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The Cheyenne County Visitors Committee will hold its annual "House Lighting" contest this week, with four prizes on the line for local residents. This judges will drive by houses in Sidney this Thursday night and decide who's house has the most flare and pizazz. First place receives $100, second place receives $75 and the third-place winner will receive $50. The wild card prize is called the "Griswold Prize," named after the family in the movie, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." The...
The Sidney School Board discussed the possibility of implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” for some of its employees at its meeting Monday night. The district is Conducting a study to discover how many of Sidney’s Public School Employees, who work over 30 hours a week and are not insured by the district, qualify for insurance under the provisions of Obamacare. Under the current insurance plan, Sidney Public Schools would have to offer some form of health insurance to those employees by September 1st, 2016....
Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith will be able to meet with a representative of Congressman Smith’s office for a “mobile office” on Wednesday, Dec.17. The “office” will be set up at the Cheyenne County Courthouse, 1000 10th St., Sidney, from 9-10 a.m. A mobile office allows constituents to meet directly with one of Smith’s staff members about federal issues and take advantage of the constituent services available through his office, such as assisting individuals with challenges they face while working with a federal age... Full story
KEARNEY, Neb. – Shane Greckle of Bloomfield was selected as the winner of Nebraska Farm Bureau’s 2014 Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet, and Ben and Jamie Keep of Cotesfield was named the recipient of the 2014 Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture award. Both awards were given at the NFB Foundation for Agriculture’s Fundraiser and Auction Dinner at the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation’s 97th Annual Convention held Dec. 8 in Kearney. Greckel received the top score of three contestants who advanced to the final round o... Full story
Clark Wicks, 89 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center in Sidney, Sunday evening, Dec. 7, 2014. Funeral services for Clark will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 12th in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Graveside services with Military honors will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may visit Gehrig-Stitt Chapel Thursday, Dec. 11th from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. There will be no viewing at the church. You may view Clark’s Book of Memories, share photos and s... Full story
Ongoing Send your Christmas wishes to military members in veteran’s hospitals. Visit the Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library in Lodgepole from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday (Dec. 8-11 and Dec. 15-18) to sign a card or write a note. Cards, envelopes and postage are provided and they will be mailed on Dec. 20. Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great Topics and food. Call Leslie @ 250-1113 if questions. Thursday, Dec. 11 The Sidney Youth Choir will perform a concert in the h... Full story
Brian Hiett, the Cheyenne County weed superintendent, recently attended the Nebraska Weed Control Fall Training Seminar, held in Kearney. This was the third opportunity during 2014 to obtain 10 of the required 20 hours of continuing education needed by county weed superintendents statewide. All 13 of Nebraska’s Weed Management Area groups gave an update during the two-day training. The results show thousands of acres of noxious and invasive plants being monitored, mapped, and controlled as well as successful awareness and outreach being a...
Most people would say that it's far too early to try to tell the fortune of a basketball team after just two games. In all actuality, it probably is. But over its first two games of the season – convincing wins against Sedgwick County and Banner County – the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes have played about as well as a Class D-1 high school girls' team can play. The team is only 2-0 but there are quite a few things that are impressive about this squad--one of those being its play despite its you...
