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Local kids got a taste of the outdoors lifestyle at the Cabela's retail store on Wednesday. As part of a community service project, participants in a Cabela's developing leaders program instructed members of the Cool Kids Club in various activities. Those taking part in the Sidney Schools program from 4th grade and older were invited to attend. Kids practiced shooting BB guns at paper targets inside an inflatable shooting range. They tried their hands at casting into the grass outside the...
Following a school board meeting earlier this week in which doubts were raised over the completion of construction projects, board members issued assurances that the school year will begin as scheduled. “Across the district school will be starting on time and that includes the Middle School and West,” said Sidney Public Schools superintendent Jay Ehler. “There may still be some work going on, but it will cause little or no interference to the school day.” The issue was raised when contractors on projects upgrading windows, entryways and cli... Full story
The Sidney planning commission will hear several proposals at its Monday meeting that could impact the community. Viaero Wireless, which plans to lease land from owner Sean Blackburn, will ask the planning commission for a conditional use permit to build a temporary cell tower in Sidney. The company plans to place the tower at the back of a vacant lot located at 2575 11th Ave., directly north of the bowling alley. This temporary cell tower on wheels will help alleviate demand for 4G cell service in south Sidney until a permanent site is...
Amber Lynn Rasmussen and William Ryan Owens, together with their parents, are pleased to announce their upcoming marriage. Amber is the daughter of Rick and Robbin Rasmussen of Blair, Neb. Grandparents are Bill and Gwen Rasmussen, also of Blair. Amber graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2012 and is currently employed as an interior designer. William is the son of John and Susan Owens of Sidney. Grandparents are Bill and Claudia Garber, also of Sidney. William graduated from... Full story
Ongoing Ladies Chamber Farmers Market at Hickory Square every Saturday during summer (through Sept.) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Any Vendors with produce or crafts are welcome! Contact Margaret Lienemann at 254-7343 for info. School Supplies Sign-up Holy Trinity’s Table of Grace is now registering children who are in need of school supplies for the 2014-2015 school year. This year they will be donating basic school supplies for children in grades K-6. Every child will receive the same supplies (i.e. pencils, crayons, scissors, rulers, etc.). T... Full story
In March of 1992, three astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered their ninth comet, hence its name, “Shoemaker-Levy 9.” The team determined that S-L9 was orbiting Jupiter now rather than the sun. Because Jupiter is a heavy-weight planet, exerting an enormous gravitational pull, astronomers call it the solar system’s vacuum sweeper. In July of 1992, astronomers noticed that Jupiter’s force had broken S-L9 into 23 fragments that they labelled A through W and that ea...
All of you out there with children are braver folks than I. It’s not the financial responsibility that scares me. It’s not losing all my free time or devoting a large chunk of my life to other people that makes me hesitant to start a family. The thing that really makes me nervous to create my own little human being is the prospect that I might mess up. That would be a little different than misspelling a name in a story or forgetting to ask an important question in an interview, both things which make me cringe. It would mean that I’ve raised or...
It has come to my attention that there is a provision in the Affordable Care Act that says that subsidies can only be extended to recipients who sign up through state exchanges. There are 36 states that did not set up an exchange and therefore recipients in those states are ineligible for assistance in meeting the cost of their health care premiums, which have gone up significantly in the past two years. Thus, the income from those states via subsidies is not forthcoming and the income from the remaining 14 states will not be enough to make up... Full story
Lucas Rosenbaum, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rosenbaum of Sidney, Nebraska, and Savannah Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jackson of Valentine, Nebraska, have been named the 2014 recipients of the Charles E. and Myrtle Slagle Fund Scholarships, each in the amount of $2,000. The scholarships are awarded to a member of both the Order of DeMolay and the Order of Job’s Daughters who belong to a chapter or Bethel located in the geographical area in Nebraska served by the Alliance Scottish Rite Bodies. The Scholarships are payable at the r... Full story
Two players and two coaches with ties to the Sidney area were part of a Seward team that won the 2014 Nebraska USSSA 9U AA Gold State Baseball Championship on June 29. Drew Covalt, formerly of Sidney, and Parker Hammond, great-grandson of Bill Hammond of Sidney and grandson of Chuck and Pat Hammond of Dalton, are members of the 9U Seward Junior Jays baseball team. The boys' fathers, Mike Covalt and Mike Hammond, are the team's assistant coaches. The 9U Junior Jays went 6-0 in state tournament... Full story
After a taxing but successful run through the "dog days" that is the summer baseball season, the Sidney Post 17 senior team will finally make that all-important trek 79 miles north to Alliance for the highly-anticipated district tournament this weekend. A potential repeat as district champs and an appearance in the state tournament later this month is the culmination of everything that's happened this season, one in which the seniors finished 22-11. "Playoff baseball" as Sidney manager Mark...
The Sidney Legion Seniors team has been working out all week before their district opener, hoping for a return trip to the state tournament. Scott Phillips fires away from right field.... Full story
