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LODGEPOLE - Lodgepole’s annual Old Settlers’ Days starts Friday. “It’s a celebration that was started 93 years ago,” Dianne Borm, event chairperson, said. “A group of people decided to get together down in the meadow to have a picnic and a playtime activity, following their harvest and everything.” She added, “I don’t know that they ever thought it was going to develop into what it has now.” This year’s event will also celebrate Lodgepole’s sesquicentennial. “We’re 150 years old, as well as t...
Sidney Landfill is pursuing two grants for $1 million to replace outmoded equipment. The city is applying for a Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality solid waste reduction grant and a Nebraska Environment Trust waste management grant to purchase of a shredder, compactor and tarp system. Waste delivered to the landfill is pushed onto a conveyor belt that runs the waste through a bailer, which compresses the waste into bails. The bails are moved into the landfill cell and stacked three...
The Sidney High School Cross Country team competed in the Panhandle Classic in Scottsbluff Aug. 24. This first meet was a mixture of excitement and nerves, according to coach Donna Wiedeburg. "We have a lot of new runners who have never raced before and this was a great learning experience for them," she said. She said the middle school runners had an impressive first day out. The team was able to place six middle school boys in the top 10, an accomplishment Weideburg called "an incredible sight...
The Sidney Red Raiders split both contests in the Bill Marshall Volleyball Classic. In July, the Sidney High School volleyball team was invited to compete in the second Bill Marshall Volleyball Classic at the Nebraska State Fair. In the announcement of Sidney being selected to be part of the tournament, Fair events entertainment direct Chelsey Jungck said the Bill Marshall Volleyball Classic is filled with 23 high school teams and four National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics college vo...
Everett "Ev" Lee Knerr, 61 of Chappell, NE passed away at home Friday August 25, 2017. Services will be held at 10:30am Wednesday August 30, 2017 at the United Methodist Church in Chappell, NE with David Abbott officiating. There will be no visitation as cremation has already taken place. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Everett's care and funeral arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Betty Glassburn at POB 813, Chappell, NE 69129. You may view...