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The Compassionate Friends Sidney Chapter has begun its summer break and will not hold regular meetings until this coming fall. They will resume again with the start of the Annual Balloon release in August. Feel free to contact Randy Flamig at 308-254-4450 or Rob Robinson at 308-254-6354 for any needs or questions....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country. Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston this weekend for its annual convention. Organizers anticipate a rollicking, T...
Cabela’s Incorporated officials announced in April a change in command as the company’s original pioneer, co-founder and chairman, Richard N. Cabela, is set to retire his role as Chairman and become Chairman Emeritus. The change will commence on June 5 during the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. His brother, co-founder and Cabela’s Vice Chairman, James W. Cabela will take over the role of Chairman following the meeting. Tommy Millner, Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer, said that the...
Winners of this year’s Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge sponsored by Sidney Regional Medical Center and the Cheyenne County Community Center were announced at the Health and Wellness Fair on April 20. According to Kiersten Richards, the Cheyenne County Community Center Activities Director and a coordinator of the event, participants lost a total of 592 pounds lost from January to April. There werer both male and female categories this year, and the winners in each earned a trip to Estes Park valued a...
BOSTON — Three men who attended college with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect removed his backpack from his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth three days after the attack, according to charges filed Wednesday. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice. A third man, Robel Phillipos, is charged with making false statements to federal investigators. The affidavit says Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev agreed to get rid of the backpack after concluding from news reports that Dzhokhar T...
OMAHA — A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dipped for the second consecutive month in April, but the survey’s organizer said the index indicates slow growth for the region in the coming three to six months. The Mid-America Business Conditions index dropped to 56.8 in April, compared with 58.2 in March, according to a report released Wednesday. Businesses leaders were slightly more optimistic about the regional economy in the next six months, with the April business confidence index rising to 59.9 from 58.2 in...
According to Nebraska lawmakers, the state spends approximately $95 million on child-care subsidies each year for low-income, working families. Until now, the state has had no way of tracking the quality of care that these children receive through the subsidies. Yesterday lawmakers gave initial approval of a bill that would make it mandatory for those child-care providers that collect at least $250,000 a year to be rated by the state. An AP source said that last year 62 private child-care providers collected that amount. This served over...
CodeRED is a free emergency notification service that allows officials to notify residents and businesses by telephone, cell phone, text message and email regarding time-sensitive general and emergency notifications. The system is used to send critical communications to users, such as evacuation notices, hazardous traffic or road conditions, boil water advisories and missing child alerts. Ron Leal says that when he became Emergency Management Director of Cheyenne County one and a half years ago, he thought that this county would be the perfect...
WASHINGTON — After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president’s new health care law. You won’t have to lay bare your medical history but you will have to detail your finances. An earlier version of the forms had provoked widespread griping that they were as bad as tax forms and might overwhelm uninsured people, causing them to give up in frustration. The biggest change: a five-page short form that single people can fill out. That form includes a cover page...
“The history of Christopher Columbus is widely acknowledged to be filled with gaps and inconsistencies, contradictions and misdirection,” was how Ethan Nelson began his local and state winning paper for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) American History Essay Contest. The competition is sponsored every year by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and locally by the Fort Sidney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Nelson won both the loc...
The 2013 Girl’s Day Out was a big day for both the merchants and women who participated. Groups enjoyed talking and laughing as they walked from store to store taking advantage of the coupons in the goody bags from merchants throughout downtown Sidney. A shuttle also carried passengers to and from Cabela’s for events held at the retail center. Merchants welcomed the crowds happily into their stores; some offered treats and samples and let people register for giveaways. The day out not only all...
Timothy Tscharner pleaded guilty to the amended charge of a Class 1 Misdemeanor of attempting to violate the sex offender registration act or attempting a Class 3A or Class IV Felony. The agreement amended the charge from the Class IV Felony of violating sex offender laws to a misdemeanor of “constituting a substantial step towards violating the Nebraska Sex Offender Act.” The State of Nebraska’s case against Tscharner began when a possible robbery was reported at the residence at which Tscha...
It’s been nearly 10 years since I was last in Boston, Mass. For more than a year I flew from Denver to Boston every-other weekend and spent each two-week stretch working as an independent consultant for Philips Medical Systems. On my off weekends, when I wasn’t flying back to Denver, I immersed myself in the rousing history of the Colonies. Although I found the breakneck pace of life on the east coast to be a little too hectic for my Kansas blood I was spellbound by its history. At Plymouth Rock I stood upon the shore where the first pil...
SAVAR, Bangladesh — With time running out to save workers still trapped in a collapsed garment factory building, rescuers dug through mangled metal and concrete Friday and found more survivors — but also more corpses that pushed the death toll past 300. Wailing, angry relatives fought with police who held them back from the wrecked, eight-story Rana Plaza building, as search-and-rescue operations went on more than two days after the structure crumbled. Amid the cries for help and the smell of decaying bodies, the rescue of 18-year-old Mus...
Cheyenne County High Plains Chapter Pheasants Forever held its 23rd annual fund raising banquet on March 1 at the Cheyenne County Fairground in Sidney. Chapter President Brad Lines, termed the banquet a “monumental success.” “We’re extremely pleased with the outpouring of generosity,” said Lines. “To have this level of community support in attendance and donations is unprecedented. We want to thank everyone for their tremendous support and we are already discussing adjustments to the 2014 banquet to accommodate a larger audience. “I was also...
At the preliminary hearing in the State of Nebraska’s case against Gurley resident Justin Warren, representatives from both sides questioned investigator Zachary Goodrich and deputy Adam Hollingshead when they were called to the stand. The judge denied Warren’s request for a bond reduction and an arraignment hearing is scheduled for May 20 at 8:30 a.m. in District Court. The defendant faces a Class IC felony count for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver or distribute within 1,0...
An historic part of Sidney’s past is being resurrected. The Boot Hill Restoration Committee is a group of volunteers dedicated to the restoration, recognition and preservation of the Boot Hill Cemetery, also known as the “Original Sidney Cemetery.” Since 2006, the committee has not only been concerned in preserving the cemetery, but also with raising awareness of the role that Sidney played in the settlement of the Western Frontier. Sidney’s Boot Hill Cemetery was an active burial place between...
Not only will Dance Steps Studio students be performing their annual big recital next month, but also the studio will be moving to a new location, according to owner Margaret Meier. The recital is titled “Somedays You Gotta Dance,” and will be on May 5 at 2 p.m. at the Sidney High School Fine Arts Auditorium. Meier said that it will be the group’s big end of the year recital and that shortly after May 5 she will be moving her business from its current location to the Jones Center at 1044 Toledo...
The 3rdAnnual Community Partnership Auction Gala” event is scheduled for May 3rd at the Sidney Holiday Inn. This event will be hosted by Highpoint Spine and Joint Center in support of Kids Plus Inc. The Gala has been was a HUGE success the last two years and we are hoping for another successful event this year to help with Prevention efforts throughout the year. The Gala will begin with a silent auction and dinner and entertainment at 5:30pm and the live auction from 7-10pm. During the Gala e...
WASHINGTON — A bill to require Internet shoppers to pay sales taxes for online purchases may be cruising through the Senate but it will soon hit a roadblock in the House. “There’s a lot of political difficulty getting through the fog of it looking like a tax increase,” said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., one of the main sponsors of the bill in the House. The bill would empower states to reach outside their borders and compel online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. Under the bill, the sales t...
BOSTON (AP) — The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack, government officials said Thursday. Two government officials said the CIA had Zubeidat Tsarnaeva’s name added along with that of her son Tamerlan Tsarnaev after Russia contacted the agency in 2011 with concerns that the two were religious militants about to travel to Russia. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. Being in the...
A plea bargain was agreed to in the State of Nebraska’s case against Roman Maes on Monday. Maes had initially been charged with “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily injury to a peace officer while such officer was engaged in the performance of his official duties.” Originally Maes was also booked in the Cheyenne County Jail with third-degree assault and resisting arrest. This week he voluntarily pleaded guilty in Cheyenne County Court to a Class I Misdemeanor of resisting arrest and was ordered probation for 12 months, with...
