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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...
Secondary teachers teach to educate young people, at the simplest definition. However, sometimes teachers need a boost in their teaching approach. That boost is even more important when meeting with a teacher of a different language and culture. Dallas Dunn, a junior at Sidney High School, recently took part in a program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln designed to help teachers better teach students. In this case, one way to improve teaching is to partner a student with a teacher so both...
Sidney's VFW Post 610's Hurricane Harvey relief effort last week resulted in more than 35,000 pounds worth of supplies being collected. "It was a great effort," Cmdr. Stephanie Dadgostar said. "There were people from all different walks of life. We had veterans out there. We had school kids out there. We had all kinds of people helping out. It was a pretty amazing community effort." From Tuesday through Thursday evenings, VFW volunteers at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds, with a truck donated by...
Nestled between the frying frisbees, soccer games and back yards is an enterprise for anyone interested in growing some of their own produce. Sidney's community garden is for anyone who wants to develop a small section of ground for fruits, vegetables or flowers. It is administered by a co-op of sorts. If you are involved, you have a say in how it is managed. Known as the Sidney Secret Garden," it is hiding in plain sight with nearby homes, biking and walking paths and the disc golf and soccer...
Sidney Public Schools will benefit from Sidney Public Library’s permanent makerspace, Chris Arent, Sidney High School principal, told the SPS board Monday. The library has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a “teaching telepresence” with University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Makerspace is basically where you’re able to come in and there’s different tools and different items available for you to use to create things,” Arent explained. “We were the first commu...
Cheyenne County 4-H members were among 153 4-H members who participated in the Nebraska State Fair 4-H Fashion Show at Grand Island on Monday, September 4. Two local 4-H members modeled for a panel of judges and for a crowd estimated of 1,000 during the Nebraska State Fair. Kaylee Eddy, daughter of Josh and Jessica Eddy, Sidney, received a purple ribbon in the State Fair 4-H Fashion Show showcasing her consumer skills with a purchased garment. Kaylee has been a Cheyenne County 4-H member for...
For much of the past week Sidney residents have worked to help provide for the needs of Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey. Spearheaded by Sidney VFW Post 610, Adams Trucking and Sidney Public Schools, local residents have responded with food, water, clothing and other items needed by hurricane victims. One set of packages has been years in the making, although their donor didn't know it at the time. "I saw an article on Facebook that said they could use all kinds of items," said Evelyn Gerih...
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary Sunday. The Sidney church was formed Aug. 17, 1917, but wasn't voted into the Presbytery of Box Butte until Sept. 11, 1917, Jane Easterly, church board member, said. The event will be celebrated with a worship service featuring additional music and a piano duet, and a catered luncheon for members and volunteers. "We have some members who have moved out of town coming back to celebrate," Easterly said. "During that time we...
The Sidney Public library will again be offering Toddler Tales for children ages 2 and 3 beginning Wednesday, Sept. 13. This session will begin at 10:15 a.m. and will feature story and related finger-plays. In addition, for children ages 4 and 5, Storytime will begin 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. This session also features story and related song or finger-plays. For more information or to register your child, please call the Sidney Public Library at 254-3110....
Sidney’s High Plains Art Council is ready for its 2017-18 season. The season begins with the Gulizia Brothers on Sept. 14. “Their speciality is the classics, and they’ve written their own music. Kind of a blues sound,” Carrie Brown, HPAC executive director, said. In addition to an evening performance, the Gulizia Brothers will lead an outreach program at North Elementary. “They typically just talk to the students about music, how music can improve the quality of life,” Brown said. “They talk abo...
DALTON - A new non-profit group has formed to help the Dalton and Gurley communities, and the surrounding area, in whatever way they need help. The Dalton Community Shepherds gather in Dalton's former Presbyterian Church, at 404 Francis St., in Dalton, and while they are personally motivated by their Christian faith, are a non-denominational entity. "We're here to do things like a church does, but we are not a church," Jim Larson, group president, said, adding, "Whatever the community has a need...
Sidney Public Library’s online digital newspaper archive is now available. Sidney and Cheyenne County area newspapers from as far back as 1875 can now be searched from the comfort of home. “We get a lot of requests from people to find information in the old local newspapers we have on microfilm,” Andrew Sherman, library director, said, “and the issue we have is, if the person doesn’t have a good idea of the date or a fairly limited date range for us to search, with our staff, it’s just not pr...
LODGEPOLE - Lodgepole’s annual Old Settlers’ Days starts Friday. “It’s a celebration that was started 93 years ago,” Dianne Borm, event chairperson, said. “A group of people decided to get together down in the meadow to have a picnic and a playtime activity, following their harvest and everything.” She added, “I don’t know that they ever thought it was going to develop into what it has now.” This year’s event will also celebrate Lodgepole’s sesquicentennial. “We’re 150 years old, as well as t...
Sidney Public Library is getting a permanent maker-space workshop. A $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the library to purchase equipment and establish a telepresence with University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Studio. “We’ll have microphones and web cameras set up at the individual work stations and the expert from Lincoln will be able to come in and see what you’re working on,” Andrew Sherman, library director, said. “Our Smith room is a classroom environment...
Commuters in downtown Sidney will experience more cone-zone as work on Highway 30/Illinois expands west. Workers are milling in preparation for new asphalt. The work could take about two weeks, according to engineer Buck Sims....
POTTER - The 86th annual Potter Days kicks off Thursday. The four-day event features many community activities, Erika Revord, Potter Days committee treasurer, said. "We're trying to bring back the old Potter Days, because it seems like there were more activities back then," Revord said. The town celebration begins with the crowing of Miss Potter, and continues Friday with a home game against Hyannis Following the football game is a glow run. "We call it a fun run," Revord said. "It's not...
A volunteer helping install the new scoreboard at the Leyton Schools football field was injured Tuesday when his hand was caught by an auger. Ryan Borges, of Dalton, was helping set the new scoreboard, digging holes for the i-beam supports Tuesday evening. The first hole was dug without incident. The second, however, caught his hand between the auger and the dirt. The auger broke a bone in his hand, tore a muscle and made a large laceration. “It smashed hard against the side of the hole,” Bor...
Students and faculty at Sidney High School's Weymouth Field watched as the moon began to cross in front of the sun, using their protective glasses over their phones to capture the celestial event. A viewing event was also held at Sidney Public Library, and across Sidney people sat on porches and in front of businesses to watch. At roughly 11:45, the moon covered about 95 percent of the sun. In the dimness, the temperature dropped and strong winds delivered a chill....
The Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo lost money this year. The event had $110,604 in expenses, Anita Pennel, fair board treasurer told County Commissioners Monday at their regular meeting, and earned only $41,726 in ticket sales. The event, though, had a budget of $110,000 in levied funds from the county, as well as donations. “We are levied in X amount of dollars. That’s the money we have to work with,” Pennel said. “Doing it this way, we know what events are actually covering their own expense...
Sidney Public Schools began its 2017-18 year Thursday. Superintendent Jay Ehler said faculty and staff alike are excited for the new year. A challenge faced by the district remains the community's economic uncertainty. "There's been less stressful times in Sidney, for sure, but when I was in the buildings all through last year it was amazing that the instruction was as high a level as it's ever been," he said. "That shows with the amount of growth the kids have had. In comparison across the...
Pete Morgan is the new reverend at Sidney's Christian Life Center. Morgan has served in the role since July 2, and previously served as an associate for the church. "Every pastor is different. I preach a little differently than Jim Gerhold," Morgan said. "We're more aggressively reaching out, we're really encouraging people to invite their friends, get kids in here. Just trying to help the church grow and move forward." Ordained by an independent organization, Morgan first had to receive...
