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There's something about a train that enraptures people. Maybe it is the sense of power, progress and development. For some, it is the recollection of days gone by. Thursday morning, The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 left Sidney westbound for Cheyenne, Wyo. It was completing its midwest tour commemorating the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. It was also an opportunity for an unlikely meeting of generations. Robert Edler recalls his grandfather working on the...
The Cheyenne County School District No. 1 started the process of reviewing and updating policies in the Monday, Aug. 12 meeting. The board reviewed the 2002 Organization of the Board policy. The policy states the board is comprised of six members, each elected at-large. Officers are elected in the January meeting. Officers include the board secretary who does not have to be a member of the board. The updated policy says board officers may be elected by secret ballot. The total number of votes...
The Sidney City Council met in a Work Session Aug. 6 to discuss next year's budget. The agenda was kept to reviewing the City Manager's Budget for 2019-2020. City Manager Ed Sadler's budget recommendation included a summary of how the City of Sidney arrived at this point. His summary says budget requests during the last two years have seen reductions of about $1 million each year. The reductions were a result of losses attributed to the sale of Cabela's to Bass Pro and the resulting loss of...
Highby Outdoors is sponsoring two young native Nebraska bass fishermen in the 2019 Junior World Bass Championship in North Little Rock, Ark., on August 8-10. Justin McEvoy and Brennan Teters, both 15 and both from Wahoo, Neb., will represent Nebraska in the tournament, which consists of two-person teams made up of anglers age 15 and under. To qualify for the Junior World Bass Championship, an event organized by The Bass Federation, the two-person team must have first won the championship of the...
Survivors launch their balloons after the "Survivors Walk" to start the Night of Hope festivities....
The Rebecca Noble's Cabaret Theatre is scheduled to open the 2019-2020 High Plains Arts Council season Aug. 24 at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. The group will perform their "Music of World War II." During the last 29 years, Omaha-based Cabaret Theatre has garnered an array of individual and ensemble awards. This talented harmonic ensemble, recognized for its sophisticated arrangements of sensitive ballads, up tempo toe-tappers and jazz standards, is known for its...
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) is now accepting grant applications from local workforce development areas needing to repair damage to public infrastructure resulting from the spring flooding. NDOL has received $2 million in Disaster Recovery Employment Program (DREP) funding from the US Department of Labor, which will be awarded through local workforce development areas to employers to create temporary jobs and receive 100 percent wage reimbursement for those jobs. Individuals who lost employment due to the flooding or who h...
The Panhandle Baseball Conference named its All-Conference Team, and two Sidney players from the Sidney Post 17 American Legion Junior team earned honors for their outstanding play during the 2019 season. The players were nominated by their coaches, then the final votes were made by the coaches from opposing teams. Nolan Hofrock was named to the All-Conference team as a catcher, and Ben Hashman was named as an infielder. Both players anchored the team, contributing on both offense and defense...
Monday Night Men’s League Results – Hillside Golf Course - August 5, 2019 Team Week 11 Points Lempke/Stecher 6 Dorwart/Plummer 6 Sterling/Sukup 5.5 Rauner/Thayer 4.5 Allison/Stewart 4 Hildebrandt/Meyer 2 Flohrs/Kuhns 1.5 Harmon/Rodewald .5 Wallace/Feeney 0 Team Season Points Sterling/Sukup 34.5 Allison/Stewart 32 Lempke/Stecher 33 Rauner/Thayer 27.5 Harmon/Rodewald 23.5 Flohrs/Kuhns 24.5 Hildebrandt/Meyer 24.5 Dorwart/Plummer 20 Wallace/Feeney 3.5 Pin Prizes Closest to Pin in Two #1 Terry Hildebrandt Longest Putt Made #6 Rick Kuhns Closest to...
On Saturday morning, the annual "Great Trash Race" event sponsored by Keep Sidney Beautiful had 25 volunteers working hard to keep Sidney clean and trash-free. Keep Sidney Beautiful is one of 22 Nebraska affiliates of the Keep America Beautiful program, and since its inception in 2002 has focused on reducing litter, promoting recycling, and coordinating beautification projects in the Sidney community. Keep Sidney Beautiful Board Member Nick Hays explained, "since 2006 we've held an annual "Great...
Willis C. "Bill" Lenz, 85, a long-time resident of Sidney passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Graveside Services were held at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, August 8, 2019 at the Greenwood Cemetery. A memorial service was held at 10:00 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with Pastor Janie Freeman officiating. There will be no visitation. Holechek-Bondegard Funeral Home and Cremations in serving the Lenz family. Family and friends can leave condolences...
Oliver M. Rorke, infant son of Erin Huddleston and Kent Rorke entered Heaven on Monday, August 5, 2019. Private family graveside services will be held in the Grand Prairie Cemetery south of Sidney with Reverend Cole Honstead officiating. A reception will be held Tuesday, August 13th, at the Elks at 12 noon with the public invited to attend. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the family for future designation. You may view Oliver’s Book of Memories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in c...
