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On May 9, downtown Sidney's typical traffic of workers busy in the duties, the lunch crowd hurrying to their favorite menu and people out for an afternoon walk were suddenly interrupted by the site of numerous trucks, busses and RVs making their way into town from the west. The blaring horns and American flags flying proudly told observers this was not a random lineup of vehicles, but a deliberate assembly. The Peoples Convoy stopped for the night at Sapp Brothers where an assembly was held....
Jean M. Dimmick, age 93, of Sidney, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Loveland, CO. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father C.P. Varghese officiating. Inurnment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sidney, NE. Services will be recorded and available on our website for viewing. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday, May 23r...
A few months ago, Kevin Howard announced his retirement as tourism director for Cheyenne County. After extending his exit date by more than a month, Cheyenne County has a candidate to step into his shoes. She is known from several positions in the county, many of them in a service capacity; from carrying on the Tin Roof Sundae tradition to firearms and restarting a coffee shop, and her involvement with the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. Kendra Mitchell was confirmed as the next Tourism...
Jim Hansen, Company Outreach Coordinator for Sandhill Global, was at Adams Industries in Sidney on Friday for the unveiling of the new Mobile Pantry for Table of Grace. Sandhills Global partnered with Adams Industries to build a Mobile Pantry to service households in need in the Panhandle. Hansen said Sandhills Global's employees were donating money and time to Table of Grace in Sidney, which helps over 500 families in Cheyenne, Kimball and Garden Counties with food and basic supply needs....
Cheyenne County voters chose the next Clerk of the District Court. With all 10 precincts reporting, 696 voters cast votes in favor of Mindy Wiegand, and 662 votes were cast for Debra Hume. "I am humbled and amazed to have been elected your next Clerk of the District Court. I am honored to have earned your support and your confidence. Words cannot express my gratitude to all of you who have supported me," Wiegand said. "I will continue to serve the citizens of Cheyenne County to the best of my...
14-2022 (Wife of Ivan Brauer) Joyce Elaine (Hovarter) Brauer, 81, of Sidney, passed away on May 11, 2022 at Sidney Regional Medical Center. At her request, cremation has taken place and there will be no services. You may view Joyce’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Joyce’s care and funeral arrangements. Joyce was born August 25, 1940 in Fort Wayne, Indiana the 7th child of Floyd a...
Monte D. Young, age 75, of rural Dalton, passed away in Bridgeport, NE on May 6, 2022, at Morrill County Community Hospital. Cremation has taken place. A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel and Cremation is in charge of the arrangements. You may view Monte’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Monte was born on August 19, 1946, to Donald and Margaret (Reimers) Young in Dalton, NE. Monte grew up on the f...
David Brian “Buck” Hinrichs, 75, of Sidney, Nebraska, died Monday, April 18, 2022, surrounded by love in Chula Vista, CA. Dave was born August 3, 1946, in Sidney, Nebraska, to John and Margaret (Craig) Hinrichs. He graduated from Sidney High School in 1964 and went on to college at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln “Go Huskers!” While in high school, he ran track & cross-country and was an All-Conference basketball player. Most people don’t know that he also played trombone for the school...
The Fairbanks Flood of 1967 was followed by more dramatic climate events. No sooner had 1967 turned into 1968 than we had a winter in which a raging blizzard deposited 16 feet of new snow on the Fairbanks area. We thought that should be the end of it. The weather was expected to moderate. But no, Mother Nature wasn’t finished with us. She had one more piece of nastiness for us. The coldest time of the year in Fairbanks comes in January and normally lasts but a week or so. This winter the b...
Jesus found favor with God and with man as He submitted to His parents, for God’s favor follows a humble heart. The favor of God works in imagination with power. Disorder robs time, peace of mind and clarity of thought. Whatever breaks your stride, slows you down or distracts you from essential tasks is disorder. Habits hobble or hasten. It takes just 21 days to break a bad habit or to acquire a healthy habit. Remember ‘resolve’ and ‘courage’ go together. Proverbs 12:24, 27 “The hand of the...
By some accounts, I’m one of the lucky ones. At different stages in life I knew all four of my grandparents. My memory of both sets of grandparents was after they retired. For my dad’s mom, retirement was relative. So far as I knew, she was a stay-at-home Amish/Mennonite woman who could outwork a lot of men in the 21st century. That’s just the way it was done. Men worked the farm, or whatever outside, and women managed the house and the children. That’s just the way it was. The few times I...
When you hear the word “budgeting,” your first thought might be that it’s mostly for young people starting out in their careers and adult lives. Yet, budgeting can be important for everyone, no matter their age. And even if you feel that you’re in pretty good financial shape, with a reasonable amount of savings and investments, you can still benefit by establishing a budget or improving your current one. Here’s what budgeting can do for you: • Give you feelings of control – Not knowing where your money is going can be bewildering....
In the world we live in, currently we have confusion, fear, doubt, anxiety etc... So where do we look for answers? In Philippians 4, starting in verse 4 the word of GOD says to rejoice in the Lord, I say again rejoice in the Lord. It doesn’t say rejoice in your circumstances; it says rejoice in the Lord. Why? Because GOD is greater than all the woes of the world and rejoicing in him is turning your circumstances over to him to handle, which relieves you of the stress, when you turn those things that are bothering you and find your JOY and P...
LINCOLN – For nearly 100 years University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been evaluating the cuts of meat for differences in composition and quality as part of the Meats Judging Team. The UNL Meats Judging Team hit the ground running in that first year —1926 — winning the First International Livestock Exposition Meat Judging Contest. The success continued throughout the years as they received multiple team and individual awards at numerous contests. The team went through a recent slow spell...
The Panhandle Research and Extension Center is pleased to announce the promotion of four faculty members in 2022. Jeff Bradshaw and Karla Wilke earned promotion to full professor. Nevin Lawrence and Bijesh Maharjan earned promotions to associate professor and granted tenure. Jeff Bradshaw was promoted to professor. Bradshaw started working for UNL in 2010 and was granted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2014. He earned his Associate of Arts and Sciences in biology at Illinois Central College, a Master of Science degree in zoology at...
May 11 to May 16 was National Police Week. It’s an opportunity to show our gratitude and appreciation to the men and women who put their lives on the line to keep our people and communities safe. Nebraskans take police week seriously. From the candlelight “Walk the Beat” vigil in Omaha to National Law Enforcement Day memorial services in Douglas County and Grand Island, we demonstrate that we back the blue. We honor our fallen officers, like Omaha Police Officer Kerrie Orozco and Lincoln Polic...
The Nebraska primary election is now over. This year’s primary election will likely go down in history as one of Nebraska’s nastiest primary elections ever, especially in regards to the gubernatorial race. Now that the election is over, Republican party leaders are especially facing the very difficult task of trying to unify the party before the general election comes later this fall. This will be a very difficult task considering the kinds of campaign tactics that were employed, some of the...
Grit and determination. Readiness to help at a moment’s notice. Willingness to work long and hard. Steadfastness in the face of difficulty. These are the qualities that define us as Nebraskans. And we saw them on full display last month as our state battled the worst fires in a decade. On the evening of April 22nd, 16 fires broke out throughout Nebraska. They were brought on by a combination of drought, low humidity, and gusty winds. These dangerous conditions caused the wildfires to spread q...
More than 700 elementary students from western Nebraska got a hands-on education recently about Nebraska agriculture during the Agsplosion event that was held in five different locations in the Panhandle. The young learners spent the day rotating through eight stations about a variety of agriculture commodities that were presented by Nebraska Extension educators and assistants. The students learned about the livestock and crops that are raised and grown in the Panhandle as well as across the state. Some of what the students learned include:...
The Sidney City Council recently approved a land purchase by Table of Grace. The property is a 3.2 acre tract on east Elm Street at a cost of $21,440. The agreement calls for $1,000 to be deposited in escrow and the balance to be deposited on the date of closing on the property. In his presentation to the City Council, City Manager David Scott said Jim Hansen of Sandhills Global secured a donation to construct a new Table of Grace facility in Sidney. After researching the several locations,...
Leyton High School held its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2022 Saturday afternoon. The event was well attended by family and friends of the graduates, highlighted by speeches form the graduates, school officials and Board of Education members. Salutatorian Johnathan Borges and co-Valedictorians Cortney Holt and Ethan Eckhardt all gave speeches touching on the memories they will always cherish from their schooling years while encouraging the graduates to make their own futures and to...
Sidney's Red Raider Boys Track and Field team continued their outstanding season at the B-6 District Meet in Ogallala on Tuesday, May 10, and took first place by a wide margin, earning 124 points to second place Lexington's 92 points. Chadron earned 80 points to place third overall. Again, Sidney dominated in many of the running events, with Sate Meet berths on the line. In the 100 Meters, Sidney sophomores Luke Holly and Isak Doty finished first and second and were followed by seniors Mitch...
Leyton's Warrior Boys Track and Field team capped their outstanding 2022 season with a big win at the D-9 District Meet on Thursday at Leyton High School in Dalton. The Warriors scored 126 points to take the title, followed by second place runner-ups Potter-Dix and Arthur County, both with 81 points. Garden County took third place with 76 points overall. For the girl's teams, Crawford took top honors with 110 points, followed by runner-up Leyton with 84 points and third place South Platte with...
Sidney's Red Raider Boy's Golf team competed at the Cozad Invitational on Tuesday, May 10, and the team placed third with a score of 343, behind first place Ogallala with a 320 and second place North Platte St. Pat's with a score of 331. The Sidney squad was led by John Beier, who finished ninth, shooting a 43 on the front and a 39 on the back for an 82. Other top twenty finishers for Sidney included Asher Wadzinski in 12th with an 84 and Jack Lilley in 20th with an 88. On Friday, area teams...
Trails West Pool League Concluded the 2021-2022 Season. This is the first year for TWPL and it was a fun and successful season for several teams and individual players. Trails West is the licensed TAP league for the Nebraska Panhandle. One 8-Ball team, One 9-Ball team and 3 single 8-ball players won a spot to play in the TAP Nationals event at the Philadelphia Expo Center April 18-24! Fall 2021 session - Sidney division 8-ball and 9-ball champions (also spring 2022 8-ball champs) !8-Ball...
