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The Sidney 4-H chapter held its spring carnival on Saturday. The proceeds from the carnival help fund the activities of the 4-H Council, such as camps and school programs.... Full story
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 11.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.35 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 12 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.42 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were $1.04 per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 37.4 cents per gallon h...
More than 19 million people in the U.S. suffer from depression annually, and during stressful times, this disease can intensify. Many factors can lead to depression including unrealistic goals, added financial stress, family expectations and change of schedule or eating patterns. But the cure may not be as difficult as you might think. Actually, just a few basic lifestyle changes can help you break free of the trap of depression. Dr. Neil Nedley has put together his eight-week Depression Recovery Program from his 15-plus years of research and c...
LINCOLN, Neb. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has announced a decrease in the home mortgage interest rate for its Section 502 Homeownership Direct Loan program. Effective March 1, the interest rate was reduced to 3 percent for home mortgages. This is the lowest interest rate in two years offered by the agency. Homeownership opportunities are available under this program with no down payment, and provide for long term, fixed interest rate financing. Applicants must have acceptable credit history and repayment ability. C...
Cody McKay, the son of Patrick and Colleen McKay of Dalton, was awarded the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout rank. Cody is a member of Troop 92 of Gurley-Dalton. The Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank in Boy Scouting, includes earning a minimum of 21 merit badges, including 13 from a required list. McKay successfully earned 25 merit badges including First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, Welding, Personal Finance and Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the World and Citizenship in the...
Alice Carol Spencer, 89, passed away the evening of Feb. 7, 2015 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. She was born on Oct. 26, 1925 to Vernon Anker and Mary Sophia (Larson) Nelson in the family homestead south of Potter. She lived on the family farm, attended the District 82 country school through eighth grade, and she graduated from Potter High School in 1943. Carol attended Kearney State Teachers College for the 1943 to 1944 term and earned her teaching certificate. She taught... Full story
Mrs. Delphia Lou Proctor (née Nevils), 93, died peacefully in York, Penn. at Country Meadows Retirement Community on Feb. 24, 2015 at 7 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Proctor, in February of 1986. The daughter of Alva and Mary (née Campbell) Nevils, Delphia was born on Dec. 20, 1921 in Harrogate, Tenn. The eighth of nine children in a farming family, she graduated from Powell Valley High School in 1940. She attended Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate for two years b... Full story
Patricia A. “Pat” Hruska, 81 of Sidney, passed away at the Sidney Regional Medical Center, Sunday morning, March 1, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., March 5, with a Wake Service at 6 p.m., Wednesday evening, March 4. Both services will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Jim Heitoff officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Crema... Full story
Blanche Viola Myers, 89 of Lincoln and former Sidney resident, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Blanche resided in Sidney from 1947 to 1969. She was a resident of Lincoln for 46 years and had recently resided at Independence House since April 2014. Viewing was held on Sunday, Feb. 22 from 1 to 9 p.m. at Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A Street, Lincoln. Memorial services were held on Mon., Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 4530 A Street, Lincoln. Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials may be given to... Full story
Ongoing Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Dates of Lenten soup suppers & Lenten worship services are Feb. 24, Mar. 4, 11, 18 & 25 Lenten Soup suppers are every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Lenten worship services are every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 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 at (308) 250-1113 with questions. A Parkinson’s support group the for Western Nebraska area meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Epi... Full story
After listening to various speakers over the past month at the no-till conferences I attended, it became pretty obvious that we are working with degraded soils on our farms and ranches. The soils we work with now are not the same quality of soil that was present when farmers and ranchers originally began production agriculture on this land. The soil is lacking carbon, or organic matter as it is often referred to, when compared to the virgin soil our ancestors tilled for the first time when the sod was originally broken. I would estimate the...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – Cody F. Creech will join the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center this spring as a dryland cropping systems specialist. Creech's appointment was announced by Jack Whittier, research and extension director at the Panhandle R&E Center. He is one of several recent additions to the faculty. Creech will replace Drew Lyon, who left for a position in Washington State. Creech is scheduled to begin May 1. He will be responsible for c...
Based on 2014 county corn yields released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and current price projections, it is clear that Nebraska Panhandle base acres enrolled in ARC-CO for corn are likely to receive a commodity program payment for the 2014 crop. Payments for ARC-CO are triggered when the average county revenue for a covered commodity is less than the county revenue guarantee for that commodity The county revenue guarantee is 86 percent of the county benchmark revenue. The county benchmark revenue for a crop is the five-year O...
Nebraska Extension will conduct a chemigation certification training session in Sidney on March 11 at 1 p.m. at the Country Inn & Suites. Producers who plan to apply crop nutrients and pesticides through irrigation systems during 2015, including those whose 2014 permits expired Dec. 31, are required to attend a training session and pass the test administered afterward. Attendees are asked to pre-register at the extension office at 920 Jackson St. They will receive a training manual and calibration workbook to review before the training...
The Peetz Bulldogs boys' basketball team finished its season on an up note as it defeated Heritage Christian 50-38 in the 1A North Central third-place game on Saturday evening at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. The Bulldogs were sent to the consolation bracket after top-seeded Fleming toppled them 78-50 in a Friday semifinal. With the weekend split, Peetz season ended with a 13-9 record. Fleming, which dropped the championship game to Prairie (15-7) on Saturday night, finished...
With just more than five minutes left in the girls District B-6 Championship game, the Sidney High Lady Raiders held the biggest lead of the night for either team at six points. But in a contest where the margin was often razor thin, no advantage ever seemed comfortable. In front of a packed house at the Cabela's Athletic Facility on Friday night, the Scottsbluff Lady Bearcats finished the game on a 13-3 run to post a 40-36 victory and secure the district title. Scottsbluff (10-12) now moves on...
BOYS’ B-6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BOYS’ Basketball B-6 District Tournament At McCook Community College Saturday, Feb. 28 No. 4 Alliance 52, vs. No. 5 McCook 38 Monday, March 2 At Cabela’s Athletic Facility, Sidney No. 1 Sidney (20-3) vs. No. 4 Alliance (9-13), 5 p.m. No. 3 Gering (12-10) vs. No. 2 Scottsbluff (19-4), 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 At Cabela’s Athletic Facility, Sidney Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. MST GIRLS’ B-6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Girls’ Basketball B-6 District Tournament At Gering High School Monday, Feb. 23 No. 4 Gering 37, No. 5 A... Full story
Friday Girls’ District B-6 Final Scottsbluff 40, Sidney 36 Scottsbluff 9 9 7 15 – 40 Sidney 8 10 8 10 – 36 SCOTTSBLUFF (40) – Aubree Ford 13, Zoe Holscher 9, Chloey Reifschneider 6, Alysia Camacho 6, Sally Welsh 4, Kyra Willats 2. SIDNEY (36) – Kelsey Knight 14, Savanna Rosenbaum 5, Emily Mahr 5, Vanessa Riley 4, Maddi Porter 3, Ashley Stafford 2, Annalise Lecher 2. Girls’ District D2-6 Final Crawford 49, Leyton 42 Crawford 7 15 10 17 – 49 Leyton 11 6 13 12 – 42 CRAWFORD (49) – Kaitlin Rudloff 10, Alli Kleinlein 10, Haley Hanks 10, Kalen D... Full story
