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St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sidney is celebrating 100 years of service. According to Pastor Brad Heinecke, the church was founded in 1915 when Lutherans from Missouri moved in to the region northwest of Sidney and north of Potter, Neb. A formal organization of the Potter and Sidney locals was effected on July 11, 1915, at which time the name St. Paul's was chosen and a constitution was adopted and signed. "Trinity South Divide, that is about nine miles south of here was kind of the mother...
Prairie dogs contributed to a loss of more than 2,000 acres of pasture and rangeland in Cheyenne County in the past year, according to Matt Anderson, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist. Cheyenne County contracts with the USDA to help control the populations of prairie dogs and other pests that can cause significant damage to the environment. Anderson, who works for the department’s animal and plant health inspection service, presented an annual report the Cheyenne County Commissioners earlier this week. “We worked a total of...
An unknown white male driving a white minivan approached an ll-year-old juvenile female Monday, July 6, in the Beech Street and I-80 overpass construction area on the east side of Pine Bluffs, asking if she needed a ride, according to Pine Bluffs Police Department The girl refused the ride. Police consider the man a person of interest and want to talk with him. Pine Bluffs Police Chief Justin Trout said he has been interviewing possible witnesses and anyone else who might have seen the man. He said the driver is a white male in his early- to...
Melvin E. Kella Electricians Mate 2nd class U.S. Navy 1944 - '47 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. In late summer 1944, all the people in all countries must have known about or were involved in the wars ... World War II. Certainly, the American people were fully involved. Our "boys" were fighting...
Stanley Wayne Weaver, 85 of Sidney, passed away Saturday morning, July 4, 2015 in the Golden Living Center. Memorial Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 10, in the Christian Life Center with Pastor Jim Gerhold officiating. Inurment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery with Military Honors. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel Thursday to sign Stanley's register book and to drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in Stanley's name to the Christian...
Dalton Prairie Sooner Museum open Saturday and Sundays from 1-4 p.m., for the rest of the summer. Farmer’s Market on Saturdays July 11 through Oct. 10 at Hickory Street Square from 8 to 11 a.m. in Sidney Saturday, July 11 Singer Tara Vaughan will perform at the Sidney Fine Arts Center on Saturday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. There is a cost for tickets. Thursday, July 16 Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great topics/food/fellowship. Call Leslie at (308) 250-1113 with questions. T...
It’s that time of year when many of us hit the road for a summer vacation. If you are fortunate, you will be joining them — after all, “all work and no play” is a difficult way to live. But while you may not think it beneficial to work all the time, the same can’t be said of your investments and your investment strategy — because, ideally, they should never stop laboring on your behalf. How can you avoid “taking a vacation” as an investor? Here are a few ideas: • Don’t let your portfolio get “lazy.” Laziness is fine for vacations, but it’s not...
With Senior Night as a focus of the evening, it would have been hard to imagine a more fitting ending to Post #17's junior-senior doubleheader than a walk-off hit by senior Jason Hagerman to complete a two-game sweep. With junior districts opening up in Gering on Friday and seedings in the double-elimination tournament already established, the younger set from Sidney was in preparation mode for a run at making state. They turned back the Torrington Tigers, 11-3, at Legion Field with the help of...
ALLIANCE – The Panhandle Senior Ladies Golf Association held their latest outing at Skyview Golf Course in Alliance. Coming in first and having two birdies was the team of Sally Plover, Ellen Ramig, Daria Faden and Margaret Lienemann. Second place and one birdie went to the team of Terry Korell, Terry Espinoza, Bev Lee and Jerry Mathistad. The team of Nancy Deselms, Sharon Nuss, Beth Korell and Donna Meier captured third place and also had one birdie. Nuss had a hole out. Flag prizes were won by Espinoza, Ramig, Lee, Korell, Mathistad, P...
