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Labor Day is the first Monday in September, and is recognized as a National Holiday. In observance of this holiday some area businesses, as well as area schools will be closed for the holiday next week. Labor Day’s creation was part of the labor movement in the 1880s and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. According to the Department of Labor, the first governmental r...
Earlier this week Sidney hosted a three-day safety training for electrcial linemen in the area, sponsored by Nebraska Rural Electric Association. Several vendors also helped make this training possible by donating time and equipment for students to learn. More than 60 linemen west of McCook and into Colorado and Wyoming came to Sidney to attend the safety training. According to Larry Oetken, job training and safety coordinator with the NREA, multiple different trainings are held in Western...
Abundance is a support group to help victims become survivors and communicate in the recovery of sexual abuse. Their mission is to support, empower, validate, and educate survivors, as well as their families and supporters. Fee Rocha, who grew up in central California, is now a resident of Sidney and a survivor of sexual abuse. It was her experience that prompted the organization of Abundance. Rocha, along with the cooperation of DOVES, a victims advocacy program, began organizing the support group after coming to terms her past and its...
The 4-H Robotics Club held its first meeting this season on Tuesday at the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sidney. The club is available for first through 12th grade. According to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension office in Sidney, the positive impact the Robotics Club has on participants is gratifying. Research has shown participants have more interest in doing well in school and show more interest in attending college. By joining the Robotics Club participants will get to...
What first started as a picnic has blossomed into a four day celebration that brings the community and surrounding areas together. Starting the holiday weekend early, Old Settlers' Days will kick off Friday Sept. 2 with a city-wide garage sale. The sale will last Friday and Saturday and maps are available at the Panther Den or Post Office in Lodgepole or on Facebook. A Turkey Softball Tournament will be Friday starting at 6 p.m., with play throughout the evening. Turkey softball is where...
Veterans and an organization working on their behalf will benefit from a show featuring one of the nation's top Elvis Presley impersonators. Joseph Hall, from Branson, Missouri, was a top 10 finalist on America's Got Talent and in 2014 was named Branson male entertainer of the year and had the Branson tribute show of the year. He brings his Elvis Rock 'N' Remember Tribute to the stage at the Sidney Elk's Lodge #1895 Saturday, Sept. 10 for a the Elks Tribute to Veterans. The show is part of...
Some decision in life and business are more difficult than others. In the case of the Sun-Telegraph this one has been desperately difficult. After much thought, research and soul searching, the management at the paper has decided to move to Wednesday and Friday publishing only beginning Oct. 1, 2016. The reason for the change are many, but in a nut shell, the paper is too small to accommodate daily publishing. The true value of a community newspaper is community news. With our small size it has been quite difficult to produce the quality of...
Grand Marshals for the Lodgepole Old Settlers' Days Reunion have been announced. Preston Richards and Tammy Sherman will preside over the event's 92nd year. Grand Marshal Preston Richards is the youngest of seven children born to Albert and Stella (Gilliam)Richards. He was born June 2, 1950 in Sidney. Richards graduated from Lodgepole High School in 1968, during which time he worked at Zalesky's Petroleum gas station. After graduation, Richards traveled to Anchorage, Alaska where he started...
Karl Elmshaeuser spoke about key issues in Nebraska with Sloan Estates residents late last week. Elmshaeuser is running for Nebraska's Legislature in District 47 in the upcoming November elections. Elmshaeuser attended Northeast high school in Lincoln Nebraska. He went on to earn his associate's degree in Administration of Justice and a bachelor's degree in general studies. Elmhaeuser spent six years in the United States Marine Corps as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician. He is currently...
At the regular Sidney City Council meeting last week, Sidney City Manager Ed Sadler brought to council a potential price for the new piping project that needs to be done along highway link L17J. The project was brought to light after the water distribution pipeline project was finished along Ft. Sidney road and Pole Creek Crossing. The previous contractor informed the City Manager additional pipes would also need replaced along L17J near Old Post road. The old pipe system was unable to create the water pressure needed to properly function and...
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Monday to discuss the Pavilion Building at the fairgrounds and the 2016-2017 Cheyenne County Budget. Troy Kurz, volunteering construction manager for the pavilion building, came before the Commissioners to discuss ventilation issues the new Pavilion building is facing. A combination of moisture and heat has proven to be an issue for the new building Kurz said. As a solution a ventilation system is set to be installed. “The ventilation system will be used to create air exchanges in t...
It was incorrectly reported in Tuesday’s Sun-Telegraph that District 47 legislative candidate Steve Erdman supports pro-choice. Mr. Erdman takes a pro-life position. We apologize for the error....
Cabela’s Outdoor Fund and The Arbor Day Foundation have partnered together to replant in forests devastated by natural disaster. A press release sent out by the Arbor Day Foundation said the reforestation efforts, which include the planting of 200,000 trees, are critical to preserving wildlife habitat. Record wildfire seasons in recent years have destroyed millions of trees in forests around the country. Many areas were burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible, making the need to replant necessary. Insect infestations, disea...
Sidney’s City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at noon set its tax levies for the general, street department and debt services funds. The special meeting is needed after council needed more information following its regular meeting last week due to uncertainty on bonding for debt payments coming due in December. The city has been working with bonding agencies to see what rates it might need to pay for the bonds. Council will review two options as it works to provide for the c...
In an event hosted by Peggy Popps and Wendall Gaston at Buffalo Point, Steve Erdman encouraged Sidney residents to vote for him for Legislature 47th District during the November election. Erdman has been a lifelong resident of Morrill County. He began his career in farming in 1972 learning first hand the hard work and responsibility that agriculture takes. Erdman has also served on numerous business and public boards both local and national. In 1981, unhappy with the education his children were...
This year 102 fourth grade students at North Elementary have planted fall tub gardens. Various short season seeds were planted in tubs, which were hand painted by the students. Students will work in teams to care for their plants throughout the year. Each student will use their Garden Science Journal to record their observations such as changes in their gardens, the care they gave their plant, and comparing their garden's growth with another tub garden. The journals will be completed on a...
Rasing funds for a local shelter, dogs and their owners will be dashing their way through a 5K run/walk at this years Old Settlers' Celebration in Lodgepole Terry Duffield, founder of Adopt-A-Dog Animal Rescue, said she started rescuing dogs in 1986, first by putting pens up in her yard in the town of Chappell before buying a house in the country with more land. "We kept the dogs north of the house at first and later I found an old hog building and was able to get it moved onto our property,"...
Sidney's Red Raiders opened their football season in a big way, scoring in nearly every way possible on the way to a 49-7 win over Lexington Friday at Weymouth Field. In the most improbable start possible, the Raiders put their first points on the board with two defensive rushes into the Minutemen backfield, scoring two safeties and a 4-0 lead after three and half minutes of play. Following the second safety, Sidney scored its first touchdown of the night when junior Coby Haas ran the ensuing...
Local Boy Scouts gathered at the Lodgepole Valley Youth camp Tuesday to sign up for the new year. Nearly 20 boys and their parents signed up at the event, which is part of a drive to offer scouting to more boys. Boys first grade through the age of 18 have gathered together to participate in Boy Scouts of America since the early 1900s. The mission of Boy Scouts is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling them with the values of the Scout oath...
Tuesday night’s meeting of the city council discussed a water meter reading system. Ed Sadler, city manager, brought to council’s attention a pilot water program with Landys and Gyr that has been unsuccessful in allowing the city to read both electric and water meters through the same system. While the electrical system is working, issues on the water side resulted in meters not being installed. Staff is requesting the city discontinues the program and continues with the previously used Neptune program. No funding has been used to install pil...
Making the most of cooler temperatures, Karla Morlock gives a dock door of the Cash-Wa distributing building in Sidney a new coat of Cash-Wa's signature blue paint on Thursday morning....
A Denver man who was arrested last week by Sidney police plead guilty to a reduced charge in County Court Thursday. Sidney police officers arrested 33-year-old Justin Lane, on Monday after he attempted to run from law enforcement. According to the police affidavit, on August 15 at approximately 8:03 p.m. a vehicle, driven by Lane was observed with no visible registration. After Lane provided a false name and date of birth, the car’s vehicle identification number came back to the arresting officer as stolen. The affidavit stated the officer e...
Mark Wayt, 55, of Fort Collins, Colo., had a preliminary hearing Thursday on two felony charges that were bound over to District Court. According to a press release from the Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office, the preliminary hearing was held Thursday on the charges of Refusal to Submit to Blood, Breath, or Urine Test, a Class II Felony (with 4 or more prior driving under the influence (DUI) convictions) and Driving During Period of DUI Revocation, a Class IIA Felony. The press release stated an officer of the Sidney Police Department t...
Sarah-Kate Splichal has been in Girl Scouts for 11 years now and is currently focusing on her Gold Award, which is the highest possible award for Girl Scouts and is equivalent to the Boy Scouts Eagle award. This award is only an option for high school girls and Sarah-Kate states "this award is taken very seriously." There are seven steps that must be taken to receive the Gold Award. Step one is to identify an issue, which in Sarah-Kate's project is promoting exercising using the local trails....
Sidney's radio station, KSID, began a project to show community support to local law enforcement. KSID General Manager and Program Director Suzy Ernest said the idea for the project was born from a sticker KSID Graphic Designer Keifer Mitchel made for his vehicle, after the Dallas police shootings. "I designed them out of the thought that support sheds peace of mind on our officers. I brought the idea to Suzy figuring what a great way to support our local law enforcement," Mitchel said. "To me...
