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While defense can be used as the name of the game for Sidney’s High School basketball teams, common sense says no team can win without putting a shot in the basket. OK, there is the forfeit loophole, and perhaps there’s a 2-0 game sitting out there where a player scored for the other team. That said, it appears both Raiders teams might be picking up the pace somewhat, both teams having. And neither team is leaning one particular way when seeking scoring. Karissa Segelke is the top scorer for...
NFL draft consultant Gil Brandt believes the uncertainty surrounding Manti Te’o could affect when he is selected in April by a team. Brandt called the story that Notre Dame’s All-American linebacker was involved in a hoax “something I have never witnessed” in his half-century in pro football. “I think some teams will say it isn’t worth the problem” to draft Te’o, said Brandt, who has the linebacker rated 19th overall in the first round. The former Dallas Cowboys general manager added Thursday...
LINCOLN (AP) — The young guys started Purdue on its way to victory over Nebraska. The old guys finished the job. Senior D.J. Byrd and junior Terone Johnson combined for 17 straight Purdue points during a crucial stretch of the second half that allowed the Boilermakers to withstand the Cornhuskers’ comeback bid and post a 65-56 win Wednesday night. The Huskers cut the Boilers’ 20-point lead to five over a 10-minute stretch. But each time Nebraska looked ready to break through for its first Big Ten Conference win, Byrd or Johnson made big shots t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lithium batteries that can leak corrosive fluid and start fires have emerged as the chief safety concern involving Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, a problem that apparently is far more serious than government or company officials acknowledged less than a week ago. The Federal Aviation Administration late Wednesday grounded Boeing’s newest and most technologically advanced jetliner until the risk of battery fires is resolved. The order applies only to the six Dreamliners operated by United Airlines, the lone U.S. carrier with 787s....
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders started work on homes in December at the fastest pace in 4 1⁄2 years and finished 2012 as their best year for residential construction since the early stages of the housing crisis. The Commerce Department said Thursday that builders broke ground on houses and apartments last month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 954,000. That’s 12.1 percent higher than November’s annual rate. And it is nearly double the recession low reached in April 2009. Construction increased last month for both single-family homes a...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights sought on Thursday to reassure American would-be adoptive parents that they will be allowed to take their children back to the United States. But some Americans with court rulings in their favor say they’re still in legal limbo. A Russian law banning adoptions by U.S. citizens was rushed through parliament in December, and sped to President Vladimir Putin’s desk in less than 10 days in retaliation over a U.S. law calling for sanctions on Russians identified as human-rights violators. Tens o...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed “Barack H. Obama.” By the time Butler County elections officials processed the card, it went into the state’s computerized database with the last name “Obana” — that is, with an ‘n’ in place of the ‘m.’ But a detective tells The Associated Press that whoever did it was clearly trying to register using President Barack Obama’s name. The card was discovered last week when a jury commissioner in...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running “Dear Abby” advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94. Publicist Gene Willis of Universal Uclick said Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Phillips’ column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer. Their relationship was stormy in their early adult years, but later they...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama’s proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions — and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. “A lot of sheriffs are now standing up and saying, ‘Follow the Constitution,’” said Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson, whose territory covers the timbered mountains of southwestern Oregon. But their actual powers to...
Omaha — Sam & Louie’s has been named one of Entrepreneur’s Top 500 Franchises in the United States, a comprehensive ranking system based on companies’ financial and statistical data from July 2010 through July 2012. “We are honored and excited to be one of the best in the United States which includes all types of franchises, not just restaurants. We’re actively growing and are interested in expanding into more states and regions,” said Michael Nolan, Director of Franchising. To be eligible for the Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500® ranking, a franch...
Investors sometimes may get frustrated with their investments because those investments don’t seem to produce quick results. Perhaps that’s understandable in our fast-paced society, in which we’ve grown accustomed to instant gratification. But investing is, by nature, a long-term activity. If you look at it in terms of an athletic event, it’s not a sprint, in which you must pull out all the stops to quickly get where you’re going. Instead, it’s more like the 26.2-mile race known as a marathon. And as an investor, you can learn a few things...
January is “National Train Your Dog Month,” an activity that can lead to a surprising outcome. In 2011 a writer named Susan Orleans published a book on Rin-Tin-Tin. In the book she tells of an American soldier fighting in France during World War I who adopted a German Shepherd pup, brought it back to California, trained it, and the dog appeared in 23 silent films for Warner Brothers, becoming the most famous dog in the world and the number one box office star. In the 1960’s another Rin-T...
A few days after 6-year-old Noah Pozner was gunned down at Newtown’s Sandy Hook School, his mother, Veronique, gave an interview of searing clarity. Journalist Naomi Zeveloff, in a column for The Jewish Daily Forward, described the hardest part of her interview with Pozner. I don’t often provide lengthy excerpts, but this defies paraphrasing: “(Veronique) felt that (Noah’s) body had suffered too many indignities already; she was adamant that he not be autopsied. She wanted him to be buried with a Jewish prayer shawl and with a clear stone w...
OMAHA (AP) — The Federal Reserve says U.S. farm income could decline in 2013, but it depends upon whether the drought continues. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo., said Thursday that if drought conditions persist, prices of corn and other crops would remain volatile because of tight supply. But if normal weather conditions return, crop prices would decline and lead to lower farm incomes. The USDA predicted farm income in 2012 would reach $114 billion, which would be the third-highest total on record. Crop insurance and high crop p...
LINCOLN (AP) — A new state program is showing early success in helping Nebraska juvenile offenders complete their probation by allowing them to serve it in their communities instead of in custody, the state Supreme Court’s chief justice said Thursday. Chief Justice Michael Heavican said about 80 percent of the 600 juveniles who have enrolled since the program began in July 1 have completed their probation successfully. That’s higher than the state average, he said. The program offers community-based treatment and keeps juveniles out of deten...
Birdie Lane Irwin Vernon 1938 to 2013 Birdie Lane Irwin Vernon, 74, passed away on Jan. 6, 2013, in the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Birdie was born on April 27, 1938, in Sidney to Robert & Mildred (Witters) Irwin. She graduated from high school in Sidney in 1958 and later married Earnest Vernon. At Birdies request, Memorial services will be in the spring in the mountains of Utah with family and friends. The exact location and time is pending and will be posted at a...
Mila Jean Griffiths 1927 to 2013 Mila Jean Griffiths, 85, of Sidney passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, 2013, at Memorial Health Center, Extended Care in Sidney. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Services will conclude at the church with cremation to follow. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in the spring. Visitation is set for Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, from 1 to 7 p.m. at Holechek Funeral...
Luilla Thompson Look who turns 80 on Jan. 19. Please join our family in celebration with a card shower for this beautiful lady. Send cards to Luilla Thompson, 7611 Rd 129, Broadwater, NE 69125....
When President Barack Obama stands in front of an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 people outside of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21 it will be the 57th presidential inauguration this country has witnessed. This year however the president will technically partake in two inaugurations. Jan. 20 serves as the seventh time in history that - due to the date of inauguration falling on a Sunday - another swearing-in ceremony will be held that Monday. According to section one of the 20th amendment to the U.S....
Cheyenne County Community Center director Mike Namuth has been announced the winner of the 2012 Sidney Sun-Telegraph’s Weekly Football Pick’em Challenge. Namuth’s season record was 57-28. There were four other constants participating in the challenge this year. Close behind Namuth in the standings were Sidney Federal Savings and Loan President Steve Smith and American National Bank Vice President Bill Butkus, who both ended the challenge with a record of 55-30. Other participants included City...
Pastor of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor Dave Hall followed an interesting path to the priesthood; despite the 30 years he has now worn the collar. “When I was a teenager I felt that God was calling me to do something different than I was doing,” he began. “But then after a while I ignored it. I was going to college and quit college to start working. I did that for about a year and a half. “The pastor that was pastoring me when I was a teenager said to me one day, ‘You know you are neve...
Two Iowans facing drug charges were back in court Wednesday before Cheyenne County Judge Randin Roland. Jessica Carroll, 30, and Benjamin Schneider, 20, both of Ames, appeared for status hearings on multiple counts stemming from their Jan. 8 arrests on eastbound Interstate 80, just west of Sidney. Carroll. During a traffic stop, authorities were alerted by a smell of marijuana. Eventually, Nebraska State Patrol trooper Ron Kissler and Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office deputy Fred Wiedeburg discovered heat-sealed packages of marijuana, which w...
Sidney’s West Elementary School auditorium went silent as approximately 45 parents sat in anticipation watching each of the 32 students nervously or confidently approach the microphone during the practice round of the annual Central West Spelling Bee competition this Wednesday. Students advanced to the front of the stage when their name was called and turned toward their word pronouncer, Carla Brauer. Brauer, who serves as the school counselor at Central and West Elementary, pronounced each w...
Frank Welch Lodge #75 had its annual awards banquet on last month. Those honored were Mark Carley, left, as Mason of the year, Master of the Lodge Mr. R.H. England and Mr. Darrell Johnson, Citizen of the year...
