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Creek Valley, seeded third, and fifth-seeded Potter-Dix advanced to the semifinals of the Minuteman Activities Conference boys basketball tournament with first-round wins Tuesday evening. Creek Valley held off No. 6 Banner County 38-30, and Potter-Dix needed overtime to clip No. 5 Garden County, 64-53. Creek Valley 38, Banner County 30 At Chappell, Sam Behrends scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while Luke Cavalli added 12 points as the Storm (5-6) earned the right to meet Minatare (a...
SIDNEY — Four girls and four boys advanced from Sunday’s Knights of Columbus local Council #1861 free-throw competition at Sidney Middle School. Those making it out of Sunday’s competitions were: 9-year-old girls: Reece Stanley, Sidney 9-year-old boys: Jackson Trost, Sidney 10-year-old girls: Kenda Nesbitt, Sidney 10-year-old boys: Sam Hashman, Sidney 11-year-old girls: Taylor Dormann, Sidney 11-year-old boys: Copper Michelman, Lodgepole 12-year-old girls: Christina Gay, Sidney 12-ye...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Chip Kelly after he originally chose to stay at Oregon. The 49-year-old Kelly becomes the 21st coach in team history and replaces Andy Reid, who was fired on Dec. 31 after a 4-12 season. Kelly, who was 46-7 in four years at Oregon, interviewed with the Eagles, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills after leading the fast-flying Ducks to a victory over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl. But he opted to remain at Oregon before changing his mind. The Eagles are known to have interviewed 11 c...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same period in which the supercharged drink industry has surged in popularity in convenience stores, bars and on college campuses. From 2007 to 2011, the government estimates the number of emergency room visits involving the neon-labeled beverages shot up from about 10,000 to more than 20,000. Most of those cases involved teens or young adults, according to a...
Stress causes weight problems, low energy, depression, decreased immunity, and the list goes on and on. Over 20 million Americans suffer from health problems related to chronic stress. Ninety-five percent of the visits to health care professionals are stress-related. Everyone is affected by stress in one way or another. So, what are we to do? A very simple ways to relieve stress is deep breathing. It activates the relaxation centers of our brain, and reduces stress. It creates mental clarity, increased energy, and increases oxygen absorption. W...
Words are powerful. Some people think that one can only understand the true power of words if they like to read or write. But words are not saved for bookworms or novelists - words are for everyone. Words are a part of everyday language. The way someone uses words, what words they use and how they say them can tell a story about them. Just by listening to someone speak one can infer things like where they are from, where they have been, sometimes their level of education and sometimes even the social cliques they associate themselves with. Hobb...
Now the other shoes begin to drop. Voters knew in November that many of the promises Obama made in 2008 had been broken. The economy had not revived as he had promised it would (“or we’ll be talking about a one-term proposition”). He has not “changed the tone in Washington” – except for the worse. He didn’t prevent lobbyists from holding positions in his administration. He didn’t cut the deficit in half; he increased it radically. But voters apparently decided that the president deserved credit for good intentions. How long will that indul...
NEW YORK (AP) — Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. Bain died Monday of natural causes in his hometown of Livermore, Calif., according to his daughter, Jennifer Bain. He was 89. The show that made him famous debuted on NBC in 1978, an era when television comedies tackled relevant social issues. “Diff’rent Strokes” touched on serious themes but was known better as a family comedy...
SIDNEY (AP) — Cabela’s Inc. is planning to open two new stores to sell outdoor gear and sporting goods in South Carolina and Minnesota in 2014. The Sidney, Neb., company said Tuesday that the Greenville, S.C., store will be its first in that state. The Woodbury, Minn., store will be fourth Minnesota store. The Greenville store will have 100,000 square feet when it opens in spring 2014 near the intersection of Interstates 385 and 85. The Woodbury store will have 85,000 square feet and open in the fall of 2014 in the Tamarack Village sho...
Jennifer (Plank) Stern 1959 to 2012 Jennifer (Plank) Stern, 53, died in a plane crash on Dec. 29, 2012, near San Diego, Calif. The pilot of the plane was her husband, William Stern, 65, who also died in the accident, and daughter, Katelyn, 19, a passenger in the plane also perished in the accident. Jennifer was born in Granby, Colo., on Aug. 19, 1959, to Billy and Jane Plank. She graduated from Sidney High School in 1978. She attended travel agent school in Phoenix, Ariz. She became a flight...
WASHINGTON – Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. A month after that horrific massacre, Obama also used his presidential powers to enact 23 measures that don’t require the backing of law...
A Sidney man on Monday entered pleas of not guilty to charges of child abuse and debauching a minor, following his December arrest. Johnny Langley, 42, appeared before Cheyenne County Judge Randin Roland to enter pleas on the Class I misdemeanor counts. Langley was arrested after allegations of child abuse surfaced Dec. 1, when Sidney City Police responded to a domestic disturbance. Police later interviewed two children, aged 13 and 14, who were reportedly at the residence when the offenses...
Opening the doors a mingled rush of flowers and scented candles greets the senses, an aroma that can invoke a warm cozy feeling no matter the weather outside and quite possibly a greeting that is imbedded within the very essence of the business and walls. Knick knacks, candles and seasonal gifts lead the way to the narrow counter where Teresa Grant, owner since 1994, awaits to take a flowery order or help a customer pick the perfect gift, a service originally offered by two ladies by the same...
The Sidney East Expansion team is conducting a survey of potential homebuyers in the Sidney area. The expansion team is comprised of a collaboration of business leaders from Cabela’s as well as Sidney Regional Medical Center staff and City of Sidney officials. The goal being put forth by the team is to bring economic benefit to the community, according to Dennis Armstrong, a Cabela’s corporate architect. “It’s open to all residents, but we especially hope to hear from those who are in the market for a new home,” Armstrong said. Armstrong said t...
The bitter cold winds blowing through Sidney ushered in Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy yesterday when his plane landed at the Sidney Airport. Sheehy stopped in Sidney to give an overview of the plans Gov. Dave Hieneman delivered during his State of the State address to Nebraskan residents Tuesday morning. This stop was one of many on the Lt. Governor’s agenda, with the purpose of discussing proposals within the budget for the next two fiscal years as well as preparing citizens across Nebraska to take p...
