wake-up call. She had visits from family and friends and several arrangements of flower to recognize her long...
James Joyce was recently inducted into the Nebraska Aviation Hall of Fame. The recognition took place during the annual Nebraska Aviation Symposium held in Kearney Jan. 25. James E. Joyce was raised on a farm outside Atlantic, Iowa and graduated from high school in 1958. Shortly after, he attended Parks College of Aviation in Saint Louis, Mo. He received his Airframe and Powerplant Certificate and returned to Atlantic to begin his aviation career. During the next 10 years, he worked for Walnut G...
One of the "hurry up and wait" stages in life is what to do with your life. Is the best career path initiated with a college degree, a certificate program, a doctoral degree or a mentorship that develops into an unexpected lifelong calling? The answer may be found in experiencing what is required of various careers. That is where Sidney Middle School and Sidney Regional Medical Center come together to explain the many options within a medical facility. SRMC hosted an eighth grade job shadowing...
In her drive toward the possible crown of Mrs. Nebraska, Ylani Cole hasn't let an opportunity to represent or serve go by. As Mrs. Cheyenne County, Cole has made nearly 40 appearances since July, representing the county and its residents in a number of ways. Now, she's willing to give blood to help the county. As she looked for ways to help the area, Cole had put "give blood" on her list of things to do late last year. But when it came time to cross that item off, Cole said she couldn't find a...
I would like to start this article by telling EVERYONE GOD LOVES them, He does not like the way we live sometimes but He does love us. We read John 3:16 and hear about it a lot, “GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE”. Romans 10: 9,10 tells us that IF we confess Jesus as Lord and Savior and believe in our heart we will be saved. That is all true, but that’s the beginning of being a CHRISTIAN, ( Follower of Christ/Little Christ) this is not a one time event but a begin...
The Trustees of the Virginia Smith Charitable Trust awarded a total of $191,900.00 to a number of local organizations during 2017. They include: Chappell Child Care Center, Creek Valley Preschool, Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries for Sullivan Hills, Chappell Fire District #1, Chappell Ambulance Service, Creek Valley School Educational Foundation, South Platte Preschool, Solid Rock Bible Church for the Food Pantry, Chappell Senior Center, Chappell Chamber of Commerce, SUCCEED, Inc., City of Chappell, Creek Valley Public Schools, University...
