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An Easter egg hunt for Sidney's autistic children brought together special needs families in celebration Saturday. The free event, held at Legion Park, is one of many observing Autism Awareness Month. "All month long we are doing autism awareness," Eric Packer, event organizer and Sidney Dairy Queen manager, said. "All the events we're doing are going to benefit the Sidney public schools and their special education department." The event was sponsored by Dairy Queen, Maddox Motors and High...
Stephen D. Barber, 28, of Sidney, faces two felony charges: child abuse, a class 3A felony, and enticement by electronic communication device, a class 4 felony. At his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Cheyenne County Court, Judge Randin R. Roland found there was sufficient evidence for arraignment. Lt. Keith Andrew, Sidney Police Department, testified and presented evidence. Subscribe to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph to read the rest of the story. (308) 254-2818 817 12th Ave. Sidney, NE 69162...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Friday, April 14, in observance of Good Friday. All City Departments will be closed including the Landfill and the Library. The Dial-a-ride Bus and Stage Line Bus will not be running. The Solid Waste Department will be collecting Friday’s trash on Thursday, and Thursday’s trash on Wednesday....
Col. Lawrence C. Nelson (Ret.) was honored Saturday by the Fort Sidney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Nelson is a retired veteran, having served in the United States Army from 1968 to 2007. Nelson was recognized for his service to his country, his numerous and continuous efforts to honor and serve Nebraska's veterans, and for allowing the Fort Sidney D.A.R. to meet at the Veterans History Center, located in downtown Sidney. Nelson owns and operates the museum, opening it...
James L. Daily, 37, pleaded not guilty to felony charges Wednesday in Cheyenne County District Court. Daily is charged with terroristic threats, a Class 3A felony, and using a firearm to commit a felony, itself a Class 1C felony. If found guilty of the latter charge, Daily faces a minimum five years and would not be eligible for probation during that time. The alleged acts took place on March 14. According to a Sidney Police Department affidavit, the SPD responded to a report that Daily had...
The Cheyenne County Community Center Foundation is holding its 12th annual fundraiser Saturday at Buffalo Point Steakhouse & Grill. The non-profit foundation started in 2006 to support the community center, Mike Namuth, CCCC director, said. “Anything that’s needed, the foundation’s there to do that,” he said. The Community Center Foundation Fundraiser is Saturday at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m., at Buffalo Point. Tickets are $75. Subscribe to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph to read the rest of...
America’s first transcontinental highway is the Lincoln Byway. Laid out in 1913, the historic byway stretches from New York to San Francisco. This byway is now officially Highway 30, according to a press release from Muriel Clark, President of the Governing Board for the Nebraska Lincoln Highway Historic Byway. It is the longest of Nebraska’s nine byways at 450 miles, from Omaha and Blair on the east to Bushnell and the Wyoming border on the west, traversing 14 counties and running through 46 communities. For more information about the mee...
The project from Greenwood to 23rd Street in Sidney began on April 3. Work through Sidney will include removal of old asphalt and construction of new asphalt, some pedestrian concrete work, pipe culverts, guardrail and electrical work. Traffic will be controlled by lane closures that may begin each day a half hour after sunrise to a half hour before sunset. The project is anticipated to be completed by mid-September....
In May 1964, Beverly Webb graduated from Sheridan, Wyoming High School. The following month, she enlisted in the United States Army. She knew that she wanted to get as much schooling in accounting as she could get. The Army offered her some great training and a skill. “Sign me up!” At that time, female enlistees had to be twenty-one years old to enlist without parental permission, but her parents signed on saying the Army had their permission to train their daughter. The U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy were also interested in this prospect bec...
Bids were awarded in two upcoming county road projects in Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. Only one bid was submitted for an asphalt overlay on approximately 3 miles of County Road 46, from CR 125 to CR 131 east of Gurley. The bid of $1,054,387.50 from Simon Contractors was approved by the board. The 2016-17 budget allotted $1,068,000 for the project. Three bids were submitted for another budgeted county road project, the construction of a double 12-by-12 reinforced concrete box culvert on CR 109, approximately 1/4 mile south of CR 3...
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and fighting for the rights of abused and neglected children in Cheyenne County is Court Appointed Special Advocates. “When a child has been abused or neglected, a judge appoints through the court a special volunteer advocate to be the voice of the child throughout their time, when they’re involved in the juvenile system,” Rose Bowcut, Cheyenne County CASA director, said. “What we do as a program is recruit and screen and train volunteers to become ready t...
Sidney High School students will spend the week in dress rehearsal gearing up for Friday's opening of this year's musical "A Pirate's Life for Me." In this swashbuckling tale a regular guy, Rodger Goodman, embarks on a quest to become the pirate Blood Beard to win the affections of a pirate queen. SHS Senior Abbie Frass plays Sarah, the Pirate Queen. Frass says her charterer resembles that of the one Keira Knightly plays in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. "She was raised in a nice...
Sidney City Council delayed a third reading of its carrier parking ordinance Tuesday. Ordinance 1787 was held until the council’s April 11 meeting to be amended to include language for exemptions after hearing citizens’ concerns. The ordinance prohibits “motor carriers, common carriers or contract carriers” from parking in residential districts “except for the purpose of expeditiously loading or unloading their commercial contents.” “This addresses carriers,” Ed Sadler, city manager, said....
SIDNEY (AP) — Shares of Cabela’s soared following a report that the sale of its credit card unit and the $4.5 billion sale of its retail business to Bass Pro Shops had been revitalized. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that regional bank Synovus Financial based in Columbus, Georgia, was negotiating a role in the deal. Previously, Cabela’s had said Capital One’s proposed purchase of the credit card unit attracted additional scrutiny that could have delayed the transaction. The Federal Trade Commission has also requested additio...
I s it a challenge to be a wake up call before it comes true? Or is it an insult to those working to maintain and build a city? That all depends on your point of view and how you react to the opinions of others. We’re talking, of course, about the “Lights Out” advertisement that began running in the Sun-Telegraph Wednesday. Predictably, reactions have run the gamut from chuckles to outrage. No matter your reaction, the ad did what its author intended. It gained attention. Now, the question is, what is our reaction going to be? It takes littl...
Shelby Price is the face that greets anyone who visits Sidney High School (SHS). Her official title is Attendance Administrative Assistant, but if you talk to any of her colleagues or the students of SHS she is something much more. "She treats all students equally and with respect. She listens with a very caring and open ear," SHS Administrative Assistant Jodi Harvey said. Price has worked for SHS for seven years, acting as the main hub in the front office overseeing communication between...
April is Autism Awareness Month and Sidney Public Schools (SPS) Special Education Program has partnered with area businesses to help promote awareness and education in the community. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that involves abnormal development and function of the brain. Those with autism show decreased social communication skills and restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviors or interests. CDC Prevention issued a report in 2014 concluding that autism has risen to one in...
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (CAPWN) offers a Teen Outreach Program to youth in Cheyenne County. CAPWN is a non-profit community-based organization that serves low-income households and those unable to meet their needs by offering alternative sources. The teen outreach program is an after-school club that operates currently in the Media Center at Sidney Middle School, and meets once a week. The no-cost program is for youth ages 12 to 18. For more information on the CAPWN teen outreach program contact Lorilei Stark at...
Sandhills Publishing will be opening up an additional office in Sidney, both expanding the company westward and offering positions to those recently affected by Cabela’s call center consolidation. According to a recent press release, the Lincoln-based publishing company offers products and services that “gather, process and distribute information in the form of trade publications and corresponding websites that connect buyers and sellers across trucking, agriculture, construction, heavy equipment, aviation and technology industries.” Curre...
State Senator Steve Erdman, of Bayard, visited Sidney Friday to speak about the current legislative session. Erdman explained to an audience of 15 at Dude's Steakhouse problems facing the Legislature. A member of the Committee on Committees, Erdman said the education and judiciary committees are balanced toward progressives. "In Judiciary we have two very conservative people and six progressive people, and on education we're four-to-four," he said. "So those two committees have a difficult time...
More than 150 parishioners from St. Patrick's Catholic Church spent Sunday packaging 20,000 meals for Helping Hands, a joint effort between Catholic Relief Services and Rise Against Hunger. "It's an opportunity to be in solidarity with the poor and the hungry throughout the world," Rev. James Heithof said. "There's a sense that when we serve them, we're serving Christ." The meals cost 50 cents each to produce. Stations with volunteers of all ages put together the rice, dehydrated vegetables and...
Every property in Sidney will be inspected starting in April. City employees will be looking for basic violations, Ed Sadler, city manager, said. “We’re inspecting for the obvious,” Sadler said. “If you’ve got the car parked in the front yard, the mattress piled up against the side of the house. You don’t have any house numbers on it. You’ve got trash bags piled up. We’re trying to get things cleaned up.” He added, “For the violations we’ll take pictures and we’ll send out a letter.” Citizens wi...
Sidney Police Department is investigating damage to multiple vehicles that took place across Sidney Wednesday evening. “We are investigating a series of car windows getting broken throughout the community,” SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. “We’re thinking it took place sometime over the night time hours.” Aikens said nine vehicles had been reported damaged by Thursday morning. There are no suspects at this time. How the vehicles were damaged has not been determined. “We’re not totally sure if it wa...
Sidney Shooting Park (SSP) is located on 114 acres north of Sidney. The park offers trap, skeet and archery venues for visiting enthusiasts and the community. The SSP offers a trap/skeet venue with five trap houses located on four shooting fields and one skeet field, which also doubles as a trap field. All five fields are lighted and the trap houses are outfitted with voice-activated Pat-Trap clay throwing machines. Skeet houses are temporarily using two sporting clay throwers modified for skeet...
The City of Sidney has sent out bids for its weed control services. The action will save the city both money and resources, Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, said. “I was curious as to whether we could find a better way to do it,” Sadler said. “We did some initial checking with some of the landscaping companies and at least the initial prices they gave us said they can buy the chemicals so much cheaper, for fertilizing and weed killing. They can do it with labor included for less than we spend...
