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Holy Trinity Lutheran’s school supply drive ends this week. Parents can still sign up students to receive school supplies through the end of the week. “Through our fundraising, we are able to buy a full list of school supplies for kids,” Timm Lindeman, Table of Grace director, said. “If they sign up and give us the grade they’re in, the teacher they’ve got, we can cross-reference that with the school supply lists that have been put out by the school.” Through the Table of Grace mobile food p...
Tracy Herbert, of Fort Worth, Texas, is creating awareness of type 1 diabetes by bicycling from San Francisco to New York along historic Highway 30. Herbert arrived in Sidney Tuesday, taking a break before endeavoring on another 80- to 100-mile leg of her trip, which started in June. Herbert prides herself on being a grandmother who has lived with diabetes for more than 40 years. "When I was diagnosed, I was told I'd live for 20 years, I'd die with horrible complications, and never be able to...
Sidney is among the stops planned next weekend, Aug. 4-6, as part of the "Nebraska150 Express" statewide train tour. Union Pacific Railroad's heritage equipment and streamliner and diesel locomotives will traverse the state over three days, departing from Omaha and stopping for rallies in Columbus, North Platte, Ogallala, Sidney, Gering, Kearney and Grand Island. To ensure the trip remains on schedule and the tour reaches as many Nebraskans as possible, public train tours and tickets are not...
The 2017 Cheyenne County Fair concluded Saturday and it was a success for the area's 4-H youths, Cynthia Gill, extension educator, said. "Despite the hot temperatures, I think the youths who participated learned a lot and had a good time," Gill said. This year's highlights include a fashion show, entrepreneurship expo and livestock shows. "We had about 300 youths participate in this year's fair," Gill said. "It's down slightly from last year but with all that's going on in the community we expec...
Brayden Butts, age 6, suffers from neurofibromatosis. To brighten this time of difficulty for Brayden and his family, Nebraska Make-A-Wish Foundation is granting Brayden's wish to "go to Mickey Mouse's house." A send-off party was held at Sidney Elks Lodge Monday for the Butts family, with more than 20 family members attending. Brayden and his family will be going to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and stay at Give Kids the World Village. The family was connected to Make-A-Wish via referral,...
Sidney’s TeamMates program is holding a fundraiser Aug. 4. The program connects Sidney’s at-risk youth with needed mentors. “There’s about 10,000 matches across Nebraska, Iowa and a little bit of Kansas,” Brad Sherman, TeamMates chairperson, said. “Almost every school system in Nebraska has the program in it.” Mentors are asked for a commitment of three years, Sherman said, and meet with their youths for at least one hour a week. Ideally, mentors are paired wth youths from the start of fift...
The cherry red truck with a Spider-Man logo and covered with Blue Bunny decals is Sidney's new ice cream delivery service, Brain Freeze. Owner Rich Hansen has been out in Sidney neighborhoods since June. "We purchased (the truck) in February, here in town, and we spent about three months getting it back up and running," he said. Brain Freeze is a Blue Bunny franchisee. Where most ice cream trucks carry 15 to 18 items, Hansen said, he carries 72 items. "People tend to stand around the truck...
Temperatures are expected to soar well above average and heat advisories and excessive heat watches are in effect in several areas of the state. Staying cool, keeping hydrated, and moderating outdoor activities during hot weather can help Nebraskans decrease the potential for heat-related illness according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The risk for heat-related illness and death is higher for infants and the elderly, whose internal thermostats do not regulate...
Sidney's Ylani Cole is representing Cheyenne County in the 2018 Mrs. Nebraska Pageant in April. A native of Klerksdorp, South Africa, Cole has lived in Sidney since 2012 and serves as a change management lead at Cabela's. Living in Pretoria, South Africa's capital city, brought Cole to Sidney. "I was a safari coordinator there and that's how I met my husband," she said. "He worked for Cabela's Outdoor Adventures." Pageantry has always been an important part of Cole's life. "Back home, it is a...
This exhibit will be a re-enactment of the events and surroundings where you will see trade tents, living quarters, teepees, and folks dressed in period-specific clothing of the 1800s. Tomahawk and knife throwing will be demonstrated, along with firing of black powder rifles. The Fur Trader camp will be set up east of the picnic area in Ash Hollow. Clint Livingston is the project coordinator and reports that the Pawnee Free Trappers Black Powder Club from McCook will be participating along with individuals from Nebraska, Colorado, and...
Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo had its first 4-H events over the weekend at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Activities officially opened fair week this week with the 4-H Fashion Show on Thursday. Friday, swine carcass pigs were loaded up early and transported to Ovid, Colorado, where owners were able to watch measuring and judging of carcasses at Ovid Meats. Live animal contests began Saturday with the 4-H and Open Class Small Animal Show and the Dog Show. While not part of fair week, 4-H Shooting...
Steve Mattoon, of Sidney law firm Matzke & Mattoon, has been named President of the Nebraska Bar Association for 2019. Mattoon will serve as designee-elect starting in October. “It’s something I’ve had in the back of my mind for some time,” he said. “I have two associates who are really taking over the practice. The kids are out of school and all working. It’s good timing for me.” An active member of the Nebraska Bar Association, Mattoon has served in the House of Delegates for more than 20...
Residents were treated to two groups at Downtown Sounds Friday. Here, Loaded Dice performs a mix of old rock hits to close the evening....
Sean Ewert, 49, of Sidney, faces 50 years and a minimum sentence of five years on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a class 1C felony. Ewert was arrested June 30 as part of a WING taskforce bust at Sidney Post Office. At Ewert's preliminary hearing Thursday in Cheyenne County Court, Judge Randin R. Roland found there was sufficient evidence for arraignment. Jim Bush, Sidney Police Department investigator, testified that he met with other officers the morning of June 30 to execute a sear...
A city auction being held at Sidney Police Department Sunday will offer surplussed items from various city departments, including used vehicles. The auction is part of an annual city effort, SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. “We have property that’s gathered that nobody claims and we can’t keep it around forever,” Aikens said. “We have a ton of bikes, and stuff people turn in, abandoned around town. Every couple of years we try to have an auction to sell off that, any surplus equipment we might have....
By the time Joan Fowler-Hughes was 21 years old, she had graduated from high school as well as college. She was seriously involved with a man who was a college graduate as well as a pilot… and deployed to the theater of war in Europe. The man was killed in action. Joan was grief-stricken. The best thing she felt she could to do keep his memory alive was to try to take his place in service to the country. Joan and a college friend decided to join the ranks of the Navy’s WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). The WAVES were est...
For 25 years, volunteers have worked to provide holiday meals to those without family in close proximity to Sidney, or those unable to make the meals themselves. It started with Christmas, when Ella Mae Goranson first saw the need and organized a community Christmas dinner at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp. The event grew each year, and 10 years ago, a dinner was added at Thanksgiving time. Each year more than 100 people of all ages have come to the dinners, where they can enjoy the holidays...
Harvest has begun in Cheyenne County, with farmers pulling into fields in the northeast corner of the county this week. Combines made test cuts in a few fields prior to the Fourth of July, but evening rains and high humidity made field-size cutting hard. But Wednesday saw a number of combines rolling in the Weyerts Church area as hot days allowed crops to ripen. Both wheat and peas are now going into the bin, although many expect harvest won't start across the county until next week. "With the...
Rev. Mike McDermott, a native of Grand Island, is the new priest at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. It was St. Patrick's where McDermott entered into his vocation in January 1979, serving for two and a half years. "Sidney was really the beginning of all of that," McDermott said. "Sidney really set the tone for me, in the sense of how to do ministrating, how to enjoy ministry. My first two and a half years were great years." From there, McDermott went on to serve at St. James in Kearney, St....
GMCO Corporation, a Rifle, Colorado-based company, is expanding its efforts in Western Nebraska. Started in 1964, the company offers de-icing materials and provides dust control services. GMCO has one warehouse at Sidney/Potter Adams Industries complex, and is pursuing additional property at the complex, Bruce Juelfs, business development manager, said. In June, GMCO was awarded "preferred distributor" by the state of Nebraska for magnesium chloride, Juelfs said, used in treating roads for dust...
Nebraska’s Department of Transportation has announced that weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin on US-30 on July 10 for repair of concrete panels. The work will take place on U.S. Hwy. 30 in Sidney’s main downtown business district from 7th Ave. to 13th Ave. Work is expected to take place for 26 days from July 10 through Aug. 4. Workers will be involved in repairs daily from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Business holders, city representatives and the Chamber of Commerce members agr...
Sidney's Office of Human Development and the DOVES Program both visited Legion Park Wednesday for a morning of gardening. OHD, which serves adults with developmental disabilities, brought six clients to Memorial Gardens for a morning of planting and maintaining the grounds. "This is just an activity to get them out and about, something just to help them learn a skill," Nick Hays, OHD staff member, said. "It gets them out in the community. They love getting out. They have a lot of fun doing it....
Already the screeches, crackles and pop, pop, pop of fireworks can be heard throughout the city, signaling the approach of the Fourth of July. The annual celebration is a time for thoughts to turn to our country's independence, and for many the fun of setting off firecrackers, aerials and showers of sparks that go with it. Along with the fun comes great responsibility as well, and local authorities hope safety is as much a priority as the excitement of setting off fireworks. "We don't want...
John Bahr, Western Nebraska Community College Sidney receptionist, was honored Tuesday by Nebraska VR with the Debra Bowers Client Award. “We choose one client every year to receive this award,” Nicole Fisher, Nebraska VR Scottsbluff office director, said. “The award is named after a client who achieved employment success while overcoming adversity.” She continued, “Her determination, motivation and dedication to achieving her goals is her legacy, and it lives on each time we present this awar...
