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(AP) – Duke assistant Chris Collins has interviewed for the head coach opening at Northwestern, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person said Collins spoke with Northwestern about the job on Monday. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because Northwestern is not publicly discussing the hiring process. Collins, a native of the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Ill. — roughly 15 miles from the Northwestern campus in Evanston. He’s the son of Phila...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods never questioned his ability, only his health. Woods returned to No. 1 in the world by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, not surprising except if you consider where he was a little more than a year ago. He had not won a PGA Tour in some 21⁄2 years. He missed most of the summer and two majors in 2011 because of injuries to his left leg and Achilles tendon. He walked off the course at Doral a year ago because of tightness in the same tendon. It wasn’t until June that he felt good enough to hit balls on th...
Fueled by two first-place finishes by senior Morgan Linneman, the Sidney High School girls’ track team tied with Ogallala for first-place team honors Friday afternoon at Weymouth Field, while the Red Raiders wound up third in the boys’ division. In a meet cut short by three running events, Linneman swept the 100- and 400-meter dashes. She didn’t get a chance at a triple, since the 200 was one of three events not held, the 3,200 run and 4x4 were also called off. As things stood, the Lady Raide...
Last week I looked at some of the budgets Jessica Johnson, Ag Educator with the UNL Panhandle Resource and Extension Center, put together for winter wheat production on dry land acres for the Panhandle. Jessica’s budgets were for conventional winter wheat/summer fallow, winter wheat/chemical fallow, and winter wheat grown in a continuous no till crop rotation. These budgets indicate a yield of 28.01 bushels/acre is required to cover all costs associated with winter wheat production grown in a continuous no till crop rotation, 33.07 bushels/acre...
Editor, I have two issues: Sidney School Board – Middle School Marquee: This was removed when construction was being done to the north end of the Middle School. Construction is done. Please put the marquee back up, it’s nice to know what is going on at the schools. City of Sidney – pool problem: Tax will generate $3 million. It would take $1.5 million to bring pool up to code. Allot $2 million to bring current pool up to code. Allot $1 million to construct an enclosure over current pool. Thank you, Janice Makris, Sidney...
Editor, Colorado’s Congress just approved the limitation of the type of firearms a citizen could own and the size of their magazines to 15 rounds. This limitation is in direct contradiction to the second amendment of our Constitution. The intent of this amendment was to ensure that ‘We The People” would be able to combat any attempt by Government to use its power to set up an Aristocracy or Monarchy such as existed prior to people emigrating to the United States of America. Picture, if you will, the People confronting a Government gone astray w...
The budget process is one of the most basic functions of government - to set priorities of how to best use tax dollars. Every year, Congress and the President are required by law to agree to a 10-year budget resolution to manage our nation’s long-term finances. However, for too long we have not used the budget process to improve the fiscal condition of our country. In recent years, the federal government has spent too much, borrowed too much, and promised too much. Trillion dollar deficits have pushed our national debt to nearly $17 t...
Four years. That’s how long it took Senate Democrats to pass a budget resolution. It’s also the amount of time it takes to get a degree in finance, economics or accounting. But after looking at their final product, it appears the Democrats didn’t use this time doing any of that. Their budget, which narrowly passed in the Senate late last week, turns a cold shoulder to the realities our country faces. Americans today are coping with higher taxes, fewer jobs, a fragile economy and important government programs on the brink of bankruptcy. So how d...
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at 7 p.m., everyone is invited to consider answers from the Bible regarding questions about Jesus Christ. Who is this man? How does his death help us? Why is it important that we remember him? Jesus is widely recognized as the greatest man who ever lived. Yet, he surrendered his life for us 1,980 years ago. Concerning his death, the apostle Paul wrote: “One man died for all.” The apostle John observed: “The blood of Jesus ... cleanses us from all sin.” (2 Corinthians 5:14; 1 John 1:7) Exactly what do those statements...
Roscoe W. Bills 1920 to 2013 Roscoe W. Bills, 93, died on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Good Samaritan Health Care Center. He was born on March 24, 1920, in a sod house of a farm near Lodgepole, to Charles and Ruth (Werhan) Bills. Roscoe graduated from Lodgepole High School and Hastings Business College. On April 4, 1941 he was united in marriage to Elna M. Wightman in Hastings. Roscoe proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII in both the European and Pacific Theatres. Following his discharge he...
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Worship Services for the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for Holy Week and Easter: At the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church located at 2305 San Marino Rd there will be a Maundy Thursday Worship Service on March 28 at 6:30 p.m. Good Friday Worship Service will be held March 29 at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, March 31 there will be an Easter Sunrise Service - hosted and led by the FUSION Youth Group at Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp at 6 a.m., with donuts and orange juice following. There will also be an Easter Festival Worship Service...
Linda and Larry Sherfey of Sidney, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Krista Marie Sherfey, to LCpl Charles Douglas Martin, son of Mona Mauser of Sidney, and Douglas Martin of Lemont Furnace, Pa. Krista is a 2012 graduate of Sidney High School and a sophomore at Chadron State College, majoring in accounting. Charles graduated from Sidney High School in 2011 and is presently stationed in Camp Lejeune, N.C., with USMC. The wedding is planned for June 1, 2013, in...
GURLEY — Following the Friday afternoon execution of a search warrant, Cheyenne County deputies arrested a Gurley resident on methamphetamine-related charges. Justin J. Warren, 29, faces a Class ID felony count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute after deputies entered the residence of Shirley Brewer at 1:43 p.m. Friday. Chief deputy Fred Wiedeburg located a male, Warren, in the southeast basement bedroom. Once the residence was secured, Wiedeburg and investigator Zach Goo...
June 15 is the deadline to apply for the LEAD (Leadership Education Action Development) Class 33. Each class stands for a year that the program has been going, and over the previous 32 years of LEAD over 900 Nebraska residents have completed the program, according to Dr. Terry Hejny, LEAD Program Director. “LEAD is the premier agricultural leadership development program for Nebraska Ag. people,” said Hejny. “The leadership development happens when they are in the program and the action devel...
To cap off Agriculture Week, students in Shauna George’s first grade class at South Elementary enjoyed agriculture-themed activities, March 22. George read “First Peas to the Table” by Susan Grigsby to the children. After the reading, George quizzed the children about planting and harvesting. A Farm Bureau representative, Jennifer Gipfert, asked the children what is grown around Sidney. In keeping with the theme, Gipfert brought in bags of peas that were donated by Walker Farms for the children...
Editor’s note: This article contains personal observations of the writer. A band from Seattle, Lybecker, rocked the house and entertained the concert goers throughout their high-energy set at the Sidney High Performing Arts Center. Bryan Jones warmed the audience up, Monday evening, with an acoustic set and a couple of stories before the band took the stage before. The audience, composed of a wide age-range, seemed to thoroughly enjoy the evening that was capped by the members of Lybecker talking to fans, posing for pictures and giving a...
Spring is the time of the year when the weather is supposed to get better and nature opens back up for new bloom and growth. The flora and fauna aren’t the only things growing; however, so is the personal growth of women in agriculture around the Sidney area. With spring also brings the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sidney Extension Office’s annual Women in Agriculture Conference. This year the conference is called, “Denim & Diamonds” and is scheduled for April 5 at the Holiday Inn located at 664 Chase Blvd. in Sidney. The event will run...
