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Sidney's Cool Kids Club program celebrated its 16th year with Lights Out After School Thursday at North Elementary. "Lights on After School is a celebration once a year," Kim Hofrock, CKC director, said. "Beyond School Bells, Nebraska Children & Family, sponsors it through a grant, to celebrate after school programs." With dinner, parents watched their children demonstrate STEM skills such as basic programming and made crafts together. Cool Kids Club is an after school program that provides...
With its annual candy buyback event, LifeSmiles of Sidney is both creating and saving smiles. The event, in its ninth year, buys back candy by the pound from children after Halloween "We invite children to bring their candy after Halloween to trade it to us for money and prizes," Leasa Dornbier, owner/dentist, said. "We'll give them $1 per pound up to five pounds of candy for kids ages 2 to 12, and then they are entered into a drawing for different prizes." Dornbier was inspired to bring the...
The Veterans and Military Family Emergency Relief Organization will be hosting its 9th Annual Warrior Run November 4th at the Legacy of the Plains Museum located in Gering. Registration will be held from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.. The 10K will start at 10:00 am, and the 5K shortly after at 10:10. Entry fee is $30 for adults 16 and over, $15 for children 9 to 15, and 8 and under are free. Early registration deadline is October 28, 2017, which guarantees participants with a shirt. Registrations after the 28th, entry fee for adults will be $40. Children...
Jeremy Lee, a Black Hills Energy employee, has started a non-profit to provide Cheyenne County children with funds to afford hot lunches and also to pay off outstanding lunch debt. A fundraiser dinner is planned for Oct. 28 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds 4-H Building. Lee was inspired to act by his wife, a food services staff member Leyton Public Schools. “My wife came to me and asked if there’s anything I can do at work as far as raising money,” he said. “Not only am I a Black Hills E...
The sound of traditional Opryland Jason country music will be stopping in Sidney on Monday, Oct. 23. "Hank and my Honky Tonk Heroes" will be performing at Sidney High School as part of the Nebraska Educational Outreach Program. Hank and my Honky Tonk Heroes is a rendition of country music from the era of Hank Williams and performers who influenced him and who he influenced. Jason Petty, originally of Manchester, Tenn., grew up around country music. In his biography, he says the first song he...
Sidney High School students try to out-cheer each other at the bonfire held Wednesday. Sidney plays Gering at its Homecoming game Friday night at 7 p.m., with the coronation of the Homecoming Kind and Queen immediately following the game....
Cindi Egging's Art 4 All Ages has moved from downtown Jackson Street to her Linden Street home. Egging refurbished a space to serve as both her personal studio and to teach art classes to students of all ages. This is not the first time Egging has moved her studio since starting three years ago. "I'm like the gypsy art teacher," she said. "I've had art students following me all the way from when I was by the Coffee Corner to now." Egging was first invited to teach art classes for children by...
Sidney's third annual Out of the Darkness suicide prevention walk in Legion Park Saturday attracted nearly 25 participants. "We're here again to raise awareness and provide those peer supports, let people out there know they're not alone, whatever way suicide has affected them," Kaitlin Wilson, co-organizer, said. The event was one of thousands held nationally, Andy Flander, co-organizer said. "There's probably over 3,000 sites nationwide," he said. "Here, in Sidney, is the last walk in the...
Sidney High School's Weymouth Field track is set to be resurfaced in 2018. "We've lost a little crumb rubber," Mike Brockhaus, SHS activities director, said, "so we're looking at options of putting on a structural spray, or a thin layer of new rubber and a structural spray over the top, to help maintain the track." The track was last resurfaced seven years ago, Brockhaus said. "We put a new base mat down, new rubber, and now it's seven years later and we're trying to keep the maintenance up on...
Heavy fog, cleared only by windy conditions grounded the fly-in part of the Voc-Air Flying Club Fly-In Breakfast, but supporters still made their way to the Sidney airport to show support for the club and program. The breakfast, sponsored by Western Nebraska Community College's Voc-Air students and their flying club, is a long-standing fall tradition where the community and school get together to support students in the Voc-Air program. Although there wasn't much flying - aside from hand-held...
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Through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H Clover Kids program, children ages 5 to 8 learn about science, citizenship and healthy lifestyles. “We’re preparing them to go on to 4-H. This is the beginning step,” Lynn McKinney, UNL Extension office manager, said. “It’s usually the little brothers and sisters who are in it.” Clover Kids meets once monthly, each meeting focusing on a different area through lessons and hands-on activities. “This year we’re touching on the different a...
A youth-friendly alternative to Sidney's Oktoberfest activities, ROCKtoberfest, hosted by Kids Plus, Inc., kicks off tonight. "It is a pro-social event for kids to participate in," Cassie Challburg, Kids Plus director, said. "It has inflatables, free popcorn and candy, a huge Dozers Gaming trailer. Kids can be kids, away from the alcohol and while parents have fun, kids can have fun too." The two-night event for youths in grades 7 through 12 continues through Saturday, from 7 to 11 p.m. Last...
Rat Pack Jazz is scheduled to perform in Sidney 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center. The Omaha-based group, including Johnny Adams on vocals, Ron Cooley on guitar, Jim Williamson on keyboard and pedal bass and Carlos Figueroa on drums and percussion, will be making their first appearance in Sidney as part of the High Plains Arts Council 2017-2018 season. Adams and Cooley have been appearing across the country for more than three decades. Each has worked with Chip...
On 20 concrete stands in Sidney's Legion Park, hundreds of Cheyenne County residents who served their country are remembered at the War Memorial near the park's southwest entrance. According to accounts reported in the Sidney Telegraph, L.L. (Swede) Nelson came up with the original idea of the memorial, which rapidly took form when Nelson's suggestions were embraced by the community. Nelson and Cheyenne County Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Kelley discussed, first with each other, then...
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The Kindness Bus stopped in Sidney Thursday. It was an accident that caused the bus to break down at Sidney's Walmart, but for one day Sidney residents were witness to more than 450 quotes and messages of kindness painted along the blue bus's front, sides and back. For more than 10 years, Bob Votruba, One Million Acts of Kindness founder, and his dog Bogart, a Boston terrier, have been traveling the country to spread a message of performing kind acts. He was inspired to act following the 2007...
Third graders from multiple school districts filled Legion Park and Cheyenne County Community Center Wednesday for Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day. More than 250 students participated in the yearly event, Janelle Hansen, Panhandle Public Health District health educator, said. The students from Sidney, Leyton, Bridgeport, Kimball, Creek Valley and other school districts were greeted by a variety of physical activity and nutrition stations. "They're learning about how important it is to keep...
Peetz is celebrating its 100 year anniversary Sept. 29 and 30. Though its actual centennial fell in May, the celebration was held off until September to coincide with the homecoming game against Briggsdale and yearly For Peetz Sake! Day. "Peetz has always celebrated For Peetz Sake Day during homecoming weekend, that way we can tie in more activities and we usually get more people who come to town," Mayor Traci Davenport said. "So we're doing the same thing again this year." Kick-off is Friday...
Sidney Police Department is renovating its building to feature a more limited waiting space, with a public window and secure doors to the rest of the office. "There's going to be a window with bullet-resistant glass, reducing the public to this area here only," SPD Chief Joe Aikens, standing in the lobby, said, "and not allowing them access to the records area or the rest of the police department." The renovations will increase security for the office staff and personnel, Aikens said. "It's not...
Brian Fort was laid off from Cabela's in April, but soon found a new position as senior director of sales for Counter Assault, a Kalispell, Montana based company. "We handle anything from bear spray to law enforcement spray to personal protection spray for the customer," Fort said. "We sell to buying groups and retailers, independents, sporting goods. We're in a lot of different retailers." When not on the road, Fort works from home and his downtown office on the 1000 block of Illinois Street. F...
