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  • Aquatic Center Second Year Attendance Rises

    Don Ogle|Dec 1, 2017

    In an abbreviated agenda, the Sidney City Council heard Tuesday that attendance for the Sidney Aquatic Center rose by nearly 300 in its second year. After approving minutes from its last meeting, Council's next action turned to discussion of December meetings. With its second scheduled meeting falling right after Christmas, council members agreed to hold just one meeting in December. In his report on the pool, Sidney Parks Superintendent Tom Von Seggern told council last summer 14,682 people...

  • Christmas Activities Kick Off Saturday

    Don Ogle|Dec 1, 2017

    Downtown Christmas activities kick into high gear this weekend with activities in Hickory Square and the Post Commanders Home. Sponsored by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce and City of Sidney, Holidays in Hickory Square make the square headquarters for both the Christmas Kickoff and Parade of Lights. Activities begin at 4 p.m. with a cakewalk, ugly sweater contest and s'mores and hot chocolate. The parade of lights, which runs from 14th and Illinois to Hickory Square, promises to again...

  • Sidney Family Among NEST Winners

    Dec 1, 2017

    Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg and First National Bank of Omaha today announced four randomly selected winners of the 2017 Big Dreams $20K Giveaway. Each received a $5,000 contribution to a NEST 529 College Savings Plan account for a beneficiary 10 years old or younger. The names of the winners are as follows: Robert Clause – Minatare, Nebraska - Jodi Spady – Enders, Nebraska - Karen Miller – Omaha, Nebraska - Mike Jaggers – Sidney, Nebraska In total, 2,442 eligible entries were receive...

  • Lighting Contest Judged Next Week

    Dec 1, 2017

    All local residents need to do to participate in a Christmas lighting contest is turn their lights on. The Cheyenne County Visitors Committee is once again sponsoring a home lighting contest, which will give awards to what are deemed the best in town. During the evenings of Dec. 7 and 8, judges will drive the streets of Sidney to see how homeowners decorate their property. Four winners will be chosen. A $100 prize will be awarded for first, $75 for second, and $50 for third. A Griswold Award...

  • Houk named to Kansas All-State Academic Team

    Dec 1, 2017

    Jessica Houk, a 2016 graduate of Leyton High School, is one of two students selected by Colby (Kansas) Community College to be on the 22nd annual Kansas All-State Academic Team. Kansas is one of 38 states participating in the All-State Academic Team Program. The State Academic Teams were introduced in 1994 as a way to provide a scholastic recognition to Phi Theta Kappa members, while promoting excellence at two-year colleges. The State Academic Teams are a division of the ALL-USA Community...

  • Information/Forms For Candidates Available On Sec. Of State Website

    Dec 1, 2017

    LINCOLN – Candidates who are interested in running for office and must file with the Secretary of State’s office will find readily available information and forms online. Secretary John Gale says it is a “one stop shop” for anyone interested in knowing what offices are on ballot, the fees for filing and essential deadlines for the 2018 primary and general elections. “December 1 is the first day someone may file to have their name placed on the ballot as a candidate in the 2018 primary election,” noted Gale. “If you are an incumbent in...

  • Hope Was Born On Christmas Morning

    Dec 1, 2017

    Hope defined: A favorable and confident expectation. We live in a current world that is Chaotic at best, what used to be right seems to be wrong, and what has always been wrong, all of a sudden has become right. There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason, and people seemed only concerned with themselves. Isaiah 9, gives us reason for HOPE. The Word of GOD declares the Messiah (JESUS) would be born, and would give GOD’s people a reason for hope and confidence. The Messiah (Jesus) would bring Light to a dark and Hopeless world, that he w...

  • Local Competitor Earns Entry to 'Big Show' of Junior Rodeo

    Forrest Hershberger|Dec 1, 2017

    Reece Stanley is a typical freshman girl of 14 at Sidney High School, if all 14-year-old girls spend their time training for rodeo events. Stanley is just days away from entering the Jr National Finals Rodeo (JrNFR). It is an achievement that is the result of several achievements leading up to the December event. She qualified in barrel racing in April in Loveland, Colorado. The top four of the event are invited to the JrNFR in Las Vegas, Nevada. In June she competed in Lebenon, Tenn. "She runs...

  • Johnson Commits to USD

    Dec 1, 2017

    Sidney sophomore Mattie Johnson has given her verbal intent to attend and play volleyball for the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Johnson a six-foot hitter for Sidney High School gave verbal commitment on November 13th to accept a Division 1 volleyball scholarship. Johnson became interested in the school in part because it is a smaller school, "and she likes the coaches and new facility," said her mother, Anne Johnson. At Sidney High this past season, Johnson was team captain and...

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