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Bronco wrestling: HC drops dual. — Page B1
Contraception
Nebraska Attorney General vows
to sue over new policy.
Page A5
SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
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Eagle Scouts soar for 100 years
PROGRAM’S TOP RANK
CULMINATION OF YEARS
OF WORK
WILL VRASPIR
wvraspir@hastingstribune.com
T
he pickup truck hit a
bump and a paint can in
the bed tipped. The lid
wasn’t sealed tightly and
popped off, spilling metallic silver paint all over the truck and
into the street.
Ben Troudt, a 17-year-old junior at
Adams Central High School, and his
crew tried to clean
the oil-based
paint with
water, but
that just
spread
the mess
further.
His
friends and
fellow Boy
Scouts were
helping Troudt
paint fire hydrants at Good
Samaritan Village as a community
service project to earn his Eagle
Scout rank.
Finding the mess was discouraging, but Troudt and his crew chalked
it up to another learning curve in
the process. He pressed on, not only
to achieve his Eagle rank, but to help
the community.
That’s typical for Eagle Scouts, who
have been doing service projects
across the nation for 100 years. The
Boy Scout program began Feb. 8,
1910, and Arthur Eldred earned the
first Eagle Scout rank in September
1912.
Jack Newlun of Hastings earned
his Eagle Scout badge years ago and
currently serves on the Eagle Scout
Board of Review.
Newlun said only about 2 percent
of boys who enter the Scouting program earn the Eagle rank. He called
Eagle Scouts a “different cut of kid,”
who often are involved in school
and community activities. To earn
the Eagle rank, Scouts must earn 21
merit badges, actively serve the
Scouting program and complete a
service project.
While the service project is a
major component of the Eagle rank,
Newlun said the board reviews an
Eagle Scout candidate’s history to see
what he has learned.
“It’s just a culmination of skills
and growth that each Scout has
developed over the years into a final
product,” he said.
The projects often fulfill a community need, Newlun said, whether it
be for the city or a non-profit organi-
Tax
relief
plans
vary
GRANT SCHULTE
The Associated Press
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers pitched a series of tax
relief proposals Wednesday,
including three designed to
rival Gov. Dave Heineman’s
plan to lower income tax rates
and repeal a county inheritance tax.
Each bill sponsor argued that
his proposal should top the
Legislature’s list this year as
lawmakers decide what, if any,
relief to grant.
Heineman has proposed a
$327 million tax-cut plan that
includes the elimination of the
inheritance tax and cuts to corporate and individual income
taxes.
Please see TAX/page A3
Lawyer
to testify
on bill’s
behalf
BETSY HERRMAN
bherrman@hastingstribune.com
WILL VRASPIR/Tribune
Ben Troudt recently completed his Eagle Scout community project where he organized the color-coded painting of the fire hydrants at Good Samaritan Village.
zation like a church.
Troudt’s project was born out of a
need for color-coded fire hydrants at
GSV. The color coding allows firefighters to easily determine the
amount of pressure at each hydrant.
Knowing the pressure by sight allows
firefighters to hook up to a hydrant
faster and more safely, which can
save lives.
When his mentor suggested the
project, Troudt thought about the
man and two children who died in a
mobile home fire Dec. 15, 2009. The
fatal fire was a few blocks from Good
Samaritan Village, but he hopes his
project will help prevent any other
fire deaths in the area.
Troudt is one of five Scouts in
Troop 200 who earned their Eagle
rank this year. He had to organize
the project and lead a crew in its
completion.
Please see SCOUTS/page A3
A Hastings attorney says a
bill being heard in the
Legislature today would benefit
children by changing the way
divorce and child custody
works in the state.
Chris Johnson of Conway,
Pauley & Johnson law firm in
Hastings planned to testify in
favor of LB844 this afternoon at
a judiciary committee hearing.
The bill, introduced by
Kearney Sen. Galen Hadley,
would require the Nebraska
Supreme Court to create guidelines for divorcing parents
based on equal parenting time.
Please see LAWYER/page A3
A playful look at unrequited love
AMY ROH/
Tribune
Ian Rothell
as Brian
Dowd and
Emily
Moore as
Beth
Finnegan
rehearse a
scene for
Hastings
Community
Theatre’s
production
of “Jerry
Finnegan’s
Sister”
Sunday.
TONY HERRMAN
therrman@hastingstribune.com
Brian Dowd has spent most of his
young life fearful of what might happen if he told his neighbor Beth
Finnegan how felt about her.
That fear is just one of the sources
of humor in the Hastings
Community Theatre’s performance of
“Jerry Finnegan’s Sister.” Director Eric
Rothell and cast members Ian Rothell
and Emily Moore say the play will
have audience members laughing
non-stop.
The play will travel to Red Cloud
next month with a performance 3
p.m. March 3 in the Red Cloud
Opera House.
Nation
Weather
Lo:
12
Hi:
22
Partly
cloudy
and cold
tonight
and
Friday.
DATE ORDERED
Art by Edward Fisher, 8,
Alcott Elementary
“Jerry Finnegan’s Sister,” which is
told primarily from Brian’s perspective, begins after the Finnegans move
in next door when Brian (performed
by Ian Rothell) is 7 and Beth (Moore)
is 6.
The story follows the characters
into their early 20s.
Throughout the play, Brian wants
to make the relationship romantic
but can’t do it.
“She tries to coax it out of him, but
he’s a wuss,” Eric Rothell said.
Now, Brian’s time is about to run
out. He learns at the beginning of the
play that Beth is getting married to
someone else.
Please see LOVE/page A3
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —
A spat over forgetting to wish his
wife a happy birthday landed a
South Florida man in jail on
domestic violence charges.
When Judge “Jay” Hurley heard
the circumstances that brought 47year-old Joseph Bray to bond court
Tuesday, he issued a unique ruling.
Hurley ordered Bray to buy a
birthday card and flowers for his
wife before taking her to dinner at
Red Lobster and bowling afterward.
Hurley ruled the couple should
Play info
“Jerry Finnegan’s
Sister” opens Friday
at the Hastings
Community Theatre,
515 S. Fourth Ave.
Show times are 7:30
p.m. Friday,
Saturday, Feb. 17
and 18; with 2:30
p.m. matinees
Sunday and Feb. 19.
For more information, go to
www.hastingscommunitytheatre.com
or call 402-463-1500.
Inside
begin seeing a marriage counselor
immediately.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel
reports Hurley felt this was a “better resolution” since the incident
was minor and Bray had no prior
arrests.
Agri/Business
Bridge
Classified
Comics
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B5
B7
B4
Entertainment
Obituaries
Opinion
Public Notices
B5
A2
A4
B6
VOL. 107, NO. 112 ©2012,
THE SEATON PUBLISHING CO., INC. HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
Page Two
A2
Yesterday and Today
Obituaries
JAMES ‘JIM’ A. SWEZEY III
Doniphan resident James
“Jim” A. Swezey III, 61, died
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
Funeral Mass was Monday,
Feb. 6, 2012, at St. Leo’s
Catholic Church in Grand
Island with Fathers Charles
Torpey and Harold Kurtenbach
officiating. All Faiths Funeral
Home of Grand Island was in
charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
are suggested to the family.
Condolences may be left at
www.giallfaiths.com
***
Jim was born Sept. 15, 1950,
in Kansas City, Mo., the son of
James A. Jr. and Bettye (Davis)
Swezey.
Those left to cherish his
memory include his wife, Nancy; two sons, James Swezey IV
and Elliot Swezey, both of Doniphan; two daughters, Elizabeth Swezey of Phoenix, and
Theresa Swezey of Omaha; his
mother of Arcadia, Kan.; a
brother and sister-in-law, Ron
and Betsy Swezey of Girard,
Kan.; sister and brother-in-law,
Vicki and Danny Arck of Pittsburg, Kan.; sister, Patti Sadler
of Olathe, Kan.; and motherin-law, Gertrude Foster of Valentine, Neb.
He was preceded in death by
his father; and grandparents.
Jim grew up in Arcadia, Kan.
He graduated from Northeast
High School in Arma, Kan.,
and from Mid-Plains Community College in North
Platte. He met and married his
wife, Nancy Foster, in Kansas
City; they married on Feb. 8,
1974. They would have celebrated their 38th anniversary
this February.
Jim was employed by the
Union Pacific Railroad in the
Telecommunications
Department.
He was a member of St. Leo’s
Parish, and a member of Servants of the Father’s Love Prayer
Group and Music Ministry. He
enjoyed singing and playing
guitar, hunting and fishing.
He will be remembered for his
love and dedication to his family and his gentle smile.
RICHARD C. HOFFMEYER
Deshler resident Richard C.
Hoffmeyer, 59, died Saturday,
Feb. 4, 2012, at Deshler.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at
Price Funeral Home in Hebron.
Burial will be at a later date.
There will be no visitation. The
remains were cremated.
Arrangements are by Ahrendts
Funeral Home in Deshler.
Creator of Lemonheads dies
KAREN HAWKINS
RIVER FOREST, Ill. —
Candy company executive
Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life.
The man who brought the
world Lemonheads and Atomic
Fire Balls routinely serenaded
the restaurants where he dined
and held mandatory family
dinners every Sunday, said his
son, Salvatore Ferrara.
Nello Ferrara died Friday at
his home in the Chicago suburb of River Forest surrounded
by his family. He was 93.
The Forest Park-based Ferrara
Pan company was started in
1908, and Nello Ferrara took it
over from his father decades
ago. The company, which also
makes Red Hots and Boston
Baked Beans, produces 1 million pound of candy a day,
Salvatore Ferrara said.
Ferrara, the company’s current president and CEO, said
his birth inspired his father to
invent the Lemonhead candy.
“He always claimed that
when I was born, that I came
out of my mother sideways ...
and my head was shaped like a
lemon,” he said.
The Atomic Fire Ball was
invented after Nello Ferrara’s time
in Japan during World War II.
Nello Ferrara also loved to
sing, and did so every day —
especially when the family
dined out, his son said.
“He would be walking
around the restaurant, table to
table, singing like you wouldn’t
believe,” he said. “He was an
impulsive singer.”
His repertoire included
Italian love songs and his
favorite, “Wind Beneath My
Wings”. Once, Ferrara met
Frank Sinatra at a charity
event, and when the two ran
into each other a year later,
Ferrara tried to out-sing him.
“My dad insisted that he had
a better voice, he just wasn’t as
good looking,” Salvatore
Ferrara said.
He said he was overwhelmed
by the turnout at his father’s
funeral, which filled a church
that seats 1,000 people.
Calendar
HASTINGS
u Senior Moments, 9:30 a.m.
Friday, at Hastings Museum, 1330
N. Burlington Ave. For more information, call 800-508-4629.
u Hastings College student recital:
SAI Mockcital, 7:30 p.m. Friday in
Perkins Auditorium.
u Pitch, 1:30 p.m. Friday at YWCA
of Adams County, 604 N. St.
Joseph Ave. For more information,
call 402-462-8821.
u Bingo, 7 p.m. Friday at the VFW,
1053 S. Wabash Ave.
u Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,
5:15, 7 (Hispanic group) and 8 p.m.
Friday, 521 S. St. Joseph Ave.
u Crystal Meth Anonymous, 7:45-9
p.m. Friday, 521 S. St. Joseph Ave.
u Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m.
Friday, 401 N. Lincoln Ave.
Lotteries
WINNING NUMBERS
Wednesday
Powerball . . . . . .17-28-38-39-51-PB33
(Saturday’s jackpot: $310 million)
Kansas Pick 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3-2
Nebraska Pick 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .0-5-3
MyDaY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-12-51
Super Kansas Cash . . .4-13-14-17-28
(Super Cashball: 24)
Nebraska Pick 5 . . . . . . 5-6-11-31-35
Jackpot: $54,000
2by2 . . . . . . . .Red 16-22, White 11-15
Hot Lotto . . . . . . . . . . .2-13-19-23-28
Hot Ball 13
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, the 40th
day of 2012. There are 326 days left in
the year.
Nature’s art
MEMORY LANE
TRIBLAND
Sixty years ago: Don Kivett and Iola
McDonald, staff members of the Hastings
employment office, were selected for
offices in Zone Three of the International
Association
Fifty years ago: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the new Hastings
Public Library at Fourth Street and Denver
Avenue.
Forty years ago: A citizens committee
was looking into the feasibility of a proposed “Crisis Telephone” service for the
Hastings community in which volunteers
would answer calls.
Thirty years ago: A revised bookkeeping
system helped Adams County Ambulance
Service reduce its outstanding accounts by
$3,000 since the first of the year.
Accounts receivable were still at $49,469.
Twenty years ago: Dutton-Lainson Co.
expanded distribution of its products into
the former Soviet Union as one of 129
American companies displaying products
in American stores there.
Ten years ago: Hastings veterinarian
Leo Lemonds received the Distinguished
Service Award from the Nebraska
Veterinary Medical Association.
One year ago: Morgan Fangmeier, a
sophomore at Thayer Central, was named
Tribland 4-H Queen, and J.D. Ochsner, a
senior at Adams Central, was Tribland 4H King.
HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY
On Feb. 9, 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs
of Staff held its first formal meeting to
coordinate military strategy during World
War II.
TODAY IN NEBRASKA
In 1854, Peter Sarpy and others formed
the Bellevue Town Co.
In 1874, Lt. Levi Robinson, for whom
Fort Robinson was named, was killed by
Sioux Indians.
In 2008, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois
won Nebraska’s first Democratic caucus,
edging him closer to rival Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton in the race to become
the party’s presidential nominee.
ON THIS DATE
In 1773, the ninth president of the
United States, William Henry Harrison,
was born in Charles City County, Va.
In 1825, the House of Representatives
elected John Quincy Adams president
after no candidate received a majority of
electoral votes.
In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected
provisional president of the Confederate
States of America at a congress held in
Montgomery, Ala.
In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was
established.
In 1942, daylight-saving “War Time”
went into effect in the United States, with
clocks turned one hour forward.
In 1943, the World War II battle of
Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific
ended with an Allied victory over
Japanese forces.
In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling,
W.Va., Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.,
charged the State Department was riddled
with Communists.
In 1962, an agreement was signed to
make Jamaica an independent nation
within the British Commonwealth later
in the year.
In 1964, The Beatles made their first
live American television appearance on
“The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from
New York on CBS.
In 1971, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in
California’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65
lives. The crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth
after man’s third landing on the moon.
In 1984, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov,
69, died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was followed by Konstantin U. Chernenko.
In 2001, a U.S. Navy submarine, the
USS Greeneville, collided with a Japanese
SALVATORE DI NOLFI, Keystone/AP
People stand next to a natural ice sculpture that was formed after the
wind blew waves over the boardwalk of Lake Geneva at the Port of
Choiseul in Versoix near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday. A cold spell has
reached Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero.
fishing boat, the Ehime Maru, while surfacing off the Hawaiian coast, killing nine
men and boys aboard the boat.
Ten years ago: Britain’s Princess
Margaret, the high-spirited and unconventional sister of Queen Elizabeth II,
died in London at age 71. At the Winter
Olympics in Salt Lake City, Jochem
Uytdehaage of the Netherlands won the
gold medal in the men’s 5,000-meter
speedskating race in a world record time
of 6:14.66. Oakland’s Rich Gannon led
the AFC to a 38-30 victory over the NFC
in the Pro Bowl.
Five years ago: Defense Secretary Robert
Gates told reporters in Munich, Germany,
that serial numbers and other markings
on bombs suggested that Iranians were
linked to deadly explosives used by Iraqi
militants. British actor Ian Richardson,
who portrayed immoral politician Francis
Urquhart in the satirical TV drama “House
of Cards,” died in London at age 72.
One year ago: Thousands of workers
went on strike across Egypt, adding a new
dimension to the uprising as public rage
turned to the vast wealth President Hosni
Mubarak’s family reportedly amassed
while close to half the country struggled
near the poverty line. Rep. Christopher
Lee, R-N.Y., abruptly resigned with only a
vague explanation of regret after gossip
website Gawker reported that the married
congressman had sent a shirtless photo of
himself flexing his muscles to a woman
whose Craigslist ad he answered. Lindsay
Lohan pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles
to felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace. (Lohan later pleaded no contest to
taking the necklace without permission
and served 35 days of house arrest.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Television journalist Roger Mudd is 84.
Actress Janet Suzman is 73. Actress-politi-
cian Sheila James Kuehl (“The Many Loves
of Dobie Gillis”) is 71. Singer-songwriter
Carole King is 70. Actor Joe Pesci is 69.
Singer Barbara Lewis is 69. Author Alice
Walker is 68. Actress Mia Farrow is 67.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is 66. Singer Joe Ely
is 65. Actress Judith Light is 63. Rhythmand-blues musician Dennis “DT” Thomas
(Kool & the Gang) is 61. Actor Charles
Shaughnessy is 57. Former Democratic
National Chairman Terry McAuliffe is 55.
Jazz musician Steve Wilson is 51. Country
singer Travis Tritt is 49. Actress Julie
Warner is 47. Country singer Danni Leigh
is 42. Actor Jason George is 40. Actor-producer Charlie Day is 36. Rock singer Chad
Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 36. Actor A.J.
Buckley is 35. Rock musician Richard On
(O.A.R.) is 33. Actress Ziyi Zhang is 33.
Actor David Gallagher is 27. Actress
Marina Malota is 24. Actress Camille
Winbush is 22. Actor Jimmy Bennett is 16.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You can fall in love at first sight with a
place as with a person.”
— Alec Waugh, English author (18981981)
FACT OF THE DAY
Some 45.3 percent of all U.S. televisionowning households tuned in to see The
Beatles’ TV debut in America on “The Ed
Sullivan Show.” It was then the highestrated TV telecast and is still the 26th
highest of all time.
NUMBER OF THE DAY
250 — length (in feet) of Henry Ford’s
first automobile assembly line.
LUNAR LANDING
Between full moon (Feb. 7) and last
quarter (Feb. 14).
Sources: The Associated Press, Newspaper
Enterprise Assn. and World Almanac Education
Group
Tribland
It was reported Monday that
tools owned by Robb F. Worley
of 903 N. Saunders Ave. and
computer software owned by
Brandon L. Stenka of 903 N.
Saunders Ave. were taken at the
residence.
Youngsters, bring your favorite adult to “Peek-a-boo Planets” for Preschool Playday at
Hastings Museum on February
11, 10:00 a.m. Call 800-5084629, option 0 for reservations.
-Adv.
Vehicles reportedly driven by
Leah R. Burbach of Campbell
and Rolanda S. Vivo of 1
Durwood Lane collided
Tuesday at U.S. Highway 281
near Monument Road.
Nancy Freeling is “flying the
coop!” Join us for a Bon Voyage open house honoring Nancy Friday, February 10, 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Pauley
Group, 500 East 39th, south of
Smith Softball Complex. -Adv.
A vehicle reportedly driven
by Lauren D. Malander of
Fullerton Tuesday rolled onto
its side on U.S. Highway 6 near
Showboat Boulevard.
Hastings Community
Theatre “Jerry Finnegan’s
Sister” Fridays, Saturdays,
Sundays, February 10 thru 19.
Delightful romantic comedy
about young love! Tickets: 402463-1500 or hctheatre@windstream.net -Adv
A hit-and-run driver Tuesday
reportedly struck a parked vehicle owned by Paul B. Chase of
305 S. Lincoln Ave. at Lincoln
Avenue near A Street.
A hit-and-run driver Tuesday
reportedly struck a drain pipe
owned by Michael D. Bruns of
1613 W. Sixth St. at Lincoln
Avenue near Second Street.
Pooh Corner garage sale
fundraiser today, 4:00 to 8:00,
Old Manual Arts Building, 622
Lincoln Avenue. -Adv.
Adams County Judge
Michael Offner Wednesday
sentenced Fabian B. Gomez Sr.
of 1511 W. E St. to 30 days in
jail, a $500 fine and one-year
driver’s license revocation for
a second offense of driving
under the influence of alcohol
on Aug. 5, 2011. Gomez
pleaded no contest Dec. 16,
2011, and prosecutors
dropped charges of refusing a
breath test, refusing a blood
test and possession of an open
alcohol container. Secondoffense DUI is a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up
to one year in jail and a
$1,000 fine.
Garden Cafe comedy and
prime rib buffet February 10;
comedy only tickets $15. Reservations, 402-463-8387. -Adv.
Go Green and Recycle! Call
for your Free 96-gallon cart,
Woodward’s, 402-462-9252. Adv.
Melissa A. Infante of 752 S.
Boston Ave. and Anna J.
Wilkins of 622 S. Lexington
Ave. collided Tuesday at
Burlington Avenue near Ninth
Street.
For your convenience, next
day deadlines for Hastings
Tribune classified line ads.
Deadline for publication Tuesday thru Friday, 5:00 p.m. the
day before; Saturday publication deadline noon Friday;
Monday publication deadline
5 p.m. Friday. -Adv.
A vehicle reportedly driven
by Pamela J. Walton of
Superior Tuesday struck a snow
pile at Burlington Avenue and J
Street.
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.
Terry L. Mueller of 731 N.
Hewett Ave. and Tyson J.
Havranek of 1010 W. 11th St.
collided Tuesday at Burlington
Avenue and F Street.
Logan S. Smith of 207 N.
Bellevue Ave. and Frances G.
Rivas of 1511 W. E St. collided
Tuesday at Franklin Avenue
and E Street.
DAV, Friday, fried chicken
with full menu. All welcome. Adv.
Authorities arrested a 23year-old Grand Island man
Tuesday for reportedly shoplifting at Allen’s Shopping Center,
1115 W. Second St. The value
of items taken was $25.
VFW bingo Friday, 7:00; two
pigs, bonanza. Chicken fried
steak. Sunday, bingo with Valentine party. All welcome. Adv.
Brenton A. Degunia of 1503
W. Fifth St. reported Tuesday
that his wallet, money and CDs
were taken at the 2000 block of
Summit Avenue.
Comedy night, Glenvil Legion, February 18. 460-0690. Adv.
Area funerals
Friday
uLarry Adler, 70, of Hastings,
10:30 a.m. at Livingston-ButlerVolland Funeral Home chapel in
Hastings.
uVirginia Anderson, 78, of
Hastings, 11 a.m. at the First United
Methodist Church in Hastings.
uLola Fuller, 88, of Superior,
10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist
Church in Superior.
uRichard Hoffmeyer, 59, of
Deshler, 11 a.m. at Price Funeral
Home in Hebron.
Saturday
uMaurice McNerney, 89, of
Grand Island, 2 p.m. at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Giltner.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A3
Tax: State senators
pitch proposals
Tribune archives
Hastings Eagle Scouts and their parents pose at a ceremony May 13, 1943.
Scouts: Eagle rank takes years to earn
Continued from page A1
Boy Scouts who earn the Eagle Scout
rank in 2012 will receive a special commemorative rank patch as 2012 is the
100th anniversary of the title.
Troudt has been involved in Scouting
since he was in first or second grade, working his way up through the ranks of Cub
Scouts and then Boy Scouts. His love of
the outdoors kept Troudt in Scouting even
as some of his friends quit for school activities, employment or other reasons.
Troudt has earned about 25-30 merit
badges while a Boy Scout. His favorite was
an adventure course where teams learned
to work together to overcome challenges.
“You really had to rely on your teammates,” he said. “We had to work as a
team and think about how to do it. It wasn’t a walk in the park.”
Chris Lundquist, an 18-year-old senior at
Hastings High School, also earned his
Eagle this year. His project to help restore
the Chautauqua Pavilion included repainting part of the stage, rear of the bleachers
and a wall in the orchestra pit. He liked
the idea of having a new patch design for
the 100th Eagle Scout anniversary.
Lundquist started in first grade and continued even though some of his friends left
Scouting. He said a core group of friends
helped encourage each other to continue.
Once he was close enough to the end, he
decided to go for his Eagle rank. He also had
a couple cousins who had earned their Eagle
badges and encouraged him to finish it.
Lundquist found the camp outs were the
most enjoyable part. The farthest his group
went was South Dakota.
“It was cool to be out there and represent Scouts in Nebraska,” he said.
His mother, Betty, said she has seen a lot
of growth in her son as he participated in
the Scouting program.
“The mentoring he has had from the
leaders is wonderful,” she said. “I have a
lot of people who tell me he’s a really good
kid.”
The Republican governor has
said his proposal — which provides $274 million in relief for
individuals and $53 million for
businesses — will help ease the
financial burden on middleclass families and encourage
newcomers to settle in
Nebraska. But the bill package
faces strong resistance from
counties who say it will force
them to raise property taxes
and from some lawmakers who
say the plan requires cuts in
state education aid.
One measure by Omaha Sen.
Jeremy Nordquist would
exempt Social Security benefits
from being taxed, an idea supported by retiree groups, the
liberal activist group Bold
Nebraska and the conservative
Platte Institute, a Nebraska
think-tank.
Nordquist, a Democrat in the
officially nonpartisan
Legislature, said the governor’s
plan would result in the “flatlining” of state aid for K-12
education, child welfare
reforms and services for those
with developmental disabilities.
Nebraska is one of only five
states that tax Social Security
benefits, and the other four
exclude the portion that is paid
to the federal government, said
John McCollister, executive
director of the Platte Institute.
He said the state tax on Social
Security benefits is at least a
double tax on seniors who paid
into the system while they
worked, only to see the income
hit again in retirement.
Mark Intermill, a lobbyist for
AARP Nebraska, said his group
supported the bill but acknowledged that the state probably
can’t afford it. Intermill urged
the Legislature’s Revenue
Committee to cap the amount
of exempted Social Security
income at $4,000 per person.
Another proposal came from
Omaha Sen. Heath Mello, and
would give homeowners
approximately $76 million in
property tax relief through an
exemption on the first $8,000
of their home’s value. Mello
said his bill, introduced in
response to Heineman’s proposed tax cuts, would deliver
between $150 and $160 in
property tax relief to the average Nebraska homeowner.
Bellevue Sen. Abbie Cornett,
chairwoman of the Revenue
Committee, suggested in the
hearing that Mello’s proposal
favored homeowners, while the
governor’s proposal — which
she is sponsoring — would
help a greater number of
Nebraskans. Cornett said
Mello’s bill could give greater
benefits to Omaha and
Lincoln, which have much
larger concentrations of housing than rural Nebraska.
“What does your bill do for
people who don’t own their
homes?” she said. “For young
people? Old people?”
Heineman has said his plan
should be the Legislature’s top
priority this session, and presented his case to Nebraskans in
a series of speeches after his
State of the State remarks last
month. He has said that the
counties complaining about lost
tax dollars should cut spending,
as the state did when it lost revenue in the wake of repealing
the Nebraska estate tax.
Heineman signed a similar
tax relief bill in 2007 that provided $425 million in income,
sales and property tax cuts over
two years.
A third bill by Lexington Sen.
John Wightman would increase
exemptions for the state’s
inheritance tax and lower the
rates over time. Wightman said
his measure would give counties time to adjust their budgets
gradually, following cuts in
state aid last year.
Lawyer: Johnson to testify
in favor of child custody bill
AMY ROH/Tribune
Ian Rothell as Brian Dowd and Emily Moore as Beth Finnegan rehearse a scene for Hastings
Community Theatre’s production of “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister.”
Love: A playful look at romance
Eric said Ian, his son, is good at playing “a
wuss.”
“He’s a typical guy,” Eric said
of the character. “He likes that
girl, but he can’t say anything
Through
to her until the very end.”
Ian said Brian is an empathis play
thetic character.
doing all
“Any guy who can remember
the protheir high school years can
gression,
relate to at least something that
all the
happened to Brian,” he said.
ages
when
Moore said the play’s relatawe
were
bility is not limited to men
kids and
who experienced unrequited
in high
love in high school. Everyone,
school
she said, can relate to Brian’s
jealousy.
and col“Everybody has had a relalege, it’s
tionship whether it’s a best
been really
friend or a boyfriend-girlfriend, enlightenor somebody you know that
ing.
that has happened to,” she said.
The group has a history with
“Jerry Finnegan’s Sister.” Eric
- Emily
coached Ian and Moore to a
Class C-2 duet acting champiMoore,
onship with a 12-minute cutwho
ting of the play during the
plays
2010 state speech competition,
when the pair were seniors at
Beth
Sandy Creek High School.
Ian and Moore are now college sophomores.
He attends Central Community College-Hastings
“
”
and she goes to the University of NebraskaLincoln.
When Eric found the script two years ago, he
knew almost instantly that “Jerry Finnegan’s
Sister” was a winner.
“Within the first two pages I was rolling on
the floor laughing,” he said.
Playwright Jack Neary has created interactions,
and a relationship, between Brian and Beth that
are humorous in the way the characters mature.
As an example, Eric mentioned a conversation
Brian and Beth have about Watergate when he is
10 and she is 9.
“Just the way he words it, and the way the
characters are played, it’s hilarious,” Eric said.
The actors have enjoyed the opportunity to
flesh out Brian and Beth with a two-act, 90minute play they could not do in a 12-minute
cutting.
“In 12 minutes, you can’t really get to know a
character,” Ian said. “Through this play doing all
the progression, all the ages when we were kids
and in high school and college, it’s been really
enlightening.”
Rather than a romantic comedy, Eric and the
cast describe “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister” as a comedy with some romance.
“It’s not necessarily a romance, but it’s the
story of a relationship,” Moore said.
The romance does not occur until the end of the
performance.
“I think if this show were to go on, Brian and
Beth would be the type of couple that gets married and still is best friends when they’re 90,”
she said.
“So in essence what it does is
creates a presumption that the
parents are going to share their
kids 50/50 unless there’s a reason not to,” Johnson said.
“That could be they live in different towns or too far apart to
do that, but if you’ve got two
good people, you’re going to
share them 50/50.”
Johnson said the bill is controversial because many family
law attorneys think divorcing
parents can’t get along enough
to share their kids. He called
that thinking “wrong-headed,”
and said the bill would change
the nexus of how a divorce
proceeds.
Currently when a couple files
for divorce, there is a temporary hearing to determine
where the children will live
until the final hearing, which
could be a year or more away.
“So that hearing becomes
extremely important and you
have to fight immediately,
because if you don’t, you could
lose your kids for a year,”
Johnson said. “So war is
declared from the outset.
They’re thinking, ‘My God,
they’re trying to take my kids
away.’ Which they may be.
There are a lot of people who
believe you want to have sole
custody.
“If we change the nature of
the game so we’re not looking
for something small and trying
to blow it up into something
really big so we can get some
judge to side with us, but
instead start the proceeding
with the idea that we’re going
to find a way to share, I think
it changes everything,” he said.
The bill also would change
child support accountability
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requirements.
Currently the parent paying
child support payments can
request an accounting of how
the money is used if they can
show an abusive disregard of
parental responsibilities by the
custodial parent. Johnson said
it’s hard to prove that abuse
without a financial accounting.
LB844 would treat the custodial parent as a fiduciary for
the child and allow parents
paying support to receive an
accounting upon request.
Johnson acknowledged there
could be a danger of one parent misusing the provision and
asking for an accounting every
month, but he said the court
could be empowered to punish
those who are using the provision in bad faith.
“Presently in a guardian conservatorship relationship, people who are conservators of
their wards, usually somebody
with a disability, they have to
provide an annual accounting
of what they’ve done with the
money they’ve received on
behalf of their ward,” Johnson
said. “It’s about a two-page
form, and it’s done all the time.
That’s never been considered
unduly burdensome, so I don’t
know why we couldn’t do the
same kind of thing.”
Johnson said divorce cases
make up almost all of his work,
and he usually represents men.
He said the bill would help
make sure fathers get time with
their children.
“The psychological research
I’ve been reviewing tells us that
kids do better long term if they
have two parents, even after a
divorce, who remain heavily
involved in their lives,”
Johnson said. “That doesn’t
have to mean 50/50, but it
does anticipate sharing of large
blocks of time.”
Johnson said research indicates fathers who have more
time with their kids stay more
involved, take on more responsibility, and pay more money
for their children’s support
than those who feel ostracized
from their children’s lives.
“A lot of parents drop out of
their kids’ lives when they’re
relegated to an every-otherweekend and some time in the
summer type of scenario.
They’re a lot less likely to drop
out of their kids’ lives if they
have a shared parenting schedule. That’s what I’m finding is
really important in the research
I’m reading,” he said.
Johnson said the Nebraska
Bar Association opposes the bill.
“It’s likely that the Judiciary
Committee may kill it by keeping it in the committee,” he
said. “What I’d like to see happen is it get on to the floor and
let’s have the debate. I want
people to tell me why this is not
a good idea. Let’s have a debate
with the research materials.”
Opinion
A4
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Tobacco
ban isn’t
the answer
Scripps Howard News Service
Add more ammunition to the arsenal of antismoking efforts with the latest report on secondhand smoke from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
According to researchers, more than 1 in 5 high
school and middle school students are passengers
in cars while others are smoking. (One caveat: In
the case of the high school students, the study did
not determine if they were in cars with their parents or their peers.)
The study, based on national surveys in schools,
and released by the CDC Monday, reports that
more than over 22 percent of teens and preteens
were exposed to secondhand smoke in cars in
2009. That’s the latest year that data are available,
according to the Associated Press, but we doubt it
has changed much, except perhaps to rise.
That’s because with increasing vigor, cities across
the nation are going “smokeless,” outlawing
smoking in private businesses and even outdoors
in some cases.
What’s bothersome about those edicts is they
will do little to curb smoking in the long run.
People quit smoking for all sorts of reasons, most
often because of health concerns, either their own
or those of loved ones. Smokers know their habit
isn’t healthy. But outlawing a legal activity isn’t as
much of a deterrent as some might like to believe.
It just turns ordinary citizens into pariahs,
“socially unacceptable” and condemned for their
habit while others practice their own distasteful —
and potentially dangerous — habits without the
scorn of friends, family and even strangers.
Ever overhear a stranger ask an overweight person
why his or her lunch choice is a supersized burger
and fries? Probably not — especially with so many
people carrying concealed weapons these days. But
criticizing a smoker, and doing so with marked disdain and self-righteousness? It’s the in thing to do.
Riding in a car with anyone of any age and
smoking can be taken as rude to the nonsmoker,
and inconsiderate at least, if others have an objection. And some smokers will confess that if they
aren’t smoking, riding with someone who is can
be both uncomfortable and smelly.
A parent who smokes with children in the car,
according to current evidence, is jeopardizing the
children’s health. Why would a parent who is normally sometimes overly concerned about the sniffles
not understand the danger? Thus the CDC study is
properly advising against the practice. The study
authors, with all good intentions, have encouraged
all states to follow the lead of a few that have banned
smoking in a vehicle when a child is present.
Is a smoker’s home — even when no children are
present — the next battleground? After all, if the
home’s windows are opened on a mild spring day, a
hint of smoke might waft into a neighbor’s yard.
Smoking is a bad habit. Smokers know it. But
turning smokers into criminals isn’t the answer.
Raising cigarette prices has been somewhat effective, although that has created a black-market
trade that will only get worse.
Attempts at prohibition didn’t work with alcohol.
And let’s be honest: It hasn’t worked with drugs.
Why would we expect it to work with tobacco?
Education would be a more worthy effort, if we
spent as much time — and funding — on discussion
as we spend trying to dictate individual behavior.
Family lucky to get face full of Colorado fun
I
like vacations you wear on your face. If
you aren’t sporting a shiner or nursing a
limp, you didn’t spend your time wisely.
Our eldest son’s girlfriend, Trooper, takes
the same approach. An adventurer at
heart, she’s a skydiver, a paraglider, and a
Moab mountain biker. She can jam a week’s
worth of activity into a three-day weekend,
and is a pro at convincing you to join in the
fun.
Our recent Colorado excursion was
Trooper’s idea. It involved a big, cushy cabin
shared with her family from Oklahoma, and
an itinerary that left precious little time for
lounging around. It was a special trip; the first
time Hunka Burnin’ Hubby and I would meet
Trooper’s parents, and the first occasion in
three years that all her siblings would be
together at once. Our son, Rocket, assured us
we’d fit right in, and it took all of five minutes to see that he was right.
Trooper’s family likes in-your-face vacations, too, and we were giddy with excitement as we straddled new Polaris 550 snowmobiles for a trip to the Continental Divide.
Ten riders rocketed through temps that could
make a snowman bawl ice cubes. We zipped
through serpentine trails amidst snow-laden
pines, reaching speeds of
over 30 mph on the straightaways. The tracks of our
machines kicked up frosty
trails that encrusted our faces
like frozen masks. Upward we
climbed until we shot
through Georgia Pass at
11,585 feet. We cut the
Tamera
engines and snapped pictures
Schlueter of the setting sun glinting
orange off snowy peaks dotting the Swan River Valley, and stood in awe
of its panoramic splendor. Riders became
black silhouettes in the gathering darkness,
and the machines’ taillights flashed brilliant
red on the way back to base. Headlights
bounced eerie auras through the insulated
trees, sending diamond-like sparks through
soft, luminous snow.
Next up was a date with eight gorgeous
Huskies, a two-man sled, and six miles of
snow-packed trail. I expected dog sledding to
be a slow, leisurely experience. In reality it’s
fast and wild. Dogs strained against their harnesses, kicking up snow as they huffed along
their way. Our guide’s instructions seemed
easy enough; lean into the turns and hit the
brakes if things got out of hand. But soon the
trail was downhill and serpentine, and the
dogs were a pack of arrows. The sled went
catawampus, violently dumping both driver
and rider face first in the snow. But we
laughed hard as we gathered up the pieces,
and climbed aboard for another try. Afterward
we snapped pictures as the dogs mugged for
attention, and learned more about these
remarkable animals that consider minus 27degree temps to be a perfect day in the park.
Then it was on to groomed tubing runs,
and rear ends wedged into giant inflatable
donuts. We spun like tops as we careened
down the hill, shrieking at the top of our
lungs. Then we clambered out of our tubes,
ran for the lift, and did it over and over again.
We paused long enough to marvel at
immense purple peaks towering overhead,
and a valley of city lights spreading beneath
our feet.
It was a trip that was satisfying, exhausting,
and completely in-your-face. I have the bruises to prove it. And I wouldn’t have had it any
other way.
Tamera Schlueter of Hastings is a columnist for
the Hastings Tribune. Reach her by email at
stschlueter@windstream.net
Obama’s assault on faith is embarrassment
T
he latest embarrassment from
President Barack Obama is more
than an embarrassment. It’s an
assault on faith that begins with a
2,500-page health care bill enacted
with no one expected to read it except the
bureaucrats paid to translate its obscurities into
thousands more pages of regulations.
After a prolonged look at a phrase that could
have been interpreted multiple ways, the president and the masters of your life in the
Department of Health and Human Services
bypassed the sensible and decreed we are now
in the age of mandated contraception coverage, one step closer to Utopian bliss.
Depending on what kind, contraceptives are
easy to get for free or very cheaply. A federal
study showed that virtually everyone who
needs them and desires them has them. The
chief reason for unwanted pregnancies is carelessness. The administration nevertheless
decided to raise insurance premiums so that
even the rich could get birth control benefits
without co-payments or deductibles. Then
came the real doozy.
Religious organizations are part of the ironclad formula. No matter the dictates of their
faith, they must purchase birth control coverage for their employees in all their organizations except some churches. Must they even go
along with morning-after pills that abort the
workings of nature? Yes sirree, sir. The whole
kit and caboodle.
Some Catholic bishops and priests have
Jay
Ambrose
reacted furiously, even threatening civil disobedience. I
myself am associated with an
interdenominational
Christian university that has
filed a lawsuit opposing the
command. I’d like to see the
whole nation rise up in anger,
but it won’t, not because of
the irreligion of some, but
because of the leftist, semisocialist, big government reli-
gion of so many.
The idea is that there are people who know a
lot more about how you should live your life
than you do and should therefore give you
unbending instructions you are forced to obey.
Mention of limited government leaves those of
dictatorial bent shaking in fury, because that
would interfere with their own power of interference.
Though some of us keep writing about it, I
do not think most Americans understand the
extent to which everyday liberties are being
shredded. Government controls in your home
extend to your light bulbs, water in your toilet,
your ceiling fans, dishwashers, refrigerators and
much more. Wrongheaded welfare measures
have mangled our culture, contributing to
intergenerational poverty, while wrongheaded
industry rules not only make us poorer, but
even threaten our safety. (See “The Really
Inconvenient Truths” by Ian Murray.)
The Obama health care measure is a giant
leap into this thicket, and one thing this particular requirement jumps over to get there is
the First Amendment. The left has looked on
the First Amendment religion clause chiefly as
a means of telling Christians their moral judgments should not count in democratic discourse. In intellectual journals, academics with
doctorate degrees amazingly warn that nonsecular ethics lead to theocracy. But they do
not seem to mind the government forcing people to behave contrary to conscience.
Maybe it does not get much emphasis in
schools anymore, but many of the early settlers
of this country were people seeking religious
freedom. In my own genealogical searches, I
have discovered Quaker ancestors who fled
England to escape persecution. That doesn’t
mean the colonies allowed perfect religious
freedom, but we worked on it, we had a revolution against Britain, we put together a
Constitution, we adopted a Bill of Rights, we
established our ideals, we got better.
We’re now getting worse, and have been for
quite a while, although it is all done in the
name of a better world. That is always the case
with anti-libertarian enthusiasms — they are
for the benefit of all us dummies, we are
informed by those who see themselves as our
betters, so much more enlightened, so morally
superior. They are wrong, and something
needs to change this election year.
Jay Ambrose is a columnist living in Colorado.
He can be reached at SpeaktoJay@aol.com.
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It is a dark day after learning that the Susan
G. Komen for the Cure has abandoned previous plans to eliminate funding for Planned
Parenthood. A big mistake!
The article in the Tribune (Feb. 4) refers to a
“firestorm they didn’t see coming and couldn’t withstand.” Susan G. Komen for a Cure
was finally doing what was morally right and
then felt the “heat of the devil.”
Why? Unfortunately money talks! Why else
would they abandon a step in the right direction?
Planned Parenthood runs the largest abortion chain in the nation. Pregnant women
who go to Planned Parenthood have abortions 97.6 percent of the time. Abortion
accounts for 40 percent of the clinic income
for Planned Parenthood (according to
American Life League).
Research shows that abortion is one of the
many causes of breast cancer. Ironic that a
foundation that wants to find a “cure” will
also fund an organization that kills children
and performs the abortion procedure that can
cause breast cancer for the mother.
Citizens, let’s bring some light to all this
darkness. Keep Planned Parenthood out of
Hastings and stop donating to Susan G.
Komen for a Cure.
Loretta Tebbe
Hastings
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
I am a sixth-grade student at St. Cecilia
Middle School. I like going to a Catholic
school for many reasons. One of the best reasons is that we get a good Catholic education
and get to go to Mass during the week. I can
also serve at Mass.
I am in Teens for Life and enjoy supporting
life. We do things like participating in the
Walk for Life and the Life Chain. We have
meetings once a month. At the meetings, we
talk about what is going on and how we can
suport life.
This is why I like going to a Catholic
school.
Justin Vrooman
Hastings
THANKFUL FOR EDUCATION
I am a seventh-grader at St. Cecilia Middle
School, and going to a Catholic school is very
important to me. We have the privilege of
going to Mass on Tuesdays and Fridays. Going
to Mass helps me turn more toward God and
thank him for all He has given me. Once a
month the students receive God’s grace of forgiveness through the Sacrament of
Confession.
At St. Cecilia there are extracurricular activities, such as Teens for Life, which is about
doing activities for God like the March for
Life in Lincoln, or the local Life Chain. We
have class retreats to get away from our
schoolwork for a day and learn more about
God working in our lives. During the day,
there are also priests and sisters throughout
the building that teach classes about religion.
Growing up and being the youngest of
seven children, I have learned naturally, by
example, that the meaning of pro life is
respecting human life from a person’s conception to their natural death. I feel privileged
every day to have a Catholic education at
home and at school.
Lucy Skoch
Hastings
Hastings/Region
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Tribland five-day forecast
Art by Edward Fisher, 8, Alcott Elementary
SUNNY TODAY
High: 35
Low: 12
Wind: West 5-10
Wind chil values tonight
between -1 and 9.
PARTLY CLOUDY
FRIDAY
High: 21
Low: 5
Wind: North 5-15
SUNNY SATURDAY
High: 16
Low: 4
A slight chance of flurries
before noon.
CLOUDY SUNDAY
High: 25
Low: 21
A 30 percent chance of
snow overnight
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Smith siding with Bruning on mandate
BIPARTISAN LETTER SENT
TO SEBELIUS REGARDING
CONTRACEPTIVE RULE
Staff and wire
LINCOLN — Congressman
Adrian Smith joined a bipartisan
group of lawmakers in a letter
opposing a new federal policy that
forces church-affiliated employers
to cover birth control for their
workers.
The 154 members of Congress
sent the letter, dated Monday, to
U.S. Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who
announced last week that the law
would require most plans to cover
contraceptives and steliizations as
preventive services.
“HHS’s latest decision to mandate contraceptive, sterilization,
and abortifacients coverage is an
unprecedented overreach by the
federal government that infringes
upon rights guaranteed by the First
Amendment,” the letter states.
“This decision also will violate the
conscience rights of those who, for
moral or religious reasons, oppose
abortion.”
Smith said he has heard from
Nebraskans who oppose the White
House’s decision.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon
Bruning said Wednesday that his
office plans to sue to try to block
the rule.
Bruning said he sent a letter this
week to the other 49 state attorneys general inviting them to join
Nebraska in challenging the policy,
which was announced last month
as part of the national health care
reform effort.
The Obama administration said
many church-affiliated hospitals,
universities and charitable institutions will have to cover FDAapproved forms of contraceptives
and sterilization for their employees. The new policy has angered
some religious groups, including
the Roman Catholic Church, who
say the requirement would force
them to violate their beliefs against
contraception. And it has drawn a
sharp response from congressional
Republicans.
Bruning, a Republican who is
running for U.S. Senate, said his
office will file the lawsuit in the
next few weeks. He said he has met
with Catholic leaders in Nebraska,
and planned to involve other religious groups in the lawsuit.
“This is an unconscionable intrusion on religious liberties,” Bruning
told The Associated Press. “I was
shocked that the Obama administration chose to pick this fight.
They must know that many of us
will not let this decision stand.”
The contentious issue has
pushed social issues to the forefront in an election year that has
been dominated by the economy.
Abortion, contraception and any of
the requirements of President
Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law have the potential to galvanize the Republicans’ conservative base, critical to voter turnout
in the presidential and congressional races.
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CLOUDY MONDAY
High: 32
Low: 21
A 20 percent chance of
snow.
Today’s weather records
High: 70 in 1954
Low: -15 in 1994 and 1933
u From 7 a.m. Feb. 8
to 7 a.m. Feb. 9
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High in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Overnight low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Overnight low in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-3
Precipitation last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
February precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.59
February 2011 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Year to date precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.73
Jan. to Feb. ’11 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
Snowfall last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
February snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10
February 2011 snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
Season to date snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2
Season to date snowfall 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1
Local
MARIAN ROAD CLOSED
The city of Hastings Street Department has
closed Marian Road from 12th Street north to
the Union Pacific Railroad crossing.
Foreman Stu Mohlman said the gravel road
is in bad shape because of the rain and snow
that fell last weekend, and an all-terrain vehicle
or similar vehicle drove over the road and tore
it up.
The city has barricaded the road on each end
until it dries and crews can make repairs.
Mohlman said any cars or emergency vehicles that try to use the road in its current state
would likely get stuck.
State
SALARY BILL ADVANCES
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers would get
a $10,500 raise per year starting next year,
under a bill advanced by the Executive Board.
The committee voted 6-3 Thursday morning
to allow the pay increase plan to be debated by
the full Legislature.
Unicameral Speaker Mike Flood amended an
original proposal by Omaha Sen. Scott
Lautenbaugh that would have given lawmakers
a $32,000 salary.
Instead, elected officials would now be paid
$22,500 per year.
Flood says the $22,500 salary is appropriate
to maintain a citizen Legislature.
He says people would still need to have a
full-time job if they choose to serve.
Currently, lawmakers are paid $12,000 per
year. Any change in lawmaker salaries would
be subject to a public vote in November.
CHRIS DUNKER/Beatrice Daily Sun
In this photo taken Jan. 20, filmmaker and Beatrice native Chris Lofing (far right) directs Beatrice Police Investigator Erin Byrne
during a scene of his new movie “The Gallows,” at the Beatrice Police department in Beatrice. Lofing shot two scenes for the
movie at the Department.
Beatrice native brings film project home
PART OF HORROR MOVIE SHOT
IN POLICE STATION
CHRIS DUNKER
B
Beatrice Daily Sun
EATRICE — Mr. DeMille, they are
ready for their close-up.
A half dozen Beatrice Police officers
put on their uniforms for a different reason earlier this month.
Instead of patrolling the streets, the officers shot two scenes in a movie being made
by Beatrice High School graduate and
California-based filmmaker Chris Lofing.
The movie, a horror film tentatively titled
“The Gallows,” is set in Beatrice, Lofing
explained, surrounding the mysterious
deaths of several students at a local high
school.
Using real Beatrice officers in the film adds
to the movie’s authenticity in that the police
are able to simply be themselves in front of
the camera, Lofing said.
“I approached Investigator (Erin) Byrne in
the summer,” Lofing said. “I showed him
the trailer we had worked on for this project
and told him kind of what I wanted to do.”
“The Gallows” is Lofing’s second foray
into the horror flick genre. Previously, Lofing
filmed a horror movie in high school with
friends. His latest project falls more in line
with the “real-footage” scary movies like the
“Paranormal Activity” series, he said.
“This film is different in that it is presented as a real event,” Lofing said. “All this
footage is real, kind of like a ‘Paranormal
Activity’ or a ‘Blair Witch.”’
Originally, Lofing and his collaborators
shot a trailer for the movie which they
showed to investors in California. The movie
began shooting in Fresno, Calif., before
Lofing packed up his production and drove
back to Beatrice.
During the shoot on Jan. 20, Lofing provided notes to the police-actors, taking seven
takes for one scene where police begin their
investigation in the Tony Lenners Room at
the department.
The police performed their roles well for
not having formal acting training, Lofing
said.
“They don’t have to act, they just have to
be themselves and ignore the camera,”
Lofing added. “That’s what an actor tries to
do, they try to make it look as normal as
possible and obviously some actors are great
at that and some are not, but if you can find
a person who is good at being themselves,
you get that realistic performance.”
FORECLOSURE RATE
LINCOLN — A new report from a real estate
data research firm says Nebraska had one of
the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation in
2011.
CoreLogic says 1 percent of Nebraska homes
were in the foreclosure process at the end of
last year.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that’s the
fourth-lowest rate in the United States. Only
Alaska, North Dakota and Wyoming had lower
foreclosure rates.
CoreLogic says the national foreclosure rate
was 3.4 percent at the end of last year because
1.4 million homes were involved in the foreclosure process.
SUCCESSFUL DRUG DOG
YORK — A 3-year-old yellow lab has been
proving her worth to the York County Sheriff’s
Department.
The York News-Times reports Tikka recently
found nearly $28,000 during a routine traffic
stop. And Tikka found nearly $12,400 in suspicious cash during an earlier stop.
In the most recent stop, no drugs were found
in the vehicle, so the driver and his passenger
were allowed to leave. The money stayed
behind, and federal authorities were notified
about the seizure.
The law lets law enforcement agencies seize
cash suspected of use in the illicit-drug trade,
even if they don’t prosecute the people driving
the vehicles where the drugs or money are
found.
If a judge rules the cash was properly taken,
80 percent goes to the force that seized it.
Suspects in string of robberies plead not guilty
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
tribune@hastingstribune.com
CLAY CENTER — Three of the
four suspects arrested in connection with a string of December
2011 break-ins and vandalism in
Hastings and various Clay County
locations all pleaded innocent to
their charges Tuesday in Clay
County District Court.
Austin R. Warford, 18, of rural
Glenvil; Dylan M. Childs, 19, of
1406 N. Baltimore Ave. in Hastings;
and Joseph P. Ackerman, 22, of rural
Glenvil were arraigned Tuesday.
District Court Judge Vicky
Johnson set pretrial hearings for
the trio to occur April 11: 9:45 a.m.
for Childs, 10 a.m. for Warford and
10:15 a.m. for Ackerman.
Various court documents show
Ackerman as having addresses in
Edgar and Hastings.
All three suspects face charges in
Adams County, too. Court proceedings in Adams County are pending.
Dewayne T. Colburn, 16, of rural
Glenvil, also faces charges from the
incidents in Clay County. He originally was charged as an adult, but
his case was transferred to juvenile
court Jan. 31.
Warford, Ackerman and Colburn
all were arrested without incident in
Clay County Jan. 12. Childs was
arrested two days later, Jan. 14, also in
Clay County and without incident.
Warford, Childs and Ackerman
are being held in the Clay County
Jail in Clay Center, on $25,000, 10
percent bond for each in both Clay
and Adams counties.
In Clay County, Warford is
charged with three counts of burglary; one count of criminal mischief, $1,500 or more; and one
count of use of a firearm to commit a felony. In Adams County, he
is charged with one count of burglary and one count of theft by
unlawful taking, $500-$1,500.
Please see ROBBERIES/page A7
Sutton mayor gets probation on break-in conviction
MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS DO
NOT AFFECT HALE’S STATUS
AS PUBLIC OFFICIAL
TONY HERRMAN
therrman@hastingstribune.com
CLAY CENTER — Sutton Mayor Bob Hale
was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation
for two misdemeanor charges and a payment of
$500 to the woman whose house he damaged.
That was the decision of Clay County Court
Judge Michael Burns.
According to court records, Hale, now 51,
forcibly broke into a house at 411 N. Calvert
Ave. in Sutton that is owned by Michelle
Sedersten of Saronville — the home of his
estranged wife, Barbara Hale — on April 6, 2011.
Hale stole a flat-screen television. He also took
a porch swing and doghouse belonging to
Barbara Hale’s residence and damaged a door.
Hale pleaded no contest during a Nov. 8,
2011, arraignment to both first-degree criminal
trespassing, a Class 1 misdemeanor — punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine;
and to criminal mischief of less than $200, a
Class 3 misdemeanor — punishable by up to
three months in jail and a $500 fine.
His sentence included paying $503.18 in restitution to Sedersten by May 8.
Hale’s sentencing originally was scheduled for
Jan. 25. Because Hale’s attorney, Michael Mead
of Hastings, and Deputy Clay County Attorney
Jennifer Fleischer could not agree on an appropriate restitution amount, the sentencing was
continued to Tuesday. A victim fund assessment
hearing took place before Hale’s sentence was
announced.
His charges previously also included burglary,
a Class 3 felony punishable by one to 20 years’
imprisonment and a $25,000 fine; and theft by
Please see MAYOR/page A7
Region/State
A6
MLMH earns Gold
Seal from Joint
Commission
AWARD RECOGNIZES HOSPITAL’S
DEDICATION TO COMPLIANCE
WITH STANDARDS
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
tribune@hastingstribune.com
Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare
recently renewed its Joint Commission
Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation for
the hospital and its Home Care Services
Department.
The award recognizes Mary Lanning’s
dedication to continuous compliance
with the commission’s standards.
A team of Joint Commission surveyors
evaluated the hospital during an unannounced on-site survey in October 2011
and found the hospital in compliance
with standards of care specific to the
needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management.
“With Joint Commission accreditation,
we are making a significant investment in
quality on a day-to-day basis from the top
down,” Ronda Ehly, director of compliance risk at Mary Lanning, said in a news
release. “Joint Commission accreditation
provides us a framework to take our
organization to the next level and helps
create a culture of excellence. Achieving
accreditation for our organization is a
major step toward maintaining excellence
and continually improving the care we
provide.”
The Joint Commission evaluates and
accredits more than 18,000 health care
organizations and programs in the United
States. Founded in 1951, the commission
seeks to continuously improve health care
for the public, in collaboration with other
stakeholders, by evaluating health care
organizations and inspiring them to excel
in providing safe and effective care of the
highest quality and value.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Property transfers
The following property transfers
were recently recorded in the Adams
County Register of Deeds Office:
u Randall L. Savage and Sally R.
Savage to Hastings College: Lot 17, in
Pine Knoll Place, an addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 26.
u Michele L. Russell to Terry L. Hall
and Linda D. Hall: Lot 6, Musselman’s
Subdivision of block 1 of Webster and
Wemple’s addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 26.
u Shirley Thaut to Joshua L. Burback:
Lot 120, Campbell’s addition to the City
of Hastings, Oct. 27.
u Alvin C. Lowe and Marcella Lowe to
Dean A. Papenhagen: Lot 7, Lakeview
Cove Subdivision, an addition to the City
of Hastings, Oct. 26.
u Lisa M. Vnoucek and Troy L. Miller to
Michael D. Alloway: the west 70 feet of
the east half of lots 8 and 9, block 1,
Parmenter’s addition to the Village of
Kenesaw, Oct. 15.
u Phillip McDonald and Christina L.
McDonald to John W. Hajek and Sarah M.
Hajek: Lot 11, block 11, Bateman’s
Subdivision of the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter of section 11,
Township 7 north, range 10 west of the
6th p.m., in the City of Hastings, Oct. 27.
u Bucky R. Herman and Andrea R.
Herman to Michael S. Lounsbury: the
east 5 feet of the south half of lot 9 and
the west half of the south half of lot 10,
block 6, College Addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 12.
u E & S Farms, Inc. to Rak Farms, Inc.:
Mount Pleasant Subdivision, a part of the
southeast quarter of section 7, Township
6 north, range 10, west of the 6th p.m.,
Adams County, Oct. 31.
u Trailblazer Pipeline Company, LLC to
Gary D. Fitzke, Trustee of the Gary D.
Fitzke Revocable Trust: Trailblazer subdivision, a subdivision located in part of the
northwest quarter of section 11,
Township 6, north, range 9, west of the
6th p.m., Adams County, Oct. 14.
u Schma-Bauer Enterprises to Joni R.
Johnson and Cody D. Martin: the south
120 feet of lot 2 and the south 120 feet of
lot 3, block 2, Ross Addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 26.
u Blaine S. Bulas and Laura A. Bulas to
Kenneth R. Kyle and Amanda K. Kyle: Lot
1, block 1, Pawnee Creek subdivision,
Adams County, Nov. 1.
u Joann M. Hinrichs to Blaine S. Bulas
and Laura A. Bulas: Lot 22, block 5,
Lakepark subdivision in the City of
Hastings, Oct. 27.
u Paul G. Johnson to Richard C. Witt:
Lot 1, block 10, Sewell’s addition to the
City of Hastings, Oct. 31.
u Pamela J. Connely and James
Connely to Zachary W. Larsen and Amber
D. Larsen: Lots 37 and 28, block 2, M.J.
Smith’s addition to the City of Hastings,
Feb. 11.
u Sherry Ann Borino, successor trustee
of the Jim J. Borino Revocable Trust to
Sheryl Ann Borino: north 75 feet of lot 4,
block 6, Hillside addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 24.
u Caroline M. Kemp and Nathan A
Cummins to Caroline M. Kemp: Lot 12 in
block 5 in Imperial Village fourth addition
to the City of Hastings, Oct. 27.
u Leslie R. Johnson III and Deanna L.
Johnson to Joey l. Burnham and Michele
Russell: Lot 12, block 4, Bilt-Rite subdivision, an addition to the City of Hastings,
Oct. 15.
u Donald Sergeant to Beau P. Wissing
and Kelsey R. Wissing: Lot 18, Beck’s
subdivision of blocks 3, 4 and 5 of
Baltimore Heights addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 2.
u Bobette Heuer, trustee of the Frieda
G. Wendy Revocable Trust to Constance
L. Hoffman: Lot 8, block 2, Harry Graham
subdivision of block 29, D. W. Palmer’s
Prospect Park addition to the City of
Hastings, Oct. 25.
u Roger Riha, Becky Riha and Jamie L.
Hinrichs to Jamie L. Hinrichs and Timothy
J. Hinrichs: Lot 7, block 5, D.W. Palmer’s
Prospect Park addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 5.
u Ronald D. Lewis and Kathy M. Lewis
to Casey E. Sikes: south 75 feet of the
east half of block 14, in Lowmans North
Side addition to the City of Hastings, Oct.
31.
u Sharon K. Wendler to Gary E.
Kendall: west 41 feet of lot 13, in
Abbott’s addition to the City of Hastings,
Oct. 24.
u Clint Bucknell and Jessica Bucknell
to Rogene A. Wright: Lot 5, block 4, East
Park Addition to the City of Hastings, Nov.
2.
u Debra S. Waters to Rodney G.
Davidson and Pearl M. Davison: Lot 2, in
Fantasy- Forest subdivision, Adams
County, Nov. 3.
u Alexander F. Cermak and Ruth H.
Cermak to Martha A. Lyon: Lot 2, ARC
Incorporated subdivision, a Replat of lots
20, 21, 22 and 23, block 1, South Side
addition to the City of Hastings, Nov. 9.
u Marguerite J. Sass to Robert E.
Stutesman and Amy S. Stutesman: Lot 7,
block 2, in L.B. Palmer’s second addition
to the City of Hastings, Nov. 11.
u Victoria L. Fuller to Albery W. Boner
and Pamela A. Boner: Lot 10, block 6,
Bateman’s subdivision an addition to the
City of Hastings, Oct. 27.
u Kenneth F. Breinig and Shirley E.
Breinig to Victoria L. Fuller: Lot 2,
Bonnewell’s addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 9.
u Johnson Imperial Home Co. of
Hasings to Jeffrey C. Hastings and
Juanita M. Hastings: Lot 3, block 1,
Lochland Meadows subdivision number
7, an addition to the City of Hastings,
Nov. 11.
u Jose F. Alverenga and Maria A.
Alvarenga to Miguel Perez and Claudia
Mendoza: Lot 1, block 1, Bungalow addition to the City of Hastings, Oct. 21.
u Theodora F. Purvis and Rebecca S.
Purvis to John P. Morrison II and Jessica
Morrison: east 50 feet of the south 95
feet of lot 7, block 4, Hillside addition to
the City of Hastings, Oct. 26.
u William J. Heil and Jocelyne L. Heil
to Robery L. Thomas and Angela S.
Thomas: Lots 19, and 20, block 2, Keller’s
u Joe Hurd and Linda Hurd to Jerry W.
Eilers: Lot 5, 6, 7, block 20, Village of Ayr,
Nov. 6.
u Keith J. Dreher and Gail Dreher to
Bryan Kevin Wolz: north one third of lot 3,
block 3, Bellangee’s addition to the City
of Hastings, Nov. 14.
u Hastings State Bank to Erin K.
Callahan: Lot 9, block 7, Johnson’s addition to the City of Hastings, Nov. 14.
u Douglas Ockinga to Michael J.
Mcneil and Colleen M. Mcneil: west 37
feet of lot 6 and all of lot 7, of Gangwish
Home subdivision of block 6, Lowman’s
North Side addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 1.
u George Witt to Bettie P. Mead: all of
lots 389, 390, 391, 392, 392 and all of lots
399 and 400, Original Town of Juniata,
Nov. 17.
u Allen Investments, LLC to Concord
Neighborhood Corporation: Lot 3, block
1, Allen Second subdivision, in the City of
Hastings, Oct. 8.
u Par A. Davis and Jayme Davis to
Cody J. Klusman and Shonda L. Klusman:
Lot 3, except the north 14 feet thereof,
and all of lo 4, block 1, in Blythe’s addition to the Village of Kenesaw, Nov. 15.
u Alexander F. Cermak and Ruth H.
Cermak to Bruce M. Florian and Elizabeth
L. Florian: Lot 24, block 1, South Side
u Donna J. Salisbury to Christina
McDonald and Phillip J. McDonald: Lots
7 and 8 and the south half of the vacated
alley abuting said lots, block 3, East
Broad Street addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 3.
u Lisa M. Berneburg and Kurt J.
Berneburg to Roman D. Skalka and Joann
M. Skalka: north half of lot 24 and the
horth half of the west 10 feet of lot 25,
Palmer’s Addition to the City of Hastings,
Nov. 18.
u Rosemarie North to Erin R.
Gastmann: Lot 9, Campbell’s addition to
the City of Hastings, Nov. 15.
u Kenneth E. Kroeger and Charlotte E.
Kroeger to Cameron D. Kroeger and
Carolyn L. Jones: Lot 15, block 3 Indian
Acrest second addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 12.
u El Banco Partnership to Hastings
State Bank: west 5 feet, lot 5, and all of
lot 6, block 5, Berlin’s addition to the City
of Hastings, Nov. 16.
u Engel Construction, Inc to Benjamin
J. Pavelka: Lot 3, Cimarron Meadows fifth
u Dennis Bellman and Sandra Bellman
to Kenneth D. Pelc: Lot 2, block 2,
Heartwell Park addition to the City of
Hastings, Nov. 19.
u Chad R. Timm to Creighton L.
Hamburger and Stacie Hamburger: Lot 3,
Lochland Country Club subdivision number 5, in the City of Hastings, Nov. 23.
u Ronald D. Chesbrough and Anne
Serra Chesbrough to Terrance Michael
Arthur and Becky Ann Tideman: north 93
feet of lot 1, block 4, Hillside addition to
the City of Hastings, Nov. 16.
u Philbert L. Bonifas and Paulette H.
Hemberger to Bernal Bonifas, Valeria
Bonifast, Raymond A. Bonifas and Sherri
L. Bonifas: northwest quarter and the
west half of the northeast quarter of section 8, township 6 north, range 11 west
of the 6th p.m., Adams County, Nov. 28.
u Skye Loch, LLC to Barry L. Meyer
and Jamie N. Meyer: Lot 2, Skye Loch
14th subdivision, an administrative subdivision located in the City of Hastings,
Nov. 22.
Hastings/Region
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Local
LIBRARY CHILI
COOK-OFF
Visitors to the Hastings
Public Library Saturday can
get a bowl of hot chili while
contributing to the library’s
Renew Capital Campaign.
The HPL Teen Advisory
Board is hosting a chili cookoff 1-2:30 p.m. as a fundraising for the library’s renovation project.
Tasting tickets will be sold at
the door for $5. Prizes will be
awarded for people’s choice,
hottest chili, most unique ingredient and best decorations.
The event was originally
scheduled for last Saturday,
but was postponed because of
the winter storm that hit the
area.
For more information or an
entry form for the chili contest, call the library at 402461-2346 or visit www.hastings.lib.ne.us.
A7
Judge rules assault charges can proceed
WILL VRASPIR
wvraspir@hastingstribune.com
Charges will proceed against
a 29-year-old Hastings man
accused of striking his thenpregnant girlfriend with a
board after a district judge
declined to throw the case out.
Adams County Judge Terri
Harder Tuesday overruled a
plea in abatement in the case
of John A. Espino of 1215 N.
Lexington Ave.
Harder took the case under
advisement Jan. 5 after a hearing on the motion.
Espino’s attorney, Adams
County Public Defender Art
Toogood, claimed there wasn’t
enough evidence to have the
charges bound over to the district court.
Espino faces charges of second-degree assault on a pregnant woman, attempted second-degree assault on a pregnant woman, attempted second-degree assault, third-degree
assault and driving under the
influence of alcohol.
According to testimony at
the preliminary hearing,
Espino was arguing with the
sister of his pregnant girlfriend on Aug. 13, 2011.
Witnesses said Espino threw a
baseball bat twice at the sister
but missed. He then threw the
bat at his girlfriend, striking
her in the back. Espino also
reportedly picked up a 2-footlong decking board and struck
his girlfriend in the stomach,
leaving a laceration. His girlfriend, who was 26 weeks
pregnant with Espino’s child,
was admitted to Mary
Lanning Memorial
HealthCare, and was later discharged.
Toogood argued Jan. 5 that
the bat could have just been
thrown in the sister’s general
direction and Espino may not
have been trying to strike her.
Toogood also said it sounded
like a struggle between Espino
and his girlfriend over the
decking board led to her
wound. He said the charge
requires the assault to be an
intentional act.
Alyson Keiser-Roudebush,
deputy county attorney, said
multiple witnesses told police
the acts appeared to be intentional.
Second-degree assault on a
pregnant woman is a Class 2
felony punishable by up to 50
years in prison. Attempted second-degree assault on a preg-
Taking her story on the road
State
DIAPER RASH
OMAHA — Authorities say
a 14-year-old special-education student has been put
into protective custody after
being treated at an Omaha
hospital for severe diaper
rash.
Officials say the boy’s diaper hadn’t been changed at
home, so he was wearing the
same diaper school workers
had placed on him the day
before. According to Omaha
television station KMTV, court
papers say it was the fourth
time that had happened.
Police are investigating for
possible child neglect. The
boy has been diagnosed with
cerebral palsy and uses a
wheelchair.
ESCAPEE CAUGHT
LINCOLN — A Nebraska
man in prison for domestic
assault and assaulting a police
officer escaped from community corrections in Lincoln but
was caught a short time later.
KOLN TV reports that
Brandon Bauer escaped shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Lincoln police and the
Nebraska State Patrol searched
the area. A police dog tracked
Bauer to an area about four
miles away. He was apprehended within about 90 minutes of his escape and
returned to the custody of
Nebraska Department of
Corrections.
Winter
Celebration
at museum
Saturday
EVENT HAD BEEN
POSTPONED DUE
TO SNOW
BETSY HERRMAN
bherrman@hastingstribune.com
LIQUOR BAN BILL
LINCOLN — Local governments may soon be allowed
to decide whether stores can
sell liquor between 6 a.m. and
noon on Sundays.
A bill up for debate Thursday
would lift the state ban on
Sunday liquor sales and give
the power to local governments to enact their own laws.
State law currently allows
local governments to regulate
Sunday beer sales, and some
cities and counties have
passed ordinances to sell beer
before noon on Sundays.
State law does not allow
the sale of distilled spirits
between 6 a.m. and noon on
Sundays. That could change
with the passage of Legislative
Bill 861.
nant woman is a Class 3 felony
punishable by up to 20 years in
prison and a $25,000 fine.
Attempted second-degree
assault is a Class 4 felony punishable by up to five years in
prison and a $10,000 fine.
Third-degree assault is a Class 1
misdemeanor punishable by up
to one year in jail and a $1,000
fine. DUI is a Class W misdemeanor punishable by up to 60
days in jail and a $500 fine.
Espino and four other family
members also have been
charged with conspiracy to
tamper with witnesses in the
case.
JOHN DUNHAM for The Messenger-Inquirer/AP
Kim Brown of Litchfield explains the formula for drawing Arthur during her presentation at Audubon Elementary
School Wednesday in Owensboro, Ky. Brown is the sister of Marc Brown, the author and creator of the Arthur
story series. Brown was the inspiration of the author's character, D.W., the sister of Arthur.
Bill sets higher burden of proof in cow crashes
MICHAEL AVOK
LINCOLN — Drivers who hit livestock
on Nebraska roads should have a higher
burden of proof in showing that farmers
and ranchers are to blame, a state lawmaker said Wednesday.
Sen. Ken Schilz of Ogallala said he wants
to require motorists to show “specific acts
of negligence” when they file lawsuits
against a cattle owner. Current Nebraska
law says judges and juries cannot infer that
livestock owners were negligent just
because the animals escaped. The law does
not require evidence of specific negligence.
“As a cattle feeder myself, I know how
important it is to maintain good fences,”
Schilz told the Legislature’s Judiciary
Committee. “But there are many times
when cattle escape without the negligence of the owner.”
Schilz, who runs a cattle operation
along Interstate 80, said cattle can jump
fences, push down fences and unlock
gates on their own.
“Under almost all circumstances, the
fences will hold them in,” he said. “If an
animal really wants to, they can break a
fence down.”
Schilz said cattle owners take great care
to protect their property. But, he said,
“livestock have minds of their own.”
Opponents of the measure said current
law is fine the way it is, and many of the
liability issues are already covered.
Kristen Hassebrook, a lobbyist for the
Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association, said
cattle owners need the added legal protection.
Schilz said raising the burden of proof
for motorists would protect ranchers
who are doing everything they can to
keep cattle fenced. However, truly negligent cattle owners, he said, will be held
accountable.
Bad weather kept Hastings
Museum patrons from properly
welcoming a new 15-foot prehistoric fish last weekend, but
they’ll have the chance Saturday.
The museum’s Winter
Celebration, which was postponed, will be 1-4 p.m. Saturday.
A permanent exhibit that
opened at the museum last weekend saw the addition of a
xiphactinus, a Cretaceous sea
creature that would have swam
in the sea over Nebraska more
than 100 million years ago. The
14-foot long sea creature was created by Hastings College alum
Gary Staab and installed Jan. 27.
It hangs in the museum’s lightwell along with the tylosaurus,
another Cretaceous sea creature
that has been in the museum for
more than a year.
The event Saturday will
include a presentation by Mike
Everhart, an expert on the
Cretaceous Sea, speaking on the
xiphactinus and tylosaurus at 2
p.m. in the Abbott Room.
The new 3-D film, “Sea Rex:
Journey to a Prehistoric World,”
is showing at 2 and 3 p.m. and
tells the story of animals like the
xiphactinus and tylosaurus.
Visitors can also stop in the
museum’s New Education Room
to decorate their own xiphactinus cookie.
Also Saturday, visitors can see
the Life Up Close photography
exhibit featuring more than 75
photos from artists across the
state, vote for their favorite
photo and meet several photographers.
In the planetarium, “Earth,
Moon and Sun” tells the story of
how the Earth, moon and sun
work together. There will be a 1
p.m. show for museum members
and 2 p.m. show for the public.
For more information, visit
www.hastingsmuseum.org.
Robberies: Suspects plead not guilty in Clay County
Mayor:
Sutton
official
probation
In Clay County, Childs is charged
with four counts of burglary and one
count of criminal mischief, $1,500 or
more. In Adams County, he is charged
with one count of burglary and one
count of theft by unlawful taking, $500$1,500.
In Clay County, Ackerman is charged
with four counts of burglary; one count
of criminal mischief, $1,500 or more,
and one count of use of a firearm to
commit a felony. In Adams County, he
unlawful taking, a Class 2
misdemeanor punishable by
up to six months imprisonment and a $1,000 fine, or
both, but District Court Judge
Vicky Johnson granted a
November 2011 request from
the Clay County Attorney’s
Office to dismiss the case.
The case resumed at the
county court level with just
the two misdemeanors Hale
was sentenced for Tuesday.
Had Hale been convicted of
felony charges, he would not
be able to continue serving as
an elected official.
Mandate: Lawmakers send bipartisan letter to Sebelius
The White House, facing a
public and political outcry, signaled Tuesday that a compromise was possible. Options
could include granting leeway
for a church-affiliated employer
not to cover birth control, provided it referred employees to
an insurer who would provide
the coverage.
Administration officials have
said they don’t want to abridge
anyone’s religious freedom, but
is charged with one count of burglary
and one count of theft by unlawful taking, $500-$1,500.
All the burglary charges are Class 3
felonies punishable by up to 20 years in
prison and a $25,000 fine. The criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking charges are Class 4 felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and a
$10,000 fine. The firearm charges are
Class 1C felonies punishable by five to
50 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000
fine.
want to strike a balance that
gives women access to important preventative care.
David Axelrod, an Obama
political adviser, has said
Sebelius acted on a recommendation by the Institute of
Medicine, pointing out that
she exempted churches, themselves, from the rule. The institutions have roughly a year
and a half to comply with the
new regulation.
Several religious groups,
The recent arrests were the result of
an investigation into six separate
break-ins, all of which were reported
Dec. 28 and allegedly occurred the
night of Dec. 27-28.
The break-ins were reported at the
Halftime Lounge in Hastings, 937 S.
Burlington Ave.; Engel’s Market in
Fairfield; the Regal Lanes bowling alley
in Edgar; a maintenance building at
the Fairfield Cemetery; and a farm
building near Edgar owned by Wes
Mosier. In addition, a Skid Steer loader
including the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops, have
vowed to try to block or overturn the law. If they fail, some
predicted that religious
employers would simply drop
coverage for their workers, opting instead to pay fines to the
federal government under the
2009 federal health care law.
Officials said the administration’s ruling was carefully considered, after reviewing more
than 200,000 comments from
parked next to a country road reportedly was damaged extensively with
bullets from a shotgun.
According to court documents, alcohol and money were reported missing
from the Halftime Lounge. The
Fairfield grocery store lost food items,
cigarettes and miscellaneous merchandise. The Edgar bowling alley lost alcohol. A fuel can and chainsaw were
taken from the cemetery. Multiple
chainsaws were taken from the farm
building.
interested parties and the public. The one-year extension,
they said, responds to concerns
raised by religious employers
about making adjustments.
Administration officials
stressed that individual decisions about whether or not to
use birth control, and what
kind, remain in the hands of
women and their doctors.
Brietta Clark, a health care
law expert at Loyola Law
School in Los Angeles, said the
Nebraska challenge raises a
viable legal question.
But she said coverage
requirement “could very likely
be upheld,” because the
Supreme Court has upheld
laws that apply to both religious and non-religious
groups. Clark pointed to earlier court rulings that deemed
such laws unconstitutional
only if they targeted groups
because of their religious
beliefs.
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HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Thursday, Feb.9,2012
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Sports
B1
Struggling Huskers sputter in loss to Michigan
ERIC OLSON
LINCOLN — Nebraska coach Doc
Sadler used two words to sum up why
his Cornhuskers lost 62-46 to 22ndranked Michigan on Wednesday night.
“Bad offense,” Sadler said.
The Huskers (11-12, 3-9 Big Ten) shot
22 percent in the first half and 39 percent for the game. It was their second
straight game without center Jorge
Brian Diaz, who’s probably out for the
rest of the season because of chronic
soreness in his feet.
Sadler began putting in a four-guard
system at Monday’s practice, and the
coach said his players haven’t had
enough time to adjust to not having a
true low-post presence.
“It’s bad,” Sadler said. “I’m not
going to sit here and defend that
offense. But it’ll get better. As our guys
can tell you, we spent the last two
days working on opening the floor up.
You have to give your guys some con-
fidence and they have to know what
they’re doing. I could panic. I ain’t
going to do that.”
It took a while for the Wolverines to
get their offense going. Their struggles
with shooting on the road continued in
the first half, but they still led because
Nebraska’s offense was even worse.
A 15-4 Michigan burst started a second half in which the Wolverines
made 16 of their first 19 shots and
built their lead to as many as 26 points.
“We gave them permission to make
shots,” Michigan coach John Beilein
said, smiling.
Zack Novak scored 14 points to go
over 1,000 for his career and Michigan
(18-7, 8-4) won for only the second
time in six Big Ten road games. The
Huskers lost their third straight.
Playing on the road for the fifth time in
six games — and three days after its 64-54
loss at Michigan State — the Wolverines
had no trouble against a downtrodden
team that’s one game out of last place in
its first season in the Big Ten.
The Wolverines, who came in shooting 43 percent in Big Ten road games,
finished at 52 percent after making 32
percent in the first half. Despite the poor
shooting, Michigan led 22-15 — the
Huskers’ season low for points in a half.
Novak said he and his teammates
got together at halftime and agreed to
look for great rather than good shots,
to play more of an inside-out game and
limit 3-pointers.
After going 5 for their first 17 on 3s,
the Wolverines made 6 of 7 the rest of
the way and shot 76.2 percent from
the floor in the second half.
“We started with three 3s to start the
game and got a little trigger-happy,”
Beilein said. “We tried to spread the
floor (the second half) and get in the
lane. We have to be very diverse in our
game and be more attacking as far as
getting the ball inside.”
NATI HARNIK/AP
Michigan’s Jordan Morgan (left) and Zack Novak (right) defend against
Nebraska's Brandon Ubel (center) Wednesday in Lincoln.
Area bowlers
prepare for
state tourney
HHS, AC BOYS TEAMS
GUNNING FOR CLASS B TITLE
MIKE ZIMMERMAN
mzimmerman@hastingstribune.com
AMY ROH/Tribune
Hastings College’s Garth Ginder wrestles Concordia’s Jake Williams in the 141-pound match of their dual meet Wednesday at Lynn
Farrell Arena.
AMY ROH/
HC comes up
short in dual
Tribune
Hastings
College’s
Jared
Leithead
(left)
wrestles
Concordia’s
Adam
Joseph in
the 133pound
match of
their dual
meet
Wednesday
at Lynn
Farrell
Arena.
NICK BLASNITZ
nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com
I
t was an unpleasant ending
to senior night for the
Hastings College wrestling
team.
The Broncos had a 19-9
lead with three matches remaining, but lost to NAIA No. 10
Concordia 27-19 Wednesday at
Lynn Farrell Arena. HC senior
Justin Ferguson said the dual
was an opportunity to get back
into a groove and prepare for
the postpone.
“I just wanted to leave it all
on the mat and wrestle hard,”
Ferguson said. “I wanted to
come back from J-Term and get
back into the swing of things.”
One of just two seniors
wrestling Wednesday for the
Broncos, Ferguson fell short in a
13-6 decision to Concordia’s
Brandon Starkey in 149-pound
match.
“They’ve wrestled so much in
the last three years that they
know each other’s styles,” HC
coach Shawn Kelley said. “It’s
tough to beat a kid a number of
times. ... I think they’re now
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The Adams Central and Hastings boys bowling teams are preparing to make a run at the
Nebraska High School Bowling Federation state
championship Saturday and Sunday.
The two teams are part of a handful of area
schools sending their bowlers to compete in
Lincoln.
Hastings is the top team in the South Central
Conference, going into the state tournament
full of momentum off a district title. The
defending state champions have a pretty good
idea of the talent they will face, coach Butch
Hogan said. The Tigers have competed against
state qualifier except Elkhorn and Ogallala.
Hogan said his team is returning only three
of its starting seven bowlers from last year’s
squad. But he believes the inexperience won’t
deter any hopes for a repeat.
“We have four new kids who will be filling
our roster. But they’re outstanding,” he said.
“We actually went up in average instead of
down. We were a little over 900 last year. This
year we’re at 980.”
The Tigers will look for Nick Christen,
Dalton Monnier and Jeffery Lemburg to pace
the team, as each averages better than 200.
At state, each team will bowl four games in a
qualifying round. Then the teams will be seeded for the tournament.
Please see BOWLERS/page B2
Bronco women
win third straight
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
sports@hastingstribune.com
LINCOLN — The Hastings College women’s
basketball team notched its third straight victory Wednesday, picking up a 61-52 victory over
Nebraska Wesleyan.
The NAIA Division No. 19
Broncos (18-8, 10-7 GPAC), who
are fifth place in the GPAC
standings one game behind
HC men
fourth-place Briar Cliff, received lose again.
another double-double perform— Page B2
ance from Alicia Statler. The senior finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds
while adding two blocked shots and two steals
in the win. Fellow post player Laurel Zwiener
also posted a double-double with 10 points and
11 rebounds to go with three assists and two
blocks.
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Inside
The future is now for the Kenesaw boys basketball team
L
ast season, the Kenesaw boys
basketball team went 10-12
with four
underclassmen start-
ing.
Needless to say,
expectations were
high going into the
2011-2012 season.
But the start of the
Nick
season brought new
challenges for the Blue Blasnitz
Devils.
Returning starter
Justin Burr and fellow post player
Mason Stocker chose not to go out for
the team. Then the Blue Devils lost
three of their first four games of the
season.
But things appear to be back on
track for the Blue Devils who are 13-6
after winning 12 of its last 15 games.
“The biggest thing is that we’ve
been healthy,” Kenesaw coach Jack
Einrem said. “When we have everybody and we get our eight-man rotation and run the ball, we’re pretty successful.”
Four of the Blue Devils’ starting five
are juniors — Brady Staton, Tyler
Schnitzler, Kole Kimle and Dalton
Bender. Schnitzler and Kimle have
starting experience from last season.
Two of the first three players off the
bench are also juniors in Stocker, who
returned to the team during the season, and Trevor Burr. While the future
of the program looks promising,
Einrem believes that’s no reason to
rule out this season.
“(Having the youth) is great,”
Einrem said. “But you never know
what’s going to happen. If somebody
gets hurt in football, God forbid, there
goes your young team.”
Einrem said he wants his players to
treat this year as their season to be
successful. He said the production
from the two seniors, Gavin Robinson
and Zane Woodman, is too much to
let the season squander.
Robinson became a starter this season after coming off the bench last
year. He has made his mark defensively, guarding the opponent’s best player nearly every game. Einrem said
Robinson is a real advantage to have
because he’s tall enough to guard just
about any position, and yet quick
enough that he can still keep up with
any point guards.
Woodman has been a solid player
coming off the bench for the past two
seasons and it’s Woodman’s attitude
that impresses Einrem the most.
Einrem said Woodman has fulfilled
any role he is asked to do.
Einrem acknowledges that it would
be easy for Woodman to get down on
himself or his teammates after coming
off the bench, but that’s not the kind
of player he his. Einrem said
Woodman comes to every practice
ready to put in the hard work, and he
knows what situations he is called
upon to step up for the team.
In the last 15 games, the Blue Devils
are allowing 41 points per game,
which is right where Einrem wants his
defense to be.
“One of the goals we have is to
keep everyone we play under 50
points,” Einrem said. “And we’ve been
Please see BLASNITZ/page B2
Scoreboard
B2
Basketball
NBA Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct
GB
Philadelphia
18 8 .692
—
Boston
14 10 .583
3
New York
11 15 .423
7
New Jersey
8 19 .296 10 1/2
Toronto
8 19 .296 10 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct
GB
Miami
19 7 .731
—
Atlanta
17 9 .654
2
Orlando
16 10 .615
3
Washington
5 21 .192
14
Charlotte
3 22 .120 15 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Chicago
22 6 .786
—
Indiana
17 8 .680 3 1/2
Milwaukee
11 14 .440 9 1/2
Cleveland
10 14 .417
10
Detroit
7 20 .259 14 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct
GB
San Antonio
18 9 .667
—
Dallas
15 11 .577 2 1/2
Houston
15 11 .577 2 1/2
Memphis
13 13 .500 4 1/2
New Orleans
4 22 .154 13 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct
GB
Oklahoma City
20 5 .800
—
Denver
15 11 .577 5 1/2
Utah
13 11 .542 6 1/2
Portland
14 12 .538 6 1/2
Minnesota
13 13 .500 7 1/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct
GB
L.A. Clippers
15 8 .652
—
L.A. Lakers
14 11 .560
2
Phoenix
11 14 .440
5
Golden State
8 14 .364 6 1/2
Sacramento
9 16 .360
7
Wednesday’s Games
Cleveland 99, L.A. Clippers 92
Milwaukee 105, Toronto 99
Orlando 102, Miami 89
New York 107, Washington 93
San Antonio 100, Philadelphia 90
Atlanta 97, Indiana 87
Detroit 99, New Jersey 92
Chicago 90, New Orleans 67
Memphis 85, Minnesota 80
Dallas 105, Denver 95
Houston 103, Portland 96
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m.
Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Chicago at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Memphis, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New York, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9:30 p.m.
NCAA Men’s Results
Wednesday’s Games
EAST
Boston College 64, Florida St. 60
Bucknell 66, Colgate 50
Cincinnati 76, St. John’s 54
Delaware 71, UNC Wilmington 53
Holy Cross 64, Navy 52
LIU 86, St. Francis (NY) 77
Lafayette 90, Army 74
Monmouth (NJ) 75, Fairleigh Dickinson 62
Notre Dame 55, West Virginia 51
Quinnipiac 72, CCSU 44
Robert Morris 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 74
Sacred Heart 79, Bryant 77
Saint Louis 72, Saint Joseph’s 60
Seton Hall 59, Rutgers 54
Syracuse 64, Georgetown 61, OT
Temple 79, George Washington 72
UMass 76, St. Bonaventure 67
Wagner 59, Mount St. Mary’s 44
SOUTH
Bethune-Cookman 84, Houston Baptist 76
Drexel 63, James Madison 56
Duke 85, North Carolina 84
George Mason 72, Hofstra 62
Georgia 81, Arkansas 59
Georgia St. 61, Northeastern 59
Jacksonville St. 69, Morehead St. 55
Memphis 70, East Carolina 59
Old Dominion 70, William & Mary 51
Richmond 78, La Salle 76
South Florida 63, Pittsburgh 51
Tennessee 69, South Carolina 57
UAB 71, Southern Miss. 61
UCF 67, Marshall 60
VCU 66, Towson 43
Vanderbilt 76, LSU 61
Virginia 68, Wake Forest 44
MIDWEST
Akron 69, W. Michigan 66, OT
Bowling Green 61, Ball St. 54
Bradley 68, Indiana St. 60
Buffalo 66, Cent. Michigan 62
Illinois St. 64, Drake 53
Kent St. 62, E. Michigan 58
Michigan 62, Nebraska 46
Michigan St. 77, Penn St. 57
Missouri St. 56, S. Illinois 54
N. Illinois 62, Miami (Ohio) 59
Toledo 77, Ohio 73
Wichita St. 82, N. Iowa 57
Xavier 84, Rhode Island 66
SOUTHWEST
Kansas 68, Baylor 54
Lamar 85, Northwestern St. 66
Rice 79, Houston 71
SMU 68, TCU 62
Stephen F. Austin 62, Nicholls St. 58, OT
Texas St. 94, Cent. Arkansas 63
Texas-Arlington 75, Sam Houston St. 63
Texas-Pan American 73, CS Bakersfield 67
UTEP 64, Tulsa 55
UTSA 59, SE Louisiana 51
NCAA Women’s Results
Wednesday’s Games
EAST
Albany (NY) 68, New Hampshire 59
American U. 67, Lehigh 50
Army 62, Lafayette 47
Binghamton 54, Vermont 43
Boston U. 73, Maine 50
Bucknell 67, Colgate 45
Duquesne 63, Rhode Island 42
George Washington 54, Xavier 44
Georgetown 56, Seton Hall 51
Navy 73, Holy Cross 56
Saint Joseph’s 57, La Salle 53
St. Bonaventure 69, UMass 54
St. John’s 67, South Florida 57
UMBC 63, Stony Brook 51
SOUTH
Appalachian St. 75, Wofford 46
Davidson 71, UNC-Greensboro 52
FAU 51, Denver 50
Lamar 82, Northwestern St. 61
Miami 61, North Carolina 37
Middle Tennessee 67, W. Kentucky 64
Nicholls St. 64, Stephen F. Austin 63
SE Louisiana 64, UTSA 63
South Alabama 68, Arkansas St. 39
UALR 55, Louisiana-Lafayette 41
MIDWEST
Dayton 91, Charlotte 68
DePaul 79, Villanova 73
Iowa St. 65, Missouri 52
Kansas 85, Texas 61
Temple 66, Saint Louis 50
SOUTHWEST
Cent. Arkansas 81, Texas St. 75
Oklahoma St. 53, Texas Tech 49
Sam Houston St. 61, Texas-Arlington 45
Texas A&M 67, Kansas St. 36
FAR WEST
Cal Poly 95, CS Bakersfield 78
Prep Boys Results
Omaha Nation 67, Marty Indian, S.D. 54
Prep Girls Results
Omaha Nation 81, Marty Indian, S.D. 48
Hockey
NHL Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts
N.Y. Rangers
51 33 13 5 71
Philadelphia
53 30 16 7 67
New Jersey
53 31 19 3 65
Pittsburgh
54 30 19 5 65
N.Y. Islanders
52 22 22 8 52
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts
Boston
52 33 17 2 68
Toronto
54 28 20 6 62
Ottawa
56 27 22 7 61
Buffalo
53 23 24 6 52
Montreal
54 21 24 9 51
Southeast Division
GF
141
173
150
163
126
GA
103
157
148
141
150
GF
180
168
162
132
140
GA
117
157
174
154
147
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington
53 28 21 4 60 149 149
Florida
52 24 17 11 59 131 149
Winnipeg
55 25 24 6 56 131 151
Tampa Bay
52 23 24 5 51 148 176
Carolina
55 20 25 10 50 139 168
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit
55 36 17 2 74 176 131
St. Louis
52 31 14 7 69 129 106
Nashville
54 32 17 5 69 152 140
Chicago
54 29 18 7 65 171 163
Columbus
53 15 32 6 36 123 175
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver
53 33 15 5 71 171 133
Minnesota
53 25 20 8 58 122 136
Calgary
54 25 22 7 57 130 147
Colorado
55 27 25 3 57 140 153
Edmonton
54 21 28 5 47 143 162
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose
51 29 16 6 64 148 121
Los Angeles
54 26 18 10 62 118 117
Phoenix
54 25 21 8 58 143 143
Dallas
52 27 23 2 56 137 148
Anaheim
53 21 24 8 50 138 158
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s Games
Buffalo 6, Boston 0
Detroit 4, Edmonton 2
Anaheim 3, Carolina 2, OT
Calgary 4, San Jose 3
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Washington, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Nashville at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Dallas at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Carolina at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Bronco men drop fifth straight
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
sports@hastingstribune.com
LINCOLN — The Hastings
College men’s basketball team
dropped its fifth straight game in
a 86-78 loss to Nebraska Wesleyan
on Wednesday.
The Broncos trailed by double
digits for most of the second half
but pulled within 77-71 with 2:26
remaining. But Wesleyan hit all of
its next six free throws to hold off
HC for the win.
The Broncos had won the previous six games in Lincoln against
Nebraska Wesleyan. The Prairie
Wolves (11-12, 7-11 GPAC)
jumped up to sixth in the GPAC
standings, while Hastings College
(11-16, 5-12) slipped down to a
tie for last in the conference.
Sophomore Dylan Flinn led the
Broncos with 21 points and went
9-of-9 from the free throw line.
Junior Dane Bacon scored 19
points on 5-of-9 shooting, and
sophomore Brett Wells recorded a
double-double with 10 points and
10 rebounds.
Hastings College shot the ball
well in all aspects of the game. It
shot 58 percent from the field, 50
percent from 3-point range and
hit 20-of-22 free throws. But the
Broncos committed 18 turnovers.
HC has three games remaining
before the conference tournament. All three teams stand above
the Broncos in the conference
standings — Concordia and
Mount Marty are each one game
above the Broncos, while
Morningside is four games in
front of Hastings.
Blasnitz: Future now for Kenesaw boys
Continued from page B1
doing that pretty well for the
most part.”
Kenesaw has allowed only five
teams to reach 50 points, one of
which came in a triple-overtime
victory. Einrem said the defensive
intensity has picked up since holiday moratorium, which is evident
with the team holding six oppo-
nents to fewer than 40 points.
Another aspect of the game the
Blue Devils have improved since
the start of the season is the post.
The return of Stocker allows the
Blue Devils to go with a two-man
post game if they see an advantage there. Stocker also adds to
the perimeter game with his ballhandling and passing skills.
Kenesaw has two games
remaining before the postseason,
including a tough road test with
Class C-1 Sandy Creek. Einrem
said his team — a Class D-1
squad — needs to finish the season strong to prepare for subdistricts, which he is confident it
will do.
“If we’re healthy and every-
body’s on the same page I don’t
see why we couldn’t make a run
in the postseason,” Einrem said.
“We have the talent. There’s no
doubt in my mind about that.”
Nick Blasnitz is a Tribune sports
writer. He can be reached at 402461-1271 or nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com.
Women: HC beats NWU for third straight win
The Broncos, who led 33-26 at
halftime, shot 41 percent from the
field in the game (22-of-53) but
missed all seven of their 3-point
shots. The HC defense held
Nebraska Wesleyan (5-18, 2-16) to
just 32 percent shooting for the
game (17-of-53).
Hastings also held a sizable 43-34
advantage in rebounding over
Wesleyan.
“I thought our post players
played really well,” HC coach Jeff
Dittman said. “They did a tremendous job inside. We had some
chances to get up 12 or 14 points,
but we didn’t shoot the ball as well
as we would have liked.
“Now, Saturday, this is going to
be a big game.”
Hastings returns to action
Saturday at Mount Marty at 2 p.m.
The Broncos defeated the Lancers
67-56 back on Jan. 8 but only one
game separates Hastings and Mount
Marty (15-11, 9-8), which is sixth in
the conference standings.
Bowling: Area teams ready for state tourney
Adams Central boys head coach
Roger Nash said that the format
allows any team to win. And that’s
exactly what the Patriots are looking
to do.
Adams Central ranks second
behind Hastings in the conference
standings, and handed the Tigers
their only loss of the season. The
Patriots are also coming off a district
title. There are only six boys on the
team, so Nash has had no choice but
to use everybody.
“One thing special about these
guys is I’ve got the same team as last
year, except for one person,” Nash
said. “They’ve increased their average
by 150 pins a game. It’s kind of been
amazing how hard they worked at it.
We’re just going down there and seeing how we match up with the rest
of the teams in Class B. We had a
pretty good regular season, but this is
a whole new ballgame.”
Jordan Nash and Cameron Brei
are the only members of the team
with any state experience, as they
qualified as individuals last season.
Brei leads the team with a 210 average.
It’s been a few years since the
Patriots last qualified for state as a
team. Nash said the program was
successful early on in the 2000s, but
then hit a rough patch for a few sea-
sons. Now he’s anxious to get the
program back to the top.
“I’m more excited for these guys
to go there and get a little recognition for Adams Central and hopefully generate a little more interested in
joining the program,” he said.
“We’ve had a few tough years; we
really didn’t have any coaching. So
we’ve really turned things around.”
The Hastings girls bowling team is
heading back to state looking to
defend its title from last season. The
Tigers finished runner-up to York in
the districts, and will go into the
tournament with a 7-2 record from
the regular season.
Other schools in the area will be
represented by individuals at the
state tournament. St. Cecilia will
send three bowlers. The only member for the boys team is Jackson
VanSkiver. Kaley Hodgen and Brenda
Tran will represent the girls team.
Adams Central girls that will compete at state are Emily Klein and
Torey Zalud.
Doniphan-Trumbull will send
Nathan Priess on the boys side, and
Kayla Hurd and Abby Lau on the
girls side. Blue Hill will have one representative in Lacy Meyer.
The finals will be televised by NET.
The boys finals will air Feb. 19 from
8 a.m. to noon, while the girls finals
will air 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 26.
Dual: Broncos fall to Concordia in final home match
.500 against each other. That’s kind
of where the dual started turning for
us.”
Hastings College had momentum
early on, starting the dual with a pin
from freshman Tony Blessie (125).
The next match freshman Jared
Leighthead upset Adams Central
graduate Adam Joseph, who is
ranked third in the NAIA at the 133pound weight class as a sophomore.
But as well as the first two matches went for the Broncos, the final
two did not.
Concordia cut the lead to 19-15
after earning a forfeit from the
Broncos’ open spot at 184, with
Thayer Central graduate Kale Hintz
earning the win for the Bulldogs.
HC then turned to a new face on
the team in senior Tyson Buresh,
who recently joined the team to fill
the void at 197.
“In passing one day, I mentioned
(to Buresh) that we need a 197pounder and we got the paperwork
done,” Kelley said. “He’s been one of
the conference’s best football players
for so many years and he’s just a
natural athlete.”
Buresh, who wrestled before
attending HC, worked out with
Kelley before wrestling Wednesday
to shake off any rust. But on
Wednesday, Buresh was pinned in
what Kelley said was a coaching mistake.
With Concordia leading 21-19,
the Broncos’ final hopes came down
to the final match of the dual. But
junior Pat Mattfeld was pinned,
completing the come-from-behind
victory for the Bulldogs.
Hastings beat two of the three
Concordia wrestlers ranked nationally in the NAIA, with the other win a
12-10 decision by Garth Ginder over
Jake Williams in the 141-pound
match — Williams is ranked second
nationally at 133 pound. Kelley said
that only made the loss hurt even
more.
“Even though we are so young,
the level of competition we have
with the guys that are healthy and
the guys that are injured — we have
something good here,” Kelley said.
“If we had our lineup that we wanted on the mat, I think we win the
dual.”
Kelley’s team has seen its share of
injuries this season, which is why he
plans on giving the team a little bit
of a mental break after today’s road
dual against Dakota Wesleyan. After
that, the Broncos will have one
more tournament before nationals.
One of those competing in nationals
will be Ferguson.
“We’re taking some quality guys
(to nationals),” Ferguson said. “For
me, I’m just going to have to stick to
my diet for the next three weeks and
get my conditioning up with a few
workouts.”
Kelley said Ferguson is the first
wrestler he’s had who truly does
everything right. He’s a guy who the
coaches can trust on and off the
mat. Kelley also said Ferguson’s par-
ents are also a big part of the program. They frequently travel with
the team and are involved with
many of the team’s activities.
Kelley said Ferguson is focused on
his future outside of wrestling. He
works hard at maintaining his GPA
and is involved in several organizations on campus — something
Ferguson admits can be quite time
consuming.
“It’s been tough,” Ferguson said.
“It’s tough to juggle sports and
school, but it’s worth it. I would do
it all over again if I could.”
Joining Blessie, Leighthead and
Ginder in picking up wins for the
Broncos on Wednesday were Taylor
Boyce (165) and David Gerhardus
(174).
Concordia 27, Hastings College 19
125 — Tony Blessie, HC, pinned Brandon Roath, CON; 0:46
133 — Jared Leighthead, HC, dec. Adam Joseph, CON; 10-8
141 — Garth Ginder, HC, dec. Jake Williams, CON; 12-10
149 — Brandon Starkey, CON, dec. Justin Ferguson, HC; 13-6
157 — John Frerichs, CON, pinned Mike Ganny, HC; 1:52
165 — Taylor Boyce, HC, major dec. Nick Shepard, CON; 10-1
174 — David Gerhardus, HC, dec. Martin Gobler, CON; 6-3
184 — Kale Hintz, CON, won by forfeit
197 — Seth Crane, CON, pinned Tyson Buresh, HC; 1:16
285 — Dillon Heesch, CON, pinned Pat Mattfeld, HC; 0:40
Tribland
THURSDAY
College wrestling: Hastings College at Dakota Wesleyan University ...........................7 p.m.
Prep boys basketball: Ravenna at Adams Central ...................................................7:45 p.m.
Prep boys basketball: Waverly at Hastings High .....................................................7:45 p.m.
Prep girls basketball: Ravenna at Adams Central .........................................................6 p.m.
Prep girls basketball: Sutton at St. Cecilia ...............................................................7:45 p.m.
Area Schedule
Prep boys basketball
Nebraska Lutheran at BruningNebraska Lutheran at BruningDavenport/Shickley
Davenport/Shickley
Deshler at Red Cloud
Deshler at Red Cloud
Parkview Christian at Exeter-Milligan
Parkview Christian at Exeter-Milligan
Fillmore Central at Gibbon
Giltner at Silver Lake
Giltner at Silver Lake
Sandy Creek at Kenesaw
Sandy Creek at Kenesaw
Wood River at Minden
Wood River at Minden
Prep girls basketball
FRIDAY
Prep boys basketball: St. Cecilia at Grand Island Central Catholic..........................7:45 p.m.
Prep swimming: Hastings High at GNAC Diving Invitational at Columbus ...................4 p.m.
Area Schedule
Prep boys basketball
Blue Hill at Deshler
High Plains at BruningDavenport/Shickley
Wood River at Doniphan-Trumbull
Fillmore Central at Sutton
Harvard at Shelton
Giltner at Hampton
Superior at Lawrence-Nelson
Hill City at Smith Center
Southern at Thayer Central
Silver Lake at Wilcox-Hildreth
Prep girls basketball
Blue Hill at Deshler
High Plains at BruningDavenport/Shickley
Wood River at Doniphan-Trumbull
Harvard at Shelton
Giltner at Hampton
Superior at Lawrence-Nelson
Hill City at Smith Center
Southern at Thayer Central
HTmedia broadcasts
Thursday’s livestreaming
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
7:45 p.m.
Ravenna at Adams Central
Waverly at Hastings High
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
Ravenna at Adams Central
7:45 p.m.
Sutton at St. Cecilia
TV/Radio broadcasts
Thursday’s television
Friday’s television
GOLF
11:30 a.m.
TGC — LPGA, Women’s Australian
Open, first round, at Black Rock, Australia
(same-day tape)
2 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am, first round, at Pebble Beach, Calif.
3:30 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai
Desert Classic, second round, at Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
ESPN — Wisconsin at Minnesota
ESPN2 — Mississippi at Mississippi St.
7 p.m.
BTN — Illinois at Indiana
8 p.m.
ESPN — Colorado at Arizona
ESPN2 — Virginia Tech at Miami
10 p.m.
ESPN2 — Saint Mary’s (Cal) at Gonzaga
FSN — Washington at Oregon
NBA
7 p.m.
ALT — Golden State at Denver
TNT — L.A. Lakers at Boston
9:30 p.m.
TNT — Oklahoma City at Sacramento
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
BTN — Northwestern at Michigan State
8 p.m.
FSN — Southern Cal at Stanford
BOXING
8 p.m.
ESPN2 — Junior middleweights,
Demetrius Andrade (15-0-0) vs. Derek Ennis
(23-3-1), at Uncasville, Conn.
GOLF
11:30 a.m.
TGC — LPGA, Women’s Australian
Open, second round, at Melbourne,
Australia (same-day tape)
2 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am, second round, at Pebble Beach,
Calif.
5:30 p.m.
TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz
Championship, first round, at Boca Raton,
Fla. (same-day tape)
3 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai
Desert Classic, third round, at Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN — Boston College at Vermont
9 p.m.
NBCSN — Minnesota at Denver
NBA
7 p.m.
ESPN — L.A. Lakers at New York
9:30 p.m.
ESPN — Oklahoma City at Utah
NHL
7 p.m.
ALT — Carolina at Colorado
PREP BASKETBALL
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Gonzaga (D.C.) at DeMatha
(Md.)
Thursday’s radio
NBA
6:45 p.m.
1460 KXPN — Lakers at Celtics
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6:45 p.m.
1230 KHAS — Michigan at Nebraska
7:45 p.m.
1550 KICS — Waverly at Hastings
KLIQ 94.5 — Ravenna at Adams Central
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Ravenna at Adams Central
Friday’s radio
7:45 p.m.
KHAS 1230 — St. Cecilia at GICC
USHL HOCKEY
7:15 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Tri City at Fargo
Local
HC TRACK AND FIELD
Hastings College thrower Gabe Wickham was
named both this week’s GPAC men’s field athlete of the week and NAIA field athlete of the
week on Wednesday. Wickham, a senior from
Phillipsburg, Kan., won the weight throw at the
Frank Sevigne Husker Invite over the weekend
with a toss of 66 feet, 9 1/4 inches in Lincoln.
Most of the competitors in the event were from
NCAA Division I schools, and Wickham bested a
University of Minnesota athlete by a few inches
to post the win. The NAIA honor marks the second time this season Wickham has been named
the NAIA field athlete of the week.
AC KIDS WRESTLING REGISTRATION
Adams Central’s Huskerland Kids Wrestling
program will be having a registration 5:30-6:30
p.m. Monday and Feb. 21 at school wrestling
deck. The program is for anyone who wants to
join or in the future will be attending Adams
Central who is in kindergarten through eighth
grade. For more information, contact Dave
Hartman at 402-751-2663.
STC, LINCOLN LUTHERAN GAME
The Lincoln Lutheran at St. Cecilia boys basketball game originally scheduled for last
Saturday has been postponed to Monday at 5
p.m. at Chapman Gymnasium. The girls game
was canceled.
State
CCC REPORTS INELIGIBLE PLAYER
COLUMBUS — Central Community College’s
Columbus campus will forfeit 20 of this season’s
21 wins because one of the players on the basketball team was ineligible.
The Columbus Telegram reports that Vashun
Pinson signed two letters of intent last year, so he
wasn’t eligible to play this season under National
Junior College Athletic Association rules.
Pinson pledged to play for Joliet Junior
College several months before signing with
Central. Athletic Director Jack Gutierrez says the
school only discovered the problem last weekend after Pinson had some behavior problems.
The school only looked into Pinson’s background after he was dismissed from the team for
violating a school policy.
The Raiders’ record for the season so far will
change from 21-5 to 1-25 after the self-imposed
penalty of forfeiting games.
Sports department contacts
General public: To contact the Tribune sports department regarding story ideas, for upcoming events, for
corrections or for any other information, please contact:
Hastings Tribune media manager Vince Kuppig: 402461-1257 or vkuppig@hastingstribune.com
Sports writer Nick Blasnitz: 402-461-1270 or nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com
Sports writer Mike Zimmerman: 402-461-1271 or
mzimmerman@hastingstribune.com
Sports
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B3
Tribland wrestling leaders
Winning Percentage
Name, School
W
L
Pct.
Luke Delong, Fillmore Central .............43
Jack Raffety, Minden..........................32
Trevor Hartley, Thayer Central ............32
Nolan Laux, Hastings High .................30
Josh McDowell, Smith Center ...........27
Heath Maurer, Doniphan-Trumbull ......31
Zach Ekeler, Fillmore Central...............38
Trevor Adams, Fillmore Central ..........39
Logan Klein, Adams Central................21
Tom Roach, Doniphan-Trumbull ..........30
0
0
2
2
3
4
5
6
4
6
1.000
1.000
.941
.938
.900
.886
.883
.867
.840
.833
Consecutive Wins
Longest CURRENT streak
Name, School
No.
Luke Delong, Fillmore Central..................................43
Jack Raffety, Minden ..............................................32
Nolan Laux, Hastings High......................................24
Josh McDowell, Smith Center................................12
Tom Roach, Doniphan-Trumbull.................................9
Trevor Hartley, Thayer Central...................................8
Logan Klein, Adams Central ......................................5
Shane Keasling, Harvard ...........................................5
Zeb Wehnes, Harvard................................................4
Falls
Name, School
Season Total
Trevor Adams, Fillmore Central...............................27
Cole Curtis, Fillmore Central....................................24
Luke DeLong, Fillmore Central.................................24
Davis Jackson, Fillmore Central..............................24
Trevor Hartley, Thayer Central.................................23
Garrett Sharp, Red Cloud/Blue Hill ..........................22
Levi Vogler, Red Cloud/Blue Hill...............................22
Chirs Williamson, Hastings High.............................22
Zach Ekeler, Fillmore Central ...................................21
Lane Asp, Wilcox-Hildreth ...................................0:11
Tyler Bailey, Sutton...............................................0:12
Zach Oliver, Shelton/Kenesaw .............................0:13
Fastest Fall
Tyler Joseph, Adams Central ..................................52
Luke Delong, Fillmore Central..................................47
Derek Lonowski, Adams Central.............................38
Errich Holston, Adams Central................................36
Matt Geiger, Hastings High.....................................32
Heath Maurer, Doniphan-Trumbull...........................27
Zeb Wehnes, Harvard..............................................25
Cody Krula, Thayer Central......................................25
Shane Keasling, Harvard .........................................25
Name, School
Time
Cole Curtis, Fillmore Central.................................0:07
Josh Cole, Smith Center ......................................0:07
Dylan Gilliland, Adams Central.............................0:07
Josh McDowell, Smith Center ............................0:07
Chase Ehlers, South Central.................................0:10
Jarrod Hinrichs, Fillmore Central..........................0:10
Garrett Sharp, Red Cloud/Blue Hill.......................0:10
Near Falls
Name, School
Season Total
Takedowns
Name, School
Season Total
Luke DeLong, Fillmore Central...............................136
Nolan Laux, Hastings High......................................66
Heath Maurere, Doniphan-Trumbull ........................60
Garrett Sharp, Red Cloud/Blue Hill ..........................54
Tom Roach, Doniphan-Trumbull...............................53
Jacob Kniep, Thayer Central ...................................52
Derek Lonowski, Adams Central.............................51
Tanner Rupprecht, Red Cloud/Blue Hill ...................50
Jack Barry, Adams Central .....................................44
Teams reporting: Adams Central, Doniphan-Trumbull,
Fillmore Central, Harvard, Hastings High, Minden, Red
Cloud/Blue Hill, Smith Center, Thayer Central
Tribland girls basketball leaders
Individual leaders
Assists
Player, School
Scoring
Player, School
Games
Pts.
Ave.
Haley Gebers, Superior......................19
Mackenzie Skupa, Silver Lake...........17
Hallie Bauer, Minden..........................18
Mikaela Shaw, Sandy Creek .............19
Tangie Hileman, Smith Center...........14
Jamie Kissinger, Minden ...................18
Ashlee Harms, Sandy Creek .............19
Alison Engle, Harvard ........................19
Kaitlin Kumke, Blue Hill......................19
Brooke Kissinger, Minden..................18
397
313
326
329
240
305
316
309
278
261
21.0
18.4
18.1
17.3
17.1
16.9
16.6
16.3
14.6
14.5
Rebounds
Player, School
Games
Rbs.
Ave.
Kelsey Biltoft, Lawrence-Nelson .......18
Jessica Harms, Wilcox Hildreth........18
Haley Gebers, Superior......................19
Kaylee Glover, Doniphan-Trumbull .....18
Abbey Preissler, Giltner .....................18
Maci Coffey, Blue Hill ........................19
Jenscena Hansen, Deshler................18
Ashlee Harms, Sandy Creek .............19
219
190
185
196
180
190
179
184
151
153
12.9
10.6
10.3
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.9
9.7
8.4
8.1
Games Asts.
Jamie Kissinger, Minden ...................18
Jordyn Atwater, Blue Hill ..................19
Darby Hinrichs, Giltner.......................18
Morgan Nikkila, St. Cecilia ................17
Cheyenne Bittfield, Kenesaw.............19
Montana Hinrichs, Sandy Creek .......19
Hallie Bauer, Minden..........................18
Maggie Malone, Fillmore Central......19
Ave.
79
83
76
68
69
73
66
65
49
67
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.5
Games
Stls.
Ave.
Shanelle Farmer, St. Cecilia...............18
Sydney Benoit, Smith Center............14
Jennifer Pribyl, Exeter-Milligan..........20
Trenna Cox, Smith Center .................14
Shelby Garland, BDS .........................17
Alison Engle, Harvard ........................19
Taylor Erdkamp, Exeter-Milligan........20
Jordyn Atwater, Blue Hill ..................19
103
71
66
94
59
71
72
76
71
64
5.7
5.1
4.7
4.7
4.2
4.2
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.7
Games Blks.
Ave.
Steals
Player, School
Blocks
Player, School
66
3.7
Taylor Bittfield, Kenesaw ...................19
Michelle Hachtel, Harvard .................19
Abbey Preissler, Giltner .....................18
Olivia Thomas, St. Cecilia..................18
Shanelle Farmer, St. Cecilia...............18
52
25
27
25
19
20
17
13
12
2.9
1.8
1.6
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.7
Field-Goal Percentage
(Average five attempts per game)
Player, School
FGM-FGA
Pct.
Hallie Bauer, Minden.........................138-232
Mikaela Shaw, Sandy Creek ............135-230
Heather Broman, Fillmore Central......87-156
Sydney Benoit, Smith Center.............77-140
Trenna Cox, Smith Center...................63-124
Ashlee Harms, Sandy Creek ............111-225
Jamie Kissinger, Minden ..................120-249
Mackenzie Skupa, Silver Lake..........122-255
McKenzie Benoit, Smith Center .........61-130
Matyson Kleinschmidt, BDS...............52-113
60.0
58.7
55.8
55.0
50.8
49.3
49.0
47.8
46.9
46.0
3-Point Field Goals
(Average two attempts per game)
Player, School
3FGM-FGA
Pct.
Jordyn Brummund, Doniphan-Trumbull 25-54
Rebekah Uden, Kenesaw......................39-95
46.3
41.0
Katie Pfeiffer, Doniphan-Trumbull..........16-41
Tangie Hileman, Smith Center............. 27-72
Sydney Benoit, Smith Center.............. 13-36
Cheyenne Bittfield, Kenesaw................18-53
Alison Engle, Harvard .........................45-137
Shanelle Farmer, St. Cecilia..................29-90
Jordyn Atwater, Blue Hill......................16-50
April Maschmann, Deshler...................16-50
39.0
37.5
36.1
34.0
32.8
32.2
32.0
32.0
Free-Throw Percentage
Player, School
FTM-FTA
Pct.
Ashlee Harms, Sandy Creek...............84-101
Tangie Hileman, Smith Center ..............31-38
Taylor Dreher, Franklin...........................43-53
Haley Norvell, Fillmore Central .............29-38
Hallie Bauer, Minden.............................37-49
Jackie Luzum, Exeter-Milligan..............41-57
Michelle Hachtel, Harvard ....................43-64
Rebekah Uden, Kenesaw......................28-42
Maggie Malone, Fillmore Central .........27-41
McKenzie Benoit, Smith Center............22-35
83.2
81.6
81.0
76.3
76.0
72.0
67.2
67.0
65.9
62.9
Teams reporting: Adams Central, Blue Hill, BruningDavenport/Shickley, Deshler, Doniphan-Trumbull, ExeterMilligan, Fillmore Central, Franklin, Giltner, Harvard, Kenesaw,
Lawrence-Nelson, Minden, Red Cloud, Sandy Creek, Silver
Lake, Smith Center, St. Cecilia, Superior, Wilcox-Hildreth
Team standings
City
W
St. Cecilia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Hastings High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Adams Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Tribland
W
Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Minden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Sandy Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Exeter-Milligan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Blue Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Kenesaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Fillmore Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Giltner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Deshler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley . . . . . . . . .11
Lawrence-Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Silver Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Doniphan-Trumbull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Thayer Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Red Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Wilcox-Hildreth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0
L
5
14
16
L
0
2
2
3
4
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
12
13
13
13
14
15
15
18
Tribland boys basketball leaders
Individual leaders
Assists
Player, School
Scoring
Player, School
Games
Pts.
Ave.
Luke Dlouhy, Deshler .........................18
Ryan Tegtmeier, BDS.........................19
Brady Barrett, Adams Central...........17
Drew Ott, Giltner................................18
Kyle Karcher, Fillmore Central............18
Clint Gardels, Wilcox-Hildreth ...........16
Lance Spongberg, Sutton..................19
Austin Pelotte, Harvard......................17
Mitch Hinrichs, Sandy Creek.............21
Jaydn Grabill, Silver Lake ..................15
367
368
291
312
257
226
268
221
271
191
20.4
19.4
17.7
17.3
14.3
14.1
14.1
13.0
12.9
12.7
Rebounds
Player, School
Games
Rbs.
Ave.
Drew Ott, Giltner................................18
Garrett Williams, Blue Hill .................18
Creighton Buhr, Doniphan-Trumbull...16
Andrew Kuta, Sandy Creek ...............21
Zach Polk, Silver Lake........................15
Jared Taylor, Sandy Creek.................21
Lane Baker, Deshler ...........................18
183
170
160
158
122
153
168
112
155
119
10.7
10.6
9.4
8.8
8.3
8.1
8.0
7.5
7.4
6.6
Games Asts.
Jake Fowler, Adams Central .............17
Mitch Hinrichs, Sandy Creek.............21
Brady Menke, Hastings High ............16
Lance Spongberg, Sutton..................18
Jordan Slough, Doniphan-Trumbull......8
Blake Overmiller, Adams Central.......13
Samuel Griess, Sutton.......................19
105
81
95
70
82
31
49
56
61
46
Ave.
5.5
4.8
4.5
4.4
4.3
3.9
3.8
3.5
3.2
3.1
Steals
Player, School
Games
Stls.
Ave.
Luke Dlouhy, Deshler .........................18
Tyler Schnitzler, Kenesaw..................16
Brady Menke, Hastings High ............16
Clay Jones, Deshler...........................18
Emet Fanning, Lawrence-Nelson ......18
Jordan Slough, Doniphan-Trumbull......8
Jake Fowler, Adams Central .............17
Trent Kohmetscher, Blue Hill .............18
Austan Rath, Sutton ..........................18
56
49
44
47
45
20
37
39
40
38
3.1
3.1
2.8
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.3
2.3
2.2
2.1
Blocks
Player, School
Games Blks.
Drew Ott, Giltner................................18
73
Garrett Williams, Blue Hill .................18
Grady Koch, Doniphan-Trumbull ........16
TJ Kahman, Lawrence-Nelson ..........18
Dalton Bender, Kenesaw ...................16
Mitchell Ruybalid, Blue Hill................16
32
32
28
27
26
19
22
11
11
2.1
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.4
1.2
1.2
0.7
0.7
Ethan Kreutz, Giltner..............................37-90
Lance Spongberg, Sutton ...................43-108
Samuel Griess, Sutton..........................26-66
Kendrick Holman, BDS..........................32-87
Michael Nelson, Wilcox-Hildreth..........21-57
Kyle Mans, Blue Hill..............................25-69
Phil Hamburger, St. Cecilia ...................26-74
Ryan Tegtmeier, BDS............................29-84
Clay Blank, Wilcox-Hildreth................44-130
(Average five attempts per game)
Player, School
FGM-FGA
Pct.
Player, School
FTM-FTA
Pct.
Drew Ott, Giltner...............................126-214
Reid Wiebe, Sutton.............................72-117
Christian Hodson, Adams Central ......63-109
Luke Dlouhy, Deshler ........................145-253
Grady Koch, Doniphan-Trumbull ...........49-91
Kayd Welke, Hastings High ..................43-82
Ryan Tegtmeier, BDS........................124-243
Trevor Poppen, Giltner...........................49-97
Samuel Griess, Sutton........................64-132
Kole Kimle, Kenesaw ..........................58-122
63.6
61.5
57.8
57.3
53.8
52.4
51.0
50.5
48.5
47.5
Ethan Kreutz, Giltner..............................48-54
Lance Spongberg, Sutton .....................43-52
Ryan Tegtmeier, BDS..........................90-108
Kyle Karcher, Fillmore Central.............75-100
Brady Barrett, Adams Central ..............56-75
Tyler Schnitzler, Kenesaw .....................44-59
Patrick Opperman, Hastings High ........33-45
Clay Blank, Wilcox-Hildreth..................29-40
Josiah Burger, Deshler..........................29-40
Luke Dlouhy, Deshler ............................68-94
88.9
82.7
82.6
75.0
74.7
74.6
73.3
72.5
72.5
72.3
Field-Goal Percentage
3-Point Field Goals
Ave.
Player, School
3FGM-FGA
Pct.
4.1
Brady Barrett, Adams Central ............45-112
40.2
41.1
39.8
39.4
36.8
36.8
36.2
35.1
34.5
33.9
Free-Throw Percentage
Teams reporting: Adams Central, Blue Hill, BDS, Deshler,
Doniphan-Trumbull, Fillmore Central, Giltner, Harvard, Hastings
High, Kenesaw, Lawrence-Nelson, Sandy Creek, Silver Lake,
St. Cecilia, Sutton, Wilcox-Hildreth
Team standings
City
W
Adams Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
St. Cecilia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Hastings High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Tribland
W
Giltner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Minden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley . . . . . . . . .15
Rock Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Kenesaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Exeter-Milligan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Deshler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Doniphan-Trumbull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Sandy Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Blue Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Thayer Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Silver Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Wilcox-Hildreth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Fillmore Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Lawrence-Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Red Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
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FRIDAY, FEB. 10
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Dietary restrictions force
woman to fend for herself
D
EAR ABBY: I was recently diagnosed as gluten
intolerant. My question
is, when dining at a restaurant,
while everyone else is eating the bread
that is served,
is it acceptable
to discreetly
take a few
gluten-free
crackers from
my purse and
snack on
Dear Abby
them so I’m
not starving while waiting for
dinner?
My husband thought it was
inappropriate, so I didn’t take
them. I did ask the waiter if he
had gluten-free bread or crackers, but he didn’t. I have many
medical issues. I try to eat only
what is healthy for me and
thought providing my own
crackers was a minor deal.
What do you think, Abby? —
GLUTEN INTOLERANT IN
FLORIDA
DEAR G.I.: It’s good that you
were diagnosed, because gluten
intolerance can cause serious
digestive issues. Your husband
may have had a bad day when
he criticized you, because I see
nothing wrong with someone
on a restricted diet taking
emergency rations in case a
restaurant can’t accommodate
his or her special needs.
Gluten intolerance has gone
undiagnosed in many people,
but in recent years food manufacturers have created many
products that are safe for them
to eat. Accommodating a customer who is gluten intolerant
shouldn’t be an insurmountable problem if the restaurant
is asked in advance.
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DEAR ABBY: I was standing
in front of a restaurant with
my mother-in-law and a group
of relatives when she “felt up”
my back and backside. We were
facing the others when she put
her hand around my back, first
sideways and then all around
until she got down to my rear
end. It felt like she was searching for something, but the
weather was warm and my
blouse was very thin, so I
couldn’t have hidden anything. When she reached my
behind, she pressed her thumb
hard on my hipbone and
rubbed in a circular motion.
I feel extremely violated
because her hand should not
be anywhere near that region.
My husband says I misinterpreted what she did, but he has
no explanation. I think her
behavior was incestuous! When
she visits, she also insists on
sleeping in the master bedroom. Am I overreacting? —
VIOLATED IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR “VIOLATED”: Unless
your mother-in-law insists on
sleeping between you and her
son when she comes to visit, I
do think you’re overreacting.
What she did was give you a
back rub. In most families, a
gesture like that is one of affection. Lighten up!
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DEAR ABBY: I’m planning
my son’s bar mitzvah, and my
ex-husband hasn’t lifted a finger to help me. I received two
small checks for his portion of
the guests who will attend.
My question is, should I put
his name on the invitation? Or
do I just put my name on it
since I’m the one hosting and
putting the party together? I
want to do the right thing, but
I also want it made clear that I
did the planning myself. —
MITZVAH MAMA IN NEW
YORK
DEAR MITZVAH MAMA: Be
benevolent. For the sake of
your child, include your exhusband’s name on the invitation. It isn’t necessary to omit
it so that you can get the credit. All you need to do is confide
in one “yenta” that your son’s
father is a “schnorrer” and
word will get around. Trust me.
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.
ven though socially
you’ll express your individualism in as many
ways as conditions permit in
the year ahead, when it
comes to your workaday
world, you might need to
acquiesce to other people’s
thinking when it’s the smart
thing to do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) — When there is justification, it’s commendable to
praise another. However, if
you’re doing so for less
noble reasons, such as getting a favor out of someone,
it’s likely to backfire on you.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) — Don’t let someone
who has trouble managing
his or her own financial
affairs take care of a money
issue for you. If you acquiesce and let this person do it
anyway, you’ll be sorry.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
— If you’re having a difficult
time making a decision,
forgo taking a leadership
role. Let someone else who
seems to have his or her
head on straight call the
shots.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) — It’s one thing to help
out a pal who is overwhelmed with work, but
don’t saddle yourself with a
friend’s burdens merely
because he or she can’t be
bothered to handle them on
their own.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
— When becoming friendly
with a new group, watch
out for one member who is
somewhat unpopular, and
for good reason. She or he
might try to glom on to you
and drag you down as well.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) — Someone with whom
you’re closely affiliated
might be able to put on pretenses and get away with it,
but that doesn’t mean you
can. The best rule to follow
is to simply be yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
Just because you haven’t
heard from a pal who is
close to your heart for some
time, it doesn’t necessarily
mean that he or she isn’t
interested in keeping in
touch. Circumstances could
have this person tied up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
— Money in itself is not
evil, but the love of it can
sometimes cause people to
lower their standards and do
things that they shouldn’t.
Don’t you be one of them.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
— Don’t single out one person in particular to be nice
to just because you want a
favor that, chances are, you
won’t get anyway. You’ll go
further being amiable to
everyone.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) — Beware of any
involvement that is off limits, such as an illicit romantic encounter. It might be
flattering to be wooed, but
it’ll create complications you
don’t need.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — An insincere person might try to manipulate
you by attempting to make
you believe that what he or
she is asking of you is for
your best interest. If you’re
smart, you won’t take the
bait.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) — If by chance you are
feeling a powerful inclination to be the center of
attention, don’t do anything
silly. All eyes will be focused
on you all right, but not for
the reasons you think.
United Media
Q: I like Kevin O’Connor as host of
the TV series “This Old House,” but I
also liked former host Steve Thomas.
What happened to Steve? Why did
he leave the show? — B.T.M., Stuart,
Fla.
A: In 1989, Steve Thomas replaced
the original host of “This Old House,”
Bob Vila, who had hosted since 1979.
The show’s producers credit Steve
with the successful launch of a new
series, “Ask This Old House.” After 14
years, Steve decided it was time to
move in a different career direction.
In late 2002, Kevin O’Connor was
a vice president at a Boston bank. He
and his wife appeared on an episode
of “Ask This Old House,” seeking
help in removing paint-encrusted
wallpaper from their 1894 Queen
Anne Victorian home in north
Boston. He was later asked if he wanted to “help out.” He, of course,
thought he was wanted for his financial expertise. Instead, the show’s
execs asked him to do a screen test.
He took over for Steve Thomas in
2003.
Steve has since made many
appearances on TV talk shows, hosted “Renovation Nation” and is currently involved in Habitat for
Humanity.
Q: When did Wild West shows
come to an end? When did they
begin? — V.J., Parsons, Kan.
A: The first and most famous Wild
West shows were staged by William
“Buffalo Bill” Cody beginning in
1883. The shows featured rope tricks,
melodramas and sharpshooters performing for crowds around the
world. Wild West shows enjoyed
tremendous popularity for several
years, but with the “taming” of the
Western frontier in the early 1900s,
the popularity of the shows dwindled.
After World War I, several attempts
were made to revive the shows, but
they all failed. Historians generally
agree that “Colonel Tim McCoy’s
Real Wild West and Rough Riders of
the World,” which ran for only one
Grizzwells
Shoe
By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
By Bill Schorr
By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins
Frank and Ernest
By Bob Thaves
Pickles
By Brian Crane
Alley Oop
The Born Loser
By Dave Graue and Jack Bender
By Art and Chip Sansom
©2012 by NEA, Inc.
Ask Mr. Know-It-All — Newest host of ‘This Old House’
BY GARY CLOTHIER
Baby Blues
month in 1938, was the last of the
great traditional shows.
Before entering the world of entertainment, Tim McCoy (1891-1978)
was decorated in World War I. During
World War II he rose to the rank of
colonel. Some might remember him
as an on-screen cowboy in TV and
movies. McCoy was given a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame and
appeared on the box of Wheaties
cereal.
Q: During a coffee break, someone
wondered how many people in the
United States were drinking coffee at
the same time we were. Is there such
a stat? — T.M.U., San Francisco
A: I found your answer in the
November 2011 issue of Specialty
Coffee Retailer magazine. In Jack
Groot’s column, “Jack’s Blend,” he
says: “Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day, making
the United States the leading coffee
consumer in the world. Break that
down, and we drink 16.7 million
cups per hour, 300,000 cups per
minute or 5,000 cups every second.”
Garfield
Zits
By Jim Davis
By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Arts & Entertainment
With
your back
against
the wall
V
ladimir Kramnik,
who became the
world chess
champion in
2000 when he
defeated Garry Kasparov, said
about that
match, “At
some point
he
(Kasparov)
seemed to
lose all confidence trying
to break
down the
Phillip
Berlin Wall.”
Alder
Kramnik won
two games
and drew the other 13, using
the Berlin Defense of the Ruy
Lopez to great effect.
At the bridge table you
sometimes have your back
against a wall, needing a specific distribution to make
your contract. You just have
to make the best play and
hope to get lucky.
In this deal, South is in six
spades. West leads the heart
king and continues with a
second heart. After ruffing,
how should declarer proceed?
When North raised to two
spades, South wondered if
North had the right cards for a
slam. North assumed South’s
three-diamond rebid was a
help-suit game-try, looking for
values in diamonds. With that
king and four spades, he
jumped to game. Now South
took a shot at six spades.
(Roman Key Card Blackwood
would have worked well,
allowing South to find out
that the spade king and heart
ace were missing.)
Declarer has to play the
trump suit without loss. This
requires finding West with the
singleton jack. So South should
play a diamond to dummy
and call for the spade queen.
This works when West does
have that singleton, and also
when East has king-low and
fails to cover the queen with
his king.
Note that cashing the ace
can never work. Even if it
drops the king, the other
defender must collect a trick
in the suit.
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Phillip Alder is a columnist for
Newspaper Enterprise
Association.
Soulo
converts
iPad into
karaoke
machine
ALEX VEIGA
LOS ANGELES — Karaoke
lovers typically fall into two
categories: Those who enjoy it,
and those whose arms have to
be twisted to get up and sing in
public.
Enter Soulo, a software and
microphone kit that can turn
an iPad or other Apple device
into a karaoke machine. It
gives you instant karaoke in
the privacy of your own home,
or wherever you carry your
Apple gadgets.
That’s the idea, anyway.
In practical terms, the quality of the karaoke experience
depends largely on the kind of
sound system you pipe Soulo
through.
The software app does a great
job of emulating the sing-along
video animation typically
found in a commercial karaoke
machine. It also offers a good
selection of songs.
But I wasn’t thrilled by the
sound quality I got from the
Soulo microphone. That dampened an otherwise entertaining
way to use an iPad.
In particular, I like how the
Soulo-iPad combo makes it a
snap to record audio and video
of a performance and then post
clips — not full songs — on
YouTube, Facebook and elsewhere.
Soulo is available with a digital wireless microphone, which
retails for $99, or with a wired
microphone, which sells for
$69. Songs cost extra after the
first handful. I tested the wireless version, which comes with
a receiver that plugs into the
iPad dock and syncs with the
microphone.
The karaoke app and microphones are compatible with
iPads, iPhones and the iPod
Touch. Audio output options
include listening through headphones or other speaker systems via the devices’ stereo
jack. The wireless receiver also
can connect to a TV.
Transforming the iPad into a
karaoke machine is easy. You
download the free Soulo app
from the Apple Store and register the software.
Soulo comes with a few
songs and a code to download
10 karaoke tracks for free. You
can purchase and download
more songs for 99 cents each.
The Soulo store has hundreds
of tracks, including versions of
songs by Diana Ross, Tobey
Keith, Prince, Cyndi Lauper,
Maroon 5 and The Who. First
Act Inc., which makes Soulo,
continually makes more songs
available.
You can also sing to songs
you have on iTunes, thanks to
a Soulo sound feature that lets
you suppress a tune’s vocal
track. This works better with
some songs than others.
B5
NewsMakers
CHARGE AGAINST
RODNEY ATKINS
‘War’ is coming
RETIRED
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
Country music singer Rodney
Atkins will not be prosecuted
on a misdemeanor domestic
assault charge if he continues
to meet court-ordered conditions.
Atkins was arrested last
November at his home in
Brentwood after his wife
Tammy Jo Atkins told police
he attacked her and tried to
suffocate her with a pillow
after a night of drinking.
A Tennessee judge on
Wednesday agreed to retire the
charge, meaning it will be
removed from Atkins’ record if
he stays out of trouble for 11
months and 29 days and completes 30 hours of community
service.
Attorney Rose Palermo says
Atkins passed court-ordered
anger management, drug and
alcohol evaluations. He did
not admit any guilt as part of
the deal.
The platinum-selling singer,
known for No. 1 hits “If You’re
Going Through Hell (Before
the Devil Even Knows)” and
“Take a Back Road,” and his
wife are divorcing. Atkins said
in a statement last December
that his wife’s accusations
against him led to the divorce.
Palermo says the couple is currently sharing custody of their
son, Elijah, and they are working on the details of the custody agreement and divorce.
GARY BUSEY FILES
FOR BANKRUPTCY
LOS ANGELES — Court
records show Gary Busey has
filed for bankruptcy and is listing more than $500,000 in
estimated personal debts.
Busey’s filing on Tuesday in
Los Angeles provides few
details but includes more than
a dozen potential creditors.
The actor and reality show
star does not state a reason for
the filing. His manager Ron
Sampson wrote in a statement
the filing provides Busey “a
new and clear path” to personal and career success.
The filing states the 67-yearold has less than $50,000 in
assets.
Busey has starred in numerous films including “Point
Break” and “Lethal Weapon”
but has in recent years
appeared more on reality
shows such as “Celebrity
Apprentice.”
CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP
Reese Witherspoon, a cast member in “This Means War,” poses at the premiere of
the film in Los Angeles Wednesday. The film opens in theaters on Friday.
KATY PERRY,
RUSSELL BRAND
FINALIZE DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES — A judge
has granted Katy Perry and
Russell Brand a divorce,
although the pair won’t be
legally split up until July.
Los Angeles Superior Court
Judge Marc Marmaro signed
the judgment Wednesday, less
than six weeks after Brand filed
for divorce and one day after
Perry filed paperwork stating
that she and Brand have
agreed on all financial issues.
The exact terms of the
breakup are confidential.
Brand, Perry and Marmaro
all signed the judgment
Wednesday, court records
show. The couple will become
legally single again on July 14
because California law requires
that couples wait at least six
months after filing before their
divorce can be finalized.
The judgment calls for
Perry’s maiden name,
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, to
be restored.
Neither Brand, a British actor
and comedian, or Perry, a pop
superstar, indicated in court filings when they separated.
They were married in
October 2010 in a lavish wedding at a resort inside a tiger
reserve in India.
Their wedding came at a
high-point for both of their
careers.
“ Iw ou ld lov e to tra v el w ith you ,
b u t I’m stu ck to this p ole.”
Barbara Murman, Hastings
Here are the other captions that did not win
but are worth mentioning:
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reindeer fly.”
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“... and the Cowardly Lion is in a zoo, and the Tin Man’s in
a junkyard.”
THE BEACH BOYS
MCCARTNEY
TO START PARTY
EARLY AT GRAMMYS
TO DEBUT NEW
SONGS LIVE ON
ITUNES STREAM
LOS ANGELES — Get the
sunglasses and tanning oil out:
The Beach Boys are reuniting
at The Grammys Awards for
their first live performance in
more than two decades.
The original lineup of Brian
Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine,
Bruce Johnston and David
Marks will be joined by
Grammy nominees Foster the
People and Maroon 5 in a special performance.
A news release Wednesday
also says The Civil Wars,
Diana Krall and Joe Walsh
have been added to the performance lineup and
Common, Reba McEntire and
Diana Ross will be presenters.
The Beach Boys announced
late last year that they would
reunite to celebrate their 50th
anniversary with a new album
and tour.
The Grammy Awards will be
broadcast live Sunday night
on CBS.
Kim Pfeiffer, Trum b ull
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free live streaming performance on iTunes.
The performance takes place
at 9 p.m. Thursday from
Capitol Studios in Los Angeles
where much of the new album
was recorded.
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standards like “I’m Gonna Sit
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House OKs
line-item veto
for president
BILL’S PROSPECTS
IN SENATE UNCERTAIN
JIM ABRAMS
WASHINGTON — House
Republicans put aside their
usual antipathy toward
President Barack Obama on
Wednesday to give the president, and his successors, the
line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over
the purse that long has been
sought by presidents of both
parties.
A minority of Democrats
joined in casting a 254-173
vote in favor of allowing the
president to pick out specific
items in spending bills for
elimination. Currently, the
chief executive must sign or
veto spending bills in their
entirety.
The main opposition came
from members of the
Appropriations Committee,
which is responsible for putting together the annual
spending bills. They argued
that the bill upsets the constitutional separation of powers
balance in favor of the executive branch, and that recent
efforts to curtail so-called earmarks in spending bills make
the line-item veto unnecessary.
The bill now goes to the
Senate, where its prospects are
uncertain.
In 1996, a Republican-controlled Congress succeeded in
giving line-item veto authority to another Democratic
president, Bill Clinton. He
exercised that authority 82
times, and although Congress
overrode his veto in 38
instances, the moves saved
the government almost $2
billion.
But in 1998, on a 6-3 vote,
the Supreme Court ruled that
the law was unconstitutional,
saying it violated the principle that Congress, and not
the executive branch, holds
the power of the purse.
Supporters say the bill has
been written to meet constitutional standards. They say
that while the president can
propose items for rescission,
or elimination, Congress
must vote on the revised
spending package and then
the president must sign what
is in effect a new bill.
The House bill, offered by
Budget Committee Chairman
Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and the
top Democrat on the committee, Chris Van Hollen of
Maryland, stipulates that all
savings from eliminated programs go to deficit reduction.
House Republicans have
included the bill as part of a
package of measures to overhaul the budget process so as
to save money.
Van Hollen, in arguing the
need for more scrutiny of
spending bills, pointed to the
catch-all spending bill the
House voted on in December,
when members had only 15
hours to review a 1,200-page
bill containing more than $1
trillion in spending.
“Sometimes we call them
airdrops, earmarks, pork,”
Ryan said of special interest
projects that find their way
into spending bills.
“Whatever you want to call
it, we ought to have members
of Congress think twice that
they might have to justify
this provision, this spending
bill, on the merits.”
Kodak
to stop
making
cameras
KAMRAN JEBREILI/AP
An Emirate man leaves Dragon Mart Sunday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Stronger ties
CHINA BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS
IN OIL-RICH MIDDLE EAST
ADAM SCHRECK
D
UBAI, United Arab Emirates
— To celebrate Chinese New Year
last month, Dubai’s swankiest
hotel bathed its sail-shaped
facade in red lighting accented
with an image of a twisting golden dragon.
The gesture by the $2,300-a-night Burj alArab was a not-so-subtle nod to the tightening bonds Beijing is forging with the kings
and sheiks who rule the oil-rich Arab Gulf
states, even as it stands firm in support for
their regional rival Iran.
In many ways, China is following a course
of keeping its business options open as it
rolls ahead with securing the energy it needs
to fuel its rapid growth. That complicates
U.S.-led efforts to force Tehran to abandon
its suspected nuclear weapons program, but
it also allows China to expand its influence
in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states long
allied to the West.
“If you were to look at the Iran-China rela-
tionship in a vacuum, you’d say China
imports fairly large quantities of oil” from
Iran, said Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow at
the New America Foundation specializing in
the Middle East.
But “when you zoom out and look at it,
(you see) the Saudi-China relationship is a
strategic relationship. The China-Iran relationship is a transactional one,” Molavi said.
“The China-Iran relationship is going to be
really tested” as the U.S. and Europe ramp
up efforts to isolate Tehran.
As the world’s biggest energy consumer,
China’s roaring appetite for stable oil and gas
supplies is driving its Gulf push — a relationship made clearer last month when Premier
Wen Jiabao traveled to Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In Saudi
Arabia, Wen specifically called for the two
countries to “deepen their energy partnership” and increase trade in oil and gas.
State oil giant Saudi Aramco and Chinese
refiner Sinopec just finalized plans to jointly
build a refinery in the Red Sea city of Yanbu
capable of handling 400,000 barrels of oil a
day. The two companies and Exxon Mobil
Corp. are already partners in a refinery in
eastern China.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. —
Kodak says it will stop making
digital cameras, pocket video
cameras and digital picture
frames in order to focus on its
more profitable businesses.
The storied photography company, which filed for bankruptcy
protection last month, says it
will phase out those product
lines in the first half of this year.
Eastman Kodak Co.’s consumer
business will focus on photo printing and desktop inkjet printers.
Kodak says it’s working with its
retailers to ensure an orderly transition. The company will continue to honor product warranties
and provide technical support for
the discontinued products.
The moves are expected to
result in annual savings of more
than $100 million. The
Rochester, N.Y., company expects
to take a charge of about $30 million related to the decision.
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Milo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.05
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Stocks of local interest
The following stocks of local interest were
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79.27
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26.61
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ConAgra
51.85
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Eaton Corp.
37.83
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Ingersoll Rand
21.44
+.13
Level 3
100.11
+.06
McDonald’s
64.39
-2.35
PepsiCo
+.27
Tricon Global Restaurants 64.71
112.84
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Union Pacific
30.48
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Wells Fargo
29.19
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Williams Cos.
62.03
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Wal-Mart
Public Notices
Notice of Hearing
TAKE NOTICE: That an
application has been filed
with the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings, Nebraska, to hold a
public hearing regarding a
request for a Conditional
Use Permit for the following described tract of land,
to wit:
3030 South Marian
Road
APPLICANT: Brian and
Marla Anders
The property is presently zoned Agriculture Dis-
trict and a Conditional Use
Permit has been requested to allow an office/warehouse facility.
Said matter will be held
the 20th day of February,
2012, at 4:00 p.m. at the
City Building, 220 North
Hastings Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska, at which
time all persons interested
may be heard.
Dwight Splitt, Chairman
City Planning
Commission
February 9, 2012
Notice of Hearing
TAKE NOTICE: That an
application has been filed
with the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings, Nebraska, to hold a
public hearing regarding:
adoption of a plan modification to Redevelopment
Plan #5 for Mesner Development Company located
on Lots 2-11, Block 4, Lots
3-6, Block 3 and Lot 16,
Block 5, Southwood 3rd
Addition to the City of
Hastings, Adams County,
Nebraska.
APPLICANT: Mr. Randy
Chick on behalf of the
Community Redevelopment Authority
Said matter will be
heard the 20th day of February, 2012, at 4:00 p.m.
at the City Building, 220
North Hastings Avenue,
Hastings, Nebraska, at
which time all persons interested may be heard.
City Planning
Commission
February 9, 2012
NOTICE OF DEFAULT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You are hereby notified that Christine Ball, a Single
Person, as Trustor, did on or about May 5, 2010, make,
execute and deliver unto Geneva State Bank, Trustee, a
Deed of Trust wherein said Trustor conveyed the following-described real property:
Lot Two (2), Block Three (3), Thompsonʼs Addition to the City of Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, according to the plat thereof,
as security for repayment of a loan which the Trustor obtained from Geneva State Bank, Beneficiary of said
Deed of Trust which was recorded on May 7, 2010, in
the office of the Register of Deeds of Adams County,
Nebraska, as Instrument No. 20101728.
You are further notified that there has occurred a
breach of an obligation of the Trustor for which the Trust
property was conveyed as security, to-wit, that the Trustor has failed to pay the Beneficiary payments that were
contractually due.
You are further notified that the Beneficiary has
elected to declare the entire unpaid principal balance,
together with interest thereon, at once due and payable,
and the Trustee has elected to sell or cause to be sold
the real property described in said Deed of Trust to satisfy said obligation.
DATED: January 12, 2012
GENEVA STATE BANK, Trustee
By: Kevin Parde
Senior Vice President
STATE OF NEBRASKA
)
) ss.
COUNTY OF FILLMORE
)
On this 12th day of January, 2012, before me the
undersigned, a Notary Public duly commissioned and
qualified for said county, personally came Kevin Parde,
Senior Vice President of Geneva State Bank, and personally known to me to be the identical person whose
name is affixed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the execution thereof to be his voluntary act
and deed.
WITNESS my hand and notarial seal the date last
aforesaid.
Linda Swartzendruber
NOTARY PUBLIC
February 2, 9, 16, 2012
Notice of Meeting
The Hastings Public Library Board will meet Monday, February 13, 2012, at
4:30 p.m. in the Library.
An agenda is available at
the Library.
February 9, 2012
Notice of Meeting
Public notice is hereby
given, in compliance with
the provisions of Nebraska
State Statutes that the
governing body of Adams
County School District #90
will meet on the 13th day
of February, 2012, at 4:00
p.m. at the Adams Central
High School, in the 402
room for our regular Board
of Education meeting. An
agenda for the meeting,
which shall be kept continually current, is readily
available for public inspection at the Superintendentʼs office during normal
business hours.
February 9, 2012
Notice of Publication
TO: STEVEN KREBSBACH
You are hereby notified
that on December 1, 2011,
the Plaintiff, Credit Management Services, Inc.,
filed a Complaint in the
County Court of Adams
County, Nebraska, against
you shown as Case Number CI 11-2206. The object
and prayer of which is a
judgment in the amount of
$1,006.87, plus court
costs, pre-judgment interest and attorney fees, if
applicable.
The Complaint prays
that judgment be entered
against you. You are hereby notified that you must
answer the Complaint on
School Board
Proceedings
Hastings Public Schools
Worksession
January 12, 2012
No action was taken at
the January 12, 2012,
Work Session of the Hastings Board of Education.
Jeff Schneider,
Secretary of the Board
Hastings Public Schools
February 9, 2012
Notice of Meeting
Kenesaw Public School
Board of Education will
meet on Monday, February 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
at the schoolhouse in Kenesaw. An agenda is available in the office.
Cindy Olsen,
Secretary
February 9, 2012
HAVE A Building, garage
or shed to rent? Advertise
it in the Tribune Classified
ads.
or before March 24, 2012,
at the County Court of
Adams County, Hastings,
Nebraska.
DANA KAY FRIES
#22411
JANE J. RICHARDSON
#19833
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HERMANSON #23179
JESSICA L.V.
PISKORSKI #24243
BRADY W. KEITH
#24305
SETH W. YOUNT
#24762
P.O. Box 1512
Grand Island, Nebraska
68802
308-398-3801
Attorney for Plaintiff
February 9, 16, 23, 2012
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PRINT OLIVE
EAST, L.L.C., a Nebraska Limited Liability Company, is
organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, with
its registered office at 726 East Side Boulevard, Hastings, Nebraska 68901. The general nature of its business is to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning
any and all lawful business, other than banking or insurance, for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of Nebraska; and for all other purposes authorized by law, to the same extent as natural
persons might or could do. The limited liability company
was formed on February 1, 2012, and having perpetual
existence from that same date. Its affairs shall be conducted by the Members pursuant to an Operating Agreement duly adopted by the Company.
Organizer:
Jeri Schmidt
Matthew D. Baack, #23868
Seiler & Parker, P.C., L.L.O.
P.O. Box 1288
726 East Side Boulevard
Hastings, Nebraska 68902-1288
Attorney at Law
February 9, 16, 23, 2012
Notice of Hearing
TAKE NOTICE: That
the Planning Commission
of the City of Hastings, Nebraska, will hold a public
hearing regarding a request to: approve the City
of Hastings 2013-2018
One and Six Year Street
Improvement Plan.
APPLICANT: City of Hastings Engineering Department
Said matter will be
heard the 20th day of February, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. in
the City Building, 220
which time all persons interested may be heard.
City Planning
Commission
February 9, 2012
Notice Public Hearing
A public hearing for the
purpose of determining the
2012-2018 Adams County
Road/Bridge Improvement
Plan will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at
10:00 a.m. in the County
Supervisors Room at the
Adams County Courthouse, 500 West 4th,
Hastings, Nebraska.
Copies of the proposed
One
&
Six
Year
Road/Bridge Improvement
Plan may be viewed and
inspected in the office of
the Adams County Highway Superintendent, 415
North Adams Central Avenue, Juniata, Nebraska.
Also, a site location map
can be viewed on the
Adams County website;
www.adamscounty.org
February 2, 9, 16, 2012
OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
TAKE NOTICE that TREEHOUSE STUDIO, LLC has
been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska.
The address of the designated office is 505 North Hastings, Suite 113, Hastings, Nebraska 68901. The company is organized to engage in and do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the
State of Nebraska. The company commenced on January 21, 2012, and its existence is perpetual. The company will be managed by its members.
Daniel C. Pauley, #24582
DUNMIRE, FISHER & HASTINGS
P.O. Box 1044
(402) 463-1383
February 2, 9, 16, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that B INVESTMENTS,
L.L.C., was organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, pursuant to a certificate of organization filed with
the Nebraska Secretary of State on January 31, 2012.
The company shall have a designated office located at
604 South Burlington, Hastings, Nebraska 68901. The
Notice of Hearing
ly zoned Agriculture Dis- purpose for which the company is organized is to enTAKE NOTICE: That an trict and is being request- gage in any lawful act or activities for which a limited liaapplication has been filed ed to be rezoned to R-1A bility company may be organized under the laws of the
with the City Planning Single Family Large Lot State of Nebraska. The company commenced its existence on January 31, 2012, and the period of duration is
Commission of the City of Residential District.
Said matter will be perpetual. The affairs of the limited liability company
Hastings, Nebraska, to
hold a public hearing on a heard the 20th day of Feb- shall be conducted by its Managers.
Glenn C. Selko, Organizer
request for rezoning of the ruary, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. in
Julia L. McCoy, Organizer
following described tract of the City Building, 220
Richard L. Alexander, #16735
land, to wit:
Law Office of Richard L. Alexander
proposed
Pine
322 North Minnesota Avenue
Square Subdivision
which time all persons inP.O. Box 2064
No. 3 AKA 2495
terested may be heard.
South Wabash AveCity Planning February 9, 16, 23, 2012
nue
Commission
APPLICANT: Lynn D. Alber
February 9, 2012
NOTICE OF HEARING
The property is presentCOMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
MESNER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
TAKE NOTICE: That a public hearing will be held beFor default in the payment of debt secured by a deed fore the Hastings City Council on February 28, 2012, at
of trust executed by Michael L. Hoenig, dated October 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 220 North Hast28, 2009, and recorded on November 4, 2009, Docu- ings Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska, for the purpose of
ment No. 20094488 in the Office of the Recorder of considering the adoption of Plan Modification No. 6 to
Deeds, Adams County, Nebraska, the undersigned Suc- Redevelopment Plan V for the specific area contained
cessor Trustee will on February 28, 2012, at 10:00 A.M., therein and described as follows:
at the Main Lobby of the Adams County Courthouse,
Lots Two (2) through Eleven (11), Block Four (4),
Hastings, Nebraska, sell at public vendue to the highest
Lots Three (3) through Six (6), Block Three (3)
bidder for cash:
and Lots Sixteen (16), Block Five (5) Southwood
All of Lot Twenty-two (22), and the East Twenty-six
3rd Addition to the City of Hastings, Adams
(26) feet of Lot Twenty-one (21), Block Three (3),
County, Nebraska
WEST LAWN ADDITION, to the City of Hastings,
This property is located south of Kent Street between
Adams County, Nebraska, according to the recordPine Avenue and Ross Avenue. The redevelopers are
ed plat thereof, commonly known as 1910 West
proposing the development of 30 to 32 low income tax
8th, Hastings, Nebraska 68901.
credit, senior housing units along Pine Avenue, Wayfair
subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, Drive and Ross Avenue in the Southwood Subdivision.
covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to The project will be duplexes, triplexes and a community
satisfy the debt and costs.
room and will include installation of streets, utilities,
Edward Brink, Successor Trustee
street lighting and sidewalks. The Authority is proposing
First Publication: January 19, 2012
the use of Tax Increment Financing to provide financial
NOTICE
and/or other public assistance to the project.
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
At the hearing, all interested parties shall be afforded
15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the col- an opportunity to express their views regarding the prolection of this debt may be given without the prior con- posed development plan. The plan and proposed modifisent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector cations are available for public inspection in the Office of
or the express permission of a court of competent juris- the City Clerk, 220 North Hastings Avenue, Hastings,
diction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt Nebraska.
and any information obtained will be used for that purConnie Hartman
pose (No. 136144). For more information, visit
City Clerk
www.Southlaw.com
February 9, 16, 2012
January 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2012
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10 states get No Child Left Behind waiver
Nation
EMERGENCY CALL
TACOMA, Wash. —
Nearly eight minutes elapsed
between when a social worker
called 911 to report that Josh
Powell’s children were in danger and when sheriff’s deputies
were dispatched, emergency
call logs show. The home was
a gas-fueled inferno — with
Powell and his two young
boys inside — by the time officers were on their way.
Several minutes of response
time was lost when the priority of the dispatch Sunday was
listed as “routine” instead of
“emergency.” There was nothing deputies could do when
they arrived 14 minutes later.
Recently released audio
recordings of the 911 calls
raised questions about how
the dispatch center handled
the social worker’s call regarding Powell, who was a person
of interest in the disappearance of his wife two years ago.
KIMBERLY HEFLING
AND BEN FELLER
WASHINGTON — President
Barack Obama on Thursday
will free 10 states from the
strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left
Behind law, giving leeway to
states that promise to improve
how they prepare and evaluate
students, The Associated Press
has learned.
The first 10 states to receive
the waivers are Colorado,
Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Jersey,
Oklahoma and Tennessee. The
only state that applied for the
flexibility and did not get it,
New Mexico, is working with
the administration to get
approval, a White House official told the AP.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the
states had not yet been
announced. A total of 28 other
states, the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico have signaled
that they, too, plan to seek
waivers — a sign of just how
vast the law’s burdens have
become as a big deadline nears.
No Child Left Behind
requires all students to be proficient in reading and math by
2014. Obama’s action strips
away that fundamental requirement for those approved for
flexibility, provided they offer a
viable plan instead. Under the
deal, the states must show they
will prepare children for college
and careers, set new targets for
improving achievement among
all students, develop meaningful teacher and principal evaluation systems, reward the best
performing schools and focus
help on the ones doing the
worst.
In September, Obama called
President George W. Bush’s
most hyped domestic accomplishment an admirable but
flawed effort that hurt students
instead of helping them. He
said action was necessary
because Congress failed to
update the law despite widespread bipartisan agreement
that it needs fixing.
Republicans have charged that
by granting waivers, Obama
was overreaching his authority.
The executive action by
Obama is one of his most
prominent in an ongoing campaign to act on his own where
Congress is rebuffing him. No
Child Left Behind was primarily designed to help the nation’s
poor and minority children
and was passed a decade ago
with widespread bipartisan support. It has been up for renewal
since 2007. But lawmakers
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19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Barrett
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celebrating the
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will be held Feb. 12,
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Garden Cafe,
2201 Osborne Drive East,
Hastings, NE
Let your presence be your
gift. Those unable to
attend may send cards to:
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1997
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Both in excellent condition.
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power, sunroof. Nice car.
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2004 CHEVY: 1/2-ton, extended cab, quad door,
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2001 Mercury Villager: 7passenger van. Locally
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1013 S. Burlington
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Employment
Agencies
Professional
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Central Nebraska
Child Advocacy Center
seeks a driven, responsible and independent individual to provide program
development, team leadership, financial oversight,
community awareness and
supervisory duties. Masterʼs degree in social work
or public administration
preferred, Bachelorʼs degree in human services or
related field is required,
must be proficient in MS
Word, Excel and Publisher, experience in non-profit
management preferred,
must efficiently manage
multiple projects to meet
critical deadlines. Send
cover letter, resume, salary requirements and references to Personnel
Committee, Central Nebraska Child Advocacy
Center, P.O. Box 844,
Grand Island, NE 68802
by February 15, 2012.
MUSEUM REGISTRAR
Hastings Museum seeks a
dependable, detail-oriented person with strong written and oral communication skills to generate and
maintain all documents,
records and inventories related to the museum collection on a part-time basis. Bachelorʼs degree in
History, Archeology, or
Museum Studies, or equivalent training/experience
required. Approximately 29
hours/week;
$12.167$16.892/hour. Submit City
Application, resume with 3
references and cover letter
to Kim Still, City of Hastings Personnel Office, 220
N. Hastings, Hastings, NE
68901. Application available in person or online at
www.cityofhastings.org/em
ployment/job_openings.htm
Contact Kim Still at 402461-2313 or kstill@cityof
hastings.org. EOE
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Health Care
BETHANY HOME
Minden, NE
Has been providing care
for the Elderly since 1920.
Will be accepting applications for the following
positions:
Health Care
2 p.m. - 10 p.m. LPN
(Full- or Part-time)
10 p.m. - 6 a.m. MA or NA
(Full-time)
Assisted Living
2 p.m. -10 p.m. MA
(Full-time)
Housekeeping
Housekeeping Assistant
(Full-time)
Minimal Weekend Hours
We offer a great
starting wage
$0.45 an hour p.m. shift
$0.80 an hour night shift
differential and a $1.00 an
hour weekend differential
Bethany Home
515 W. First
Minden, NE
or Contact Rhonda or
Cassie for Health Care
Nursing or
Julie for Assisted Living,
Dayle for Housekeeping
Phone 308-832-1594
EOE
COLLEGE VIEW Assisted
Living has a part-time
opening for a 40-hour
medication aide, 10 p.m.
to 6 a.m. shift. If you have
an excellent work history
and are looking for a rewarding position, apply at
1100 N. 6th Ave., Hastings. All associates are
subject to background
checks.
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ENERGY PIONEER Solutions is currently seeking a
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drive to succeed, be able
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collecting energy data,
preparing and distributing
reports, scheduling and
coordinating
customers
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locations. High school diploma a must, college degree preferred. 3 years
clerical and computer experience, strong written
and verbal communication
skills, and must possess
strong
organizational
skills. 40 hours/week with
opportunities for overtime,
Monday-Friday, 8-5. Competitive compensation. Apply to jennifer@energypio
neersolutions.com
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Sales
SALES ASSOCIATE
Tom Dinsdale is looking
for a Sales Associate. Excellent atmosphere and
benefits. Clean driving record required. Please apply at receptionistʼs desk.
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DEADLINE
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noon Friday
Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Monday
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Tuesday
RUN DAY
DEADLINE
Thursday . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Wednesday
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Thursday
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Friday
Restaurant
ASSISTANT MANAGER
needed at Godfatherʼs Pizza. Full-time position with
benefit package available.
Immediate start. Flexible
hours. Experience preferred, but not necessary.
Will train the right person.
Apply in person at 1414 N.
Burlington. No phone calls
please.
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Technical &
Trade
CONSTRUCTION: Taking
applications. Experienced
in commercial construction
and remodeling to include
all phases of interior work.
Wages negotiable based
upon experience. Valid
driverʼs license with good
record. Employment eligibility confirmed by E-verify.
Apply at Rosch Commercial Builders Inc., 322 W.
South Street, Hastings,
NE. Monday thru Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FULL-TIME WELDERS
needed. Minden Machine
is a fast growing equipment manufacturer. Drug
testing required. Apply at
1302 K Road, Minden, NE.
HASTINGS IRRIGATION
Pipe Co. has openings for
full-time skilled employees
in the following positionsfirst shift:
Tube Mill Operator-must
be mechanically inclined
and have welding knowledge, will train. Welderaluminum welding helpful,
will train. Warehousemanmanual material handling
and truck loading, forklift
experience
necessary.
Maintenance Mechanicsome electrical and hydraulics experience helpful. Tool & Die Machinistmanual lathes and milling
machines.
Excellent benefit package
including 401k/Profit Sharing, health, dental, disability and life insurance,
AFLAC. Apply at 1801
East South St., Hastings,
NE 68901.
SECOND SHIFT CNC Operator: Laser experience
preferred, but not required.
Minden Machine is a fast
growing equipment manufacturer. Drug testing required. Apply at 1302 K
Road, Minden, NE.
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Ag Related
WANTED:
FULL-TIME
farm help. CDL helpful.
402-469-8720.
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Trucking
AG PROCESSING, Inc.
has openings for full-time
truck drivers in Hastings,
NE. AGP offers full-time
drivers competitive pay,
medical, dental and life insurance, paid vacation,
401K savings plan, company retirement, NEW
equipment!
Applicants
must meet all DOT requirements, have a good
driving record, and at least
two years experience. Interested drivers may pick
up an application at the
Hastings Workforce Development office or call 402462-1867.
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General
HASTINGS
COLLEGE
has an immediate opening
in the custodial department for a custodian. The
qualified candidate will
have a high school diploma or equivalent. Please
pick up an application at
the Batchelder Building located at 824 N. Ash. For
further information, please
call 402-461-7337. Excellent benefit package included. EOE
HASTINGS FAMILY YMCA is currently accepting
applications for a maintenance person. This position is starting at approximately 30 hours a week
with the possibility of fulltime hours. Applications
are available in person or
online at hastingsymca.net
Contact Kim Hunt at 402463-3139 with questions.
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General
applications for a full-time
custodian. Monday-Friday,
8-5. Applications are available in person or online at
hastingsymca.net. Contact
Kim Hunt at 402-463-3139
with questions.
applications for a Membership Coordinator. This person must have excellent
customer service skills and
a love for working with
people. This is a full-time
position that does include
some evening and weekend hours. Send resume
before 2/17/2012 to YMCA, P.O. Box 1065, Hastings, NE 68902 Attn:
Membership Coordinator
Search. Contact Kim Hunt
at 402-463-3139 with
questions.
HASTINGS HONDA has
two full-time positions
available in their fastpaced parts department.
Applicant MUST have general knowledge of motor
cycles and ATVs, be selfdriven, organized, have
good work ethic. Computer
experience helpful. Competitive benefit package.
Apply in person at 132
East J St. No phone calls
please.
Property Maintenance:
Chateau Imperial Townhomes & Apartments is
looking for a maintenance
person. Application and
job descriptions available
by emailing jeff@cha
teauimperial.com Or call
402-463-4111 for appointment.
Sudoku
WANTED: Experienced
service technician for a
General Motors dealership. ASE certified helpful
but not required. Competitive pay with benefits. Call
Craig Melvin 402-4624105. Paul Spady Motors,
Hastings.
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schools, offering tutoring and
replacing staff.
As the deadline approaches,
more schools are failing to
meet requirements under the
law, with nearly half not doing
so last year, according to the
Center on Education Policy.
Center officials said that’s
because some states today have
harder tests or have high numbers of immigrant and lowincome children, but it’s also
because the law requires states
to raise the bar each year for
how many children must pass
the test.
In states granted a waiver,
students will still be tested
annually. But starting this fall,
schools in those states will no
longer face the same prescriptive actions spelled out under
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have been stymied for years by
competing priorities, disagreements over how much of a federal role there should be in
schools and, in the recent
Congress, partisan gridlock.
For all the cheers that states
may have about the changes,
the move also reflects the
sobering reality that the United
States is not close to the law’s
original goal: getting children
to grade level in reading and
math.
Critics today say the 2014
deadline was unrealistic, the
law is too rigid and led to
teaching to the test, and too
many schools feel they are
labeled as “failures.” Under No
Child Left Behind, schools that
don’t meet requirements for
two years or longer face
increasingly tough consequences, including busing children to higher-performing
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2005 FORD EXPEDITION
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2007 FORD EDGE
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• 5.4L V8
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• Leather
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• 121,000 Miles
• Heated Leather Seats
• Completely Loaded
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• 95,000 Miles
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• V6
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• CD • Keyless Entry
• 37,000 Miles
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• V6
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• Rear Air & Heat
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202 W. 2nd location, now
for rent. 1,290 sq. ft. Call
Diane, 402-469-4777.
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General
STORES CLERK (Hastings Utilities): looking for a
reliable person with a
strong attentioin to detail
and the ability to handle
and move objects in a
warehouse operation. Requires high school diploma
or equivalent with some
experience in record keeping or clerical procedures
or related field. Residency
requirement-6 miles of city
limits. 40 hours/week,
Monday-Friday,
8-5;
$13.92-$18.82/hour range,
full benefits. Application
testing February 13-17 in
City of Hastings Personnel
Office, 220 N. Hstings,
Hastings, NE. Test may be
started, without an appointment, between 8 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m. Application,
unless one is on file, is
available in person or online
at
www.cityofhastings.org/em
ployment/job_openings.htm
Contact Kim Still at 402461-2313 or kstill@cityofhastings.org with questions. EOE
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General
THE VILLAGE of Roseland Board is currently accepting applications for a
Utility Maintenance person. This is a full-time,
part-time position. This
person does require a current water/wastewater certification. Considerations
may be given to a qualified
applicant in order to acquire the necessary certifications within an established probationary period.
Contact the Clerk for a
complete job description
and application or send resumes to P.O . Box 170,
12216 W. Alexander St.,
Roseland, NE 68973.
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helps people file bankruptcy
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
works! Place your 25 word ad
into thousands of Nebraska
homes for $210. Contact your
local newspaper or call 1-800369-2850.
ERICSON
REGISTERED
Angus Bull Sale. Selling 119 top
2-year-old bulls, Tuesday, Feb.
28, Ericson Livestock Market,
Ericson, NE. Sandhills raised,
EPDs, calving ease, easy
fleshing. Top AI sires: Shear
Force, Final Answer, New
Frontier, Objective, Bando
1961, Packer, Thunder, 1407.
Virgin bulls, volume discounts,
fertility tested, guaranteed. Jim
Brinkman, 308-653-2134.
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DO YOU live in rural Nebraska
and need a small business loan
under $50,000? REAP can
help! Call 402-656-3091 or
visit www.cfra.org/reap.
RED GREEN Live. Experience
this hilarious one-man show.
Tues., May 15, 7 p.m., Lied
Center, Lincoln. For tickets call
1-800-432-3231 or purchase
online at www.liedcenter.org,
www.redgreen.com.
IT’S NOT too late to find the
keys to their heart. Enjoy
special pricing on grand, digital
and vertical pianos during our
Valentine’s sale! 800-950-3774,
Piano4u.com.
SAWLE MILL Inc. New saw
mill, Springview, 402-322-3600.
Cedar Interior/Exterior paneling
and flooring, many by-products,
many items in stock, Pine,
Walnut, Oak & more.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY for the
right person looking for longterm employment on irrigated
farm north of North Platte. 308636-2930, 308-636-8130, 308636-2989.
MANY CHILDREN need a safe
family. Can you help? Christian
Heritage helps you become a
successful foster parent. Please
don’t wait. Call Christian
Heritage: 402-421-KIDS.
COMPASSIONATE
ABOUT
helping others? Train to be a
certified hypnotist by Lincoln
Hypnosis Center and acquire
business
and
technical
hypnosis skills. Call 402-4650409, lincolnhypnosis.com.
AIRLINES ARE hiring. Train for
hands on Aviation Career. FAA
approved program. Financial
aid if qualified. Job placement
assistance.
Call
Aviation
Institute of Maintenance, 888896-8006.
QC SUPPLY , a leading
distributor of ag products is
looking
for
a
Sales
Professional at their Schuyler
headquarters. Experience or
knowledge of the swine and/
or poultry industry is a must.
Responsible for establishing &
maintaining relationships with
customers & vendors. Great
work ethic, basic computer
abilities
&
excellent
communication skills needed.
Work for a growing company,
e-mail your resume to
careers@qcsupply.com
or
mail to PO Box 581, Schuyler,
NE 68661.
HVAC TECHNICIAN/Installer
with commercial refrigeration
experience.
Wages
negotiable,
based
on
experience. Benefits available.
Send resume to Cozad
Services, 217 E. 8th St.,
Cozad, NE 69130.
J.D. TECHNICIANS, come
join our team. Contact Steve
at 402-759-1449 or 402-7593139. Experience preferred
but will train the right
individual.
TRAILER
MECHANIC:
Timpte is the industry leader
in the manufacture and supply
of bulk commodity semitrailers. Timpte is currently
looking for a Trailer Mechanic
for its new service center
located in Aurora, NE.
Responsibilities include the
service and repair of trailers.
Previous experience with
trailers is preferred. Timpte
offers
a
competitive
compensation and benefits
package. Send resume to:
Jessica Boss at 1827
Industrial Drive, David City,
NE 68632, e-mail resume to
jboss@timpte.com or contact
Human Resources at 402367-3056 for an application.
WANTED: SELF-motivated
individual to work in central
Nebraska
water,
well
business. Valid CDL, welding,
mechanical
skills.
Preemployment drug testing.
Average 50 hours week year
round. Competitive wages,
benefits. Serious inquiries
only. Downey Well Co., Inc.,
PO Box 37, Merna, NE 68856,
or call 308-643-2463.
YOU GOT the drive, we have
the direction. OTR Drivers,
APU equipped pre-pass EZpass, pets/passenger policy.
Newer equipment. 100% No
Touch. 1-800-528-7825.
WANT TO Buy: Junk vehicles
& salvage iron. We clean up
farms & ranches. We meet or
beat all prices. 308-530-1563
or 308-530-1088.
HAMILTON
MANOR
accepting applications for:
RN/LPN, MA and CNAs. For
information contact Nicole
Hansen, staffing coordinator
at
402-694-2128
or
application at 1515 5th Street,
Aurora.
HIRING!
CORRECTIONS
Officers, $14.21/hr + benefits!
Lincoln and Tecumseh. For
details and to apply online,
visit www.corrections.nebraska.gov/
or call 402-471-2654. ADA
Accommodations, 402-4325182. EOE/Vet
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Part Time
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EXPERIENCED
COOK
needed for small assisted
living home. Monday-Friday, 4-6 p.m. 463-6021
opening for carrier in Fairfield. Call Circulation. 402461-1221 or 1-800-7426397.
openings for carrier in
Kenesaw. Call Circulation.
402-461-1221 or 1-800742-6397.
SEASONAL HELP-The
City of Hastings is currently accepting applications
for seasonal employment
including aquacourt manager, lifeguards, concessions/admissions and facility attendants; street
maintenance, stripers and
mowers; cemetery and
parks maintenance and
mowers; weekend ballpark
help, softball scorekeepers, gatekeepers and umpires; landfill groundskeeping, and utilities maintenance and mowing. Applicant must be 18 years of
age for some positions, 16
for others. Salary dependent on position; minimum
of $7.25/hour. Applications
are available in the City of
Hastings Personnel Office
at 220 N. Hastings Avenue, Hastings, NE 68901,
402-461-2313 and online
at
www.cityofhastings.org/
Pets
GRIFFIES, Shih Tzus,
Yorkie, Maltese, Chihuahua pups. 402-469-0784.
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Appliances
Your WHIRLPOOL and
TOSHIBA Dealer
ROGERʼS, INC.
1035 S. Burlington
402-463-1345
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your health, boost your energy, control your weight,
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*Improved memory and
mental clarity
*Reduction of Stress
and more restful sleep
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appearance of the skin
*Massage anti-stress
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100 Unfurnished
Apartments
1- and 2-BEDROOM: No
pets/smoking. 402-4697046, 402-469-5596.
1- and 2-BEDROOMS:
$350, $425, $550. 840 N.
Kansas. 402-461-0442,
408-248-1464.
In-Home
Assisted Living
EXPERIENCED RN offering private 24-hour inhome nursing care. Competitive rates. References
available. 402-469-0256.
1-2 Bedroom: No smoking or pets. Large, unique,
clean. 460-6922 Photos at:
cicadadwellings.com
CPI NOW HIRING
These are all full-time openings with overtime.
Applicants will need a valid driver’s license, good driving
record, ability to lift 50 lbs. Also need to be hard working,
reliable with a positive attitude. We offer a competitive
wage, insurance, retirement, PTO & a casual work
environment. Contact Brooke at 402-463-5148 or visit
any location to apply.
POSITIONS WITH CPI:
Blue Hill:
Agronomy Attendant
Campbell:
Applicator
Giltner:
Grain & Agronomy Attendant
Hayland Seasonal Grain & Agronomy Attendant
Juniata: Feed Truck Driver/Agronomy Attendant
Lawrence:
Trumbull:
Station Attendant/Tire Technician
Grain & Agronomy Attendant
EOE/M/F
Chemical testing required
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Hay/Seeds
144
SMALL SQUARE grass
hay bales, horse quality.
Approximately 450 bales.
402-460-8252, Nelson.
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Services
BACKHOE, TRENCHING,
waterlines, electric lines,
irrigation. 402-817-4279.
DISC ROLLING
Sell, install, and roll disc
blades. Jess Putnam Jr.,
Gibbon, NE. 866-297-5130
or 308-325-4608.
Sell your unwanted item(s)
in the Hastings Tribune
Classifieds
for
quick
results. Call 402-462-2131.
1-BEDROOM: In Juniata.
Air, appliances. No pets.
References. $335. 402984-0881
2-BEDROOM: Appliances,
laundry hookups, parking.
No pets. $485. EMBASSY
SQUARE, 402-462-4032.
2-BEDROOM: Clean, updated, heat/water included. No smoking/pets.
Starting at $765/month.
612-385-7770
3-BEDROOM:
2-bath.
Most utilities paid. $550.
105 E. 14th. 460-9626.
CLEAN, LARGE 1-bedroom, great location, no
pets/smoking. 984-8674
COZY
2-BEDROOM:
Downtown area. $325 plus
deposit. 402-461-0361.
EFFICIENCY: 1- and 2bedroom units for rent.
Call Gateway Realty —
402-463-4563. gatewayr
ealestate.com/hastings
Want To Buy
NEWER washers, dryers,
stoves and refrigerators.
Working or not. 462-6330.
employment/job_openings.htm
EOE
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
Want To
Rent Land
FATHER, ALONG with
son (who is hoping to get
started in the farming business), is looking for farm
ground to rent. Modern
equipment. Will pay going
rent price. Please call 308991-5184.
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Farms
for Sale
110 ACRES, 2 miles
northwest of Sutton, pivot
irrigation potential. North
110 acres of NW 1/4, 278-5, Clay County. Heng
Farm Management. 402362-4493
To place your want ad for the
Farmer's Corner call
402-462-2131
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.
FAIRFIELD COOP:
Looking for
full-time help at
our Blue Hill/Ayr
location.
Excellent
opportunity for the
right individuals.
Call Bill for
more details.
402-726-2361
DEA ELECTRONICS
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.
Hebron
Hastings, www.abcseamless.com. . .402-463-7580
215 S. Burlington
Counselors-Human Relations
GENERAL COUNSELING LLC
Cyndee Fintel, LIMHP, Jessica Hunt, MS, PLMHP
www.generalcounseling.com...........402-463-6811
Health Foods
NATURAL FOOD PRODUCTS
Large Inventory, Wide Variety, Over 40 Years In Business
www.naturalfoodproducts.net
707 W. State Street, Grand Island. . .308-382-0869
Home Appliances & Electronics
(402) 463-6811
Cyndee Fintel,
LIMHP, CPC
Jessica Hunt,
MS, PLMHP
www.generalcounseling.com
Pets & Animal Control
HEARTLAND PET CONNECTION
1807 W. J, Hastings
www.petfinder.com............402-462-PETS (7387)
Pizza
LITTLE CAESAR’S
ROGER’S INC.
Carry Out and Delivery
314 N. Burlington Ave., Hastings. . . . .402-462-5220
1035 S. Burlington, Hastings...........402-463-1345
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www.hastingstribune.com
908 W. 2nd St., Hastings.................402-462-2131
2604 W. 2nd Street, Hastings..........402-463-1626
Upholstery
THE COVER UP UPHOLSTERY
204 N. Clay, Box 387, Harvard.........402-772-4031
To Purchase Advertising On This Page Contact 462-2131
Storage/
Warehouse
RV, BOAT, car storage.
$1/foot. Call 402-469-4777
to reserve space.
522 N. HASTINGS: rent
includes utilities, no smoking/pets, walk-up, $450/
month ground floor. $450
deposit required. Call 402469-1156
AVAILABLE BY 3/10/12:
Nice 2-bedroom, 1 1/2
bath 4-plex. West side location. Off-street parking.
All kitchen appliances furnished,
washer/dryer
hookups. Small pet OK
with
extra
deposit.
$575/$575. 402-705-3351.
2- and 3-BEDROOM
FIRST MONTH FREE at
Regency
Apartments,
Hastings. Large apartments with controlled entry, complete kitchens, ample parking, on-site laundry and you pay ONLY
electricity! Locally managed. Pet friendly (some
restrictions). Call today for
a tour!
402-462-5205
www.perryreid.com/regen
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2-BEDROOM:
Garage.
Remodeled. 718 S. Denver. $650. 402-460-9626.
Hastings Campground:
Open all year. RV spaces
for rent. 402-462-5621
3- and 4-BEDROOM: 840
N. Kansas and 514 E. 7th.
References. $775. 408248-1464, 402-461-0442.
KINGSWOOD PLAZA
RV sites available
402-463-1958
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CROSIER PARK
Professional Center
Suites Available
1-6,500 sq. ft. office suite:
multi office, reception.
1-3,500 sq. ft. suite: 10-12
private offices, reception
area, conference room,
kitchenette. Perfect for real
estate agency, accounting
firm, insurance agency.
1-600 sq. ft.: Great 1-3
person office.
2-2 room suites available.
2-Individual offices: Ready
to go! 402-463-6229, 402460-7229.
Townhomes/Apartments
Call 402-463-4111
Furnished
Apartments
$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”.
102
Duplexes
For Rent
VERY NICE: 3-Bedroom,
2-bath duplex. 402-9844820.
103 Town Houses
For Rent
LARGE 3-BEDROOM
TOWN HOME ONLY $550
1 1/2-bath, attached garage, washer/dryer hookups. THE MEADOWS, 364
Walden Circle, Hastings.
Call 308-384-7874
Income and student restrictions apply.
www.seldin.com
SETTLE IN at the Townhouses of Hastings. We
offer cozy 2- and 3-bedroom units with eat-in
kitchen, 1 1/2 baths, lots of
storage, off-street parking,
rent and utility assistance
available. Pick up application at 945 West H.
402-463-5953
3-BEDROOM: 409 S. Lexington. Garage, new siding, furnace, air. $700 plus
deposit. 402-902-8474.
COZY
2-BEDROOM:
Fenced yard. $400 plus
deposit. 402-461-0361.
SOUTH of GLENVIL: 3bedroom, 1-bath, $650/
month. No pets, no smoking. 402-469-0822.
113 Lots For Rent
116
Houses
For Sale
2-BEDROOM: Attached
garage. Joyce Schlachter,
Broker, 402-462-5794.
BEAUTIFUL HOME: 2412
Lakeview Cove (Idlewilde).
5-bedroom, 3-bath, split
level, 2 family rooms, sunroom, pool, lakefront, all
updated. Under $325,000.
402-463-8800.
108 Office Space
AFFORDABLE, professional large office; reception
area. 402-469-6635.
AVAILABLE NOW: Office
suite at Depot Plaza, store
front. Reasonable rates.
Call Diane, 402-469-4777.
Lease d
Leased
LOW OVERHEAD business suites, 3-4 rooms,
2nd floor, elevator, $250325/month. Includes heat
and air. Call 402-4691156, First and Hastings.
NICE, SMALL office with
bathroom. 645 S. Burlington. $325 plus electric. Alton Jackson 402-463-0688
OFFICE SPACE
Single office, double office,
up to 4 office suites available. Very nice. Conference
and meeting room available. 402-461-4100.
Landmark Center
109
Business
Property
25ʼx30ʼ, 25ʼx60ʼ heated
shops, bath, 14ʼx14ʼ overhead door; 16ʼx26ʼ shop.
462-0594, 402-541-2480.
118 Mobile Homes
For Sale
3-BEDROOM:
2-bath,
double-wide, Kingswood
Plaza. 402-984-0122
COME SEE now newer 3bedroom. Will finance with
tax return. 402-469-4777
119
Residential
Lots
LOTS, MODEL Homes: 4
Subdivisions. Agent/owner, 402-461-1785.
121
Business
Property
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
with
office/warehouse,
newer roof, updated furnace/central air. $119,000.
Coldwell Banker Town &
Country Realty, 463-4591.
122
Investment
Property
2 UNIT HOUSE: 1-bedroom each. Motivated seller. Good rental income.
$49,000. 402-469-7884.
130 Auction Sales
COMMERCIAL SPACE
for rent. 1,386 sq. ft. Call
Diane. 402-469-4777
Korky Lightner Auction
New semi-load of merchandise. Every Monday,
5:30 p.m. 1940 West A.
402-469-0703
JERRY SPADY”S Body
Shop for rent. Call Diane
for details. 402-469-4777.
PARR AUCTION
Dave Parr, associate,
Gateway Realty. 756-6135
2-BEDROOM:
$500
rent/deposit. References.
No pets. 402-462-2698
111
2-BEDROOM: $600 Newly
remodeled, washer/dryer
hook up. 402-460-0461
RV STORAGE near Hastings. 24/7 easy in and out
access. 402-845-2352 or
cell 308-379-7183.
RANDY RUHTER, Auctioneer and Broker, 2837
W. Hwy. 6, Hastings, NE,
402-463-8565.
104
Houses
For Rent
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-BEDROOM:
Rent to own. Air, garage.
$400-$850. 402-469-6635.
Storage/
Warehouse
Fairfield
36 Papers
$120 monthly profit
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Kenesaw
Clay Center
37 Papers
$105 monthly profit
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$235 monthly profit
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Affordable, Confidential Counseling
Now Accepting Appointments
111
2-BEDROOM: 2710 W.
7th, Hastings. $550 plus
deposit. References and
credit check required. 402469-3539.
CHATEAU
IMPERIAL
18 Papers
$102 monthly profit
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Contractors
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Computer Repair
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
Auto Glass
AUTO GLASS EXPERTS.
25 years combined experience in glass replacement.
Jeff Fitzke, Brent Vorderstrasse. 405 West J
Street. 402-463-0025.
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.
Electrical
LYD ELECTRIC. Customer friendly pricing while
providing service second
to none. No job too small.
402-462-0844.
Handyman
HANDYMAN:
Roofing,
concrete, painting, home
repairs, snow removal.
Fully insured. 10 years experience.
Reasonable.
462-2660, 460-6756.
Home Improvement
NEW IMAGE REMODELING. Warranted work.
Home, commercial, tile
flooring, kitchen, bath, additions, garages, siding,
windows, doors, decks,
fencing. Insured, references. 402-705-8369.
CHUCKʼS BUILDING AND
REPAIR. Chuck Wiseman.
No job too small. 402-7512443; cell, 402-984-2544.
Sell your unwanted item(s)
in the Hastings Tribune
Classifieds
for
quick
results. Call 402-462-2131.
Junk Removal
GOT JUNK? We will haul
it away for you. Reasonable rates. JUNK HAULERS, 402-469-1299 or
308-991-0568
JUNK HUNK. Junk removal service - garage, shed,
attic, basement, yard. “Call
the Hunk to haul your
Junk!” Scott, 402-4634818.
Kitchen Hand
THE KITCHEN HAND.
Grocery Shopping. Menu
Planning. Meal Preparation. Call 402-984-0157
email kitchenhandbetty@hot
mail.com or visit www.kitch
Up to 16 Words
for 1 month
ONLY
49.00
$
includes online
Call
402-462-2131
for details
Painting
BENNY
DiBIASE.
38
years experience, bonded,
insured, interior, exterior
work. Furniture refinished.
Local references. 402-7053493
www.pilotf104c@hotmail.com
DYCUS
PAINTING.
Prompt, courteous, professional service since 1980.
Insured. Call for estimate.
402-463-7726, or mddy
cus@inebraska.com
Stump Removal
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STUMP AND Brush Removal: Clean up those
ugly stumps and bushes.
Free estimates. 402-4634769 or 402-460-0518.
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