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Little do some people in Sidney know but, at first, upon migrating here the De Novellises, didn’t open Sidney Auto Sales car lot or wasn’t even in the car business. Even prior to moving to Sidney, despite Dennis ‘Denny’ De Novellis’s background of growing up around the business, he was not. He worked as manager of a large furniture store in Colo., a job he obtained from a friend after coming home from touring on the PBA Bowling Tournament tour. Sherry De Novellis was the self-proc...
Air Force Veteran Dewayne Phelps literally can say he knew the fighter planes and bombers used in World War II inside and out even before he was an enlisted man. Prior to going into the service Phelps said he worked for the company in California, that built the planes used overseas. “We were building Air C Planes and the bombers b-24 in that plant,” Phelps said to name a couple planes the company built. “I mostly worked with the Air C Planes. The bombers were built in a different depar...
Next to North Elementary school sits a small house like church that can easily be over looked if one doesn’t know where they are going. Or one would be acutely aware of where the church is, thanks to North Elementary school. Either way this small homey church is a Four Square Church, a Christian denomination headed by Pastor Kelvin Boltjes since 1986. The pastor wasn’t always a Four Square Christian, as a child he grew up within the Presbyterian Church in Otis, Colo. and in the beginning of his...
Federation Wrestling has been in Sidney for several years and for the past eight years Steven Vach has been head coach of the K-12 wrestlers. Wrestling being a part of his own background while school has allowed Vachto be able recognize talent, something he said he has a lot of in the kids he coaches. One of these talented wrestlers Vach said he’s had the pleasure to coach since he was in first grade is Trey Arellano. “He’s one of many kids in there that has the ability and talent, there are a...
Many people stop and contemplate the various things they are blessed with during this time of the year, and of course I am no different. It never ceases to amaze me how very many things I have to count when I think about how many ways God has blessed me – with so many gifts, both seen and unseen. The seen is easy to understand, as I have been blessed with my husband and all three children. Even though our family has been hit with many blows over the past few years, the kind of emotional blows that knock people on their backside, we are all s...
The E-Free Church of America stands tall and proud on the hill it was built upon, with Pastor Doug Birky leading Sunday worship. He grew up surrounded by Evangelical beliefs, “it was referred to as a Bible church, it was nondenominational, but it was still a very Evangelical Bible teaching, Bible believing church. “I was raised in that kind of church atmosphere. My parents were both Christian, and at a very young age I made a decision, I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my savior.” Pastor Birky...
Second in a series Hydraulic Fracturing or “fracking” has been used for over 60 years, and is the process of mining for natural gas and oil. This has been a topic of debate among many groups within the United States for the past several years. “It is used to produce oil and gas,” said deputy director of the Oil and Gas Commission Sidney office Stan Belieu. The hotly debated aspect of “fracking” has been safety issues and if this old form of mining – with its new twist of horizontal mi...
There are so many good will projects this time of the year that offer toys, clothing and candies sometime people tend to forget the programs that help families with food and holiday dinners. Such a program exists and has been a tradition in Sidney since it was an Army Depot and the King’s Daughters were founded. The baskets given are filled with food to make a Christmas dinner with all the fixings, 16-year member Ann Schaaf said. When asked for how long the King’s Daughters had been pro...
One of this area’s most communal events, for the past 21 years, has been the Ella-Mae Gorensonfree annual Christmas dinner, hosted on Christmas day from noon until 2 p.m. The Christmas dinner named after the founder of the event, an event so popular and loved that seven years ago it spun off into a free Thanksgiving dinner. “People started asking if we could please have a thanksgiving dinner, so seven years ago we decided to give it a try. It was as successful as the Christmas dinner so we hop...
The snowstorm brought more than large flakes to Sidney yesterday; it brought stranded truck drivers from all over the states and a few from Canada after I-80 was shut down by state officials. Some drivers were trying to make their way to unload or pick up in time to be home for Christmas, others were fortunate enough to have their loved one with them as they traveled. So many trucks were forced to stop off and stay by the I-80 interchange that it became a race to see who could find a place to...
Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Douglas Peirce has been in Sidney for about 22 months but has been a pastor at three other Baptist churches. However, he began his adult life as an engineer with his own business in surveying and engineering in Indiana, “When I was 50 years old, back in 1994, the Lord spoke to my heart and told me to sell the business and go to seminary.” Though he did not grow up Baptist it would be the foundation of his beliefs in his early adult life. “I grew up in a very liber...
Making a difference in the world can sometime be as easy as being a mentor, after all the children truly are our future. The Teammates Mentoring program was founded by Tom and Nancy Osborne, said Sidney’s Teammates Coordinator Angie Jacobsen, “20 years ago in Lincoln and started with some football players.” The program extended from its roots in focusing on troubled youths to a focus on youths in general and youth who wish to participate, Jacobsen said. “In the last 20 years research has sho...
Cabela’s awarded their Sidney Retail Camp Fire Award Dec. 13, presenting the North and South Elementary schools with a check to help purchase new playground equipment. Cabela’s Retail Marketing Manager Connie Carrillo commented about the reasoning behind getting newer playground equipment, “We thought it was the best way to give to our kids. You know, with some interactive type stuff, outdoors.” At first she said they tried to raise the money just through the store, but when they were unable...
They are large and cuddly, a black haired fluff ball, like a giant stuffed animal, but smart and fiercely loyal, originally bred to protect and herd sheep: The French Briard. French Briard males typically range from 80 to 90 lbs. and females 65 to 70 lbs. and whatMerry Jeanne Millner has made the love of her life; next to Tommy her husband of course. “They are like an obnoxious teenager,” she laughed when asked to describe the temperament of the Briard. “They are very independent. They have...
Many things outside of the festive thoughts have been on my mind lately; such a wide variety of things to write about! However, it seems the one theme in my head this week has been goals or life plans. Goals I have set, no matter how big or small, for a brief time I lost track of. Prior to taking the job here at the paper in September, I set a five-year plan\goals for myself, for my life path. This well thought out plan included things I have wanted to do before I began my family. For those who don’t know I chose to raise my family first, befor...
Maddox Motors is a name several generations of Cheyenne County residents will recognize, after all the new car and RV dealership has been around for 74 years. According to Bill Maddox, today’s General Manager but third generation owner, “We had officially opened in 1939 in that white building behind the post office,” but due to World War II and the halt to production of cars the business didn’t make its return until 1946. “After the war was over and everyone was out of the service my grandfath...
The Teammates mentoring program has been hard at work preparing Christmas wreaths and small trees for a silent auction tonight during the Sidney Raiders basketball games. The money raised will go back into the program that benefits youths from elementary school to middle school. Any wreaths or trees not sold at the auction will be donated to the surrounding nursing facilities. Laney Wagner, left, said she and her mentor, Joan Huus (not pictured), have been working on their wreath for about...
The Dalton-Gurley Crewsaders were presented with a check today from the Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber, Dress Down Day, in the amount of $925.38 to be used towards the purchase of a 2-seated fire truck rocker. The DG Crewsaders are in the process of raising money to replace the playground equipment, which was very old - the wooden jungle gym was rotting – with new equipment for the areas children to enjoy. The DG Crewsaders, once an affiliation of the Dalton Jaycees, were formed 5 years ago i...
The Great Books for Great Kids campaign, Runza has hosted for 10 years, gave the Sidney Public Library a wonderful gift of $404.27 to purchase new children’s books. Jeff Heller, manager of the Sidney Runza, presented the check to Library Director Doris Jensen in Nov., just in time for the reading programs offered during Dec. Later this month, Dec. 19, the ladies at the Sidney Public Library will be hosting an open house, a great time to see the new books purchased. Pictured from left are F...
First in a series On the minds of many and in the spotlight of many media debates is the method of mining for oil and natural gas called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” With this method of mining many people are concerned with the possibility of contamination of drinking water and local wells, sink holes and onset of seismic activity. Stan Belieu, Deputy Director of Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Sidney Office, broke this information on mining down. “Hydrolic fracturing is the process of allowing oil, gas or water in rock, to make...
Note: Have you ever wondered what different faiths and beliefs are all about? Or exactly what it is your neighbor believes or how he/she worships on Sundays? Have you ever wondered how your Pastor or Father became a leader of a church? This is the first article in a series about the many different beliefs and strong faiths of Sidney residents. I have great respect and sincere gratitude for all the Pastors and Fathers who took the time to sit down and talk to me about your faith. Pastor Jim Gerho...
Local artist, and Occupational Therapist for the Sidney School District, Tish Treinen was chosen once again to be the Cheyenne County Art Guild’s Artist of the Month. No stranger to this honor, Treinen said she has been chosen several times in her 39 year membership to the Art Guild, and is just as pleased to be selected again. “I have been painting for 49 years,” Tish said, “I did water color for many years then about four years ago I changed over to oil painting and now I am doing both” – addi...
Over the past 60 years Dude’s Branding Iron and Steak House has been a regular stopping place for residents and guests of Sidney. Patrons have gone into the well-known establishment to take advantage of Dude’s entertainment and dining options. The restaurant was recognized as being family owned for three generations and in business for 60 years by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, but according to the Gorman family it really has been a four generation business. “Her grandpa worked here...
I did a bit of thinking this week about what I wanted to write about and one topic kept coming to mind – underappreciated. Now that word will bring up a lot of thought for people – well, for most it will. Such as being underappreciated at home for the amount of things a person does, like a mom or dad who is always there for the family but yet it seems everything they do goes unnoticed or is expected. Whether it be to constantly pick up after the rest or making sure the meals are cooked, and even if the bills are paid. May be it is the mot...
The Fine Arts Center is bringing more old-fashioned holiday cheer to the season in a way that has all but been forgotten through singing traditional Christmas carols. The vocals of Sidney residents will fill the Old Heritage Theater and show anyone stopping in the great acoustics the theater offers. Jordan Ball, director of the singers and instrumentalist, is extending an invitation for people to participate or come listen to the singers during the Sidney Arts Center Carol Sing on Sun., Dec. 2. Ball became involved with the Fine Arts Center thr...
