By CSC COLLEGE RELATIONS CHADRON – The Chadron State College Galaxy Series will host the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at Memorial Hall Auditorium Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Celebrating two decades of keeping American traditional circus alive, the family show brings a diverse roster of sideshow, vaudeville, and variety talent. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children and seniors at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.csc.edu/conferencing/galaxy-series/" target="_blank">www.csc.edu/conferencing/galaxy-series/</a>.

Since 1995, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders Stephanie Monseu and Keith Nelson have traveled the world with the show that includes a combination of jugglers, contortionists, plate spinning, sword swallowing, brain twisters, and other risk-taking feats set to live music.

According to its website, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus harkens back to the day of the traditional American Circus touring the country by caravan while offering its own artistic twist. It is earthy and gritty in an engaging and participatory way.

The New York Times said the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret is, “old-fashioned variety entertainment of the sort Ed Sullivan so astutely scooped up, but with twists.” TIME OUT NY said, “this troupe of circus artists will remind your family what the circus is really about.”&nbsp;

Bindlestiff performed and taught the variety arts on stages and festivals around the world including Lincoln Center’s Avery Fischer Hall, Burning Man, and in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Seas.

The program is supported, in part, by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.

CSC to host the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Feb. 21

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OPEN MIC: FRIDAY FEB. 3, 2023

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JASON IS BEING MOVED TO A REHAB FACILITY TO CONTINUE HIS RECOVERY.  PLEASE HOLD OFF ON SENDING CARDS AND LETTERS UNTIL WE HAVE HIS NEW ADDRESS.  WE WILL ANNOUNCE AND POST HIS ADDRESS WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.  THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT, PRAYERS AND GOOD THOUGHTS!!

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Scottsbluff – United Way of Western Nebraska is excited to announce that grant applications are currently being accepted from 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations for 2023-2024 United Way funding. Fund your good work in the community through a United Way community grant. Applications are available online at www.uwwn.org/grant. United Way work focuses on identifying the issues impacting the community in the areas of health, education, and financial stability. Services provided by the organizations must promote healthier lives, better education or financial stability, provide for and contribute primarily to human care and health needs operating and serving individuals in health, welfare, recreation, youth-guidance and/or character-building field.

Funds for the United Way of Western Nebraska grants are raised in the local community during the annual United Way fundraising campaign and through United Way special events. Agencies that apply and meet the funding criteria will be interviewed by a group of United Way volunteers that determine funding levels for each agency. Agencies seeking funding from the United Way of Western Nebraska main office will be interviewed on Thursday May 11 and Friday, May 12 in Scottsbluff, Dawes County interviews for funding will be held on Monday, May 8 in Chadron and Box Butte County interviews will be held on Thursday May 4 in Alliance. The amount of funding available is based on the final amount raised at the end of the United Way campaign.

United Way of Western Nebraska serves 11 counties in the Nebraska Panhandle and Platte County and Goshen County, Wyoming. The money raised in each area is available for agency funding in that county or service area. For instance, Scotts Bluff County area funds raised are granted to Scotts Bluff area nonprofits, Box Butte County funds raised are granted to Box Butte County agencies and Dawes County funds are given to Dawes County non-profits that apply for and are granted United Way funding.

Interested agencies must submit an intent to apply by emailing Karen Benzel at kbenzel@uwwn.org by no later than March 1, 2023 to receive a secure agency link to upload their application. The deadline to submit the United Way of Western Nebraska funding application is Friday, March 3, 2023. No late applications will be considered. Agencies may contact Karen Benzel, United Way of Western Nebraska Executive Director, in the Alliance office via email (kbenzel@uwwn.org) or by calling (308) 763-8031 or contact the Scottsbluff office at 308-635-2522 for more information.

United Way of Western Nebraska is a nonprofit organization that unites people and resources to build a stronger, healthier and more compassionate community. They support 25 local nonprofit agencies in the areas of education, health and financial stability. They have been reinvesting in Western Nebraska since their inception in 1945. For more information, visit www.uwwn.org.

Applications open for United Way of Western Nebraska grants 

A few facts about maintaining the city streets. City crews maintain 183 lane-miles of streets, providing sweeping, moving snow and general maintenance.

The following equipment is used to remove snow:

2. One wheel loader (makes openings in windrow to allow traffic flow and pushes piles created by paddle scrapers) 

6. The landfill assists with their paddle scraper

7. Contractor assists with paddle scraper

8. Water department assists with a backhoe

Why are some streets cleared better than others?

Different equipment clears snow and ice differently than others. Road graders have cutting edges that can get under the packed snow and ice to clear the streets to pavement. Truck plows push snow off the roadway, but run across packed snow and ice. 

Why does it take so long to clear the streets of snow and ice?

There are several answers to this question.

1. Equipment used to remove snow and ice must be driven at low speeds.

2. The amount of accumulation is also a factor. Larger accumulations means longer clearing time.

3. Emergency Snow Routes are given priority over all other streets and may need to be cleared more than once.

4. Weather conditions such as high winds and drifting cause longer clearing times.

5. Traffic volume also affects clearing times. 

Ideally, snow removal would take place at night when traffic volumes are low, however this is dependent on when the snow starts and stops. 

You can find more information about our snow removal process, and our Snow Removal Ordinance at: <a href="https://www.cityofalliance.net/321/Snow-Removal?fbclid=IwAR1T1szMPwUtwX5ilxL0KHvkqZsQQBOhpsXa0Zs_NapDwS9364-nQtRGSCY" target="_blank">https://www.cityofalliance.net/321/Snow-Removal</a>

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City of Alliance explains how snow removal operates, maintained 

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OPEN MIC: TUESDAY JAN. 31, 2023

The Chadron Public Library and Friends of the Chadron Public Library will be holding the annual Chocolate Tasting Party &amp; Book Sale on Feb. 10 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Chadron library, Friends of CPL to hold annual Chocolate Tasting Party, Book Sale 

By&nbsp;AP Video journalist Shelby Lum and AP Science Writer Maddie Burakoff&nbsp;

AP -&nbsp;U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/school-lunch-menu-farm-table-c8578122bf8d40351cc4eb99c94d9dbb">school meals</a>, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.

The plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also seeks to significantly decrease sodium in the meals served to the nation’s schoolkids by 2029, while making the rules for foods made with whole grains more flexible.

The goal is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that serves breakfast to more than 15 million children and lunch to nearly 30 million children every day, Vilsack said.

“School meals happen to be the meals with the highest nutritional value of any meal that children can get outside the home,” Vilsack said in an interview.

The first limits on added sugars would be required in the 2025-2026 school year, starting with high-sugar foods such as sweetened cereals, yogurts and flavored milks.

Under the plan, for instance, an 8-ounce container of chocolate milk could contain no more than 10 grams of sugar. Some popular flavored milks now contain twice that amount. The plan also limits sugary grain desserts, such as muffins or doughnuts, to no more than twice a week at breakfast.

By the fall of 2027, added sugars in school meals would be limited to less than 10% of the total calories per week for breakfasts and lunches.

The proposal also would reduce sodium in school meals by 30% by the fall of 2029. They would gradually be reduced to align with federal guidelines, which recommend Americans aged 14 and older limit sodium to about 2,300 milligrams a day, with less for younger children.

Levels would drop, for instance, from an average of about 1,280 milligrams of sodium allowed now per lunch for kids in grades 9 to 12 to about 935 milligrams. For comparison, a typical turkey sandwich with mustard and cheese might contain 1,500 milligrams of sodium.

Health experts say cutting back on sugar and salt can help decrease the risk of disease in kids, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other problems that often continue into adulthood.

The plan, detailed in a 280-page document, drew mixed reactions. Katie Wilson, executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance, said the changes are “necessary to help America’s children lead healthier lives.”

But Diane Pratt-Heavner, spokeswoman for the School Nutrition Association, a trade group, said school meals are already healthier than they were a decade ago and that increased regulations are a burden, especially for small and rural school districts.

“School meal programs are at a breaking point,” she said. “These programs are simply not equipped to meet additional rules.”

Vilsack emphasized that the plan phases changes in over the next six years to allow schools and food manufacturers time to adjust to the new standards.

“Our hope is that many school districts and food providers accelerate the timeline on their own,” he said.

Courtney Gaines, president of the Sugar Association, said the proposal ignores the “many functional roles” sugar plays in food beyond sweetness and encourages the use of sugar substitutes, which have not been fully studied in children. Sugar substitutes are allowed under the new standards, Vilsack said.

As part of the plan, agriculture officials are seeking feedback about a proposal that would continue to require that 80% of all grains offered in a week must be whole grains. But it would allow schools to serve non-whole grain foods, such as white-flour tortillas, one day a week to vary their menus.

Another option suggests serving unflavored nonfat and lowfat milk to the youngest children and reserving chocolate and other flavored milks for high school kids.

A 60-day public comment period on the plan opens Feb. 7.

Shiriki Kumanyika, a community health expert at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health said if they’re done right some of the changes will be hard for kids to notice: “They’ll see things that they like to eat, but those foods will be healthier,” she said.

New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time

Nebraska Game and Parks, in collaboration with the Platte Basin Timelapse project, released expanded wetlands educational content on World Wetlands Day, Feb. 2.

These new resources offer the opportunity to learn about Nebraska's five diverse wetland types, as well as grow one's understanding of their importance to the state, its people and its wildlife.

Find all of these resources and more at&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAyMDIuNzA5MTE3NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL291dGRvb3JuZWJyYXNrYS5nb3YvbmVicmFza2F3ZXRsYW5kcy8ifQ.Ds_rK24HReJVTaPieSFyFmyT2OJkRGUMQWJAJgEJoeM/s/497221906/br/153920938504-l" target="_blank">NebraskaWetlands.com</a>.

This project was led by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other project partners included the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Nebraska and Ducks Unlimited.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on Feb. 2 to raise awareness about wetlands. In Nebraska, our wetlands provide important habitat for 50% of our birds and plants, 100% of our amphibians and fish, a third of our mammals and reptiles, and 70% of threatened or endangered species.

In addition to these benefits, they also improve water quality, recharge groundwater, protect us from flooding and provide places to recreate.

“In many places, Nebraska’s wetlands have suffered losses and face ongoing threats putting their benefits at risk,” said Ted LaGrange, Game and Parks’ wetlands program manager, who led the project. “We hope sharing these stories about Nebraska’s wetlands will help to improve the conservation of these important areas.”

Celebrate World Wetlands Day with new Nebraska wetland resources

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/crime-south-dakota-law-enforcement-sexual-assault-sd-state-wire-805c2bd29d303c32cb1fab164dfb69cc">accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls</a>&nbsp;and leading a cult must remain held without bail until his next court hearing, a judge ordered Thursday morning.

Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, faces charges of sex trafficking, sexual assault against a child younger than 16, and child abuse. He has been in custody&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/dances-with-wolves-actor-arrested-1bc3119c6308a0221b7ce1ec18d6d97e">since his arrest Tuesday afternoon</a>&nbsp;near the North Las Vegas home that he shares with his five wives.

He appeared briefly in court Thursday for the first time since he was taken into custody but did not speak before North Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Belinda Harris scheduled a bail hearing for Monday. Chasing Horse has not been formally charged.

A different judge is expected to address Chasing Horse's custody status Monday and could set bail after hearing from lawyers and investigators, as well as victims and the defendant's relatives if they choose to speak.

Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jessica Walsh told Harris that she expected Las Vegas police detectives, FBI special agents and victims to speak at the hearing.

Gesturing Thursday to the first row in the courtroom gallery where Chasing Horse's family members were seated, public defender Michael Wilfong said the defendant has a “great deal of support." His relatives declined to comment as they left the courthouse, as did Wilfong.

Known for his role as young Sioux tribe member Smiles a Lot in the Oscar-winning Kevin Costner film, Chasing Horse gained a reputation among tribes across the United States and in Canada as a so-called medicine man who performed healing ceremonies.

He is believed to be the leader of a cult known as The Circle whose followers believed he could communicate with higher powers, according to an arrest warrant released Wednesday. Police said he abused his position, physically and sexually assaulted Indigenous girls and took underage wives over two decades.

Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, which is home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation.

A 50-page search warrant obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press said Chasing Horse trained his wives to use firearms, instructing them to “shoot it out” with police officers if they tried to “break their family apart.” If that failed, he told his wives to take “suicide pills.”

SWAT officers and detectives took Chasing Horse into custody and cleared the family's home without incident.

Detectives who searched the property and Chasing Horse's vehicles found firearms, 41 pounds (18.5 kilograms) of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms, and a memory card with multiple videos of sexual assaults, according to Chasing Horse's arrest report released Wednesday.

Additional charges could be filed related to the videos, the report said.

Las Vegas police said in the search warrant that investigators have identified at least six sexual assault victims, including one who was 13 when she says she was abused. Police also traced sexual allegations against Chasing Horse to the early 2000s in Canada and in multiple states, including South Dakota, Montana and Nevada, where he has lived for about a decade.

One of Chasing Horse’s wives was offered to him as a “gift” when she was 15, according to police, while another became a wife after turning 16. He also is accused of recording sexual assaults and arranging sex between victims and other men who paid him.

His arrest comes nearly a decade after he was banished from the Fort Peck Reservation in Poplar, Montana, amid allegations of human trafficking.

Fort Peck tribal leaders voted 7-0 to ban Chasing Horse in 2015 from stepping foot again on the reservation, citing the alleged trafficking and accusations of drug dealing, spiritual abuse and intimidation of tribal members, Indian Country Today&nbsp;<a href="https://ictnews.org/archive/actor-medicine-man-chasing-horse-banished-from-fort-peck">reported</a>.

Angeline Cheek, an activist and community organizer who has lived on the Fort Peck Reservation most of her life, said she clearly remembers the tensions that arose inside the tribal council chambers when Chasing Horse was banished.

“Some of Nathan's supporters told the members that something bad was going to happen to them,” Cheek told the AP. “They made threats to our elders sitting in the council chambers.”

Cheek said she remembered Chasing Horse visiting the reservation frequently when she was growing up, especially during her high school years in the early 2000s when she would see him talking with her classmates.

Cheek, now 34, said she hopes Chasing Horse's arrest will inspire more Indigenous girls and women to report crimes and push lawmakers and elected officials across the U.S. to prioritize addressing violence against Native people.

But she said she also hopes the cultural significance of medicine men doesn't get lost in the news of the crimes.

“There are good medicine men and medicine women among our people who are not trying to commercialize the sacred ways of our ancestors," Cheek said. “They're supposed to heal people, not harm."

'Dances With Wolves' actor remains jailed in sex abuse case

The annual On-Farm Research Results Meeting for this year has been scheduled in Alliance at the Knight Museum, 908 Yellowstone Ave, Alliance. The meeting will be on Wednesday February 15th, 2023. There will be results from six local studies including a direct harvest pinto variety trial, two dry bean N rate studies, a Pod Ceal dry bean study, a corn N rate study and a corn N stabilizer study. Nevin Lawrence will be a guest speaker talking about weed management in our cropping systems and Jeff Bradshaw will be speaking on Wheat Stem Sawfly and other insect related topics on dry beans and sunflowers. Gary Stone will be talking about ET Gauge use and application in our Ag systems. All speakers will present in person at the meeting this year.

Sign in will be at 8:30 with sessions beginning at 9:00 AM. Lunch will be included with the meeting which will end by 2 PM. Please RSVP by calling the Box Butte County Extension Office at (308) 762-5616 to be included in the lunch. See the site below for the general statewide flyer.

<a href="https://onfarmresearch.unl.edu/nebraska-farm-research-network-resultsupdate-meetings-2023">https://onfarmresearch.unl.edu/nebraska-farm-research-network-resultsupdate-meetings-2023</a>

On-Farm Research Results meeting to be held in Alliance at Knight Museum 

By Joe Reagan,&nbsp;Director of Military and Veterans Outreach at Wreaths Across America

At the entrance to the U.S. Army Infantry Museum, located in Ft. Moore, GA, (formerly&nbsp;Ft. Benning),&nbsp;visitors begin their journey by walking up a 100-yard ramp that shows the history of the U.S. Army Infantry. It is a symbolic representation of what is ingrained in every infantry soldier – you can have all the tanks, artillery, planes, trucks, and anything else in the world, but in battle the last 100 yards requires a soldier with a gun – the last 100 yards will always belong to the Infantry.

This mindset inspires great pride in Infantry Soldiers, and inspires the admiration of historians, filmmakers, and civilians alike – often lost is the story of those troops who comprise supply lines that often begin in the U.S. and extend thousands of miles to ensure that the infantry has everything it needs to fight their way across that last 100 yards. By some estimates standing behind each infantry soldier are six support soldiers – they are the lifeline and unsung heroes whose efforts are often overlooked. This was especially true in World War II.

World War II saw an increased level of mechanization – no longer did an army run solely on its stomach, fuel and spare parts were needed to keep the machines of war moving and that meant a supply chain extending back to industrial hubs in the United States. When comparing the success of campaigns like D-Day to failures like the German invasion of Russian in 1941 – it was logistics that determined success or failure – even the most tactically proficient army can’t win if it doesn’t have supplies. This required support soldiers to be better trained, and the U.S. Army needed more of them.

Nearly one million black men served in WWII, over 80 percent of them were assigned to logistics and service units, in fact by 1944 almost all black soldiers were assigned to these units. They were responsible for building bridges, roads, and runways, they moved beans, bullets, fuel, and the fallen – their efforts were critical to the allied success and were the embodiment of the modern military saying, “armatures study tactics, professionals study logistics.” To be historically accurate, all black units such as the 92nd and 93rd infantry divisions, the 861 Tank Battalion, and the Tuskegee Airman have impressive and well documented success in combat – the story of black quartermasters is important because it not only embodies the courage and valor of these Americans but demonstrates their ingenuity and how their service led to success on the battlefield and when they came home.

In Europe, allied preparations for the D-Day invasion required a massive movement of supplies, ships would have to be quickly unloaded to make room for the next load – this job fell to the quartermaster corps whose dockhands were primarily black GI’s. In prior conflicts much of this unloading would have been done by hand – a menial task – given the size of the loads, often exceeding 30 tons, it required skilled crane operators who worked non-stop during the 18-month build up to D-Day. In the final hours before the invasion these skilled operators would transfer loads directly from the supply ships to the invasion crafts.

Once the foothold was established in Normandy, the quartermasters were in a race to ensure the front-line troops they needed to continue to push the Nazi’s back. By July of 1944, allied troops were moving east at a rate of nearly 80 miles a week. With sea and rail infrastructure badly damaged – Normandy remained the sole point of entry for supplies entering the European theatre. Allied commanders were determined to prevent a lack of supplies from stopping the advances on the front lines, so they devised an ambitious plan that became known as the Red Ball Express. Nearly 75 percent of the drivers who made up this critical and constantly expanding supply line were black and not all of them were trained to drive trucks, never mind drive trucks filled with ammunition, at night, without headlights working in teams of two to complete the 54-hour round-trip journey. They succeeded in delivering roughly 12,000 tons of supplies per day – for 82 consecutive days.

The quartermasters played a huge role in the Pacific as well. While we typically think about the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific, crucial to the success of these missions was the work of our Chinese allies under Chiang Kai-shek. The Ledo Road, like the Red Ball Express, was a critical supply route connecting U.S. bases in India with allied forces in China – without these supplies Chinese forces likely would have been defeated allowing Japan to focus all its efforts on the Pacific. The building and maintenance of the Ledo Road was overseen primarily by these units. The roughly 1,000-mile road cut through many obstacles including Japanese snipers, dense jungles and of course the southern Himalayan Mountains. Running the route was treacherous, challenging even experienced drivers. Keeping the road open was an equally daunting task that fell on engineering units who would operate bulldozers and other specialized equipment in torrential rain to clear blocked portions of the road or reconstruct parts that washed out.

The legacy of black quartermasters in World War II is one of&nbsp;Service&nbsp;and Success. GI’s who quickly learned how to become skilled crane operators working non-stop to ensure the D-Day invasion had all the supplies needed to succeed. They became expert truck drivers and tirelessly kept the flow of supplies moving to the front during the Red Ball Express. They were engineers and drivers who crossed the Himalayan Mountains to ensure allied forces could keep pressure on the Japanese to allow U.S. forces to succeed in the Pacific. These quartermasters answered the call to serve, while in uniform they succeeded in quickly learning new skills, adapting to challenges, and committing themselves to mission success. After the war their service left an enduring legacy on our military. An after-action review of the war found that the contributions of black soldiers was instrumental to the success of the war effort. The report went on to recommend creating a desegregated force that was fully reflective of American society.

After the war these quartermasters continued to serve and succeed. Men like Medgar Evers, who was a driver on the Red Ball Express, saw what could happen when Americans worked together during the war. He returned home and became a highly influential part of the Civil Rights movement. Others like Harry Bellefonte who dropped out of high school to enlist in the Navy, while not part of the quartermaster corps he served as a crane operator loading and unloading ships. After the war Bellefonte used his GI bill to pay for acting classes in New York. He would find tremendous success on stage. Charity Adams, one of the first black female officers in the military who served in the Quartermaster Corps, continued to serve using her GI bill to earn a degree in psychology and then working at the Veterans Administration. This year the home of the Quartermaster Corps in southern Virginia will be renamed Ft. Gregg-Adams a fitting tribute to the legacy of service and success of the black soldiers who served in World War II.

Serve and Succeed: The story of Black Quartermasters in WWII

By&nbsp;United States Attorney Steven Russell

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Rudy Ortega Raymundo, 35, of Lexington, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal&nbsp;court in Lincoln, Nebraska.&nbsp; United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Raymundo to 108 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture and 50 grams or more actual methamphetamine.&nbsp; After serving his sentence, Raymundo will be placed on supervised release for 2 years.&nbsp; There is no parole in the federal system.

On October 3, 2021, law enforcement in Frontier County, Nebraska received information that a vehicle on Old Highway 23 was failing to maintain speed.&nbsp; A Frontier County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw the vehicle and followed it to a nearby gas station.&nbsp;&nbsp;The officer contacted the driver, later identified as Raymundo, and his vehicle at a gas pump regarding traffic violations.&nbsp; Raymundo failed to comply with the deputy’s requests, and he was arrested.&nbsp; Law enforcement searched Raymundo’s vehicle and found a black trash bag in the back seat containing four bags of methamphetamine.&nbsp; The deputies also found a methamphetamine pipe with residue and a scale in the center console.&nbsp;&nbsp;In total, about three and a half pounds of lab confirmed methamphetamine were seized from Raymundo’s vehicle.&nbsp; Some of that methamphetamine was tested for purity and determined to be at least 98% pure.&nbsp;

This case was investigated by the Cooperation Operation for Drug Enforcement (CODE) Task Force, Nebraska State Patrol, and the Frontier County Sheriff’s Office.

Lexington man sentenced 9 years for meth distribution 

Alliance – Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day with Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska to promote kindness throughout the world, at the Alliance Public Library in the Community Room, Saturday, February 11th from 10:30 to 11:45 am. This event is for girls in kindergarten through third grade, a caregiver must attend with their child. We will read the book “Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids” by Carol McCloud, decorate our own buckets, make warm fuzzies to share with our communities, sing songs, earn a patch and more!

For more information, contact the Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska Panhandle Membership Coordinator at 308-765-2571 or Cynthia Horn, Children’s and Youth Services Librarian at Alliance Public Library, 762-1387

Acts of Kindness Day to be held at Alliance Public Library

Alliance – A Valentine search for Sherbet the unicorn for preschool through second grade starts tomorrow, February 1st until February 14th during library hours, with one prize per child.

For more information, please contact Cynthia Horn, Children’s and Youth Services Librarian at 762-1387.

'Valentine search for Sherbet the unicorn' continues at Alliance library 

Nebraskans receiving an income tax refund this year have an opportunity to support wildlife and habitat conservation.

On Line 46 of the Nebraska state income tax form, 1040N, individuals may donate $1 or more of their tax refund to the Nebraska Wildlife Conservation Fund, which is used to help several hundred species in Nebraska that are rare, endangered or threatened.

Tax refund donations have benefited native wildlife, fish, and plants over the years, including the Blanding’s turtle, swift fox, peregrine falcon, bald eagle, songbirds, blowout penstemon and at-risk pollinators like monarch butterflies and bumble bees. Donations are used to monitor, maintain and improve habitat for these and many other fish and wildlife species, as well as to provide wildlife viewing and other educational opportunities for Nebraskans. Additional information is available at&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAyMDIuNzA5MTE3NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3Lk5lYnJhc2thV2lsZGxpZmVGdW5kLm9yZyJ9.qnJ2CBVxpPMOw8ABWcyy3qIBa6-adM81cIudsxWfTMg/s/1372948182/br/153920939930-l" target="_blank">NebraskaWildlifeFund.com</a>.

For taxpayers not entitled to a state tax refund, contributions can be made at&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAyMDIuNzA5MTE3NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3Lk5lYnJhc2thV2lsZGxpZmVGdW5kLm9yZyJ9.5hRP6Aa59J4-HdfgTA-kCsB53lBaPBB698bGQA65xBA/s/1372948182/br/153920939930-l" target="_blank">NebraskaWildlifeFund.com</a>&nbsp;or by mail to: Nebraska Wildlife Conservation Fund, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, P.O. Box 30370, 2200 N. 33rd St., Lincoln, NE 68503.

Tax season provides opportunity to support Nebraska wildlife conservation

&nbsp; Head Coach Jay Long joins Voice of the Eagles Dave Collins live on college football national signing day to break down the 2023 class and update fans on the Eagles as spring football approaches! The show was filmed and recorded live at The Ridge on February 1, 2023.

VIDEO: National Signing Day CSC Sports Road Show - 2/1/23

The Alliance Spartans Baseball Team announced some exciting news last week.&nbsp; First...The Spartans will have a new Corporate Sponsor starting this season.&nbsp; Peltz Companies of Alliance has taken over as the main sponsor and the team will now be called The Peltz Company Alliance Spartans.&nbsp; The Peltz name will appear on Uniforms, programs and any advertizing done with the Spartan team. 

The second big announcement came from the Nebraska American Legion Baseball Committee, That Alliance has been chosen to host the Class B, Junior State Tournament in 2023.&nbsp; The Junior State Tournament will be held July 15-19 at Bower/Shankland Field in Alliance.&nbsp;

Spartans General Manager Erica Muhr and Head Coach Carlos Palomo join Mike Glesinger on this Post Podcast. Click on the arrow above to hear the interview.&nbsp;

Post Podcast: Alliance Spartans Baseball announces exciting News

🔊 PODCAST: CSC Sports Road Show - 🏈 National Signing Day! 2/1/23

BY: CON MARSHALL CSC Sports Information

Emmery Wagstaff, the daughter of&nbsp; Garth Wagstaff, a Chadron State College wrestler in the early 1990s, poured in a career-high 35 points while leading the Western Colorado Mountaineers to a 62-54 victory over the Lady Eagles in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference basketball game in Chadron on Thursday night.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A 5-foot-7 super senior from Evanston, Wyo., Wagstaff tallied 23 points in the first half when the visitors built a 35-18 lead that proved to be insurmountable for the hosts.&nbsp;

The Eagles warmed up and Wagstaff cooled off in the second half, allowing Chadron State to cut the lead to 57-54 with 4:20 left to play.&nbsp; However, the Eagles failed to score again and Western added the game’s final five points.

Emmery’s father had a winning record and earned Academic All-American while competing for the CSC wrestlers in 1992-93 and 1993-94 after he’d previously wrestled at Northwest Wyoming College at Powell.&nbsp;&nbsp; She said 34 points was her most she scored as an all-state high school player and 33 was her previous college high.

She entered the game averaging 15.7 points this winter and scored 13 against the Eagles during Western’s 56-54 win in the game played Dec. 10 in Gunnison.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This time against the Eagles, she was 12-of-23 from the field, including 6-of-11 on 3-pointers, and made five-of-seven free throws.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another Western Colorado player,&nbsp;Shannon Smart, is the all-time high scorer against the Eagles with 41 points in 1992-93.

For the second game in a row, the Eagles scored just seven points in the opening quarter as the Mountaineers took a nine-point lead. Wagstaff was especially hot in the second quarter, when she tallied 15 of her team’s 19 points.&nbsp;

Chadron State struggled again in the second quarter, scoring just 11 points, allowing Western to own a 35-18 halftime margin.&nbsp; The Eagles outscored the visitors 36-27 in the second half, but never completely caught up, even though Wagstaff was held to a dozen points while being defended by freshman Allison Olsen.

Sophomore standout Shay Powers led Chadron State’s second half surge by scoring 14 of her team-high 22 points. Seniors Samiyah Powers with 10 points and Riley Aiono with nine were the only other Eagles to score more than three.

For the game, the Eagles were 22-62 (35.5%), including going 0-14 from behind the arc.&nbsp; Western also made 22 field goals, but Wagstaff sank six treys and Rachel Cockman added one while accumulating 13 total points and also grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds, one more than Wagstaff.&nbsp;

Powers also was CSC’s top rebounder with seven.

Western is now 6-14 overall and 5-10 in the conference. The Eagles are 4-18 and 4-12. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Both Chadron State teams will be on the road the next two weekends before wrapping up the season at home Feb. 22 and 23 against South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State.

Western Colorado—Emmery Wagstaff 35, Rachel Cockman 13, Brooklyn Seymour 6, Alyza Aikins 4, Kylie Krise 2, Hayley Valencia 2.&nbsp; Totals: 22-54 (7-21) 11-14 62 points, 38 rebounds, 14 turnovers.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chadron State—Shay Powers 22, Samiyah Worrell 10, Riley Aiono 9, Claudia Dollinger 3, Kyra Tanabe 2, Allison Olsen 2, Olivia Waufle 2, Awoti Akoi 2, Emily Achter 2.&nbsp; Totals: 22-62 (0-14) 10-12 54 points, 37 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Western Colorado&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---62

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chadron State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ----54

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3-pointers: WCU—Wagstaff 6, Cockman 1.

WBB: Mountaineers star Wagstaff scores 35; Eagles swept in mid-week finale

While breaking a 29-29 deadlock, the Chadron State College men’s basketball team went on a 16-2 run in the final five minutes and 20 seconds of the first half to lead 45-31 at intermission en route to defeating Western Colorado 87-72 in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game in Chadron Thursday night.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The win was the sixth in a row for the Eagles, boosting their season record to 14-8 and their conference record to 11-5.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chadron State led by as many as 28 points with 12 ½ minutes remaining, may have relaxed too much and was ahead by just nine with about three minutes remaining.&nbsp; However, the Eagles closed the game by posting the final six points.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bryce Latimer, the 5-foot-10 super sub, led the winners with 25 points and also handed out 10 assists.&nbsp; Coach Shane Paben said if the RMAC gives a sixth-man award, Latimer should be the recipient.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After making nine of 12 field goal shots and going seven of eight at the free throw line Thursday night, Latimer has scored 97 points while making 37 of 56 (66%) of his shots from the field and going 23 of 25 at the charity stripe in the last four games.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Eagles also got 19 points from Isaiah Wyatt, who was five-of-nine from 3-point range; 13 points from Jarrett Taylor, who sank four treys for the second game in a row; and 11 points from Josh Robinson, who also was the game’s leading rebounder with 10.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mountaineers also had a high scorer.&nbsp; Lanky senior Avery Rembao finished with 27 points, 20 of them in the opening half, including 15 of his team’s first 19 points.&nbsp; For the game, Rembao was 10- of-22 from the field, including three-of-eight from behind the arc and four-of-five at the line.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rembao also tallied 33 points when the Eagles visited Western on Dec. 9 and won by an 81-70 score&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mountaineers’ only other double-figure scorer Thursday night was 6-7 Trevin Lieck with 14 points, 12 of them in the second half when he was four-of-six from behind the arc.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the game, the Eagles shot 30-of-66 from the field, including 11-of-31 from 3-point range against the Mountaineers’ 2-3 zone.&nbsp; Western was 24 of 59 (40.7%) on its field goal tries and eight-of-25 from long range.&nbsp; Both teams made 16 free throws. Chadron State out-rebounded the visitors 42-32.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Eagles will play their next four games on the road, beginning the weekend of Feb. 9-10 during a trip to New Mexico Highlands and Colorado State-Pueblo.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Western Colorado—Avery Rembao 27, Trevin Lieck 14, Robel Desta 9, Kade Juelfs 7, Kevin Jimenez 5, Jon McCloud 5, Deric Conkright 5. Totals: 24-59 (8-25) 16-21 72 points, 32 rebounds, 10 turnovers.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chadron State—Bryce Latimer 25, Isaiah Wyatt 19, Jarrett Taylor 13, Josh Robinson 11, Marcus Jefferson 8, MJ Foust 5, Porter Anderson 4, Gage Delimont 2. Totals: 30-66 (11-31) 16-20 87 points, 42 rebounds, 7 turnovers.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Western Colorado&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 41&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---72

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chadron State&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 42&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---87

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3-pointers: WCU—Lieck 4, Rembao 3, Conkright 1. CSC—Wyatt 5, Taylor 4, Jefferson 2,

CSC climbs mountain to sixth straight victory Thursday

By: Mike Glesinger,&nbsp; &nbsp;Panhandle Post

As we move into the month of February , The Alliance Boys Basketball Team stands at 7-10 on the season. Bulldog Head Coach Dalton Holst talks about the season so far and gives credit to the Seniors for their work ethic, leadership and being good teammates.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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