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As Nebraskans know well, we are the beef state. We have every segment of the supply chain from cow-calf producers, to backgrounders, to large and small feed yards and also three of the four big packers in the state. The livestock industry contributes $13.8 billion to Nebraska’s economy annually. It is without a doubt the economic engine of our state. Recently, there was a legislative hearing on my bipartisan bill The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act in the Senate Agriculture C...
Inspect, Connect, Direct, Select -the four steps of the Water Sense Sprinkler Spruce Up. First, inspect and replace clogged, broken or missing sprinkler heads. Second, check for leaks where heads and pipes connect and tighten if needed. Third, direct sprays on the landscape. And fourth, select the proper watering schedule or employ a weather-based irrigation controller. Sparingly and Caringly. Fertilizer is the largest pollutant in stormwater runoff and spawns large algae blooms, nutrient overload, and hypoxic (or Dead zones) in ponds, lakes,...
SCOTTSBLUFF - Western Nebraska Community College will celebrate 264 students that will graduate with a degree, certificate, or diploma on Saturday, May 14 at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff. WNCC's 90th annual commencement is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Cougar Palace. The ceremony is open to the public and will also be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream can be found on KNEB.tv or at wncc.edu. A recording of commencement will also be published on WNCC's official YouTube channel at a later date. The Adult Education...
Sidney Police Department May 5 12:05 a.m., Traffic Stop, Andrew Drive and Old Post Road. 1:52 a.m., Follow-Up, Cheyenne County Impound. 7:32 a.m.,Traffic Accident, unknown injury, 5th Avenue and Illinois Street. 9:48 a.m., Animal Call, 600 block Illinois Street. 10:35 a.m., Fraud, 600 block Illinois Street. 12:23 p.m., Medical Call, 1400 block 14th Avenue. 1:56 p.m., Animal Call, 2000 block 10th Avenue. 2:31 p.m., Medical call, 1600 block Jackson Street. 3:30 p.m., Agency Assist, Police Department. 3:42 p.m., Agency Assist, Police Department....
After over 30 years employed at KSID in Sidney, Lana Butts has decided to retire. Butts was born and raised in Sidney, and has been with the radio station since the 1980's. Butts also worked at the Sun-Telegraph, when it was known as The Daily Sun. She graduated from Sidney High School, and went right into the workforce. She spent her first 10 years after school working in retail, mostly for Western Drug. Through her affiliation with the Jaycees, she applied for a secretarial job with KSID only...
Plummer Insurance, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Prince-Empson Insurance. “We are excited to announce the sale of our agency to Andrew and the Plummer Insurance, Inc team.We know they are going to be active supporters of the community and take care of our clients as we have tried to care for them. Plummer Insurance represents all of our companies, plus several more to offer our customers the best coverage at the most affordable price in the marketplace. I have enjoyed my 45 years in the insurance business and look forward to helping i...
If you want to provide educational opportunities for your children or grandchildren, you may want to consider investing in a 529 plan. In recent years, this plan has gotten more flexible, and potentially more powerful, than ever. A key benefit of a 529 plan is that earnings are generally tax free, provided the money is used for qualified educational expenses. As the owner of the plan, you can essentially name any beneficiary you want, and you’re free to change the beneficiary as needed. Contribution limits are quite high, so you can put away c...
Spring is upon us, and praying through a piece of nature helps us actively see how God’s hands are at work and how new life is coming out of winter’s hibernation. This devotion is from the Jesuit Spirituality Center. Praying with a ‘Piece of Nature’ Introduction A ‘piece of nature’ might be a pot plant, a bunch of flowers, something in your garden (if you have one), the contents of a window box or plant hanger, a bird feeder, something you see on your walk (such as a dandelion growing in a crack in the pavement), a shell, pinecone, or any othe...
The Master Chorale, under the direction of Don Johnson, with accompanist Mary L. Smith will present its 30th Spring concert on Sunday, May 8th at 4 p.m. in the Dorothy Corsberg Theater at Northeastern Junior College. In conjunction with the NJC Foundation, the Master Chorale will award another tuition scholarship to a deserving music student for the next semester. The first half of the program features Gabriel Faure's REQUIEM in seven parts with English text and editing by Mark Evans: beginning with Introit and Kyrie, then Offertorium with bari...
Almost two years ago, the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce announced a new president and CEO. McKailie Carnahan-Kuhns was selected as the new President/CEO, replacing Hope Feeney. Feeney and her husband Eamonn moved to the North Platte area for the Feeneys to teach at Maxwell High School. Feeney was hired as a business teacher at Maxwell High School and her husband Eamonn as head football coach. Carnahan-Kuhns came to the Chamber as a business owner. She has her own photography business. It...
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...
