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The Sidney East Expansion team is conducting a survey of potential homebuyers in the Sidney area. The expansion team is comprised of a collaboration of business leaders from Cabela’s as well as Sidney Regional Medical Center staff and City of Sidney officials. The goal being put forth by the team is to bring economic benefit to the community, according to Dennis Armstrong, a Cabela’s corporate architect. “It’s open to all residents, but we especially hope to hear from those who are in the market for a new home,” Armstrong said. Armstrong said t...
The bitter cold winds blowing through Sidney ushered in Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy yesterday when his plane landed at the Sidney Airport. Sheehy stopped in Sidney to give an overview of the plans Gov. Dave Hieneman delivered during his State of the State address to Nebraskan residents Tuesday morning. This stop was one of many on the Lt. Governor’s agenda, with the purpose of discussing proposals within the budget for the next two fiscal years as well as preparing citizens across Nebraska to take p...
Sidney School District board members were informed of the fund-raising activity planning and the successful implementation of drug and alcohol screening at Sidney Middle School. New board member Doug Means also joined the board and committees for 2013 were formed. Tom Von Seggern was appointed once again as board president and Steve Mattoon was reappointed as board vice president. Deanna Kantor was reappointed as board secretary and Geri Anthony as treasurer. “Anytime you replace the s...
The Sidney Schools’ Teammates Mentoring program is a completely volunteer program that matches up youths with adults, offering the child another responsible caring adult in their life. Both adult and child volunteer to be a part of the program that was brought back to the Sidney Schools two years ago for children in the fifth through eighth grades. When her daughter brought home the flyer and paperwork on how to become a mentor, Rhonda Douglas signed up to be a mentor and was paired quickly. R...
President Obama’s nomination of former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel for the position of U.S. Secretary of Defense on Jan. 7 has lead to concern by members of congress and pointed questions lingering to be answered as the process moves forward. “The work of protecting our nation is never done and we still have much to do. Chuck Hagel is the leader that our troops deserve; he is an American patriot,” Pres. Obama said when announcing Hagel’s nomination. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), who was just sworn...
LINCOLN – Gov. Dave Heineman called Tuesday for ridding Nebraska of its individual and corporate income taxes and making up the difference by ending as much as $2.4 billion in sales tax breaks for businesses, and all goods and services – except for food – are on the table. The Republican governor unveiled his tax overhaul plan and budget proposal in his annual State of the State address to lawmakers. “Are we going to be satisfied with a mediocre tax system that won’t create the jobs of the future for our sons and daughters?” Heineman as...
Sidney City Manager Gary Person would like to draw to the attenion of Sidney residents an envelope that a lot of residential customers received in the mail last week. “The envelope said it’s a notification for all Sidney water customers and gives you every impression that it comes from the City of Sidney, but it does not,” Person said. Person said that instead he believes the notices were sent out by a company trying to sell customers insurance on their residential line. If looked at close...
Preliminary findings from a Sunday autopsy indicate that the Saturday-evening shooting death of a Sidney man was an accident. Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub, in a press release issued late Monday night, said that 28-year-old Donald L. Vizina, 28, died at a friend’s house at 1836 3rd Street in Sidney, after a shot was fired in a bedroom. The friend, who located Vizina in the bedroom with the firearm, apparently called 911 after a shot was fired. Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and Sidney Police Department responded to the call at aro...
Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, potentially Nebraska’s next Governor, briefly stopped in Sidney out at the WNCC Aviation Maintenance Building for a brief explanation about Gov. Dave Heineman’s address to the state of Nebraska, unveiling the “well kept secret” of tax reform discussed in Omaha. City Manager Gary Person was at the airport to greet and listen to the Lt. Gov. speech.Read more in Wednesday’s edition of the Sun-Telegraph....
Tommy Millner became CEO of Cabela’s Inc. in April 2009. It was a job he didn’t mind relocating for from the Piedmont Triad area of N.C., where he had lived for 25 years, to Sidney, Neb. Needless to say, Sidney was a far different world for the warmer climate native. “I got to Sidney the Friday before Easter. I drove across the country from North Carolina and the whole way I kept hearing about blizzard warnings,” Millner spoke of his unforgettable trek. “I arrived on Friday night, the blizzard...
First and second graders are starting off the new year by getting active at the Cheyenne County Community Center. About 60 kids turned out this year to participate in the annual First and Second Grade Basketball Skills Camp at the center. Community Center Sports Director Kasey Kantor, who serves as coordinator of the event, said that he believes the skills camp was started about six years ago by Jody O’Connell and has been helping young kids edge their way into the game of basketball ever since....
Historic Downtown Sidney settles in for a long winter’s nap, Friday afternoon, as temperatures dropped to near single digits, winds were brisk and snow fell to clog the streets. Local sports action was canceled as the pace of travel began to diminish to a crawl. The weekend forecast calls for single digit highs and below zero lows....
RED CLOUD, Neb. (AP) — Red Cloud Postmaster Brad Young has come to treasure the three murals displayed in the post office there. “It’s something so unique,” he said. “I’ve been here going on 25 years. After a while the biggest thing is that I would never want anything to happen to them. Maybe that’s the lucky thing about being in a small town; we really don’t have any problems.” Red Cloud is one of four area towns included in a Depression-era government program that placed murals in post offices. A new book from the Nebraska State Historical So...
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Platte County residents, like Nebraskans across the state, are spending more money for a chance to match their lucky keno numbers or peel open a top-prize pickle card. The Nebraska Department of Revenue’s annual charitable gaming report shows players spent $247.3 million on keno, pickle cards, bingo and raffles during the fiscal year ended June 30. Total wagers on the games, which must financially benefit nonprofit entities, increased 2.85 percent from the 2010-11 amount of $240.46 million, according to the report rel...
The dedicated volunteer service of Tim Lecher to North Elementary School has landed a $500 grant to the school from State Farm Insurance Company. The company offers the grant to employees who donate their time to local elementary schools. Lecher, whose son Diedrich is a third grader at North Elementary, not only completed the required 40 volunteer hours for the grant during the past year but also hopes to continue his service. Kathy Nienhueser the reading and writing coach at North Elementary...
Sidney’s North and South Elementary Schools ended the year 2012 with a pleasant surprise. The surprise however wasn’t from Santa Clause it was from McDonalds. On Nov. 14 this year McDonalds partnered up with the schools for their second year hosting McTeacher Nights. McTeacher Night is a fundraiser for the schools put on by McDonalds, school booster club members and school staff where a percentage of the night’s proceeds at McDonalds is donated to the elementary schools. Nikki Juengst, boost...
Kathy Assad has been bringing the residents of Sidney a mixture of home accents for the past 16 years. From modern to the more traditional in style, Accent Home Décor, formerly known as The Crafty Corner, sells a variety of things to spruce up any home environment and then some. Assad’s store is broken down into several sections, accommodating every room of the house from the kitchen to bathroom, and even includes a baby section and specialized gift section. Assad opened the business in 1997 as...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. William “Bill: Tracy Jr. was twenty one yrs old when the Selective Service System caught up with him. There was a war goin’ on and they wanted him in it. He was a young man trying to find his was in Alaska and Washington State when he was notified by his draft board i...
The second of two Ames, Iowa individuals arrested earlier this week on drug-related charges was arraigned Thursday before Cheyenne County Judge Randin Roland. Jessica Carroll, 31, appeared for arraignment on five felony charges: two Class III felony counts of possession with intent to deliver (both marijuana and hashish), Class IV felony possession of marijuana (more than a pound), Class IV felony possession of marijuana without tax stamps, and Class IV possession of a controlled substance (cyclobenzaprine). A status hearing for Carroll, who...
The morning fog and misty air was an issue for commuters Friday morning. The moisture in the air formed can be seen on the trees in Legion Park and also formed a slick layer of ice roads, leaving the air thick and skies cloudy and gray, ushering in the bitter cold that is supposed to be the weekend....
A repeat drunk-driving offender will likely never get his drivers’ license back after being sentenced Tuesday by Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. Patrick H. Farnsworth, 72, Lincoln, was sentenced to serve a prison term of not less than 50 months, nor more than 60, after being found guilty of DUI — fourth offense. Farnsworth, who was sentenced in June for DUI — third offense — will serve his new sentence consecutively with the June sentencing (59-60 months imprisonment). Farnsworth was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and his drive...
The City of Sidney’s case against against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating/ Filsinger Emergency Services for property nuisance abatement emerged as split hairs Wednesday before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. Wednesday’s hearing was set in an attempt by the City to file a motion to abate, by Ft. Collins, Colo. attorney Charlie Cuypers. Filsinger, though counsel Don Miller, sought a continuance in the matter, citing the timeliness of the hearing. After some legal jockeying by both sides, Weimer fell in-between on the mat...
The building is much as one would imagine a church to look like; brick, modest in size, fairly ordinary but friendly and inviting. Neither the exterior nor thecanon practiced within the building makes this Presbyterian Church unique in nature from other Christian based churches in Sidney. Quite the opposite, the Christian stance and teachings are what connects this church to other Christian churches of the area. It is Pastor Dixie Anders who leads the congregation at the Light Memorial...
As many commuters around town have noted a small area of 10th Ave. has been blocked off and cones direct traffic into what is normally the turn lane. The cause, “We are helping the Veterans Affairs office there. They are required to put in a fire line into their building. So we are helping with that because we have to tap the water main there on 10th Ave.,” Sidney Public Service Director John Hehnke said. “So we had to cut open the street, make the tap and get the line extended over to outside o...
In a rapidly developing scenario, a Sidney man charged in connection with the November shooting death of Adam McCormick pleaded guilty to an amended Class IV felony count of being an accessory to a felony. Billy D. Fields, 35, 2460 Fort Sidney Road, entered the plea Wednesday afternoon before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. As part of his plea, Fields — through his counsel, attorney Don Miller— has agreed to make himself available for interviews involving the shooting, and has als...
