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  • Old window replacement brings new concerns

    Caitlin Sievers|Aug 14, 2014

    Conversation at Tuesday's Cheyenne County Historical Association board meeting broke into an angry debate over the board's decision to replace the historic windows in a local land mark with modern ones. "They replaced 147-year-old windows with modern-era vinyl clad wooden windows, because these were beyond repair in their estimation," said Tamara Nelsen at a Historic Preservation Board meeting earlier that day. The CCHA's decision to replace these windows, in 2011, was motivated by what it saw a...

  • Ribbon cutting

    Dawn Graves|Aug 14, 2014

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  • Community Calendar 08-14-14

    Aug 14, 2014

    Ongoing Ladies Chamber Farmers Market at Hickory Square every Saturday during summer (through Sept.) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Any Vendors with produce or crafts are welcome! Contact Margaret Lienemann at 254-7343 for info. The Sidney Public Library will be CLOSED Mon., August 11th through Sat., August 16th for maintenance and inventory Thursday, August 14 Back To School Giveaway Saint Patrick’s Rummage House on 14th and King Street welcomes you to choose clothing and shoes for infants to teens for back to school wear on Thursday, August 14th f... Full story

  • The Japanese national exams

    William H. Benson, Columnist|Aug 14, 2014

    In an effort to raise students’ educational levels across the globe, the Program for International Student Assessment, encourages hundreds of thousands of 15-year-old students from sixty-five countries to take a two-hour test that covers just three subjects: math, science, and reading. In 2012, 510,000 students completed the test, and the PISA test scores reveal sobering news. The Shanghai Chinese students won first place in all three subjects, and Peru’s students took last place in all three. T...

  • Tales of a coffee-holic: Your face is not that great

    Caitlin Sievers|Aug 14, 2014

    Please stop taking selfies. For those of you who don’t know, a selfie is a photo one takes of oneself, usually on a cellphone. These photos are generally close-up face shots of people going about their daily business and trying to convince Facebook friends that their lives are much more exciting than they are in reality. If you don’t take selfies discourage your kids, your grandkids, your co-workers and your neighbors to stop. If you see someone holding up his or her phone at a jaunty angle, making a pouty-face and trying to get the per...

  • Talking Sports: Youth movement, loss of Durant and George shouldn't deter USA from gold at FIBA

    Will Korn|Aug 14, 2014

    The United States men’s national basketball team’s FIBA roster is getting closer to finalization and the squad will play its first exhibition game against Brazil at the United Center in Chicago on August 16. The U.S will also face off against the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with both games under the world-famous lights of Madison Square Garden in New York. There are still four cuts to go to get down to 12 players and these exhibition games will go a long way towards deciding which players will and will not be representing the Stars and...

  • Practice, preparation for season in full swing

    Will Korn|Aug 14, 2014

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