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Presiding Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer made a final decision in the City of Sidney’s property nuisance abatement case against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating and Filsinger Emergency Services this past Wednesday, March 13. The ongoing case involved the plaintiff (the City of Sidney, represented by Ft. Collins, Colo. Attorney Charlie Cuypers) calling upon the defendant, Marvin Filsinger, (represented by Sidney Attorney Don Miller with co-council from Lincoln Attorney C...
An antibiotic is a medicine that destroys bacteria. An antibiotic will not help your body fight a cold or flu because these infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria. Antibiotics will neither prevent nor, fight viruses. Antibiotics will not work for bronchitis, most coughs and most sore throats either. If a person takes antibiotics every time he or she is sick, the bacteria may become antibiotic resistance. The bacteria may become stronger and harder to kill. If this happens, stronger medicine or hospitalization may be needed. It is...
The inaugural Lego building competition at the Cheyenne County Community Center. There were three age categories comprised of 47 entrants. Competitors were first asked to build a vehicle, then a structure and “something creative.” Judges scored the creations on a scale of one to ten based on recognition, explanation of what it is/what it will do and creativity. Only the individuals who were registered were allowed to build the creations, they couldn’t share Legos or ideas and the parents were...
Discussion on the Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavating Inc. application for a conditional use permit for the proposed use of a gravel mine to operate a ready-mix concrete batch plant continued at the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners meeting, Monday. Although the purpose of the meeting was to address the status of the pending application, and to see if the two parties were slowly coming to an agreement – it was clear that they were not. However, the commissioners were warned by Cheyenne C...
Weyerts American Legion Auxiliary Unit 137 of Gurley has released their yearly report. The 2012 officers were: Phyllis Ladine – President; Chris Lind – Vice President; Adeline Frerichs – Secretary; Carol Franzen – Treasurer. Service Committees: Chris Lind – Girls State, Poppy Posters, and Americanism Essays Phyllis Ladine – Children Education and Flag Etiquette Carol Franzen – Membership, Music, and Veteran’s Affairs Adeline Frerichs – Poppy Day and News Reporter Betty Kurth – Chaplain Marvel Moore – Cards The unit held nine meetings with an...
The purchase of Kuno tablets for teachers and students and updating internet access points dominated members’ discussion during the March Potter-Dix Board of Education meeting. Cisco Systems employee made a map of the Potter school to determine where new access points need to be installed to support new tablets. It was determined and then explained that approximately 10 would be needed to cover entire school, at a cost of around $600 each. In addition, there would be $107 per year for 24/7 technical support of each of the access points, and the...
LINCOLN – Nebraska would become the 18th state in the United States to abolish the death penalty under a bill introduced by Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha. The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee heard testimony March 13 on LB 543. The bill would get rid of the death penalty in the state and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Nebraska has executed three people since 1976 when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the resumption of executions after a two-year moratorium. There are currently 11 inmates on death row in the...
Through April 15 Health Center Foundation officials will be accepting applications for both their 2013 Summer Internship Program, as well as the 2013 Thayer Family Scholarship Programs. The summer internship program is open for two undergraduate students that are pursuing careers in the health care field. It will provide students with practical experience in the field, and over the course of the summer the students will shadow professionals in different departments, said Evie Parsons, assistant...
Kids Plus Teens In Prevention members have partnered with Panhandle Prevention Coalition (PPC) officials to offer alcohol merchants a guidebook and other information materials to help them be safe and responsible vendors. “Together with our many partners, the Panhandle Prevention Coalition serves communities throughout Western Nebraska by working to eliminate underage drinking,” said Faith Mills, the Regional Prevention Coordinator for PPC, in a recent press release. “Many alcohol retai...
This past Wednesday, March 13 was National Registered Dietitian (RD) Day. It’s the day that the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reminds everyone that the best source of practical, affordable and accurate nutrition information is a registered dietitian. Registered Dietitians are food and nutrition experts who translate the science of nutrition into practical solutions for healthy living. The past few weeks I have been giving you nutrition advice and encouraging healthy eating, but you might be wondering if that is all dietitians do. Well, i...
Cabela’s employees did their first fish stock of the year Thursday. A truck driven by Brian Hahle, owner of the Pleasant Valley Fish Farm in McCook, Neb., was pulled up next to the pond at Legion Park where Hahle would make his delivery. The truck contained a tank full of approximately 425 trout. The trout range in size and weight from two-thirds of a pound to five pounds – giving fishermen the chance to catch a tiny fish or a whopper. The trout were transferred from the tank into the pond net...
Three Sidney moms have created a Moms in Prayer group that takes place every Thursday between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Sidney. Martina Drewes, mother of six, Mindy Peters, mother of four, and Jennifer Ernst, mother of two, started the Sidney group back in August of 2012, and they are now welcoming any person interested in joining the prayer group to come to the meetings. “Jennifer and I both moved here in June and we both had been in prayer groups before,” sai...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is pushing back against the notion that she and President Barack Obama don’t socialize enough in Washington. The first lady says in an interview in the April issue of Vogue magazine that she and the president were straightforward when they said – before moving from Chicago to Washington in 2009 – that their family, including two young daughters, would be their priority. She said “the stresses and the pressures” of the White House are so real that they prefer to spend free time with their daughters, now 14 and...
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann presented awards to the Sidney winners of the 2012 Nebraska Main Street Program during his visit Wednesday at 12 p.m. at City Hall. According to Elizabeth Chase, the Director of Nebraska Main Street, to apply for the program Nebraska main street communities must submit nominations from their community for 18 different categories that focus on downtown revitalization efforts. A team of judges then selectthe winners, who are presented with the award in their...
The week of March 11-17 is the sixth annual World Salt Awareness Week. The theme this year, “Less Salt, Please,” highlights reducing the sodium content of food prepared outside the home, such as in restaurants and other settings. This year’s theme encourages chefs, caterers, and the prepared food industry to decrease the amount of sodium they add to food and to purchase lower sodium ingredients and products. Prepared meals and processed foods can contain high levels of sodium. A leading risk factor for strokes and heart attack is high blood...
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style of papacy than his tradition-minded predecessor, who tended to stay ensconced in the frescoed halls of the Vatican. The break from Benedict XVI’s pontificate was evident even in Francis’ wardrobe choices: He kept the simple pectoral cross of his days as bishop and eschewed the red cape that Bened...
The City of Sidney has a lot of foot traffic through its streets on a daily basis, especially being right next to Interstate 80. This Wednesday however, an important new face came to town and was blown away by Sidney’s potential and its great people. Nebraska Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann arrived in Sidney yesterday morning after making stops in Bridgeport and Alliance the night before. At 12 p.m. int City Hall Heidemann presented awards to City of Sidney employees and businesses on behalf of the 2...
At the monthly Deuel County Board of Education (BOE) meeting, there was a lengthy discussion concerning the process and costs to either replace or repair the track at the Creek Valley High School. There is $450,000 in the budget to work with for the track project. There are grants available that may cover 25 percent as long as the surface used is composed of 25 percent of Nebraska rubber granules from recycled tires, per Ruth Johnston with the Department of Environmental Quality. Johnston stated that most of the schools will get a $20,000 to $2...
Chicken pox is a childhood disease that most children suffer few major problems from. But for babies, adolescents, adults, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, this childhood disease can be severe. The severe problems can include: • Dehydration • Pneumonia • Bleeding problems • Brain infection or inflammation • Bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissues in children including Group A streptococcal infections • Blood system infections (sepsis) • Toxic shock syndrome • Bone infections • Joint infections • Death Classic c...
New City of Sidney Council Member Roger Gallaway joined the council Tuesday night after he was unanimously elected to take the seat of Aaron Barnes. Gallaway ran unopposed and swore in as a council member before taking his seat among the members present – Mayor Wendall Gaston, Mark Nienhueser and Joe Arterburn. “Roger served in an appointed capacity on the council during the year 2012 and is definitely up to speed on city issues,” said Gary Person, City of Sidney City Manager.“Roger has stayed...
Finally the City of Sidney City Council made a decision Tuesday night on the proposed ordinance of defining accessory buildings in residential zones, and discussion on other proposed ordinances was continued. Council member Joe Arterburn started discussion on the accessory building ordinance last night and inquired as to whether the stipulations of the attached garage and detached garage having to be 1,200 square feet or smaller was necessary. “I had the same thought Joe, because over time lot sizes are bound to change and if we are putting a...
