Sidney Lunchroom 1-24-25
Rick McIntyre and Kathy Drummond serve lunch to the students during a recent noon-hour at the school. Submitted by Teresa Crecelius.
January 2025
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Celebrating Teammates in Sidney
TeamMates Mentoring Program Coordinator Donnie Sears gathered Mentors to help serve chilli donated by Wendy’s, cinnamon rolls and sweet treats at the Sidney High School basketball games on Friday, Jan. 17. Free Will Donations were accepted and will be used to take the Mentors and Mentees to the Omaha Lancers Hockey game in March. Mentors and Mentees were recognized at half time of girls game. The mentoring program is growing with leaps and bounds in Sidney with mentees wanting to join, so if you have a passion to make a difference in a young person’s life talk to Mr. Sears at the Sidney High School. Mentors meet with their student for 20 minutes a week usually during lunch period, are able to chat, and both mentor and mentee look forward to the meeting. Submitted by Teresa Crecelius.
County Farm Bureau Leadership attends IFBF Annual Meeting
The 2024 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting and County Leadership Conference was held in Des Moines on December 10 and 11. Among those in attendance were Mills County Farm Bureau board members President Stephanie Bowden and Voting Delegate Bret Hayes and Fremont County Farm Bureau board members President Dave Roberts, Voting Delegate Steve Howe, Internal Study Committee Chair Brent Lorimor, Vice President Tyler Woodward, and Abby Woodward. The Woodwards are also the District 9 Young Farmer Advisory Committee Members.
Crop production estimates available for 2025 growing season
Farmers can estimate the cost of producing various crops in 2025 by using data published in the January edition of Ag Decision Maker.
Briar Cliff dean’s list announced
Lilly Peters of Hamburg was one of 302 students who have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2024-25 academic year, including 91 students who achieved a perfect GPA of 4.0.
Dr. Clyde and Betty Barrett Scholarship endowed at PSC
The Dr. Clyde and Betty Barrett Scholarship honors Peru State College graduates and longtime employees, supporting full-time pre-med or music majors in their memory.
MidAmerica Nazarene University academic honors
MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan., has announced its president’s list, dean’s list and honor roll for the fall 2024 semester. A total of 458 students qualified for one of the honors.
Sidney Elementary adds K9 Crisis Response Dog
Meet our newest learning community member at Sidney Elementary School, Crisis Response K9, Sally!
Tips for Growing Onions
Planting onions from small bulbs or “sets” is not the best way to grow large onions for storage. Plants grown from sets often begin blooming in mid-summer and stubbornly refuse to stop. Once that happens, onion bulbs don’t increase much in size.