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PEETZ, Colo. – Several locals from Peetz and plenty of visitors turned out Saturday for the annual "For Peetz Sake Days" celebration. With a parade, games, food, crafts, football, volleyball and dances, there was something for everyone of all ages to enjoy. For Peetz Sake Days was also a time to celebrate Peetz High School's Homecoming. Each class was able to decorate a float for the parade as well as come up with games for the community to play before the football game. A dunk tank, mini t...
An “Activate Sidney” community-wide meeting will be held at Western Nebraska Community College’s Sidney campus this Wednesday to bring together locals interested in creating a more walkable, bikeable and runnable Sidney. The meeting will be hosted by the Cheyenne County Chamber, Cheyenne County Community Center, the City of Sidney, Panhandle Area Development District, Sidney Regional Medical Center and WNCC. According to the Panhandle Health District, Sidney is part of a select group of cities across Nebraska that will gather input from resid...
Regional West achieved the Healthgrades 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Award, a designation that honors hospital performance in the prevention of serious, potentially preventable complications during hospital stays. The distinction places Regional West among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. On average, 133,896 patient safety events could have been avoided if all hospitals, as a group...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 18 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.51 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 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.31 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 60.5 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 4.6 cents per gallon h...
Adam Davis, a member of the Future Farmers of America chapter in Peetz, Colo., will perform on stage during the 2015 National FFA Convention and Expo in Louisville, Ky. Davis, a senior and the son of Brent and Beverly Davis, has been selected to perform in the National FFA Talent Competition on Oct. 28-31. He will perform on stage and bring excitement and spirit to the convention and expo. He submitted an application along with a recorded audition. Nearly 45 acts from throughout the country...
Panhandle Mental Health Center will be sponsoring two community-based events to mark National Substance Abuse Prevention Month in October. The first will be a presentation on drugs and alcohol given by Chuck Elley on Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. at the health center. Information regarding the current drug issues affecting our youth including palcohol – or powdered alcohol – and the impact of marijuana laws in Colorado affecting western Nebraska will be discussed. The second event will is an open house on Thursday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the main off...
Glenn W. Geiger, 84, a longtime Sidney and Lake McConaughy area resident, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 5, 2015 at Emerald Court in Scottsbluff. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16 in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel in Sidney with Pastor Kelvin Boltjes officiating. Inurnment will follow at 2 p.m., in the Olivet Cemetery in Cheyenne. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday to sign Glenn's register book and drop off condolences for the family.... Full story
Dolores L. Williams, 92 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center in Sidney on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15 in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Jim Heithoff officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. There will be no wake services. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m. to sign Dolores’ register book and drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in Dolores’ name to the churc... Full story
The Sidney High School Class of 1955 held its 60th reunion on Oct. 3-4 at the Country Inn & Suites. Those coming the farthest distance where Jerry Dolan from Port Isabel, Texas., Reba Kinne Huge from Charleston, S.C., and Glenn Yauney from Milaukie, Ore. The event planning was done by Marilyn Miles Wiles and Marilyn Wilson Howerter. Pictured are, from left: Back row – Bill Peratt, Dale Dodds, Glenn Yauney, Dareld Pittam and Ivan Adams; middle row – Marilyn Miles Wiles, Reba Kinne Huge, Ron Bro...
Monday, Oct.12 Cool Kids Club/ No Limits will be hosting Lights On After School – a national celebration for after school programs across the nation. We will hold a soup supper at North Elementary for families and supporters of the program starting at 5 p.m. There will also be activities for families to participate in such as science experiments and decorating pumpkins and gourds. Everyone is welcome. Call Coleen Langdon at (308) 249-6572 with questions. Cheyenne County Art Guild workshop, “Who’s Afraid of a Blank Piece of Paper? Zenta... Full story
One of the best visualizations I’ve heard for managing your soil moisture and the precipitation you receive is to compare your soil’s moisture holding capacity to a bucket. The size of your bucket depends on the soil texture, organic matter content and soil structure. With good surface residues, you can get the precipitation you receive to infiltrate the soil and start filling the bucket. If you have good soil structure you can get the moisture to the bottom of the bucket, and if you have good organic matter content your soil will act as a spo...
The Sidney High School volleyball team finished third in the six-team field at the Western Conference Tournament on Saturday in Mitchell. Chadron, which was the No. 1 seed, defeated Gering for the tournament title to claim the championship trophy for the third consecutive year. The Eagles won all three of their matches to improve to 20-4. Alliance beat Mitchell in the fifth-place match. Sidney, as the No. 5 seed, opened pool play against Chadron on Saturday morning, falling 25-18, 25-20. Maddi Porter, Alex Wamsley, Annalise Lecher and Payton...
The Peetz High School volleyball team lost to Briggsdale in straight sets at home Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs lost the match 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 to slip to 2-13 on the season. The Falcons improved to 10-4. Peetz returns to action on Thursday afternoon when it travels to Creek Valley....
Creek Valley High’s football team came up just short from collecting its first win of the season Friday night, falling to Morrill 38-20. The Storm (0-6) led 6-0 after the first quarter and 12-8 at halftime. With Morrill clinging to a 16-12 lead after three periods, the Lions outscored Creek Valley 22-8 in the final quarter to pull away. Morrill improved to 3-3. Creek Valley quarterback Pierce Leef ran for 100 yards and passed for another 91 yards in the loss. He ran for two touchdowns and passed for one in the loss. CV’s Austin Rowley cau...
The Peetz High School football team had little trouble cruising to a Homecoming victory on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs jumped out to a big first-half lead and sailed to a 64-8 win over Briggsdale. Both teams are now 3-3. Peetz quarterback Wolf Wenneker completed 7 of his 11 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns. Backup QB Zach Holtz also threw a TD pass. Jordan Nelson led the Bulldogs' ground game with 111 yards on 14 carries. He ran for two scores and also returned a kickoff 66 yards...
Leyton High School’s Kordell Maestas had another big night running the ball as the Warriors won for the second consecutive week. Maestas rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries to help propel Leyton to a 40-22 victory over Hay Springs (1-5). After an 0-4 start, the Warriors now stand at 2-4 heading into next Friday’s matchup with unbeaten Garden County (6-0). Besides Maestas’ big game, Morley Haley ran for 87 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and Kenny Ernest caught three passes for 41 yards. Leyton quarterback Rhett Dye w...
An offensive explosion in the first quarter helped propel Garden County High School to a 70-26 victory over Potter-Dix on Friday night. The Eagles put up 46 points in the opening 12 minutes to remain undefeated at 6-0. Potter-Dix slipped to 0-6 on the 2015 campaign. In the opening quarter, Garden County’s Matt McCarthy scored on runs of 50 and 48 yards and teammate Elliot Epp found the end zone from 25 and 27 yards out. Epp also returned a fumble eight yards for a score. Nic Kopp, who contributed three TDs in the contest, scored on a 37-yard r...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – Sidney High School knew rival Scottsbluff would bring a potent running game to their district showdown on Friday night. Stopping it, however, would be another story. The Bearcats rolled up 408 yards on the ground and pulled away in the second half to post a convincing 46-14 victory over Sidney in front of a packed house at Bearcat Stadium. Sidney slipped to 4-3 and now finds itself in a precarious spot on the bubble for a Class B state tournament berth. Scottsbluff i...
