Star-Herald from Scottsbluff, Nebraska • 33

Star Herald Twin Cities Neighbors Wednesday December 17 2008 3 NICE SHOT Jfll A ll wJIlbw JI csSSSSiBBA i JMutalSl X' Photo by JEREMY WOZNICKStar Herald Abby Zach (10) puts up a shot during a game against Mitchell last week at Gering High School Gering won 64 49 8nsi TS zwSzxi I A raMECUtf OVD'S GAME ORCED GA box 360 632X1557 1 vunswwh pCHW 4a VXIX jL SPECIAL ORDERS Buy Sell Trade vmW Barack Obama merchandise selling big in DC elsewhere WASHINGTON (AP) At the gift shops in Union Station shelves once stocked with ubiquitous BI shirts and mugs now display all things Barack Obama apparel action figures and a jack in the box with the president elect popping out with a big smile Even a cigar shop at the busy train station has got ten into the high demand business with an Obama stogie just Obama crazy madness right said Johndell McLean 30 who works at Life on Capitol Hill a store now full of Obama prod ucts including hot sauce mints and an Obama bob ble head doll One shirt features a US map stamped with the words New Even more popular is anything with face on it it is that has Obama on it they like McLean said is Well almost everything A sign on one small shelf at the store reads Mc CainPalin tee shirts now $375 while they Mugs from the Republican campaign go for less than $2 Nearby Obama mugs and shirts are selling for more than twice those amounts Obama is clearly a big sales opportunity for the multitude of small vendors and gift shop retailers in the capital and elsewhere But almost impossible to calculate the revenue being generated partly because many trin kets are sold on the black market by street vendors in Washington New York and other places The fact that Obama will be the first black president is driving sales to whole different tier than Clinton or Bush or said Martin Brochstein a senior vice president at the Interna tional Licensing Industry Associa tion 402 968 8687 Subject tertris and conditions Visit ww wiidblue cotrvlegal for details and the HirwcessHohcy 9 Jixiti WiUBIue Corrmunications Inc Everything You Need for $9995 (plus Hurry Offer Ends December 31 2008! Includes ree Standard Installation! Save Big on High Speed Internet! 1RUDDER home services t3Li I And there is more money to be made in upcoming weeks almost like the open ing of a big movie in that everything builds toward that opening Brochstein said day here is called Inaugu ration and that is Jan 20 Barry Harris 27 a busi ness school student at Howard University recent ly bought nearly $300 worth of Obama merchan dise at Union Station for his family in California He grabbed shirts includ ing one showing Obama and Martin Luther King Jr with the message Warren Kearns Patrick Jolliffe CP ChC Oilii Rick McDonald I( TC President Agent Specializing In Risk Management Life Insurance Annuities Long Term Care Short Term College Planning Health Disability Insurance Monument Jack Kearns LU'IC Olliccr Agent 1802 1st Ave Scottsbluff NE (308) 632 5731 Over 50 years of combined insurance expertise EM 1 Krw Dream Come along with an Obama mug and candy bar The items will be stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts definitely a piece of history especially in the African American commu Harris said defi nitely just representative of a lot of progress over many Some Obama products can be personalized with your own name The Web site DemocraticStuffcom operated by Greenville See OBAMA page 4 Andrew Tuzson Life Changes be there Ohio National offers competitive products and services for individuals and businesses including: inancial needs analysis Individual life insurance Disability income insurance Employee benefit programs Retirement income products Call today for more information Ohio National inancial 416 Valley View Dr 500 Scottsbluff NE 69361 (308) 635 1094 (Licensed in Nebraska) a Ohio National inancial Services Life changesVe ll be there The Ohio National Life Insunncc Company Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation Securities offered through The () Equity Sales Company Member INRAJSIPC One inancial Way Cincinnati OH 45242 5137946794 Product product features and rider aviulabibty twy by state Issuers not licensed to conduct business and products not distributed in AK Hl and NY ll Tirds an Every Budget 04W TM Tool Esrosd SSOBO Budfat Tin Bucks Extras S131M TOVOTWKS rowmsr This Caapaa EatltiM Th Baanr Ta SMBB Off ASataf ntWWBB SS BUDGET TIRE RESERVE NOTE I BHANG OVftAU I naiiun MMR Vj THE ATTER STATES AMERICA i I ITY bucks 1 Holidav Bucks can be used from 12 10 08 thni 1 31 09 towards the purchase of a set (4) TWO TIRES' ($25 off Set of othfer brand) Budget or Every 2905 10th St Gering 632 8188 tires eL re 99 I Mrgh 1 MMMmgaaamsmgyi on 20087 WtatoJflHRBRM I 19 rLx IV XB I I Inll rail' LiW Wl ttlB LL 1 i v1 1 Vh BUDGET TIRE RESERVE NOTE BHANG il it i.