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McCook – Dean Sterling from Sidney will travel to Las Vegas in April for the American Poolplayers Association (APA) 8-Ball Classic National Singles Championship after winning the APA Singles Regional tournament held over the weekend at Kelley Creek Pub in McCook. Jon Howton from Dix finished second in the tournament and collected a cash prize for his efforts. Seventy players from all over Western Nebraska qualified for the regional event which sent the top six players to the National C... Full story
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — AJ Allmendinger has a new part-time job with a familiar team. On Friday, Roger Penske hired the former open-wheel racer to drive two IndyCar races this season including the Indianapolis 500 on May 26. Allmendinger also will compete April 7 in Birmingham, Ala. It’s a big move for Allmendinger’s career. NASCAR suspended the driver in July after he failed a random drug test and was released by Penske when a backup “B’’ sample also tested positive for a banned substance. After completing the “Road to Recovery” pro...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A furious Denny Hamlin said he won’t pay the $25,000 fine leveled on him by NASCAR on Thursday after his criticism of the Gen-6 race car. The fine also left many of his fellow drivers wondering what they can say about their new cars without incurring NASCAR’s wrath. Hamlin couldn’t understand why he was at the center of NASCAR’s latest tempest over its drivers’ media comments. He compared the new race car unfavorably to last year’s car, along with lamenting the overall quali...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After coming in $400 million over budget following last year’s busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one. The move, quietly made in a letter late last month by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, brings the agency more in line with the National Parks Service and back to what it had done until last year. It also answers critics who said the agency wasted money and endangered firefighters by bat...
DENVER (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional. In a ruling released Friday, state District Judge William Sylvester granted one defense request, for a written explanation of the consequences of pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. The ruling appears to clear the way for suspect James Holmes to enter a plea as scheduled on Tuesday. His lawyers had said they could not responsibly advise Holmes how to plead because of q...
NEW YORK (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, captured in Jordan in the past week, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network’s top spokesman. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was brought into the largest courtroom at the federal courthouse shortly after 10 a.m. and entered the plea through a lawyer to one count of conspiracy to kill Americans in a case that marks a legal victory for President Barack Obama’s administration. Black cuffs bound his hands...
In loving memory of Mullen John Widdowson, his family will be providing a $1,000 dollar scholarship in his name to a graduating senior at Creek Valley High School. This scholarship will be given each year until Mullen’s class graduates in the year 2019. The selection of the recipient will be based on personal character and a desire to further ones education. Selection will be made from written application and personal interview. The scholarship winner will be announced at the Creek Valley High School Graduation Ceremony. Applications are a...
Buckley Trust Scholarships announced The 2013 Buckley Trust Scholarship applications are now available. Six, $2,000 scholarships have been established to encourage Creek Valley Senior High School graduating seniors to pursue additional educational training for their personal growth that in turn will benefit the economic development of the community. The trustees emphasized first of all, the importance of young people getting involved and volunteering towards the betterment of the community which Tom Buckley loved most, and second that education...
Wheat Belt awarded one $1,000 Basin Electric Scholarship, one $100 Arbor Wealth Scholarship, two $500 Tri-State Scholarships and two Technical Wheat Belt Scholarships to six outstanding area youths. Jeff Post was selected to receive the $1,000 Basin Scholarship. Jeff is the son of John and Virginia Post of Bridgeport. Jeff plans to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in the fall. His major course of study will be Pre-Medical. Collin Anderson was selected to receive the $100 Arbor Wealth Scholarship. Collin is the son of Doug Anderson...
Antelope Valley Pheasants Forever Scholarship The Antelope Valley Pheasants Forever Chapter is pleased to announce their 2013 scholarship. They will award a $500 scholarship annually. The scholarship is available to graduating seniors from Garden County High School in Oshkosh and Creek Valley High School in Chappell. Payment of the scholarship will be made upon receipt of proof of registration to a post-secondary school of the recipient’s choice. Submit the application to, Antelope Valley Pheasants Forever, P.O. Box 313, Oshkosh, NE 69154. A...
As I write this, it is Election Day in the nation’s second largest city. Ho hum. Worry not. It’s not as if it were the Oscars or the Golden Globes, or even the Writers Guild Award (the punch line of every joke about dumb blondes in this town is that they made the mistake of sleeping with the writer). Believe me, there are no traffic jams. Nothing has been preempted. No, this is just an election for Los Angeles mayor, school board, city council and a decision about whether to raise the sales tax to 9.5 percent. Just that. And no one is pay...
“He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened” ~ Loa Tzu. It is an interesting thing to understand and truly know who you are, but many people go their whole life not really knowing who they are. I say this because despite people saying the words, ‘you can only find happiness in yourself and not in someone else,’ the actual practice of this is hardly ever there – even in the speaker of these words. I would venture to say that is where the saying of practicing what one preaches comes into play. When I was first diagnosed...
OMAHA – It’s time to stock up on Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties and all your favorite cookies. The 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Program will officially conclude on Sunday, March 24. There are still hundreds of Girl Scout Cookie Booths scheduled throughout the state. To find the Cookie Booths nearest you, visit the Cookie Booth Locator on our website, girlscoutsnebraska.org. Using your zip code, search for cookies in your area! Can’t find one? Send us an email and we will have a Girl Scout leader contact you to take your order...
The simple answer to the question, Why is eating healthy SO hard?, is… IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE! So many of us tend to think that if we want to eat healthy that it will be too expensive, take too long to make the meals, has to be food you have never heard of, or food that is not readily available to you. These thoughts can be true if you make them true, but all you have to do is change your way of thinking and develop a meal plan that will work for you! Some say, “I don’t like healthy foods and I can’t find them.” Why try to make a menu or pla...
Farmers received no relief from a new Farm Bill in 2012, but one senator from Nebraska has introduced a bipartisan regulatory relief for Nebraska farmers that could save producers up to $3.4 billion. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced that she has introduced the Farmer’s Undertake Environmental Land Steward (FUELS Act) that would modify the rules set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The current Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule applies to any facility that has a fuel storage capacity of more than 1...
March is not just a month for watching college basketball and hunting for four leaf clovers. Nationwide it is also recognized as National Nutrition Month. One disease that seems to be affecting people worldwide and more intensely the U.S. population is obesity. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention representatives, more than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered to be obese and obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents over the past 30 y...
Looking for a workout where you set your own pace and bike indoors? Spinning classes are offered at the Cheyenne County Community Center every day of the week except on Friday and during the weekend and the classes are a great way to improve cardiovascular health, stamina and leg strength, said instructor Kiersten Richards, activities director at the center. There is a class to fit almost anyone’s schedule with classes at 5:45 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 1... Full story
