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Sidney Telegraph: The missing pages of history M. Timothy Nolting In the spring of 1876, Texas cowboys, James M. Riley and his brother Joe took part in the roundup of 2,500 head of longhorn steers on the Nueces River. After the herd had been gathered and road-branded the brothers joined the drive that was headed for the Dakotas. It was the first large herd of Texas longhorns to cross the state of Nebraska for delivery to Sioux Indian Agencies on the Missouri River. Although Joe apparently made a good hand, James was a bit more restless and...
Due to an increased number of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) cases across the nation, State Veterinarian Dr. Dennis Hughes is reminding horse owners as well as operators of horse shows/exhibitions to remain vigilant and exercise biosecurity measures at all events where horses are co-mingled. According to Hughes, California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Tennessee and Utah currently are dealing with confirmed cases of EHV-1. “Nebraska does not have horses diagnosed with the disease at this time, and we’d prefer to keep it that way. I enc...
In a Cheyenne County District court appearance on May 20, defendant Justin J. Warren and his attorney Kelly S. Breen, made a motion to suppress evidence at a trial of the case against him “of any and all items of evidence taken from the defendant’s living quarters or any other place in which he had an expectation of privacy on or about March 22 of this year.” The records go on to state that the foregoing motion will be heard on June 12 in the District Court of Cheyenne County at 8:30 a.m. The search and seizure of items from Warren’s residen...
Local dentists are currently performing pre-screenings for the Panhandle Health District Dental Day, scheduled at area schools May 31 and June 1. All children who plan to attend the Dental Days must be pre-screened. Sandy Goble, of Summit Dental in Sidney, says that there is a waiting list, but interested parties should go ahead and call to be added at Summit Dental or any local dentist’s office. Goble said that the Dental Days event is for children who don’t have dental insurance and might otherwise not be able to have dental check-ups. Dr....
The Salvation Army Thrift Store on 10th Avenue was the target of cash-seeking thieves who broke in sometime after closing on Tuesday evening may 21. Sherry Torres said that when she arrived at the location to open the store on Wednesday morning, she noticed that “the door was ajar and thought this was unusual because we always lock everything up tightly.” Upon entering, she noticed that there was debris on bags in the backroom. After realizing that the door had been kicked in, she called the police. When Torres checked the rest of the sto...
Travelers on the Lincoln Highway--including several hundred cyclists taking part in the Bike Ride Across Nebraska--may encounter delays as they approach Sidney this summer. Construction on Highway 30 west of town, as well as N-19 to the Colorado state line, will begin on May 28, weather permitting. Work will cover the stretch of road from near the county fairgrounds to the Brownson intersection. The $2.8 million project on Highway 30 includes milling and widening the lanes then adding an asphalt overlay. During construction, the road will...
The Success for Learning program and teacher collaboration times were topics of discussion by Potter-Dix Board of Education members at their May meeting. President Claire Smith said that the SFL program “ties into the idea about the sort of improvement programs that maybe work better in a shorter time frame.” She went on to say that SFL “seems to be working some of the time for some of the kids not all of the time for all of the kids.” Smith pointed out that sometimes transportation issues prevent parents from getting children to the program. T...
May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month. Community Health Nurse Tammy Meier has advice for everyone concerning high blood pressure. “High blood pressure is sometimes called the silent killer, with good reason, too,” she said. “It has few symptoms, but left untreated can dramatically increase the risk of heart attack or stroke.” Around 30 percent of the adult population suffers from high blood pressure - or hypertension- yet many do not even realize it. “It sounds obvious, but the only way of knowing if there’s a problem in the first place is...
Much to the dismay of city council member Joe Arterburn, Sidney’s public swimming pool will not open until the first week of June. Crews have been busy preparing the facility but, according to Public Services Director John Hehnke, weather—including the snow storms of April and May—played havoc with the schedule. Memorial Day is often considered the target date for community pool openings. Hehnke explained for paint to adhere and patchwork be completed, temperatures must reach a certain level...
John Hehnke, Sidney’s Public Services Director, informed the council members that repairs to the south sub power station will be made from May 29 through June 2. The south sub-station will be completely down for those days. During that time all Sidney residents will be asked to conserve electricity. The repairs must be completed before summer hits its stride or a transformer could be completely lost due to a gas build-up issue. The community cannot be supported by one sub-station through the heat of summer, so it is imperative that the r...
Sidney Chief Building Official Brad Rowen proposed a new fee schedule to the City Council at the May 14 meeting. The plan would mean increases for those affected. Rowen explained that the hike in fees will generate $75,000--a little less than half the department’s budget when figured at 100 houses and $200,000 value. He went on to say that with the new fee schedule his department would be self-sustaining within the first year. If so, they would not have to pull funds from the general budget. The new codes Rowen has proposed to the council w...
Ways to improve the 83 acre Hillside Golf Course were discussed at the city council meeting on May 14. Andy Staples of the Staples Group made a presentation about the golf irrigation project to the council members that showed various options to update the lake and pump system. The presentation included the irrigation system in four areas: The water delivery system, lake size and location, head layout/final acreage and master plan items. Staples said that the majority “of our work was spent tryin...
Construction of a new elementary school building was the featured topic at Sidney’s Public Schools Board of Education’s May meeting on Monday night. Superintendent Jay Ehler said that this has been discussed off and on throughout the year, as far as how they are going to do it, when they are going to do it, where is it going to be located. He went on to say that he thinks that “we are getting to the point now where we need to decide if we are going to have a special election or do we want to have it during the general election.” Ehler added t...
Last year’s drought conditions across Nebraska forced irrigators, municipalities, industry and other users to pump heavily from groundwater wells. Just how much water they used is beginning to show up in spring readings from observation wells that are maintained by natural resource districts. Don Ogle, Information and Education Coordinator at the Sidney Natural Resource District (NRD), explained that last year was not only severe with little or no rain, but also hot and dry for so long that farmers required significant amounts of pumped w...
After riders take off from Kimball on the morning of June 1, the first overnight stop for the participants in the Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) will be in Chappell. The Creek Valley Board of Education (BOE) approved the request by BRAN to use the high school stadium for the stop in Chappell during their March BOE meeting. As the big day and night approaches, coordinators in the community are finishing preparations. Co-chairman of Chappell events for the BRAN stop Connie Loos said that they have an “Awful lot going on. They will be on f...
Teresa Grant’s arms never stop moving. She assembles flowers, ties colorful ribbons, tucks and nudges blossoms into just the right place--all while answering constant calls for last second Mother’s Day bouquets. “It starts on Monday,” said the owner of Sidney Floral & Gift Shop, “and we go all week.” Although a survey by the National Retail Federation suggests that more moms will receive electronics for the big day this year, flowers--along with jewelry and dinner--still dominate the gift ma...
The Third Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics of Nebraska will be on Saturday, May 18. The run will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. at the area behind the Sidney McDonald’s. The run will take the usual route which is Old Post Road to 11th Avenue, then it will proceed to go west on Illinois Avenue and it will conclude at the Cheyenne County Fair Grounds. This is open to runners with all abilities; it is not a race and children are welcome to participate as well as bicycle riders. The run is a slow-paced jog that is d...
The Bicycle Ride across Nebraska (BRAN) will begin on June 2 and finish on June 8. The ride starts in Kimball and will end at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland, Nebraska for a total of 467 miles plus 15. Overnight stops will be made in Chappell, Paxton, Gothenburg, Kearney, Aurora and Brainard. According to Vickie Backman, one of the organizers of the event, the roadways are not closed during the ride. She added that the organization usually requests assistance from local authorities; they notify the people who handle the roads...
A citizen of Potter has the Village Board hastily reviewing their ordinances directed toward body shops, salvage yards and other businesses. Scott Worth told board members that he got a “nasty note” on his property saying that the fence was an eyesore. So he tore down the fence on that side of the building. At the Village Board meeting on May 6, the man brought in a copy of an ordinance he found that he claimed exempts him from the original ordinance about “vehicle nuisance.” The business owner reminded the board members he was under the imp...
