| Sidney Chamber holds annual banquet, presents awards
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture reviewed its year, looked forward to the future and awarded some worthy members during its banquet Monday night.Wade VanEvery, the chamber's executive director, spoke of the many events the chamber organizes each year. "The number one bottom line is to put people in the stores," he said.During 2007, the chamber evolved the "Sidney's Got It" campaign to "Thanks for Shopping Sidney." VanEvery noted it's important for the community to put its best image forward when visitors come to town.There are currently 239 chamber members."The chamber works because of committees with dedicated workers," VanEvery said. "The chamber is devoted to selling Sidney to the state, nation and maybe even the world. It's a great place to live and raise a family."New chamber president Ben Larson said he's proud to serve in the legacy of many outstanding leaders.
BlackBerry service outage across North America frustrates users once ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) � BlackBerry outages are rare, but when they do hit, like one did Monday that wiped out service across United States and Canada, subscribers who have become addicted to the smart phones are quick to unleash their fury.
"I'm mad � it's enough already," said a frustrated Stuart Gold, who said he gets 1,000 e-mails a day as director of field marketing for Web analytics company Omniture Inc. and can't afford the downtime.
Gold, who worked most of Monday on a laptop while traveling, plans to ask his company to buy him a backup smart phone from a rival like Palm Inc., which makes the Treo, in case BlackBerry service goes on the fritz again.
"I don't know what happened, I don't care what happened. They need to save their excuses for someone who cares," Gold said.
Drunk driver shows up for court drunk again
A Woodinville man apparently showed up intoxicated for his court date on a drunken driving charge. State troopers arrested Joseph T. Longfellow, 35, on Dec. 2 after he was involved in an accident in a construction zone on state Route 202 near Sahalee Way in Sammamish. At the time, troopers believed Longfellow was under the influence, but he refused to take a Breathalyzer test. Monday, Longfellow was scheduled to appear in King County District Court in Redmond to be sentenced as a result of that arrest. But his attorney had to tell the judge that although Longfellow was present, he had apparently been drinking. The judge ordered Longfellow to submit to a Breathalyzer, and he was found to have a 0.32 blood alcohol content, four times over the amount at which a person is legally too drunk to drive, a State Patrol spokesman said.
TORCH NEWS TICKER 2/3: Lesnar notes, Ross blog, Smackdown ratings ...
When the market closed today, the price of WWE stock was up 38 cents (2.72 percent) from Friday's trading to close at $14.35 a share. After 30 minutes of after-hours trading this evening, the price dropped to $14.01. During the day, the stock nearly reached a 52-week low, with the price touching $13.76 early this morning. - The student newspaper at the Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis has a review of the recent WWE: Smackdown vs. Raw video game. Review link. 3:00 p.m. - Raw notes: WWE has announced two tag matches for Raw tonight. The big one will be Randy Orton & JBL vs. Jeff Hardy & Chris Jericho. Also, Triple H and a surprise partner will face Snitsky & Umaga. ... John Cena will open the show to confront Randy Orton. 2:00 p.m. - WWE sent out a press release on John Cena returning from injury at the Rumble.
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