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Cheyenne County Commissions Monday approved taking ownership of a new shelter to be built by the Leadership Cheyenne County Class. The shelter will be placed apart from the sidewalk at 10th Avenue and King Street, on the Sidney Stage Line. Heather Hausmann, county tourism director, visited the commissioners Monday to make sure final ownership of the property was clear. In approving ownership, the commissioners also agreed to providing crew to prepare the area for a concrete pour, and to...
POTTER - The third annual Potter Car Bowl Saturday is a day of melodrama, bowling, bull riding, and, of course, exceptional cars. The event started as a way to attract more people to the village's theater productions, Drew Enevoldsen, event organizer, said. "We noticed that awareness of our melodramas was starting to dwindle and we wanted to get our numbers up," Enevoldsen said. "We thought if we held a car show it would bring more people into town." The event has grown since then to include a...
Sidney’s Police Explorer Post #607 is raising money to take its youth to Denver for a day of learning and community service. SPD Officer Adrian Smith hopes to take his nine explorers to Ronald McDonald House to prepare and serve food to the needy. “It gets them out of Sidney, gets them looking at different things,” Smith said. “We’ll walk through the Children’s Hospital and meet some of them and some of the doctors I know. They’ll see some kids who are a little less fortunate. It’s for a go...
A Sidney quartet made their marks on the national wrestling ranks last week, competing in the AAU (Ameture Athletic Union) Scholastic Duals in Florida. The five-day event, also known as the Disney Duals, featured nearly 2,300 wrestlers on 133 teams. Competing for Sidney as part of the Nebraska National Dual Team were Derek Robb, Tristan Ahrendt, Trey Arellano and Kaden Vowers. Three of the four, Robb, Ahrendt and Vowers, earned All-American status based on their performances, while Arellano...
Foster Grandparents needs more volunteers to serve in area schools. The program offered by Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska is looking for retired seniors to serve as a supportive presence for students, Linda Massie, CAPWN recruiter, said. “It’s a non-profit community action program to put seniors into schools to help students learn,” Massie said. “We do everything from preschools to junior high.” Foster Grandparents are neither paraeducators nor parents. They are “warm and fuzzi...
Edna P. Hilpert, age 91 of Potter, NE passed away at Sidney Care and Rehabilitation in Sidney, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, June 23rd, in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church north of Potter with Pastor Ted Bourret officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1-7:00 P.M. with family present from 4-6:00. Memorial contributions may be made in Edna’s name to the Lutheran Hour, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Potter or the...
Barbara A. Shiffermiller, 90, of Omaha was born April 21, 1927 passed away on June 18, 2017. August Memorial Service to be announced. Arrangements by Heafey Hoffmann Dworak Cutler www.heafeyheafey.com...
