Articles from the February 2, 2022 edition
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Arterburn Resigns
What started out as an interest in the process and trying to stay informed, is closing after nearly a decade of service. Now in his tenth year on the Sidney City Council, councilman Joe Arterburn has...
Vincent C. Havorka, Jr.
Vincent C. Havorka Jr., age 99, went to catch his T-time at the most beautiful golf course he could ever dream of, on January 25, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday,...
Vincent Havorka Aviation Metalsmith
This story is reprinted in memory of Vincent Havorka who died Jan. 25, 2022, at the age of 99. “Go west, young man” must have been ringing in the ears of Vincent Havorka (Vince). After graduating...
City Council Considers Blight Zones
What areas of Sidney should be defined as "blighted," and what areas should be removed from the blighted definition? That is a question proposed to the Sidney City Council on Jan. 26. Bobbi Pettit,...
Abraham Lincoln's Farewell to Springfield
A favorite Lincoln biographer of mine is Carl Sandburg. In 1926, he published a two-volume work, Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years, and then in 1939, he published a four-volume work, Abraham...
Library Jabberwocky Guide
After some diligent investigation over a rather short period of time (I’m trying to emulate a federal in depth investigation) I have researched and assembled a somewhat limited dictionary of...
What Should You Do With a Tax Refund?
Are you expecting a tax refund this year? If so, what will you do with it? Of course, the answer largely depends on the size of your refund. For the 2020 tax year, the average refund was about $2,800, according to the Internal Revenue Service. But...
'The Mighty Midget'
We may not be what we say we are, but what we say is what we really are! Sounds like a lot of double talk, but there is a bit of truth in this statement. James Chapter three almost exclusively deals with one of the most practical issues of life...
Annual High Plains Ag Lab Research Update is Feb. 9 at Sidney
The annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Plains Ag Lab Research Update and Advisory Board Meeting is scheduled for Feb. 9 at the Western Nebraska Community College campus in Sidney. The latest results from crop and livestock research at HPAL,...
2022 Beef Feedlot Roundtables Set for Feb. 22-24
LINCOLN – Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and allied industries will learn new information related to feedlot price reporting, health, labor and sustainability at Nebraska Extension’s 2022 Beef Feedlot Roundtables Feb. 22-24 in...
Nebraska Agri-Business Association Holds 64th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition, Announces 2021 Awards, CCA Awards
(La Vista, NE) The 64th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition was held January 25-26, 2022 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska. This day and a half event consisted of educational training on Agricultural Budgeting,...
Straight Talk From Steve
The public hearing for my priority bill has been set at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln for Thursday, February 3, 2022 beginning at 1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the hearing and to...
Raiders Swept By Chadron
Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams hosted the Chadron Cardinals Friday night, and both Sidney teams were unable to get past good defensive performances by the Cardinals and lost their games. It was...
Potter-Dix Girls Split With Prairie, Minatare
Potter-Dix basketball resumed play after the MAC Tournament, with the girls matching up against Prairie in New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday and both the boys and girls teams matching up with Minatare on Saturday. The girls traveled on Tuesday to New...
Lady Warriors Win Two Over Week
Leyton's Lady Warrior team had a busy week coming off the MAC Tournament, with games on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. On Tuesday, they hosted the Banner County Lady Wildcats, and had no trouble...
Leyton's Warriors Roll Through Week
Leyton's Warrior Boys Basketball team kept up the momentum and won three games over the week to move their record to 13-and-2. The Warriors started on Tuesday hosting Banner County, and the Wildcats stood no chance, going down 33-to-4 at the half....
Storm Drops Games Against Sutherland, Garden County
Creek Valley's Storm Boys Basketball team continued to struggle, with two more losses this week to move their season record to 1-and-15. On Tuesday they traveled to match up against the Sutherland Sailors, and a tight defensive first period ended...
Schmid Commits to Concordia
Creek Valley senior Eli Schmidt has committed to Concordia University, and will make the jump from 6-Man Football to 11-Man Football at the college level this Fall. Schmid was swayed by Concordia’s...
Wrestlers Grapple With Busy Week
It was two duals and an invitational on Saturday for the Sidney Red Raider Wrestling team, and at the end of the week, the team could look back at the good results they achieved over the week. On...
Public Records
Sidney Police Department Jan. 27 3:13 a.m., Medical Call, 1100 block 7th Avenue. 7:51 a.m., Traffic Stop, Sidney High School. 7:57 a.m., Traffic Stop, 9th Avenue and Illinois Street. 8:08 a.m., Motorist Assist, 17J Link and Andrew Drive. 9:13 a.m., A...
Cherish the Memories
When the concept of chicken and waffles came out, my first thought was somewhere in time a family, probably a mom struggling to assemble a family dinner, combined what was left from the night before...
Tsugio 'Tugo' Yoshimoto
TSUGIO “TUGO” YOSHIMOTO, 97 of Sedgwick, passed away January 26, 2022, at the Sedgwick County Nursing Home in Julesburg. Tugo was born June 16, 1924, at Sedgwick, Colorado, to Hideichi and Hide (Toyota) Yoshimoto. He graduated from Ovid High Scho...
