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Audrey Splichal of Sidney has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State. Splichal was selected based on selection criteria through Auxiliary Unit No. 17 and Sidney High School. She will student local, county and state government processes in this nonpartisan political learning experience. Jentry Snell, Elizabeth Whiting, and Ella Ningen, all of Chappell and students at Creek Valley High School, were also selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker...
The Table of Grace mobile food pantry will be finished the second week in May. Due to food shortages at the Foodbank of the Heartland and a huge drop in donations from Walmart and Safeway, the Table of Grace is in need of food. Food items most needed (Not Expired or Open), include: Cereal Peanut Butter Jelly Juice Any canned fruit, vegetable, meat, pasta Boxed or canned ready to eat meals Baking mixes such as pancake, biscuit, etc. Dry pasta Food can be dropped off at the store located at 1125 Alvarado Road on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 am -...
The public is invited to a Spring Recital featuring selected students of Patricia Fletcher on Sunday, May 1st, 3:30 p.m. at Kimball Baptist Fellowship Church, 6th and Oak Street in Kimball, NE. Performing will be four students who have earned Superior Awards for piano solos and two students who have earned a Superior Award for piano duets at the District Music Contest, plus two students (out of five in piano) who have been selected by UNL music faculty to hold the title of Nebraska Young Artist of the Year. The Nebraska towns of Sidney,...
Daughters of the American Revolution Regent Rebecca Spiller, and members of the Fort Sidney Chapter hosted State Regent Candace Cain at a recent meeting held at the Veteran History Center in Sidney. Larry Nelson, retired U.S. Army Colonel, shared his work in recording hundreds of veterans stories for the Library of Congress and featured his grant collection of military items displayed in the Center. Ms.Cain shared her project “Women of 1870-1870s Forts” with the chapter and discussed the his...
If you reach retirement with a significant amount of assets, you’ve done a great job of saving and investing. But now comes another challenge – making that money last. You might think that this task, as important as it is, won’t be as hard as accumulating the money in the first place. Yet, a sizable number of people have reached a different conclusion. In fact, 36% of retirees say managing money in retirement is more confusing than saving for retirement, and 56% say they wish they had budgeted for more unexpected expenses in retirement, accordi...
As I write this, I am just a few days past Easter Sunday. I am still feeling the glow and joy of a glorious Easter day. To me, Easter Sunday is just a small glimpse of what heaven will be like. Easter Sunday began in our family traditional way. We were awakened by the sound of our youngest daughter playing on the piano and singing the joyful “Easter Song”. The message of the song goes like this: “Hear the bells ringing, they’re singing , ‘Christ is risen from the dead!’” Of course our response is, “He is risen indeed!”. It was a wonderful w...
By John Thomas; Crops Extension Educator, Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties Karen DeBoer; Crops Extension Educator, Kimball, Banner, and Cheyenne Counties John Smith; Retired Machinery Systems Engineer, PREC, Scottsbluff High winds lasting for multiple days combined with long-term dry conditions have created the “perfect storm” for soil erosion to develop across Nebraska. The erosion is visible in moving and drifted soil (Fig 1) and should be controlled before more topsoil and cro...
Sidney Police Department April 20 3:40 a.m., Medical Call, 600 block Chase Blvd. 6:39 a.m., Parking Complaint, Glover Road. 7:24 a.m., Animal Call, 2200 block Elm Street. 7:30 a.m., Follow-Up, 600 block Glover Road. 7:47 a.m., Medical Call, 1600 block Jackson Street. 8:22 a.m., Follow-Up, South Elementary School, 2010 12th Ave. 9:19 a.m., Animal Call, 2400 block Coronado Court. 11:14 a.m., Traffic Stop, Link 17J and Jennifer Lane. 11:22 a.m., Traffic Stop, Link 17J and Andrew Drive. 12:19 p.m., Public Education, Legion Park. 1:01 p.m., Illegal...
As the summer sun arrives, so will new opportunities. Children of all abilities will be welcomed in the same park and on the same equipment as the Legion Park playground will be updated with play equipment for all children. More than two years ago, a few Sidney area residents had a vision of better, more inclusive play equipment at Legion Park. The goal was to design a play environment welcoming to children with mobility challenges, developmental issues and for children who do not have special...
The Sidney High School Science Club and HOSA chapters will be hosting a community blood drive on April 29th in conjunction with the home Western Conference track meet. Our goal is to successfully receive donations from 56 area participants. Spaces are limited and donors must be ages 16 or older to participate with parental consent. Preregistration, masks, and a valid driver's license are required at the time of donation. All proceeds from the drive will be put towards supporting completion of the Sidney Park Project. Please take advantage of...
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 Board of Education met April 11. The board approved three resignations and four teaching contracts. Chaney Peterson resigned as the Sidney High School Ag teacher and FFA advisor. Peterson has been with the school district about two years. She helped revive the high school’s FFA program, including chaperoning students to the national convention and hosting a dinner and labor auction to benefit the chapter. “It has been a pleasure to work with you, the...
As a business owner, you’re always busy, so it’s understandable if you’ve put off thinking about events that won’t occur until far in the future – such as your retirement, the sale or transfer of your business and the settling of your estate. Nonetheless, it’s a good idea to start planning now, while also recognizing the special challenges that women business owners face in these areas. Essentially, you’ll have four key issues to consider: • Building assets – While you’re working, you’ll want to build as many financial assets as possible. This...
It seems many of the conversations I have nationally, regionally and locally, always get around to the idea of how bad our culture has gotten. Sin is celebrated, and What God has called good is mocked. Just when you think it won’t get any worse, you are shown how mistaken you are. Just turn on your tv, read your paper, listen to the radio, scroll your newsfeed, the farther we get from creation the deeper human depravity goes. In fact, this has even influenced our churches. If I may be so bold as to say, the culture has shaped our C...
There’s an old wives’ tale in farming: Seven years of drought and seven years of good conditions. Galen Roebke, Seward farmer, said the current drought timeline makes him wonder if it’s true. He said he’s starting to notice how dry his farm is after not having drought be a concern the past few years. “You sometimes think about those things, that we might have a prolonged dry time,” Roebke said. “Our last few years, we’ve been blessed with adequate rainfall. Sometimes, you almost think it’s too...
Those interested in learning about current trends in cash rental rates, lease provisions, and crop and grazing land considerations should make plans to attend an upcoming workshop in Rushville. A Farmland and Pasture Lease workshop will be held April 29, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Sheridan County Extension Office (800 S Loofborrow Street, Rushville). To register call the Sheridan County Extension Office at (308) 327-2312. The program is free and open to the public. This workshop is designed to provide up to date information on management str...
Whether it’s a reptile wrapped around a wrist or a cool splash in the Middle Loup River, Adventure Camp about the Environment (ACE) has something to offer this summer. Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) are now accepting registrations for ACE Camp June 26-29, 2022, at the State 4-H Youth Camp near Halsey, Nebraska. Nebraska’s 23 NRDs encourage middle school students interested in the outdoors to sign up for this educational, action-packed camp. To qualify, students should have completed sixth, seventh or eighth grade in the 2021-...
Sidney, NE – Entrepreneurship is crucial to the economic vitality of all communities. Research shows that educational programs focused on non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills are best developed at an early age and have spill-over effects to subsequent entrepreneurial knowledge and skill development in later years. The Nebraska Extension Y.E.B.O (Youth Entrepreneurship and Business Opportunities) Issue Team recognized the need for such educational programs and created a new program in 2016 c...
South Platte NRD is pleased to announce our scholarship program to students residing within our district: Cheyenne, Deuel or Kimball counties. Our program awards one $500 scholarship to a high school senior graduating in the 2021-2022 school year. Applicant must be attending a Nebraska institution (2-year or 4-year public/private, vocational or technical certification program) in a Natural Resources, Environmental or Agricultural related field. The application can be found at www.spnrd.org/education. The deadline is May 31, 2022. Please...
Cheyenne County Attorney's Office On April 18, 2022, at approximately 7:43 p.m., a deputy from the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Sidney Police Department responded to the Burlington Northern overpass on East Illinois Street in Sidney in reference to an individual on top of the overpass. The individual ultimately fell from the overpass and sustained serious injuries. Emergency medical services were provided and the individual was transported to Sidney Regional Medical Center. AirLink was utilized to transport the i...
The Monthly Performance Award acknowledges other criteria as well as achievement. These criteria are: 1. Superior academic performance, (or), dramatic improvement of classroom work, G.P.A. or attitude toward learning. 2. Exceptional work effort toward a particular class project. 3. Outstanding Contribution to the class. 4. Leadership exhibited in the class/school. 5. Citizenship emphasized and modeled. 6. Service to school. Recognized for the March 2022 Performance Awards are: 7th Grade — J...
On April 3, Sidney City Manager David Scott and Colin Murphy, lead constructionist for ALLO Communications, met at the corner of Fort Sidney Road and 11th Avenue for a ceremonial groundbreaking. ALLO Communications is working to establish a fiber optic system in the Sidney area. The company has an office on Illinois Street, and is actively preparing the network for the first Sidney customers. According to the company's website, work begins well before ALLO becomes a familiar name. It started as...
The Sidney Tree Board will celebrate Arbor Day with its annual tree give-away Saturday, April 23 at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp. This year marks the 36th year Sidney has been recognized as a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The celebration and tree give-away have become a major part of the Sidney Tree Board’s community work as it strives to maintain a healthy tree canopy in the City of Sidney. In preparation for the give-away, board members evaluate what they feel are trees that will not only work well in S...
The American Legion Potter Post 291 is pleased to announce and have endorsed Zach Rotert, and Luke Kasten of Potter who are generously sponsored by Sidney American Legion Post 17 and will join 225 other High School Juniors’ From across Nebraska participating in the American Legion Cornhusker Boys’ State Program, June 5 – 11, 2022, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln downtown campus. The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with...
We all hope for long, healthy lives. But there’s a serious “side effect” of longevity – the possibility of outliving our money. How can you help prevent this? It’s useful to know the seriousness of the threat. Consider this: About 41% of all U.S. homes in which the head of the household is between 35 and 64 are projected to run short of money in retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. While this statistic indicates a cause for concern, it certainly doesn’t mean that you are necessarily headed for trouble – because t...
Luke 9:29 “As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.” When Jesus prayed, the divine life inside him suddenly burst forth. Those looking on were blinded by the resplendent brightness that burst from within Him. When they had regained their vision, they realized that they were likely viewing what the body will be like when it is glorified. The splendor of this dazzling revelation was never erased from the memory of these eye-witnesses: Peter, John and James (verse 28). Pet...
