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Toward the end of each month you might catch a man walking around downtown Sidney at a height twice that of a normal person. Ty White’s height however is not due to giant genes or a major growth spurt during high school; instead he conducts projects around the city on his pair of stilts. White recently was recruited by members of the Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber to put up and change the festive street decorations drivers see on the light poles around the downtown area. His mother, Shirley W...
PHOENIX — Jurors were given final instructions Friday in the trial of Jodi Arias, who is charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona. They got the case after hearing closing arguments from both sides, with Arias’ lawyer imploring them to take an impartial view of his client and prosecutors describing Arias as a manipulative liar who meticulously planned the attack. Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi on Friday asked the jury to take an unbiased look at the case and his client — even if they don’t like her — as the mu...
It was the month of May in the year 1873 that the first published newspaper appeared in the frontier town of Sidney, Nebraska. The owner, editor, publisher, and pressman was one man, L. Connell, who distributed the four-column folio sheet under the banner of The Sidney Telegraph. The town of Sidney began as an end-of-track, Union Pacific railroad town in 1867 with all the drama and excitement that towns with those beginnings bring. Gamblers, whiskey peddlers, barrooms and brothels provided all the amenities that many hardworking railroad...
The State of Nebraska’s case against Joshua Rodriguez was decided by a jury trial this Tuesday, April 30 in Cheyenne County Court. The jury of six found Rodriguez not guilty of driving with a suspended license. Rodriquez had initially been charged with operating a motor vehicle during a period of suspension (a Class 3 misdemeanor,) possession of less than one once of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in his vehicle (both infractions.) But according to court documents, his defense counsel, Sidney attorney Donald Miller, moved to s...
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce created a new award in 2012, “Heroes Among Us.” This year’s recipients are all of the area fire departments because of the hard work that they did while they were fighting the wildfires in 2012 that burned nearly 6000 acres in Cheyenne, Kimball and Banner Counties. Awards are being given to the Sidney, Dalton, Potter, Gurley and Lodgepole volunteer fire departments. At the Chamber of Commerce banquet, all of the firemen were recognized and those firem...
BOSTON — A mortuary familiar with Muslim services will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a gunbattle with police after an intense manhunt, a funeral director said Friday. Peter Stefan, owner of Graham Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, confirmed his facility will handle Tsarnaev’s arrangements, but he could not say whether he has possession of the body. Stefan said everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of their death and he is pre...
To observe the National Day of Prayer, a group from Sidney met in front of the City of Sidney offices on Thursday. Participant Martina Drewes said, “We are meeting at Noon because people have lunch breaks around that time and may be able to participate and people across the nation are beginning at the same time.” Organizer Jennifer Ernst says that the National Day of Prayer was established by President George W. Bush as a non-denominational day for everyone to come together to pray. Ernst fou...
Excited for spring, Teresa Grant, owner and operator of Sidney Floral and Gift Shop, and her master gardeners received their first load of plants and flowers yesterday as part of their second Sidney Floral and Greenhouse Too! event. The arrival of the truck full of plants yesterday marks the first day plants at the greenhouse will be available for purchase, and the event will last until June 15 - if the weather stays cool enough for the plants. “We will close June 15 and that’s tentative dependi...
In Bridgeport, Neb. tomorrow many will gather and run in support of United States military veterans and those still serving. The Bridgeport Police Department has teamed up with staff at the Prairie Winds Community Center to host a program of events on Saturday, May 4 to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a nonprofit organization aimed at “honoring and empowering” soldiers that have been wounded while protecting and serving the U.S. According to WWP officials, the purpose of the organization is to...
On May 1, members of Cheyenne County’s Brownie Troop 70 visited Golden Living Center and gifted all 51 of the residents with May baskets. Co-leader of the troop, Mary Ann Whitboldt, came up with the idea. Since Whitboldt works at Golden Age, she thought that gifting the residents with flowers would be a nice service project for the Brownie troop. The Brownies used plastic water bottles, painted them black with brightly colored designs before adding flowers. The gifts brightened the otherwise g...
Oral Cancer Awareness Month just ended without much notice. It is a disease that people should be aware of year-round. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF), oral cancer is the largest group of those cancers which fall into the head and neck cancer category. Approximately 42,000 people in the US will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer in 2013. This includes those cancers that occur in the mouth itself, in the very back of the mouth known as the oropharynx, and on the exterior lip of the mouth. This is the fifth year in a row in which...
The Compassionate Friends Sidney Chapter has begun its summer break and will not hold regular meetings until this coming fall. They will resume again with the start of the Annual Balloon release in August. Feel free to contact Randy Flamig at 308-254-4450 or Rob Robinson at 308-254-6354 for any needs or questions....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country. Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention. Organizers anticipate a rollicking, T...
Cabela’s Incorporated officials announced in April a change in command as the company’s original pioneer, co-founder and chairman, Richard N. Cabela, is set to retire his role as Chairman and become Chairman Emeritus. The change will commence on June 5 during the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. His brother, co-founder and Cabela’s Vice Chairman, James W. Cabela will take over the role of Chairman following the meeting. Tommy Millner, Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer, said that the...
Winners of this year’s Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge sponsored by Sidney Regional Medical Center and the Cheyenne County Community Center were announced at the Health and Wellness Fair on April 20. According to Kiersten Richards, the Cheyenne County Community Center Activities Director and a coordinator of the event, participants lost a total of 592 pounds lost from January to April. There werer both male and female categories this year, and the winners in each earned a trip to Estes Park valued a...
BOSTON — Three men who attended college with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect removed his backpack from his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth three days after the attack, according to charges filed Wednesday. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice. A third man, Robel Phillipos, is charged with making false statements to federal investigators. The affidavit says Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev agreed to get rid of the backpack after concluding from news reports that Dzhokhar T...
OMAHA — A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dipped for the second consecutive month in April, but the survey’s organizer said the index indicates slow growth for the region in the coming three to six months. The Mid-America Business Conditions index dropped to 56.8 in April, compared with 58.2 in March, according to a report released Wednesday. Businesses leaders were slightly more optimistic about the regional economy in the next six months, with the April business confidence index rising to 59.9 from 58.2 in...
According to Nebraska lawmakers, the state spends approximately $95 million on child-care subsidies each year for low-income, working families. Until now, the state has had no way of tracking the quality of care that these children receive through the subsidies. Yesterday lawmakers gave initial approval of a bill that would make it mandatory for those child-care providers that collect at least $250,000 a year to be rated by the state. An AP source said that last year 62 private child-care providers collected that amount. This served over...
CodeRED is a free emergency notification service that allows officials to notify residents and businesses by telephone, cell phone, text message and email regarding time-sensitive general and emergency notifications. The system is used to send critical communications to users, such as evacuation notices, hazardous traffic or road conditions, boil water advisories and missing child alerts. Ron Leal says that when he became Emergency Management Director of Cheyenne County one and a half years ago, he thought that this county would be the perfect...
WASHINGTON — After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president’s new health care law. You won’t have to lay bare your medical history but you will have to detail your finances. An earlier version of the forms had provoked widespread griping that they were as bad as tax forms and might overwhelm uninsured people, causing them to give up in frustration. The biggest change: a five-page short form that single people can fill out. That form includes a cover page...
“The history of Christopher Columbus is widely acknowledged to be filled with gaps and inconsistencies, contradictions and misdirection,” was how Ethan Nelson began his local and state winning paper for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) American History Essay Contest. The competition is sponsored every year by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and locally by the Fort Sidney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Nelson won both the loc...
The 2013 Girl’s Day Out was a big day for both the merchants and women who participated. Groups enjoyed talking and laughing as they walked from store to store taking advantage of the coupons in the goody bags from merchants throughout downtown Sidney. A shuttle also carried passengers to and from Cabela’s for events held at the retail center. Merchants welcomed the crowds happily into their stores; some offered treats and samples and let people register for giveaways. The day out not only all...
