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On the agendas
Sidney Recreation Board
SIDNEY The Sidney Recreation Board will hold a meeting on Monday, May 3, 2021 at 4:15 p.m. The meeting will be held by a hybrid method, with board members in attendance in council chambers, or virtually, and others welcome to also join virtually.
The board will discuss the following:
• Pickle Ball-with Officer Jeremy Lorenzo
• Story Walk-collaborative effort with Amos Memorial Public Library- with April Osborne
• Brinkley Pavilion update
Sidney City Council
SIDNEY The Sidney City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, May 3, 2021, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held by a hybrid method, with board members in attendance in council chambers and others welcome to join virtually.
On the agendas
Non-Traditional Vehicle Use Ad Hoc Committee
SIDNEY The Non-Traditional Vehicle Use Ad Hoc Committee will hold a meeting on Monday, April 26, 2021, at 3 p.m. The meeting will be held by a hybrid method, with committee members in attendance in council chambers and members of the public welcome to join virtually.
The purpose of the meeting is to consider the tabled ordinance on the use of non-traditional vehicles.
Sidney Recreation Board
SIDNEY The Sidney Recreation Board will hold a meeting on Monday, April 26, 2021, at 4:15 p.m. The meeting will be held by a hybrid method, with board members in attendance in council chambers, or virtually, and others welcome to also join virtually.
The arts in Sidney and Shelby County
By Sherrie Casad-Lodge - For the Sidney Daily News
Prior to its conversion to the Sidney Municipal Court, one of the columns on the Monumental Building stage bore the remnants of several playbills promoting visiting performers such as Sweeney, Alvido, Gorman & Goetze, Model Minstrels. Retired Sidney Municipal Court Judge Don Luce made sure the playbills were saved while the photo of the Monumental Building Opera House and stage were taken by Todd Acker in 1995 before the building’s renovation.
Courtesy photo
By early 1900, several bands had been formed/disbanded and averaged anywhere from five to 24 men playing a variety of manufactured or homemade brass/percussion instruments. Over the years, bands (including an all girl group) have gathered on the steps of Shelby County’s historic courthouse to offer melodious musical numbers, a tradition that the Sidney Civic Band continues today. Originally organized in 1977 under the direction of Fr