Thanks. Unfortunately, to repay you for your kindness and help, I have more questions.
I don’t see my new sidebar (named “news sidebar”) on the website, and I’m not sure how to make it visible. I’m pretty sure I followed your instructions correctly because it appears in my dashboard under (1) Appearance->Widgets and (2) Appearance->Customize->Widgets.
I created a child theme folder which contains (1) style.css, (2) functions.php, and (3) index.php (which I copied from the parent theme folder (olsen-light) and inserted the <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'news-sidebar' ); ?> immediately above the </main>.
Did I miss a step?