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CHADRON — Getting three wins on both the girls’ and boys’ teams, the Sidney High School track teams put up strong performances at Saturday’s Chadron State College indoor meet. “It was a good opening day,” SHS coach John Ganser said. “Not only did we do well on the track, but we also scored well in the field events.” Senior Morgan Linneman came away with three first-place efforts for the Lady Raiders. She won the 200-meter dash, and then anchored two relay teams to victory. Linneman joined... Full story
SIDNEY — Sidney American Legion Post 17’s Senior baseball team will be holding registration for the upcoming summer season this weekend, March 23-24, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. both days, at the Cheyenne County Community Center. Registration fee for each player is $100, according to senior manager Tim Herrera. Also, softball registration will be held this weekend, at the same times listed above. All boys and girls from nine years of age, up to Senior Legion Baseball, are eligible to register. Also, for kids ages 14 and up who are interested in off...
WELDONA — Getting strong pitching, and running with abandon on the basepaths, the Peetz (Colo.) High School baseball team opened its season Monday afternoon with an 11-6, 12-2 sweep of host Weldon County. “We were aggressive,” coach Darrin Fehringer said. “We stole a bunch of bases, and fought through the first-game jitters. The first game was close for a while, and we were more patient at the plate and played better in the second game.” In the opener, the Bulldogs used a five-run fourth inning to break things open a bit for starting pitcher A...
BOSTON (AP) — The longest winning streak in NBA history is still 10 victories away for the Miami Heat. So it will be a while before Dwyane Wade really focuses on matching the 33-game run of the Los Angeles Lakers. “Not ‘til we get to 32,” he said with a smile after one of the greatest challenges to Miami’s run of success. LeBron James hit the go-ahead jumper with 10.5 seconds remaining to cap a 37-point performance and the Heat escaped with a 105-103 win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night for their 23rd straight win, breaking a tie for s...
The Sidney High School Speech Team placed third out of eight schools at the Class B-6 District Speech Contest held in Gering on March fifteenth. Gering won the championship and Ogallala was the runner-up. Other participating schools were: Chadron, Alliance, Valentine, Mitchell and McCook. Sidney qualified four team members in three events to next week’s Class B State Speech Contest to be held at the University of Nebraska- Kearney on March 21. The top three finishers in each event will a...
LINCOLN (AP) — Officials from Lincoln and Lancaster County could allow the health director to access millions of dollars set aside for health emergencies under an ordinance being considered by the city’s leaders. The Community Health Endowment Fund was created with money from the city’s sale of Lincoln General Hospital 15 years ago to Bryan Memorial Hospital. The $37 million from that sale has since grown to more than $60 million, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Monday. City leaders at the time of the sale specified that only interest from th...
Sidney High School students tested on Tuesday during periods 1-5. Freshman will take the EXPLORE test: Taking EXPLORE is a great way to get a head start on the ACT test and to make sure you’re on track for high school. EXPLORE also: •Helps you choose high school courses that will get you ready for college •Helps you find careers that match your interests •Shows you the subjects in which you need to improve •Helps you see which subjects are most important for certain careers Check out www.explorestudent.org for more information and sample qu...
Jessica Johnson, University of Nebraska Extension Educator at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center has been busy this winter working on crop budgets. Jessica has developed budgets for dry land as well as irrigated crops using different crop production systems. For the dry land crops she developed budgets for winter wheat using conventional tillage, no-till summer fallow, and no-till continuous cropping systems. She also developed budgets for dry land corn, field peas, sunflowers, and proso millet. I would like to share some of these...
Editor, Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States in 1923 following the untimely death of President Harding and served through 1929. He had previously served as Governor of Massachusetts and was dedicated to budgeting and lower taxes. He stuck as religiously to the national budget during his tenure as he did to his own personal one and insisted that his cabinet members do likewise. He met weekly with his budget director and anticipated requests that he might encounter before each cabinet meeting. He stated that it was more... Full story
In my haste to pack and get ready to move last month, I forgot to pause and reflect upon an anniversary that forever changed the way that I feel when I attend indoor events and concerts. On Feb. 20, 2003, I was living in Buzzards Bay, Mass. On this day, the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in United States history where 100 people died happened in West Warwick, R. I. only 60 miles from where I lived. For those of you who are not familiar with this, the band Great White was playing that night at The Station, a small concert hall/club/bar with no... Full story
Getting in to see your doctor on short notice can be a headache. But imagine being required to schedule an appointment before you can use your own money to buy Aspirin for a headache. Unfortunately, because of the new health care law, this is a reality for 33 million Americans who choose to budget for their health care expenses with a flexible spending account (FSA) or a health savings account (HSA). Families with these accounts are now prohibited from using their own money, set aside specifically to cover health-related expenses, to purchase...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit “There Goes My Everything,” has died in Nashville at 83. The song showed off his deep voice, made him a star and earned him the single of the year and male vocalist of the year awards from the Country Music Association in 1967. Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Friday that Greene died in his sleep Thursday night at home from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Greene performed regularly on the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1967. H...
Eugene ‘Gene’ Sell 1940 to 2013 Eugene “Gene” Sell, 72, of Kimball, lost his battle with lung cancer on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Patrick Aime officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. Friends may call at the funeral home on...
Amber Maddox and Ben Vraspir will be joined in marriage on August 10, 2013, at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, in Lincoln. Amber Maddox is the daughter of Jeff and Donna Maddox of Sidney. Amber is a graduate of Sidney High School and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is employed with Houses of Hope/TASC, as an Intensive Care Manager, in Lincoln Nebraska. Ben Vraspir is the son of Glen and Connie Vraspir of Emerson, Neb. Ben is a graduate of Emerson-Hubbard High School and the University of N...
An antibiotic is a medicine that destroys bacteria. An antibiotic will not help your body fight a cold or flu because these infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria. Antibiotics will neither prevent nor, fight viruses. Antibiotics will not work for bronchitis, most coughs and most sore throats either. If a person takes antibiotics every time he or she is sick, the bacteria may become antibiotic resistance. The bacteria may become stronger and harder to kill. If this happens, stronger medicine or hospitalization may be needed. It is...
The inaugural Lego building competition at the Cheyenne County Community Center. There were three age categories comprised of 47 entrants. Competitors were first asked to build a vehicle, then a structure and “something creative.” Judges scored the creations on a scale of one to ten based on recognition, explanation of what it is/what it will do and creativity. Only the individuals who were registered were allowed to build the creations, they couldn’t share Legos or ideas and the parents were...
Discussion on the Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavating Inc. application for a conditional use permit for the proposed use of a gravel mine to operate a ready-mix concrete batch plant continued at the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners meeting, Monday. Although the purpose of the meeting was to address the status of the pending application, and to see if the two parties were slowly coming to an agreement – it was clear that they were not. However, the commissioners were warned by Cheyenne C... Full story
