From the Editor

Let’s see … I’m at an age when just lifting myself off the couch can cause injury, my cat keeps strolling across the keyboard and my first day on the job just happened – through no preconceived notion of the bosses, I’m sure – to fall on April Fool’s day.

So much for introductions.

Over the next few weeks I expect to learn something of this town’s interests, people and streets. Despite my new guy status, however, I’ve already contributed greatly to Sidney’s economy.

That’s right, for the past two years I served as editor down the road in Kimball. So Safeway, Wal-Mart, Fox Theater, Cabela’s, St...