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Articles from the June 2, 2016 edition


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  • Famous "Tin Roof" Sundae returns to Potter

    Jun 2, 2016

    Locals and travelers alike can once again enjoy a famous "Tin Roof" Sundae, with the Potter Sundry again open for business. Current renter and manager of the Sundry, Maida Gotfrey, has run the sundry three times since 2000. Seeing the store sit empty and un-open, Gotfrey said she felt obligated to re-open its doors. "The Sundry being open is a necessity to the community," Gotfrey said. Built in 1916 as a drug store to facilitate the prescription needs of Potter's doctor, the Sundry's claim to...

  • Cool Kids kick off annual summer camp

    Anthony Ruiz|Jun 2, 2016

    With summer now in full swing, the Cool Kids Club/No Limits program began its annual summer camp this week, offering a variety of educational and entertaining activities to area youth during the next two months. "We started on Tuesday, and it has been great," program director Coleen Langdon said. "Very busy." The Cool Kids Club began in Oct. 2001 when school administrators from Sidney and Chadron wrote a joint grant to begin a before, after and summer school program in their communities. A $1.5...

  • DHHS reports increase in mumps cases

    Jun 2, 2016

    Lincoln – The number of mumps cases increased from 10 to 21 according to public health officials with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The cases are related to an outbreak at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. Most students have returned home for the summer and some started experiencing symptoms. New cases have been reported by Cass, Douglas, Dodge, Hall, Madison and Platte counties in the past week. DHHS is working with the local health departments involved to investigate these cases. “Mumps is an illness caused by...

  • End O' the rainbow

    Don Ogle|Jun 2, 2016

    Sidney's Legion Junior baseball team closed Wednesday's game against Gering with a rainbow pointing to its 9-1 victory. At a team meeting under the rainbow sky, Coach Ray Witt and his staff review the outing with players....

  • Sidney bats, aggressive base running fuel Junior win

    Jun 2, 2016

    Stringing together combinations of hits and taking advantage of Gering errors, Sidney's Legion Junior baseball team trounced Gering 9-1 in their second home game Wednesday evening. Juniors Brett Jaggers, Arick Doty and Zach Means put Sidney on the board with a string of singles in the bottom of the first inning, and the squad never looked back. Jaggers opened the Juniors' first at-bat with a single and after an out by Kyle Lenzen, was primed to score. Doty added his single, and Means added anoth...