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LINCOLN — Dylan Brenner let one last shot fly from deep along the left sidelines Saturday afternoon, and when it fell short, the miracle ride of the Leyton High School boys basketball team had culminated with a fourth-place finish. The Warriors, who earned the right to the Elite Eight in Lincoln, were nipped 57-56 by Falls City Sacred Heart in the Class D2 third-place game at Lincoln North Star High School,wrapping up a 22-3 campaign. Though outsized once again, Gary Oltmann’s Warriors fou...
Sand Point Cattle Co, Lodgepole, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having one registered Angus bull and 9 registered Angus cows included in the Association’s 2013 Pathfinder Report. Only 1,992 of the more than 25,000 American Angus Association members are represented in this year’s report, according to Bill Bowman, chief operating officer and director of performance programs of the Association with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo. The Pathfinder Program identifies superior Angus cows based upon recorded per...
LINCOLN – “Hispanic and women farmers who believe they have faced discriminatory practices from the USDA must file a claim by March 25, 2013 in order to have a chance to receive a cash payment or loan forgiveness,” said Farm Service Agency Director Dan Steinkruger. The process offers a voluntary alternative to litigation for each Hispanic or female farmer and rancher who can provide that USDA denied their applications for loan or loan servicing assistance for discriminatory reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000. Call cente...
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Pierre, S.D. waiting for the brakes to get fixed on our recently purchased semi-tractor. We have a full load of field pea seed sitting on the trailer in tote bags. Our situation has got me to thinking about everything involved in the process of providing a consistent and healthy food supply to our consumers. With more and more field pea acres being planted in our region, we decided getting all the seed from South Dakota to our region was going to require some real effort. We decided to take the challenge head o...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting case entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes on Tuesday after the former graduate student’s defense team said he was not ready to enter one. If Holmes is convicted, he could be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. Judge William Sylvester said Holmes, 25, can change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity later, if he chooses. Such a change could be the only way Holmes could avoid life in prison or execution. Prosecutors, for their par...
Many Americans, including myself, are often frustrated by the inability of Congress to get important legislation passed. Congress was unable to agree to a new long-term Farm Bill last year. The Senate has not passed a budget in nearly four years. And it seems like Congress and the President are locked in constant showdowns to avoid the latest ceiling, cliff, or shutdown. Some would point to divided government as the cause of the current dysfunction. However, divided government does not have to result in gridlock. During the 1980’s, President R...
The Nebraska Legislature recently held a public hearing on LB 577, a bill to bring President Obama’s massive unfunded Medicaid expansion to Nebraska. To no one’s surprise, liberal advocacy groups have voiced support for the optional expansion, but ultimately it would be at the expense of our state priorities, including education. What you don’t hear from them is a discussion about the enormous and unsustainable costs of this expansion and who’s going to pay for it. Today, I’d like to share information with you about the burden that would be pla...
Carl Edward Summers Jr. 1932 to 2013 Carl Edward Summers Jr., 81, of Crook, Colo., passed away March 8, 2013, in Crook. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, at United Church of Crook with Pastor Dale Pierce officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Inurnment will be at a later date. Carl was born Feb. 22, 1932, in Crook to Carl E. Summers Sr. and Edith M. (Binfield) Summers. He graduated from high school. He was a farmer and rancher through the years. On Sept. 28,...
Ryder Jay-Allen Shepard Ryder Jay-Allen Shepard, infant son of Ricki Jo and William Shepard Jr., passed from this life Friday evening, March 8, 2013 at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, in the First Christian Church with Pastor Mark Zalesky officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday to sign Ryder’s register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the family. You may view R...
Douglas Cole Mason 1978 to 2013 Douglas Cole Mason, 34, of Genoa City, Wis., passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Fox Lake, Ill. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 15, at the Higby-McQuiston Chapel in Aurora, Neb. Rev. Scott Johnson will officiate. Interment will be in the Aurora Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Higby-McQuiston Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to be kept in trust for the children’s education fund. Condolences ma...
The Sidney 4-H chapter will hold its spring carnival on Saturday, March 16 from 5-8 p.m. at the Cheyenne County Fair Grounds. This year’s theme will be “Shoot for the Stars.” The 4-H extension educator for Cheyenne County, Kimball and Banner, Cynthia Gill, says that there will be all - ages fun for the entire family at this year’s event. Attendees will be able to partake in activities which will include a cake walk, Nerf gun target shooting and pillow fighting. There will also be a fishing...
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Hundreds of Nebraskans die each year from this type of cancer that is preventable, treatable and beatable. Colorectal cancer screening is the answer to saving lives. Approximately 60 percent of colorectal cancer deaths could be prevented if people age 50 and older are screened routinely. For the month of March, the Panhandle Public Health District is working with partners in the Panhandle Cancer Coalition and the...
Janet Rosenbaum joined the other members of the Sidney Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) Monday her first meeting as a new member on the board. But that was not the only change made that night. It was also announced that board member Jeff Wernsman submitted his letter of resignation on March 4 to the board due to career opportunities that will place him outside of the school district, said Tom Von Seggern, board president. Von Seggern said that Wernsman would be greatly missed but that...
This weekend a movie called “CAMP” will be coming to Sidney’s Fox Theater. “CAMP” is not just any movie however, it is a movie that conveys the lives of neglected and abused children and raises funds to help them. “A portion of the profits from the movie will help send abused and neglected children in Western Nebraska to the Sidney Royal Family KIDS camp,” said Yvonne Donaldson, the director of Royal Family Kids Western Nebraska branch. Royal Family KIDS is a worldwide organization...
SIDNEY (AP) — Cabela's Inc. says demand for its outdoor gear and sporting goods has been strong at the start of the year, so the company is boosting its first-quarter outlook. Cabela's CEO Tommy Millner says business has been strong so far in 2013 at the company's retail stores and in catalog and online sales. So the Sidney, Neb., company now expects first-quarter earnings to be 10 cents to 15 cents higher than Wall Street expected. The analysts surveyed by FactSet expected Cabela's to report first quarter earnings per share of 46 cents on $...
