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Back from the holidays, and ready for the second half of the winter sports season to begin. Congrats to the Sidney High School Lady Raiders for their second-place finish in last weekend’s Cabela’s Holiday Shootout. In Saturday’s championship game, Tyler Shaw’s club ran up against a buzzsaw in Douglas, Wyo., and struggled against the Lady Bearcats’ defense. Still, Sidney came out of its own event with a 7-2 record, and considering those two defeats came at the hands of the likes of Chadron a... Full story
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te’o found it “easy” to get past college football’s award season and get focused on the BCS championship against Alabama. No. 1 Notre Dame will play the second-ranked Crimson Tide on Monday night for the national title. On Thursday morning, Alabama’s stars on offense and Notre Dame’s defensive leaders spoke to reporters. Te’o was the Heisman Trophy runner-up and won a bevy of other awards in mid-December, requiring him to travel a...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA imposed landmark sanctions against Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal in a cynical ploy to weaken the university and enhance its own dismal reputation, Pennsylvania’s governor claims in an unprecedented federal antitrust lawsuit against college sports’ governing body. Gov. Tom Corbett said the NCAA veered dramatically from its own disciplinary rules and procedures when it decreed last summer that Penn State would pay a $60 million fine, and the football team would suffer a four-year posts...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In only his first season as Nebraska’s coach, Tim Miles already knows what he’s up against. He took one look at the schedule — trips to three ranked opponents in the first 11 days of Big Ten play — and knew it could be trouble. “Let’s just say the Big Ten office didn’t get a Christmas card from me,” Miles joked. In his first conference game on Wednesday night, his Cornhuskers had difficulty getting anything going on offense while Deshaun Thomas outscored Nebraska in the opening half of No. 8 Ohio State’s 70-44 vic...
SIDNEY — All boys and girls ages 9 through 14 are invited to participate in the Sidney Knights of Columbus Council 1861’s annual Free-Throw Shooting Contest, The competition will be held Sunday, Jan. 13 at 1 p.m. in the Sidney Middle School Gymnasium. Entry forms are available from physical education teachers in all area schools, or can be filled out at the gymnasium on the day of the competition....
BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb explosion tore through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims returning home Thursday from a religious commemoration, killing at least 20 and reinforcing fears of renewed sectarian violence, according to Iraqi officials. The blast erupted late in the afternoon in the town of Musayyib, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of the Iraqi capital. It targeted worshippers returning from the Shiite holy city of Karbala following the climax of the religious commemoration known as Arbaeen. Children were among the 20 people confirmed killed...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Call her the girl with no name. A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means “light breeze” in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government. Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has official rules about what a baby can be named. In a country comfortable with a firm state role, most people don’t question the Personal Names Register, a list of 1,712 male names and 1,853 female...
NEW YORK (AP) – A last-minute surge in spending may have saved Christmas for stores. Major retailers such as Costco and Nordstrom on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue in December. That comes as a relief for stores that can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the winter holiday shopping period that runs from November through the end of December. Consumers had a lot to worry about this holiday, including cleanup after Superstorm Sandy and the possibility of the U.S. economy falling off the “fiscal cliff,” trigg...
Once again, it’s time to make some New Year’s resolutions. This year, in addition to promising yourself that you’ll hit the gym more often, learn a new language or take up a musical instrument – all worthy goals, of course – why not set some financial resolutions? Consider these suggestions: Boost your retirement account contributions. If your income will rise this year, consider putting more money into your employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b). You typically contribute pre-tax dollars to your plan, so, the m...
Every year since 1976, a college in Michigan, Lake Superior State University, publishes late in the year its List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English. Examples from past years include “first time ever,” and “dot.com.” Among the recently-announced winners for 2012 are: “amazing,” “shared sacrifice,” “occupy,” “man cave,” “the new normal,” “ginormous,” and “thank you in advance,” a phrase that “is a condescending way to say, ‘Since I already thanked you, you have to do this.’” The A...
This past year has been filled with many important policy debates, legislative accomplishments, and exciting new developments for Nebraska. I want to take a moment to highlight some of these events and reflect upon the year. By far the most pressing issue facing our nation is the economy. We must continue to find ways to help businesses grow so they can create jobs. We also cannot address our economic challenges without addressing the nation’s runaway debt. Our current $16 trillion debt has ballooned to such a serious situation where each t...
Editor, As a traveler on I-80 during Thanksgiving week, I was gratified to have met some wonderful folks in Sidney who came to my rescue after my car broke down at a rest stop a few miles from town. To the young man who tried to help me at the rest stop and then drove to town and contacted the auto repair shop, I am most grateful that you helped a stranger. Your kindness is remembered. Darin VanNatter and his employee were able to fix my car and get me back on the road to my Iowa destination. Darin’s Auto Repair is a great asset to Sidney a... Full story
Steven Olson was sworn in this morning as a Cheyenne County Commissioner – 1st District in the Cheyenne District County Courtroom by Cheyenne County Clerk Beth Fiegenschuh....
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Leaders of many farm groups in the Upper Midwest aren’t pleased that Congress has extended the current farm bill rather than pass new legislation. The one-year extension of portions of the expired 2008 farm bill is one of the measures introduced to avert the “fiscal cliff” of major tax increases and spending cuts that were due to take effect Jan. 1. The extension prevents milk prices from rising but excludes other farm provisions such as disaster aid for producers. “This is disappointing,” North Dakota Farmers Union Presi...
The First United Methodist Church is where Pastor Thomas Hyde leads a congregation in worship services every Sunday morning, something he knew was his life’s path since the age of 10. His journey to this calling is a bit different from other pastors interviewed, a “God Experience,” as he called it. “I had an accident when I was a young child and lost a leg,” he said, “in the mist of that I made that decision,” to become a minister, “when I was 10 years old.” “I went through high school and col...
A familiar business within Sidney tucked away on a downtown side street and easily missed if one is not sure of where it is, is Max’s Vacuum and Sewing Center. A business open that has been open for 35 plus years is selling the same merchandise from the very beginning; sewing machines, vacuums, product supplies and performing repairs on such products. Cindy Stewart, the shop’s third owner, says she stands behind the Singer vacuums and Brother sewing machines 100 percent, just as the other two...
With winter coming on strong, flu vaccines are still available and a good idea to prevent sickness, said Sidney Regional Medical Center PA-C Mitch Muhs. “Normally in this part of the world we often times don’t see a lot of influenza until January or February and then on into March and April,” Muhs said. “This year we started seeing influenza in October.” “Influenza gets a lot of press every year because it kills a lot of people. People think it’s just whatever and you take cold medicine and it g... Full story
Bobby D. Reed 1943 to 2013 Funeral services for Bobby D. Reed, 69, of Peetz, Colo., will be Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Hay Springs with Pastor Fred Andersen officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Rushville at approximately 1 p.m. Bobby left this earth Jan. 1, 2013. Bobby, also known as Bob was born on Jan. 11, 1943 to Dewey and Freida Reed south of Gordon, Neb. Bob grew up riding horses to country school and when it came time to enter...
Ronald W. McMillen 1936 to 2013 Ronald W. McMillen, 76, of Sidney, passed away at the Medical Center of the Rockies, early Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, 2013. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 4, in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Ron’s name to the Cheyenne County 4-H Council. You may view R...
John F. Clarkson 1922 to 2012 John F. Clarkson, 90, longtime Sidney resident, passed away Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Nebraska Veteran’s Home in Norfolk. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. Dixie Voss Anders officiating. Military graveside honors will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in John’s name to Ame...
