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State bound: Sutton wins thriller over Davenport/Edgar. — Page B1
Child study
Nebraska fares well in terms
of economic climate.
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Penn State
fine to help
abused kids
Swept
by fire
MICHAEL RUBINKAM
AND MARC LEVY
The Associated Press
The NCAA’s unprecedented
$60 million fine against Penn
State will hurt the university in
its pocketbook. The silver lining is that it will help plenty of
abused kids, and it could even
wind up preventing abuse — if
it is distributed carefully, child
welfare advocates say.
As part of its punishment
over the Jerry Sandusky sex
abuse scandal, Penn State
agreed Monday to pay $12 million a year for the next five
years into an endowment to
fund programs for the detection, prevention and treatment
of child abuse.
Penn State and the NCAA
have not settled on the procedure by which the money will
be given out. But for nonprofit
organizations living hand to
mouth after years of cutbacks
NATI HARNIK AND DAVE WEAVER/AP
Wildfires in Niobrara River valley grow
The wildfires burning in north-central Nebraska have grown, but firefighters hope more favorable weather will
help efforts to beat the flames back.
Nebraska Emergency Management
Agency spokesman Mike Wight says
the main Fairfield Creek fire just west
of Springview expanded overnight to
more than 104 square miles, from 92
square miles on Tuesday. Two other
smaller fires about 20 miles east of the
main fire had burned nearly nine
square miles by this morning.
Wight says authorities expect to get
more help from the weather today. No
rain is expected, but winds will be
much lighter and the humidity will be
higher. Temperatures, which had
topped 100 degrees in recent days,
were expected to stay in the 80s
Fairfield Creek fire
u Start date: Friday
u Containment: 15 percent
u Acreage: 65,580 total
u Personnel: 239
u Crews: 1 on scene, 2 expected
u Cooperating agencies: Brown, Keya
Paha and Cherry counties; State of
Nebraska
u Aviation: Three Type 1 National
Guard Black Hawks; One Type 2
u Engines: 30
u Injuries: 3 (minor)
u Structures destroyed: 10 homes and
associated outbuildings
u Structures/outbuildings threatened:
80
Wednesday morning and top out in
the mid-90s by late Wednesday afternoon.
Officials estimate the fires, which
Please see FINE/page A3
Clay County board
rejects easement
Above: Plumes of smoke rise from the Fairfield Creek fire near Springview Tuesday. Top right: Smoke billows in
the back of a sign in a pasture pointing to several locations Monday near Springview.
MARGERY A. BECK
AND JOSH FUNK
in state, federal and foundation
aid, the cash could have a huge
impact.
“You’re not going to find
anybody in our line of work
who’s going to say, ‘No, we’re
good,”’ said Chris Newlin,
executive director of the
National Children’s Advocacy
Center in Huntsville, Ala.
“I think whenever there’s pot
of money, people will hover,”
added Debra Schilling Wolfe,
executive director of the Field
Center for Children’s Policy,
Practice & Research at the
University of Pennsylvania. “It’s
like drawing flies to honey.”
The NCAA walloped Penn
State with sanctions on
Monday, including the fine, a
four-year bowl ban and a sharp
reduction in the number of
football scholarships it may
offer.
FEDERAL OFFICIAL
CALLS COUNTY’S
ACTION ‘SYMBOLIC’
have already destroyed at least 10
homes, are about 15 percent contained.
More than 200 firefighters and four
helicopters are fighting the fires, and
three firefighters have been injured.
New firefighters were expected to
join the fight over the next day or so.
Officials said that will give some of the
crews a chance to take a break and provide additional help in containing the
fire.
Wight said the town of Sparks,
which has some cabins and a couple of
river outfitting businesses, was on alert
Tuesday for possible evacuation. A 14mile stretch of the Niobrara River valley, which is known for canoeing and
tubing, already has been evacuated
between Norden and Highway 183. A
section of Highway 12 between
Springview and Norden is closed.
Please see FIRE/page A3
TONY HERRMAN
therrman@hastingstribune.com
CLAY CENTER — Members
of the Clay County Board of
Supervisors took action
Tuesday to express opposition
to the way the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has been
obtaining land.
Board members voted 7-0 at
their regular meeting to reject a
perpetual conservation easement
between the agency and Brian
Shaw of Fairfield because, according to Nebraska statutes, Fish
and Wildlife officials did not go
through the proper procedures.
Board Chairman Ivan Fintel
of rural Sutton said during an
interview Tuesday afternoon
that according to state statutes,
the Clay County Joint
Planning Commission should
have considered the easement,
followed by the supervisors to
act on the planning commission’s recommendation. That
did not happen.
“They probably thought it was
more of a courtesy because U.S.
Fish and Wildlife, supposedly we
keep hearing they have authority
over that and they don’t necessarily have to have approval from
any other agency,” Fintel said.
He said board members don’t
know for sure if their action
has any teeth, but they hope it
sends a message.
“We just wanted to state our
opinion because a lot of time
when you’re dealing with the
federal government if you
don’t send them a letter or at
least make some acknowledgment you don’t like something
they’re doing, they just assume
everything’s OK,” he said.
Please see CLAY/page A3
‘Dark Knight’ star visits shooting victims
AURORA, Colo. — Batman
star Christian Bale visited survivors of the Colorado theater
shooting Tuesday, and thanked
medical staff and police officers
who responded to the attack
that killed 12 people and
injured 58 others.
Bale visited with little
advance warning and also
stopped by a makeshift memorial to victims near the movie
theater that was showing “The
Dark Knight Rises” when the
gunfire erupted.
Carey Rottman, one of those
injured in Friday’s shooting,
posted two photos of himself
with Bale on his Facebook page.
Janie Bowman-Hayes, assistant vice president of surgical
services at sister hospital
Swedish Medical Center, said
she and co-workers were
attending a luncheon at The
Medical Center of Aurora to
thank staff who tended to victims. “When we got there,
then we found out he was
there,” she said.
Bale, humble and dressed
casually in a black T-shirt and
jeans, thanked the staff, shook
hands and agreed to have his
photo taken with employees,
Bowman-Hayes said.
“He just said he wanted to
come to thank all of us because
he has been thinking about
this. He knows the whole
world has been thinking about
this,” she said. “He took it
upon himself to come and
thank us.”
An online campaign had
urged Bale to visit survivors of
the shooting.
Bale also stopped by a growing memorial near the theater
and walked among the 12
crosses erected for each of the
slain victims. Many people
there didn’t realize who he was
or chose to leave him alone.
A Warner Bros. spokeswoman told The Denver Post
that Bale was representing himself, not the movie studio.
Bale, who stars as Batman in
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AP
Actor
Christian
Bale and
his wife
Sibi Blazic
carry flowers as they
visit a
memorial to
the victims
of Friday’s
mass shooting Tuesday
in Aurora,
Colo.
“The Dark Knight Rises,” previously issued a written statement saying: “Words cannot
express the horror that I feel. I
cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the
victims and their loved ones,
but my heart goes out to
them.”
President Barack Obama and
members of the Denver
Broncos also have made hospital visits to some of the survivors.
Bowman-Hayes said the staff
appreciated Bale’s visit.
“He did this out of his heart,
and you could really tell. It was
so sincere,” she said. “It was
just, ‘thank you.’ ”
Nation
Weather
A 50
percent
chance
of showers and
thunderstorms
tonight.
TED S.
WARREN/
WENTWORTH, N.C. — A
man who’d just been released
from jail in northern North
Carolina was arrested again for
refusing to leave the jail after
authorities wouldn’t give him a
ride to a motel.
Rodney Dwayne Valentine,
37, was charged with trespassing.
Valentine was released from
the Rockingham County jail
Saturday morning after being
behind bars since May 22. The
Inside
sheriff’s office says he asked
them to drive him to a local
motel and they refused.
Deputies charged Valentine
with second-degree trespassing
when he had refused to leave
the jail by Saturday afternoon.
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VOL. 107, NO. 253 ©2012,
THE SEATON PUBLISHING CO., INC. HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
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Yesterday and Today
Obituaries
JEROME J. KNAPP
Hastings resident Jerome J.
Knapp, 48, died Saturday, July
21, 2012, at his home.
Rosary is
9:30 a.m.
Friday with
Mass of
Christian
Burial to
follow at 10
a.m. at St.
Cecilia’s
Catholic Church in Hastings
with Father Joseph M. Walsh
officiating. Burial will be at
Parkview Cemetery in Hastings.
There will be no public visitation. Livingston-Butler-Volland
Funeral Home & Cremation
Center is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent to
www.lbvfh.com.
***
Jerome was born Dec. 29,
1963, in Lincoln, Neb., to
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Joseph K. and Mildred C.
(Nejezchleb) Knapp. He graduated from St. Cecilia’s Catholic
High School in 1982. Jerome
spent many years in Texas and
returned to Hastings in 2007,
where he worked for Centennial Plastics as a forklift operator
in the shipping department.
He was a member of St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church and
loved hunting, fishing, and
spending time with his family.
Jerome was preceded in
death by his parents.
Survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Knapp of
Arlington, Texas; sister and
brother-in-law, Kathy and Joel
Chandler of Superior, Neb.;
nieces, Amanda Neumiller,
Brandi Marshlek, Ashley
Daniels-Block; nine great-nieces
and nephews; brother, John
Knapp of Hastings, Neb.
Crane inspection
Sherman Hemsley of TV’s
‘The Jeffersons’ dies at 74
JAKE COYLE AND JUAN
CARLOS LLORCA
EL PASO, Texas — George
Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with
money. Arrogant. And yet he
was one of the most enjoyable,
beloved characters in television
history.
Much of that credit belongs
to Sherman Hemsley, the gifted
character actor who gave life to
the blustering black Harlem
businessman on “The
Jeffersons,” one of TV’s longest
running and most successful sitcoms — particularly noteworthy
with its mostly black cast.
The Philadelphia-born
Hemsley, who police said late
Tuesday died at his home in El
Paso, Texas, at age 74, first
played George Jefferson on the
CBS show “All in the Family”
before he was spun off onto
“The Jeffersons.” The sitcom ran
for 11 seasons from 1975 to
1985.
With the gospel-style theme
song of “Movin’ On Up,” the
hit show depicted the wealthy
former neighbors of Archie and
Edith Bunker in Queens as they
made their way on New York’s
Upper East Side. Hemsley and
the Jeffersons (Isabel Sanford
played his wife) often dealt with
contemporary issues of racism,
but more frequently reveled in
the sitcom archetype of a shorttempered, opinionated patriarch
trying, often unsuccessfully, to
control his family.
Hemsley’s feisty, diminutive
father with an exaggerated strut
was a kind of black corollary to
Archie Bunker — a stubborn,
high-strung man who had a deep
dislike for whites (his favorite
word for them was honkies). Yet
unlike the blue-collar Bunker,
played by Carroll O’Connor, he
was a successful businessman
who was as rich as he was crass.
His wife, Weezie, was often his
foil — yet provided plenty of
zingers as well.
Despite the character’s many
faults — money-driven, prejudiced, temperamental, a boor —
Hemsley managed to make the
character endearing, part of the
reason it stayed on the air for so
long. Much like O’Connor’s portrayal of Archie Bunker, deep
down, Hemsley’s Jefferson loved
his family, his friends (even the
ones he relentlessly teased) and
had a good heart. His performance was Emmy and Golden
Globe nominated.
“He was a love of a guy” and
“immensely talented,” Norman
Lear, producer of “The Jeffersons”
and “All in the Family,” said after
learning of his death. El Paso
police said the actor was found
dead at a home where neighbors
said he’d lived for years, and that
no foul play is suspected.
The son of a printing pressworking father and a factoryworking mother, Sherman
Alexander Hemsley served in the
Air Force and worked for eight
years as a clerk for the Postal
Service.
Having studied acting as an
adolescent at the Philadelphia
Academy of Dramatic Arts, he
began acting in New York workshops and theater companies,
including the Negro Ensemble
Company. For years, he kept his
job at the post office while acting
at night, before transitioning to
acting full-time.
He made his Broadway debut
in 1970’s “Purlie,” a musical
adaptation of Ossie Davis’ Jim
Crow-era play “Purlie
Victorious.” (Hemsley would
later star in a 1981 made-for-TV
version of “Purlie,” as well.) It
was while touring the show that
Hemsley was approached by Lear
about playing a character on the
sitcom that would become “All
in the Family.”
Hemsley joined the show in
1973, immediately catapulting
himself from an obscure theater
actor to a hit character on the
enormously popular show. Two
years later, “The Jeffersons” was
spun off.
“All of it was really hard ...
because — rude, I don’t like to be
that way,” Hemsley said in a
2003 interview for the Archive of
American Television. “But it was
the character, I had to do it. I
had to be true to the character. If
I was to pull back something,
then it just wouldn’t work.”
And he brought some of his
hometown with him. “That
dance I do (as George Jefferson),
it’s the Philly Slop,” he told the
Philadelphia Daily News in 1996.
Jackee Harry, a longtime friend
who made appearances on the
show, said she and Hemsley had
planned to tour in the musical
“Ain’t Misbehavin.” She said
they had discussed it recently
and that he seemed in good
health and in good spirits.
“It’s a sad, sad, sad day,” she
said from her home in Beverly
Hills, Calif.
In an interview with the
Gloucester County Times in
2011, Hemsley said his show
business career actually began in
childhood.
“Making people laugh was
automatic,” he said. “I was in a
play in elementary school and
had to jump up and run away. I
was nervous and tripped and fell
down and everyone laughed.
Their laughter made me relax,
so I pretended it was part of
the show.”
Calendar
HASTINGS
u Movie matinee, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at Hastings Public Library,
517 W. Fourth St. Feature-length G
rated films for kids. Kids can bring
own snacks and drinks. For more
information, call 402-461-2346.
u Toddler Time for ages 3 and
under, 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the
Hastings Public Library, 517 W.
Fourth St. For more information, call
402-461-2346.
u Pub Quiz hosted by the Hastings
Public Library, 8:30 p.m. Thursday
at Murphy’s Wagon Wheel, 107 N.
Lincoln Ave. For more information,
contact the Hastings Public Library
at 402-461-2346.
u Bingo, 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Eagles Club, 107 N. Denver Ave.
u Al-Anon, noon Thursday, The
Kensington, 233 N. Hastings Ave.
u Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,
5:15, and 8 p.m., 521 S. St. Joseph
Ave.; 7 p.m. (Women’s group), 907
S. Kansas Ave.; and 8 p.m., Faith
Lutheran Church, 837 Chestnut
Ave. Thursday.
u Red Cross Bloodmobile, noon to
5:15 p.m. Thursday, First
Congregational United Church of
Christ. Make appointment at 1-800GIVE-LIFE.
u Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 422 N. Burlington Ave.,
rear entrance.
JUNIATA
u Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.
Thursday, United Methodist Church
basement, 610 N. Adams Ave.
AP
In this July 21 photo provided by Joe Woolhead, a crane being used in the construction of 1 World Trade Center is
inspected in New York. The photo was taken from the 93rd floor of 1 World Trade Center, which is now taller than
the Empire State Building, seen in the distance at center right.
Today is Wednesday, July 25, the
207th day of 2012. There are 159 days
left in the year.
MEMORY LANE
TRIBLAND
Sixty years ago: The Hastings City
Council adopted an ordinance increasing
the occupation taxes on the manufacturers and distributors of liquor and beer.
Fifty years ago: Land in east and south
Hastings was recommended most suitable
for industrial development by community
development and industrial promotion
representatives of Northern Natural Gas
Co., who made a survey of the city.
Forty years ago: A companywide work
stoppage involved 700-800 workers of the
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co. in
Nebraska.
Thirty years ago: Two injuries and substantial property damage resulted from
high winds south of Heartwell.
Twenty years ago: The Bookmobile
operated at Harlan County by the South
Central Regional Library was being discontinued.
Ten years ago: High wind toppled a
grain bin at Bosle Farms east of Hastings.
One year ago: Sutton reached the state
junior legion baseball tournament for the
first time since 1991 by beating
Davenport-Edgar 2-1 in the championship
game of the Class C, Area 5 tournament.
HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY
On July 25, 1972, the notorious
‘Medical Center’
star dies at 75
DERRIK J. LANG
LOS ANGELES — Chad
Everett, the blue-eyed star of the
1970s TV series “Medical
Center” who went on to appear
in such films and TV shows as
“Mulholland Drive” and
“Melrose Place,” has died. He
was 75.
Everett’s daughter, Katherine
Thorp, said he died Tuesday at
his home in Los Angeles after a
year-and-a-half-long battle with
lung cancer.
Everett played sensitive surgeon Joe Gannon for seven seasons on “Medical Center.” The
role earned him Golden Globe
nominations in 1971 and 1973.
With a career spanning more
than 40 years, Everett guest
starred on such TV series as
“The Love Boat,” “Murder, She
Wrote” and “Without a Trace.”
Everett most recently appeared
on the TV shows “Castle” and
“Supernatural,” where he
appeared as an older version of
Jensen Ackles’ character Dean
Winchester.
Everett’s films credits included
“The Jigsaw Murders,” “The
Firechasers” and director Gus
Van Sant’s remake of “Psycho.”
Everett was born Raymon Lee
Cramton in South Bend, Ind.,
and graduated from Wayne
State University in Detroit
before moving to Los Angeles
and becoming a contract player
with MGM.
In perhaps his most memorable recent film role, Everett
played a lothario who engages
in a steamy audition with a
young ingenue portrayed by
Naomi Watts in director David
Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.”
Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light
as The Associated Press reported that for
the previous four decades, the U.S. Public
Health Service, in conjunction with the
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been
allowing poor, rural black male patients
with syphilis to go without treatment,
even allowing them to die, as a way of
studying the disease.
ON THIS DATE
In 1946, the United States detonated an
atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the
Pacific in the first underwater test of the
device.
In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United
States.
In 1992, opening ceremonies were held
in Barcelona, Spain, for the Summer
Olympics.
In 2000, a New York-bound Air France
Concorde crashed outside Paris shortly
after takeoff, killing all 109 people on
board and four people on the ground; it
was the first-ever crash of the supersonic
jet.
One year ago: In a prime-time address to
the nation, President Barack Obama made
a last-ditch call for compromise on raising
the government’s borrowing ability before
an Aug. 2 deadline; in a rebuttal, House
Speaker John Boehner said negotiations
with the White House had been futile. The
NFL Players Association executive board
and 32 team reps voted unanimously to
approve the terms of a deal to end a 4 1/2month lockout.
TODAY IN SPORTS
In 1976, American Edwin Moses ran in
his first international track and field event
at the Montreal Olympics — the 400meter hurdles — and won a gold medal
with a world record-setting time of 47.64
seconds.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Rock musician Jim McCarty (The
Yardbirds) is 69. Rock musician Verdine
White (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 61. Singermusician Jem Finer (The Pogues) is 57.
Model-actress Iman is 57. Rock musician
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is 54. Actor
Matt LeBlanc is 45.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The truth is all things seen under the
form of eternity.”
— George Santayana, SpanishAmerican philosopher (1863-1952)
FACT OF THE DAY
In plebiscites held in 1967, 1993 and
1998, Puerto Rican voters chose to retain
commonwealth status.
NUMBER OF THE DAY
3.2 million — approximate combined
membership of the Teamsters and the
Service Employees International unions in
2012.
LUNAR LANDING
Between new moon (July 19) and first
quarter moon (July 26).
Sources: The Associated Press, Newspaper
Enterprise Assn. and World Almanac Education
Group
Tribland
Elizabeth Denny of 1210 N.
Lexington Ave. reported
Thursday that her vehicle fender was damaged at 822 S. St.
Joseph Ave.
A vehicle reportedly driven
by Linsey K. Martin of 1326 W.
Third St. Friday struck a motorized wheel chair operated by
Juanita L. Paulson of 901 S.
Franklin Ave. No. 116 at Third
Street and Burlington Avenue.
Gordon C. Stanley of 807 W.
C St. reported Friday that his
kitchen table was damaged at
his residence.
Mandy L. Hinrichs of 119 E.
Paul St. reported Friday that
her picture window was damaged by a rock at her residence.
Emily B. Anderson of 920 N.
East Side Blvd. reported Friday
that her vehicle window was
damaged at her residence.
It was reported Friday that a
vehicle mirror owned by Protex
Central Inc., 1239 N.
Minnesota Ave., was damaged
at the 2600 block of West Fifth
Street.
It was reported Friday that
accent lights owned by Tom A.
Shane of 816 N. Pine Ave. were
damaged at the 200 block of
East Ninth Street.
Vehicles reportedly driven by
Dillon T. Smith of Minden and
Paige L. Johnson of Kenesaw
collided Saturday at J Street
near Baltimore Avenue. Smith,
19, and his passenger, Tyler
Vaughn of Minden, 20, were
treated and released at Mary
Lanning Healthcare.
For your convenience, the
Hastings Tribune has a driveup payment box in our north
parking lot. This may be used
for subscription and advertising payments. -Adv.
A hit-and-run driver Monday
reportedly struck a parked vehicle owned by Mitchell Bitner of
711 N. Saunders Ave. at
Saunders Avenue near Seventh
Street.
Karen K. Lacy of 1112 N.
Baltimore Ave. reported
Tuesday that her money was
taken at her residence.
It was reported Monday that
a vehicle owned by Frontier
Ford Lincoln Mercury Inc.,
3101 Osborne Drive East, was
taken at the business.
It was reported Monday that
a vehicle and house owned by
Maria D. Zelaya-Pacheco of
1203 E. Park St. No. 5 were
damaged at the residence.
A hit-and-run driver Friday
reportedly struck a utility pole
owned by Hastings Utilities,
1228 N. Denver Ave., at 1900
E. 26th St.
Eagles bingo Thursday, 7:00;
pig and bonanza. -Adv.
A hit-and-run driver Sunday
reportedly struck a parked vehicle owned by Otoniel M. Leyva
of 223 W. Fifth St. at 932 S.
Baltimore Ave.
A vehicle reportedly driven
by Alex M. Uhrmacher of 1216
N. Lexington Ave. Monday
struck a parked vehicle owned
by Carolyn D. Willicott of Blue
Hill at Burlington Avenue near
E Street.
Andrew M. Hamling of
Wichita, Kan., reported Friday
that his vehicle was damaged
at 803 E. Park St.
Kurt M. Obrien of 622 S.
Lexington Ave. reported
Monday that three firearms
and concert tickets were taken
at his residence.
Washington cherries were incorrectly priced in Tuesday’s
Allen’s Superstore ad. They
should have been $1.99 per
pound. -Adv.
Lotteries
Area funerals
WINNING NUMBERS
Tuesday
Kansas Pick 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1-4
Nebraska Pick 5 . . . . .3-8-25-27-32
Jackpot: $90,000
2by2 . . . . . . . .Red 4-16, White 8-15
Corrections
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Friday
u Jerome Knapp, 48, of Hastings,
10 a.m. at St. Cecilia’s Catholic
Church in Hastings.
Public notices
See today’s notices on Page B6
u Notice to creditors, Michael
Bigley
u Notice of hearing, Jose
Cervantes vs Walden Vega
u Notice of hearing, Nicole
Longoria vs Daniel Radcliff
u Notice of meeting, Midland
Area Agency on Aging
u Registration of trade name,
Hastings Equity Manufacturing
u Notice of publication, Justin
Hendrickson, General Collection
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A3
Nebraska wildfires
Several wildfires burning in north-central Nebraska have grown. The main
Fairfield Creek fire just west of Springview expanded overnight to more
than 104 square miles. Two other smaller fires about 20 miles east of the
main fire had burned nearly nine square miles by this morning.
SOURCE: Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Tribune
Fire: Firefighters hope
cooler weather will help
Continued from page A1
Much of the fire-swept land
near the river is rugged, forested and populated with cabins,
so only 17 residences had been
evacuated as of Tuesday morning. But the fire covers a large
area north and south of the
river in Keya Paha and Brown
counties, and part of Cherry
County. Federal officials have
closed the river to boating
downstream of Smith Falls
State Park.
Part of the challenge is that
the densely wooded ravines are
difficult for firefighters to
reach, Wight said. And when
the wind picks up, the fire can
spread quickly up those
ravines.
Heat and strong winds made
firefighters’ work difficult again.
By Tuesday afternoon, the
National Weather Service said
temperatures had reached 106
degrees in Valentine, which is
about 20 miles west of the
main wildfire. And winds continued to gust up to 25 mph.
While a cold front is expected
to move across the state and
provide some relief, highs
Wednesday will still be in the
mid-90s. The front may also
bring some rain, but the weather
service says major storms aren’t
likely to develop near the fire.
Plus, storms could also bring
lightning and spark new fires.
Gov. Dave Heineman visited
the area on Tuesday for the sec-
ond time in less than a week.
He received a briefing from
officials overseeing the fight
about how their priority
Tuesday was to stop the westward expansion of the fire. He
promised to send any state
resources the fire crews need.
“We don’t want these fires
going on for another two or
three weeks,” Heineman said to
KBRB radio in Ainsworth.
Fire officials told Heineman
that the three wildfires near the
Niobrara River could be contained within three days as
long as more fires don’t erupt.
About 150 miles west of the
Niobrara River fires, another
wildfire has burned about 1.5
square miles of grassland and
trees in the northwest corner of
the state.
Steve Lenzo is deputy forest
supervisor for the Nebraska
National Forests and
Grasslands. He said late Tuesday
night that shifting winds had
fanned the flames on federal
recreation area land south of
U.S. Highway 20 between
Chadron and Crawford.
Lenzo says the latest estimate
is that about 20 percent of the
East Ash Creek fire is contained.
Earlier Tuesday the estimates
were 25 percent containment of
a fire that had blackened less
than a half square mile.
No buildings have been lost,
and one injury has been
reported.
NATI HARNIK/AP
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman climbs a charred ridge outside of Norden Tuesday during a visit to the fire area.
Clay: Supervisors reject conservation easement
The supervisors voted unanimously at their Dec. 27, 2011,
meeting to approve a resolution requiring any organization
looking to establish conservation easements in the county
to coordinate those efforts with
local officials.
County Attorney Ted Griess
expressed doubt at that time
whether such a resolution
would have any authority.
The easement was among
the land management topics
Ronnie Sanchez, Rainwater
Basin Wetland Management
Project manager, discussed with
the supervisors at the board’s
June 19 meeting.
The easement is for an 80-
acre tract of land that includes
a drained wetland.
Sanchez said then that the
service will restore the wetlands
and plant grass there.
According to the easement, he
said, the grass never will be
converted back to farmland
and the wetland never will be
drained.
The land in question is just
north of Edgar.
Sanchez said this morning
he didn’t think the supervisors’
action Tuesday would affect the
easement.
“I believe it’s more, maybe,
symbolic on the county’s part,”
he said.
Neither Sanchez nor any representative from the Shaw fam-
ily was at the meeting Tuesday.
Sanchez will return to speak
with board members at their
Aug. 21 meeting.
“We’ll keep discussing issues
and things we have to coordinate with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife that affects the county,” Fintel said.
Sanchez has met with the
board several times during the
last year as a way to keep the
supervisors informed of the
agency’s actions in Clay
County.
If anything, Sanchez said the
supervisors’ vote Tuesday
might affect Clay County’s
relationship with the service.
“We’re still trying to get
together and meet a consen-
sus,” he said. “My goal is about
conservation and protecting
the habitat and the resources
out there.”
He wants to make sure the
county and the service are
“thinking about the same
thing.”
Sanchez and board members
have all previously said they
appreciate that opportunity to
communicate.
He doubted that the state
statute the supervisors referenced in their vote would
affect the service.
“That’s a state statute, and
we’re federal and we would not
necessarily have to follow that
state statute,” he said. “We
would follow our federal regulations.”
Fintel said the vote Tuesday
was a way to “cover our bases”
and state opposition with the
fact the agency did not go
through the proper procedures
with this easement.
The public should be aware
that these perpetual easements
are affecting the county forever, he said.
“We have a concern to take
care of the residents of the
county and protect their tax
base and protect the fire
departments and the cities and
the ambulance services and the
schools that depend on the tax
base,” Fintel said. “It’s a concern to everybody in the county that this is going on. We just
need to make sure we stay on
top of it and residents of the
county are aware of it.”
Fine: $60 million to help abused kids
The governing body acted
swiftly following a report by
former FBI Director Louis Freeh
that accused coach Joe Paterno
and three top officials of hiding
child sexual abuse allegations
against Sandusky more than a
decade ago to protect the
school and its powerful football
program.
Sandusky was convicted last
month of 45 counts of abuse of
10 boys. He awaits sentencing.
In a statement after the
NCAA announced the sanctions, Penn State President
Rodney Erickson said the $60
million fine will help the
school meet its mandate to
“become a national leader to
help victims of child sexual
assault and to promote awareness across our nation.”
With so many organizations
nationwide expected to vie for
the cash, Penn State should set
up a competitive grant program to set priorities and make
sure the funds are given to
organizations with a record of
success, said Delilah Rumburg,
chief executive officer of the
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Rape. And the funding decisions should be made by an
independent body of experts,
she said.
“It has to be very well
thought out,” said Rumburg,
who spoke with a Penn State
vice president on Tuesday
about the process by which the
funds will be granted. “Because
if you just randomly and without forethought make deci-
sions, it won’t have any impact
at all.”
Even before the NCAA fine,
Penn State had sought to make
amends over its failure to protect the children that Sandusky
molested on campus.
Rumburg’s group, which
operates rape crisis centers
across the state, received a $1.5
million donation from Penn
State out of its 2011 Big 10 bowl
proceeds. Another $1.1 million
in bowl revenues went to Penn
State’s new center for child
abuse research and treatment.
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Opinion
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With crisis
on horizon,
it’s vacation
for Congress
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First Amendment
“
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances.
”
Scripps Howard News Service
As measured by a recent Gallup poll, the U.S.
Congress has a public approval rating of 17 percent. It is a dubious honor the lawmakers have
worked hard to earn.
At the end of the year, the members of Congress
will face a situation whose resolution — it can be
said with only slight exaggeration — is a matter of
life and death for the U.S. economy.
At midnight Dec. 31, the Bush-era tax cuts are
scheduled to expire, which the Obama White
House says will mean an average tax increase next
year of $1,600 for 114 million families, a body
blow to the economic recovery.
Simultaneously, a 10-year, $1.2 trillion, acrossthe-board cut is to be imposed on federal spending,
also likely to be very damaging to the economy.
Combined, the two would total $600 billion in
tax hikes and spending cuts — and, in the opinion
of the Congressional Budget Office, would push
the country back into recession.
The automatic spending cuts are part of the
Budget Control Act passed last August to defuse a
crisis largely manufactured by Tea Party-led House
GOP conservatives. In return for raising the debt
limit, and not driving the United States into
default, the Republicans agreed to leave the spending cuts they were demanding in the hands of a
“supercommittee.”
The supercommittee failed in its mission. It
became clear the lawmakers had voted for it, confident that the unthinkable fallback position —
the automatic cuts — would never happen.
As the consequences of those cuts became clear,
particularly for the military, members who voted
for it are fleeing from the Budget Control Act.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the cuts “a
disaster” for our national defense. Gen. Martin
Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
called it “an unacceptable risk” that increased the
likelihood of a conflict.
The House Republicans are now arguing to scrap
the automatic cuts in defense and to make up for
them by slashing the budget elsewhere. The
Democrats would raise the needed funding by letting the tax cuts expire for families earning more
than $250,000 a year.
Neither solution is acceptable to the other side.
Faced with this difficult and perhaps intractable
problem, what is Congress planning to do? Take off
for a five-week vacation starting Aug. 3. The
Congress-watching newspaper The Hill scolded
members: “Do your job — you’re lucky to have one.”
Governor’s Office
Gov. Dave Heineman
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 94848
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2244
www.governor.nebraska.gov
Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy
P.O. Box 94863
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2256
www.ltgov.ne.gov
Helping a friend find her way in world
W
hat makes a friendship?
Six years ago, I left my life in
California to start a new life
with my new husband in a
new world called Las Vegas. I
hoped to stay connected to old friends, and
also make a few new ones.
It hasn’t been easy. Keeping and making
friends takes time and energy, not to mention
attention, all of which I often seem to be in
short supply.
Lucky for me, my old friends are better at
friendship than I am. I will forever be grateful
for how they’ve held onto me.
And new friends? Well, they may be few in
number, but they are stellar in how they
shine.
Linda is my “oasis in the desert,” the kind
of friend you can pour out your heart to and
know she’ll keep it safe until you’re ready to
take it back.
Diana is a “money in the bank” kind of
friend, one you don’t see as often as you’d
like, but can count on if you need her.
Janette works at Trader Joe’s, my favorite
grocery store and home away from home. She
hands out food samples. I like to eat. When I
broke my foot and couldn’t drive, she offered
to pick up whatever I needed and drop it off
at my house. If that’s not friendship, what is?
And then there’s Yolanda. That’s not her
real name, but she looks like a Yolanda to me.
I wish you could see her.
I’m not sure Yolanda liked
me at first. Maybe she still
doesn’t. But I’m definitely
growing on her. We all have
our gifts. Mine is wearability.
I’m not the fanciest shell on
the beach, but I won’t cut a
hole in your flip-flop.
Yolanda seems to know
Sharon
this. She finds me interestRandall
ing. I find her delightful. Our
meetings are brief, but memorable. Especially this morning, when I found
her in the rafters of my garage.
Yolanda is a black-chinned hummingbird. I
met her soon after moving here. I was sitting
on the patio missing California, when I heard
a humming by my ear. I looked up and there
she was, looking back at me. I held my breath
until she buzzed away, then I laughed out
loud.
That was the first of countless encounters.
She tolerates me, but she’s sweet on my husband. Not that I blame her. He’s easy on your
flip-flops, too. When he plays guitar, she acts
as if he’s playing just for her. Which he is.
This morning I left the garage door open
for a bit, and when I went out to close it,
there was Yolanda darting frantically about in
the space between the rafters and the raised
door. It was hot up there, 400 degrees, give or
take. I waved my arms, tried to direct her, but
she could not seem to find her way out.
I thought of a hummingbird my grandmother once found speared by its beak in the
screen door. She kept it for years in a jar, perfectly intact, beautiful even in death — but
not half so beautiful as Yolanda in flight.
Suddenly I remembered the flowers my
husband had given me: gladiolas, red and yellow, colors that hummers and I love.
I ran inside, grabbed the vase, ran back to
the garage sloshing water, set the vase on the
floor of the garage and waited.
It took only a moment for her to spot
them. She swooped down for a closer look,
then vanished out the open door.
Next time I saw her she was nosing her
beak into the feeder. I could almost swear she
smiled and dipped a wing at me.
Some days, more than others, it helps me
to remember the things I can and cannot do.
I cannot right all the wrongs in the world. I
cannot make it safe for our children, yours
and mine. I cannot stop a madman from
standing up in a theater and shooting innocent people.
But I can do the best that I can, right a few
wrongs, refuse to live in fear, treasure every
day as if it’s my first and my last. And maybe,
if I’m lucky, I can help a friend find her way.
I don’t know if it helped Yolanda. But it
helped me.
Sharon Randall is an award-winning columnist.
Her email is randallbay@earthlink.net.
Good and bad reactions to Colorado horror
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terrible event occurs, the country
reacts, some of the response heartening, some of it dismaying, as in
journalists trotting out a leftist
bias that cannot resist defaming
the Tea Party. But let’s start with the good,
with President Barack Obama visiting Aurora,
Colo., to console families that lost loved ones
in a shooting in a movie theater. Twelve were
killed, dozens wounded and a nation saddened.
Standing before TV cameras, Obama found
something inspiring to talk about: the way
one young woman saved another by lying on
the floor with her and holding fingers on a
neck wound to stop the bleeding. There was
more heroism at the scene. News accounts tell
us of three young men who sacrificed themselves to protect girlfriends, showing how
mountainous good can counteract this
world’s evil. Let’s remember these names:
Stephanie Davies, who survived, and Alex
Teves, Matt McQuinn and Jon Blunk, who did
not.
One name this column will not mention is
that of the person police said was responsible
for the killing. The governor of Colorado,
John Hickenlooper, refuses to mention it, so
does Obama, and I think that’s right except
for reporters of straight news. To the extent
feasible, you want to prevent other crazy people out there from believing they can become
famous through similar atrocities.
Jay
Ambrose
Hickenlooper also refused
to join in the cry for more
gun control. Even if the
“creature” who sprayed a
theater with bullets had no
access to a firearm, he could
have wreaked similar devastation with a bomb, the governor said on NBC’s “Meet
the Press.” The suspect, we
have learned, had loaded his
apartment with explosive
devices.
It’s true, too, that there are more than 220
million guns in this country and that no law
remotely within constitutional bounds — or
even disregarding the Second Amendment —
would likely reduce that number to the point
where there would no way for a miscreant to
acquire one. The efficacy of many if not all
gun control laws is dubious, and it’s more
than dubious to try to keep them out of the
hands of law-abiding citizens who have used
them to stop crimes and save lives.
Detecting someone whose mental illness
poses a threat to the rest of us is worth far
more discussion, as some have suggested, but
can be extremely difficult. For a stretch of
time leading up to the killings, the man
arrested in this case was engaged in some
mostly hidden behavior that was a clue to
what might be coming, but he had also been
described as shy and “strangely quiet,” adjec-
tives fitting some who would never hurt anybody.
The worst journalism after the shooting
happened when ABC News Reporter Brian
Ross said on “Good Morning America” that
there was someone with the killer’s name
who was listed on “the Colorado page on the
Colorado Tea Party site.” George
Stephanopoulos, the show’s co-host, told him
he may have found something “significant”
when he should have said, “Ross, the last
thing in the world you want to do is broadcast information castigating a political movement when you have absolutely no idea
whether this is the same man or not.”
Once a horror has occurred, it has occurred.
We cannot make time reverse itself. But our
reactions help frame the future. It instills
hope and can inspire more courage and more
admirable behavior when we learn of good,
even noble and heroic deeds amidst confusion and terror. It helps to consider what preventative steps might be taken to avoid similar horrors, though a rush to questionable
cliches about guns avails little. What’s
absolutely unacceptable is to depict a horror
as something likely to arise from a movement
involving literally millions of perfectly decent
Americans with perfectly reputable ideas. That
sort of thing tears us apart.
Jay Ambrose is a columnist living in Colorado.
He can be reached at SpeaktoJay@aol.com.
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Art by Grace Redinger, 10, Hawthorne Elementary
SUNNY TODAY
High: 96
Low: 64
Wind: Southwest 5-15
A 30 percent chance of
rain increasing to 50 percent.
SUNNY THURSDAY
High: 94
Low: 64
Wind: Northwest 5
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Low: 69
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SUNNY SATURDAY
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A5
Neb. fares well in child study
ECONOMIC CLIMATE
BETTER HERE THAN
MOST STATES
DALE WETZEL
BISMARCK, N.D. — Children
in four Great Plains states are more
likely to have parents with jobs,
better household finances and
manageable living costs, a new
report says.
The annual Kids Count study,
done by the Annie E. Casey
Foundation and published
Wednesday, ranks North Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota
as the top four states when measur-
ing the economic well-being of
children.
Overall, the four states ranked in
the top 20 in the survey, which
also compiles measurements
reflecting child education, health,
and family circumstances such as
teenage birth rates and the percentage of children who live in singleparent families. The study measured 16 different factors.
Child advocates in the four states
were surprised by some of the
results.
Nebraska’s ranking on economic
health “definitely was a bit of a
shock, just knowing how devastating the effects of the recession have
been here,” said Jill Westfall, a
spokeswoman for Voices for
Children in Nebraska. “We still
have nearly one in five kids growing up in poverty.”
In Iowa, “our poverty rate is
creeping upwards,” said Michael
Crawford, director of Iowa Kids
Count. “Unfortunately, we’re going
in the wrong direction ... but our
numbers are still lower than the
national average.”
In measuring economic health,
the study reviewed information
about the percentage of children in
each state whose families were
below the poverty line of about
$22,000 in annual income in 2010,
the number of unemployed parents
and teens who were not in school,
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SUNNY SUNDAY
High: 97
Low: 70
A 20 percent chance of
storms overnight.
Today’s weather records
High: 112 in 1936
Low: 52 in 1911
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Local weather
WATER DEMAND
RUNNING HIGH
High Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
High in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Overnight low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Overnight low in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Precipitation last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
July precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.70
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State
SPIDERS INFEST APARTMENT
OMAHA — An Omaha man says he’s been
moving warily around his apartment, keeping
watch for dangerous spiders that have moved
in.
Dylan Baumann tells Omaha television station KETV that he’s been catching brown
recluse spiders in his east-central Omaha apartment for four months.
Experts say the dangerously venomous
brown recluse spiders aren’t aggressive, but
their bites can result in painful wounds. Fatal
bites to humans are extremely rare.
Dennis Ferraro, of the Douglas County
Extension Office, says the higher number of
spiders and bugs in general is likely due to a
relatively mild winter and higher-than-normal
summer temperatures.
Baumann says he plans to move out of the
apartment in September. Until then he’s taking
precautions such as shaking out his clothes and
shoes before putting them on.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SETS
NEBRASKA ADOPTION SERVICES
LINCOLN — Planned Parenthood of the
Heartland says it has made arrangements to
offer adoption services in Nebraska.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the
agency has had a partnership with Avalon
Center, of Mason City, Iowa, to provide adoption services in Iowa since 2004.
The center provides counseling and adoption
services to people facing unintended pregnancies. The center has received licensing so it can
offer the same services in Nebraska.
Avalon Center will have offices at Planned
Parenthood’s health centers in Lincoln and
Omaha, with office hours and a 24-hour phone
line. Staff members also can meet with people
anywhere across the state.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has
education and resource centers in Lincoln and
Omaha and in Des Moines, Iowa.
SECOND CASE OF WEST NILE
YORK — The second confirmed human
case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year
has been reported in Butler County.
Christine Lawrence, a spokeswoman for the
Four Corners Health Department says a man
over the age of 50 has the virus, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.
The first case was reported last week in a
Hamilton County man in his 70s.
Lawrence says the cases are earlier than
usual. West Nile usually shows up in the late
summer or early fall.
State health officials say West Nile activity is
increasing across the state. Residents should
use mosquito repellent and dress in long
sleeves when outside.
Mosquitoes in Adams, Douglas, Hall,
Madison, Scottsbluff, Sheridan and Richardson
counties tested positive as have birds in
Madison and Phelps counties
WOMAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE
BRIDGEPORT — A woman has died in a
house fire in Bridgeport in western Nebraska.
KNEB radio reports that the Morrill County
Sheriff’s office says 67-year-old Ilene
Christensen died in the fire Tuesday morning.
Bridgeport Fire Chief Brad Mueller says while
the fire was contained to one room, the home
had extensive smoke and heat damage. The fire
likely burned for a while before it was reported
by a neighbor.
The Nebraska Fire Marshal is investigating
the cause.
and the percentage of children
whose families pay more than 30
percent of their income on housing.
For the four states, the findings
bucked a national trend. The foundation said its report showed a
continued decline in the economic
well-being of children since 2005,
while documenting improvements
in children’s health and school
results.
Officials in the four states said
they did not suffer the worst effects
of the national recession, helped by
robust prices for farm crops and
livestock and, in North Dakota’s
case, a boom in oil production.
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Ashley Chasek and Jon Hunzeker rehearse a scene from “My Way, a Musical Tribute to Frank
Sinatra” Tuesday evening at the Minden Opera House. The show opens Thursday.
Sinatra, ‘My Way’
MINDEN COMMUNITY
PLAYERS PRESENTS
TRIBUTE SHOW AS PART
OF DAWG DAYS
TONY HERRMAN
M
INDEN — Pouring
mixed drinks and
spinning on stage
in tuxedoes and
party dresses, the
cast of the Minden Community
Players’ tribute to Frank Sinatra
present the music of Ol’ Blue Eyes
in a series of medleys.
Ashley Chasek of Hildreth and
Sonja Harms, Jon Hunzeker and
Jeff Ensz, all of Kearney, perform
as themselves as they sing portions of 56 Sinatra songs during
“My Way, a Musical Tribute to
Frank Sinatra.”
“It’s a very interesting play in
the fact that it doesn’t have a plot,
it’s strictly a tribute,” Hunzeker
said. “As far as tribute goes, as far
as picking up songs that exemplify Frank Sinatra’s career, it shows
some lesser-known songs and lesser-known sides of Frank Sinatra. I
All class reunion starts Thursday
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
MINDEN — Minden High
School alumni from across the
decades will converge Thursday
through Sunday for their allclass reunion, which occurs
every five years.
Events begin Thursday with an
all-class reunion band concert on
the Kearney County Courthouse
lawn beginning at 7:30 p.m. Phil
Fahrlander, who led the Minden
High School Band from 1968-97,
will conduct the group.
Those who have not yet registered for the reunion festivities
may do so Friday or Saturday at
the Minden Opera House.
think it does a really good job.”
The show opens Thursday with
a 7:30 p.m. performance.
Director Steve Crooks said the
cast tells the story of Sinatra’s life
through the songs.
“It’s not a comedy by any
means, but there are some things
Friday is given over to numerous parties and gatherings for
individual classes and class eras
at locations around town. Later
in the evening, the reunion committee will sponsor an All-Class
Bash in the 4-H Building on the
Kearney County Fairgrounds.
On Saturday evening, hundreds are expected for the allclass reunion banquet in the
C.L. Jones Middle School gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker will be Doug
Kristensen of the Class of 1973,
who now serves as chancellor of
the University of Nebraska at
Kearney.
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that are funny in it,” he said.
The singers are accompanied on
stage by a trio of instrumentalists:
Kathy Chavez, piano; Dave
Bunger, bass; and Bill Reid, bass.
Max Stratman worked as music
director for the show.
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DAVENPORT — With
water demand running high
and infrastructure strained,
the Little Blue Natural
Resources District is asking
customers of its rural water
projects to cut back on lawn
watering and other nonessential usage.
Kevin Orvis, the NRD’s
project manager, said a postcard had gone out Tuesday to
customers on its Little Blue
Rural Water Project and Little
Blue Rural Water Project
South informing them of the
situation and asking them to
cut back on usage immediately. Announcements to the
same effect also have been
aired on KUTT Radio out of
Fairbury.
The two rural water projects serve customers in
Jefferson and eastern Thayer
counties, plus a few across
the state line in Kansas with
water purchased from the
city of Fairbury. The villages
of Gilead and Gladstone also
are served.
Altogether, the two projects have slightly fewer than
400 connections, Orvis said.
The NRD operates the projects on a self-supporting
basis, with revenue from
project customers paying the
bills.
While some news reports
have characterized the NRD’s
advisory as a watering ban,
Orvis said that’s too strong a
term. He was not sure the
NRD would even have the
legal authority to issue a ban,
let alone enforce it.
Still, he said, the situation
is serious — not because
Fairbury cannot supply
enough water to meet the
demand, but because the district’s pumps cannot handle
the load and keep the water
towers filled.
“We’ve got a heck of a
demand on the pumps and
our capacity,” Orvis said.
“Last month and this month,
we’ve had record demands.”
Orvis said this morning he
was working on a more
detailed letter to go out to
the rural water customers
soon with additional suggestions for how to cope with
the heat and dry weather.
Among other things, he will
advise them to make sure
their cattle have adequate
shade, their hogs have sufficient ventilation, and that if
they have a garden to water,
they should run the hose on
the ground rather than sprinkling the plants from the top
as a way of cutting down on
waste.
“I’m sure they will respond
to it,” he said.
The LBNRD encompasses
all of Thayer County and
parts of Adams, Webster,
Clay, Nuckolls, Fillmore and
Jefferson counties.
Headquarters are in
Davenport.
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Bruning
ready
to mark
125 years
DIANNE GIRMUS
BRUNING — Preparations
are finished and Bruning is
ready to celebrate big-time this
weekend with its 125th
anniversary celebration. The
theme is “125 Years Young.”
Ryne Philippi, chairman of
the event, and his committee
of about a dozen other volunteers invite everyone to join in
the fun of the milestone celebration.
“There is a wide variety of
events for all ages,” Philippi said.
“And I want to thank all the volunteers who gave their time to
make this weekend possible.”
A special attraction for the
event takes place Saturday, an
ascension of a hot-air balloon
from the football field, as the
town is directly connected to
the evolution of the hot-air balloon as a sport.
The first free flight of a modern hot-air balloon was from the
former Bruning Army Air Field
on Oct. 22, 1960, said Janelle
Bruning, a committee member.
The town of Bruning was
founded in 1887 by the Lincoln
Land Co. The settlement was situated on the Burlington railroad
line that connected Fairmont
and Chester.
The town was named in
honor of five brothers who had
immigrated to the United States
from Germany, then settled in
Illinois before relocating to
Germany. Many of the Bruning
brothers’ descendants still live
in the community today.
Here’s the schedule for this
weekend:
Friday
u 6 p.m.: Co-ed softball tournament, ball diamond
u 6 p.m.: Pulled Pork Sandwich
Meal, under the tent
u 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.: Beer garden, under the tent
u 7:30 p.m.: Melodrama “The
Pony Expresso,” under the tent
u 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.: “Pure
Sound,” music and karaoke, under
the tent
Saturday
u 6:30 a.m.: Hot-air balloon
ascension, football field
u 8 a.m.: 5K walk/run, begins at
park on Main Street
u 8 a.m.: Co-ed Softball
Tournaments resumes, ball diamond
u 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Bruning military and historical displays at
Bruning Library, Main Street
u 9:30 a.m.: Horseshoe tournament, Krest Construction site,
Piggott Street
u 10 a.m.: Inflatables and pony
rides, park
u 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Threshing
demonstration and antique tractor
display, east of Bruning Food Mart
u 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.:
Hamburgers and hot dog meal,
park
u Noon to 3:30 p.m.: “Drive it 4
Cash” Golf Challenge, East Main
Street
u Noon to 4 p.m.: Quilt display,
Trinity Lutheran Church
u 1-3 p.m.: Antique car show,
east of Bruning Opera House, Main
Street
u 2 p.m.: “Cash Car” registration
with antique car show, east of
Bruning Opera House, Main Street
u 2 p.m.: Cowboy stories by Otto
Rosfeld of the Nebraska Humanities
Council, under the tent
u 4:30 p.m.: Parade, “125 Years
Young,” Main Street
u 5 p.m.: Beer garden, under the
tent
u 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Catered meal
by Kerry’s of McCool Junction,
under the tent
u 6 p.m.: Auction, under the tent
u 7:30 p.m.: Little Tuggers tractor pull, between tent and park
u Following Little Tuggers tractor
pull: “German” tractor pull, between
tent and park
u 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.: Free
dance, “Homegrown,” under the tent
u The Bruning Opera House will
be open on Saturday for restrooms,
first aid, information, memorabilia
sales, and as a place to reminisce
and cool off.
Sunday
u 9 a.m.: Flag retirement,
Bruning Opera House, Main Street
u 10 a.m.: Community church
service, under the tent
u 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Catered
Meal by Betty’s Place, under the
tent
u Noon: Melodrama “The Pony
Expresso,” under the tent
u 1:30-4:30 p.m.: Car wash (BDS
girls basketball fundraiser), Shell
station
u 2:30 p.m.: Road rally, starts at
park
u 1-3 p.m.: Bingo at Betty’s
Place, Main Street
u 3-4 p.m.: Ice cream social at
Betty’s Place, Main Street
TONY HERRMAN
MINDEN — The two South
Dakota men charged with leading law enforcement on a pursuit through Kearney County
at speeds nearing 150 mph and
firing shots on a Nebraska State
Patrol officer in January will
receive their punishment in
September after agreeing to
plea deals.
Kearney County District
Court Judge Terri Harder scheduled the sentencing for Petr
Strizheus, 19, of Harrisburg,
S.D., and Aleksandr Voznyuk,
22, of Sioux Falls, S.D., on
Tuesday.
Voznyuk’s sentencing is
scheduled for noon Sept. 4.
Strizheus’ sentencing will occur
30 minutes later.
Each suspect is held in custody on a $500,000, 10-percent
bond: Strizheus at the Kearney
County Jail in Minden and
Voznyuk at the Buffalo County
Jail in Kearney.
The men also are wanted for
attempted homicide in connection with a Jan. 27 carjacking
in Brighton, Colo., just northeast of Denver off Interstate 76,
in which shots reportedly were
fired at the owner of the vehicle.
Both suspects were charged
in Kearney County with nearly
the same charges.
The fair plays on
Strizheus had faced two
counts of unlawfully and
intentionally discharging a
firearm, a Class 1D felony punishable by three to 50 years in
prison; attempting a felony, a
Class 2 felony punishable by
up to 50 years in prison ; three
counts of using a firearm to
commit a felony, a Class 1C
felony punishable by 50 years
in prison; theft of stolen property valued at more than
$1,500, a Class 3 felony punishable by up to 20 years and
$25,000 fine; and operating a
motor vehicle to avoid a felony
arrest, a Class 4 felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Harvard orders
water restriction
TONY HERRMAN
SUSAN DANEHEY/Tribune
Colby Karr, a Blue Hill sixth-grader, plays a guitar solo
for the audience at the fashion show and music contest
on Monday night at the Webster County Fair.
Voznyuk was not charged
with operating a motor vehicle
to avoid a felony arrest charge,
but otherwise his charges were
identical to Strizheus’.
Strizheus agreed to plead no
contest to one count of unlawfully and intentionally discharging a firearm, attempting
a felony and operating a
motor vehicle to avoid a
felony arrest.
Voznyuk agreed to plea no
contest to one count of unlawfully and intentionally discharging a firearm, use of a
fire arm to commit a felony
and attempting a felony.
Harder dismissed the rest of
the charges.
HARVARD — Until further
notice, residents here will have
to check the calendar to see
whether or not they can water
their lawns and gardens.
Beginning 8 a.m. today, the
city ordered restricted water
use. Even-numbered residences
can water outside only on
even-number days, and vice
versa.
Mayor Michael Boyd said for
the water restriction to be lifted, the city would need to see a
“significant change” in the
water table of the aquifer from
which the city receives its
water.
The static pressure for city
wells is typically tested once a
week. Boyd said the frequency
of the testing has increased,
but he didn’t know exactly
how often it was being done.
“We’re not in an emergency
situation; we’re in a cautionary
situation,” Boyd said. “Because
we noticed some indicators,
the drop in the static level of
the water, it’s just a good time
to start making some conserva-
tion decisions to try to state
out of an emergency situation.”
Service can be shut off for
those who don’t comply, but
Boyd said he doesn’t want the
situation to get to that point.
He sees the first week of the
restriction as an education
time period. So, if city
employees see a residence not
in compliance, a city representative approaches the
home and gives a reminder
that “today is not your day to
be watering.”
Boyd said the city will make
a “mental note” of such incidents. If there are residents
who consistently do not comply with the order, the city will
shut off their service.
City employees are not
actively searching for homes
that are not in compliance
with the order.
“We’re trusting that the residents in town will for the most
part comply,” Boyd said. “We
have no reason right now to
have an employee to just go
around right now and enforce
that restriction.”
Sinatra: Tribute show part of Dawg Days
Hunzeker has listened to a
lot of Sinatra but mostly
recordings of Sinatra performing with the orchestra of trombonist Tommy Dorsey because
Hunzeker is a trombone player
and performance major at the
University of Nebraska at
Kearney.
“I was mainly listening to
the trombonist,” he said,
laughing.
Chasek described the performance of herself and her
castmates as an “enhanced
character type” of themselves.
“It’s been a lot of fun,” she
said. “With a smaller cast it’s
definitely been fun to get to
know each other a little more
and goof around on stage.”
Hunzeker laughed when he
described the effort it takes to
play himself on stage.
“Sometimes I’ll just do
something that feels awkward, but I’m like, ‘I’m an
awkward person; that should
be OK,’ ” he said. “It really is
different trying to do a caricature of yourself. It’s almost
harder than trying to come
up with a whole other person.”
The cast members play
themselves, but Harms said
they engage in Rat Pack-like
banter between the medleys,
which are all organized acording by themes.
Dawg Days
schedule
Dawg Days includes the following activities:
Thursday
u 6:30 p.m.: Dawg Days Pet
Parade, which begins in front of
the opera house
u 6:45 p.m.: Ping Pong Ball
Drop at the opera house
u 7 p.m.: Ice cream social at
the downtown square
u 7:30 p.m.: All-class reunion
band concert on the Kearney
County Courthouse lawn
Saturday
u 7:30 p.m.: Teammates 5K
and 10K fun run and walk beginning north of the outdoor classroom, west of C.L. Jones
Middle School.
u 6 p.m.: The beer garden
opens at the northwest corner
of the downtown square
u 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.: A street
dance featuring the band
Sweetwater
“It’s very playful, very fun,”
she said.
Those themes include everything from the moon to losers
to Sinatra’s songs from his cinematic and theatrical performances.
“It’s been a really fun show to
be a part of, mostly because it’s
so chock full of so many of his
songs,” Ensz said. “We just never
got tired of singing them
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because there’s so much variety.”
Ensz said before working on
“My Way,” he would not have
described himself as a Sinatra
fan. That sentiment has since
changed.
“Before I started this, I
wouldn’t have identified
myself as a fan,” he said. “I
think a lot of people wouldn’t
classify themselves as fans, but
when they realize how much
of their favorite music Frank
did make popular, we kind of
realized, ‘I have been a fan of
this music, I just didn’t really
realize it.”
His wife, Brette Ensz, is the
show choreographer.
“She knew the limited talent
she was working with putting
that together since she lives
with me,” he said.
Just as he did with his past
Minden Community Players
musicals, “Always, Patsy
Cline,” and “Hot Flashes,”
Crooks found “My Way” while
looking for musical that
appealed to all tastes and had
some name cachet.
“My Way” stood out even
though Crooks is not a Sinatra
fan himself.
“No, I don’t listen to his stuff
at all,” he said. “But you know
what? I’ve learned to really
love some of the stuff he does.”
Unlike a typical six- to nineperformance run for a Minden
Community Players’ show,
“My Way,” will have 12 per-
formances.
“I thought it was going to be
a good enough show if I got
the right people in it that it
would draw a big crowd, and I
think we’ll see that,” Crooks
said.
“My Way” will share its first
weekend with Minden High
School’s all-class reunion. That
is why the tribute’s Friday and
Saturday performances will
begin at 2:30 p.m. instead of
the usual 7:30 p.m., providing
ample time for the arrangement of seats in the Opera
House auditorium for reunion
activities there.
“We want people to see the
show and still enjoy all the
alumni stuff,” he said. “We
don’t want them to miss anything. We have 12 shows, and
there’s only one weekend of
this (reunion) stuff. They can
all come another night.”
There are performances
Thursday through Sunday until
Sunday Aug. 12. Sunday shows
begin at 2:30 p.m. Most of the
other performances begin at
7:30 p.m.
For more information, go to
www.mindenoperahouse.com
or call 308-832-0588.
Although it is not connected
with “My Way,” this weekend
also is when the Minden
Chamber of Commerce’s community celebration, Dawg
Days, will occur.
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Neb. fares
favorably
in study
Those states have had relatively stable housing markets
and have avoided the collapse in home values suffered
in some states during the
Great Recession, said Steve
Cochrane, managing director
of Moody’s Analytics, a
national economic forecasting firm.
The upper Midwest “had
very little of the housing
cycle like much of the rest of
the country, where you had a
boom and a bust,” Cochrane
said. “And commodity prices
have been very, very strong ...
particularly for grain crops.”
The study’s results are
reflected in the June jobless
rates of the four states. North
Dakota had the nation’s lowest June unemployment rate
at 2.9 percent, followed by
Nebraska (3.8 percent) and
South Dakota (4.3 percent),
according to the federal
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Iowa was seventh, at 5.2 percent. The national June jobless rate was 8.2 percent.
North Dakota’s economic
growth has been boosted by
an energy boom. The state’s
number of oil wells has doubled and its production has
increased fivefold since 2007.
At almost 640,000 barrels a
day, North Dakota now ranks
only behind Texas as the
nation’s second-leading producer.
“What you’re seeing is ...
we have a very robust economy, and therefore the children in North Dakota are in
a much different situation
than most of the kids in the
rest of the United States,”
said Richard Rathge, a North
Dakota State University
researcher.
Carole Cochran, director of
South Dakota Kids Count,
said she was pleased by the
study’s findings on economic
well-being, but said there
“certainly are areas for
improvement,” particularly
in teenage death rates from
vehicle crashes.
“I think (the study) really
gives us areas that we can
hone in on ... and really have
some things that we can try
to impact,” Cochran said.
Reunion:
Activities
start Thurs.
Kristensen, who still lives
in Minden, is a former speaker of the Nebraska
Legislature.
The all-class reunion choir
will perform at the banquet
and again at the all-class worship service, which is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sunday in
the C.L. Jones gym. Mary
Smith, who recently retired
as MHS choral music instructor, will lead the group.
Speaker at the worship
service will be Suzanne
(Phillips) Vogel of Pella, Iowa,
a member of the MHS Class
of 1987.
The all-class reunion has a
standing slot on the calendar:
The last weekend of July in
every year ending in “2” and
“7.”
Agri/Business
DHS: Work permit program could cost $585M
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
ALICIA A. CALDWELL
WASHINGTON — The Obama
administration’s new plan to grant temporary work permits to many young,
illegal immigrants who otherwise could
be deported may cost more than $585
million and require hiring hundreds of
new federal employees to process more
than 1 million anticipated requests,
according to internal documents
obtained by The Associated Press.
The Homeland Security Department
plans, marked “not for distribution,”
describe steps that immigrants will
need to take — including a $465 paperwork fee designed to offset the program’s cost — and how the government will manage it. Illegal immigrants
can request permission to stay in the
country under the plan by filing a document, “Request for Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals,” and simultaneously apply for a work permit starting Aug. 15.
Under the new program, which
President Barack Obama announced
last month, eligible immigrants must
have arrived in the U.S. before their
16th birthday, are 30 or younger, have
been living here at least five years, are
in school or graduated or served in the
military. They also must not have a
criminal record or otherwise pose a
safety threat. They can apply to stay in
the country and be granted a work permit for two years, but they would not
be granted citizenship.
The internal government plans
obtained by the AP provide the first
estimates of costs, how many immigrants were expected to participate
and how long it might take for them.
It was not immediately clear whether
or under which circumstances any
immigrants would not be required to
pay the $465 paperwork fee. The
plans said there would be no waivers,
but Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano told Congress last
week that the government would
grant waivers “in very deserving
cases.” She said details were still being
worked out.
“We anticipate that this will be a
fee-driven process,” Napolitano said.
A spokesman for the Homeland
Security Department, Peter Boogaard,
said the plans obtained by the AP were
“preliminary documents” and the
process is still being worked out.
Boogaard said processing immigrant
applications under the program “will
not use taxpayer dollars.”
Fee waivers could dramatically affect
the government’s share of the cost. The
plans said that, depending on how
many applicants don’t pay, the government could lose between $19 million
and $121 million. Republican critics
pounced on that.
“By lowering the fee or waiving it
altogether for illegal immigrants, those
who play by the rules will face delays
and large backlogs as attention is
diverted to illegal immigrants,” said
House Judiciary Committee Chairman
Lamar Smith, R-Texas. “American taxpayers should not be forced to bail out
illegal immigrants and President
Obama’s fiscally irresponsible policies.”
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services estimated it could receive more
than 1 million applications during the
first year of the program, or more than
3,000 per day. It would cost the government between $467 million and
$585 million to process applications in
the first two years of the program, with
revenues from fees paid by immigrants
estimated at $484 million, according to
the plans. That means the cost to the
government could range from a gain of
$16 million to a loss of more than
$101 million.
WASHINGTON — More
than 21 states have simplified
how they collect taxes in hopes
of recovering an estimated $20
billion in sales taxes that go
uncollected by out-of-state
online merchants every year.
But the nation’s governors say
they still need help from
Congress.
Speaking on behalf of the
National Governors
Association, Tennessee Gov. Bill
Haslam told the House
Judiciary Committee on
Tuesday it isn’t fair to local
businesses that online sellers
are not required to collect and
distribute state sales taxes for
purchases made where they
don’t have a physical presence.
In states with sales tax,
online buyers are required to
pay a “use tax” for items upon
which no sales tax has been
paid, but often sellers don’t
enforce it or buyers are not
aware of the requirement.
“This discussion isn’t about
raising taxes or adding new
taxes,” Haslam said. “This is
about states having the flexibility and authority to collect
taxes that are already owed by
their own in-state residents.”
Through the Streamlined
Sales and Use Tax coalition,
around 21 states are in full
compliance with the laws and
regulations set forth by the
cooperative and have agreed to
implement the policies and
software technology that
would make it easy for even
the smallest businesses to collect and forward sales taxes
across state lines.
Reps. Steve Womack, R-Ark.,
and Jackie Speier, D-Calif.,
urged the House to pass the
Marketplace Equity Act of
2011, which is co-sponsored by
48 House lawmakers from both
parties.
The act was in response to a
1992 Supreme Court decision
that restricted states from collecting sales taxes on Internet
transactions with online retailers that are not physically connected with the state.
Similar online sales tax legislation discussed in Congress
during at least the past decade
all have lacked enough support
to become law. As both parties
remain unwilling to let the
other claim legislative victory,
the bill’s fate is dubious.
Some Republican governors
such as Chris Christie of New
Jersey and Terry Branstad of
Iowa have endorsed legislative
action to make out-of-state
Internet merchants charge and
collect state taxes.
Yet, ideological disagreements between conservatives
have become more evident in
the bill’s two sister Senate
measures: the Main Street
Fairness Act and the
Marketplace Fairness Act.
Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte
of New Hampshire and Jim
DeMint of South Carolina have
argued that any federal law that
allows states to require the recollection of online sales tax
would impose an unwarranted
burden on struggling families
and recovering businesses.
Steve DelBianco, executive
director of NetChoice, a coalition of e-commerce companies,
said the Marketplace Equity Act
of 2011 does not provide
enough guidelines to simplify
the process of collecting and
distributing taxes.
The bill “does not adequately
protect America’s small businesses, for whom new collection burdens would be disproportionately complex and
expensive,” DelBianco told the
committee.
States that have no income
taxes and those that rely on
sales taxes for their revenue
have a strong interest in the
bill due to the additional
income that could be generated
if states start collecting online
sales taxes.
Retailers’ e-commerce sales
increased by 16.3 percent
between 2009 and 2010 to
$169 billion, according to the
Census Bureau. The Forrester
Research company estimated
that around 25 million more
Americans are expected to shop
online in the next four years.
Moody’s may downgrade
Penn State credit rating
NEW YORK — Moody’s
Investors Service said Tuesday it
may cut its rating on Penn
State’s credit as the university
deals with the fallout from the
Jerry Sandusky child sexualabuse case and sanctions against
the school’s football team.
The agency has an ‘Aa1’ rating on Pennsylvania State
University’s credit. That is its
second-highest possible rating.
The firm said a recent report by
former FBI Director Louis Freeh
and sanctions levied by the
NCAA could hurt student
enrollment and fundraising for
the university, and the school
also faces uncertainty in the
form of ongoing federal and
state investigations.
Penn State has about $1 billion in debt, Moody’s said. A
downgrade could make it more
expensive for Penn State to
borrow money, which would
be another long-term cost in a
scandal that has already cost
the school immeasurably.
The announcement comes a
day after the NCAA fined Penn
State $60 million, banned the
school from playing in postseason bowl games for four years,
and stripped the team of
dozens of scholarships, among
other penalties. The Big Ten
conference levied additional
sanctions.
Markets
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Milo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.43
Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.60
Stocks of local interest
The following stocks of local interest were
traded today:
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125,540
+70
Berkshire Hathaway A
83.77
+.07
Berkshire Hathaway B
23;85
+.28
ConAgra
41.64
+.64
Eaton Corp.
39.49
-.42
Ingersoll Rand
17.92
-2.50
Level 3
88.05
-.01
McDonald’s
69.70
+.91
PepsiCo
+.40
Tricon Global Restaurants 63.16
116.40
-.39
Union Pacific
33.11
-.12
Wells Fargo
30.48
-.49
Williams Cos.
72.07
-.07
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ANDRES GONZALEZ
The government estimated that as
many as 890,000 immigrants in the
first year would be immediately eligible
to avoid deportation. The remaining
151,000 immigrants would likely be
rejected as ineligible.
The plans estimated that the
Homeland Security Department could
need to hire more than 1,400 full-time
employees, as well as contractors, to
process the applications. Salaries were
included in the agency’s estimates of
total program costs.
Once immigrants submit their applications, it could take between two and
10 days for the Homeland Security
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Wednesday, July 25,2012
Sports
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B1
JIH falls to rival Kearney twice to see season end
MIKE ZIMMERMAN
mzimmerman@hastingstribune.com
NORTH PLATTE — The
Hastings Johnson Imperial
Homes junior legion baseball
team had an opportunity to do
what a lot of Class A, Area 7
juniors teams haven’t in the
past — prevent Kearney from
making the state tournament.
Hastings was in a good spot,
too, having already knocked
off Kearney in their game
Friday. JIH needed only one
win to qualify for state, and the
team had the rest and the arms
to do it.
But, sometimes, baseball can
be cruel.
Kearney took care of
Hastings 9-2 in the first game
to force an all-or-nothing
championship game. JIH
couldn’t prevent the big inning
and fell 8-5 in the nightcap,
ending its season on a miserably hot afternoon at Bill
Wood Field in North Platte
Tuesday.
“Until somebody knocks
Kearney off in the area championship, that’s the team to
beat,” said head coach Russ
Kindig, whose team finishes
with a record of 19-25. “It was
them and us, just how we had
hoped it to be going in. We
played our tails off, but
Kearney was better today.”
After dropping the first
game, JIH had to feel comfortable knowing that it had a couple of good pitchers left in its
disposal. Buzz Niederklein started on the mound in the nightcap and pitched a scoreless first
inning before allowing two in
the second and one in the
third to give Kearney a 3-0
lead.
Hastings responded in the bottom of the third with a big fourrun inning to grab momentum.
Brady Staton lead off with a base
hit. Broc Dreher then advanced
on a bunt. Zach Merrill stepped
up and his hard hit line drive
found the gap in left-center for a
double, scoring Staton and putting two runners in scoring position with no outs. Alex
Panganiban’s bat continued to
stay hot, as he drilled a base hit
up the middle for two RBIs to tie
the game 3-all. Panganiban later
scored on a grounder.
But Kearney didn’t falter and
just continued to produce runs
in the fourth and fifth innings,
before grabbing three runs in
the sixth to put JIH away for
good. In both games, Hastings
couldn’t prevent Kearney from
having a big inning.
“That was the biggest thing,
MIKE
ZIMMERMAN/
especially in the second game.
The second through the sixth
inning, they scored a run,”
Kindig said. “We tried to get a
few back and could only put a
zero up. That’s how you win
ballgames.”
In the first game, JIH
grabbed an early 1-0 lead on a
RBI double from Panganiban.
That would be the team’s only
lead, as Kearney responded
with four runs in both the
third and fifth innings en route
to an easy victory.
In both games, Hastings didn’t make devastating mistakes.
But the bounces weren’t falling
in their favor. The offense
pounded out hard line drives
right to defenders. Catchers
took foul balls of the arm.
Pitchers were cramping. It was
just plain hot, too.
Please see JIH/page B2
Tribune
Johnson
Imperial
Homes’
Buzz
Niederklein
pitches
against
Kearney
Tuesday
during the
Class A,
Area 7
junior
legion
baseball
tournament
in North
Platte.
Sutton seniors win thriller to advance
SPONGBERG DELIVERS
WALK-OFF HIT TO SEND
SQUAD TO STATE
NICK BLASNITZ
nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com
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AMY ROH/Tribune
Sutton’s Max Olson tags out Davenport/Edgar’s Andrew Kuta at home plate Tuesday in Daykin.
AYKIN — Anybody
who watched the
Sutton and
Davenport/Edgar
senior legion baseball
teams play during the season
knew the two teams likely were
destined to battle for a chance to
go to the state tournament in the
area championship. And fans
were not disappointed.
It took a walk-off single off the
bat of Lance Spongberg for Sutton
to defeat Davenport/Edgar 2-1 in
the Class C, Area 5 championship
Tuesday night. The two teams
have split the previous four area
championships — Davenport/
Edgar won the first two and
Sutton has won the last two.
Sutton head coach Steve
Spongberg said the rivalry is as
intense as some of those he dealt
with in Class A.
“I’ve done baseball for 30-some
odd years and had some tremendous rivalries over my career,”
said Spongberg, who previously
coached Kearney before taking
over Sutton last year in order to
coach his son, Lance. “It used to
be Kearney-Hastings was a big
one, and Grand Island could be
awfully rude at times. And this
one is right up there with them. I
wouldn’t say it’s more necessarily
because I know how intense it
was when we played Hastings.
“Davenport/Edgar has got a
great program, just like those
other teams did. I’ve learned a
tremendous amount of respect
for the way that their kids play
the game, as hard as they compete. They’re well-coached.”
With the win, Sutton (39-4)
advances to the Class C state
tournament that begins Saturday
in Valley. Sutton will open
against Valparaiso at a time to be
announced.
Please see SUTTON/page B3
HC names
new coach
BOISE STATE ASSISTANT
TO TAKE OVER BRONCO
WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
sports@hastingstribune.com
One week after Hastings
College learned it was losing its
head women’s soccer coach, the
Broncos have
found a new
coach.
Hastings
College
announced
today that
Mark Hiemenz,
currently an
assistant coach Hiemenz
for the NCAA
Division I Boise State women’s
soccer, will take over HC’s program and replace Ted Flogaites.
Although he has been at Boise
State for the last five seasons as
an assistant coach, he has experience coaching at the NAIA level
— spending five seasons as the
head coach at Carroll College in
Montana, highlighted by a 2006
season in which the team went
13-6-1, made the NAIA national
tournament for the first time in
school history and finished
ranked No. 12.
“While coaching at Carroll
College in Montana, Mark proved
he can take a fledgling team to
the NAIA national tournament,”
HC athletic director Jerry
Schmutte said in a news release.
“Given that track record and the
additional experience he gained
at Boise State, an NCAA Division I
school, I’m really excited to see
what he will do with an established program such as ours.”
Flogaites left to be the head
coach for the NCAA Division I
Western Illinois women’s soccer
team after leading the Broncos
for five seasons, including last
year when they ended the season ranked No. 9 in the NAIA
after going 19-3-1 and reaching
the round of 16 of the NAIA
national tournament.
Please see HC/page B3
Hebron juniors ousted from state tournament Reiber festival honors
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
DOUG CARROLL/Tribune
Hebron’s Caleb Goedeken delivers a pitch against Pender Tuesday night at the Class C
junior legion state baseball tournament in North Bend.
NORTH BEND — After losing its first game of the Class C
junior legion state tournament
8-1 to Creighton on Monday,
Hebron was eliminated on
Tuesday after falling to Pender
7-5.
Hebron coach Mark Hintz
hoped to be able to save Caleb
Goedeken, his ace, for another
game. But after Junior Reed and
Ben Baden combined to give up
seven runs in the first inning,
highlighted by a grand slam by
Pender’s Devan Kaup, Hintz
called upon Goedeken to stop
the bleeding in the second.
And he did.
Goedeken pitched the
remaining six innings without
allowing a run — bringing his
total to 13 scoreless innings at
state.
Please see HEBRON/page B3
fallen soccer players
TOURNEY TO INCLUDE
LUNCH, RAFFLE
DRAWING, SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Players of all skill abilities are eligible to compete in the 12th
Annual Jonathon Reiber Memorial
Soccer Festival at 9 a.m. Saturday
at the Hastings High soccer fields,
14th Street and Saunders Avenue.
The free tournament will
include lunch, a raffle drawing, Tshirt sales and the opportunity to
earn one of four scholarships
awarded for effort and attitude.
The tournament is named for
longtime Hastings area soccer
player Jonathon Reiber, who was
killed by a drunk driver while
driving home from his parents’
home in Minden in 1999. Also
being memorialized by the tournament are Zach Anderson,
Mulbah Jackson, Camille Pittman
and Brett Witt.
Tournament director Jason
Marr launched the tournament in
2000 to honor his childhood
friend, whom he played soccer
with on teams at the YMCA,
Hastings High School and
Hastings College.
Marr described Reiber as not
only a phenomenal player, but a
true ambassador of the game of
soccer. He played the game with
integrity, Marr said, never arguing
or fighting with an opponent.
Please see SOCCER/page B3
Scoreboard
B2
Baseball
Colorado
AL Standings
East Division
W L Pct
GB
New York
58 39 .598
—
Baltimore
51 46 .526
7
Tampa Bay
50 47 .515
8
Boston
49 49 .500 9 1/2
Toronto
48 48 .500 9 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Chicago
52 45 .536
—
Detroit
52 45 .536
—
Cleveland
49 48 .505
3
Kansas City
41 55 .427 10 1/2
Minnesota
40 57 .412
12
West Division
W L Pct
GB
Texas
57 39 .594
—
Oakland
52 44 .542
5
Los Angeles
53 45 .541
5
Seattle
43 56 .434 15 1/2
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland 3, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1
Oakland 7, Toronto 2
Boston 2, Texas 1
Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota 4
Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 1
Seattle 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota (Blackburn 4-5) at Chicago White Sox
(Peavy 7-7), 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 6-8) at L.A. Angels
(Weaver 12-1), 2:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Nova 10-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 12), 2:40 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 9-5) at Cleveland (D.Lowe 8-8),
6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 13-4) at Baltimore
(Mig.Gonzalez 2-1), 6:05 p.m.
Oakland (Griffin 2-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 8-6),
6:07 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 5-8) at Texas (D.Holland 6-5),
7:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay (Shields 8-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 21), 11:35 a.m.
Oakland (Milone 9-6) at Toronto (Laffey 2-1),
11:37 a.m.
Detroit (Verlander 11-5) at Cleveland (McAllister
4-2), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Mendoza 4-6) at Seattle (Vargas 107), 9:10 p.m.
NL Standings
Washington
Atlanta
New York
Miami
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Houston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Arizona
San Diego
East Division
W L Pct
57 39 .594
53 44 .546
47 50 .485
45 52 .464
44 54 .449
Central Division
W L Pct
57 40 .588
54 42 .563
51 46 .526
44 52 .458
40 56 .417
34 64 .347
West Division
W L Pct
55 42 .567
53 45 .541
49 48 .505
41 58 .414
GB
—
4 1/2
10 1/2
12 1/2
14
GB
—
2 1/2
6
12 1/2
16 1/2
23 1/2
GB
—
2 1/2
6
15
36 60 .375 18 1/2
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 6
Atlanta 4, Miami 3
Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Cincinnati 4, Houston 2
St. Louis 8, L.A. Dodgers 2
Arizona 6, Colorado 2
San Francisco 3, San Diego 2
Wednesday’s Games
Washington (Strasburg 10-4) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner
1-3), 11:10 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-4) at Pittsburgh
(Correia 7-6), 11:35 a.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 10-5) at Miami (Nolasco 8-8),
11:40 a.m.
Milwaukee (Estrada 0-4) at Philadelphia (Worley
5-6), 12:05 p.m.
San Diego (Marquis 3-5) at San Francisco
(Lincecum 4-10), 2:45 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey 9-6) at Houston (B.Norris 5-8),
7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Harang 7-5) at St. Louis (Lohse 102), 7:15 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 2-2) at Arizona (Cahill 8-8), 8:40
p.m.
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 10-5) at St. Louis
(Westbrook 8-8), 12:45 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 11-3) at Houston (Keuchel
1-2), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (E.Jackson 5-6) at Milwaukee
(Gallardo 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Harvey 0-0) at Arizona (Miley 11-5),
8:40 p.m.
Legion Tournaments
AREA JUNIORS
Class A, Area 7
At North Platte
Friday, July 20
Game 1 — North Platte 19, Lexington 9
Game 2 — Hastings 9, Kearney 7
Saturday, July 21
Game 3 — Kearney 18, Lexington 0
Game 4 — North Platte 8, Twin Cities 2
Sunday, July 22
Game 5 — Kearney 10, Twin Cities 1
Game 6 — Hastings 5, North Platte 4
Monday, July 23
Game 7 — Kearney 6, North Platte 2
Tuesday, July 24
Game 8 — Kearney 9, Hastings 2
Class B, Area 6
At Holdrege
Friday, July 13
Game 1 — Broken Bow 10, Holdrege 8
Game 2 — Cozad 17, McCook 0
Saturday, July 14
Game 3 — McCook 15, Holdrege 1
Game 4 — Minden 16, Broken Bow 3
Sunday, July 15
Game 5 — McCook 18, Broken Bow 2
Game 6 — Minden 2, Cozad 1
Monday, July 16
Game 7 — Cozad 4, McCook 1
Tuesday, July 17
Game 8 — Cozad 7, Minden 6
Game 9 — Cozad 16, Minden 1
Class C, Area 5
At Doniphan
Friday, July 13
Game 1 — Doniphan-Trumbull 20, LawrenceNelson 0
Game 2 — Hebron 10, Davenport-Edgar-Shickley
2
Saturday, July 14
Game 3 — Davenport-Edgar 12, LawrenceNelson 4
Game 4 — Dannebrog-Cairo-Boelus 7, DoniphanTrumbull 2
Sunday, July 15
Game 5 — Davenport-Edgar 13, DoniphanTrumbull 3
Game 6 — Hebron 15, DCB 0
Monday, July 16
Game 7 — Davenport-Edgar 20, DCB 7
Tuesday, July 17
Game 8 — Hebron 10, Davenport-Edgar 4
AREA SENIORS
Class A, Area 7
At Duncan Field
Friday, July 20
Game 1 — Scottsbluff 5, North Platte 4
Game 2 — Kearney 13 Hastings 7
Saturday, July 21
Game 3 — Hastings 5, North Platte 1
Game 4 — Kearney 23, Scottsbluff 2
Sunday, July 22
Game 5 — Hastings 8, Scottsbluff 2
Monday, July 23
Game 6 — Hastings 8, Kearney 7
Class B, Area 6
At Minden
Friday, July 20
Game 1 — Shelton-Gibbon 22, Cozad 12
Game 2 — Holdrege 15, Minden 6
Game 3 — McCook 14, Gothenburg 0
Saturday, July 21
Game 4 — Minden 11, Gothenburg 7
Game 5 — Broken Bow 5, Shelton-Gibbon 1
Game 6 — Holdrege 7, McCook 1
Sunday, July 22
Game 7 — Minden 13, Shelton-Gibbon 7
Game 8 — McCook 15, Cozad 1
Monday, July 23
Game 9 — McCook 7, Minden 3
Game 10 — Holdrege 8, Broken Bow 6
Tuesday, July 24
Game 11 — Broken Bow 3, McCook1
Wednesday, July 25
Game 12 — Holdrege vs. Broken Bow, 5 p.m.
Game 13 — If necessary, immediately following
1st game
Class C, Area 5
At Daykin
Thursday, July 19
Game 1 — Geneva 2, Tecumseh 1
Game 2 — Utica-Beaver Crossing 11, Hebron 1
Game 3 — Davenport-Edgar 10, Daykin-Meridian
0
Friday, July 20
Game 4 — Daykin-Meridian 1, Hebron 0
Game 5 — Sutton 11, Geneva 2
Game 6 — Davenport-Edgar 14, Utica 2
Saturday, July 21
Game 7 — Geneva 7, Daykin-Meridian 5
Game 8 — Tecumseh 2, Utica-Beaver Crossing 0
Sunday, July 22
Game 9 — Tecumseh 5, Geneva 0
Game 10 — Sutton 2, Davenport-Edgar 0
Monday, July 23
Game 11 — Davenport-Edgar 3, Tecumseh 1
Tuesday, July 24
Game 12 — Sutton 2, Davenport-Edgar 1
Class C, Area 6
At Twin River
Friday, July 20
Game 1 — DCB 14, Ord 1
Game 2 — Twin Plains 18, Ravenna 11
Game 3 — PWGS 6, SOS 0
Game 4 — St. Paul 11, Doniphan-Trumbull 0
Saturday, July 21
Game 5 — Ord 11, Ravenna 10
Game 6 — SOS 9, Doniphan-Trumbull 8
Game 7 — DCB 8, Twin Plains 0
Game 8 — St. Paul 12, PWGS 6
Sunday, July 22
Game 9 — PWGS 28, Ord 5
Game 10 — SOS 8, Twin Plains 2
Game 11 — DCB 12, St. Paul 0
Monday, July 23
Game 12 — St. Paul 12, SOS 6
Game 13 — PWGS 6, DCB 5
Tuesday, July 24
Game 14 — St. Paul 7, PWGS 4
Game 15 — St. Paul 6, DCB 4
STATE JUNIORS
Class C
At North Bend
Saturday, July 21
Game 1 — Hebron 1, Malcolm 0
Game 2 — Pender 5, Shelton-Gibbon 4
Game 3 — PWGS 1, Dodge 0
Game 4 — Creighton 5, North Bend 1
Sunday, July 22
Game 5 — Malcolm 8, Shelton-Gibbon 5
Game 6 — Dodge 17, North Bend 0
Game 7 — Hebron 13, Pender 3
Game 8 — Creighton 5, PWGS 4
Monday, July 23
Game 9 — Malcolm 17, PWGS 3
Game 10 — Pender 8, Dodge 4
Game 11 — Creighton 8, Hebron 1
Tuesday, July 24
Game 12 — Pender 7, Hebron 5
Game 13 — Malcolm 19, Creighton 3
Wednesday, July 25
Game 14 — Pender vs. Malcolm, 5:30 p.m.
Game 15 — Winner 14 vs. Creighton, 8 p.m.
Note: Pairings for Game 12 and 13 will not match
previous opponents against each other unless
absolutely necessary. If three teams remain after
Game 13, the winner of Game 11 goes to Game 15.
Transactions
Baseball
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with
OF Henry Urrutia on a minor league contract.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Assigned LHP Matt
Talley to Kannapolis (SAL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded RHP Jose De La
Torre to Boston for INF/OF Brent Lillibridge.
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned 2B Danny Worth to
Toledo (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced the retirement of C Jason Kendall.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated 1B Justin
Morneau from the paternity list.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated OF
Dewayne Wise for assignment.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned 1B Justin
Smoak and RHP D.J. Mitchell to Tacoma (PCL).
Assigned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma. Recalled
OF-DH Mike Carp from Tacoma.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated OF Sam Fuld
from the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Brandon Gomes
to Durham (IL). Transferred 3B Evan Longoria to the
60-day DL. Assigned RHP Matt Nevarez to Charlotte
(FSL). Acquired INF Ryan Roberts from the Arizona
Diamondbacks for 2B Tyler Bortnick.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated INF
John McDonald from the 15-day DL. Designated INF
Ryan Roberts for assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled LHP Edwar
Cabrera from Colorado Springs (PCL). Placed INF
Jason Giambi on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July
21st.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned C Jon Carnahan
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
to the Gulf Coast Astros.
NEW YORK METS — Selected the contracts of
RHP Manny Acosta and RHP Matt Harvey from
Buffalo (IL). Optioned OF Lucas Duda and RHP Pedro
Beato to Buffalo. Agreed to terms with RHP Craig
Hansen on a minor league contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Acquired LHP Wandy
Rodriguez and cash from the Houston Astros for LHP
Rudy Owens, LHP Colton Cain and OF Robbie
Grossman.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms
with OF Jarrad Page on a minor league contract.
Basketball
National Basketball Association
BROOKLYN NETS — Signed F Tornike Shengelia.
CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G Marco Belinelli.
HOUSTON ROCKETS — Announced the Chicago
Bulls did not match the Rockets three-year offer
sheet to C Omer Asik.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Acquired F
Dante Cunningham from the Memphis Grizzlies for G
Wayne Ellington.
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS — Signed C Anthony
Davis and G Austin Rivers to three-year contracts.
NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Pablo Prigioni.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed F-C Maurice
Harkless and C Arnett Moultrie.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G A.J. Price.
Football
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S Adrian
Wilson to a contract extension through the 2015
season.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Trent
Richardson and QB Brandon Weeden.
DENVER BRONCOS—Signed QB Brock Osweiler.
DETROIT LIONS — Named Elizabeth Parkinson
senior vice president of marketing and partnerships.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Named Ed Policy vice
president and general counsel.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed G Brandon Brooks.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed T Kevin Murphy.
Waived T Darrion Weems.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed coach Mike
Tomlin to a five-year contract. Signed G David
DeCastro to a four-year contract.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Agreed to terms with DE
Chris Clemons on a multi-year contract extension.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB David
Jones. Placed CB Chase Minnifield on the
waived/injured list.
Hockey
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed D Jay
Harrison to a three-year contract extension and F
Zach Boychuk to a one-year, two-way contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed D Rya
Murray to a three-year, entry-level contract.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Matched
Philadelphia’s 14-year offer sheet to D Shea Weber.
College
BETHEL (MINN.) — Named Andrew Rock men’s
and women’s track and field coach.
HOUSTON — Named David Hyte assistant volleyball coach.
MICHIGAN — Suspended DE Frank Clark after
authorities say he took a laptop from a campus
dorm room.
NJIT — Named Brian Guiliana baseball coach.
RADFORD — Named Ryan Connolly assistant
baseball coach and Matt Mack volunteer assistant
baseball coach.
ST. CLOUD STATE—Named Garrett Raboin men’s
assistant hockey coach.
SYRACUSE — Named Brendon Knight women’s
assistant ice hockey coach.
JIH: Hastings falls in championship to Kearney
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“The last three weeks we’ve hit
the ball hard, but right at a guy.
You know, you tell them not to
change that type of stuff,” Kindig
said. “Obviously, they’re doing
something right.”
But Kindig also added that his
team failed at some of the little
things such as missing signs or not
capitalizing on routine plays.
“That ‘evil’ team that we see once
in a while came out a little bit,” he
said. “It really came back on us.”
Lance Schmidt was saddled with
the loss in the first game.
Panganiban, who had earned the
team’s first two wins of the tourna-
ment, came in relief and was charged
with the loss in the second game.
Niederklein finished the day with
three hits, including a double in
the first game and triple in the second game. Panganiban had two
hits and three RBIs on his day.
Despite going 2-0 on the weekend to advance to the area final, it
wasn’t exactly the easiest time for
JIH. After winning on Friday, JIH
didn’t play again until Sunday
night at 8 p.m. Then the team had
another day off before playing
Tuesday. That’s a lot of time, travel
and money spent in North Platte.
The advantage was that it helped
the team stay rested. And looking
back, if it’s what it takes to get to
the area final, Kindig won’t complain about the long road trip.
“We sat and waited and waited. I
don’t know if we thought about
(the games) to much. I don’t think
the layoff did that much. If I were
to do it again next year, I’d like to
be 2-0 going into that last game. I
wouldn’t second guess that,” he
said. “We sat around, and ideally it
wasn’t the best.”
At one point this season, JIH had
dropped eight games in a row. But
once JIH broke that streak, the
team went on to win seven
straight. It was an up-and-down
season, but the team stayed the
course and fell just short of state
tournament berth.
“That’s what we play the whole
season for. We took our lumps, and
it took us a while to find our
starters. And once we did, we were
happy with them,” Kindig said.
“That’s why you play 40 games to
get to area.”
Game 1
Hastings JIH...........100 100 X — 2 7 1
Kearney ..................004 140 X — 9 9 1
W — Peyton Pocock. L — Schmidt.
2B — JIH, Ryan Kern, Panganiban, Niederklein.
Game 2
Kearney .................021 113 0 — 8 11 2
Hastings JIH............004 100 0 — 5 6 1
W — Dakota Schriner. L — Panganiban.
2B — JIH, Merrill; KEA, Schriner, John Blake.
3B — JIH, Niederklein.
Smith, Cain lead Royals over Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Will
Smith was drafted in 2007 by the
Angels, he dreamed of taking the
mound at Angel Stadium one day
and having a game like this. It didn’t occur to him that it would be in
a different team’s uniform, though
— and against former minor league
teammate Garrett Richards.
Smith pitched two-hit ball over
seven innings in the longest of his
five major league starts, and the
Kansas City Royals beat Los Angeles
4-1 on Tuesday night. The 23-yearold left-hander was dealt to the
Royals along with reliever Sean
O’Sullivan for third baseman Alberto
Callaspo in July 2010.
“At first, I didn’t know how to take it
because I was so young,” Smith said.
“But people kept telling me it was a
good thing for me. I’m very happy in
Kansas City. We’ve got a great young
core here, so I’m excited. It always feels
good to win, going against a buddy of
yours like Garrett.”
Smith (2-3) allowed a run, struck
out four and walked four against an
all-righthanded lineup that included
switch-hitters Kendrys Morales and
Callaspo. The Angels’ only hits
against their former farmhand came
in the first inning — a line-drive single through the box by Torii Hunter
and an RBI single by Mark Trumbo
that followed a walk to Albert Pujols.
“This is a tough lineup to navigate
through, and he really got locked in
during the fourth inning,” Royals
manager Ned Yost said. “He had
thrown more balls than strikes to
that point and his command was off
a little bit, but he was wild enough
that he was tough to hit. Then he
just settled in and really started commanding the ball.”
Trumbo and rookie Mike Trout
gave their teammates a crash course
on Smith before the game, so they
could have a clue as to what he
throws and when.
“Trout and Trumbo spoke up and
gave us a little insight on what this
guy was featuring. They were right
on point, but we just couldn’t get
anything going,” Hunter said. “He
has an over-the-top delivery, like an
Iron Mike (pitching machine). He
has a little cutter, a changeup, a slider and a curve ball. He threw everything by the kitchen sink.”
Jonathan Broxton allowed two
singles during a scoreless ninth for
his 23rd save in 27 chances.
Garrett Richards (3-2) gave up
four runs, five hits and three walks
in five innings, including a two-run
homer by Lorenzo Cain. The 24year-old right-hander, who is trying
to secure the fifth spot in the
Angels’ rotation, got the nod this
time around after Jerome Williams
went 0-5 with a 7.53 ERA in his pre-
vious five starts and was relegated to
the bullpen.
Williams took over for Richards
and scattered four hits over four
scoreless innings in his second relief
appearance this season.
Richards, who bounced back from
two straight rough outings against
Toronto and Baltimore with seven
innings of three-hit ball in an 11-0
win at Detroit last Tuesday, gave up
Cain’s third homer of the season
after Alex Gordon opened the game
with a bloop double inside the left
field line.
“I’m trying to get my mentality
down to a point where instead of
waiting for something to happen, I
turn it on. And that’s only going to
come with more experience and
more starts,” Richards said. “But I
feel like I’m getting better every
time out, and I thought I did a pretty good job tonight of not letting
this one unravel too much.”
Kansas City pushed across two runs
in the second. Gordon hit an RBI single, and Chris Getz scored when
Alcides Escobar beat second baseman
Howie Kendrick’s relay throw to first
on a potential inning-ending doubleplay grounder to shortstop.
Angels outfielder Mike Trout was 0for-3 with a walk as his franchiserecord streak of consecutive games
with a run scored ended at 15, leaving him tied with Roy Hartsfield of
the 1950 Boston Red Sox for the
major league-record among rookies.
Trout came up three shy of the overall
AL mark set by Red Rolfe of the
Yankees in 1939 and equaled by
Kenny Lofton of the Indians in 2000.
The Angels received two scares
Tuesday night.
Albert Pujols, making his eighth
start as the designated hitter, swung
at an inside pitch in the third inning
and was struck on the right elbow. He
was examined by trainers before striking out on the next pitch.
Gold Glove outfielder Torri
Hunter tried to make a backhanded
diving catch on a sinking liner by
Eric Hosmer in the sixth, and the
ball bounced past him for a triple.
Hunter bruised his left ribs on the
play and spent several anxious
moments on his knees while manager Mike Scioscia and a couple of
trainers ran out to check on him
before leaving him in the game.
“He hit a line drive, and when I’m
running toward the gap, the ball’s
always in the lights,” Hunter said.
“It stayed in the lights the whole
time and I saw it late, so I had to
dive quick to get to it. But I dove
funny. I’ve got a hard belt, and
when I fell, it rolled all up in me. I
had to fight them to stay in the
game. I was bobbing and weaving,
and they finally let me stay in and
let me get my at-bat.”
Miami trades slugger Hanley Ramirez to Dodgers
MIAMI — The Los Angeles
Dodgers acquired former NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez
from Miami in a multiplayer trade,
the second big deal in as many
days for the disappointing Marlins.
The Marlins announced the deal
Wednesday at a news conference
before their game against the
Atlanta Braves.
The Dodgers also get reliever
Randy Choate, while the Marlins
receive pitcher Nathan Eovaldi and
minor-league pitcher Scott McGough.
“I am sad to go,” Ramirez said.
“This will be always be my home,
but it will just be a little different.”
The deadline to make trades
without waivers is next Tuesday,
and several stars including Ichiro
Suzuki, Wandy Rodriguez and
Kevin Youkilis already have been
on the move to contending teams.
A day after the Marlins sent pitcher Anibal Sanchez and infielder
Omar Infante to the Detroit Tigers
for pitching prospect Jacob Turner
and two minor leaguers, Miami traded with another playoff hopeful.
The 28-year-old Ramirez is hitting .246 with 14 home runs and
47 RBIs, far from his big season in
2009 when he hit .342 with 24
homers and 106 RBIs. The All-Star
shifted from shortstop to third base
this season to make room for newly
acquired Jose Reyes.
Ramirez and the Marlins have
fallen short of expectations this
year. Miami lost 4-3 to Atlanta on
Tuesday night and dropped to 45-
52.
The Dodgers lost at St. Louis 8-2
and are 2 1/2 games behind NL
West-leading San Francisco. Los
Angeles got off to a terrific start this
season, but hit a skid and fell out of
first place.
Ramirez could play either spot on
the left side of the infield for the
Dodgers. Dee Gordon is currently
on the disabled list with a torn ligament in his right thumb that could
sideline him until mid-August, and
is batting only .229 with 17 RBIs.
TV/Radio broadcasts
Wednesday’s television
GOLF
8 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Lyoness
Open, first round, at Atzenbrugg, Austria
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
11:30 p.m.
WGN — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh
7 p.m.
ESPN — L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis
OLYMPICS
9:30 a.m.
MSNBC — Women’s soccer, Britain vs.
New Zealand, at Cardiff, Wales
11 a.m.
NBCSN — Women’s soccer: LIVE:
United States vs. France, at Glasgow,
Scotland; Cameroon vs. Brazil, at Cardiff,
Wales; SAME-DAY TAPE: Japan vs.
Canada, at Coventry, England
NBC SOCCER — Women’s, LIVE:
United States vs. France, at Glasgow,
Scotland; Colombia vs. North Korea, at
Glasgow, Scotland; SAME-DAY TAPE:
Britain vs. New Zealand, at Cardiff, Wales;
Japan vs. Canada, at Coventry, England;
Cameroon vs. Brazil, at Cardiff, Wales;
Sweden vs. South Africa, at Coventry,
England
1:30 p.m.
MSNBC — Women’s soccer, LIVE:
Colombia vs. North Korea, at Glasgow,
Scotland; SAME-DAY TAPE: Sweden vs.
South Africa, at Coventry, England
SOCCER
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Premier League/Serie A,
exhibition, Liverpool vs. AS Roma, at
Boston
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLS/Premier League, AllStar Game, MLS All-Stars vs. Chelsea, at
Chester, Pa.
Wednesday’s radio
9 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Kansas City at LA Angels
Thursday’s television
GOLF
8:30 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Lyoness
Open, second round, at Atzenbrugg,
Austria (same-day tape)
11 a.m.
ESPN2 — The Senior British Open
Championship, first round, at Ayrshire,
Scotland
11:30 a.m.
TGC — Web.com Tour, Children’s
Hospital Invitational, first round, at
Columbus, Ohio
2 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Canadian Open, first
round, at Ancaster, Ontario
5:30 p.m.
TGC — LPGA, Evian Masters, first
round, at Evian-les-Bains, France (sameday tape)
12:30 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage, L.A.
Dodgers at St. Louis or Tampa Bay at
Baltimore (12:30 p.m. start)
7 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage,
Washington at Milwaukee or Pittsburgh at
Houston
OLYMPICS
5:30 a.m.
TELEMUNDO — Men’s soccer, Mexico
vs. South Korea, at Newcastle, England;
Honduras vs. Morocco, at Glasgow,
Scotland; Brazil vs. Egypt, at Cardiff,
Wales; United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay,
at Manchester, England
6 a.m.
NBCSN — Men’s soccer, LIVE:
Scotland; Mexico vs. South Korea, at
Newcastle, England; United Arab Emirates
vs. Uruguay, at Manchester, England;
Britain vs. Senegal, at Manchester,
England; SAME-DAY TAPE: Belarus vs.
New Zealand, at Coventry, England
NBC SOCCER — Men’s, LIVE:
Scotland; Mexico vs. South Korea, at
Newcastle, England; United Arab Emirates
vs. Uruguay, at Manchester, England;
Britain vs. Senegal, at Manchester,
England; SAME-DAY TAPE: Spain vs.
Japan, at Glasgow, Scotland; Gabon vs.
Switzerland, at Newcastle, England; Brazil
vs. Egypt, at Cardiff, Wales; Belarus vs.
New Zealand, at Coventry, England
8:30 a.m.
MSNBC — Men’s soccer, Spain vs.
Japan, at Glasgow, Scotland; Gabon vs.
Switzerland, at Newcastle, England; Brazil
vs. Egypt, at Cardiff, Wales
Thursday’s radio
8:30 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Kansas City at Seattle
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
11 a.m.
1460 KXPN, 1550 KICS — ‘Doug &
Daddy Show’ at Big Ten Media Days
Parks and Rec. Softball
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Slow Pitch
Men C/D
Complete Nutrition 21, Hastings
Insurance 12
Pepsi 20, Premier Rental Purchase 9
Reno Bar/Smokehouse/El Toro 21, Great
Plains Dodge 19
Men E
Uncle Neal’s All Stars 15, Industrial
Irrigation 8
Hastings Keno 17, North Shore 7
Hastings Keno 9, Uncle Neal’s All Stars
4
Men E-1
Murphy’s/Little Caesars 16, Farm
Bureau 3
Mid-American Pump 19, Slap My Pitch
18
Murphy’s/Little Caesars 16, MidAmerican Pump 15
Local
NCA ALL-STAR VOLLEYBALL
LINCOLN — Exeter-Milligan’s Claire White
and Lawrence-Nelson’s Kelsey Biltoft competed
in the Nebraska Coaches Association all-star volleyball match in Lincoln on Tuesday night.
White’s Red team defeated Biltoft’s Blue team in
five sets, 25-22, 24-26, 21-25, 25-16, 15-9.
The Reds used an 11-2 run to spark a first-set
victory. But the team lost leads of 24-22 in the
second set and 17-13 in the third set to give the
Blue team a 2-1 set advantage. But the Reds
bounced back to cruise through the fourth and
fifth sets.
White, who was grateful to play after suffering
a broken hip in January, finished with seven
kills, two aces and one block. Biltoft recorded
three kills and one block.
The final NCA all-star event is tonight at 7
p.m. when Adam Central’s Teal Anderson will
compete on the Red team in the all-star softball
game at the University of Nebraska’s Bowlin
Field.
Nation
PSU PLAYERS VOW TO STICK TOGETHER
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — More than 30 Penn
State football players say they’re staying in
Happy Valley despite NCAA sanctions that will
keep the Nittany Lions out of a bowl game for
the rest of their careers.
Flanked by more than two dozen teammates,
seniors Michael Mauti and Michael Zordich
vowed to restore Penn State to greatness after an
unprecedented child sex abuse scandal that shattered the program’s image as a place where “success with honor” was the rule.
“We want to let the nation know that we’re
proud of who we are,” Zordich said Wednesday.
“We’re the true Penn Staters, and we’re going to
stick together through this. We’re going to see this
thing through, and we’re going to do everything
we can for the university. We know it’s not going
to be easy, but we know what we’re made of.”
Neither Zordich nor Mauti — both sons of former Penn State players — mentioned former
assistant coach Jerry Sandusky by name.
“We take this as an opportunity to create our
own legacy,” Mauti said. “This program was not
built by one man and it’s sure as hell not going
to get torn down by one man. This program was
built on every alumni, every single player that
came before us, built on their backs.”
The Nittany Lions will not be able to play in a
bowl game until the 2016 season, and the scholarship reductions they’ll receive could make it
difficult for new coach Bill O’Brien to field a
competitive squad during the next few seasons.
That’s why support will be needed from fans and
alumni more than ever, the players said.
It’s been less than two weeks since an investigation by former FBI director Louis Freeh concluded former coach Joe Paterno and other highranking university officials covered up abuse
allegations involving Sandusky, who awaits sentencing on charges he abused 10 boys, some of
them in team facilities.
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HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B3
A-Rod
breaks
hand
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Hebron’s Cameron Asche races home to score a fifth-inning
run against Pender Tuesday night at the Class C junior legion
state baseball tournament in North Bend.
Hebron: Squad ousted
AMY ROH/Tribune
Sutton’s Tyler Keenan (left) and Reed Stone celebrate their Class C, Area 5 championship over
Davenport/Edgar Tuesday in Daykin.
Sutton: Team wins thriller
to advance to state tourney
Davenport/Edgar, which
would have needed to defeat
Sutton twice Tuesday to
advance to the state tournament, ends the season 27-5.
Spongberg estimated the
two teams have played each
other 10 times over the last
two years, with all but one
game being very competitive.
And Tuesday night’s game
stuck to the trend.
Sutton’s Reed Stone held
Davenport/Edgar scoreless
through six innings, while his
team clung to a 1-0 lead. But
in the top of the seventh,
Davenport/Edgar’s Mike
Houchin lead off the inning
with his third single of the
night. That hit caused Sutton
to replace Stone with its ace,
Lance Spongberg, who shut
out Davenport/Edgar on
Sunday in a 17-strikeout performance to send Sutton to
the title game.
After getting a strikeout for
the first out of the inning,
nine-hole hitter Riley
Tegtmeier hit a single that put
Houchin on second base.
Spongberg got
Davenport/Edgar’s Ty
VanCleef into a 1-2 count, but
VanCleef then muscled the
pitch to right field, driving in
the tying run. Spongberg
retired the next two batters to
get out of the inning, but the
damage was done.
Sutton had its No. 9 hitter,
Lincoln Ruybalid, leading off
the bottom of the seventh. He
hit a hard line drive, but it
was right at center fielder
Trent Tietjen for the first out.
The next batter, Stone, hit a
single for his second hit of the
game. Brody Yost followed
with another single, sending
Stone to second. Yost’s single
closed the books on
Davenport/Edgar starter
Andrew Kuta, who threw 6
1/3 innings and gave up seven
hits and struck out nine.
Davenport/Edgar then
brought in Ryan Tegtmeier,
who started Sunday’s winners’
bracket game that saw Sutton
win 2-0.
The stage was set: It was the
bottom of the seventh, one
out and the winning run was
on second base. Tegtmeier vs.
Lance Spongberg.
The anticipated matchup
was over in the blink of an
eye. On the first pitch,
Spongberg shot a line drive
into the hole between first
and second.
“I was looking for a fastball
down the middle or in, and I
got it right down the middle,”
Spongberg said. “It was a little
outside, so I just drove it the
other way.”
Stone rounded third without hesitation and slid across
home plate for the winning
run, sending Sutton to the
state tournament.
“I just had to hustle because
I just saw the ball and I saw
Ryan cut it off and I didn’t
know if I was going to make it
or not,” Stone said. “I just had
to slide away from it and get
away and touch home plate.”
Stone said the victory is
that much sweeter coming
against Davenport/Edgar. He
said both teams know each
other well, which makes the
game more fun for both sides.
Davenport/Edgar head
coach Rod Tegtmeier said the
rivalry between the two teams
reminds him of the old rivalry
between the University of
Nebraska and the University
of Oklahoma football teams.
He said his players had this
game in mind for quite some
time.
Tegtmeier said it’s frustrating that there is only one spot
for two teams as talented as
Sutton and Davenport/Edgar.
But he also said his team had
its chances during the game.
“Once again, we had 11 hits
and eight left on base. We just
could not get those two-out
hits,” said Tegtmeier, whose
squad saw four of its five losses this season come against
Sutton. “That’s just been our
bugaboo in these games with
them all year. Maybe that’s
just a credit to the job they do
pitching. I give all the credit
to them.”
Davenport/Edgar was really
two plays away from changing the game. In the fourth
inning, D/E had runners on
the corners with one out.
Kuta, on first base, took off for
second in an attempt to allow
Kendrick Holeman to score
from third. But Holeman was
tagged out in a rundown
between third and home. One
batter later, Kuta was thrown
out at the plate thanks to a
strong throw from Ruybalid in
center following a hit.
Stone threw a gem for
Sutton, going six innings and
striking out four while allowing nine hits and one run. He
and Spongberg led the team
offensively with two hits. Sam
Griess went 1-for-3 with an
RBI, driving in the first run of
the game in the fourth
inning.
Rod Tegtmeier said Steve
Spongberg is one of the best
coaches in the state, regardless
of class. He said it shows in
the attitude of his players,
who fought through the
entire game. Tegtmeier said a
coach like Spongberg mixed
with players as talented as
Sutton’s makes for a dangerous team.
Steve Spongberg said pitching is going to be the key to a
successful state tournament.
With Yost looking to return to
the rotation after not pitching
part of the season because of a
minor injury, Sutton has plenty of depth to frustrate many
hitters at state.
“We’ve pitched and defended all year, and that’s basically
what we have to do,”
Spongberg said. “If we get
into a slugfest, we’re probably
not going to be successful.
Offensively, we’ve been OK at
times. But we have a lot of
work to do and we’re running
out of time to do it.”
Davenport/Edgar (27-5) . . 000 000 1 — 1 11 0
Sutton (39-4) . . . . . . . . . . 000 100 1 — 2 9 0
W — Lance Spongberg. L — Andrew Kuta.
Hintz believes if he would
have started Goedeken, his
team would still be in the tournament. But the deficit proved
to be too much for Hebron,
which went 2-2 at state to finish the season 20-8. The closest
Hebron got to tying the game
was in the sixth inning.
Trailing 7-5, Hebron had
runners on first and second
with only one out. But it
couldn’t push a run across, as
Jacob Kniep’s line drive was
caught in right field and Simon
Wiedel hit a foul ball that was
caught by Pender’s first baseman.
The loss comes just two
games after Hebron beat
Pender 13-3 in the second
game of the state tournament.
Pender moves on to play
Malcolm today, with the winner advancing to a one-game
championship with Creighton.
Hintz said he was proud of
the way his kids competed all
year. It just came down to having too many walks and errors,
he said, something teams can’t
do at this stage of the season.
Hintz said this group of kids
know how to play as a team,
and that will help them continue their success in the
future.
“It’s been a very successful
season,” Hintz said. “We were
right there. We’re right there at
the same level of those teams
that are left in the finals. They
have nothing to hang their
head about. They’re a good
bunch of kids.”
HC: Broncos name new
women’s soccer coach
Flogaites’ departure was
announced July 17, leaving
Hastings College little time to
find a new coach before the
season started.
The Broncos’ first exhibition scrimmage of the season
is against Augustana College
on Aug. 18. HC has its first
regular season contest Aug. 31
against Concordia University
of Portland, Ore.
For Hiemenz, a 1997 graduate of DePauw University in
Indiana, called the move to
Hastings College “a perfect
storm” — allowing him to
coach a nationally recognized
team and be closer to his
wife’s family. Katie (Lang)
Hiemenz is a Nebraska native
who coached the HC Bronco
women’s soccer team in 2006
after serving as a graduate
assistant under the program’s
first head coach, Dale
Behrens.
“I am truly excited and
humbled in accepting the
head coaching position at
Hastings College and look forward to working with both
the returning and first-year
group of student-athletes,”
Hastings Midget Football
Registration
Dates & Times
Thursday, July 26th: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 28th: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(late registration fee after July 31st)
Open to ALL Adams County Residents Grades 4, 5 & 6
Registration at new Hogans Sporting Goods location,
2525 W. 2nd, Hastings.
Hiemenz said in a news
release. “While I’m departing
one tremendous Bronco family, I believe I’m joining another one at Hastings College.
After my conversations with
Jerry Schmutte and (HC men’s
soccer head coach) Chris
Kranjc, I knew that bringing
my wife and daughter closer
to our family was the right
decision.
“With exceptional facilities
and academic reputation, I
firmly believe Hastings has
the potential to achieve great
success regionally and nationally.”
The Boise State Broncos
went 8-11-1 last season.
Hiemenz’s appointment at
Hastings College is effective
on August 1, 2012.
SEATTLE — Even as Alex
Rodriguez writhed on the
ground in pain, he didn’t
believe his left hand was fractured.
Turns out A-Rod was wrong,
and now the Yankees will be
without another of their star
players.
“It’s difficult. Tough break,”
Rodriguez said in almost a
hushed tone after New York
lost to the Seattle Mariners 4-2
Tuesday night.
Rodriguez broke his hand
when he was hit by an 88
mph changeup from Felix
Hernandez in the eighth
inning. He went down in considerable pain. The Yankees
said he has a non-displaced
fracture of the hand, and
there is no timetable for his
return. He will be placed on
the disabled list and will
remain in Seattle with the
team for the series finale
Wednesday.
Eric Chavez, Rodriguez’s
replacement at third base,
had a similar injury in 2004.
He was out for about five
weeks.
“You hate to see a guy go
down on something freak like
that,” Yankees’ first baseman
Mark Teixeira said. “I had a
weird feeling it wasn’t good.”
Rodriguez was the last of
three Yankees to get plunked
in a five-batter stretch and
that ended Hernandez’s night.
He also hit Ichiro Suzuki and
Derek Jeter with pitches.
While not sharp, Hernandez
had allowed only Curtis
Granderson’s first-inning
home run and worked out of
jams in the fourth and fifth
innings.
The sudden loss of control
started when Hernandez hit
former teammate Suzuki on
the foot with a breaking ball
in the seventh. He then hit
Jeter in the arm to open the
eighth and completed the trio
when his 3-2 pitch to
Rodriguez tailed up and in.
Soccer: Festival
set for Saturday
The format of the tournament is designed to promote a
conflict-free environment on
the field. Rule No. 1 is to have
fun. Players call their own
fouls. Arguing, fighting and
complaining will not be tolerated.
Teams are picked by random
draw 15 minutes before the
first game, which is slated for
10 a.m. after registration begins
at 9 a.m. The preferred age of
competitors is 14 and older for
the coed tournament.
The round-robin format will
enable each team to play at
least three games, which consist of two 20-minute halves.
All proceeds from donations
and T-shirt sales will be used to
fund the scholarships awarded
each year at the tournament.
Tournament information is
available online at www.reiberfestival.com.
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By Leigh Rubin
The Family Circus
By Bil Keane
THURSDAY, JULY 26
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Texting with friends leads
girl into chat room trouble
D
EAR ABBY: I’m a 12year-old girl and I hope
you will print this
because it’s about something
important. I
have an iPod
Touch. My
friends and I
wanted to
text, so I asked
my mom if I
could download a program to talk
to my friends.
Dear Abby
She said it was
OK.
I really like “The Hunger
Games,” so I went into a
“Hunger Games” chat room
and started talking with some
boys there. The next thing I
knew there were three men
texting me, asking me questions about sex and asking for
pictures. (It started with them
asking if I was fat, and when I
said no, I was asked to send a
picture of me in a bathing suit
to prove it.) Then they wanted
me to send some without the
top. I felt really pressured.
I got so scared I couldn’t
sleep, so I had to tell my mom.
She helped me delete my
account and told me it was
dangerous, but she always
loves me. It was hard for me to
tell her because I was scared
she was going to be mad.
I want your readers to know
this can happen and there are
chat room apps for iPods. I get
good grades in school, but
these guys almost tricked me
into doing something I didn’t
want to do. I still have trouble
sleeping because I’m afraid one
of them will see me on the
street and do something to me.
What should I do? — TERRIFIED FROM TEXTING
DEAR TERRIFIED: You are a
very lucky girl. You are fortunate to have a good relationship with your mother and
that you could go to her right
away when you realized you
were in over your head.
Remember, once something
is on the Web it’s there for
good. You are intelligent
enough that things didn’t
progress any further.
Thank you for wanting to
warn other young people about
your experience. Adults can
lecture about the dangers of
communicating with strangers
on the Internet, but it’s easy to
tune them out. It’s also easy to
forget that the same rules apply
in the virtual world as apply in
the real world. If something
makes you uncomfortable, listen to your gut.
I hope other young women
will learn from what happened
to you and recognize how careful they must be in chat rooms
because as your experience
illustrates, not everyone is who
they pretend to be.
Bottom line: If anyone wants
to text or chat and things
progress in a way that makes
you uncomfortable, it’s time to
carefully consider whether to
proceed or not. Immediately
show the text or chat to someone (a parent or an older, more
knowledgeable friend) and ask
for an opinion, Remember, you
have the ability to block the
person at any time. Do not let
anyone — whether you know
him or her or not — force you
to do ANYTHING.
*
*
*
DEAR ABBY: I am a healthy,
active older man who is in love
with a woman my age.
Coincidentally, we are in-laws.
Her husband and my wife are
both deceased. Having known
each other for many years, we
are very close and have found
renewed happiness with each
other. We are in love.
Our adult children tell us we
are not being rational. Our
peers see nothing wrong with
it. Do we ignore our children’s
advice and seek happiness
together for the next few years?
Please tell me something that
makes sense. — CONFUSED
RETIRED ENGINEER
DEAR CONFUSED: You have
raised your kids and buried
your wife. You deserve to be
happy. What makes sense is
you and this lady you have
known for years being happily
together. Your children’s attitude is what’s irrational.
Pauline Phillips, a.k.a. Abigail
Van Buren, and Jeanne Phillips
are columnists for Universal
Press Syndicate©. Write Dear
Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.
oint endeavors could be
extremely rewarding for
you in the year ahead,
especially when they are
predicated upon sound
assumptions. When they
are not, however, it’s likely
to be a completely different
story.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
There is a possibility that
certain key elements might
not be as advantageous as
you first thought, so be
smart and carefully screen
all proposals that are presented to you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) — Although your perceptions and insights are
quite sharp, the methods
you use to implement
them might be impractical.
Try to execute your ideas as
cleverly as they deserve.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
— You might know what
you want, but if you are
clueless about how to
transmit your ideas, you
won’t get anywhere. Try to
do your best to lucidly
communicate your brainstorms.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) — The possibilities for
achieving success look
quite encouraging, but
only if you do not involve
yourself with persons who
have no real interests in
your aims. Stick with supporters only.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Honor all the
commitments you’ve
made, even if you have second thoughts. Though
other alternatives may look
promising, keeping your
word will count the most.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — Be sure to render full service for what
you are being paid to do. If
your performance fails to
meet expectations, it could
damage your reputation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) — When risky involvements are at stake, follow
your instincts and don’t go
against your prudent judgment. If your inner voice
warns you about taking a
chance, heed it.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) — If you do something
kind for another, do it
without making the recipient feel as if he or she is
now obligated to you in
some manner. That would
negate whatever nice thing
you’ve just done.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) — Don’t hesitate to
revive some of your longstanding plans if they didn’t produce as hoped.
Some kind of minor
change might turn out to
be just what the doctor
ordered.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) — Spend any small surplus you might have on
something you consider to
be worthwhile, instead of
frittering it away. At least
you’ll have something to
show for it.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) — If you feel what is
being asked of you is
unjust, don’t make any
concessions, even if you’re
under pressure. Make sure
to take a firm position and
stand up for what you
believe.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) — Even though they
might not be as substantial
as you’d hoped, be appreciative of any gains that
come your way. Anything
is better than coming up
empty-handed.
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Grizzwells
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By Bill Schorr
By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins
Frank and Ernest
By Bob Thaves
Pickles
By Brian Crane
Alley Oop
The Born Loser
Garfield
By Dave Graue and Jack Bender
By Art and Chip Sansom
By Jim Davis
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Frugal Living — Use up leftover taco meat
BY SARA NOEL
United Media
Taco recipes often call for one
pound of ground beef. You can use
leftover taco meat in almost any dish
that has ground beef, such as taco
salad, soup, casserole, chili, nachos,
lettuce wraps, spaghetti, lasagna,
pizza, empanadas or omelets, or serve
over French fries or baked potatoes.
Or make mini tacos by lining each
cup in a muffin tin with a wonton
wrapper or refrigerated biscuit (spray
the tin cups with nonstick cooking
spray first), then filling each with
heated taco meat and adding shredded cheese topping. Bake 6 to 8 minutes at 350 degrees F.
The first reader tip shares another
idea:
Leftover taco meat: We use leftover
taco meat the next day to make taco
burgers. Warm up the taco meat, put
it on a bun and add some shredded
cheese. Serve with a salad and you
have a quick meal. — Bev, email
Store ginger: When I buy fresh ginger, I peel it and cut it into smaller
pieces (if necessary) before storing it
in the refrigerator in a small glass jar
full of vodka. The ginger keeps beautifully, indefinitely. I’ve stored several
batches of ginger without ever replacing the vodka, but if I ever decide it is
time, I’ll bet the “ginger vodka”
would make great cocktails! — Janet
N., email
Clean range hood: WD-40, the
common lubricant and water displacer, is great for removing grease from
range hoods, microwave grills and
the like. It’s inexpensive, widely available and most people already have an
aerosol can of it sitting around. Just
spray it on the greasy area and wipe it
off. Because WD-40 has its own lubri-
cant, it will leave behind a clean,
light, oily film. Window cleaner or
dishwashing soap will quickly and
easily remove it. I heard about WD40 as a grease cutter from a mechanic
and used it on kitchen cabinet tops
where nothing I tried would cut years
of grease buildup. A spray of WD-40
and a wipe with paper towels cut the
grease with amazing ease. — Steve S.,
Illinois
Three ounces of rubbing alcohol
plus three ounces of Simple Green
cleaner is another great solution to
clean a range hood. Mix it in a spray
bottle, spray and wipe off. — Don P.,
email
Cheap and easy meal: Peanut soup
makes for a simple and inexpensive
meal. Just combine chicken broth
and two tablespoons of peanut butter
in a small pan and heat until it all
mixes together. — Bev, email
Zits
By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Arts & Entertainment
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Feud continues to roil Jackson’s family
ANTHONY MCCARTNEY
LOS ANGELES — Turmoil in
Michael Jackson’s family continued
Tuesday as a family feud that has
engulfed the singer’s mother and children continued to play out in online
posts, on national television and in a
videotaped driveway confrontation
that authorities continue to investigate.
It should perhaps be no surprise
that a family that has spent decades in
the spotlight is airing its troubles in
public, but the dispute has left many,
including estate executors, worried.
“We are concerned that we do what
we can to protect them from undue
influences, bullying, greed, and other
unfortunate circumstances,” executors
John Branca and John McClain wrote
in a letter posted on fan sites hours
after deputies responded to a family
disturbance at the hilltop home where
Katherine Jackson and her three
grandchildren live.
By day’s end, Randy Jackson
accused Branca and McClain of criminal misconduct and claimed his
brother’s 2002 will was a fake.
“They know that they’ve been
caught, they know that they’ve falsified a document and they know that
there are questions that we want
answered,” Randy Jackson told the
Rev. Al Sharpton on Sharpton’s
MSNBC show. “This family is united
to right a wrong.”
He accused the estate of trying to
keep the family’s disagreements at the
forefront to deflect attention away
from questions about the will.
Jackson’s estate has denied all
claims of wrongdoing, calling questions about the will and allegations
against the executors “false and
defamatory accusations.”
The executors hinted that further
action may be taken to protect the
singer’s children.
“We believe measures are being put
in place that will help protect them
from what they are having to deal
with,” Branca and McClain wrote.
Michael Jackson’s only daughter,
Paris, has posted updates in recent
days on Twitter, including her displeasure with not being allowed to
speak with her grandmother for more
than a week. On Tuesday, she wrote,
“9 days and counting... so help me
god I will make whoever did this pay.”
Katherine Jackson was reported
missing over the weekend but later
found to be with her daughter Rebbie
and other relatives in Arizona. She has
not spoken to her grandchildren —
Prince, Paris and Blanket — since leaving the Los Angeles area July 15.
Jackson brothers Jackie, Marlon and
Tito appeared on “The Insider”
Tuesday and said they also have not
spoken with their mother in a week
and said that was unusual.
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore
said deputies continue to investigate
the altercation that took place
Monday afternoon, but he said there
were no indications it involved the
singer’s children. He said the incident
involved two adult males but declined
to identify them further. A battery
case may be presented to prosecutors,
but Whitmore added that decision has
not yet been made.
Randy Jackson said he and brother
Jermaine and sister Janet went to the
home in Calabasas on Monday to invite
his brother’s older children, Prince and
Paris, to join their grandmother in
Arizona. Security footage of the incident
was obtained by “Good Morning
America” and celebrity website TMZ.
Sandra Ribera, an attorney for
Katherine Jackson, said authorities
were called after the singer’s children
were accosted by relatives who followed them into their gated community in Calabasas.
“After exiting their vehicles, Jackson
family members ran up to Michael’s
children as they yelled and began to
aggressively grab at the cellphones in
their hands,” Ribera wrote in a statement.
Ribera claims “a plan has been in
place for the last three years to remove
Katherine Jackson from her home and
her beloved grandchildren.”
Jackson died in June 2009 at age 50
and left his estate to care for his
mother and three children. He left
nothing to his father or siblings, who
have repeatedly tried to intervene in
the estate.
Another New Tonto, familiar feelings for Native Americans
deal for
bravery
MANUEL VALDES
P
hilip Sidney, an
Elizabethan poet,
courtier and soldier
who was buried in
St. Paul’s Cathedral
after dying from a wound
received in
the Battle of
Zutphen in
1586, said,
“A true
knight is
fuller of
bravery in
the midst of
Phillip
danger than
in the beginAlder
ning.”
If only East
had been a soldier in this
deal, his side would have
done much better.
East passed as dealer, South
opened one diamond, and
West overcalled one heart.
(Although it would have
worked well here, a takeout
double with a singleton club
is not recommended. Also, it
is usually best to show a fivecard major.) North bravely
responded one no-trump,
despite his uncertain heart
stopper, to tell partner that he
had some values.
East passed again, not liking his singleton heart. South
might have passed, but
retreated to two diamonds.
After two passes, East, in the
midst of the battle, should
have bravely bid two spades.
This ought to show both
black suits because with only
spades, he would have bid
earlier. Then presumably West
would have taken a shot at
four spades, which would
have made with an overtrick.
To make matters worse, the
defense was poor. West led his
singleton club, an excellent
choice. South took East’s nine
with her ace and played a low
trump.
If West had taken the trick,
any major-suit continuation
would have worked. But
when West won the second
diamond, he erred by cashing
the heart ace and playing
another heart. Now South
took two hearts, five diamonds and three clubs.
Finally, an expert East
would have played high-low
in diamonds to show a spade
card.
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Phillip Alder is a columnist for
Newspaper Enterprise
Association.
SEATTLE — Gyasi Ross
grew up decades after the
“Lone Ranger” aired on TV, but
his friends would still call him
“Tonto” when they teased him.
“Everybody understands
who Tonto is, even if we hadn’t
seen the show, and we understood it wasn’t a good thing,”
said Ross, a member of the
Blackfeet Nation in Montana
who lives and has family in the
Suquamish Tribe, outside
Seattle. “Why else would you
tease someone with that?”
The making of a new “Lone
Ranger” Disney movie, and the
announcement that Johnny
Depp is playing sidekick Tonto,
have reawakened feelings about
a character that has drawn
much criticism over the years
as being a Hollywood creation
guilty of spreading stereotypes.
The film is still in production, but Indian Country has
been abuzz about it for
months, with many sharing
opinions online and a national
Native publication running an
occasional series on the topic.
Some Native Americans welcome the new movie, which is
slated for release next summer.
Parts were filmed on the
Navajo Nation with the tribe’s
support, and an Oklahoma
tribe recently made Depp an
honorary member.
But for others, the “Lone
Ranger” represents a lingering
sore spot — one that goes back
to the 1950s television version
of Tonto, who spoke in broken
English, wore buckskin and
lacked any real cultural traits.
Depp’s role attracted particular attention in April when producer Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted a picture of the actor in his
PETER MOUNTAIN, Disney/Bruckheimer Films/AP
An undated publicity photo shows actors Johnny Depp (left) as Tonto, a spirit warrior on a
personal quest, who joins forces in a fight for justice with Armie Hammer as John Reid, a
lawman who has become a masked avenger.
Tonto costume. He had on
black and white face paint, an
intense gaze, a black bird
attached to his head and plenty of decorative feathers.
“The moment it hit my
Facebook newsfeed, the updates
from my friends went nutso,”
wrote Natanya Ann Pulley, a
doctorate student at University
of Utah, in an essay for the
online magazine McSweeney’s.
For Pulley and her friends,
the portrayal of Native
Americans in Western movies
is getting old.
“I’m worried about the Tonto
figure becoming a parody or a
commercialized figure that
doesn’t have any dimension or
depth. Or consideration for
contemporary context of
Native Americans,” she said.
But Native Americans are far
from a monolithic group, and
many are opening their arms to
the new movie. Some are just
excited to see Depp take the role.
In New Mexico, where some
of the movie was filmed, the
Navajo presented Depp, his costar Armie Hammer, director
Gore Verbinski and
Bruckheimer with Pendleton
blankets to welcome them to
their land. Elsewhere, the
Comanche people of
Oklahoma made Depp, one of
Hollywood’s most bankable
stars, an honorary member.
“In my niece’s mind, I met
Jack Sparrow,” said Emerald
Dahozy, spokeswoman for
Navajo President Ben Shelly
and a member of the Navajo
group who met with Depp.
“My personal view, I like him
playing in a character which he
can embody well.”
Dahozy said the “Lone
Ranger” production brought
something more palpable to the
reservation: money. The actors
and the large crew lived on
Navajo land, eating at local
restaurants and staying in towns
that rely heavily on tourism.
Disney representatives
declined to comment, but
Depp has said the film will be a
“sort of rock ‘n’ roll version of
the Lone Ranger” with his
Tonto offering a different take
from the 1950s show.
Cheyenne and Arapaho filmmaker Chris Eyre is willing to
give the actor a chance.
“Based on Johnny Depp as
an artist, and him going all the
way and making this film happen, in my book (he) deserves
some credit,” Eyre told Indian
Country Today for its occasional “Tonto Files” series. “He
wants to change the view of
Tonto, and he put his reputation and his career on the line.”
The “Lone Ranger” began on
the radio in the 1930s. Tonto
was played by an actor of Irish
descent, according to the Lone
Ranger Fan Club.
The show rocketed in popularity and made a seamless
transition to television, running on ABC from 1949 to
1957. In 2003, a TV reboot
flopped. That version featured
a First Peoples actor from
Canada playing Tonto.
But the 1950s portrayal of
Tonto by Jay Silverheels, a
Canadian Mohawk First
Nations member, is by far the
most recognized.
He spoke in pidgin and was
the loyal partner of the crimefighting ranger, often bailing
out the masked avenger from
treacherous situations.
“Here hat. Me wash in
stream. Dry in sun. Make
whiter,” Tonto says in an early
episode setting up his relationship with the Lone Ranger.
“Here gun to kill bad men.”
That Tonto has been criticized
as being generic and subordinate — a character with no
individuality and no life beyond
helping the Lone Ranger.
NewsMakers
LIFE SENTENCE IN
JENNIFER HUDSON
FAMILY SLAYINGS
CHICAGO — Struggling to
contain his anger, a Chicago
judge on Tuesday sentenced
Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s
former brother-in-law to life in
prison for killing her mother,
brother and 7-year-old nephew
in what prosecutors say was a
fit of jealous rage.
In blistering comments,
Cook County Circuit Judge
Charles Burns rejected William
Balfour’s claims that he was
innocent of the crimes.
“You have the heart of an
arctic night,” Burns told
Balfour. “Your soul is as barren
as dark space.”
Balfour was convicted in
May of first-degree murder in
the 2008 shooting deaths of
Hudson’s 57-year-old mother,
Darnell Donerson; her 29-yearold brother, Jason Hudson; and
her 7-year-old nephew, Julian
King.
During the trial, prosecutors
portrayed Balfour, who was
married to Hudson’s sister, Julia
Hudson, as a jealous estranged
husband who often stalked the
Hudson family home after he
moved out in early 2008.
Balfour’s attorneys suggested
someone else committed a
crime in the family’s threestory house in the Englewood
neighborhood on Chicago’s
South Side.
NELSON ON BOARD
FOR RAILROAD
REVIVAL TOUR
KATY PERRY SIGNS
CYBILL SHEPHERD
D.B. COOPER
ON FOR SNACK
BRAND POPCHIPS
ENGAGED TO MARRY
FOR THIRD TIME
NEW YORK — The snack
brand Popchips is getting a
new celebrity endorser — Katy
Perry.
According to a company
statement released Wednesday,
the pop star has become an
investor and representative for
the chips. Perry says she’ll be
its creative partner.
Perry, who is the subject of
the recently released 3-D documentary, “Katy Perry: Part of
Me,” joins Ashton Kutcher as
a celebrity endorser of the
snack food. Kutcher’s regional
ads garnered some criticism
earlier this year when one
depicting him as an Indian
man was seen by some as
racist. It was pulled and the
company said there was no
intent to offend.
Perry’s ads will be unveiled
in the fall.
NEW YORK — Actress
Cybill Shepherd is hoping the
third time’s the charm.
The 62-year-old’s publicist
confirms Shepherd is planning
to marry a former jewelerturned-psychologist named
Andrei Nikolajevic.
News of the engagement was
first reported by the Daily
News in New York.
Shepherd was previously
married to David Ford and
Bruce Oppenheim and has
three children from those relationships.
In an interview in March
2012 with The Associated
Press for her TV show “The
Client List,” Shepherd confirmed she had a boyfriend
and said they “managed to
stay under the radar.” She said
she was “very happy” with her
life.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — The
Washington State History
Museum in Tacoma plans to
open an exhibit in August of
next year on the D.B. Cooper
skyjacking mystery.
State Historical Society
Director Jennifer Kilmer tells
The Daily News it’s part of an
emphasis on more contemporary events.
A man identifying himself as
Dan Cooper hijacked a
Portland to Seattle flight in
November 1971. He picked up
$200,000 in ransom money in
Seattle and took off for
Mexico, then parachuted
somewhere over southwest
Washington.
The skyjacking remains
unsolved, but some of the
marked $20 bills he was given
were found in 1980 along the
Columbia River.
The exhibit will include
some of the money.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
Country legend Willie Nelson
is on board for this year’s
Railroad Revival Tour.
He’ll be joined by Jamey
Johnson, Band of Horses and
actor-musician John Reilly and
Friends.
The train tour kicks off Oct.
20 in Duluth, Ga., and runs
through Oct. 28 in Oakland,
Calif. The artists will ride in
vintage, 1940s railcars. They’ll
perform in open air, pop-up
concert venues in parks, fields
and lots around the railroad
tracks where they stop.
Tickets go on sale Friday at
10 a.m.
A documentary called “Big
Easy Express,” featuring last
year’s trip with Mumford &
Sons and Old Crow Medicine
Show, is out today on iTunes
and DVD.
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LOS ANGELES — A
countdown to the closure of
hundreds of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles is set
to begin after a drawn-out
legal battle led the City
Council to vote unanimously
to shutter the shops — but it
may not be over.
After Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa signs the ordinance as expected, pot shops
will have 30 days to shut
down lucrative operations
that blossomed around the
nation’s second biggest
metropolis. On Tuesday, the
city council voted 14-0 to ban
them.
As many as 900 dispensaries will be affected by the
new ordinance, but it’s
unclear what will happen if
they disobey the order. Legal
questions remain unanswered
by the state’s highest court.
The city has fumbled with
its medical marijuana laws for
years, trying to provide safe
and affordable access to the
drug for legitimate patients
while addressing worries by
neighborhood groups that
streets were being overrun by
dispensaries and pot users.
“Relief is on the way,” said
Councilman Jose Huizar, who
introduced the so-called “gentle ban.”
POLICE PROTESTS
ANAHEIM, Calif. —
Authorities remained on alert
Wednesday after protesters set
fires, smashed windows and
threw rocks at officers in a
fourth day of violent protests
over deadly police shootings,
ending with 24 arrests and
several injuries.
As many as 500 demonstrators and 250 police from several Orange County cities
were involved in seven hours
of confrontations that ended
around 2 a.m., Sgt. Bob Dunn
said.
Most protesters were peaceful, but officers used pepper
balls and beanbag rounds
after some became violent.
Police remained on tactical
alert Wednesday morning.
The clashes followed a City
Council meeting Tuesday in
which city leaders voted to
ask the U.S. attorney’s office
to investigate weekend officer-involved shootings that
killed two men and prompted
a $50 million civil-rights lawsuit.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Fear prompts gun sales, panic
MIKE BAKER
AND KRISTEN WYATT
DENVER — Firearms sales
are surging in the wake of the
Colorado movie massacre as
buyers express fears about both
personal safety and anti-gun
lawmakers who might use the
shooting to seek new weapons
restrictions.
In Colorado, the site of
Friday’s shooting that killed 12
and injured dozens of others,
gun sales jumped in the three
days that followed. The state
approved background checks
for 2,887 people who wanted to
purchase a firearm — 25 percent
more than the average Friday to
Sunday period in 2012 and 43
percent more than the same
interval the week prior.
Dick Rutan, owner of
Gunners Den in suburban
Arvada, Colo., said requests for
concealed-weapon training certification “are off the hook.”
His four-hour course in gun
safety, required for certification
for a concealed-weapons permit in Colorado, has drawn
double the interest since Friday.
“What they’re saying is:
They want to have a chance.
They want to have the ability
to protect themselves and their
families if they are in a situation like what happened in the
movie theater,” Rutan said.
Day-to-day gun sales frequently fluctuate, but the numbers also look strong outside of
Colorado, too.
Seattle’s home county, King,
saw nearly twice as many
requests for concealed pistol
licenses than the same timeframe a year ago. Florida
recorded 2,386 background
checks on Friday, up 14 percent
from the week before. Oregon
checks on Friday and Saturday
were up 11 percent over the
month prior. Four days of
SONNY HEDGECOCK, The Enterprise/AP
Randy Hodges holds a firearm at the Gun Vault in High Point, N.C., Monday.
checks in California were up 10
percent month-to-month.
During the past decade, June
and July have consistently been
the slowest months for gun
sales, according to FBI data.
Jay Wallace, who owns
Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna,
Ga., found that his sales on
Saturday were up 300 percent
from the same day a year ago
— making it one of the best
Saturdays his business has ever
had. He said customers are
often afraid when there’s a gunrelated tragedy that some law-
BEARS TRASH HOME
BEARSVILLE, N.Y. — The
upstate New York hamlet of
Bearsville is living up to its
name.
The Times-Herald Record of
Middletown reports that a
mother bear and her cubs
trashed a family’s home in
Bearsville several times earlier
this month.
The Knowles family arrived
at their home on July 13 to
find that their kitchen had
been ransacked by bears.
They later went out for dinner, and upon returning they
found the house trashed all
over again.
They cleaned up the mess
and went out again the next
day. They returned in the
evening to find the home
trashed yet again by the
bears.
makers might try and push
through an anti-gun agenda.
“We shouldn’t let one sick
individual make us forget and
lose sight of freedoms in this
country,” Wallace said.
Authorities have said that
the suspected Colorado shooter, James Holmes, methodically
stockpiled weapons and explosives at work and home in
recent months. He purchased
thousands of rounds of ammunition and a shotgun, a semiautomatic rifle and two Glock
pistols, authorities said.
On Friday, clad in head-totoe combat gear, he burst into
a midnight showing of “The
Dark Knight Rises,” tossed gas
canisters into the crowd and
opened fire. The shooting
killed 12 people and wounded
dozens of others.
Police in the Denver suburb
of Aurora say Holmes also
booby-trapped his apartment.
Holmes is now in solitary confinement at a local jail.
The rise in gun sales reflects
but one of the anxieties created
by the shootings. Since the massacre, there have been reports of
chaos at movie theaters, apparently sparked by misunderstandings or careless words.
Public Notices
Application for
Registration of Trade
Name
Trade Name: Hastings
Equity Manufacturing
Name of Applicant: Dutton-Lainson
Company,
451 West 2nd Street,
Hastings, Nebraska 68901
Applicant is Corporation
If other than an Individual, state under whose laws
entity was formed: Nebraska
Date of first use of
name in Nebraska: July,
2012
General nature of business: wholesaler, magactures and printers.
Daniel C. Pauley
Signature of Applicant
or Legal Representative
July 25, 2012
Notice of Publication
TO: JUSTIN L. HENDRICKSEN
You are hereby notified
that on November 18,
2011, the Plaintiff, General
Collection Company filed a
Petition in the County
Court of Adams County,
Nebraska, against you
shown as Case No. CI 112116; the object and prayer of which is a judgment
in the amount of $81.89
plus court costs and attorneyʼs fees pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute
Section 25-1801. The Petition prays that judgment
be entered against you.
You are hereby notified
that you must answer the
petition on or before the
8th day of September,
2012, at the County Court
of Adams County, Hastings, Nebraska. This is an
attempt to collect a debt by
a collection agency. Any
information obtained will
be used for that purpose,
This is a communication
from a debt collector.
Truell, Murray &
Associates
P.O. Box 452
Grand Island, Nebraska
68802
(308) 384-0200
July 25, August 1, 8, 2012
In the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska
NICOLE A. LONGORIA
)
Plaintiff,
) Case No. CI 12-368
vs.
) NOTICE OF HEARING
DANIEL J. RADCLIFF,
)
Defendant. )
You are hereby notified that the Final Hearing for
Dissolution of Marriage will be heard before the Honorable Stephen R. Illingworth, Judge of the District Court of
Adams County, Adams County Courthouse, 5009 West
4th Street, Hastings, Nebraska, on the 28th day of August, 2012, at 3:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the
same may be heard.
Nicole A. Longoria
1136 Washington Street
July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012
Notice Public Meeting
The
Midland
Area
Agency on Aging, an eight
(8) county senior citizens
community services agency, serving Adams, Clay,
Hall, Hamilton, Howard,
Merrick, Nuckolls and
Webster counties, will be
holding its monthly Gov-
erning Board meeting at
the Landmark Center,
2727 West 2nd Street,
Hastings, Nebraska on
Thursday, August 2, 2012
at 9:30 a.m. For more information call (402) 4634565. Agenda available at
MAAA main office.
July 25, 2012
Notice
In the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska
Estate of MICHAEL E.
BIGLEY, Deceased. Estate No. PR12-73
Notice is hereby given
that on July 6, 2012, in the
County Court of Adams
County, Nebraska, Denise
S. Hurt whose address is
622 North Sycamore,
Grand Island, Nebraska
68801, and Bradley W.
Burmood whose address
is 614 East 5th Street,
Hastings,
Nebraska
68901, were informally appointed by the Registrar as
Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate.
Creditors of this Estate
must file their claims with
this Court on or before
September 12, 2012, or be
forever barred.
Tom Hawes
Clerk of the Court
Adams County Court
P.O. Box 95
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-0095
(402) 461-7143
Brad Moncrief
BRAD MONCRIEF, LLC
1239 North Burlington,
Suite 200
Hastings, Nebraska
68901
moncrieflaw@gmail.com
(402) 462-5353
July 11, 18, 25, 2012
In the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska
Jose E. Cervantes,
)
Plaintiff,
) Case No. CI 12-378
vs.
) NOTICE OF HEARING
Waldena Quintero Vega,
)
Defendant.
)
You are hereby notified that the Final Hearing for
Dissolution of Marriage will be heard before the Honorable Stephen R. Illingworth, Judge of the District Court of
Adams County, Adams County Courthouse, 500 West
4th Street, Hastings, Nebraska, on the 28th day of August, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the
same may be heard.
Jose E. Cervantes
1410 East South Street, Lot 18
July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012
Open 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Saturday
Classified Ads
402-462-2131
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Garage Sales
Northwest
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Every day, the newspaper
delivers a world of information to your door. From
local, national and international news to entertainment and advertising, the
newspaper keeps you connected to people, places
and events that matter
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choice, and we promise to
continue to meet the very
highest
standards
in
reporting the news to you.
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Garage Sales
Out of Town
ROBERT and
MARCELLA
DUNN ESTATE SALE
401 W. 27th St., Kearney
Thursday, 10-7
Friday, 9-6
Saturday, 9-1
Many antiques, collectibles, and unusual items.
Glassware (carnival, Fenton, unusual Coke glass,
etc.). Brass, Aladdin lamp,
German-made doll house,
military items, camera collection, Pfaltzgraff canisters and dishes. Furniture
(dining table, buffet, china
cabinet, adjustable single
bed,
dressers,
etc.).
Household items. House/
garage full. Shop inside.
List your ad. 402-462-2131.
20
Automobiles
ʻ11 Nissan Sentra: 2.0,
pearl, 4-door, 37,xxx miles
$14,975.......Cash $13,575
ʻ11 Chevy Aveo: 5-door,
white, 28,xxx miles, nice.
$14,675.......Cash $12,975
ʻ00 Expedition XLT: 4x4.
$5,575...........Cash $3,975
220 West South Street
402-461-3161
20
We accept cash, check or money order VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER or
AMERICAN EXPRESS.
Fax: 402-462-2156
Automobiles
2007 GMC Denali: All possible equipment, 1 owner..........................$23,000
2006 CHEVY: 1-ton, crew
cab, Duramax, flatbed, local 1 owner...........$21,000
Deveny Motors
1013 S. Burlington
402-462-2719
20
Automobiles
Brambleʼs Auto Sales
Check our new website
bramblesauto.com
COBALT 2008: 35,000, 4door,
remote
start.
$7,400 cobaltconnection.net
COBALT 2010: 23,000,
36 mpg, 4-door. $9,300.
cobaltconnection.net
Great Plains Chrysler Dodge
402-463-3104•N. Hwy 281
www.greatplainsdodge.com
Hajnyʼs
1995 TRANS AM convertible V-8. Red inside/out.
$5,500. 402-463-2525
2006 BUICK LaCrosse
CXL: Fully equipped,
leather seats, 3800 V-6.
Hi-Line Motors, Kenesaw
402-752-3498
www.hilinemotors.com
We reserve the right to reject, edit or reclassify any advertisement accepted by us for publication.
CALL 402-462-2131 to list
your ad in classified.
AUTO SALES
2005 CHEVY Cavalier: 4door, 4-cylinder, automatic, full power, nice car.
$3,950.
2005 CHRYSLER PT
Cruiser, 4-cylinder, automatic, full power, 73,000
miles. Only $4,650.
402-463-2636
20
Automobiles
OWNER DIED, family
selling. Well cared for/garaged/local 2008 Chrysler
300C Hemi 4 door sedan,
35,000 miles, red, loaded, navigation, power
sunroof, leather interior.
Serious inquiries please.
$25,000 NADA. Call 308850-7728.
PAUL SPADY
MOTORS
www.spadyautos.com
22
2-wheel Drive
Pickups
See our truck selection at
jacksonscarcorner.com
23
4-wheel Drive
Pickups
DO YOU have a crack?
We have used and new
glass. McMurray Motors,
402-462-6879.
24
Vans
1997 PONTIAC Montana:
Runs great, cold air.
This week...............$1,600
THE CAR LOT
East Highway 6
36 Travel Trailers &
Motor Homes
2005
WILDWOOD
24BHSS: Bunkbeds, wood
floors. Take the kids
camping! Was $15,995
Now $11,700
Sport Utility
2006 NISSAN Armada SE:
4x4, 91,000 miles, climate
control, DVD player, tow
package. 402-469-6882.
See our selection of
FUEL ECONOMY cars at
jacksonscarcorner.com
25
PLACE YOUR Classified ad
today. Call 402-462-2131,
Tribune for fast results.
HAVE A Service to offer?
Do you lay carpet, cater
banquets, give music lessons? Call 402-462-2131
to advertise your specialty.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
50
Employment
Agencies
53
NOW HIRING
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL
402-462-4400
51
B7
Professional
M&R
BOOKKEEPING
and Tax Services, L.L.C.,
is currently seeking a
FULL-TIME
employee.
Motivated, self-starting individuals with experience
in tax preparation and
bookkeeping can send resume to P.O. Box 424, Superior, NE 68978; or call
402-879-4764 for more information.
POLICE CHIEF—City of
Hastings, NE (population
25,370) is seeking a new
Police Chief to oversee the
Police and 911 Emergency
Dispatch
departments.
The successful candidate
will possess, at a minimum, a Bachelorʼs degree
in criminal justice, law enforcement, public/business
administration, or related
field. Along with the required education, the candidate must have a minimum of seven years increasingly responsible law
enforcement experience
including four years in an
administrative capacity.
Full-time exempt position.
$65,416-$91,777/year, full
benefits. Position profile
and benefit info available
at: www.cityofhastings.org/
employment/job_openings htm
Interested
candidates
should send a resume, letter of interest and references to: City of Hastings,
Attn: Human Resources,
220 N. Hastings Ave,
Hastings, NE 68901; email
kstill@cityofhastings.org
Position open until filled;
first review is August 17,
2012. EOE
Your Community
News Source.
From sports stats to business news, the Hastings
Tribune keeps you in the
local loop. Call 402-4622131 to start your subscription today, or visit us
online at hastingstribune.
com
Health Care
57
FULL-TIME CNA, 2-10
p.m. Sutton Community
Home. Please call Marilyn
at 402-773-5557 to set up
an interview.
54
Office/Clerical
LOCAL LAW firm is seeking to hire receptionist with
some legal assistant responsibilities.
Some
knowledge of the law is
preferred but not required.
Applicant must possess a
minimum of GED equivalency. Please send resume to Box E, c/o Hastings Tribune, P.O. Box
788, Hastings, NE 68902.
55
Sales
BEGIN THE career you always wanted. Our agents
own their own businesses
and have the potential for
unlimited income. If youʼre
looking for a change of
pace, become a Farmers
agent today. Call 308-3810110
or
email
dzabka@farmersagent.com
BRODKEYʼS JEWELERS
Sales Associates
If you are an experienced
retail sales person with excellent customer relations
skills, then Brodkeyʼs Jewelers is the place for you.
Your availability must be
flexible to work days,
nights and weekends.
Please apply in person
with Barry or Jeannine. Cimarron Plaza.
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Restaurant
BERNARDOʼS IS hiring
for evening dishwasher.
Must be 16. Apply at 1109
S. Baltimore after 4:30.
IMMEDIATE OPENING for
full- and part-time cooks at
HK Sports Bar and Grill.
Apply at 1216 W. J St.
NAPOLIʼS ITALIAN Restaurant, 3001 W. 12th,
Hastings. Looking for dishwasher. Apply in person.
Ask for Gio.
Technical &
Trade
1ST and 2ND shift welders and 2nd shift laser operators needed. Minden
Machine is a fast growing
equipment manufacturer.
Drug testing required. Apply at 1302 K Road, Minden, NE.
ERIKSEN Construction
Company, Inc. is seeking
qualified construction laborers, concrete workers
and carpenters for local
construction project. Positions are full time with
year-round work. Interested parties please call 402672-1571. EOE
HASTINGS manufacturing company is seeking
dependable individuals for
full-time positions. Openings for welders and machine operators. Seeking
individuals who are looking
for long-term employment.
Excellent work environment and benefits. Disability and life insurance plans
paid by employer, excellent health and dental
plans, 401K and profit
sharing, AFLAC and more.
Apply in person at Hastings Irrigation Pipe Co.,
1801 East South Street,
Hastings, NE 68901.
HELP WANTED: A person
to install ceramic tile as
well as other finish carpentry-helper duties. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Fulltime position with competitive wages, insurance, holiday pay, vacation and retirement program available. Apply in person at
Wardcraft Homes, Minden,
NE. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
LABORERS NEEDED Will
train. Apply at Ruttʼs Heating & Air Conditioning, 315
Keystone, Hastings.
WARDCRAFT HOMES is
looking for an Electrician
Helper. Full-time position
with competitive wages, insurance, holiday pay, vacation and retirement program available. Apply in
person
at
Wardcraft
Homes in Minden, NE,
Monday-Thursday, 8-5.
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Technical &
Trade
58
WE ARE looking for EXPERIENCED
FRAMER
AND FINISH CARPENTER: Must have MINIMUM 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE in carpentry with
use of nail guns, hand and
power tools. Full-time position with competitive wages, insurance, holiday pay,
vacation and retirement
program available. Apply
in person at Wardcraft
Homes in Minden, NE.
Monday-Thursday. 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
58
Ag Related
THE ADAMS County
Board of Supervisors is
accepting detailed resumes for the position of
Weed Control Superintendent. Applicants must
be able to meet applicable
requirements of the Pesticide Act, Neb. Rev. Stat.
2-2622 through 2-2654,
and be certified as a pesticide applicator by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture in at least the categories of Agricultural Pest
Control - Plant, and Rightof-Way Pest Control. The
Weed Control Superintendent will be required to
perform all duties as required by state statute. A
Class B CDL must be obtained within 90 days of
hire. Salary will be negotiable based on the applicantʼs qualifications and
experience. Persons interested in applying may obtain a detailed job description from the Adams County Clerkʼs Office at 500 W.
4th Street, Hastings, Nebraska. All resumes must
be received by the Adams
County Clerkʼs Office, P.O.
Box 2067, Hastings, NE
68902, by 5:00 p.m. on
Friday, August 3, 2012.
Resumes will be reviewed
by the Adams County
Board of Supervisors and
interviews will be conducted accordingly. Adams
County is an EOE/AA.
Ag Related
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TRUCK DRIVERS needed
for local silage harvest.
Starting early August. No
CDL required. Need experience with diesel 10
speed. R Lazy K, Glenvil,
NE. Call 7 a.m. to 6 p.m
402-771-2394
59
Trucking
CLASS A and B CDL drivers needed. Home almost
every night. 308-380-9139.
HIRING DRIVERS NOW!
HOME NIGHTLY. Wages
include raises and weekly
incentive pay. Benefits include bonuses, 401K,
medical, dental, paid holidays and ETB. Class A or
B CDL required. Mechanical background a plus. Apply at Consolidated Concrete, 2000 N. Baltimore
Ave., Hastings; or 402463-1393. EOE
OTR/CDL DRIVER: Minimum 2 years experience
required. Good pay, vacation pay, bonuses. A midwest flatbed carrier. Cawdy Trucking, 402-768-6134
60
General
Adams Central Public
Schools is accepting applications for the following
positions:
Full-time Head
Custodian
This is a managerial position. We are in need of
someone who can manage people and multiple
tasks. Good pay and excellent benefits, including
retirement and full health
insurance. Interested individuals should contact the
district office for an application and/or submit a letter of application to:
Office of the
Superintendent
Adams Central Public
Schools
P.O. Box 1088
Hastings, NE 68902
402-463-3285
EOE
Closing date: Open until
filled
List your ad. 402-462-2131.
General
CHS Agri Service Center
Seasonal Elevator Laborers: Roseland, Blue
Hill, Bladen Locations.
Duties include: Unloading
grain, loading trucks, shuttle train load out, and general work around facility.
Qualifications: High School
diploma or GED, valid driversʼ license, pass company drug test.
Seasonal/Part-time Scale
Operator: Roseland and
Bladen
Duties include: Weighing
trucks, sample and grade
grain, data entry, writing
checks, writing contracts,
general office duties,
greeting customers with a
positive attitude.
Qualifications:
Understanding of markets, ability
to work extended hours,
High School diploma or
GED, valid driverʼs license,
pass company drug test.
Please contact Cegie for
more information, 308995-8626, or go online to
CHSAgri.com to print out
an application. Send applications Att: Cegie Ludeke,
310 Logan St., Holdrege,
NE 68949.
Established Company in
search of sales-oriented
individual that has excellent people skills to develop business relationships,
with the ability to simultaneously grow current client
base and develop new
markets. Must have a positive personality, organized
and possess computer
skills. The proven ability to
succeed in a fast paced
environment is a plus! This
position would feature autonomy and the ability to
truly run a business! Workplace culture is very positive with high ethical
standards and a priority to
give back to the community. It includes a salary plus
profit sharing, health insurance, 401K, wellness program with multiple rewards, exciting training
program and much more!
Send resumes today to
heidii@associatedstaffing.com
Special of
the Week
Stk# 8136
Stk# 1806
Stk# 8109
2012 DODGE AVENGER SXT
2012 DODGE DURANGO AWD
2012 DODGE CHARGER SXT
• Sunroof • V6
MRSP:................................$26,035
Rebate.................................-$3,000
Great Plains Discount. . . . . . . . .-$1,141
Total Discount:......................$4,141
Bottom Line:
• All New Model
MRSP:................................$41,375
Rebate.................................-$1,000
Great Plains Discount.........-$1,560
Total Discount:.......................$2,560
Bottom Line:
• Leather • Ralley Pkg.
MRSP:................................$33,460
Rebate.................................-$2,000
Total Discount:......................$3,777
Bottom Line:
$$
• SXT Pkg. • 7 Passenger • V6 ‘
• Crossover
• Was $20,995
16,000
$$
Stk# 8114
Stk# 3125
THERE’S
NO BULL
HERE
2012 RAM 4X4 1500
2012 RAM HD 2500
2012 CHRYSLER
TOWN & COUNTRY
• Quad Cab • Big Horn • Hemi
MRSP:................................$38,310
Rebate.................................-$4,500
Total Discount:.......................$7,751
Bottom Line:
• Crew Cab • Cummins • 4x4
MRSP:................................$53,025
Rebate.................................-$3,250
Total Discount:......................$8,956
Bottom Line:
• Touring Pkg. • Leather • DVD
MRSP:................................$30,830
Rebate.................................-$1,750
Total Discount:.......................$3,037
Bottom Line:
$$
$$
$$
2012 RAM 4X4 1500
2012 RAM 4X4 2500
• Crew Cab • Big Horn Hemi
MRSP:................................$39,920
Rebate.................................-$4,500
Total Discount:......................$8,020
Bottom Line:
• Crew Cab • Cummins • H.D. Diesel • Auto
MRSP:................................$46,675
Rebate.................................-$3,250
Total Discount:......................$8,059
Bottom Line:
$$
31,900
Stk# 8137
2012 RAM 4X4 1500
2012 DODGE JOURNEY SXT
• Quad Cab • Hemi
MRSP:................................$34,925
Rebate.................................-$3,500
Total Discount:.......................$6,344
Bottom Line:
• 7 Passenger • V6
MRSP:.................................$27,885
Rebate.................................-$2,500
Total Discount:.......................$3,832
Bottom Line:
Stk# 8132
Stk# 8102
30,559 44,069 27,793
Stk# 8131
$$
38,616
Stk# 3189A
Stk# 1836
2006 FORD F150
• Low Miles • Lift Kit
• Sharp • Was $17,995
Sale Price:
THERE’S NO
BULL HERE
$
$
21,894 38,815 29,683
Stk# 8098
THERE’S
NO BULL
HERE
Stk# 1830
2007 CHRYSLER
TOWN & COUNTRY
2007 FORD EDGE
• Touring • 57,000 Miles
• Stow & Go • Was $15,955
Sale Price:
• AWD • Leather • Sunroof
• Chrome Wheels • Was $22,995
Sale Price:
$$
$28,581 $24,053 15,559 $$13,922 $$20,284
Stk# 1837
Stk# 1822
Stk# 1827
THERE’S NO
BULL HERE
2010 JEEP LIBERTY
2011 CHRYSLER 200
2010 CHEVROLET COBALT
2010 DODGE RAM 1500
2010 GMC TERRAIN
• V6 • 4x4 • Sport Pkg. • Great Fuel
Economy • Was $22,999
Sale Price:
• Limited Edition • V6 • Sunroof
• Leather • Was $23,999
Sale Price:
• Rare 2 Door • Sporty School Car
• Low Miles • Was $17,995
Sale Price:
• 4x4 • Quad Cab • Hemi • Local
Low Mileage Trade • Was $26,995
Sale Price:
• 6 Cyl. • LT Pkg. • 4x4 • Leather
• Sunroof • Was $29,995
Sale Price:
$$
$$
$$
DRIVERS NEEDED: Must
be 25 or older. Call 402831-8294. Action Cab
CLEANING: Residential/
Commercial.
Part-time
days. Background checks.
Call Sandra 402-519-6279
BEGINNINGS NOW hiring
day, evening, and weekend toddler and preschool
teachers. Apply at 1700
W. 2nd St.
ASSEMBLER POSITION
available, production experience helpful. Please
send resume to Box D, c/o
Hastings Tribune, P.O.
Box 788, Hastings, NE
68902.
FULL-/PART-TIME positions. Style Lounge now
hiring hair stylists, nail
techs and a massage
therapist. Apply in person.
218 N. St. Joseph Ave.
FULL-TIME
CATTLE
processing at Juniata
Feed Yards. Experience
helpful but not necessary.
Benefits package includes
dental, health and life insurance, 401K, flex plan
and paid vacation. If you
are interested in a rewarding career, please contact
Sergio at 402-469-1904 or
402-751-2215.
Full-Time Housekeeping
WANTED FUN PEOPLE!
The Kensington is seeking
a dependable, energetic
individual with great cleaning skills. 32 to 40 hours
per week. Inquire within,
233 North Hastings Ave.,
no phone calls please.
HARVEST STARTS
EARLY!!!
Now accepting applications for these positions:
Looking to start
mid-August
1st and 2nd Shifts
Bilingual Lead
Corn Sorters
Machine Operators
Unloaders
Overnight Cleaners
Potential to earn up to
$400-$600
Donʼt Wait to Apply!
Offering a great
benefits package!
402-463-6685
213 S. Burlington
Hastings, NE 68901
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Hastings, NE
402-463-3104
www.greatplainsdodge.com
Nebraska Aluminum
Castings, Inc. has full
time openings available
1ST SHIFT CNC
MACHINE OPERATOR
Schedule and benefits:
The starting wage is
$10.50/hour
up
to
$15.05/hour based on experience. (10-hour days 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Regularly scheduled workdays are Monday through
Thursday.
Overtime
scheduled on Friday and
Saturday on as-needed
basis. Previous manufacturing experience preferred. High school diploma
or GED is required. Nonsmoking
environment.
Benefits include paid holidays, health, dental, life
and disability insurance,
company matched 401k.
Apply in person at Nebraska Aluminum Castings Inc.
4280 East Hadco Road
Hastings NE 68901. Call
402-462-5139 for directions to our plant.
NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
Western Alternative
Corrections, Inc.
Facility Staff/Full-time
Supervise Federal Offenders in residential setting.
Must be 21, have good
employment record and
must pass background
check. Competitive wages
based on experience/education.
Send complete application
to 101 S. Hastings Ave.,
Hastings, NE 68901
Applications are available
at www.bristolrr.com
Closing date: 7-31-2012
Parts Counterperson
Werner Construction is
looking for a Parts Counterperson at our Hastings,
NE shop. The primary role
of this position is to work
with our service technicians and field personnel
by identifying and locating
parts for our diverse fleet
of equipment. Prior parts
experience is preferred.
Werner Construction offers
competitive wages, excellent benefits and an exciting workplace. Applications are available at our
office or by calling 402463-4545. Werner Construction 129 E 2nd St.
Hastngs, NE 28901
Werner Construction is
an equal opportunity employer.
60
HELP WANTED: Someone in our finish department to paint, stain, varnish and clean. This person should be detail oriented and be able to work
independently. Experience
preferred but not necessary. Full-time position with
competitive wages, insurance, holiday pay, vacation and retirement program available. Apply in
person
at
Wardcraft
Homes in Minden, NE
Monday-Friday, 8-5.
Service Support
Manager/Service Trainer
Husker Power Products,
Inc., Hastings, Neb., is
looking for an individual to
support our dealer network
with service information,
troubleshooting and service training. Diesel and
gas engine experience required. Must have good
communications and organization skills. Knowledge of electricity beneficial. Some travel required.
Competitive wages and
benefits package offered.
Resumes may be emailed
to: jvandeventer@husker
powerproducts.com
or
Husker Power Products Inc
2955 W. Highway 6
Hastings, NE 68902
402-463-1531
Shipping and Receiving
Shipping experience is required. Parts experience is
beneficial. Must have good
communications and organizational skills. Computer skills are required.
Resumes may be emailed
to: partsmgr@huskerpo
werproducts.com or
Apply at
Husker Power Products Inc
2955 W. Highway 6
Hastings, NE 68902
402-463-1531
The Area Substance &
Alcohol Abuse Prevention
(ASAAP) Coalition is accepting applications for the
position of a full-time Project Director for Adams,
Clay, Nuckolls and Webster Counties for substance abuse prevention
programming. This is a
grant-funded position. Familiarity with this 4 county
area and substance abuse
experience is preferred.
BA or job related experience is preferred. Apply in
person or send resume to:
ASAAP at 835 S. Burlington Ave., ste. # 114, Hastings, NE 68901. Deadline
for application: August 6,
2012, EOE.
ZIEMBA ROOFING taking
applications thru July 31
for full-time help. Driverʼs
license required. Apply in
person at 806 W. 17th St.,
8 a.m. -3 p.m.
61
on the follow ing 6 day s.
No R efunds.
Part Time
Hastings Tribune has
opening for carrier in Hastings Call Circulation. 402461-1221 or 1-800-7426397.
Hastings Tribune has
openings for carrier in
BLUE HILL. Call Circulation. 402-461-1221 or 1800-742-6397.
Hastings Tribune is looking for motor route drivers to deliver the Hastings
Tribune. Stop in for application or call Circulation.
402-461-1221 or 1-800742-6397.
Head Start
Child and Family
Development
Program, Inc.
Part-time
Para-Professional
Part-time Para-Professional needed for the 12/13
school year. $8.30/hour,
paid time off, 401K, and
training opportunities are
available. Bilingual applicants are highly encouraged to apply. Applicants
must have a high school
diploma or GED and be
willing to start classes immediately if they do not
have a degree. An Associate degree in Early Childhood Education is preferred.
Please call 402-462-4187,
ext 107, or 1-800-7827850 for more information;
pick up an application at
123 N Marian Road, Hastings; or 310 N. Piper,
Grand Island or visit
www.hshn.org.
Open until filled EOE
PART-TIME COOK: Evenings and every other
weekend. Experience preferred. Benefits available.
Apply at Homestead Assisted Living, 1116 Sycamore Ave., Hastings. 402461-3841.
SCHEDULER
Person needed to schedule
appointments
for
Knights
of
Columbus
agent. Telemarketing experience helpful. Work
from home. Flexible parttime hours. Please call
402-883-7464
P lace a 6 day classified line ad and get a
50% R epeat Discount
General
B8
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Farmer's
Corner
137
Hay/Seeds
BUYING CORN stocks,
bean stubble, and milo
to bale in the field.
$30/acre. Buying burned
up dry land corn to bale.
308-380-8972
138
61
Part Time
WANTED: FUN PEOPLE
Front Desk/Resident Services. Every other Friday
and Saturday evening, 210 p.m. Must enjoy seniors. No phone calls
please. Apply within, The
Kensington, 233 N. Hastings Ave.
PLACE YOUR Classified ad
today. Call 402-462-2131,
Tribune for fast results.
Part Time
PART-TIME BARTENDER
and assistant dining room
manager. Apply in person
2201 Osborne Dr. East
70
AKC STANDARD Poodle
puppies. Chocolate or
black. Call 308-550-1484
SHIH TZU and Yorkie puppies. All registered. Ready
soon. 402-469-0784
FOR SALE: queen waterbed, $75; super single waterbed, $100; oak entertainment center, $125;
desk, $20; call after 5 p.m.
402-463-9595 or 460-8111
IN STOCK: Replacement
irrigation gates, gaskets,
aluminum fittings and
valves. Also available,
surge valves, water meters, PVC and aluminum
pipe. Olson Irrigation. 308832-0630 or 800-832-5975
Minden.
77
Appliances
Your WHIRLPOOL and
TOSHIBA Dealer
ROGERʼS, INC.
1035 S. Burlington
402-463-1345
Services
HAVE AN abandoned well
on your property? Call
J2 WELL, 402-817-4279.
86 Sporting Goods
UPCOMING EVENTS
for Four Rivers
Sportsman Club
•Wednesday, 7/25, Open
Trap or Skeet, 6 p.m.
•Saturday, 7/28, Precision
Rifle, 1 p.m.
•Sunday, 7/29, CCW
Class, 9 a.m.
•Monday, 7/30, Fun Trap
or Skeet, 7 p.m.
To place ad for the
Farmer's Corner call
402-462-2131
96
Now hiring for Assembly, Production, and
Shipping positions
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
Pets
75 Household Items
Irrigation
141
61
Want To Buy
NEWER washers, dryers,
stoves and refrigerators.
Working or not. 462-6330.
Equal
Housing
Opportunity
All real estate advertising
in the Fair Housing Act
makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the
age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians;
pregnant women and people securing custody of
children under 18.
This newspaper will not
knowingly accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the
law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this
newspaper are available
on an equal opportunity
basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD tollfree at 1 (800) 669-9777.
The toll-free telephone
number for the hearing impaired is 1 (800) 9279275.
IMMEDIATE TECHNICIAN
OPENING
- Paid Training Programs
-Top Wage Pay According To Skill Level
-Excellent Working Conditions
Apply in person
Service
Department
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
101
1-BEDROOM: $400/deposit. References. 818 N.
Hastings. 402-462-2305.
$149.95/WEEK
RAINBOW MOTEL
463-2989; 402-926-6252
Breakfast, internet, HBO.
Maid. Clean. Coin laundry.
No credit/deposit. Near
McDonaldʼs, 1000 W. “J”.
3-BEDROOM: 105 E. 14th
2-bath, deck. Most utilities
paid. $595. 460-9626
102
CHATEAU
IMPERIAL
Townhomes/Apartments
Call 402-463-4111
IN FAIRFIELD: Clean 1bedrooms. All ground level, utilities paid, off-street
parking. No pets. Rent
based on income. For information, call Bob Hoins,
402-726-2345. Fairfield
Housing.
LARGE UPSTAIRS 2bedroom, 1-bath. Utilities
paid. 908 W. 8th. $675.
461-0442 or 408-781-2032
NICE, CLEAN 2- and 3bedroom units await you at
the Townhouses of Hastings. We offer rent and
utility assistance. Come to
945 W. H St. to pick up an
application or call Dawn at
402-463-5953 for further
information.
MOVE
with the
Classifieds
Looking for a change of
scenery? A new home
could be just what you
need for some extra fun.
And thereʼs no better way
to find a great deal on a
new home than through
the Classifieds. Whether
youʼre looking to rent or
buy, youʼll see new
listings every week for
properties in every price
range. Start looking today
and get a head start with
a great deal on a home in
the Classifieds.
Furnished
Apartments
Duplexes
For Rent
NICE 2-BEDROOM: Garage. No pets/smoking.
402-463-5637.
104
Houses
For Rent
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-BEDROOM:
Rent to own. Air, garage.
$400-$850. 402-469-6635
2-BEDROOM:
Laundry
hookups, appliances. Deposit required. 463-3589
2-STORY COLONIAL in
Ayr. Country living, geothermal
heat/air,
oak
floors, sun room. Adams
Central school. 402-9339595 or 402-369-6420.
3-BEDROOM: 3-car garage, new construction.
$1,500/month. 461-1785
4-BEDROOM: 2-BATH.
809 S. Colorado. $925.
461-0442 or 408-781-2032
LARGE
3-BEDROOM:
Garage. New siding, windows, roof. 402-902-8474
108 Office Space
AVAILABLE NOW: Office
suite at Depot Plaza, store
front. Reasonable rates.
Call Diane, 402-469-4777.
NICE, SMALL office with
bathroom. 645 S. Burlington. $325 plus electric. Alton Jackson 402-463-0688
Looking to expand in need of
2 GM Technicians. Experience
with factory training preferred.
Will train right person.
Competitive wages
with benefits.
Contact: Marvin Hauver at 462-4131
for more information
800 S. Burlington, Hastings, NE
Nebraska’s largest Senior Living community
is recruiting an enthusiastic, experienced
Assistant Manager for
Affordable Housing
Preference will be given to the candidate with a
background in housing management. A degree in
sales/marketing, business or related degree will
also be considered. Exceptional customer service
skill and knowledge of federal housing regulations
desired. If you need additional information, please
contact Sylvia at 402-460-3227.
Apply online at www.good-sam.com
E/O/E
Drug Free Workplace
House Calls/ Free pickup and delivery 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
402-984-8001 or toll free 1-800-383-8141
Visa & Mastercard accepted.
Contractors
ABC SEAMLESS SIDING, WINDOWS &
GUTTERS
10%
10%
Coupon can also be used for
Papa Ray’s Pizza
Expires 7-31-12
Newspapers
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
www.hastingstribune.com
908 W. 2nd St. Hastings..................402-462-2131
Pets & Animal Control
HEARTLAND PET CONNECTION
10%
1807 W. J Hastings
www.petfinder.com............402-462-PETS (7387)
Counselors-Human Relations
GENERAL COUNSELING LLC
Cyndee Fintel, LIMHP, Jessica Hunt, MS, PLMHP
www.generalcounseling.com...........402-463-6811
Home Appliances & Electronics
ROGER’S INC.
1035 S. Burlington Hastings............402-463-1345
Lawn Sprinkler Systems
RANDY’S SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
Free Estimates • Residential • Commercial • Design Service
Serving the area for over 20 years........308-384-4036
Medical Equipment
GOOD AIR HOME MEDICAL EQUPIMENT
Tim Garniss
710 West 16th St. Hastings.............402-463-1100
Your house is too important
to trust just anyone.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Steel & Vinyl
Replacement Doors
Sunrooms
Soffit & Fascia
Replacement Windows
Lifetime Warranty
Maintenance Free
Financing Available
Trustworthy Service
Quality Workmanship
ADOPT A PET
These and other
pets
are ready for
adoption.
Heartland Pet
MANGO
DANNY BOY
Connection,
Domestic Short Hair, 1807 West J,
Beagle, Medium
Large Adult Male,
Adult Male, Micro
462-PETS
Micro Chipped,
Chipped,
Neutered, Shots,
Neutered, Shots.
petfinder.com
House Trained.
THE“YOU GET MORE”
See us for a complete line
of pet supply needs.
SUPERSTORE 1115 West 2nd Street
Pizza
LITTLE CAESAR’S
Carry Out and Delivery
314 N. Burlington Ave. Hastings. . . . . .402-462-5220
TRUST A PRO.
PAPA RAY’S PIZZA
2604 W. 2nd Street, Hastings..........402-463-1626
Tree Service
T.R.L. TREE SERVICE L.L.C.
HASTINGS
402-463-7580
STATEWIDE
1-800-825-3360
FREE ESTIMATES!
113 Lots For Rent
KINGSWOOD PLAZA
RV sites available
402-463-1958
116
Houses
For Sale
1617 APACHE AVE: Nice
4+-bedroom, 2.75-bath,
full, finished basement, attached double garage,
large lot, open floor plan,
deck, near Watson School.
Call 402-469-2226
4-BEDROOM, 1 1/2-bath,
full basement, detached
single garage. 308-3907222 402-462-0346 402705-8207. Leave message
906 RONAN DR.: 2-car
garage. Joyce Schlachter,
Broker, 402-462-5794.
Service
Phone (308) 381-8220 • www.themobilityexpert.com
2604 West 2nd Street
Serving Breakfast at 6 a.m.
7 days a week
714 EAST SIDE BLVD.
Approximately 1770 sq. ft.,
open space plus waiting
room and 3 private rooms.
Updated,
tile
floors
throughout, currently a hair
salon. $995/month. Licensee owned. 402-984-2198
COMMERCIAL SPACE
for rent. 1,386 sq. ft. Call
Diane. 402-469-4777
JERRY SPADYʼS Body
Shop for rent. Call Diane
for details. 402-469-4777.
OFFICE/RETAIL:
1275
sq. ft. available at 303 N.
Burlington. 402-902-9023.
At Your
Hastings, www.abcseamless.com. . .402-463-7580
Ray’s Cafe
Business
Property
NEW CONSTRUCTION
5005 Nathan Way
Hastings. Sky Loch
Subdivision
$229,900. Over 1500 sq-ft,
3-bedroom, 2-bath. Open
floor plan. Full kitchen, appliances, 3-car garage.
Large lot. Full basement
with egress and plumbing
for future expansion. For
private showing. call 308380-4500 or 308-379-4258
NEW HOME at 1005 Highland Dr. A must see! 402463-4077, 402-469-0637.
SMALL 2-BEDROOM in
Blue Hill on large lot. Storage shed. 402-460-0959
118 Mobile Homes
For Sale
COME SEE Newer 3-bedroom. Will finance. 402469-4777
119
Residential
Lots
3 LOTS: Harvard. Small
house, garage. 521 S. Depot. $2,000. 984-9210.
7TH AVE lot. Buy now,
$25,000.
August
1,
$27,500. 402-461-1785
LOTS, MODEL Homes: 4
Subdivisions. Agent/owner, 402-461-1785.
130 Auction Sales
Korky Lightner Auction
New semi-load of merchandise. Every Monday,
5:30 p.m. 1940 West A.
402-469-0703.
RANDY RUHTER, Auctioneer and Broker, 2837
W. Hwy. 6, Hastings, NE,
402-463-8565.
Immediate Full-Time Painter,
Experienced, and other FullTime Positions Available
Career opportunities available at
FreightCar Rail Services, LLC.
We are seeking a fulltime painter
and
entry-level
to
skilled
technicians within the following
skillset: Car Repair and / or
Welding at our Hastings, NE
railcar repair shop. Competitive
starting wage and excellent
benefits offered include: Major
medical, dental, vision, company
paid life insurance, company
matched 401K, paid vacation
and 12 paid holidays. We are an
equal opportunity employer that
values diversity and work ethics
and has a strong reputation for
safety. For applications call 402462-2050 or visit us on line at
www.FreightCarRailServices.com
or stop by at 250 S. Maxon Ave.,
Hastings.
DEA ELECTRONICS
10%
Houses
For Sale
FreightCar Rail Services
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Computer Repair
109
Your Community.
Your Newspaper.
Subscribe today, and stay
in the local loop Call 402462-2131 today!
GM Service
Technician Position
116
BURLINGTON VILLAGE
208 S. Burlington Ave.
Large and small suites
available for lease. Rental
incentive. Call 402-4624032 for information.
OFFICE SPACE: $250$600 month. Utilities included. 402-461-1785.
OFFICE SPACE
Single office, double office,
up to 4 office suites available. Very nice. Conference
and meeting room available. 402-461-4100.
Landmark Center
Sudoku
2800 Osborne Drive East, Hastings, NE
108 Office Space
Tree Trimming & Removal
Ted Smith........................................402-469-8427
Upholstery
THE COVER UP UPHOLSTERY
204 N. Clay, Box 387, Harvard.........402-772-4031
To Purchase Advertising On This Page Contact 462-2131
Auto Glass
AUTO GLASS EXPERTS.
25 years combined experience in glass replacement.
Jeff Fitzke, Brent Vorderstrasse. 405 West J
Street. 402-463-0025.
Carpet Cleaning
MID NEBRASKA STEAMERS. 402-469-7733. Kenesaw. Carpet and tile
cleaning.
References
available. *Formerly associated with national chain.
Cleaning Services
SANDRAʼS
CLEANING
SERVICES. Residential,
commercial. Insured. References. Thorough, reliable. 402-519-6279
Clock Repair
VILLAGE TIME. Clocks
and watches cleaned, repaired. Authorized service
center. Will pick up and
deliver. 308-832-0671.
Construction
KULHANEK CONSTRUCTION. Seamless gutters,
siding, windows and roofing. Fully insured. 402469-3875, 402-469-3755.
Gutters
BRYCOR INC. We clean
gutters. Average home
$30. Fully insured. 402261-8557.
Gutters
HYLDEN
CONSTRUCTION. Gutters, siding, trim,
windows,
doors.
Call
Steve at 402-462-5439.
Handyman
CONCRETE,
SIDING,
windows, doors, roofing,
trim trees, mow yards. 10
years experience. Low prices. 402-519-6120, 402469-3263
HANDYMAN:
Roofing,
concrete, painting, home
repairs, lawn care. Fully insured. 15 years experience. Reasonable. 4622660, 460-6756.
Home Improvement
NEW IMAGE
CONSTRUCTION
Warranted work. Home,
commercial, tile flooring,
kitchen, bath, additions,
garages, siding, windows,
doors, decks, fencing. Insured, references. 402705-8369.
STEVEʼS
CONSTRUCTION.
Since
2000.
Interior/exterior. Quality
work. Reasonable rates.
Insured. Call 402-4696112
House Plans
SPELLMAN DRAFTING.
614 Phelps Dr., Shelton,
NE. If you need house
plans, 308-647-5693 or
gspellman@charter.net
Junk Removal
JUNK HUNK. Junk removal service. Call Scott at
402-705-6263, or visit us
at www.junk-hunk.com
Lawn/Garden Care
12 YEARS experience.
NEEMOW LAWN CARE.
Commercial/residential
mowing, trimming. Insured. Where Qualityʼs Expected. Ken Neemeyer,
402-463-5720.
15+ YEARS experience.
JEFFʼS LAWN SERVICE.
Mowing, aerating, powerraking, tilling, edging,
tree/bush pruning. Insured.
402-469-4121.
LANDSCAPE THERAPY,
LLC. Mowing, trimming,
fertilizing, build and maintain flower beds. Reliable,
insured. 402-460-0923
T&D MOWING. 10+ years
experience. Commercial/
residential. Mowing, landscaping, trimming, edging,
fertilizing. Insured. Call
402-463-0152
Painting
BENNY
DiBIASE.
38
years experience, bonded,
insured, interior, exterior
work. Furniture refinished.
Local references. 402-7053493
www.pilotf104c@hotmail.com
List your ad. 402-462-2131.
Up to 16 Words
for 1 month
ONLY
49.00
$
includes online
Call
402-462-2131
for details
Painting
HONEY DOʼS PAINTING.
Interior, exterior. 25 years
experience. Free estimates. Tim Yurk, 402-7050601 or 402-463-7054.
Pet Services
PET CARE: Walking, pet
sitting, or yard cleaning.
Pet CPR and first aid
trained. Call 402-984-1616
Plumbing
FURROW
PLUMBING,
LLC. Reasonable rates.
25+ years experience. Licensed and insured. Free
estimates. 402-469-7071.
Stump Removal
STUMP AND Brush Removal: Clean up those
ugly stumps and bushes.
Free estimates. 402-4634769 or 402-460-0518.
TREE STUMP Grinding:
Large or small, we grind
them all. Free estimate.
Call John, 402-705-7006.
Tree Service
R&J TREE AND LAWN
LLC. Trimming, removals,
and iron injections. Call
Randy. 402-705-7334 after
3 p.m.
Window Cleaning
WINDOW
CLEANING:
ROBʼS WINDOW SERVICE now serving Hastings
area. Commercial and
Residential “Clearly the
Best”. 402-631-7501.

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