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On paper, Saturday evening’s assignment for the Sidney High School boys basketball team was something akin to David hooking up against Goliath. And once more, the little guy won. Reeling off a dozen points in the final minute, 43 seconds, the Raiders (10-6) were able to run away with a 50-41 victory against Sterling, Colo., at Cabela’s Athletic Facility. Sidney’s guards — Paxton Ehler, Lane Harvey and Sam Arterburn — all made huge plays down the stretch after the Red Raiders had fallen be... Full story
LEXINGTON — Sidney High School’s wrestling team finished 11th of 14 teams at Saturday’s John Higgins Invitational in Lexington. Kearney won the team title with 180.5 points. SHS finished with 46 points. Raiders earning places were Michael Muggli, with was fourth at 132 pounds, as was Scott Kelsey at 220. Tanner Wernsman was sixth at 152. Those winning matches, scoring team points but not placing were Nathaniel Votruba at 138 and heavyweight Tucker Wintholz. Four junior varsity wrestlers earned places Saturday: Michael Banaszak (sixth, 138),...
After losing its first game of the season two weeks back against Bridgeport, Leyton High School boys basketball coach Gary Oltmann was wondering how his team would respond. Turns out, the Warriors bounced back fairly well. Placing three scorers in double figures, led by Brennen Cruise’s game-high 24 points, LHS rolled to its 10th win in 11 tries by blasting Minatare 64-33 in Saturday night’s Minuteman Activities Conference tournament title game at Sidney Middle School. The Warriors suc...
SCOTTSBLUFF — It was simply a tale of two nine-point leads, and fortunately for the Sidney High School girls basketball team, it grabbed the latter. Trailing 29-20 at halftime Saturday afternoon at Scottsbluff, Tyler Shaw’s Lady Raiders ran off a 21-1 surge in the third period that eventually ended with Sidney leading by nine, 43-34, en route to a 59-43 road victory. “We turned the nine-point deficit into the lead in the first three minutes of the third quarter,” Shaw said. “We finally got the things going that we needed to, and Scottsblu...
Creek Valley High School girls basketball coach Bill Wilber came into this season with a design on changing the Xs and Os. Now, the Lady Storm are concerned a bit more with Ws and Ls. “We finally learned that the girls care about winning and losing,” Wilber said after his club capped a weekend run to the Minuteman Activities Conference girls’ tournament championship at Sidney Middle School. Creek finished things off with an impressive 53-41 victory against Leyton Saturday evening. “We set the...
Are you thinking about reducing the amount of tillage you do, but are not sure how to go about it? Would you like to spend less money on diesel fuel for farming? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should join us for the ‘No-till and Cover/Alternative Crops’ workshop. The workshop will be February 15, at the Community Center in Haxtun, CO. The Center is on the north end of Haxtun on Hwy 59. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The workshop will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch (meat and Lent options) will be provided. The...
There a couple large regional no- till meetings coming up that I’d like to talk to you about. I think it is very important for a producer who is considering adopting or has adopted no-till farming practices to attend. These meetings bring in speakers from around the region, country, and world to talk about the latest updates and trends in no-till crop production. These meetings are an incredible place to network with other no-till producers. You will also gain a larger perspective on the possibilities of no-till crop production. These m...
Sometimes you can’t help but wonder about the media – main stream, bloggers, radical – you take your pick. I can’t help but quit thinking about the overwhelming media coverage of a couple things in the past few weeks. I’d have to go back first to the media fumbling of the ball on the Newtown, Conn., shooting. From the very first reporters on the ground to the final piece filed from that death scene the media continuously fumbled the ball . . . and the facts. I was in my recliner when the first news scrolled across the bottom of the televisio... Full story
When a rash of wildfires broke out across Nebraska last year, volunteer firefighters traveled as far as 350 miles to assist. Many of them left their families and businesses for days on end to fight blazes that blackened more than 300 thousand acres across the State. Crews went through vacation days and midnight oil in unimaginable conditions to protect nearby communities and valuable grassland now even more coveted by ranchers in search of feed for livestock. The display of selflessness was echoed by people in the local and neighboring communit...
OMAHA (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will now be able to work off all the See’s Candy and Dairy Queen treats they enjoy at the company’s annual meeting with a 5k run. Berkshire’s Brooks Running subsidiary announced plans for the fun run on Tuesday. The race will be held in Omaha on May 5 — one day after the annual meeting that routinely attracts more than 30,000 people. Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett says he is challenging the managers of all of the conglomerate’s 80-odd businesses to participate. The 82-year-old Buffett will fire the st...
Those wanting to sign up to play soccer with the Sidney Soccer Club may sign up now until Feb. 5. Go to the club’s website at www.sidneysoccerclub.com and print off the official form to sign up to play for one of the two teams. There is an Under 14 (ages 12-13) and Under 19 (Ages 14-18). To turn in completed forms participants may do as Jan. 29 in Legion Park. The website also contains complete information on the teams and other items. Scott Mines is the coach of the Under 19 and John Drews in the coach of Under 14. The co-ed season starts c...
Donald L. ‘Donny’ Vizina 1984 to 2013 Donny Vizina, 28, of Sidney, passed away Saturday evening, Jan. 12, 2013, in Sidney. Memorial services have taken place in the Church of the Nazarene in Sidney with Rev. Leonard Suhr officiating. In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being established in Donny’s name to a Wildlife Organization or cause. Contributions may be made in care of the family. You may view Donny’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Crema...
LINCOLN (AP) — University of Nebraska students will pay more to live and eat on campus next school year if the Board of Regents approves a proposed increase Friday. Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln would pay about $400 more under the proposal, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. The increase could add to another $600 in taxes if legislators were to approve Gov. Dave Heineman’s proposal to eliminate a sales tax exemption for college dorms as part of a state tax overhaul, Omaha Sen. Jeremy Nordquist said. The regents also will con...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama devoted one word — “deficit” — to the issue that brought Washington to the brink of fiscal crises time and again during his first term. But it was the paragraph that followed in his inaugural address that foreshadowed what’s to come — more hard bargaining and more last-minute deals driven by Obama’s own conviction that he now wields an upper hand. “We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring fo...
Debate that has been passed back and forth between city council members and planning commission members continues regarding the definition and restrictions of accessory buildings in residential zones at the City of Sidney Planning Commission meeting Monday night. City council members present consisted of Aaron Barnes, Chris Gay and Joe Arterburn. At the Sidney City Council meeting two weeks previous city attorney J. Leef had inserted language into the proposed statute and the council had asked... Full story
LINCOLN – Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Tuesday that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. Heineman sent a letter to President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the controversial, Canada-to-Texas pipeline to proceed through his state. The project has faced some of its strongest resistance in Nebraska from a coalition of landowners and environmental groups who say it would contaminate the Ogallala aquifer, a massive groundwater supply. Canadian pip...
The first of many public meetings between Sidney residents and Doug Whiteaker from Water Technology, Inc. and Jeff King with Ballard*King and Associates regarding their creation of Sidney’s new swimming pool or aquatics center commenced at City Hall yesterday afternoon. In attendance were city representatives, city council members, members of the community, as well as representatives from the Cheyenne County Community Center. Community Center officials have been working with the city on the p...
