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Advocates appointed to children by the court system in abuse and neglect cases in Cheyenne County help serve as the eyes and ears for the judicial system while working to break harmful cycles, the organization's director said this week. Rose Bowcut, who was named director of Cheyenne County Court Appointed Special Advocates last summer, offered an update on the program to the county board of commissioners on Tuesday. The volunteer advocates work one-on-one with children removed from their homes...
Brad Fraass, Cheyenne County executive director for the Farm Service Agency, reminded foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the responsibility for collecting this information to the Farm Service Agency. According to Fraass, foreign investors buying or selling land must...
Michael Patrick McVicker went to his eternal home on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. He was the youngest of three children born to Jack and Eila (Gathman) McVicker. He was born in Sidney on March 3, 1957 and raised on a farm west of Gurley. He was baptized and confirmed in the Gurley Methodist Church. Mike attended grade school at Center, a two room country school, and graduated from Gurley Public High School in 1975, where he was active in all sports including football, basketball and track. He... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 21 Cheyenne County Genealogical Society will meet at the Sidney Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. in the Virginia Smith Room. Visitors are always welcome. … Friday, Jan. 22 Peetz schools will hold the 4th through 8th grade local spelling bee on Friday, Jan. 22, at 9 a.m., in the Peetz School Gym. … Friday, Jan. 22 Pairs-N-Half-A-Pair Square Dance Club will have a Regular Dance at the IOOF Hall in Gering from 7 to 9 p.m. with Lucky calling. We will have PLUS dancing from 6:30 to 7 p.m. … Sunday, Jan. 24 Senior Citiz... Full story
POTTER – Cross-county rivals Potter-Dix and Leyton matched up Monday night for the second time in four days. The Warriors took the first stanza Friday night by a 54-41 score. The second verse, however, played out a bit different. Edward Barnes' trey with 2:43 left turned out to be the deciding note as the homestanding Coyotes avenged their earlier loss to the Warriors, 49-45, Monday night in the first round of the Minuteman Activities Conference Tournament. The fourth-seeded Coyotes (5-6) m...
CHAPPELL – The Creek Valley High boys basketball team is headed to the Minuteman Activities Conference Tournament semifinals after blasting Banner County, 85-10, on Monday night. "I think all of our players are very competitive," Storm head coach Roger Behrends said. "Therefore, they show up and play hard every game." The Storm (7-6) dominated every aspect of the matchup, from tipoff to the final buzzer. The entire Creek Valley roster got on the scoreboard. Behrends said he was proud of all 1...
BASKETBALL Tuesday, Jan. 19 Sedgwick County (Colo.) at Peetz (Colo.) 4 p.m. Minatare at Potter-Dix (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Garden County at Creek Valley (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Banner County at Leyton (girls only) 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 MAC boys semifinal 1 (at Sidney Middle School) 3 p.m. MAC girls semifinal 1 (at Sidney Middle School) 4:45 p.m. MAC boys semifinal 2 (at Sidney Middle School) 6:30 p.m. MAC girls semifinal 2 (at Sidney Middle School) 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 Sidney at Scottsbluff (boys only) 7 p.m. Scottsbluff at Sidney (girls...
