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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....
CLEVELAND (AP) — The courtship of Chip Kelly is underway. The Browns and at least two other NFL teams are expected to interview Oregon’s offensive-minded coach, who said following Thursday night’s Fiesta Bowl win over Kansas State that he hopes to have the process “wrapped up quickly.” Along with the Browns, the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles are reportedly in Arizona and have scheduled meetings over the next two days with Kelly. The 49-year-old said he’s entering the interview open-minded. He turned down an offer from Tampa Bay last yea...
NFL teams have no fear of playing in the wild-card round. Recent history shows the playoff bye isn’t such a big deal anymore. In six of the last seven years, one of the Super Bowl participants didn’t get a bye to begin the postseason. And five of those teams wound up winning the NFL title. So Green Bay’s blowing the bye by losing to Minnesota last Sunday might not be such a setback. Same for Houston, which had an even bigger fall, fumbling away home-field advantage throughout the AFC playo... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sidelined for almost a month by a string of medical problems, is upbeat and planning to return to work next week, the State Department said Thursday. One day after being released from the New York hospital that was treating a blood clot in her head, Clinton was at home resting, but was far from idle. She spent the day engaging with senior staff, reviewing paperwork and calling in to a meeting of her foreign policy advisory board, said her spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland. “She’s looking forwa...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two months after Superstorm Sandy struck, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and business owners flooded out by the storm. The 354-67 vote came days after Northeast Republicans erupted over House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to delay a vote earlier in the week; all of the no votes were cast by Republicans. The Senate was expected to pass the bill later in the day. “It’s the right step,” said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., a member of the Ho...
KEARNEY – Twenty-eight county officials from 17 counties received Certificates of Achievement from the NACO Institute of Excellence. The officials were honored during a presentation at the Nebraska Association of County Officials’ annual conference in Kearney earlier this month. The NACO Institute of Excellence is collaboration between NACO and the University of Nebraska. It provides leadership development for appointed and/or elected county officials. The institute includes face-to-face wor... Full story
MONROE, Conn. (AP) – For her son’s first day of school since last month’s massacre at his Sandy Hook Elementary, Sarah Caron tried to make Thursday as normal as possible. She made his favorite pancakes, and she walked the second-grader to the top of the driveway for the school bus. But it was harder than usual to say goodbye. “I hugged him a lot longer than normal, until he said, ‘Mommy, please,’” she said. “And then he got on the bus, and he was OK.” Her 7-year-old son, William, was among more than 400 students who escaped a gunman’s rampage...
The UNL Extension Office in Cheyenne County is looking for students between the ages of 5 and 7 to become part of the Clover Kids program. The next meeting will be at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds at 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Clover Kids is a 4-H program for children ages 5-to 7-years old. Children participate in hand-on activities designed to build lots of different life skills. The most important like skills for this age group are respecting self, communicating, solving problems, thinking critically and choosing healthy...
I never will forget the first time I met a Russian orphan who had just been adopted by American parents. It was 2003, and I was on a flight out of Moscow. A little boy with big brown eyes sat in the seat next to me. A man sat on the other side of the boy, and it was clear from their clenched hands that they were traveling together. I was scribbling in a notebook when I noticed that the child was leaning over, trying to read. I smiled and asked his name. “He doesn’t speak much English,” the man said, smiling. “My wife and I just adopted him and...
One of the hardest things to do is to stick to a workout program, or even working out as often as you know you should. For the past four years now I have alternated between P90X, Slim in 6 and Insanity, keeping a fairly steady workout plan. Of course prior to this past year the work out plan was easy; work out more times a week than not or pull a double. Well, since starting a 40 hour a weeker I have had the pleasure – pleasure only because I can now identify and have true empathy – to understand how tough it is to keep to any workout schedule...
I hope everyone is able to spend the holidays with friends and family spreading good cheer throughout our region. We have the results of our cover crop biomass sampling back and the cover crops performed about like we thought they would. I think we could justify the cost of planting the cover crops with the benefits we’ll see from producing them, but I do have some concerns with producing cover crops. Our sampling from the cover crop field showed some interesting results. We sampled a square yard of the field that we felt was pretty c...
Clara Barton Tent No. 29, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, Department of Nebraska, met recently at the Potter Senior Citizen’s Center following a luncheon at the Potter Sundry. It was reported that the Tent had presented a flag and flag pole to the Nebraska State Veterans Cemetery in Alliance for the Avenue of Flags remembering veterans and a lap blanket the Tent made for service held in the committal area. Doris Steele represented the Tent in making the presentation to the Administrator Allen Pannell on Nov. 1, 2012. A...
James V. Thompson 1926 to 2013 James “Jimmy” V. Thompson, 86, formerly of Dalton, passed away Tuesday night, Jan. 1, 2013, at St. John’s Center in Kearney. Rosary services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8, with Mass of Christian Burial Services at 10:30. Both services will be in the St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Dave Rykwalder officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday from 1 to 7 p.m. You may view Jim’s Boo...
It’s the first of January and the beginning of a new year therefore it stands to reason there are firsts to be recognized, such as the first recipients of Dress Down Day funds for 2013. The Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber presented the Family and Community Education Council (FCE) with this year’s first check in the amount of $975.82. “We are going to use it (the money) to buy display cases for the Home Economics Department’s Open Class out at the fairgrounds,” FCE representative Pat Hruska said....
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff. The solid job growth wasn’t enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially reported 7.7 percent. Each January, the government updates the monthly unemployment rates for the previous five years. The rates for most months don’t change. The government said hiring was s...
A new year has ushered in and city workers are busy taking down the Christmas tree and decorations in Hickory Square and all around town. The barricade for the Hickory Square Christmas décor went up just before the tree lighting on Nov. 30....
A jury trial is scheduled for Feb. 25 in the case of a Sidney woman charged with two felonies. Alicia Green, 30, pleaded not guilty during her arraignment Wednesday before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer, on separate counts of Class II felony use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and Class III felony second-degree assault. Green is charged with stabbing Ronald Conger, 50, Sidney, with a pair of scissors during a Dec. 3 domestic dispute at her apartment, which began after Green accused Conger of stealing a $20 bill off a table....
Sidney Regional Medical Center members are teaming up once again with Cheyenne County Community Center activity director Kiersten Richards to prepare for their fourth annual Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge. The challenge committee includes: Richards, Sidney Regional Medical Center director of public relations Evie Ranslem-Parsons, Sidney RMC director of nutrition services Ashley Houtwed, and community development director Megan McGown. Richards said that registration forms for the event could be... Full story
