Sidney Council views virtual capital tour
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY A virtual tour of the city of Sidney’s 2021 capital projects was presented during the Sidney City Council workshop meeting Monday evening.
Council members viewed the city’s annual update on the improvement projects this year for the parks and recreation, fire and emergency services, streets and utilities departments, as well as the Sidney Airport/public transport.
Parks and Recreation Director Duane Gaier kicked off the tour with a PowerPoint on the improvements at the parks.
Seven light poles at Custenborder Field were identified as needing replaced. The cost to replace seven wood poles with seven new wood poles, Gaier said, is $86,085. The inspection cost of the poles in 2020 was $1,775.
William Binkley and his eclectic pen
By Albert Binkley Dickas, Ph.D. - For the Sidney Daily News
Editor’s note: in conjunction with the 200th celebration of the establishment of Sidney, the Sidney Daily News will be publishing a year long series about the city’s history.
SIDNEY Anyone intrigued by the history of mankind is well aware individual chapters are often punctuated by rivalries of one nature or another: In commerce Pepsi Cola vs Coca Cola; in sports University of Michigan vrs The Ohio State University, and in family relationships the Hatfield and McCoy conflict. And then, there was the 36 year-long rivalry conducted by William Binkley against anyone or anything attempting to interfere with his perceived responsibility to print the truth as editor of a weekly newspaper.