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Articles from the January 3, 2014 edition


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  • ELECTION 2014: Deadlines to file approaching for several seats

    Caitlin Sievers|Jan 3, 2014

    Filing deadlines for upcoming local elections are fast approaching. Up for election this year are Cheyenne County attorney, sheriff, clerk of the district court, treasurer, assessor and county clerk. Cheyenne County commissioner seats in district two and district three are scheduled for election this year, as well. These offices all hold four year terms. This year, there are three four-year term seats up for grabs on the Sidney School Board, as well as one opening for a two-year term due to the previous resignation of Tanya Lewis. Creek...

  • Research team to study swift fox habitats in panhandle

    Caitlin Sievers|Jan 3, 2014

    University of Nebraska at Kearney researchers hope to catch the endangered swift fox in its natural Western Nebraska habitat and to determine how the creatures use the landscape, specifically the Heartland Expressway corridor. Although Sidney is not in the direct line of the Heartland Expressway route, Dr. Marc Albrecht, biologist at UNK, and his graduate student Sara Ray will be visiting Sidney in the near future to speak with residents about their swift fox study. The research will focus on how the expressway, which runs approximately north...

  • Cabela's Holiday shootout

    Donna Wiedeburg For The Sun-Telegraph|Jan 3, 2014

    Tyler Wyntholz (24) and Mitch Carlson of the Central City Bison at the Cabela's Holiday shootout.... Full story

  • Mustangs on Pumpkin Creek

    M. Timothy Nolting|Jan 3, 2014

    Long before scholars of the written language began to record the history of the Great Plains there was the oral history of the Native Americans who roamed the region. Pawnee legend tells of a young brave who captured many fine horses in the area now known as the Pumpkin Creek Valley. In similar oral traditions the Min-ne-con-jou Sioux tell of a long ago leader, Lone Horn, who was the first of all the Sioux to bring his band of followers to the Platte River Valley. It is told that he did not...

  • Good Old Days 01-03-14

    Jan 3, 2014

    COMPILED BY THE SIDNEY Sun-Telegraph Staff These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons. 100 YEARS AGO 'The Night of The Big Wind' January 3, 1914 The wind Wednesday evening was something to command respect. The way it tore off loose boards and ripped out shaky glass was worth seeing. The enclosure built over the front of the C. W. Hornaday Mdse. & Grain Co., unfinished building was torn...

  • Hope of Christ's Coming and the New Year

    Jim Nichols Seventh Day Adventist Church|Jan 3, 2014

    Well, the year 2013 has come and gone, and 2014 has begun. As a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, I believe that every year’s passing brings us closer to the Second Coming of Jesus. Here we are, more than 2,000 years after the first coming of Jesus with prophecy foretelling His soon return and the end of the world. Jesus, speaking about the signs of the times, said, “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know tha...

  • Raiders race past Central City in tourney opener

    Stephen McKay|Jan 3, 2014

    After a drive of more than five hours from Central City, the visiting Bison put up a brave front against the Sidney Red Raiders in the opening round of the Cabela's Holiday Shootout Thursday night. But in the end the Raiders asserted their dominance and pulled away in the late stages to earn a 68-53 win. The Raiders secured their victory with a balanced scoring attack in which 10 Sidney players scored. Paxton Ehler and Logan Lewis did much of the damage, tallying 14 points apiece. Lane Harvey...

  • Sidney's slow start mars first round effort

    Stephen McKay|Jan 3, 2014

    After going on an offensive tear in its final game before the holiday break, the Sidney Red Raiders girls baskeball team struggled to find that same explosive touch on their return to the court Thursday night. With an offense that failed to generate a point until Abbi Porter's layup after 13:20 had elapsed in the game, Sidney dropped its opening round contest in the Cabela's Holiday Shootout 35-27 to the Central City Bison at the Cabala's Athletic Facility. The Raiders record slipped to 4-2...