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SCOTTSBLUFF — Sidney High School girls’ basketball coach Tyler Shaw sat solemnly on the bleachers late Thursday evening at Western Nebraska Community College, perhaps trying to replay two or three situations that ended with the Lady Raiders playing for tonight’s Scottsbluff B-6 District championship. But it’s likely that in each scenario, the thoughts simply bounced off, like so many shots did in a mind-blowing, 37-35 semifinal upset loss to Gering. Even though his team’s defense literally...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African magistrate allowed Oscar Pistorius to go free on bail Friday, capping hearings that foreshadow a dramatic trial in the Valentine’s Day killing of the star athlete’s girlfriend. Pistorius’ family members and supporters shouted “Yes!” when Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made his decision after a more than 1 hour and 45 minute explanation of his ruling to a packed courtroom. Radio stations and a TV news network in South Africa broadcast the audio of the decision live, and even international channels lik...
Down eight points late to Creek Valley in Monday night’s opening-round, the Potter-Dix High School boys’ basketball team probably couldn’t dream the position it is in today. However, Chad Miller’s upstart and fourth-seeded Coyotes completed a sweep at the Sidney D1-12 Subdistrict Thursday by rallying past Crawford 49-44 at Cabela’s Athletic Facility. Bryan Knigge scored six straight points to give P-D (9-13) a 43-42 lead with about a minute left, and the Coyotes were able to hang on at the fo...
MITCHELL — While worrying about wild-card point possibilities and the like is all good and fine, Leyton High School boys basketball coach Gary Oltmann would just as soon keep winning — those kind of things have a way of taking care of themselves. The Warriors (20-1) on Thursday night completed their mockery of the Mitchell D2-12 Sub-district with an easy 62-33 win against Sioux County. “I’ll put the sign up tomorrow that we’re in the Sweet Sixteen,” Oltmann said. “If this were the NCAA tournamen...
LINCOLN – Students experience the lawmaking process from the floor of the Nebraska Legislature and make valuable connections along the way. The Legislature’s page program selects applicants from among Nebraska’s colleges and trade schools to work during the legislative session beginning in January and ending in June. They can only work for two years. Pages run errands for senators, copy documents, deliver messages, serve food and drink, set up and staff committee hearings, in addition to other duties. First-year pages earn $9.47 per hour and s...
Money up for grabs; RMEL foundation deadline fast approaching Wheat Belt PPD and RMEL Foundation join forces to promote higher education in the Wheat Belt service territory. Up to $2,500 worth of scholarships are available to students pursuing a career in engineering or curriculum related to the electric industry. All scholarship applicants must be a high school senior or college undergraduate enrolled in and pursuing an undergraduate or associate degree, or an electric utility position certificate at a college with the intent to enter the...
Back in 1985, after being trounced in the general election, Washington strategist Al From and a group of Democratic elected officials founded the Democratic Leadership Council. Its stated purpose was to move the Democratic Party to the middle — particularly to deal with the influence of the ideologues and caucuses (and there were many of them) who dominated the presidential nominating process. Co-founders included then Gov. Bill Clinton, Sen. Sam Nunn and Rep. Dick Gephardt, among others. It was not popular with everyone, including yours t...
First impressions have been on my mind a lot lately, and how much stock most people put into them, more often than not leaving people with a misplaced judgment, because first impressions can be just as misleading as they can be telling. Most people use a first impression to decide what they think about another, often building their future thoughts on the ‘taste’ that person left in their mouth. Whether it be in the way a person talks, their attitude, the way they dress or how they act most people will form and use that first impression as a b...
LINCOLN – The offensive term “mentally retarded” would be replaced with “intellectual disability” in Nebraska’s laws under LB343. The Health and Human Services Committee listened to public testimony Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the hearing for the bill, which was introduced by Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln. In his opening statement, Coash told the committee that it’s time to update the language that was once used by the medical community. “If we didn’t do this from time to time, our statutes would be full of the words ‘idiot’, ‘moron’ and ‘imbecile,’” h...
Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp The annual board meeting of the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp took place Jan. 28, 2013. New member elected were Cynthia Gill and Lynn McKinney. The officers for 2013 are president Gary Hawkins, vice president Jennifer Hellie, treasurer Bridget Reece, maintenance treasurer Jennifer Hellie, secretary Michelle Pritchard and correspondence secretary Joyce Jensen. Other board members are Bernice Russell, Brian Kurz and Carol Williams. The board’s accomplishments for 2012 are new lights in kitchen and main lodge were i...
The annual High Plains Pheasant Forever banquet will take place at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds in Sidney on Friday, March 1, with the doors opening at 5:30 p.m, dinner served at 7. There will be guns, prizes and raffles including live and silent auctions, games, hunting trips, bottomless beer mugs and cash bar, youth raffles, and much more. All 2013 Memberships collected through the High Plains Chapter will be entered into a drawing for an over/under shotgun given away that night If you would like to see more pheasants and quail, the...
LINCOLN (AP) — Police say a 53-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital after he was found in a snowy Lincoln parking lot. A worker clearing snow from the business lot a few blocks west of downtown spotted the man around 3:40 a.m. Friday. Efforts to revive the man at the lot and a Lincoln hospital failed. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood says there were no signs of physical injuries to the man. It’s unclear whether the man was a victim of weather exposure or of some other medical problem. His...
LINCOLN – The number of new irrigation wells registered in drought-stricken Nebraska last year surged past 1,000 for the first time in seven years, according to preliminary state figures. The Department of Natural Resources reported earlier this week that the 1,105 new wells were the most registered with the state since 2005 and more than 350 more than registered in 2011. Why the jump? “It’s a combination of drought and record commodity prices,” Dave Aiken said Thursday. The agriculture and water law specialist at the University of Nebrask...
Trasyn Uhrig was honored as the December 2012 Cool Kids, No Limits after school hours program student of the month at Sidney’s North Elementary School this past Friday, Feb. 15. Uhrig was awarded the honor in front of classmates, school staff and his family. Uhrig is the son of proud parents Cody and Jenni Uhrig. Also present to congratulate him on his award was his brother Connor and sister Alora. The award is sponsored by American National Bank and is given on account of a child’s att...
A contest was recently held by Sidney Regional Medical Center for a local high school art class to create a logo using the motto “Making a Difference.” The contest was in preparation for the 2013 Health and Wellness Fair and the winning logo will be used to promote the health fair. Jonah Greene submitted the winning piece. Congratulations Jonah! Pictured are Tammy Meier RN and health fair coordinator, and Jonah Greene with his parents Marie and Scott Greene....
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners members not only discussed the application for a conditional use permit for Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavation Inc. this Tuesday, but they also discussed the lack of Cheyenne County Keno funds, the successful installation of County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the need for additional office space in the Court House for the District 12 Probation Office. Rich Fahey addressed commissioners regarding the change in the Keno pay table from the 72 percent that it was changed to 7 years ago back to...
After being in business for two weeks, owner and operator of New To You, Steve Blume. celebrated his business’ opening by holding a Business After Hours open house and a ribbon cutting ceremony which included Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors. “It’s like naming a baby,” said Blume of trying to figure out a name for his consignment shop. He said that he had looked through consignment book after consignment book, just as one would a baby name book. After looking at hundreds of name...
