From the Millner’s flower bed to the top of Cabela’s

Tommy Millner became CEO of Cabela’s Inc. in April 2009.

It was a job he didn’t mind relocating for from the Piedmont Triad area of N.C., where he had lived for 25 years, to Sidney, Neb.

Needless to say, Sidney was a far different world for the warmer climate native.

“I got to Sidney the Friday before Easter. I drove across the country from North Carolina and the whole way I kept hearing about blizzard warnings,” Millner spoke of his unforgettable trek.

“I arrived on Friday night, the blizzard is supposed to start on Saturday, and I was in a rental place here, so I went to Wal Ma...