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McCook High School’s boys basketball team holds down the top spot in the statewide Class B poll, ad the Sidney Red Raiders got a first-hand look Saturday evening at Cabela’s Athletic Facility. Using a stiff defense and getting 15 points from do-it-all senior Cody Wudtke, the Bison rolled to their ninth win in 11 tries by clipping SHS, 47-36. “They are an outstanding team,” SHS coach Erik Kohl said. “They do a lot of things well. One thing you didn’t see tonight was their ability to shoot outsi...
The opportunities were there Saturday night for Sidney High School’s girls basketball team, it’s just that the Lady Raiders didn’t cash in on them. Making just 12 of 27 foul shots, Tyler Shaw’s club fell 45-39 to highly touted McCook at Cabela’s Athletic Facility. “We haven’t shot free throws well all season,” Shaw said. “We’ve got to get ourselves in a state of mind, be in practice or whatever, to better prepare ourselves for the situations.” Things looked quite rosy for SHS (8-3) from the open...
CHAPPELL — A tough night got even rougher Saturday evening for the Creek Valley High School boys basketball team. Not only did Roger Behrends’ Storm drop a nail-biting 41-39 decision to visiting Minatare, but but the team likely lost point guard Lane Godfrey for the balance of the season. “Godfrey broke his arm in the second quarter, so he is probably out for the season,” Behrends said. Minatare’s Javier Guerrero scored 14 points, and Yovan Perez added 11, including the game-winner at the buzzer. CV (4-4) could get scoring from only four sour...
POTTER — For the first time at home, the Potter-Dix basketball teams posted a sweep, taking a pair Saturday night from visiting South Platte. Jeff Einspahr’s girls improved to 6-2 with a 58-40 win. Taylor Juelfs had a game-high 15 points, including three 3-point shots, and Conner Wolff pitched in 12 and Amanda Maas eight. P-D led 29-18 at halftime and gradually pulled away in the second half. Juelfs added seven assists, while Conner Wolff grabbed seven rebounds and handed out five assists. Maas snagged six rebounds. In the boys’ game, Chad Mill...
DALTON — Despite playing without leading scorer Sam Schumacher, the Leyton High School boys capped a Saturday varsity sweep of visiting Hay Springs, winning 55-20. Schumacher did not play due to a family matter, but Gary Oltmann’s unbeaten Warriors (8-0) rolled to a 25-7 lead after a quarter, and cruised from there. Brennen Cruise scored 12 points to lead LHS with Dylan Brenner adding 10 points and Kody McKay eight. Rol Rushman’s LHS varsity girls also won, taking a 35-24 decision from the Hawks. Leyton (5-3) led 10-0 at the first stop and n...
SCOTTSBLUFF — A busy day on the mats resulted in a 2-3 day for John Ganser’s Sidney High School wrestling team at the Scottsbluff Duals. Sidney defeated Monarch 43-36 and then won an unattached match against Alliance’s junior varsity team, while the Red Raiders lost to Alliance, Scottsbluff and Jefferson. The latter match ended in a 39-all tie, but Jefferson won the criteria tiebreaker. Nathaniel Votruba picked up four wins at 138 pounds, taking two decisions and also winning twice by pin. Two other Sidney wrestlers bagged four wins. Scott...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work. That’s how they make it look so easy. In what must be an increasingly frustrating scene for the rest of college football, another season ended with Saban and his players frolicking in the middle of a confetti-strewn field. Eddie Lacy ran all over Notre Dame, AJ McCarron turned in another dazzling performance through the air, and the Tide defense shut down the Fighting Irish whe...
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service has scheduled a conference in Conway to discuss the federal Farm Bill. Congress recently extended the 2008 Farm Bill and the conference scheduled for Jan. 30 is to include a discussion on the laws and regulations associated with the extension and the impact it could have on purchasing crop insurance. The extension service says the information will be presented by National Agricultural Law Center Director Harrison Pittman and by attorney Grant Ballard. Ballard is a research c...
ST. LOUIS – This summer, 10 U.S. soybean farmers from across the country will get the chance to see how the United Soybean Board (USB) puts their soy checkoff investment to use. To find out who those 10 farmers will be, the national soy checkoff has begun accepting applications for its sixth annual See for Yourself program. See For Yourself offers farmers the chance to see the checkoff in action and evaluate a wide range of checkoff activities. The 2013 See for Yourself session will take place July 21–27, 2013. The soy checkoff invites all soy...
There are several educational meetings scheduled for January and February, 2013 that producers in our area should plan to attend. I’ve been going to no till crop production meetings for over 20 years and I have always felt that attending as many of these meetings as possible has always been time well spent. These educational meetings are a great way to meet and visit with other producers about their no till crop production practices. These meetings always include speakers that cover a variety of topics on soil health, economics, crop p...
Editor, Hello, I am the mother of the two boys that fell into the pond. I would like you to put in the article that my husband Eric and I are forever grateful to Tom and the rest of the workers for saving our babies. Words can never be enough to show how grateful we are. May God bless everyone of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Eric and Gina Christensen, Sidney...
This new year brings to Washington a fresh start. Last week, we welcomed to the 113th Congress many new faces, including my colleague Senator Deb Fischer. I am proud to be joined by such a competent and capable leader who has aptly served Nebraska for years. I am confident Deb will bring the same passion to Capitol Hill, and I look forward to working with her to address the issues facing our state and country. Although it’s a new year and a new session, many of the important issues we must tackle are far from novel. Our country’s debt has gro...
We are nearing the end of these weekly columns as my Senate offices are nearly closed and computers as well as equipment are being returned to the Senate. December 31st is the last day for my staff. I will officially leave office January 13, 2013. After 20 years of public service, 8 as governor and 12 as senator, it is during these final weeks that I have a growing concern about the ability of Congress to work together, put aside partisanship, and address our country’s problems. I’ve found that President Lincoln’s admonishment more than 150 y...
Laurie K. Vecera 1957 to 2013 Laurie Kay Vacera, 55, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, following a battle with cancer. She was born June 30, 1957, at Sidney, to William and Maxine (Mewes) Vecera. Following graduation from Sidney High School, Laurie worked at Cabela’s; then on the steel gang for Burlington Northern Railroad. After moving to Alliance, she worked at the Iron Horse Saloon, Wonder Bar, Yaks and Toad’s Lounge. For the past 10 years, she worked in security for TSA at the All...
Marian Lenzen 1928 to 2013 Marian Ruth Loch Lenzen, a resident of the Sidney area for more than 65 years, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the extended care facility of Sidney Memorial Health Center. Marian would have turned 85 on Jan. 19. Services will be Friday, Jan. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney. There will be a wake service at the church Thursday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m. Gehrig – Stitt Funeral Chapel is coordinating arrangements. Marian was born in 1928, in Fai...
Genevieve Mary Campbell 1923 to 2013 Genevieve Mary Campbell, 89, formerly of Sidney, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan, Colo. She was born Sept. 22, 1923, in Posen, Mich., to Warren and Nellie Page. Genevieve married Orian H. Campbell in Alpena, Mich., in 1944, he died in 1991. In her earlier years she worked as a teacher in the Detroit area. She moved to Ft. Morgan about four years ago from Sidney to be closer to her family. Genevieve was a member...
Longtime Sidney resident and prominate national farm advocate, who joined then President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden, Marian Ruth Loch Lenzen, a resident of the Sidney area for more than 65 years, died Monday. Her life was spent raising her family and telling the story of Sidney to the world. Marian was born in 1928, in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Kathrene Bennett and Frank T. Loch. She attended schools in Fairbury and Omaha before moving with her parents and siblings to Sidney in 1945....
There is widespread discussion about hydraulic fracturing and the impact such mining has on the environment – from water contamination by gas and oil to chemical contamination of aquifers and land. Prior articles explained the extensive reasoning the Nebraskan Panhandle is an optimum area to drill for oil and natural gas without the typical worries people have with hydraulic fracturing. Summarizing the past two articles; the area sits on so many rock formations that are tightly compacted it make...
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sidney’s most interesting architectural sights, with its rough oversized stone and impressive glass windows has Father Arthur ‘Art’ Faesser, a 36 year veteran in the priesthood at the helm. Father Art said the call came to him at a fairly young age drawing inspiration from the church retreats and rallies he attended, as well as the younger priests in Ogallala whom he grew up listening to, even in his teen years. “When I was a senior in high school they had a car...
The main proposals brought up to Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners and Cheyenne County Board of Equalization members Monday investigated to what degree the Cheyenne County Sheriff and SWAT forces should be allowed to assist other counties in the time of an emergency. “We’re proposing an agreement that is already in place in counties north of us,” county attorney Paul Schaub said. Proposed was a county sheriff interlocal agreement between Cheyenne County, Deuel County and Garden Count...
LINCOLN (AP) – A Lincoln city councilman wants police officers assigned to public middle schools in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that left 20 students and six educators dead. Councilman Gene Carroll and Mayor Chris Beutler, in a letter to Lincoln school board President Ed Zimmer, said the city wants to continue discussions about school safety and how the city can help. “We believe the issue is a joint responsibility of the city of Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools,” the city officials wrote, according to the Lincoln Journal Star...
