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Retired Nebraska coach Tom Osborne won’t get drawn into an argument over how his 1990s teams that won three national championships in four years would fare against the Alabama teams that just accomplished the same feat. “It doesn’t come off very well when you try to compare a team that played 12, 14, 15 years ago with a team playing today and say this team would beat that team. Nobody knows,” Osborne said Wednesday. “The only way to do it is to play them. No question we had some very good team... Full story
Sidney KC FT shooting contest Sunday 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. ‘March Madness’ volleyball camps in Ogallala OGALLALA — Steve Morgan’s March Madness volleyball team camps...
NEW YORK (AP) — No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else. For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction to Cooperstown, sending a powerful signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard. All the awards and accomplishments collected over long careers by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa could not offset suspicions those feats were b...
DENVER (AP) — After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and semi-automatic rifles and mows down some rotten watermelons. The Republican state senator’s melon shoot is a fixture on the political calendar in his rural district near the Nebraska border and a window into the culture of gun ownership in a state that cherishes its frontier heritage. One of the worst and most high-profile school massacres in American history — the 1999 Colum...
LINCOLN (AP) – The Nebraska Legislature chose a new speaker, elected new committee leaders and welcomed 10 new lawmakers Wednesday as it began a new session with looming battles over tax cuts and spending. Lawmakers returned to Lincoln with the state facing a projected $194 million budget shortfall, far less than the $1 billion hole they had to fill when they last wrote a budget in 2011. The 90-day session will see 10 new members and mark the return of Sen. Ernie Chambers, of Omaha. All were sworn into office Wednesday morning. Chambers, the l...
A repeat drunk-driving offender will likely never get his drivers’ license back after being sentenced Tuesday by Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. Patrick H. Farnsworth, 72, Lincoln, was sentenced to serve a prison term of not less than 50 months, nor more than 60, after being found guilty of DUI — fourth offense. Farnsworth, who was sentenced in June for DUI — third offense — will serve his new sentence consecutively with the June sentencing (59-60 months imprisonment). Farnsworth was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and his drive...
As an investor, how can you avoid making mistakes? It’s not always easy, because investing can be full of potential pitfalls. But if you know what the most common mistakes are at different stages of an investor’s life, you may have a better chance of avoiding these costly errors. Let’s take a look at some investment mistakes you’ll want to avoid when you’re young, when you’re in mid-career, when you’re nearing retirement and when you’ve just retired. When you’re young ... Mistake: Investin...
Editor, Kudos to the person who recruits and hires the nursing staff at the Memorial Hospital. After two sessions at the hospital in the last two years, I am convinced that we have the best care possible here in Sidney. Everyone from the head nurses to the custodians was cheerful, courteous, helpful and professional. There may be a facility which has equal care, but none better. Thank you very much – nurses, aides, helpers and others. Sincerely, Tom Dorwart, Sidney...
Years ago, when the candidate I was working for rejected my advice, I made the mistake of going back to the headquarters and telling my loyal staff (who together had formulated the rejected proposal) that our recommendation had been declined. I did my best, I told them, but I just couldn’t make the sale. One of my closest pals, and one of the smartest politicos I’ve ever known, took me aside to tell me I had made a monstrous mistake. I thought he meant my failure to sell our plan. No, he said, that was clearly impossible. The mistake was tel...
On January 3, I had the privilege of taking the oath of office and becoming Nebraska’s 39th United States Senator. I am grateful that members of my family and so many friends traveled from Nebraska to share this special day, and I am honored by the trust placed in me by Nebraskans. I am also thankful to have such an excellent partner in Senator Mike Johanns, who has proudly served our state and nation for many years. Senator Johanns has been gracious and welcoming as I transition to W...
Presley Jane Ribera Presley Jane Ribera was born Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Tyler and Angela Ribera. She was welcomed home by sisters Sydney, 8 years old and Reese, 6 years old. Grandparents are the late Conrad Ribera and Paul and Janis Roberts and the late Kerry Nienhueser and Valerie Nienhueser, all of Sidney. Great-grandparents are Ray and Dorothy Nienhueser also of Sidney....
Elmer L. ‘Butch’ Schubarth 1931 to 2013 Elmer L. “Butch” Schubarth, 81, of rural Potter, passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 6, 2013, at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church north of Potter with Pastor Ted Bourret officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Paul’s Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., with family present from 5 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial co...
Mary Elizabeth (Hall) Hardman 1925 to 2013 Mary Elizabeth (Hall) Hardman, 87, of Alliance, passed away peacefully, Jan, 8, 2013, in her home after a short battle with cancer with her daughters at her side. She was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Wingate, Texas to Myron and Jewell (Duke) Hall. She attended school in Spade, Texas, where she graduated as valedictorian of her class. After graduation she went to California to serve as a tellatypist for the service during World War II. She returned to Texas,...
The City of Sidney’s case against against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating/ Filsinger Emergency Services for property nuisance abatement emerged as split hairs Wednesday before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. Wednesday’s hearing was set in an attempt by the City to file a motion to abate, by Ft. Collins, Colo. attorney Charlie Cuypers. Filsinger, though counsel Don Miller, sought a continuance in the matter, citing the timeliness of the hearing. After some legal jockeying by both sides, Weimer fell in-between on the mat...
The building is much as one would imagine a church to look like; brick, modest in size, fairly ordinary but friendly and inviting. Neither the exterior nor thecanon practiced within the building makes this Presbyterian Church unique in nature from other Christian based churches in Sidney. Quite the opposite, the Christian stance and teachings are what connects this church to other Christian churches of the area. It is Pastor Dixie Anders who leads the congregation at the Light Memorial...
As many commuters around town have noted a small area of 10th Ave. has been blocked off and cones direct traffic into what is normally the turn lane. The cause, “We are helping the Veterans Affairs office there. They are required to put in a fire line into their building. So we are helping with that because we have to tap the water main there on 10th Ave.,” Sidney Public Service Director John Hehnke said. “So we had to cut open the street, make the tap and get the line extended over to outside o...
In a rapidly developing scenario, a Sidney man charged in connection with the November shooting death of Adam McCormick pleaded guilty to an amended Class IV felony count of being an accessory to a felony. Billy D. Fields, 35, 2460 Fort Sidney Road, entered the plea Wednesday afternoon before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. As part of his plea, Fields — through his counsel, attorney Don Miller— has agreed to make himself available for interviews involving the shooting, and has als... Full story
Lawmakers raced against the clock this New Year’s Eve and successfully avoided the dreaded “fiscal cliff” for now. But along with this avoidance, an important bill - the farm bill that has been worked on for the past five years - was extended instead of undergoing a new installment. The extension of the farm bill extension threw out the new version that had been progressing and approved through the senate; but it had not been approved by the house. Instead it extended the same programs that...
