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Obama to Republicans: Game on
DONNA CASSATA
Nebraska lawmakers
respond to address
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack
Obama delivered an election-year broadside to Republicans: Game on.
The GOP, from Congress to the campaign trail, signaled it’s ready for the fight.
In his third State of the Union address,
Obama issued a populist call for income
equality that echoed the Occupy Wall
Street movement. He challenged GOP lawmakers to work with him or move aside so
he could use the power of the presidency
to produce results for an electorate uncertain whether he deserves another term.
Facing a deeply divided Congress,
Obama appealed for lawmakers to send
him legislation on immigration, clean
energy and housing, knowing full well the
election-year prospects are bleak but aware
that polls show that the independent voters who lifted him to the presidency crave
bipartisanship.
“I intend to fight obstruction with
action,” Obama told a packed chamber and
tens of millions of Americans watching in
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President Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address on
Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday. Vice President Joe Biden (left) and House
Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen at rear.
Responding to President
Barack Obama’s State of the
Union address Tuesday night,
Nebraska’s lawmakers issued
statements calling for more
cooperation between Congress
and the Obama administration.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.,
said all the president’s proposals and all the ideas from
Congress won’t matter if they
can’t work together.
“I believe that Nebraskans
have had enough of the jobkilling gridlock we’ve seen over
the last few years,” Nelson said
in the news release. “The job-
killing gridlock is holding
America back. It’s holding our
economy down. It’s hurting
middle-class Nebraska families.”
Nelson said he’s ready to
work with Republicans,
Democrats and independents
to get the job done.
“Tonight, I sat with my
Nebraska delegation colleagues,
as we did last year,” he said.
“And others crossed party lines,
as well, to sit together in the
House chamber. Let’s hope this
example can pave the way to
more partnerships, and less
partisanship, and more real
results that lower the debt, put
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Fillmore
Central
sets bond
election
PATRONS TO DECIDE
ON $9.8M EXPANSION
TONY HERRMAN
therrman@hastingstribune.com
GENEVA — Fillmore Central
patrons will decide March 13
whether the school district will
spend $9.8 million to add nearly 37,000 square feet of space.
A bond referendum vote for
a proposed expansion, which
includes one addition on the
north side of the school and
one on the south, will be the
subject of a single-ballot election. Fillmore Central Board of
Education members set the
election date during the regular
monthly meeting Jan. 11.
The north addition will add
19,400 square feet for athletic
programs and fitness education,
including a practice gymnasium,
locker rooms, wrestling room,
and weight and fitness room.
The south addition will add
17,470 square feet for performance arts programs, including an
auditorium and theater with
more than 500 seats, music
room, concessions, public restrooms, and expanded commons.
Renovations include fire
sprinklers to meet safety codes;
handicap accessibility; science
classroom upgrades; and modifications to art, family consumer science, and industrial
technology areas.
The district’s bond advisers
estimate the initial levy for the
20-year bond will equal 11.52
cents per $100 of taxable valuation, resulting in an annual tax
increase of $115 on a property
valued at $100,000.
District officials hope that if
the bond referendum passes,
design work can begin immediately, with construction commencing by late summer and
complete in fall 2013.
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LAURA BEAHM/Tribune
Dressed in his Harry Potter glasses and scarf, Beau Neville
answers a question during quiz
bowl on the last day of the Harry
Potter J-Term class Tuesday at
Hastings College.
Harry
Potter
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J-TERM CLASS EXPLORES
BOOK SERIES
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LAURA BEAHM/Tribune
Katy Gerwig, dressed as Luna Lovegood, answers a question during quiz bowl on the last day of the Harry
Potter J-Term class Tuesday at Hastings College.
Lo:
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Hi:
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‘SHCOOL X-NG’
Art by Zoyya Gayman, 9,
Alcott Elementary
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Nation
Weather
Mostly
clear
tonight.
Mostly
sunny
Thursday.
ressed in a Gryffindor
lion hat with Dirigible
plum earrings and a
Deathly Hallows necklace, Hastings College
senior Katy Gerwig waits her turn to
ask a question.
Two rows behind her, Beau
Neville wears the famous Harry
Potter glasses and a red and yellow
scarf.
Gerwig and Neville were two of
nearly 40 Hastings College students
who took the Harry Potter 24/7 class
for J-term this month.
NEW YORK — An embarrassing
misspelling of “school” is gone
from the street outside a New York
City school building.
Utility workers used heavy
machinery to ground up the
wrongly placed “H” and “C” in the
“SHCOOL X-NG” sign on Tuesday.
The correction was made a day
after the New York Post reported
the spelling error.
The words were created with
industrial “textured tape” that permanently sticks to the asphalt.
Inside
Con Ed told the Post that the
blunder occurred when a contractor
ripped up the street for utility work
and replaced the existing markings.
It says the mistake outside the
building that houses three schools
had been there since July 2010.
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Yesterday and Today
Obituaries
ELAYNE DANIELS
Hastings resident Elayne
Daniels, 91, died Thursday,
Jan. 19, 2012, at Mary Lanning
Memorial
HealthCare in
Hastings.
Memorial
services are 11
a.m. Friday at
First Congregational
United
Daniels
Church of
Christ in Hastings with Pastor
Barry Rempp officiating.
Private family burial is at
Cedarview Cemetery in
Doniphan prior to the memorial service. There will be no visitation; book signing will be 1-5
p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. Thursday with family
present 5-7 p.m. at the funeral
home, and one hour prior to
services at the church Friday.
Livingston-Butler-Volland Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Hasting is in charge of
arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be given to First Congregational United Church of
Christ.
Condolences may be sent to
www.lbvfh.com
***
Elayne was born Oct. 6,
1920, in Doniphan, Neb., to
Claborn and Anna (Schmidt)
Shields. She married Oliver H.
Daniels in 1940, and they
raised three children. Oliver
preceded her in death on Sept.
16, 2003. Elayne was a homemaker for most of her life. Her
employment years included
her management of the Green
Stamp Redemption Center in
Grand Island and McCook.
She also worked as an advertising statistics consultant for the
Nielsen Rating Report, and was
a sales associate for Showcase
in Grand Island. She was an
80-year member of the First
Congregational United Church
of Christ, and a long time
member of the YWCA. She was
an avid bridge player, and belonged to many bridge clubs.
In 2005, she received the Valiant Woman Award from the
Church Women United.
Elayne was preceded in death
by her parents; husband, Oliver
H. Daniels; daughter, Judith
Anderson; daughter-in-law,
Phyllis Daniels; brothers, Floyd,
Medrick, and Judson; and sisters, Marjorie and Deloris.
Survivors include children
and spouse, Jeremy L. Daniels
of Hastings, Neb., Jann S. and
Bill Ackles of Hastings, Neb.;
sisters, Burdetta Fricke of Hastings, Neb., Anita Bunde of
Roseville, Calif.; grandchildren
and spouses, Crystal and Terry
Petzoldt of Juniata, Neb., Michelle and Tim Brotzki of Papillion, Neb., Melissa and Jeff
Larka of Elkhorn, Neb., Mark
Daniels of Omaha, Neb., Ryan
and Lori Daniels of Mesa, Ariz.,
Kim and Gaylon Hermann of
Juniata, Neb., Lance Anderson
of Omaha, Neb.; great-grandchildren and spouses, Ashley
and Justin Presler of Omaha,
Neb., Bailey Petzoldt of Juniata, Neb., Payton Brotzki of Papillion, Neb., Trey Brotzki of
Papillion, Neb., Jeff Hermann
of Juniata, Neb., Walker Hermann of Juniata, Neb., Lily
Larka of Elkhorn, Neb.; stepgreat-grandchildren and
spouse, Justin and Linda Claydon of Chandler, Ariz., Caitlynn Claydon of Mesa, Ariz.;
great-great-granddaughter,
Paizley Presler of Omaha, Neb.;
many nieces, nephews and
friends.
VIOLA B. GERLOFF
Hastings resident Viola B.
Gerloff , 87, died Tuesday, Jan.
24, 2012, at Mary Lanning Memorial
HealthCare
in Hastings.
Services are
10 a.m. Friday
at Zion
Lutheran
Church in
Hastings with
the Rev. Paul Gerloff
Warneke officiating. Burial will
be at Blue Valley Cemetery in
Ayr. Visitation is 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Thursday with family
present 6-8 p.m. at MertenButler Mortuary in Blue Hill,
and one hour prior to services
Friday at the church.
A memorial has been established.
***
Viola was born on Sept. 10,
1924, to Richard H. and Laura
(Royer) Booker at Red Cloud,
Neb. She graduated from Guide
Rock High School in 1942. She
married Paul W. Gerloff on April
21, 1957, at Zion Lutheran
Church, Hastings, Neb. They
moved to Ayr from Bostwick in
1957, and she moved to
Hastings in the fall of 2009. She
was a member of Zion Lutheran
Church, Hastings, Neb. She
loved gardening, especially her
rose garden. Her grandchildren
were the joy of her life.
She is survived by two sons,
Michael P. (Becky) of Ayr, Neb.,
Neal (Mary) of Holstein, Neb.;
one sister, Goldie Umbach of
Superior, Neb.; four grandsons,
Brian, Bradley, Justin, and
Nathan.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; husband; seven
brothers; four sisters.
BETTY M. KINZIE
Grand Island resident Betty
M. Kinzie, 86, died Saturday,
Jan. 21, 2012, at Wedgewood
Care Center in
Grand Island.
Services are
11 a.m.
Wednesday at
Apfel Funeral
Home in
Grand Island
with the Rev.
Jose Valesquez Kinzie
officiating. Burial will be at
Grand Island City Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to
the Edith Abbott Memorial Library or to the family.
Condolences may be sent to
www.apfelfuneralhome.com
***
Betty M. Kinzie was born
Jan. 17, 1926, at St. Louis, Mo.,
the daughter of James E. and
Mable L. (Campbell) Fitzgerald.
She grew up and received her
education in Omaha. She was
united in marriage to John D.
Kinzie on June 16, 1947, in
Omaha. The couple made their
home in Omaha, later moving
to Grand Island in 1952. Betty
was employed at Kings Food
Host for 13 years and later at
K-Mart for 10 years. She then
owned and operated the Nebraska Sampler in downtown
Grand Island for two years. Mr.
Kinzie preceded her in death
on Feb. 27, 1987.
She was a member of St.
Mary’s Church, past president
of Grand Island Women’s Club
and of Prairie Pioneers, vice
chair of Grand Island Chamber
of Commerce (women’s division) and of Eagles Auxiliary, a
board member of Grand Island
Little Theater, Grand Island
Kennel Club and founder of
the Civil War Study Group of
Grand Island, member of Betty
Bunch, and past president of
Third City Kiwanis.
She enjoyed reading, travel,
history and genealogy.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Mona L. and
Greg Shuman of Corrales, N.M.;
and one granddaughter, Melissa
Marquardt of Corrales, N.M.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; and husband,
John Kinzie.
ELDON C. HOELTING
Former area resident Eldon
C. Hoelting, 76, of Kearney,
died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at
Good Samaritan Hospital in
Kearney.
Vigil Wake Services are 7:30
p.m. Thursday at St. James
Catholic Church in Kearney.
Mass of Christian Burial is
10:30 a.m. Friday at the
church. Burial will be at
Kearney Cemetery. Visitation is
one hour prior to the Wake
Service Thursday at the church.
Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl
Funeral and Cremation Service
in Kearney is in charge of
arrangements.
Memorials may be given to
St. James Catholic Church in
Kearney or Kearney Little
League Association.
BILLY R. BROWN
Harvard resident Billy R.
Brown, 61, died Tuesday, Jan.
24, 2012, at Mary Lanning
Memorial HealthCare in
Hastings.
Services are pending with
Alberding-Wilson Funeral
Home in Harvard.
Paterno viewing
RICHARD L. ROSE
Blue Hill resident Richard L.
Rose, 59, died Sunday, Jan. 22,
2012, in Blue Hill.
Services are 3 p.m. Friday at
Merten-Butler Mortuary chapel
in Blue Hill with Mona Fassler
officiating. Burial is at the Presbyterian Cemetery, Rosemont.
Visitation is 11 a.m. until services Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to
the family.
STELLA I. DAVIS
Former area resident Stella I.
Davis, 95, of Plymouth, Minn.,
died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011,
in Plymouth.
Graveside services are 11 a.m.
Saturday at Eastlawn Cemetery
in Bladen with the Rev. Steve
Marsh officiating. MertenButler Mortuary in Blue Hill is
in charge of arrangements.
Actor James
Farentino
dies of heart
failure at 73
LOS ANGELES — Actor
James Farentino, who appeared
in dozens of movies and television shows, died Tuesday in a Los
Angeles hospital, according to a
family spokesman. He was 73.
Farentino died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital
after a long illness, said the
spokesman, Bob Palmer.
Farentino starred alongside
Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen
in the 1980 science fiction film
“The Final Countdown.” The
movie featured a modern aircraft carrier that travels back in
time to Pearl Harbor hours
before the Japanese attack.
Farentino also starred opposite Patty Duke in 1969’s “Me,
Natalie.”
In 1967, he won a “Most
Promising Newcomer” Golden
Globe for his performance in
the comedy “The Pad and How
to Use It.”
He also had recurring roles
on “Dynasty,” “Melrose Place,”
“The Bold Ones: The Lawyers”
and “ER,” playing the
estranged father to George
Clooney’s character.
In 1978, he was nominated
for an Emmy for his portrayal
of Saint Peter in the television
mini-series “Jesus of Nazareth.”
A four-time divorcee,
Farentino’s tumultuous personal life made headlines, too.
In March 1994, he pleaded
no contest to stalking his exgirlfriend Tina Sinatra, daughter of Frank Sinatra.
In 2010, the actor was arrested at his Hollywood home on
suspicion of battery when he
tried to physically remove a
man from his home.
ALEX BRANDON/AP
Mourners line up a block from the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State campus for the viewing for former Penn State coach Joe Paterno Tuesday in State
College, Pa. Paterno died Sunday morning.
Today is Wednesday, Jan.
25, the 25th day of 2012.
There are 341 days left in the
year.
MEMORY LANE
TRIBLAND
Sixty years ago: The
Hastings City Council heard a
plan to raise additional revenue by allowing advertising
plaques to be placed atop
parking meters.
Fifty years ago: Kenesaw was
preparing to dedicate its third
school, which had opened at
the start of the 1961-62 school
year. It cost $420,000 to build.
Forty years ago: An effort by
10 private colleges in Nebraska
to obtain state tuition grants
for students was held unconstitutional by the state attorney general’s office.
Thirty years ago: Brothers
Tim and Joseph Sullivan of
Clay Center received the Eagle
Scout award.
Twenty years ago: The Red
Cross Bloodmobile stopped in
Glenvil and Kenesaw.
Ten years ago: Tim Scott, 19,
of Juniata, an employee at
Russ’s Market, advanced to
national competition after
winning the Nebraska Grocery
Industry Association Best
Bagger Competition in
Lincoln.
One year ago: Sen. Dennis
Utter of Hastings introduced a
bill that would turn over the
Crystal Lake Recreation Area
to the village of Ayr.
ON THIS DATE
One year ago: In Egypt,
thousands of anti-government
protesters clashed with police
during a Tunisia-inspired
demonstration to demand the
end of President Hosni
Mubarak’s rule. A federal judge
in New York sentenced
Ahmed Ghailani, the first
Guantanamo detainee to have
a U.S. civilian trial, to life in
prison for conspiring in the
bombing of two U.S.
embassies in Africa in 1998.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Gregg Palmer is 85.
The former president of
Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze,
is 84. Actor Dean Jones is 81.
Country singer Claude Gray is
80. Movie director Tobe
Hooper is 69. Actress Leigh
Taylor-Young is 67. Actress
Jenifer Lewis is 55. Actress
Dinah Manoff is 54. Country
musician Mike Burch (River
Road) is 46. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Kina is 43. Actress
China Kantner is 41. Actress
Ana Ortiz is 41. Musician Matt
Odmark (Jars of Clay) is 38.
Actress Mia Kirshner is 37.
Actress Christine Lakin is 33.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Alicia Keys is 31. Actor Michael
Trevino (TV: “The Vampire
Diaries”) is 27.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“A first-rate organizer is never
in a hurry. He is never late. He
always keeps up his sleeve a
margin for the unexpected.”
— Arnold Bennett, English
poet, author and critic
(1867-1931)
FACT OF THE DAY
In the first Winter
Olympics, the Canadian ice
hockey team trounced its
opponents, winning all five
games and outscoring the
competition 110-3.
NUMBER OF THE
DAY
6 — wives of King Henry
VIII. He ordered two, Ann
Boleyn and Catherine Parr,
executed by beheading.
LUNAR LANDING
Between new moon (Jan.
23) and first quarter moon
(Jan. 30).
Sources: The Associated Press,
Newspaper Enterprise Assn. and
World Almanac Education Group
Tribland
A vehicle reportedly driven
by James B. Herrenstein of 2420
S. Wabash Ave. Monday struck
a private bridge in Juniata.
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Lotteries
WINNING NUMBERS
Tuesday
Nebraska Pick 5 ...............1-7-8-13-38
Jackpot: $118,000
2by2..................Red 3-14, White 10-21
Kansas Pick 3.............................5-2-9
Nebraska Pick 3.........................3-1-3
MyDaY....................................1-21-27
MegaMillions . . . 10-22-24-36-49-Y33
Megaplier: 4
Lawrence L. Ernst of 820 N.
Second Ave. reported Monday
that a mailbox, post and bucket of dirt was taken at his residence.
Joe Parr and the Hired Guns,
Friday, 27th, 9:00 p.m. to
12:30 a.m. at Halftime Lounge
-Adv.
Eagles bingo Thursday, 7:00;
pig and 60 number bonanza. Adv.
Will pay top dollar for Hastings Brewing Company signs
or other items. 308-379-9320. Adv.
Area funerals
Friday
uElayne Daniels, 91, of Hastings,
11 a.m. at the First Congregational
United Church of Christ in Hastings.
uBudd Edgington, 68, of Kearney,
10:30 a.m. at First St Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Hastings.
uViola Gerloff, 87, of Hastings,
10 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in
Hastings.
uRichard Rose, 59, of Blue Hill, 3
p.m. at Merten-Butler Mortuary
chapel in Blue Hill.
Adams County Judge Robert
Ide Tuesday sentenced
Christopher J. Crecelius, 28, of
1002 N. Washington Ave. to
one year of probation and a
$400 fine for driving under the
influence of alcohol on Jan. 3,
2010. Ide found Crecelius guilty
Sept. 6, 2010, after a May 20,
2010, trial to the judge. DUI is a
Class W misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail
and a $500 fine.
A vehicle reportedly driven
by Marcia F. Kister of 409 N.
Kansas Ave. Monday struck a
parked vehicle owned by
Aaron J. Bernard of 1342 N.
St. Joseph Ave. at St. Joseph
Avenue near 14th Street.
Jackie Knight 85th birthday
February 5. Please send cards
to Box E, c/o Hastings Tribune,
P.O. Box 788, Hastings 68902.
-Adv.
Calendar
HASTINGS
u Toddler Time for ages 3 and
under, 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the
Hastings Public Library, 517 W.
Fourth St. For more information, call
402-461-2346.
u Bingo, 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Eagles Club, 107 N. Denver Ave.
u Al-Anon, noon Thursday, The
Kensington, 233 N. Hastings Ave.
u Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,
5:15, and 8 p.m., 521 S. St. Joseph
Ave.; 7 p.m. (Women’s group), 907
S. Kansas Ave.; and 8 p.m., Faith
Lutheran Church, 837 Chestnut
Ave. Thursday.
u Red Cross Bloodmobile, noon to
5:15 p.m. Thursday, First
Congregational United Church of
Christ. Make appointment at 1-800GIVE-LIFE.
u Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 422 N. Burlington Ave.,
rear entrance.
JUNIATA
u Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.
Thursday, United Methodist Church
basement, 610 N. Adams Ave.
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Obama: President
challenges GOP in
State of the Union
LAURA BEAHM/Tribune
Members of team Ravenclaw, including CJ Vickars, Joe Hamik, Zach Maurer and Laurel Erickson, celebrate a correct answer
during quiz bowl on the last day of the Harry Potter J-Term class Tuesday at Hastings College.
Harry: Potter goes to college
Continued from page A1
On Tuesday, the last day of
class, students were encouraged
to dress up and bring some of
their favorite Harry Potter
foods for the quiz bowl tournament and party.
The two sections of the class,
one taught by Ben Waller and
the other by Antje Anderson,
competed against each other in
the tournament: Ravenclaw vs.
Hufflepuff, named for two of
the four Hogwarts houses.
Students answered questions
about everything from Ginny
Weasley’s full first name —
answer: Ginevra — to the meal
served to Harry and the
Dursleys in the hotel early in
the first book.
“I don’t know. Um, zebra
cakes,” answered sophomore
Joe Ritzdorf.
He was wrong. Fortunately
his teammates knew the
answer was tinned tomatoes on
toast with stale cornflakes —
and the team still got a point.
Ritzdorf, a member of the
Hufflepuff team, said he was
surprised to learn how much
his classmates knew about the
Harry Potter universe.
“I’m just in the beginning
phase,” he said. “I’ve read the
series twice I think.”
Waller said the class almost
taught itself with many of the
students having read the books
more than a dozen times.
“We were worried we wouldn’t have enough spots because
this is the generation that has
really grown up with Harry
Potter,” he said.
During the three-week class,
students were required to read
all seven books and watch all
eight movies.
In class, the students dis-
guys,” but centers on how best
to keep the middle class growing in America.
The administration has
worked hard to strike deals with
congressional Republicans on a
wide array of issues, he said,
including steps to rein in the
mounting federal deficit. But
Biden added that time after
time in talks he held with congressional figures in both parties, he was told little could be
accomplished because of the
wall of opposition from 86 conservative House Republicans.
“It’s like the tail is wagging
the dog,” the vice president said.
House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor, R-Va., called the differences between the parties
“stark” and said he thought little could be accomplished on
the federal debt until the two
sides come to grips with the
skyrocketing costs of health
care and the Medicare program.
“I don’t think anyone wants to
pay higher taxes,” Cantor said.
And he said Washington needs
to “get out of the mindset” that
the country’s problems can be
solved with new programs and
accept that small business “is the
backbone” of the economy.
Nebraska: Lawmakers
respond to president
LAURA BEAHM/Tribune
Beau Neville sets up a Hogwarts Express model train on the final day of the Harry Potter
J-Term class Tuesday at Hastings College.
cussed the books as literature
with themes of life and death,
good and evil.
“We wanted to show them
that something they love can
be the object of academic
inquiry,” Waller said. “We
talked about these books as literature and these movies as
films.”
Freshman Sierra Walker said
one of the most interesting
topics of discussion was the differing views on death among
the good and evil characters in
the series.
Lord Voldemort, the major
antagonist in the series, feared
death and created multiple
pieces of himself to ward off
death.
His opponents, members of
the Order of the Phoenix, were
open to the idea of death if
that meant stopping
Voldemort.
“Dumbledore says in the first
book, ‘To the well-organized
mind, death is but the next
great adventure,’ which is kind
of the theme throughout the
series,” Walker said. “While
Voldemort is running away
from death, the people opposing him are willing to embrace
it.”
Many of the students were
serious Harry Potter fans, like
junior Cassie Waldron who
read the first four books 15
times each by the time she was
in sixth grade.
“I was waiting for the fifth
book to come out and then I
got burned out,” she said.
“Then I picked them back up
again once I got to college.”
Waldron was the one who
suggested to Waller that he
teach a J-Term class about
Harry Potter.
He had planned to teach a
class about the “Lord of the
Rings” trilogy, but Waldron
said Harry Potter would be
more relevant for the students.
Gerwig, who came to class
Tuesday dressed as character
Luna Lovegood, said she’s
always been a fan and was
thrilled to see a Harry Potter
class being taught at HC.
“As soon as I learned about
this class, I signed up,” she
said.
As for her Luna Lovegood
costume, Gerwig said she’s
been adding pieces to the costume for the past several years.
“I identify with her well
because she’s kind of crazy but
they all still like her,” Gerwig
said. “But they kind of
acknowledge that she’s a little
weird. I like her eccentricity
because even among weirdos
she’s weird.”
FC: $9.8M bond election set for March 13
Even though the election
will occur just two months
after the date it was established, the Fillmore Central
facilities committee has
researched aspects of the project for nearly three years.
The facilities committee,
composed of about 15 FC parents, teachers and other
patrons, began in April 2009
looking into the district’s needs
and priorities.
Committee members determined that the high school
should provide adequate athletic and performing arts facilities on-site rather than continuing use of the downtown
gymnasium and Rialto II
Theatre. Both of these buildings are aging and fail to meet
current standards for athletic
and performing arts.
The high school was built 37
years ago, and no major renovations have occurred since
then.
Superintendent Mark Norvell
said Nebraska law dictates that
a special election cannot be
conducted within 45 days
before or 45 days after the May
15 primary election. He said it
was important to individuals
involved in the project that the
prime time. House Republicans
greeted his words with stony
silence.
The Democratic president’s
vision of an activist government broke sharply with
Republican demands for less
government intervention to
allow free enterprise. The stark
differences will be evident in
the White House’s dealings
with Congress and in the presidential campaign over the next
10 months.
In the Republican response to
the president’s address, Indiana
Gov. Mitch Daniels, who once
considered a White House bid,
railed against the “extremism”
of an administration that stifles
economic growth.
“No feature of the Obama
presidency has been sadder than
its constant effort to divide us, to
curry favor with some Americans
by castigating others,” Daniels
said, speaking from Indianapolis.
“As in previous moments of
national danger, we Americans
are all in the same boat.”
Vice President Joe Biden said
Wednesday the protracted policy fight with Republicans is
“not about bad guys and good
bond election be separate from
the primary.
“The committee felt like it’s a
single-issue thing voted on by
people interested in it,” he said.
Three information meetings
will occur throughout the district during February: 7 p.m.
Feb. 8 at the high school, 1410
L St.; 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at the
Fairmont American Legion,
525 F St.; and 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at
the Rialto II Theatre, 162 N.
Ninth St.
The downtown practice gym
will be opened for tours on the
nights of the Geneva meetings.
The meetings will be question-and-answer sessions,
Norvell said. District officials
will present information about
the project, but not pros and
cons.
He said three meetings
should give patrons enough
opportunities to gather the
necessary information that
would allow them to make a
decision.
“I think that’s pretty standard,” he said. “York had a
bond issue in the fall. They had
three public meetings, and
they’re 11/2 times bigger than
us. Yeah, I think it’s enough.”
If the bond issue fails,
Norvell said, district officials
will survey patrons, especially
those who voted against the
bond.
“We’d certainly regroup and
see what people would prefer,”
he said.
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www.fillmorecentral.org.
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people to work and help secure
America’s future.”
Nelson focused on Obama’s
ideas to expand American energy, whether from natural
resources or renewable sources
like biofuels.
“Today, the ethanol we produce displaces 445 million barrels of oil that we don’t have to
import from unstable areas of
the world. It’s creating more
than 400,000 American jobs,
including more than 1,300 jobs
in Nebraska,” Nelson said. “But
we can and should do better
for the economy, the environment and America’s push for
greater energy independence.
By ending the job-killing gridlock, we can expand our
domestic energy production
from natural and renewable
resources. We’ll create more
jobs and have more ‘made in
America’ energy.”
Third District Rep. Adrian
Smith, R-Neb., said Congress
and the Obama administration
need to work together to
advance an aggressive trade
agenda to create jobs at home.
He said he’s committed to finding areas of common ground
with the president, so the
country can move forward.
At the same time, Smith said
strengthening the economy
and creating jobs are
Nebraskans’ first priorities, and
the state’s residents aren’t looking for more of the same policies from the last three years.
“More government, more
taxes, more stimulus spending.
It hasn’t worked,” Smith said.
“Our tax system needs a com-
prehensive overhaul which
simplifies the code, lowers rates
and broadens the base. We
need a budget which reins in
Washington’s overspending
and fundamental reforms to
uphold our safety net.”
Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb.,
was more critical of Obama.
“We need to work together to
reduce our debt, loosen the
chokehold regulations have on
our economy and help people
on main street be more successful,” Johanns said. “Tonight’s
speech started with a lot of
lofty rhetoric, some of which I
agree with like innovative community college programs to
train workers and removing
burdensome regulations. We
have, however, heard lofty rhetoric from this president in the
past that just hasn’t matched
his policies of big government,
more spending and higher
taxes. Only time will tell if that
will be the case once again.”
Johanns said he also welcomes expanding the country’s
domestic energy reserves, but
Obama’s promises to do so ring
hollow just days after his rejection of the Keystone XL oil
pipeline.
“Not revisiting that decision
tonight was a missed opportunity to create tens of thousands
of American jobs and decrease
our dependence on unfriendly
energy sources,” Johanns said.
“I too am ready to work with
anyone in an effort to find
solutions to the problems facing our country, and I hope the
president’s future actions will
be more constructive to that
end than his past policies.”
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Senator’s TSA
debacle an
unfortunate
reality
Scripps Howard News Service
The Transportation Security Administration
denied Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky
and the son of GOP presidential candidate Rep.
Ron Paul, permission to board a flight from
Nashville, Tenn., to Washington after his knee set
off a scanner.
Paul offered to go through the scanner again,
but TSA screeners insisted on a full-body patdown, “pat-down” being a euphemism for a thorough groping. Paul was escorted to a cubicle
where he said he was “detained.” Meanwhile, he
missed his flight.
The TSA denies he was “detained,” but anyone
who’s been taken to one of those cubicles knows
the authorities subtly convey that the consequences of leaving before they’re ready to let you
could be pretty grave. Indeed. Paul was escorted
from the cubicle by police who, you would think,
wouldn’t be needed if he truly was not being
detained.
Paul was able to book a later flight and apparently passed through security without incident,
but only after being needlessly inconvenienced.
To which we say: Good.
A very real worry when the TSA first undertook
intrusive screening was that VIPs would get special
treatment, being whisked through express lines
wearing their belts and shoes and without the hassle of being randomly pulled aside for “special
screening.”
Remember the infamous “No-Fly List"? Those
with names on the list were forbidden from boarding commercial airliners.
The list seemed to have been randomly compiled. And those trying to find out why their
name was on it — and, more importantly, how to
get it off — found themselves in an impenetrable
bureaucratic maze.
The agency seemed blithely indifferent to the
frustration and inconvenience this incompetently
assembled list caused.
The late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy was
on it, and he was stopped and delayed every time
he tried to fly to and from Boston. It took
Kennedy three weeks of direct appeals to thenHomeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to get off
the list.
Catherine Stevens, wife of the late Alaska Sen.
Ted Stevens, was frequently delayed because of
confusion with activist singer Yusuf Islam, whose
name hasn’t been Cat Stevens for years, and who,
moreover, is a male.
Civil-rights hero Rep. John Lewis was on the
list. So, for a while, was Nelson Mandela.
The point being that as long as VIPs — and
especially members of Congress — get the same
overbearing, needlessly intrusive and, from a security standpoint, probably worthless treatment,
there ‘s hope for improvement.
Once the Rand Pauls are free from the hassles
visited on the rest of us, we, the common people,
are left defenseless against TSA’s assorted indignities and intrusions.
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Parents’ tough choices make them heroes
W
hen he is older, I will tell my
grandson Henry this story. It
is his story, mostly. But it also
belongs to other children
who were, like him, born
into a world where one income is seldom
enough to support a family, but were lucky
enough to have parents who made it work.
It’s a good story. He will like it.
“Henry,” I will say, deepening my voice to
sound like Catwoman, in the hope of holding
his attention, “listen up. I’m getting old.
Never mind how old. I want to tell you this
before I forget. Are you ready?
“When you were 4 months old — the size,
shape and sweetness of a big sack of sugar —
your mama had to go back to work.
“This was not something she wanted to do.
She loved being a teacher, and she was good
at it. But thanks to you, she had recently discovered the job she was best at, and loved
most of all: being your mama.
“Yes, even on days when you threw hissy fits
reminiscent of your late, great-grandmother.
“Your daddy worked hard, too, long hours
at a restaurant. But when it came time to
decide who’d look after you while your mama
was at school, he said, ‘I will. I want to take
care of my son.’
“That is what he said, Henry. I heard it with
my own ears. And you know I have really big
ears.
“So he switched shifts at the
restaurant to work nights and
stay home with you by day.
“This was no small thing.
Knights battling dragons
were never as brave as your
daddy. Not that he wasn’t up
to the task. He was, absoluteSharon
ly. But he didn’t know it at
Randall
the time. He’d spent only an
occasional hour alone with
you. Could you both survive an all-day
smackdown? We were soon to see.
“That is where I came in. Your mama, ever
the planner, asked me to fly in from Las Vegas
(where you and your cousins would attend
Nana Camp every summer) to be on hand to
“help out” the first two weeks.
“I was happy to do so, if only for the chance
to smell your neck. I loved smelling it then as
much as I do now. Only, back then you
smelled like milk. Now you smell like ... a boy.
“This also allowed me to hang out with
your daddy, whom I’d loved long before you
were born but not as much as I’d come to
love him in the next two weeks.
“Imagine our surprise the first day your
mama went back to school (after she nursed
you, changed you, pumped breast milk for
later and kissed you a thousand times) when
you flat-out refused to take a bottle.
“I told your daddy not to worry, you’d eat
when you got hungry. It was not the last time
you would prove me wrong.
“Hours passed like root canals and you, little toad, kept crying.
“Your daddy rocked you, sang to you,
changed your diaper, swung you around the
house like a June bug on a string.
“Finally, in desperation, he took a spoon
and ladled your mama’s milk into your
mouth. You lapped it up like a kitten.
“And that’s when I knew what I’d suspected
all along: Your daddy was going to take good
care of you. When your mama came home
from school each day, you might cling to her
like a cat trying to avoid a bath. But you and
your daddy were going to be the best of friends.
“Not every boy is as lucky as you are,
Henry, to know and be known by his father.
Your dad knows this. Maybe that’s why he
loves taking care of you.
“Maybe that’s why he said being with you
had made him the happiest he’d ever been.
“Or maybe it was because you smelled like
milk and tasted like sugar and threw fits like
your late great-grandmother.
“Either way, he’s my hero. I suspect he will
be yours, too.”
Sharon Randall is an award-winning columnist.
Her email is randallbay@earthlink.net.
GOP surfers struggle to catch winning wave
I
t is so very 20th century, but the GOP
presidential debates have shown us that
television can still create powerful political
waves — video waves — that candidates
can catch just right and ride to victory.
Unless they become so enamored of their
swift success that they start preening and posturing — and lose their balance, their board
and their wave.
That’s where we are right now in the updown-and-up-again 2012 Republican presidential campaign. At every stop, in every
debate, GOP candidates all vowed to be the
strongest leader. Those who could afford it,
especially forever-presumed front-runner Mitt
Romney, bought costly television ads that
hailed their strengths, virtues and vision.
But all their glowing self-portraits could
always be undone by reality-TV performances
that voters could see for themselves. We know
that because of a time-tested Marxist theory.
It is drawn not from the works of Karl, but
the works of Groucho, Chico and Harpo.
The key to what has happened in the 2012
Republican campaign comes from a classic
line in the Marx Brothers’ 1933 comedy
“Duck Soup.”
Background: Groucho Marx, playing Rufus
T. Firefly, ruler of the tiny country of
Fredonia, wants to wangle secret war plans
from strait-laced Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret
Dumont). But Firefly rivals Chicolini (Chico
Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx) want the
plans, too. They are disguised as Firefly to
trick her. The big moment comes when Firefly
leaves Mrs. Teasdale’s boudoir — just as
Chicolini, wearing a fake
moustache, crawls out from
under the bed. He says he is
Firefly and insists he never
left the room.
“But I saw you with my
own eyes,” Mrs. Teasdale
insists. So Chicolini asks the
classic question: “Well, who
Martin
are you gonna believe, me or
your
own eyes?”
Schram
In Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, voters will tell us
whether they believe the candidates’ self-portraits or believe what they have seen with
their own eyes in TV debates and on the TV
news.
That’s how Romney was undone in South
Carolina.
Twice in debates this past week, Romney
was asked about releasing his income taxes.
Twice voters saw him mumbling and fumbling — bizarre, since his staff had to have
rehearsed him for this obvious topic. He
should have used his obscenely, but legally,
low tax rate as the example of why he will
lead us in sweeping tax reform. But he didn’t.
In contrast, in the last South Carolina
debate, Newt Gingrich was gifted with what
he needed most to make voters see him as the
nominee who could be far stronger in campaigning against President Barack Obama in
the general election. CNN’s John King opened
the debate by asking Gingrich about the new
claim from his second (of three) wives — that
Gingrich had wanted an open marriage so he
could continue his affair with his present wife.
If King had not existed, Gingrich would
have had to invent him.
With carefully measured firmness, Gingrich
did what he always does to wring applause
from Republican audiences. He hammered
the news media — here King and CNN — for
deigning to open a presidential debate with
such a question. Gingrich was extraordinarily
effective and changed many minds. More
than half the voters polled in exit surveys said
they made their choice in the last 48 hours.
Bottom line: Gingrich was right. This tabloid
topic was not a fit way to open a debate in a
nation where millions are jobless. It deserved
to be brought up after jobs, war and peace
had already been discussed.
Romney was knocked off his boogie board
and his video wave. Gingrich was surfing as
never before.
But this week, in the surf-and-sand primary
state of Florida, a walloped-but-wiser Romney
may have caught belatedly a bigger and better
wave. In a Monday debate, Romney firmly
but methodically lambasted Gingrich as an
“influence peddler” for making $1.6 million
from Freddie Mac — which Gingrich laughably once explained away as just a historian’s
job. Gingrich, the K Street surfer, appeared to
passively struggle to stay on his board.
Candidates know how swiftly video waves
can sweep the nation, from coast to coast.
And they also know the perils of a slip — the
undertow can be fatal.
Martin Schram writes political analysis for
Scripps Howard News Service.
Voice of the People
HK1 A KNOCKOUT
Hastings fight fans were treated
to a truly incredible event Saturday
at the Adams County Fairgrounds.
“HK1,” the first mixed-martial arts
event in Hastings in over four
years, was a grand success.
I was proud to serve as legal counsel for Hard Knocks Gym, Kopz N
Konz Tattoo, and Disorderly
Conduct, the fight promoters. The
promoters, as well as local sponsors
and media, made the event a big
hit. The fairgrounds also played a
major part by giving the promoters
an opportunity to put on a show to
a packed house Saturday night. The
event proved that local fight fans
are the most enthusiastic and supportive in the area.
In addition to the overall success
of the event, kudos go out to the
area fighters who participated in the
event. Those unfamiliar with the
sport need to watch our local amateur and pro fighters who give their
all at these events — bringing home
victories for themselves and the
entire Hard Knocks organization.
These men spend countless
hours training and preparing for
events such as HK1, and to see
them competing is nothing short
of amazing. We have some unbelievably skilled fighters in Hastings
and the surrounding area, and
their talents should be recognized.
This event was the result of
seemingly unending meetings,
conferences, and planning. None
of this would have been possible
without the dedication of the promoters, friends, family and volunteers who made this happen. We’re
all proud of the results of our
efforts, and hope to schedule
another MMA event in the near
future. This was a fine example of
what determined people with a
unique idea can accomplish.
Michael Mead
Juniata
Hastings/Region
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Terry’s bill moves control of pipeline
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MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON — A
Republican bill that would strip
President Barack Obama of his
authority to decide on a Canadato-Texas oil pipeline raises “serious”
legal questions, the State
Department said Wednesday in
objecting to the bill.
Assistant Secretary of State KerriAnn Jones told Congress that the
bill “imposes narrow time constraints and creates automatic mandates that prevent an informed
decision” on the $7 billion
Keystone XL pipeline.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lee
Terry, R-Neb., would transfer
authority over the 1,700-mile
pipeline to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
Obama blocked the $7 billion
pipeline last week, saying officials
did not have enough time to
review an alternate route that
avoided environmentally sensitive
areas of Nebraska.
The plan by Calgary-based
TransCanada Corp. would carry tar
sands oil from western Canada
across Montana, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma
en route to refineries on the Texas
Gulf Coast.
Jones said Obama’s Jan. 18 decision to reject the pipeline was not
based on the merits of the project,
but on the fact that officials did
not have enough time to review
the project before a deadline
imposed by Congress.
“We fought in World War II in
less time than it has taken to
decide on this project,” shot back
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. “In all
due respect, it is an insult to the
American people to say you need
more time.”
MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP
Protestors against the Keystone XL pipeline dressed as referees
throw red penalty flags during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington
Tuesday.
TransCanada first applied to
build the pipeline in 2008, under
the Bush administration.
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SEILER PLANNING TO RUN
FOR DISTRICT 33 SEAT
District 33 Sen. Les Seiler of Hastings
announced Tuesday he will seek a full term
in the Nebraska Legislature, and planned to
file for election this morning with the
Nebraska Secretary of State.
Gov. Dave Heineman appointed Seiler to
fulfill the legislative term vacated by the late
Sen. Dennis Utter earlier this month.
“I would like the opportunity to represent
District 33 in the upcoming legislative session and to address the issues most important to the people of Adams and Hall
Counties,” Seiler said in a news release. “I
believe Nebraskans deserve a state senator
with a responsible and common sense
approach to navigate the challenges our state
faces.”
Seiler is a member of the education committee and government, military, and veterans affairs committee.
“Although I have only been in the legislature for a short amount of time, it is an
honor to serve the people of District 33 and
the state of Nebraska. I feel there is more I
would like to accomplish in the Nebraska
Legislature on behalf of the constituents of
the district,” he said.
District 33 encompasses all of Adams
County and the southern and western portions of Hall County including Cairo, Wood
River and Doniphan.
HPS BOARD FILINGS
Three existing members of the Hastings
Board of Education have filed for re-election
this month.
Board vice president Jim Boeve of 1514
Arapahoe Ave. was the first to file.
He was followed by president Jessica
Meeske of 1125 N. Lincoln Ave. and Laura
Schneider of 2519 W. 10th St., who both filed
Friday.
Boeve and Meeske both were appointed to
the board in 2007 to replace outgoing members. They were then elected for their first full
term in November 2008.
This would also be Schneider’s second full
term as a member of the board.
Incumbents must file for reelection by Feb.
15 while new candidates have until March 1
to file for all offices.
COUNTY BOARD FILING
Michael J. Weeks of Juniata will run for
election to the District 2 seat on the Adams
County Board of Supervisors as a Republican.
The seat is currently filled by board
Chairman Larry Woodman, who has
announced he will retire from the board this
year. Weeks filed for election Jan. 4.
Supervisor Scott Thomsen’s District 4 seat
and Supervisor Chuck Neumann’s District 6
seat also are on the ballot this year. Thomsen
and Neumann both have filed for re-election.
Everett Goebel also has filed for re-election
to the 1st Ward seat on the Hastings City
Council.
Also on the ballot this year are Michael
Krings’ 2nd Ward seat, Kathy Peterson’s 3rd
Ward seat and Chuck Niemeyer’s 4th Ward
seat. Krings, Peterson and Niemeyer had not
filed as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Wendy Taucher choreographed Hastings College’s production of “The Club.”
Choreographer brings N.Y. energy
TAUCHER HELPING
WITH J-TERM MUSICALS
PATRICK WHITE
I
t’s not unusual to see Wendy Taucher’s short
hair fly about in all directions while showing
actors at Hastings College how to make a quick
pose.
The choreographer and director from Hell’s
Kitchen, N.Y., isn’t short on energy or ideas. She has
been providing both while helping with two musicals
for HC’s J-Term session: “The Club” and “Assassins.”
HC student Emily Funkey, an actress in “The
Club,” said Taucher’s methods are unique.
“It’s impressive how Wendy can describe a movement and the energy she wants and you immediately
get it,” said the Hastings High grad.
Taucher was invited to Hastings by her friend, HC
professor of theater arts Jim Fritzler, to assist with the
two musicals. The two met in New York.
“He was teaching at a choreographer’s workshop
that I took once a hundred years ago,” Taucher said.
They have worked together on and off through the
years. Taucher recalls when Fritzler took his sabbatical
and volunteered at the theater she was working at on
Martha’s Vineyard.
Taucher said Hastings has a gift in Fritzler.
“Jim brings a little bit of New York to Hastings,”
she said.
Living temporarily in south central Nebraska is a
sharp contrast from Taucher’s life in New York.
“Hastings is very quiet and self-contained,” she
said. “Interesting people, but a lot fewer. New York is
fast-paced and there’s hundreds of interesting people
around at any given moment. You can do anything
at any time and you often do.”
Taucher has worked on 50-plus shows, including
some of her own work. She’s choreographed everything from “Grease” and “Sound of Music” to large
grandiose operas like Mozart’s “Impresario.”
Geneva YRTC receives high marks
INSTITUTION RECEIVES
RE-ACCREDITATION
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
GENEVA — The Youth
Rehabilitation & Treatment Center
on the western edge of town here
remains among the best of the best
in the corrections field.
That was the assessment of the
American Correctional Association
after YRTC-Geneva earned a threeyear re-accreditation at the ACA
winter conference Saturday in
Phoenix. The ACA’s Commission on
Accreditation for Corrections
announced the re-accreditation following a hearing at the conference.
The YRTC-Geneva is a juvenile
facility for female delinquents up to
age 19 and is operated by the Office
of Juvenile Services within the
Nebraska Department of Health and
Human Services’ Division of
Children and Family Services.
This is its ninth re-accreditation
since the center’s initial accreditation in 1981.
Dan Scarborough, facility administrator in Geneva, said in a news
release announcing the re-accredidation that the ACA re-accreditation
serves as a national benchmark for
the effective operation of correction-
al systems.
Scarborough said following a selfassessment of the center’s operations
and standards compliance, ACA
auditors visited Geneva in August
2011 for an intense three-day audit.
The auditors examined the
Geneva center against 368 best-practice standards. The process culminated Saturday.
Scarborough praised the YRTCGeneva staff for maintaining accreditation.
“More than any past accreditation,
this was a total staff effort, with all
staff members contributing at some
level,” he said in the news release.
Please see YRTC/page A6
Zimmerman retires after 48 years with HU
BETSY HERRMAN
bherrman@hastingstribune.com
After spending more than twothirds of his life
working at the
same job, Gerry
Zimmerman retired
this month.
Zimmerman, 69,
of Hastings worked
48 years in the
storeroom for
Hastings Utilities.
Zimmerman
HU Manager Marv
Schultes said Zimmerman is the
longest-serving employee in HU’s
records.
The Board of Public Works presented him with a certificate of
appreciation for his service earlier
this month. An end table in
Zimmerman’s house is filled with
cards from well-wishers and coworkers.
Zimmerman said he started working for Can Nebraska a year after he
graduated from high school.
“I traveled five states, out 11 days
and in four. I was newly married and
thought at the time, ‘This is not
going to work.’ So I applied for a job
with the city,” he said.
Zimmerman took placement tests
and was given a job in the storeroom, where he stayed the rest of
his career. His job duties included
tracking inventory, checking out
materials to lineman and other
departments, and putting retired
material on the shelves.
He started out working in a storeroom east of the North Denver
Please see HU/page A6
Rick Wilbur was driving a
truck mounted with a snowplow about 2 a.m. Dec. 4
when he saw something he
had always dreaded: a person
lying in the street.
Wilbur, who works for the
city of Hastings Street
Department, was helping clear
snow after the area’s first big
storm. He had heard about a
co-worker who discovered a
dead body in a ditch years ago,
and hoped he would never
find something like that.
He had just turned off
South Street and started to
plow Minnesota when he saw
a person lying in the snow.
“I thought for sure it was
somebody deceased,” Wilbur
said.
He got out of his truck and
walked toward the man, who
was face down in the snow.
Wilbur could only see the
man’s coat.
“He tried to push himself
up,” Wilbur said. “He was
very cold. I asked if he was all
right and he couldn’t really
say anything.”
Wilbur called 911 and
asked for a police car. When
police arrived minutes later,
they called an ambulance to
take the man to Mary
Lanning Memorial
HealthCare.
Wilbur feels lucky that he
happened upon the man,
because he normally doesn’t
plow that area.
“I was going to do the next
street over, so I could have
missed it,” he said. “I don’t
think he had a lot longer if
he laid there any longer.”
He also is thankful that visibility was good and he could
see the man. “If it was still
snowing like the day before, I
may not have seen him,” he
said. “I could have easily driven right over him where he
was.”
A few days later the man
called the Street Department
to talk to Wilbur and the
department supervisor, Dick
Douglas. He told Wilbur his
core body temperature was
down to 88 degrees.
“So he was probably pretty
close to having frostbite,”
Wilbur said. “He told me he
lost his glasses. He fell and
lost his glasses and then got
up and hit his head.”
Mayor Vern Powers presented Wilbur with a certificate of appreciation at the
Hastings City Council meeting Monday night and read a
letter from Douglas.
“I know that police officers
and firemen save lives daily,
but it’s not often that street
department staff is put into a
situation where they have to
make a life-saving decision,”
Douglas wrote. “(The man)
felt that if Rick had not found
him, he would not have
Please see SNOW/page A6
Region/State
A6
Local
PARTY BUSTED
Police cited 34 individuals for
minor in possession of alcohol
early this morning at the 700
block of East Seventh Street.
The citations were made
after police received a report
at 12:07 a.m. of a loud party
at the residence.
Those cited were 11 20year-olds, 18 19-year-olds and
five 18-year-olds.
State
COLLEGE FUNDING
BILL ADVANCES
LINCOLN — A bill that
seeks to ease a long-standing
funding fight between
Nebraska’s urban and rural community colleges has advanced
for debate in the Legislature.
The Education Committee
voted 6-0 Tuesday to advance a
bill that would change the
funding formula for Nebraska’s
six community colleges.
York Sen. Greg Adams said
his bill (LB946) would make it
easier for each college to predict how much they will
receive each year in state aid.
The community colleges
agreed to the new formula
after months of closed-door
talks. But one member of
Omaha’s Metropolitan
Community College Board
argued Tuesday that his
school still wasn’t getting its
fair share. Board member
Dave Newell says the new formula unfairly favors smaller,
rural community colleges
with fewer students.
STD BILL KILLED
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers have killed a bill that
would have allowed the partners of people with chlamydia or gonorrhea to receive
prescription drugs without
first seeing a doctor.
The measure by Lincoln
Sen. Amanda McGill fell four
votes short Wednesday of the
25 needed to advance through
first-round legislative debate.
The bill (LB304) would have
allowed physicians, physician
assistants and advanced practice
registered nurses to provide oral
drugs for an infected patient’s
partner, even if the partner has
not been examined.
McGill says the measure is
needed to address a state epidemic of sexually transmitted
diseases, and cites lower rates
of reinfection in states that
have adopted similar laws.
Bill opponents questioned
the risk of prescribing drugs
to people who could be allergic, or creating drug-resistant
strains of bacteria.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Three-year-old girl injured in collision
TODDLER, TWO
OTHERS TRANSPORTED
TO MLMH
WILL VRASPIR
wvraspir@hastingstribune.com
Three Hastings residents,
including a 3-year-old girl,
went to the hospital
Wednesday after being
involved in a van collision
with a tractor-trailer at U.S.
Highway 281 and 33rd Street.
Jeremy J. Peterson, 31,
Tammy J. Shaw, 33, and
Kaitlyn Libby, 3, all of 822 E.
Park St. were taken to Mary
Lanning Memorial
HealthCare. Peterson was
treated and released. Shaw
and her daughter, Kaitlyn,
were admitted to the hospital.
Both were in stable condition
this morning.
Peterson reportedly entered
the intersection eastbound in
a silver 1999 Chevrolet
Astrovan when he collided
with a red 2000 tractor-trailer
driven southbound by
Michael T. Kramer of Paxton.
Kramer told police he tried to
stop for a changing light but
couldn’t, and he struck the
front driver’s side corner of
the van.
The accident occurred
about 11:15 a.m.
The van flipped around.
Shaw and Kaitlyn were ejected from the van, and
Peterson was partially ejected.
The toddler was in a child
safety seat, but the adults
were not wearing seat belts.
Kramer was not injured in
the collision.
Southbound traffic on U.S.
Highway 281 was rerouted to
Osborne Drive West and East
while officers gathered information at the scene.
There was no visible damage to the tractor-trailer, but
the van was towed away.
AMY ROH/Tribune
Emergency personnel respond to an injury accident at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281
and 33rd Street Tuesday.
Neb. bills offer health insurance exchange plan
MICHAEL AVOK
LINCOLN — Work on Nebraska’s own
version of health care insurance reform
will begin in earnest next month when
bills to create the Nebraska Health Benefit
Exchange Act come up for debate, two
state lawmakers said Tuesday.
Sen. Rich Pahls of Boys Town and
Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha each
have introduced a bill in hopes of having a state law in place before the U.S.
Supreme Court rules on the federal
health care reform plan this summer.
“The nuts and bolts of the two bills
are not really that different, from what I
have read,” Nordquist said. “We are not
dictating a lot in the bills. We are leaving a lot of it up to others to bring their
recommendations to us. We are not
overly descriptive at this point.”
Both bills would create the benefit
exchange act, which is aimed at providing health insurance options for
Nebraskans to buy affordable, quality
health care coverage.
Among the goal areas in the bills:
u Increasing access to quality, affordable health care coverage.
u Reducing the number of uninsured
Nebraskans.
u Providing affordable options for
small businesses to purchase private
health insurance for their employees.
u Providing consumer choice and
portability of health insurance, regardless of employment status.
“My bill would move us forward in
the establishment of a health insurance
exchange, which is an open, transparent
marketplace for consumers, families and
small businesses to shop for the plan
that best fits them,” Nordquist said.
Nebraska is among the many states
that are working on their own laws
instead of waiting for the Supreme Court.
Oral arguments are set for March on
whether the federal plan requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance
by 2014 or face financial penalties is
unconstitutional.
Pahls said it’s important for Nebraska
to have an insurance plan completed
before summer. But it’s also important
that all interested parties from consumers to health care providers to insurance carriers have input.
“We want to make this public and see
where everyone is at, so we can find
some commonality,” Pahls said.
“Because everybody has a stake in it.”
“I don’t know where this will lead us
right now, but it will give us an opportunity to talk about it.”
Nordquist said the bills were offered
as a starting point and voices from all
sides of the issue will be needed as the
state moves into new territory.
HU: Zimmerman retiring after 48 years with utility
Station power plant, then later transferred to a storeroom at West 14th
Street.
He said he enjoyed the work and his
coworkers.
“Well, I’m 69 years old and my wife
worked at the hospital for 43 years. She
retired when she was 62 and then I kept
on working to have insurance. We’re
both on Medicare and what have you. I
thought it was time for me to go,” he
said.
Zimmerman said he has had no trou-
ble filling his days since retiring. Each
day he gets up at 7 a.m. for breakfast
with friends at McDonald’s. Then he
and his wife, Geneen, go for a walk
together.
“Pretty much the rest of the day I’m
working around the house and what
have you. Right now I’m remodeling
my basement,” he said.
He said he’s also looking forward to
working on his genealogy hobby documenting his family’s history and spending time with his two grown daughters
and three grandsons.
YRTC: Geneva facility receives rave reviews during re-accreditation
The re-accreditation process specifically assesses administrative and fiscal
management, staff training and development, records, physical plant, security, safety and emergency procedures,
sanitation, food service, due process,
juvenile rights, treatment/juvenile services and quality of life, he said. The
audit showed that YRTC-Geneva is 100
percent in compliance on all mandatory
standards and 98.5 percent compliant
with non-mandatory standards.
The panel, Scarborough said, praised
YRTC-Geneva’s follow-through on suggestions from past audits, reflecting an
ongoing commitment to accreditation
and excellence.
The audit stated that staff showed a
dedicated, committed ownership in
YRTC-Geneva and were proud to be
part of the organization.
“All staff reported knowing the policy, how to seek supervisor assistance
and even methods to take ideas to the
facility manager,” the news release said,
quoting the audit. “It was very evident
to the entire team that all staff members
employed at the facility had a true passion for working with the youth in their
care.”
The auditors also interviewed youth
at the facility, and said all youth interviewed reported to feel safe there and
that staff really seemed to care about
them.
Residents do not have concerns about
threats of or attacks by other residents.
There were no statements that any
youth had been or seen others mistreated by staff.
Scarborough noted that YRTC-Geneva
uses the ACA standards as an ongoing
guide in operation of the facility.
“ACA’s standards for re-accreditation
are revised based on changing practices,
current case law and agency experience,” he said in the news release. “Reaccreditation reflects how our staff at
Geneva has maintained a high level of
performance and stayed current with
industry changes.”
Snow:
Man saved
by city
employee Pipeline: Terry’s bill would take control away from State Dept.
lived. Rick did contact him a
few days later and the subject
was very grateful.”
Powers thanked Wilbur on
behalf of the city for his service and for looking out for citizens.
“I just hope I did what anybody would do if they found
someone in the middle of the
street face down in the
snow,” Wilbur said.
Obama had delayed a decision on the pipeline in
November, saying his administration needed time to review
an alternate route that avoided
environmentally sensitive areas
of Nebraska — a route that still
has not been proposed. But in
an unrelated tax deal he cut
with congressional
Republicans, Obama had been
boxed into making a decision
by Feb. 21.
The deal required that the
project would go forward
unless Obama declared by that
date that it was not in the
national interest. The president
did just that last week.
Project supporters say U.S.
rejection of the pipeline will
not stop one from being built.
Canadian Prime Minister
Stephen Harper has said
Canada is serious about building a pipeline to its West Coast,
where oil could be shipped to
China and other Asian markets.
TransCanada has said it will
submit a new application once
an alternative route for the
pipeline is established.
Company chief Russ Girling
said a proposed route could be
made public in a few weeks.
TransCanada says the
pipeline could create as many
as 20,000 jobs, a figure opponents say is inflated. A State
Department report last summer
said the pipeline would create
up to 6,000 jobs during construction
The pipeline is a dicey
proposition for Obama, who
enjoyed strong support from
both organized labor and environmentalists in his 2008 campaign for the White House.
Environmental advocates
have made it clear that
approval of the pipeline would
dampen their enthusiasm for
Obama in November. Some liberal donors even threatened to
cut off funds to Obama’s reelection campaign to protest
the project, which opponents
say would transport “dirty oil”
that requires huge amounts of
energy to extract and contributes to greenhouse gas
emissions blamed for global
warming.
By rejecting the pipeline,
Obama also risks losing support
from organized labor, a key
part of the Democratic base, for
thwarting thousands of jobs.
Agri/Business
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A7
Governor’s
Ag Conference
coming soon
KEARNEY EVENT
IS FEB. 15-16;
EARLY REGISTRATION
DEADLINE FEB. 1
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
araun@hastingstribune.com
Nebraska agricultural leaders
and expert presenters from
around the United States will
gather in Kearney Feb. 15-16
for the 24th annual Governor’s
Ag Conference.
“Nebraska Agriculture:
Today’s Challenges,
Tomorrow’s Opportunities” will
be the theme of the two-day
event at the Kearney Holiday
Inn and Convention Center.
Keynote presenter on Feb. 16
will be John Doggett, senior
lectural of International
Entrepreneurship, Management
and Sustainability and senior
research fellow at the
University of Texas at Austin,
speaking on “Debt, Global
Competition and Nebraska
Agriculture.”
The conference begins the
afternoon of Feb. 15 with a
panel presentation, reception
and entertainment. The following day’s program runs from 9
a.m. through the noon luncheon.
The conference is coordinated by the Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
under the auspices of Gov.
Dave Heineman.
Here’s a schedule of what is
planned:
Feb. 15
u 2:30 p.m.: Registration opens
u 3:30 p.m.: Welcome and
announcements by Greg Ibach,
director, state Department of
Agriculture, followed by opening
comments and remarks by Lt. Gov.
Rick Sheehy
u 4 p.m.: “Bridging the Gap”
panel presentation featuring Willow
Holoubek, Alliance for the Future of
Agriculture in Nebraska (A-FAN);
Dawn Caldwell, Common Ground
Nebraska; and Pete McClymont,
We Support Agriculture
u 6 p.m.: Celebrate Nebraska
Agriculture Reception
u 7 p.m: “Y.O.G.O.W.Y.P.I.,” featuring motivational speaker Bill
Cordes
Feb. 16
u 7:30-9 a.m.: Continental breakfast
u 8 a.m.: Registration opens
u 9 a.m.: Welcome and
announcements by Ibach, followed
by welcome and comments by Gov.
Dave Heineman
u 9:15 a.m.: “2012 Farm Bill:
Meeting the Needs of Nebraska
Agriculture Today and in the
Future,” by Bruce Knight, principal
and founder, Strategic Conservation
Solutions
u 10:10 a.m.: “NAYI 2012 —
We’re Growing Places,” by Ethan
Smith and Melissa Keyes, Nebraska
Ag Youth Institute coordinators
u 10:15 a.m.: Break
u 10:30 a.m.: “The World Needs
Nebraska,” by Archie Clutter, dean
of Agricultural Research Service and
director of Nebraska Agricultural
Experiment Stations, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
u 11 a.m.: “World Agriculture
Growth and the U.S. Role,” by Bill
Holbrook, researcher and analyst,
The ProExporter Network
u 11:45 a.m.: Lunch and introduction of Nebraska Ag Youth
Council members, with keynote
address by Doggett
The conference is open to
the public, but a registration
fee is charged. Early registration
ends Feb. 1.
Those interested should call
the Department of Agriculture
at 800-831-0550 or visit
www.agre.ne.gov.
Ag technology event
straight ahead in G.I.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
araun@hastingstribune.com
The Nebraska Agriclultural
Technologies Association and
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
will offer their annual conference and trade show Feb. 1-2 at
the Midtown Holiday Inn in
Grand Island.
A preconference program
Feb. 1 begins with registration
at 8:30 a.m. and runs from 9
a.m to 5 p.m., focusing on variable-rate technologies and
techniques.
General conference registration and exhibits open at 5
p.m. Feb. 1. General sessions
begin 7 p.m. Feb. 1 with
“Nutrient Management: Now
and the Future.” General sessions continue Feb. 2, beginning at 8 a.m. They include:
“An Overview of Today’s
Precision Agriculture Topics
and Issues,” “Employing
Precision Ag Technologies to
Attain Record Corn Yields,” “A
Vision for Nebraska’s
Innovation Campus,” and
“LightSquared Impact on the
Agricultural Section and Clouds
on the Horizon: How
Developments in IT as-a-serve
Technologies Might Impact
Rural America.”
Participants also may choose
Nation
HOME CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON — The
number of Americans who
signed contracts to buy
homes fell in December after
hitting the highest level in a
year and a half.
The National Association
of Realtors says its index of
sales agreements fell 3.5 percent last month to a reading
of 96.6. That’s down from
November’s reading of 100.1.
But the reading is still the
second highest since April
2010, the last month that
buyers could qualify for a
federal home-buying tax
credit.
A reading of 100 is considered healthy.
among 16 breakout sessions
that address topics such as
farm-based networks for irrigation management; automated
section control; variable-rate
irrigation success; smart phone
and tablet applications for the
farm; using automated fourpropeller model helicopters for
crop management; Slingshot
technology; irrigation sensor
remote data access; data collection and analysis strategies;
improving cell and Wi-Fi signals in rural Nebraska; on-thego sensing of soil properties;
innovative techniques
improving the dissemination
of drought-monitoring iformation for the United States;
and JD Apex through a
farmer’s eyes.
Certified Crop Advisor continuing-education credits are
available to conference participants, depnding on participation in pre-conference
programs.
A discount on the registration fee is available up to
Friday. For more information,
call 402-727-2775 or visit
http://neata.org. The address is
Nebraska Ag Technologies
Association, 1206 W. 23rd St.,
Fremont, NE 68025-2504.
Markets
Wednesday’s noon
local markets
Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.12
Soybeans . . . . . . . . . .11.42
Milo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.93
Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.58
Stocks of local interest
The following stocks of local interest were
traded today:
Last
Chg.
117,276
-298
Berkshire Hathaway A
78.20
-.28
Berkshire Hathaway B
ConAgra
27.14
+.13
Eaton Corp.
48.82
+.01
Ingersoll Rand
35.14
+.01
Level 3
19.35
+.47
McDonald’s
98.75
NC
PepsiCo
66.25
+.05
Tricon Global Restaurants 62.21
-.06
Union Pacific
111.46
+.25
Wells Fargo
30.23
-.31
Williams Cos.
28.80
-.26
Wal-Mart
61.17
-.22
TRIBUNE
CLASSIFIEDS WORK!
DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP
In this Aug. 24, 2010, file photo, R. Allen Stanford arrives in custody at the federal courthouse for a hearing in Houston.
Defense strikes back
ATTORNEY IN PONZI SCHEME
CASE SAYS STANFORD’S
EMPIRE WASN’T A FRAUD
JUAN A. LOZANO
H
OUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s
financial empire was real,
his attorney says, and not,
as prosecutors contend,
built on a foundation of lies, theft and
bribes as part of an effort to rob
investors of more than $7 billion
through a vast Ponzi scheme that
spanned more than 20 years.
“It wasn’t a fraud. It wasn’t a pie in
the sky. It was an investment he hoped
would make a real return,” Robert
Scardino, one of Stanford’s attorneys,
said as he prepared to defend the financier at his fraud trial in Houston federal court.
Prosecutors, who are set to present
their first witness Wednesday, contend
the financier ruined the dreams of people who deposited money in his
Caribbean bank as part of efforts to save
for retirement or for their children’s
education. Stanford is on trial for 14
counts, including wire and mail fraud.
“He told them lie after lie after lie.
He stole from them, taking their hard
earned savings so he could live the lavish lifestyle of a billionaire,” federal
prosecutor Gregg Costa told jurors
Tuesday during his opening statement
in Stanford’s trial.
Stanford faces up to 20 years in
prison if convicted. The 61-year-old is
expected to testify during the trial,
which will likely last at least six weeks.
Costa told jurors that Stanford’s business empire was built on a scheme centered on sales of certificates of deposit
from a bank Stanford owned on the
Caribbean island of Antigua, which
promised substantially higher rates of
return on the CDs than U.S. banks and
promised investors their money was
safe.
The prosecutor said Stanford instead
sank investors’ money in a variety of
his own businesses, including two airlines, and that many of these businesses failed. Costa also accused Stanford of
using up to $2 billion of investors’
money as personal loans to buy homes
and yachts and fund cricket matches.
“He treated depositors’ savings like it
was his own personal piggy bank,” he
told the jury.
Once considered one of the United
States’ wealthiest people, with an estimated net worth of more than $2 billion, Stanford became so prominent in
his adopted country of Antigua, where
he took on dual citizenship, that he was
knighted by the Caribbean island’s government and became known as “Sir
Allen.” His financial empire spanned the
U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America.
Stanford’s business empire was run
through the Houston-based Stanford
Financial Group, but at its heart was
Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank.
Prosecutors say Stanford used money
from the sale of the CDs, which were
sold to clients from more than 100
countries, to pay off those purchased
earlier once they matured and to support his other businesses.
Costa said more than $300 million
of depositors’ savings was funneled to
two airlines Stanford ran in the
Caribbean, $20 million to an entity
whose purpose was to pay expenses
related to Stanford’s yacht and $37
million to a company whose purpose
was to promote cricket tournaments
in which Stanford gave out milliondollar prizes.
The prosecutor said Stanford and
three former executives at his companies covered up their misdeeds by fabricating the bank’s records and bribing
Antiguan regulators and auditors with
more than $3 million and with perks
such as Super Bowl tickets.
Stanford’s scheme fell apart in 2008
when his bank was running out of
money and investors couldn’t be paid
back, Costa said.
But Scardino told jurors the financier
was a clever businessman who for 22
years paid investors every penny he
promised them. Scardino said Stanford
didn’t need to steal depositors’ money
and use it as personal loans.
Nation/World
A8
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
US military raid in Somalia frees 2 hostages
SAME SEAL TEAM
YEMEN
Gulf of Aden
THAT KILLED
BIN LADEN RESCUES
AID WORKERS
Helicopter raid
frees hostages
ETHIOPIA
ABDI GULED, KIMBERLY
DOZIER AND KATHARINE
HOURELD
Adado
SOMALIA
Mogadishu
Indian Ocean
0
0
200 mi
200 km
SOURCE: ESRI
AP
MOGADISHU, Somalia —
The same U.S. Navy SEAL unit
that killed Osama bin Laden
parachuted into Somalia under
cover of darkness early
Wednesday and crept up to an
outdoor camp where an
American woman and Danish
man were being held hostage.
Soon, nine kidnappers were dead
and both hostages were freed.
President Barack Obama
authorized the mission by
SEAL Team 6
two days earlier, and minutes after he
gave his State
of the Union
address to
Congress he
was on the
Buchanan
phone with
the American’s father to tell
him his daughter was safe.
The Danish Refugee Council
confirmed the two aid workers,
American Jessica Buchanan and
Poul Hagen Thisted, a Dane,
were “on their way to be
reunited with their families.”
Buchanan, 32, and Thisted,
60, were working with a demining unit of the Danish
Refugee Council when gunmen
kidnapped the two in October.
The raiders came in quickly,
catching the guards as they
were sleeping after having
chewed the narcotic leaf qat for
much of the evening, a pirate
who gave his name as Bile
Hussein told The Associated
Press by phone. Hussein said
he was not present at the site
but had spoken with other
pirates who were, and that
they told him nine pirates had
been killed in the raid and
three were “taken away.”
School lunches
to have more whole
grains, vegetables
MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON —
Schoolchildren’s favorite lunch
— the ubiquitous frozen pizza
— is about to get healthier.
First lady Michelle Obama
and Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack are expected to
announce Wednesday that
most school meals, including
pizza, will have less sodium,
more whole grains and more
fruits and vegetables as sides.
The popular pizzas will still be
on school lunch lines but
made with healthier ingredients.
Mrs. Obama and Vilsack
were making the announcement at an elementary school
in Alexandria, Va., with celebrity chef Rachael Ray.
The new rules, the first major
nutritional overhaul of school
meals in 15 years, won’t be as
aggressive as the Obama
administration had hoped.
Congress last year blocked the
Agriculture Department from
making some of the changes
the department had sought,
including limiting french fries
and pizzas.
A bill passed in November
would require USDA to allow
tomato paste on pizzas to be
counted as a vegetable, as it is
now. The initial draft of the
department’s guidelines,
released a year ago, would have
prevented that. Congress also
blocked USDA from limiting
servings of potatoes to two
servings a week. The final rule
to be announced Wednesday
will have to incorporate those
directions from Congress.
The congressional changes
had been requested by potato
growers and food companies
that produce frozen pizzas for
schools, among others in the
food industry. Conservatives in
Congress called the guidelines
an overreach, saying the government shouldn’t be telling
children what to eat. School
districts had also objected to
some of the requirements, saying they go too far and would
cost too much.
A U.S. official confirmed media
reports that the SEALs parachuted into the area before moving
on foot to the target. The official
said SEAL Team 6 carried out the
mission. The raid happened near
the Somali town of Adado.
The hostage rescue was carried out by the same SEAL unit
behind the operation in
Pakistan last May that killed
bin Laden, two U.S. officials
said on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. The
unit is the Naval Special
Warfare Development Group,
also known as SEAL Team 6.
One official said that the team
parachuted into the area before
moving on foot to the target.
New intelligence emerged
last week that Buchanan’s
health was “deteriorating rapidly,” so Obama directed his
security team to develop a rescue plan, according to a senior
administration official who was
not authorized to speak publicly. A Danish Refugee Council
official, Mary Ann Olsen, said
that Buchanan was “not that
ill” but needed medicine.
“As Commander-in-Chief, I
could not be prouder of the
troops who carried out this
mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their
efforts,” Obama said in a statement released by the White
House.
Northern Lights
RUNE STOLTZ BERTINUSSEN, Scanpix Norway/AP
The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway, late Tuesday.
Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of
Northern Lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years.
Divisions in Tahrir as
2nd day of mourning for JoePa to end with burial
Egyptians mark uprising
GENARO C. ARMAS
CAIRO — Tens of thousands
of Egyptians rallied Wednesday
to mark the first anniversary of
the country’s 2011 uprising,
with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides of
Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political
divides that emerged in the
year since the downfall of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak.
Liberal and secular groups
marched into the square calling
for continued “revolution”
against the ruling generals who
took power after Mubarak’s
ouster. Members of the Muslim
Brotherhood and other
Islamists, in contrast, pressed a
message that the revolution
had succeeded, the time for
protests is over and now
Egyptians needed to rally
behind the new parliament
that they dominate.
Military generals led by Field
Marshal Hussein Tantawi took
over from Mubarak when he
stepped down on Feb. 11, 2011.
Revolutionaries accuse them of
perpetuating Mubarak’s authoritarian system, saying that even
though Egypt has held its freest
election in living memory, it is
not changing the roots of the
dictatorship.
The Brotherhood, in contrast, have been the biggest
beneficiaries of the military’s
handling of the transition.
Elections held over the past
two months gave them just
under half of parliament’s
seats, making them the country’s predominant political bloc.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The second
day of a three-day period of public
mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate
with the funeral and burial for the Hall of
Fame football coach who became the face
of Penn State University.
Hundreds of alumni, residents and students are attending a viewing until noon
Wednesday. The family will hold a private
funeral in the afternoon.
First in line to pay his respects was David
Brown, who left his home in Greensburg at
midnight and drove more than two hours
to State College then prepared to wait a few
hours outside until the doors opened.
“I wouldn’t have been surprised if there
were 1,000 people here,” he said.
Behind him was John Myers, 70, who
drove more than two hours from Tamaqua
to arrive at 5 a.m. — three hours before the
viewing was scheduled to begin.
“It’s worth it,” Myers said. “Joe was one
of the best, if not the best, football coaches ever.”
The 85-year-old Paterno died Sunday of
lung cancer. He had been ousted just days
before learning of his diagnosis in
November, forced out of his job in the
wake of child sex-abuse charges against a
former assistant.
This week, mourners are focusing on the
full body of accomplishments and philanthropy compiled by Paterno during his 46year tenure as the Nittany Lions’ coach.
“His legacy is still going to be filled
with the great things that he did. Look at
this place,” said Tom Sherman, a 1969
graduate from Johnstown, Pa.
Before tearing up, Sherman said he
attended Paterno’s first game as head
coach in 1966.
“It’s like he’s part of your life,” he said.
“I admire that guy so much.”
Thousands more waited in line Tuesday
on an overcast winter afternoon for the
first day of visitation at the Pasquerilla
Spiritual Center, where Paterno family
members regularly attended services.
Inside the hall, the coach’s body lay in a
closed, brown hardwood casket topped by a
spray of white roses. About six feet away sat
a stylized black-and-white picture of the
man who became lovingly known on campus as “JoePa,” smiling and peering out
through his trademark thick-rimmed glasses.
10 Reasons to Oppose Planned Parenthood
1. Planned Parenthood runs the largest abortion chain in the nation--in 2009 in operated 304 medical and/or
surgical abortion facilities and committed 332,287 abortions (910 per day).
2. Pregnant women who go into Planned Parenthood have abortions 97.6 percent of the time. PP numbers:
adoption referrals--977; prenatal care--7,021; abortions--332,287.
3. Abortion accounts for 40 percent of the clinic income at Planned Parenthood-- $162.8 million out of $408.9
million on 2008-2009.
4. Planned Parenthood did its first abortion on July 2, 1970 in Syracuse, New York and has committed over
5,000,000 abortions in its own facilities since then.
5. Planned Parenthood comes between parents and their children--pushing “confidential” services for girls as
young as 11 years old and even younger.
6. Planned Parenthood sex education programs are designed to teach children how to achieve sexual
satisfaction before marriage. Its outrageous courses, web sites, and printed materials teach our children it is
okay to ignore their parents’ values and form their own--at the earliest of ages.
7. Planned Parenthood leads our children into lives of sexual sin. Almost every religion in America condemns as
wrong sexual activity between unmarried minors. Yet, Planned Parenthood tells these minors that it is okay.
It even uses ministers and pastors to push its agenda!
8. Planned Parenthood lied to its customers. It does not tell them, for example, that most of its birth control
products can kill newly created human beings in the womb or that girls on the birth control pill are more
susceptible to AIDS than those who are not on the pill.
9. Planned Parenthood demands taxpayer funding for its nefarious activites from politicians it helps get elected.
In 2008-2009, Planned Parenthood says it received $363 million in taxpayer money. Planned Parenthood
received over $5.2 billion from taxpayers since 1973 and has banked profits of $968.6 million during that
same period. When states, at the request of their citizens, try to take taxpayer money away from Planned
Parenthood, it goes to court to try and get the money back.
10. Planned Parenthood is simply a corporation in the sex business that preys on our children--primarily high
school and college girls. According to Planned Parenthood data, 70 percent of it’s customers are under the
age of 25 and 25% are under the age of 20. Since Planned Parenthood only counts the income of its
customers (not their parents) to determine eligibility for government programs, most of these students are
counted as “poor women.”
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Sports
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B1
Bluehawks shut down GICC in conference tourney
NICK BLASNITZ
nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com
Despite shooting 53 percent from
the field and hitting 7-of-14 3-pointers, St. Cecilia coach Kevin Asher said
it was the defense that stood out in
the Bluehawks’ 52-36 victory over
Grand Island Central Catholic in the
second round of the Centennial
Conference tournament Tuesday at
Chapman Gymasium.
“Early on in the game we were getting beat on the boards, and I thought
Hawkettes
cruise past
Crusaders
NICK BLASNITZ
nblasnitz@hastingstribune.com
The Class C-1 No. 4 St. Cecilia
girls basketball team moved one
step closer to defending its
Centennial Conference title.
The Hawkettes advanced to the
semifinals after defeating Lincoln
Christian 63-31 in the second round
of the conference tournament
Tuesday at Chapman Gymnasium.
“We did what we should have
done with this team,” STC coach
Jahn Kile said. “They’re about a .500
team or maybe below. Really what
we did tonight was exactly what we
needed to do. I thought we played
well on both ends of the floor.”
Kile’s team was in control of the
game from the beginning. The
Hawkettes (12-4) outscored Lincoln
Christian 18-6 in the first quarter,
shooting 7-of-9 from the field.
Junior Olivia Thomas went 4-of-4
and scored eight points in the opening quarter.
St. Cecilia’s defense was just as
aggressive as the offense, forcing 10
first half turnovers and holding the
Crusaders (7-10) to 5-of-15 shooting
in the first half.
The Hawkettes went into halftime
with a comfortable 30-14 lead and
opened the second half right where
they left off, going on an 18-2 run
in the first 5:30 of the third quarter.
Junior Shanelle Farmer led the
charge, scoring 10 points in the
quarter on 4-of-5 shooting. Farmer
finished with a game-high 18
points, hitting 4-of-5 3-pointers.
Senior Sarah Goedert contributed
10 points in the victory, while
Thomas finished with eight points
on 4-of-7 shooting. St. Cecilia made
7-of-8 free throws and ended with
eight 3-pointers.
Please see HAWKETTES/page B2
from about the middle of the second
quarter on we did a much better job
of rebounding and contesting that
one shot,” Asher said. “Our goal was
to hopefully make things difficult for
them.”
And that’s exactly what the Class C1 No. 10 Bluehawks did.
Asher said the Crusaders (7-10) execute their offense as well as anyone,
but the main concern was limiting
them to one shot per possession.
GICC coach Bill Gavers said one rea-
son St. Cecilia (11-5) controlled the
boards in the second half was because
the Bluehawks were simply more
active underneath.
“We have to be more physical. They
muscled us around a little bit and we
have to be able to respond to that,”
Gavers said. “We have to make hits
ourselves and not take that. That’s a
learned lesson for us and it’s something that we have to stress and
emphasize and continue to work on.”
The Hawkettes took a 14-9 lead after
the first quarter thanks to a 6-0 run,
highlighted by a 3-pointer from junior
Joel Grafel with four seconds left. In
the second quarter, the Crusaders
came back to tie the game at 16-all.
Both teams traded baskets until St.
Cecilia went on an 11-2 run in the
final 4:21 of the half. Senior Mike
Hannon hit a shot at the buzzer to
send the Bluehawks into the locker
room with a 29-20 lead.
“(That run) really hurt us,” Gavers
said. “It was a one-point game with I
think two minutes left and they finished the half well and we did not finish the half well. That was a huge
stretch.”
Senior Phil Hamburger was key for
the Bluehawks in the fourth quarter.
Despite being down by double digits
throughout the quarter, GICC still
hung around for most of the final
period. But Hamburger’s eight points
and clutch free throws sealed the deal
for St. Cecilia.
Please see BLUEHAWKS/page B2
TIGER SWEEP
HHS boys
overpower
Patriots
MIKE ZIMMERMAN
S
mzimmerman@hastingstribune.com
enior Patrick Opperman said that taking
care of the ball and playing good
defense is what the Hastings High boys
basketball team is looking to accomplish each game.
It helps if the Tigers can make a few baskets,
too.
Hastings High shot 23-of-50 from the field
and shut down crosstown rival Adams Central
62-42 Tuesday night at a packed HHS gymnasium.
The HHS victory ended the Patriots’ sevengame win streak. It’s also the Tigers’ first victory over AC since the 2007-08 season, when the
two teams began playing on an annual basis.
“That’s a good win over a very good team,”
said Hastings High head coach Scott Rosno,
whose team improved to 7-8 on the season. “A
good team has the capability and understanding to score on the inside and on the outside.
Adams Central has got those capabilities, so for
us to come out and play that kind of defense,
that’s a good sign.”
The Patriots (12-3) took an early 4-0 lead in
the game. The Tigers battled back and tied the
score 9-all in the later stages of the first quarter,
and then went on a 10-0 run sparked by 3pointers from seniors Septer Duang and Brady
Menke. The defense played a big role for
Please see BOYS/page B3
Fielder, Tigers
agree on deal
NOAH TRISTER
DETROIT — With Prince
Fielder and Miguel Cabrera in the
middle of the lineup, the Detroit
Tigers look ready for a season of
slugging at Comerica Park.
Fielder and the Tigers agreed
Tuesday to a nine-year, $214 million contract, a person familiar
with the deal said. The AL Central
champions boldly stepped up in
the Fielder sweepstakes after the
recent knee injury to star Victor
Martinez. A week ago, the Tigers
announced the productive designated hitter could miss the entire
season after tearing his left ACL
during offseason conditioning.
CBS first reported the agreement
with Fielder.
The person told The Associated
Press the deal was subject to a
physical. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the
contract was not yet complete.
Several teams had shown interest
this winter in Fielder, the free agent
first baseman who had spent his
entire career with the Milwaukee
Brewers. He visited Texas, and the
Washington Nationals also got
involved in the discussions.
The Tigers won their division by
15 games before losing in the AL
championship series to Texas. With
Fielder now in the fold, general manager Dave Dombrowski and owner
Mike Ilitch have a team that figures
to enter the 2012 season as a favorite
to repeat in the division — with an
eye on winning the franchise’s first
World Series title since 1984.
Please see TIGERS/page B2
AMY ROH/Tribune
Above: Hastings High’s Kayd Welke shoots against Adams Central’s Christian Hodson during
their game Tuesday at Hastings High. Left: Hastings High’s Septer Duang dribbles against Adams
Central’s Brady Barrett.
Defense propels Hastings girls over Adams Central
ERIK BUDERUS
ebuderus@hastingstribune.com
Defense was not a point of
emphasis for the Hastings High girls
basketball team during Tuesday
night’s cross-town matchup with
Adams Central. But it was the Tiger
defense that made the difference.
The Tigers picked up their second
win of the season, topping the
Patriots 42-34 at the Hastings High
gymnasium.
The Tigers held the Patriots without a point for the first six minutes
of the game and opened up a 10-0
lead during that span. The margin
was too large for the Patriots to
overcome, as the Tigers led from
start to finish.
“Actually, we needed to score.
That’s what we were emphasizing.
Our defense has been pretty good
for most of the year,” HHS coach
Greg Mays said. “But our defense
really set the tone. When we’ve
given up points this season, it’s
been off of turnovers in our offensive end. So, we were trying to play
up-tempo tonight to try and get our
AMY ROH/Tribune
Hastings High’s Melody Gnagy dribbles against Adams Central’s Emily
Bonifas Tuesday at Hastings High.
offense going.”
The Tigers were the aggressors in
the opening half, not only with
their man-to-man defense — the
Patriots had six first-quarter
turnovers while falling into the
early deficit — but also in getting to
the line, with 22 free-throw
attempts in the first half compared
to just two for Adams Central.
Zoe Mays shot 11 free throws in
the first half and tallied nine of her
game-high 15 points before halftime.
Teammate Bailey Petzoldt added eight
points in the first half, including a
pair of 3-pointers as the Tigers broke
out to an 11-4 lead after the first quarter and led 22-10 at halftime.
The Patriots cut the lead to seven
points with just 3:51 left to play in
the first half following back-to-back
baskets from Anna Queen and
Cheyenne Gottsch, but the Tigers
closed the half with a 5-0 run to build
the 12-point lead at intermission.
The Patriots tried to rally in the
third quarter, using a 4-0 run to pull
to within 29-19 with 2:52 left to
play in the quarter. The Patriots
could have cut into the deficit further but were just 4-for-10 from the
foul line in the third quarter.
The Tigers led 33-20 after the
third quarter and used an 8-0 run to
open the fourth quarter and build
their largest lead of the night at 4120 with five minutes left to play in
the game.
Please see GIRLS/page B3
Scoreboard
B2
Basketball
Brooklyn 58, NJ City 44
CCSU 75, Bryant 62
LIU 67, Wagner 60
Monmouth (NJ) 66, St. Francis (Pa.) 45
Mount St. Mary’s 49, St. Francis (NY) 46
Quinnipiac 71, Sacred Heart 34
Robert Morris 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 49
Rowan 75, Mount St. Vincent 51
St. Joseph Conn. 45, CCNY 40
St. Peter’s at Marist, ppd.
Wilkes 75, Cedar Crest 62
SOUTH
Alcorn St. 49, Alabama A&M 45
Appalachian St. 53, Samford 49
Campbell 58, Coastal Carolina 55
Coll. of Charleston 54, W. Carolina 39
Columbus St. 51, Augusta St. 41
Coppin St. 85, NC A&T 63
Cumberland (Tenn.) 64, Oakwood 24
Davidson 56, Chattanooga 52
Elizabeth City St. 60, Bowie St. 50
Elon 57, UNC-Greensboro 43
Florida A&M 84, Delaware St. 65
Furman 75, Wofford 66
Hampton 52, Howard 39
High Point 84, Charleston Southern 58
Liberty 74, Winthrop 49
Lincoln (Pa.) 68, Chowan 67
McNeese St. 68, Nicholls St. 53
Md.-Eastern Shore 47, Bethune-Cookman 43
Miami 79, Virginia Tech 48
Morgan St. 64, NC Central 59
Murray St. 86, Longwood 77
Radford 53, Presbyterian 29
Southern U. 71, Alabama St. 51
Tenn. Wesleyan 59, Tenn. Temple 32
Tennessee Tech 65, Jacksonville St. 59
Tougaloo 59, Xavier (NO) 51
UT-Martin 81, Morehead St. 61
MIDWEST
E. Illinois 88, Tennessee St. 73
Northwestern Ohio 84, Marygrove 58
Notre Dame 72, Tennessee 44
Purdue 67, Michigan St. 49
Rochester (Mich.) 64, Lourdes 59
SIU-Edwardsville 72, Austin Peay 61
South Dakota 73, IUPUI 65
W. Illinois 66, UMKC 63
SOUTHWEST
MVSU 68, Texas Southern 54
Oral Roberts 102, IPFW 62
Prairie View 102, Ark.-Pine Bluff 51
FAR WEST
Corban 61, Evergreen St. 50
Nevada 76, Idaho 70
Northwest U. 81, NW Christian 57
Oakland 64, S. Utah 60
San Francisco 66, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 64
NBA Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct
GB
Philadelphia
12 5 .706
—
Boston
7 9 .438 4 1/2
New York
7 10 .412
5
New Jersey
5 13 .278 7 1/2
Toronto
5 13 .278 7 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct
GB
Atlanta
13 5 .722
—
Miami
12 5 .706
1/2
Orlando
12 5 .706
1/2
Charlotte
3 15 .167
10
Washington
2 15 .118 10 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Chicago
16 3 .842
—
Indiana
11 5 .688 3 1/2
Cleveland
6 10 .375 8 1/2
Milwaukee
6 10 .375 8 1/2
Detroit
4 14 .222 11 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct
GB
Dallas
11 7 .611
—
San Antonio
11 7 .611
—
Houston
10 7 .588
1/2
Memphis
10 7 .588
1/2
New Orleans
3 14 .176 7 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct
GB
Oklahoma City
14 3 .824
—
Denver
12 5 .706
2
Utah
10 5 .667
3
Portland
11 7 .611 3 1/2
Minnesota
7 10 .412
7
Pacific Division
W L Pct
GB
L.A. Clippers
9 5 .643
—
L.A. Lakers
10 8 .556
1
Phoenix
6 11 .353 4 1/2
Sacramento
6 12 .333
5
Golden State
5 11 .313
5
Tuesday’s Games
New York 111, Charlotte 78
Orlando 102, Indiana 83
Miami 92, Cleveland 85
Toronto 99, Phoenix 96
Portland 97, Memphis 84
Wednesday’s Games
New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Miami at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Utah, 8 p.m.
Denver at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Results
Tuesday’s Games
Arcadia 53, St. Edward 35
Axtell 59, Eustis-Farnam 45
Bancroft-Rosalie 66, Winnebago 61
Bayard 51, Lingle-Fort Laramie, Wyo. 46
Blue Hill 44, Lawrence-Nelson 32
Burwell 56, Palmer 35
Chase County 43, Haxtun, Colo. 39
Crawford 54, Edgemont, S.D. 42
David City 65, Yutan 47
Deshler 64, Superior 36
East Butler 43, Mead 34
Elkhorn Valley 60, Madison 42
Elwood 70, Amherst 57
Falls City Sacred Heart 47, Southern 36
Freeman 32, Elmwood-Murdock 29
Friend 49, Harvard 36
Gordon/Rushville 59, Chadron 48
Harlan, Iowa 45, Ralston 42
Hartington 41, Plainview 39
Hastings 62, Adams Central 42
Heartland 41, Nebraska Christian 28
Hemingford 70, Hay Springs 47
Hershey 62, Lexington 57
Howells 60, West Point-Beemer 31
Humphrey 62, Cedar Valley 60
Humphrey St. Francis 45, Dodge 43
Johnson County Central 68, Malcolm 51
Kearney Catholic 55, Gibbon 54
Kimball 68, Mitchell 63
Leyton 60, Potter-Dix 47
Lindsay Holy Family 40, Elgin Public/Pope John
NCAA Men’s Results
EAST
Boston U. 83, UMBC 48
Buffalo 65, E. Michigan 47
Caldwell 94, Nyack 69
Castleton St. 93, Green Mountain 69
Chestnut Hill 72, Dominican (NY) 57
Ithaca 83, Utica 74
Regis 80, Mitchell 76, 2OT
SOUTH
Alice Lloyd 69, Asbury 64
Cincinnati Christian 106, Kentucky Christian 105
Coker 83, Pfeiffer 64
Florida Gulf Coast 101, Longwood 58
Fort Valley St. 73, Miles 69
Hampton 78, SC State 66
Indiana-Southeast 80, Berea 56
Kentucky 57, Georgia 44
Lane 64, Stillman 62
Lees-McRae 2, Barber-Scotia 0
Miami 64, Georgia Tech 49
Morehead St. 75, Norfolk St. 69
Tuskegee 65, Kentucky St. 60
Vanderbilt 65, Tennessee 47
MIDWEST
Akron 70, Ball St. 58
Carthage 77, Elmhurst 58
Marquette 67, South Florida 47
Michigan 66, Purdue 64
Mount Vernon Nazarene 60, Taylor 56
North Central (Minn.) 96, Martin Luther 73
S. Illinois 77, Bradley 60
St. Francis (Ind.) 70, Spring Arbor 68
W. Illinois 81, Nebraska-Omaha 70
Westminster (Mo.) 76, Principia 52
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 77, Oklahoma 65
Texas 62, Iowa St. 55
Texas-Arlington 79, Houston Baptist 74
FAR WEST
San Diego St. 52, Wyoming 42
UC Irvine 78, Seattle 67
NCAA Women’s Results
EAST
Baruch 77, Richard Stockton 67
Wilber-Clatonia 56, Palmyra 38
Wood River 67, Ord 51
Wynot 72, Lynch 27
Bryan High Cage Classic
Lincoln High 55, Bellevue East 43
South Sioux City 61, Omaha Bryan 59
Capitol Conference Tournament
First Round
Ashland-Greenwood 65, Arlington 42
Bennington 65, Douglas County West 42
Raymond Central 63, Fort Calhoun 59, OT
Wahoo 69, Syracuse 44
Centennial Conference Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Council Bluffs St. Albert, Iowa 69, Concordia 51
Elkhorn Mount Michael 45, Aquinas 21
Quarterfinal
Archbishop Bergan 63, Lincoln Lutheran 47
Bishop Neumann 57, Lincoln Christian 46
Boys Town 88, Columbus Scotus 61
Hastings St. Cecilia 52, Grand Island Central
Catholic 36
Central Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Fairbury 67, Columbus Lakeview 49
Grand Island Northwest 51, Holdrege 34
Seward 65, Aurora 47
York 47, Crete 45
Crossroads Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 45, Osceola 33
Cross County 56, Exeter/Milligan 48
Eastern Midlands Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Elkhorn 55, Plattsmouth 36
Elkhorn South 55, Waverly 52
Gretna 55, Norris 46
Platteview 44, Nebraska City 39
Frontier ConferenceTournament
Semifinal
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 42, Nebraska Lutheran 22
Parkview Christian 48, College View Academy 43
Fifth Place
Omaha Christian Academy 47, Cedar Bluffs 42
Republican Plains Activity Conference
Tournament
Consolation
East
Alma 51, Southwest 27
Semifinal
East
Arapahoe 61, Medicine Valley 44
Southern Valley 48, Bertrand 42
West
Dundy County-Stratton 54, Hayes Center 53
Hitchcock County 54, Maywood 30
Paxton 69, Wauneta-Palisade 48
Sandhills Conference Tournament
Arthur County 51, Cody-Kilgore 40
Mullen 53, Hyannis 25
Sandhills/Thedford 56, SMC 43
Prep Girls Basketball
Tuesday’s Games
Amherst 55, Elwood 37
Ansley 54, Loup City 29
Auburn 43, Johnson-Brock 23
Bancroft-Rosalie 104, Winnebago 55
Bellevue East 42, Omaha Skutt Catholic 35
Bloomfield 56, Wausa 31
Blue Hill 53, Lawrence-Nelson 29
Burwell 57, Palmer 42
Centura 70, St. Paul 31
Chadron 68, Gordon/Rushville 38
Chase County 44, Haxtun, Colo. 18
CWC 39, Niobrara/Verdigre 28
Diller-Odell 43, Tri County 40
East Butler 54, Mead 40
Edgemont, S.D. 65, Crawford 44
Elkhorn Valley 52, Madison 26
Elmwood-Murdock 37, Freeman 25
Eustis-Farnam 40, Axtell 33
Ewing 37, North Central 24
Falls City Sacred Heart 47, Southern 28
Fillmore Central 56, Centennial 22
Friend 63, Harvard 34
Hartington Cedar Catholic 44, Ponca 28
Hastings 42, Adams Central 36
Heartland 56, Nebraska Christian 28
Hemingford 50, Hay Springs 43
Homer 70, Dakota Valley, S.D. 49
Humphrey 40, Cedar Valley 32
Humphrey St. Francis 50, Dodge 33
Johnson County Central 66, Malcolm 38
Kearney Catholic 77, Gibbon 29
Kimball 44, Mitchell 29
Lewiston 39, Pawnee City 38
Lexington 36, Hershey 26
Lindsay Holy Family 60, Elgin Public/Pope John
29
Litchfield 42, Elba/North Loup Scotia 20
Lutheran High Northeast 45, Nebraska City
Lourdes 42
Niobrara/Verdigre 47, CWC 44
Norfolk Catholic 66, O’Neill 45
North Central 66, Ewing 49
North Platte St. Patrick’s 76, Anselmo-Merna 58
Oakland-Craig 65, Scribner-Snyder 36
Omaha Burke 62, Omaha Benson 61
Omaha Central 81, Omaha Skutt Catholic 54
Osmond 49, Newcastle 26
Papillion-LaVista 43, Omaha South 36
Pawnee City 64, Lewiston 46
Pender 53, Emerson-Hubbard 43
Ponca 57, Hartington Cedar Catholic 49
Ravenna 96, Heartland Lutheran 59
Rock Port, Mo. 53, Humboldt/Table RockSteinauer 42
St. Mary’s 71, Creighton 56
St. Paul 54, Centura 34
Stanton 65, Newman Grove 30
Sutton 61, Sterling 42
Thunder Ridge, Kan. 53, Franklin 34
Tri County 50, Diller-Odell 29
Twin River 59, Battle Creek 57
West Boyd 55, Spalding/Spalding Academy 48
West Holt 51, Neligh-Oakdale 20
38
Lingle-Fort Laramie, Wyo. 48, Bayard 44
Litchfield 44, Elba/North Loup Scotia 41
Newman Grove 66, Stanton 41
Norfolk Catholic 56, O’Neill 50
North Bend Central 55, Lyons-Decatur Northeast
17
North Platte St. Patrick’s 75, Anselmo-Merna 26
Omaha Benson 67, Omaha Burke 56
Omaha Duchesne Academy 40, Omaha Roncalli
18
Omaha Mercy 68, Tekamah-Herman 57, 3OT
Ord 52, Wood River 33
Osmond 34, Newcastle 20
Palmyra 60, Wilber-Clatonia 44
Papillion-LaVista 69, Omaha South 42
Plainview 48, Hartington 25
Potter-Dix 35, Leyton 21
Rapid City Central, S.D. 60, Scottsbluff 31
Rapid City Christian, S.D. 46, Chadron JV 28
Ravenna 69, Heartland Lutheran 25
Rock Port, Mo. 50, Humboldt/Table Rock-
Steinauer 30
Scribner-Snyder 49, Oakland-Craig 43
Silver Lake 44, Wilcox-Hildreth 29
St. Edward 55, Arcadia 37
St. Mary’s 44, Creighton 28
Sterling 45, Sutton 31
Superior 46, Deshler 38
Thunder Ridge, Kan. 37, Franklin 8
Twin River 36, Battle Creek 20
Weeping Water 51, Conestoga 38
West Boyd 42, Spalding/Spalding Academy 31
West Holt 51, Neligh-Oakdale 38
Wynot 87, Lynch 36
Yutan 56, David City 22
Centennial Conference Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Archbishop Bergan 39, Boys Town 34, OT
Lincoln Lutheran 37, Council Bluffs St. Albert,
Iowa 29
Quarterfinal
Aquinas 50, Bishop Neumann 46
Concordia 38, Grand Island Central Catholic 27
Hastings St. Cecilia 63, Lincoln Christian 31
Central Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Crete 42, Aurora 30
Grand Island Northwest 55, Fairbury 36
Holdrege 69, Columbus Lakeview 40
Seward 71, York 34
Cornhusker Conference Tournament
Clarkson 34, Leigh 25
Crossroads Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 57, Hampton 46
Cross County 53, Giltner 42
Eastern Midlands Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal
Elkhorn South 41, Elkhorn 30
Gretna 74, Blair 40
Norris 67, Plattsmouth 33
Waverly 48, Platteview 31
Hiawatha Tournament
Horton, Kan. 44, Falls City 33
Southwest Conference Tournament
Gothenburg 44, Cozad 42
Ogallala 45, Ainsworth 42
Valentine 48, Broken Bow 24
Football
NFL Playoffs
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 22
New England 23, Baltimore 20
N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 5:20 p.m.
Hockey
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Toronto 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
N.Y. Rangers 3, Winnipeg 0
Washington 5, Boston 3
Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 2
Nashville 3, Chicago 1
Dallas 1, Anaheim 0
Minnesota 3, Colorado 2
San Jose 1, Calgary 0
Phoenix 3, Ottawa 2
Wednesday’s Games
Detroit at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
Tennis
Australian Open Results
Singles
Men
Quarterfinals
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Kei Nishikori (24),
Japan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Ferrer (5),
Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Women
Quarterfinals
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Sara Errani,
Italy, 6-4, 6-4.
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Ekaterina
Makarova, Russia, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (2),
Canada, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and
Christopher Kas (12), Germany, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech
Republic, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Bruno
Soares (10), Brazil, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Women
Semifinals
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva, Russia,
def. Sania Mirza, India, and Elena Vesnina (6),
Russia, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (11), Italy, def.
Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (7), Czech
Republic, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.
Mixed
Second Round
Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Bruno Soares,
Brazil, def. Abigail Spears, United States, and
Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, 6-3, 6-2.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, and Leander Paes (5),
India, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Marcin
Matkowski, Poland, 6-3, 7-5.
Quarterfinals
Roberta Vinci and Daniele Bracciali, Italy, def.
Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Aisam-ulHaq Qureshi (7), Pakistan, 6-1, 7-5.
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi (6), India, def.
Liezel Huber, United States, and Colin Fleming,
Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Transactions
NHL Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers
47 31 12 4 66 132 96
Philadelphia
48 29 14 5 63 162 142
Pittsburgh
49 28 17 4 60 152 127
New Jersey
48 26 19 3 55 129 136
N.Y. Islanders
48 19 22 7 45 115 143
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston
47 31 14 2 64 171 102
Ottawa
52 27 19 6 60 157 160
Toronto
49 25 19 5 55 151 147
Montreal
48 18 21 9 45 123 132
Buffalo
49 20 24 5 45 119 149
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington
48 26 19 3 55 136 137
Florida
48 22 15 11 55 122 136
Winnipeg
50 22 22 6 50 124 143
Tampa Bay
48 21 23 4 46 136 165
Carolina
51 18 24 9 45 130 159
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit
49 33 15 1 67 158 110
St. Louis
49 29 13 7 65 124 102
Nashville
50 30 16 4 64 140 127
Chicago
50 29 15 6 64 162 144
Columbus
49 13 30 6 32 115 163
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver
49 30 15 4 64 158 122
Minnesota
49 24 18 7 55 115 126
Colorado
51 26 23 2 54 131 144
Calgary
50 23 21 6 52 120 137
Edmonton
49 18 26 5 41 122 142
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose
47 27 14 6 60 131 110
Los Angeles
50 24 16 10 58 111 111
Dallas
48 25 21 2 52 126 136
Phoenix
50 22 20 8 52 130 134
Anaheim
48 18 23 7 43 124 144
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s Games
Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Philadelphia 3, Florida 2, SO
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2, SO
Vancouver 3, Edmonton 2, SO
Baseball
Major League Baseball
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended freeagent minor league RHP Michael Hart 50 games for
a second violation for a drug of abuse and free-agent
minor league RHP Steven Shell 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with INF
Wilson Betemit on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Announced the retirement of C Jorge Posada. Agreed to terms with with
C Russell Martin on a one-year contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with
RHP Bartolo Colon on a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with 1B
Carlos Pena on a one-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with
RHP Brandon Morrow on a three-year contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with INF
Willie Harris on a minor league contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Designated INF Angel
Sanchez for assignment.
Basketball
National Basketball Association
SACRAMENTO KINGS—Recalled F Tyler
Honeycutt from Reno (NBADL).
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Fired coach Flip
Saunders. Promoted assistant coach Randy
Wittman to head coach.
Football
National Football League
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named Andy Heck
offensive line coach, Josh Hingst assistant strength
and conditioning coach and Charlie Skalaski assistant to the head coach/offensive assistant.
NEW YORK JETS—Named Dave DeGuglielmo
offensive line coach.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Promoted Rich
Bisaccia to assistant head coach-special teams.
Named Ron Meeks secondary coach.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed C Chase
Beeler, OT Derek Hall, FS Mark LeGree, DB Cory
Nelms, WR Kyle Nelson, TE Konrad Reuland and LB
Michael Wilhoite.
Bluehawks: St. Cecilia shuts down GICC
Continued from page B1
Asher said Hamburger’s was battling an illness, which may have
contributed to his shooting 2-of-7
in the first three quarters. But when
he struggled offensively, Asher said
Hamburger stepped up on defense
and in crunch time.
“Offensively he’s a stabilizer,”
Asher said. “He does such a nice
job of handling the basketball
when we have a lead and he has to
take on that role. ... He has a certain calmness, so he’s our team
leader and our captain and the kids
know it.”
Hamburger finished with 13
points on 4-of-9 shooting. Senior
Tim Skoch added nine points,
while Hannon recorded eight
points. The Bluehawks advance to
the semifinals and will face
Archbishop Bergan Friday at 7:45
p.m. in Lincoln.
Asher said the Crusaders had
Hamburger and junior Ceasar
Teano scouted well, which was why
they struggled through much of the
game. It was up to others to step
up. And the rest of the Hawkettes
answered the call, which couldn’t
have occurred at a better time.
St. Cecilia is trying to fill the void
left by the injury of senior Matt
Kissinger. The 6-foot-1 guard had
knee surgery and will miss the
remainder of the season. Asher said
some of his players will have to
take on different roles, but he’s confident they will step up like they
did tonight.
“That’s what is nice. I mean,
right now our depth is 9-10 guys in
a game, and like we told them in
the locker room — that your role
changes sometimes within a
game,” Asher said. “Our kids
adjusted to that with unselfish play
on the floor.”
GICC (7-10) ..................9 11 6 10 — 36
St. Cecilia (11-5)......14 15 10 13 — 52
GICC (36)
Tyler Barrientos 4-17 3-4 11, Brady Brokaw 0-0
0-0 0, Trevor Cornelius 2-4 1-1 5, Riley
Shoemaker 3-9 3-3 11, Youhanna Ghaifan 4-5 1-1
9, Derrick Broekemier 0-2 0-0 0, Phoenix
Stevenson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 13-38 8-9 36.
St. Cecilia (52)
Mike Hannon 2-3 3-4 8, Simon Ostrander 2-4
0-1 6, Tim Skoch 4-6 1-2 9, Ceasar Teano 1-3 1-3
3, Phil Hamburger 4-9 4-6 13, Kevin Ryan 2-3 0-0
6, Joel Grafel 1-3 0-0 3, Chris Hartford 1-1 0-0 2,
Jameson Esch 0-0 2-4 2. Totals: 17-32 11-20 52.
Three-point field goals — GICC 2-14
(Barrientos 0-6, Shoemaker 2-6, Broekemier 0-1,
Stevenson 0-1), STC 7-14 (Hannon 1-1,
Ostrander 2-3, Teano 0-2, Hamburger 1-4, Ryan
2-2, Grafel 1-2).
Hawkettes: STC cruises past Lincoln Christian
The Hawkettes finished the game
shooting 51 percent from the field.
Kile said when his team is on like it
was Tuesday night, it can be a dangerous team to face.
“I think recently we’ve been a little leg tired from playing so many
games in a short stretch,” Kile said.
“Having Saturday and Sunday off
was a big help for that. We have
some really good shooters on the
team, and I think they’re finding
confidence in their shot.”
St. Cecilia advances to face
Columbus Scotus in the semifinals.
Scotus handed the defending
champion Hawkettes a 32-27 loss
in their season opener. Kile said his
team gave up too many secondchance opportunities in the loss,
but he has no doubt that his girls
are a better team now than they
were the first time around.
Like any team, winning the conference is a goal for the Hawkettes,
but it is no easy task. Kile believes
the Centennial Conference is top to
bottom one of the toughest in the
state. And if St. Cecilia is going to
repeat as conference champions,
Kile said there’s one thing it has to
do — have fun.
“It’s a long season and we keep
telling them it has to be fun. Kids
play sports because it’s fun, and
that’s one thing we’ve really hit on
these last couple of days,” Kile said.
“They have to go out there and
play hard and have a good time
doing it. If they do that, I think
they are going to play a lot better.”
Lincoln Christian (7-10)....6 8 8 9 — 31
St. Cecilia (12-4).......18 12 23 10 — 63
Lincoln Christian (31)
Morgan Dworak 2-6 1-2 6, Mycah Ward 1-6 44 6, Dani Andersen 2-11 0-0 4, Natasha Stoyan 24 2-3 6, Michaela Bubak 0-4 1-4 1, Becca
Gronewold 2-4 0-0 4, Ebony Dority 1-1 2-2 4,
Savannah Swanson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 10-37 1015 31.
St. Cecilia (63)
Libby Kissinger 0-1 0-0 0, Shanelle Farmer 7-9
0-0 18, Sarah Goedert 4-11 1-1 10, Kaitlyn Ernst
3-4 1-2 7, Olivia Thomas 4-7 0-0 8, Alyssa
Schropp 2-3 0-0 6, Morgan Nikkila 2-5 1-1 5,
Clare Hamburger 1-2 0-0 2, Jamie Williams 0-1 44 4, Josie Jackson 1-3 0-0 3, Paige Coslor 0-1 0-0
0, Madi Schwenka 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 24-47 7-8
63.
Three-point field goals — LC 1-11 (Dworak 1-4,
Ward 0-1, Andersen 0-5, Swanson 0-1), STC 8-18
(Farmer 4-5, Goedert 1-3, Schropp 2-3, Nikkila 01, Hamburger 0-1, Williams 0-1, Jackson 0-3,
Coslor 0-1).
Tigers: Detroit, Fielder agree on nine-year deal
“Everyone knew Mr. Ilitch and Mr.
Dombrowski were going to make a
move when Victor went down,” outfielder Brennan Boesch said in a
phone interview with the AP. “But I
don’t think anybody thought it
would be this big.”
The move also keeps Fielder’s
name in the Tigers’ family. His
father, Cecil, became a big league star
when he returned to the majors
from Japan and hit 51 home runs
with Detroit in 1990. Cecil played
with the Tigers into the 1996 season,
and young Prince made a name for
himself by hitting prodigious home
runs in batting practice at Tiger
Stadium.
In an interview with MLB Network
Radio on SiriusXM, Cecil Fielder said
he was “shocked” by the news that
Prince was heading to Detroit.
“He’s been there in Detroit most of
his young life so I think he’ll be
comfortable in that place,” Cecil
Fielder said. “I know Mr. Ilitch is
probably excited because he’s been
wanting that kid since he was a little
kid, so he finally got his wish.”
With Cabrera and Fielder, Detroit
will begin this season with two players under age 30 with at least 200
career homers. According to STATS
LLC, that’s happened only once
before. At the start of the 1961 season, the Milwaukee Braves featured
29-year-old Eddie Mathews (338
homers) and 27-year-old Hank Aaron
(219).
Tribland
THURSDAY
Prep boys basketball: Adams Central at Lexington ................................................7:45 p.m.
Prep girls basketball: Adams Central at Lexington ......................................................6 p.m.
Prep girls basketball: Columbus Scotus vs. St. Cecilia at Lincoln Christian ...............6 p.m.
Prep wrestling: York at Hastings High............................................................................6 p.m.
Area Schedules
Prep boys basketball
Prep girls basketball
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley vs. Giltner,
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley vs. Exeterat Crossroads Conference Tournament
Milligan at Crossroads Conference
Kenesaw at Deshler
Tournament
Ord at Doniphan-Trumbull
Kenesaw at Deshler
Ogallala vs. Minden at Southwest
Ord at Doniphan-Trumbull
Conference Tournament
Red Cloud at Superior
Red Cloud at Superior
Sutton at Sandy Creek
Sutton at Sandy Creek
HTmedia broadcasts
Thursday’s livestreaming
PREP WRESTLING
7 p.m.
Aurora at Grand Island
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
7:45 p.m.
Battle Creek at Lutheran High Northeast
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
7:05 p.m.
Omaha South at Creighton Prep
7:45 p.m.
Lawrence-Nelson at Silver Lake
6 p.m.
Lawrence-Nelson at Silver Lake
Friday’s livestreaming
TV/Radio broadcasts
Wednesday’s television
GOLF
3 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi
Championship, first round, at Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
ESPN — Villanova at Louisville
6:30 p.m.
BTN — Penn State at Ohio State
ESPN2 — Missouri at Oklahoma St.
8 p.m.
ESPN — Duke at Maryland
8:30 p..m
BTN — Minnesota at Michigan State
NHL HOCKEY
6:30 p.m.
NBCSP — Detroit at Montreal
TENNIS
8:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Australian Open, women's
semifinals, at Melbourne, Australia
2:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — Australian Open, men's semifinal, at Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday’s radio
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
KXPN 1460, KICS 1550 — Villanova at
Louisville
3 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi
Championship, second round, at Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
6 p.m.
ESPN — NC State at North Carolina
ESPN2 — Florida at Mississippi
8 p.m.
ESPN2 — Indiana at Wisconsin
9:30 p.m.
FSN — Washington St. at Arizona
10 p.m.
ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Portland
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
TNT — Boston at Orlando
9:30 p.m.
TNT — Memphis at L.A. Clippers
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
NBCSP — All-Star Game Draft, at
Ottawa, Ontario
TENNIS
2:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — Australian Open, men’s semifinal, at Melbourne, Australia
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
BTN — Illinois at Michigan State
7 p.m.
BTN — Ohio St. at Indiana
FSN — Baylor at Oklahoma
Thursday’s television
EXTREME SPORTS
8 p.m.
ESPN — Winter X Games, at Aspen,
Colo.
1:30 a.m.
ESPN2 — Winter X Games, at Aspen,
Colo. (delayed tape)
GOLF
2 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance
Open, first round, at La Jolla, Calif.
Thursday’s radio
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Sutton at Sandy Creek
6:15 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Sutton at Sandy Creek
5:45 p.m.
KXPN 1460, KICS 1550 — NC State at
North Carolina
Local
GEBERS COMMITS TO BRONCOS
Hastings College women’s basketball coach
Jeff Dittman received a second commitment to
his 2012 recruiting class, as Superior standout
Haley Gebers has decided to join the Broncos for
next season.
Gebers, a 6-foot-1 senior and left-handed
shooter, is averaging more than 24 points and
nearly 11 rebounds per game this year for the
Wildcats, which rank her among the state leaders in each category.
“It’s a relief to have made the decision,”
Gebers said. “I like that Hastings is close to
home and it just felt good when I’ve been there
on visits. It felt like a good fit.”
Gebers has doubled her offensive production
from a season ago when she played a pivotal
role in the post, working alongside former teammate and current Emporia State standout Sarah
Wood. The duo helped lead the Wildcats to the
championship game of the Southern Nebraska
Conference tournament last year.
“I’ve put in a lot of gym work since last year,”
Gebers said. “This year, I’m just trying to be a
leader. We have conference coming up, so we’re
focused on that. We want to be one of the top
teams going into the district and show people
that we’re a pretty good team.”
HC coach Jeff Dittman said Gebers will bring
an athletic presence to the Broncos’ interior play.
“We really want to improve our athleticism in
the post, and Haley is going to help us do that,”
Dittman said. “We are really excited to add a
taller and athletic post player. If you look across
the GPAC, there’s a lot of post players who can
really get out and run and now we’ve got someone who can run with them.”
Gebers said she was also considering
Concordia for basketball and just attending the
University of Nebraska at Omaha for school, but
ultimately decided on Hastings.
“I really like the tradition at Hastings,” she
said. “They’re young, they’ve got some good
athletes and I’m excited to see what’s going to
happen in the next couple of years. It just feels
like home there.”
AC WRESTLING
The Adams Central wrestling team fell to
Northwest 57-21 Tuesday at Adams Central
Picking up wins for the Patriots were Dylan
Gilliland, Tyler Joseph, Jack Barry, and Cole
Rostvet.
Northwest 57, Adams Central 21
106 — Devon Schmidt, GINW, won by forfeit
113 — Dylan Gilliland, AC, pinned Cole Wodward, GINW; 1:05
120 — Karson Sok, GINW, won by forfeit
126 — Noah Lau, GINW, pinned Derek Rostvet, AC; 1:03
132 — Trevor Kimmet, GINW, pinned Tanner Hoins, AC; 0:47
138 — Tyler Joseph, AC, pinned Ty Johnson, GINW; 1:57
145 — Blake Fruchtl, GINW, pinned Cody Gilliland, AC; 2:48
152 — Jack Barry, AC, dec. Tyler Schriner, GINW; 6-1
160 — Cole Leaman, GINW, pinned Gabe Reinke, AC; 1:27
170 — Cole Rostvet, AC, pinned Zach Dammann, GINW; 5:48
182 — Bailey Dishman, GINW, dec. Alex Meier, AC; 10-9
195 — Dylan Krosschell, GINW, pinned Ben Peiffer, AC; 0:26
220 — Tanner Roth, GINW, pinned Ben Pfeiffer, AC; 0:26
285 — Austin Dishman, GINW, won by forfeit
D-T WRESTLING
DONIPHAN — The Doniphan-Trumbull
wrestling team defeated Gibbon 54-30 in a dual
Tuesday. Picking up wins for the Cardinals were
Dan Uden (106), Tom Roach (113), Heath
Maurer (138), CJ Cosgriff (145), Joe Dinan (152),
Trevor Warford (170), Max Lorence (195),
Quinten Schafer (220) and Brandon Rewerts
(285).
Sports
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B3
Boys: Tigers knock off Patriots
AMY ROH/Tribune
Hastings High’s Briton Thomas rebounds against Adams Central’s Sydney Niemeyer
Tuesday at Hastings High.
Girls: Defense propels HHS
past AC for second victory
Adams Central closed the contest with
a flurry.
After being held scoreless through the
first three quarters, AC’s Sydney
Bernasek canned three 3-pointers in the
final two minutes of the game. The
Patriots closed the game with a 14-1 run,
holding the Tigers to just one free throw
in the final five minutes of the game.
“Turnovers have been our problem the
whole year. We had about four turnovers
right off the bat in the first quarter and
that let (HHS) get out to that early lead.
We were playing catch-up the rest of the
night,” AC coach Tim Marker said. “This
was a big game for the kids. I know they
really wanted to play well and I think
maybe they were pressing a little bit
early and that led to some of those
turnovers.
“We just need to get off to a strong
start. Once the game got going a little
bit, I thought we played better. We were
more aggressive, especially in the second
half. We just hit a couple of dry spells
and that slow start really hurt us.”
The win snapped the Tigers’ four-game
losing streak and improved them to 2-12
on the season. After having a week off,
Hastings High returns to action Jan. 31
against Class A Kearney.
Mays tallied 15 points, Petzoldt had
eight and Melody Gnagy added six
points in the win for HHS. The Tigers
finished the game 15-for-31 from the
foul line.
“It’s nice to get the win; that’s always
good,” coach Mays said. “We shot our
free throws a little better tonight and I
think that was one of the big differences.
That first half, even though we didn’t
shoot real well, is a testament of why
you want to go to the foul line. Now,
we’ve got to keep going. We need to try
and get some wins to put ourselves in a
position to give ourselves a shot in the
district tournament.”
With the loss, the Patriots fell to 3-13
on the season and have now dropped
five straight games. Adams Central
returns to action Thursday at Class B
Lexington.
Bernasek led the Patriots with nine
points, while Queen finished with seven
points and Brittani Wiseman tallied five
points. The Patriots finished the game 9for-19 from the foul line.
Adams Central (3-13) . . . . . . 4 6 10 14 — 34
Hastings High (2-12) . . . . . . 11 11 11 9 — 42
Hastings High (42)
Melody Gnagy 6, Zoe Mays 15, Bailey Christy 2,
Bailey Petzoldt 8, Mattie Stokes 2, Briton Thomas 4,
Alex Schmidt 5
Adams Central (34)
Anna Queen 7, Emily Bonifas 2, Cheyenne Gottsch 4,
Sydney Bernasek 9, Brianna Schuck 2, Sydney Niemeyer
2, Carly Bostock 2, Jaimee Gilbert 1, Brittani Wiseman 5
Hastings in the second quarter,
limiting the Patriots to six points.
The Tigers led at halftime 27-15.
In the third quarter, the Tigers
were able to keep their lead by
outscoring AC 12-10. Then, the
Hastings offense turned on the
jets in the last quarter, scoring 23
points to pull away for good.
The Tigers shot 11-for-20 from
the field and 8-for-12 at the line
in the second half. Rosno said
that hitting some shots allowed
his team to extend their defense,
because the Patriots were forced
to start on the baseline.
Adams Central head coach Zac
Foster felt his team had a tough
time matching the Tigers physicality.
“I think the physicality of
(Hastings’) overall defensive
scheme was the difference in the
game,” he said. “The first half,
they really came out and put a lot
of pressure on us. We weren’t able
to do what we wanted to do. On
the glass, I don’t know what they
out-rebounded us by, but it felt
like it was a lot.”
Opperman felt the Tigers had
an advantage inside the paint.
“We knew if we got inside, we
could break them down,” said
Opperman, who led the Tigers
with 13 points. “We knew we had
a size advantage inside, maybe
not with our height but with our
thickness.”
The Patriots were without the
services of two starters in the
rivalry game because of disciplinary reasons, which forced Foster
to play some less-experienced
players. But he said the team has
faith in the players on the floor.
“We’re not going to make
excuses at Adams Central. We
believe in the guys we’re playing,” Foster said. “Obviously, if
any team loses a couple guys for
any reason, there is going to be
an adjustment period. But we
have complete faith and confidence in the kids we’re playing,
and they understand they need to
step up and make plays. It’s a
learning experience.”
Senior Brady Barrett led the
Patriots with 22 points, shooting
7-for-17 from the floor to make
up for a tough night on the offensive end from his team. AC finished shooting 16-for-46 as a
team in the game. Junior Jake
Fowler added seven in the loss.
For the Tigers, seniors Kayd
Welke and Duang finished right
behind Opperman with 12 points
a piece. Junior Tyler Ripperger
scored 10.
While a raucous student section
jumped up and down like Duke’s
famed “Cameron Crazies” whenever Adams Central had the ball,
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Hastings High’s Tyler Ripperger rebounds against Adams Central’s
Lathan Smidt (left) and Ryan Bruna Tuesday at Hastings High.
the big game atmosphere buzzing
in the crowd at the Hastings High
gym didn’t seem to affect the
Tigers’ focus in the win.
Rosno said that his team’s goal
wasn’t to go all-out for the
Patriots, but just to make
improvements from their onepoint loss to Northwest last
Friday.
“I think it was a good high
school environment, because of
the full stands. But equally so,
you had two teams who are willing to go out and play at a high
level of caliber,” he said. “I told
the kids I was excited with how
we played. It had nothing to do
with who we were playing. We
don’t want to be in a situation
where we’re only getting up for
one game.
“We want to learn from our
wins and losses and get ready for
our next opponent. Coaching is
just teaching, and when you’ve
got some pupils who are willing
to learn from their mistakes,
that’s going to give you a positive
opportunity to become a better
team.”
From here, both teams will go
on a different journey to finish
the season. While the loss snaps
their win streak, Foster said the
Patriots know that everything the
team wants to achieve is still
there.
“We said in the locker room
that all our goals are still in front
of us. We’re going to learn from
this,” Foster said. “When you play
somebody good, sometimes you
get exposed in some ways and
Hastings High exposed us in some
things we need to get better at.”
The Patriots travel to Lexington
(0-15) Thursday to take on the
Minutemen.
The Tigers, on the other hand,
will have to continue to fight and
scrape out wins if they want to
make some noise going into the
postseason. They have a week off
before hosting Kearney (11-5)
Tuesday in a rematch of their
first-round game at the Greater
Nebraska Athletic Conference
tournament in which the Tigers
won 65-48.
“We go one game at a time,
and I know that’s cliché. That’s all
this team is desiring to do,”
Rosno said. “We’re well aware
that when Kearney comes to
town they’re going to present a
whole lot of different challenges.
They’re going to have some good,
talented kids. They play a schedule that’s going to prepare them.
Again, regardless of how that one
turns out, its just one opportunity
and one game for us to be able to
learn for the rest of our season.”
Opperman said the team’s confidence is high going into the
final stretch.
“We know we can play with
any team left on our schedule.
We can win districts if we play
defense and take care of the ball,”
he said. “We’re all positive, we
stick together and we think we’ve
got bright things in front of us.”
AC (12-3) . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 10 17 — 42
Hastings (6-7) . . . . . . 14 13 12 23 — 62
Hastings (62)
Tyler Ripperger 5-8 0-0 10, Kayd Welke 4-10
4-5 12, Brady Menke 2-4 0-0 5, Patrick
Opperman 4-11 5-8 13, Septer Duang 5-9 0-0
12, Brogen Shea 1-3 0-0 2, Ty Anderson 1-3 22 4, Will Reimer 0-0 1-2 1, Sam Johnson 0-0 12 1, Marco Vigna 0-1 0-0 0, Tanner Johnson 11 0-0 2. Totals: 23-50 13-19 62.
Adams Central (42)
Brady Barrett 7-17 6-9 22, Adam Hunt 2-6 00 4, Jake Fowler 3-8 1-2 7, Ryan Bruna 0-2 0-0
0, Matthew Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Marcus Brown 01 0-1 0, Christian Hodson 2-4 0-0 4, Tyler
Kirkegaard 2-2 0-0 5, Anthony Niederklein 0-1
0-0 0, Tevin Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Derek Shuck
0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 16-46 7-12 42.
Three-point field goals — Hastings 3-9
(Menke 1-1, Opperman 0-1, Duang 2-6,
Anderson 0-1), Adams Central 3-15 (Barrett 27, Hunt 0-3, Bruna 0-2, Mat. Brown 0-1,
Kirkegaard 1-1, Shuck 0-1). Turnovers —
Hastings 9, Adams Central 8.
Neb. bill would allow bets on historic horse races
LINCOLN — Bettors at
Nebraska horse racing tracks
would be able to wager on races
that have already happened,
under a bill set for a hearing in
the Legislature’s Judiciary
Committee.
Lawmakers on Wednesday will
discuss whether to allow gambling
machines that would show historic races.
Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh, of
Omaha, says the racing terminals
would raise money for the racing
industry and the state of
Nebraska.
Tens of thousands of races could
be shown at random on the
machines.
Lautenbaugh says there would
be no place or time listed on the
screen, and horses would not be
named.
He says there is no chance people would remember which horse
won a particular race.
The senator says Legislative Bill
806 would save jobs in the horse
racing industry.
Tribland roundups
BOYS BASKETBALL
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 45,
Osceola 33
YORK — BruningDavenport/Shickley defeated
Osceola 45-33 in the quarterfinals
of the Crossroads Conference tournament on Tuesday.
Ryan Tegtmeier scored a gamehigh 22 points to lead BDS.
Osceola (7-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 16 2 11 — 33
BDS (12-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 9 15 11 — 45
BDS (45)
Luke Christensen 4, Michael Houchin 5, Kendrick
Holeman 5, Ryan Tegtmeier 22, Wyatt Schoenhals 2, Grant
Norder 2, Dylan Lauenstein 5
Osceola (33)
Nick Hayes 2, Bartley Nelson 20, Jesse Swantek 3, Eric
Hays 4, Clyde Ericson 4
Cross County 56,
Exeter-Milligan 48
YORK — Exeter-Milligan fell to
Cross County 56-48 in the
Crossroads Conference tournament
on Tuesday.
Nolan White led the
Timberwolves with 21 points. Brady
Bristol added eight points.
Exeter-Milligan (9-5) . . . . . . . . . . .4 8 22 14 — 48
Cross County (11-6) . . . . . . . . . .9 16 12 19 — 56
Cross County (56)
Caleb Brooke 15, Jake Brooke 11, Caleb Tweeten 5,
Darren Wright 16, Ross Eller 9
Exeter-Milligan (48)
Derek Luzum 4, Brady Bristol 8, Quinten Loontjer 2, Kyle
Jensen 5, Blake Mark 4, Nolan White 21, Jalen Maxon 4
Blue Hill 44,
Lawrence-Nelson 32
NELSON — Blue Hill defeated
Lawrence-Nelson 44-32 Tuesday.
Maverick Busboom led Blue Hill
with 15 points. Trent Kohmetscher
and Garrett Williams added eight
points each.
Emet Fanning and TJ Kahman led
the Raiders with 11 points each.
Blue Hill (8-6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 13 13 10 — 44
Lawrence-Nelson (2-13) . . . . . . . .17 2 9 4 — 32
Blue Hill (44)
Mitchell Ruybalid 7, Trent Kohmetscher 8, Luke Faimon
2, Trevor Kohmetscher 3, Maverick Busboom 15, Garrett
Williams 8, Kyle Mans 1
Lawrence-Nelson (32)
Daniel Schroer 2, Jacob Himmelberg 2, Emet Fanning
11, David Kimminau 4, TJ Kahman 11, Josh Himmelberg 2
Deshler 64,
Superior 36
SUPERIOR — Deshler defeated
Superior 64-36 Tuesday.
Luke Dlouhy led Deshler with 21
points. Lane Baker added 19 points,
and Josiah Burger recorded 10
points.
Wes Clyde led Superior with 11
points. Ty Betka added seven
points.
Deshler (9-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 14 20 9 — 64
Superior (1-14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 4 4 18 — 36
Deshler (64)
Josiah Burger 10, Luke Dlouhy 21, Lane Baker 19, Kyle
Dlouhy 2, Clay Jones 3, Brett Finke 9
Superior (36)
Nathan Wilt 4, Wes Clyde 11, Junior Reed 4, Ty Betka
7,Taylor Robb 1, Brandon Simonsen 5, Austin Kroeger 2,
Caleb Isom 2
Sutton 61,
Sterling 42
SUTTON — Sutton beat Sterling
Tuesday 61-42.
Reid Weibe led Sutton with 18
points. Austan Rath had 17 points,
and Lance Spongberg scored 14.
Sterling (12-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 14 13 5 — 42
Sutton(14-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 13 10 21 — 61
Sutton (61)
Reid Wiebe 18, Austan Rath 17, Lance Spongberg 14,
Cole Wiseman 2, Sam Greiss 8, Dustin Hahn 2.
Sterling (42)
Trey Trauernicht 5, Colin VanGronigen 8, Archie Keebler
3, Ceaton Malone 7, Kody Benson 19.
Friend 49,
Harvard 36
HARVARD — Harvard fell to
Friend Tuesday night 49-36.
Austin Pelotte led Harvard with 15
points. Riley Gallagher added 12
points.
Friend (4-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 10 19 15 — 49
Harvard (5-9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 11 10 8 — 36
Friend (49)
Brad Ricenbaw 18, Tanner Walker 12, Brady Vossler 7,
Blake Due 6, Tanner Stutzman 4, Jared Segner 2.
Harvard (36)
Austin Pelotte 15, Riley Gallagher 12, Allen Brand 4,
Colton Ives 3, Armando Morales 2.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 57,
Hampton 46
YORK — BruningDavenport/Shickley defeated
Hampton 57-46 in the quarterfinals
of the Crossroads Conference tournament Tuesday.
Shelby Garland led BDS with 17
points. Cynthia Mick added 11
points, while Jennifer Mick recorded eight.
Hampton (10-6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 12 14 11 — 46
BDS (9-7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 16 12 14 — 57
Hampton (46)
Taylor VanHousen 3, Brittany Dose 1, Kalynn Dahlke 6,
Teya Mason 30, Cami Roehrs 2, Hannah Bamesberger 4
BDS (57)
Kalli Schroeder 3, Ashley Hinrichs 1, Jennifer Mick 8,
Jaycie Hoins 3, Shleby Garland 17, Tara Pavelka 2,
Matyson Kleinschmidt 6, Cassidy Bently 2, Cynthia Mick
11, Christy Swartzendruber 4
Cross County 53,
Giltner 42
YORK — Giltner was defeated by
Cross County 53-42 in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads Conference
tournament Tuesday.
Darby Hinrichs and Abbey
Preissler led Giltner with 15 points
each.
Cross County (12-5) . . . . . . . . .10 11 14 18 — 53
Giltner (10-6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 11 9 14 — 42
Cross County (53)
Emily Larson 3, Brooke Anderson 6, Lindsay Larson 14,
Morgan Mickey 3, Michelle Klein 6, Sadey Waller 13,
Megan pallas 5, Brooke Kleinschmit 2
Giltner (42)
Darby Hinrichs 15, Jordan Bieck 4, Abbey Preissler 15,
Shayne Vaught 4, Dani Most 4
Superior 46,
Deshler 38
SUPERIOR — Superior defeated
Deshler 46-38 Tuesday.
Haley Gebers led Superior with 21
points. Lyndsey Brown had six
points.
Jenscena Hansen led Deshler
with 17 points. April Maschman
added nine points.
Deshler (8-7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 4 14 10 — 38
Superior (9-7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 18 5 15 — 46
Superior (46)
Jaysa Hoins 4, Kayla Klatt 2, Haley Gebers 21, Jett
Mickelsen 3, Holly Bower 2, Alex Meyer 4, Chelsea Renz 4,
Lyndsey Brown 6
Deshler (38)
April Maschman 9, Jenscena Hansen 17, Kelsey
Durflinger 1, Briana Dahl 6, Carlee Schardt 5
Blue Hill 53,
Lawrence-Nelson 29
NELSON — Blue Hill defeated
Lawrence-Nelson 53-29 Tuesday
night.
Kara Himmelberg led LawrenceNelson with 11 points. Kasandra
Fanning added nine points.
Kaitlin Kumke led Blue Hill with 18
points. Jordyn Atwater scored 15
points.
Blue Hill (11-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 16 17 7 — 53
Lawrence-Nelson (7-8) . . . . . . . . . .9 5 7 8 — 29
Blue Hill (53)
Lexi Himmelberg 2, April Faimon 2, Maci Coffey 7,
Mackenzie Willicot 2, Kelsey Karr 1, Jordyn Atwater 15,
Lauren Reiman 6, Kaitlin Kumke 18.
Lawrence-Nelson (29)
Karlie Mazour 2, Kara Himmelberg 11, Ashley Fisher 2,
Kasandra Fanning 9, Kelsey Biltoft 5.
Silver Lake 44,
Wilcox-Hildreth 29
WILCOX— Silver Lake defeated
Wilcox-Hildreth 44-29 Tuesday.
Mackenzie Skupa led Silver Lake
with 21 points.
Alexa Hinrichs led Wilcox-Hildreth
with 10 points.
Silver Lake (4-10) . . . . . . . . . . . .16 11 12 5 — 44
Wilcox-Hildreth (0-14) . . . . . . . . . .6 7 6 10 — 29
Silver Lake (44)
Josie Parr 3, Alissa Ehrman 6, Meghan Rockefeller 4,
Mackenzie Skupa 21, Sydney Meyer 5, Amy Trausch 2,
Kila Timm 3.
Wilcox-Hildreth (29)
Caitlin Hinrichs 6, Jessica Harms 7, Shelby Aspegren 4,
Reilly Jenkins 2, Alexa Hinrichs 10.
Friend 63,
Harvard 34
HARVARD — Harvard fell to
Friend 63-34 Tuesday.
Alison Engle led Harvard with 17
points. Michelle Hachtel added
eight points.
Friend (13-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 18 8 23 — 63
Harvard (6-10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 13 7 6— 34
Friend (63)
Annie Rohrig 14, Charlee Johnson 10, Taylor Menke 10,
Cara Stutzman 9, Drew Stutzman 6, Ashly Ryan 4, Kristian
Roth 2, Jordyn Baugh 2, Jenny Lawver 2, Melissa Foley 2,
Macie Coffey 2.
Harvard (34)
Alison Engle 17, Michelle Hachtel 8, Katie Bell 2, Shelby
Smith 2, Brenda Segura 2, Jennifer Callahan 2, Tiana
Barnes 1.
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VINCE WILFORK, DT, PATRIOTS
The 325-plus-pound monster in the middle
dominated the line of scrimmage during a
23–20 win over Baltimore in the AFC title game.
Wilfork recorded one sack and six total tackles
— including a key fourth-quarter third-down
tackle for a loss on running back Ray Rice,
which moved the Ravens out of field goal range,
forced them to go for it on fourth down and ultimately led to a turnover on downs. Easily the
most disruptive defensive player in this year’s
playoffs, the eight-year veteran is now looking
to add a second Super Bowl ring, after winning
it all in Super Bowl XXXIX but falling short in
Super Bowl XLII.
DEVIN THOMAS, WR, GIANTS
The good hands man who was at the right place
at the right time — twice — during New York’s
20–17 overtime win at San Francisco in the
NFC Championship Game. Thomas’ two fumble
recoveries led to 10 points, including the gamewinning 31-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes.
49ers backup return man Kyle Williams — the
son of Chicago White Sox general manager Ken
Williams — replaced the injured Ted Ginn Jr.,
who sat out with a sore knee. Williams had a
day to forget, muffing a punt off of his knee in
the second quarter and fumbling the ball in
overtime. Thomas cashed in both times, scooping up the loose balls and sparking a Giants win.
VERNON DAVIS, TE, 49ERS
The Niners tight end was solid gold during the
playoffs. After posting seven catches for 180
yards (25.7 ypc) and two TDs in San Francisco’s
Divisional Round win over the Saints, Davis followed that effort with three catches for 112
yards (37.3 ypc) and two trips to the end zone
— a highlight-reel 73-yard sprint down the
sideline and a 28-yard score. Davis joined the
“G.O.A.T.” Jerry Rice as the only 49ers with two
TD catches in back-to-back playoff games, finishing the postseason with 10 receptions for
292 yards (29.2 ypc) and four TDs.
■ You can’t spell “elite” without Eli. Giants
quarterback ELI MANNING is headed to the
Super Bowl for the second time in five seasons
after an heroic effort in a 20–17 overtime win
on the road and in the rain against the 49ers.
Manning completed 32-of-58 passes — both
new team records — for 316 yards, two TDs
and zero INTs in victory. The Super Bowl XLII
MVP was the toughest man on the field, taking
six sacks and at least 20 hits from an abusive
San Francisco defense. This is nothing new,
however. Manning has thrown for 923 yards,
eight TDs and one INT for a 103.1 rating during
the Giants’ postseason run this season. Over
New York’s current five-game winning streak,
Manning has thrown 12 TDs and just two INTs,
leading Big Blue back to the big game for a rematch with Tom Brady and the Patriots.
Patriots
Giants
Ravens
49ers
Packers
Saints
Texans
Broncos
Steelers
Lions
Falcons
Bengals
Titans
Eagles
Cowboys
Chargers
Cardinals
Raiders
Dolphins
Jets
Seahawks
Panthers
Chiefs
Bears
Jaguars
Redskins
Bills
Browns
Buccaneers
Vikings
Rams
Colts
(15-3)
(12-7)
(13-5)
(14-4)
(15-2)
(14-4)
(11-7)
(9-9)
(12-5)
(10-7)
(10-7)
(9-8)
(9-7)
(8-8)
(8-8)
(8-8)
(8-8)
(8-8)
(6-10)
(8-8)
(7-9)
(6-10)
(7-9)
(8-8)
(5-11)
(5-11)
(6-10)
(4-12)
(4-12)
(3-13)
(2-14)
(2-14)
Feel they are team of destiny; riding a 10-game win streak into Super Bowl.
Eli Manning headed to his big brother Peyton’s adopted hometown of Indy.
Ray Lewis says AFC title game loss was “absolutely not” his last game.
Kyle Williams’ botched punts hurt but San Fran was 1-of-13 on 3rd down.
Jim Irwin, radio voice of the Packers for 30 seasons, passes away at 77.
Sean Payton, Mickey Loomis confident free agent Drew Brees will re-sign.
Center Chris Myers, DE Antonio Smith added to Pro Bowl roster as alternates.
Tim Tebow sings, performs on stage with country music star Brad Paisley.
Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians claims he was forced out, opts to retire.
Cam Newton, not Matt Stafford, named Eli Manning’s Pro Bowl replacement.
Hire Mike Nolan as defensive coordinator; fire DB coach Alvin Reynolds.
Rookie Andy Dalton named as Tom Brady’s replacement on Pro Bowl roster.
Mike Munchak says Penn State’s Joe Paterno was like a “dad to all of us.”
Michael Vick set to marry longtime fiance Kijafa Frank on June 20, 2012.
Jerry Jones praises Eli Manning, says Giants QB was “the huge difference.”
Philip Rivers one of three finalists for Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
Assistant head coach Russ Grimm, four assistants sign contract extensions.
Conduct second interview with Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.
Hire Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin as franchise’s 10th coach.
Giants-Patriots Super Bowl matchup could not be worse for Rex Ryan.
Brandon Browner completes improbable journey from CFL to Pro Bowl.
Cam Newton keeps winning, headed to Honolulu to play in first Pro Bowl.
Will Shields one of two first-year modern-era finalists for Hall of Fame.
Brian Urlacher tells Chicago Tribune he hides concussions, uses Toradol.
Future of Blaine Gabbert murky after bad season, hiring of Mike Mularkey.
Add former Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris as defensive backs coach.
GM Buddy Nix says contract talks with Stevie Johnson have re-opened.
President Mike Holmgren to be inducted into Packers Hall of Fame in July.
Chip Kelly tempted by Bucs offer but has “unfinished business” at Oregon.
Gov. Mark Dayton says stadium must be built at current Metrodome site.
Jeff Fisher brings in Gregg Williams as DC, Brian Schottenheimer as OC.
Lucas Oil Stadium set to host Super Bowl XLVI, Madonna halftime show.
Sunday, Jan. 22
New England
N.Y. Giants
23
20
Baltimore
San Francisco
20
(ot) 17
36
45
New Orleans
Denver
32
10
20
37
Houston
Green Bay
13
20
31
45
Cincinnati
Detroit
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28
24
29
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
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23
Divisional Round
Saturday, Jan. 14
San Francisco
New England
Sunday, Jan. 15
Baltimore
N.Y. Giants
Wild Card Round
Saturday, Jan. 7
Houston
New Orleans
Sunday, Jan. 8
N.Y. Giants
Denver
SENIOR BOWL
SATURDAY, JAN. 28, MOBILE, AL
College football’s top seniors gather in Mobile
for a week of intense practices and a game on
Saturday in one of the most important scouting
events for NFL talent evaluators. The Vikings’
Leslie Frazier will coach the North squad and
Redskins’ Mike Shanahan will coach the South.
PRO BOWL
SUNDAY, JAN. 29, HONOLULU, HI
The NFL’s annual all-star game kicks off on the
island of Oahu on Sunday, when the AFC and
NFC go head-to-head. There will be no Giants
or Patriots in the game, which was moved to
the week before the Super Bowl in 2010. But
there will be plenty of Aloha spirit on both sides.
Athlon Sports
Game, Set, Rematch
Patriots, Giants meet again
in Super Bowl XLVI
By NATHAN RUSH
Athlon Sports Editor
The greatest battles in sports often
produce the greatest rematches.
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The
Los Angeles Lakers and Boston
Celtics. Roger Federer and Rafael
Nadal. All are classic rivalries with
multiple spellbinding chapters.
And now, the New England Patriots
and New York Giants — the last two
teams left standing, as champions of
the AFC and NFC, respectively —
look to join those historic ranks.
The Patriots defeated the Baltimore
Ravens, 23–20, in a game that ended
with Baltimore kicker Billy Cundiff
missing a 32-yard chip shot field goal
that would have sent the contest into
overtime.
“It’s a kick I’ve kicked a thousand
times in my career,” Cundiff said, in
disbelief with watery eyes following
the game. “You know that Ray Lewis
has poured his heart out, and you don’t
know how many years he has left. To
let him down is pretty tough.”
On the other side, the Giants eaked
out a 20–17 overtime win on the road
and in the rain against the San Francisco 49ers, following a fumbled punt
by Kyle Williams, who was subbing
for an injured Ted Ginn Jr. Williams’
second turnover of the game put the
Giants in field goal range, allowing
Lawrence Tynes the opportunity to hit
the second sudden-death, game-winning, NFC title-clinching field goal of
his career.
“You hate to be the last guy that had
the ball, to give it away in that fashion
and to lose a game of this magnitude,”
said Williams, who sat dazed with
cameras and microphones surrounding
his usually vacant locker space after
the game.
As a result of the costly mistakes
made by Cundiff and Williams, Super
Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in
Indianapolis will be a rematch of
Super Bowl XLII at University of
Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, where
the Giants upset the previously unbeaten Patriots, 17–14, in one of the
most exciting Super Bowls of all time.
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Tom Brady is 3–1 all-time in the Super Bowl — with his only loss coming vs. the Giants
— and was named MVP of the big game after Super Bowls XXXVI and XXXVIII.
Although there are many new faces,
both head coaches (New England’s
Bill Belichick and New York’s Tom
Coughlin) and high-profile quarterbacks (Tom Brady and Eli Manning)
are back for another showdown on
Super Sunday.
Brady and Manning are only the
third pair of quarterbacks to play each
other in multiple Super Bowls. Pittsburgh’s Terry Bradshaw beat Dallas’
Roger Staubach in Super Bowls X and
XIII, while Dallas’ Troy Aikman
bested Buffalo’s Jim Kelly in Super
Bowls XXVII and XXVIII.
Obviously, Brady will look to buck
that trend by becoming the first losing
QB to win his Super Bowl rematch.
Manning, however, will aim to recreate the magic he had on the Giants’
epic 12-play, 83-yard game-winning
drive that featured three clutch thirddown conversions — including the
miraculous 32-yard “helmet catch” by
David Tyree on 3rd-and-5 — and was
capped by a 13-yard scoring strike to a
wide open Plaxico Burress with 35
seconds remaining.
Mitchell
Light
181-85
Giants by 7
“You can’t write a better script,”
said Manning, after winning his first
Super Bowl in dramatic fashion.
“There were so many big plays on that
drive.”
This will also be a rematch of the
Week 9 matchup between the Pats and
G-Men. The Giants also won that
meeting, 24–20, with Manning hitting
tight end Jake Ballard for a one-yard
touchdown with 15 seconds remaining
— in a play reminiscent of Manning’s
Super Bowl-winning touchdown pass
to Burress as well as the incredible
Tyree grab four plays earlier on the
final drive.
“I’d rather be down by three with a
minute-thirty than up by four with a
minute-thirty with Tom Brady, with
their offense on the field,” Manning
echoed, with an eerily similar reaction
after the Week 9 victory. “You like
those situations where you have an opportunity to go win the game.”
New England has won 10 straight
games since losing to New York, a
team riding a five-game win streak of
its own.
Rob
Doster
171-95
Nathan
Rush
186-80
Patriots by 4
Giants by 3
Patrick
Snow
182-84
Patriots by 4
“We’ve had five straight singleelimination games,” said Coughlin.
“Somehow, some way, we’ve found a
way to scratch our way to a win.”
During that five-game winning
streak, Manning has been arguably the
best quarterback in football — passing
for 1,494 yards, 12 TDs and two INTs
in wins over the Jets, Cowboys, Falcons, Packers and 49ers. Meanwhile,
the Big Blue Wrecking Crew defense
has been running on all cylinders, allowing an average of 13.4 points per
game, notching 20 sacks and forcing
11 turnovers along the way.
In Super Bowl XLII, Brady was
dogged by the Giants’ defensive line,
taking five sacks and losing a fumble.
In this year’s postseason, Brady has
posted day and night performances,
with 363 yards and a record six TDs
in a blowout of the Broncos before
tossing two INTs and failing to throw
a TD for the first time in 36 games in
a nailbiter against the Ravens.
“I sucked pretty bad,” Brady said
after the AFC Championship Game.
“I’m gonna go out and try to do a better job in a couple weeks.”
The three-time Super Bowl champ
and two-time Super Bowl MVP even
went so far as to make a promise to
Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
“He said to me, ‘I promise you I’m
going to play a lot better in two
weeks,’ said Kraft, whose wife Myra
passed away this season and whose
team has worn tribute patches with her
initials, “MHK” since her death.
“He’s still pretty good in my book.
I’ll take him over any quarterback.
I’ve been watching the NFL for a long
time, and there’s no quarterback I’d
rather have.”
History backs up Kraft’s opinion.
Brady tied Joe Montana’s all-time
playoff wins record, with 16. Just by
going to the big game again Brady has
tied John Elway for most Super Bowl
appearances by a starting quarterback,
with five. A victory over the Giants
would give Brady the all-time playoff
wins mark outright and tie him with
Montana and Terry Bradshaw for most
Super Bowl wins all-time by a starting
quarterback, with four.
“It’s incredible,” said Brady. “You
pinch yourself to get this opportunity.
It’s really a privilege.”
Steven
Lassan
178-88
Giants by 3
Consensus
181-85
Giants by 1
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ITunes’ Official Music
Charts for the week ending
Jan. 23:
NEW ORLEANS — “The Boss” has been added to this year’s
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival lineup.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform on
Sunday, April 29. It’ll be Springsteen’s first Jazz Fest appearance
since 2006, when he took the stage with his Seeger Sessions
project less than a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the
area.
Eddie Vedder and rapper Mystikal also have been added to
the lineup. They join a previously announced roster that
includes the Eagles, a reunion of the Beach Boys, Tom Petty &
the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band and John
Mayer, the Neville Brothers, Al Green and My Morning Jacket.
Hundreds of acts will perform on roughly a dozen stages
over two weekends from April 27 through May 6.
Top Songs
1. “Turn Me On (feat. Nicki
Minaj),” David Guetta
2. “Set Fire to the Rain,” ADELE
3. “What Doesn’t Kill You
(Stronger),” Kelly Clarkson
4. “Rack City,” Tyga
5. “Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
6. “Young, Wild & Free (feat.
Bruno Mars),” Wiz Khalifa, Snoop
Dogg
7. “We Found Love (feat. Calvin
Harris),” Rihanna
8. “Sexy and I Know It,” LMFAO
9. “Domino,” Jessie J
10. “Ni**as in Paris,” Kanye
West, JAY Z
Top Albums
1. “21”, ADELE
2. “Take Care,” Drake
3. “El Camino,” The Black Keys
4. “Bangarang,” Skrillex
5. “Kidz Bop 21,” Kidz Bop Kids
6. “Mylo Xyloto,” Coldplay
7. “Joyful Noise (Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack),” Various
Artists
8. “This Means War,” Attack
Attack!
9. “Lana Del Rey,” Lana Del Rey
10. “Making Mirrors,” Gotye
HASTY PUDDING MAN OF THE YEAR
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Actor Jason Segel can add a Hasty
Pudding pot award to his career highlights.
Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Monday
named Segel its Man of Year.
The student group is the nation’s oldest undergraduate
drama troupe. It’ll host a parade and roast for Segel on Feb. 3.
Segel got his start in the short-lived but critically acclaimed
television series “Freaks and Geeks.”
He later wrote and starred in the 2008 movie “Forgetting
Sarah Marshall,” which earned more than $100 million worldwide. And he co-wrote and starred in last year’s “The
Muppets.”
He plays Marshall Eriksen on the CBS comedy “How I Met
Your Mother.”
Last year, Jay Leno won the Hasty Pudding award, which recognizes outstanding entertainers.
Actress Claire Danes has been named this year’s Woman of
the Year.
APP STORE
App Store Official Charts
for the week ending Jan. 23:
Top Paid iPhone Apps
1. Scramble With Friends
(Zynga)
2. Words With Friends (Zynga)
3. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick Studios)
4. Where’s My Water? (Disney)
5. Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com)
6. Camera+ (tap tap tap)
7. Angry Birds Seasons (Rovio
Mobile Ltd.)
8. Cut the Rope (Chillingo Ltd.)
9. Color Texting for iMessages
(Apps4Life)
10. TETRIS (Electronic Arts)
Top Free iPhone Apps
1. Temple Run (Imangi Studios,
LLC)
2. Scramble With Friends Free
(Zynga)
3. Blood & Glory (Glu Games
Inc.)
4. Life is Crime (Red Robot
Labs Inc.)
5. Fluff Friends Rescue (SGN)
6. Snappers (Mikhail Eliseev)
7. Tap Fish 2 (Gameview
Studios)
8. Tap Buggies (Pocket Gems,
Inc.)
9. iTunes U (Apple)
10. Charadium II free (On5)
Top Paid iPad Apps
1. Where’s My Water? (Disney)
2. Notability — handwriting,
note taking, audio recording,
annotate PDFs, cloud sync your
notes to Dropbox, and more
(Ginger Labs)
3. Words With Friends HD
(Zynga)
4. Angry Birds Seasons HD
(Rovio Mobile Ltd.)
5. Smash Cops (Hutch)
6. Scramble With Friends
(Zynga)
7. Pages (Apple)
8. MONOPOLY for iPad
(Electronic Arts)
9. Angry Birds HD (Chillingo
Ltd.)
10. TETRIS for iPad (Electronic
Arts)
Top Free iPad Apps
1. iTunes U (Apple)
2. Temple Run (Imangi Studios,
LLC)
3. Scramble With Friends Free
(Zynga)
4. Facebook (Facebook, Inc.)
5. iBooks (Apple)
6. Skype for iPad (Skype
Software S.a.r.l)
7. Order Up!! To Go (Chillingo
Ltd)
8. The Weather Channel for
iPad (The Weather Channel
Interactive)
9. Netflix (Netflix, Inc.)
10. Words With Friends HD
Free (Zynga)
TV
‘NINJA WARRIOR’
NEW YORK — NBC and
its G4 cable sister will crown
an “American Ninja Warrior”
this summer — and it’s a
good bet that person will be
tired.
The network said Tuesday
that it will air a summer competition series putting contestants through an arduous
obstacle course, sort of a serious version of ABC’s
“Wipeout” series. Regional
rounds will winnow a field of
100 contestants before a winner is chosen at a Las Vegas
course.
FRANKLIN CALLS OFF HER WEDDING
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In this Jan. 13 photo, actress Keke Palmer poses for a portrait in New York.
Actress grows up
with ‘Joyful Noise’
ALICIA RANCILIO
N
EW YORK — Keke Palmer
became a star with her
Nickelodeon show “True
Jackson, VP” which aired for
three seasons and made her one
of the highest paid child actors on television.
Instead of sticking with the show though she
decided it was a good time to end it around
her 18th birthday last August.
“I was approaching 18 and it’s just like I
don’t want to be a grown woman on the
show,” said Palmer in a recent interview. “I
want my fans to grow with me, I don’t want
to stay stagnant and that’s what it pretty
much came down to. You know I’m growing
up and I wanted to grow with my audience.
Not for them to watch me and I’m left behind
and just a memory from their childhood.”
Palmer shows she’s growing up with the
film “Joyful Noise” starring Queen Latifah
and Dolly Parton. It’s about a small-town
church choir that faces being shut down by
budget cuts.
She plays Latifah’s teenage daughter Olivia,
who falls for Dolly Parton’s character’s grandson, played by Jeremy Jordan.
In the film, Palmer has her first make out
scene, which she admits made her nervous.
Watch your honors, your entries
I
n “Henry V,” William
Shakespeare wrote, “If it
be a sin to covet honor, I
am the most offending
soul.” This is part of a fictional rendering of the speech
given by
Henry V to his
troops before
the Battle of
Agincourt in
1415.
Bridge players covet and
generate tricks
with their
Phillip
honor cards,
Alder
which is this
week’s theme.
However, today’s deal involves
a second important aspect of
declarer play and defense.
You are South, in three notrump. West leads the spade
queen. What would you do?
Before engaging the enemy
in trick-to-trick combat, count
your immediate winners. Here,
you have seven: two spades,
three hearts, one diamond and
one club. So, you need two
more tricks from somewhere.
The clear candidate is the diamond suit. However, since you
need three diamond tricks, do
not lead the queen for a
finesse. This will break even if
the suit splits 3-3 (when all
North
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West
East
´ Q J 10 9 8
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South
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Dealer: South
Vulnerable: East-West
South West North East
1 NT Pass 3 NT All pass
Opening lead: ´ Q
sane plays work), but costs
badly against many 4-2 divisions.
The right basic plan is to lead
diamonds twice toward the
hand with the two honors. But
with this layout, if East ducks
the first round and takes his
king on the second, your suit
will be blocked. After regaining
the lead and cashing the diamond jack, you will need a
dummy entry to get to the diamond ace.
Win trick one in the dummy
and lead a low diamond
toward your queen-jack.
Assuming East ducks, win with
your queen, return to the
dummy with a heart to the
jack, and call for another low
diamond. Here, as you were
careful with your entries, everything is wine (red, white or
rose) and roses (red, white or
some other color).
NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin won’t be getting fitted for a
wedding gown after all: She’s called off her engagement.
A statement released Monday by her representative said
Franklin’s wedding to Willie Wilkerson wasn’t going to happen.
“Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast,
and there were a number of things that had not been thought
through thoroughly. There will be no wedding at this time,”
Franklin said. “We will not comment on it any further because
of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate
all of the many well wishes from friends.”
Franklin, 69, announced shortly after New Year’s Day that
she was getting married. In an interview with The Associated
Press, the jovial Queen of Soul talked about getting fitted for
gowns by designers including Vera Wang and Donna Karan,
and said she hoped for a summer wedding in either Miami or
the Hamptons on Long Island, N.Y.
Franklin said Wilkerson was the one for her and that the
relationship was particularly strong because they had been
friends first.
“We’re very compatible, and he supports me and I support
him a lot, and he has given me specialized attention that I
don’t think I’ve received from anyone else,” she said.
It’s unclear if the pair are still romantically involved.
COMEDIAN HEADS TO PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Harvey is relinquishing his
role as one of the Original Kings of Comedy to become an
Alabama school principal — at least for one day.
Students at Phillips Academy in Birmingham will be answering to Principal Steve Harvey on Thursday after the school won
a contest sponsored by Harvey’s morning radio show and
General Mills.
The Birmingham News reports that Angela Strozier, the
mother of an eighth-grader at Phillips Academy, entered the
contest by submitting an essay about the school’s success. In it,
she described how the deadly tornado outbreak in Alabama
last April had affected many Phillips students.
In a statement, Harvey said he was impressed by the school’s
“strong parental and community involvement.”
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ESCAPES BUS FIRE
MESA, Ariz. — A tour bus carrying country music star Lee
Brice caught on fire outside a restaurant in the Phoenix suburb
of Mesa, forcing the musician and his crew to flee.
KNXV-TV reports that the group had been on the road for
nine hours when the bus caught on fire Saturday. The “Love
Like Crazy” singer had a concert in Mesa.
Mesa firefighter Shaun Denman says crews worked quickly to
keep the fire from spreading to a trailer behind the bus. He says
the flames were “about as high as the roof of the building.”
Brice says he and a few other people were asleep at the time.
He says they left the bus “and within of minutes it was in
flames.”
He says he’s thankful no one was hurt.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 26
I
College-bound senior doesn’t
measure up in parents’ eyes
D
EAR ABBY: I’m 18 years
old. I play two competitive sports, maintain a
4.0 GPA, have good friends and
will be attending the college
of my dreams.
Yet for some
reason I cannot get along
with my parents.
It seems like
I can’t live up
Dear Abby
to their standards. We get
into huge fights every day over
insignificant things. My parents continually tell me they
don’t think I will handle college very well because I “can’t
get along with people.” But
their lack of faith just frustrates
me and we get into more
fights.
In reality, the only people I
don’t get along with are my
parents. This is unsettling to
me because next fall I will be
across the country from them
and I feel they will be happy
that I’m gone. I’m at a loss as
to what to do to control my
temper and fix my relationship
with my parents before I leave.
Your advice would be appreciated. — CLIMBING THE
WALLS IN CLEVELAND
DEAR CLIMBING THE
WALLS: It’s possible that your
parents may be suffering from
separation anxiety. You, their
child, are about to leave the
nest, and they may be dealing
with conflicting feelings of
pride in your accomplishments
and sadness that you are about
to fly from the nest. It may not
be a lack of faith in you. Also,
they may be having second
thoughts about how they can
afford the tuition and other
college expenses beyond possible financial aid.
Whatever their reasons are,
you need some tools to help
you stay calm and not fly off
the handle when your buttons
are pushed — regardless of who
is pressing them. In my booklet, “The Anger in All of Us and
How to Deal With It,” I offer
suggestions that will help you
gain control of your emotions
so that you will lose your temper less often. It can be ordered
by sending your name and
mailing address, plus a check
or money order for $7 (U.S.
funds), to Dear Abby — Anger
Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount
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Shipping and handling are
included in the price. Anger is
a normal emotion. There are
probably no human beings
who don’t experience anger at
one time or another. However,
it’s important that you learn
some techniques to handle
your emotional reactions more
constructively than you have
been. Not only will these techniques help you with your parents now, but also they will
help you when you’re away at
college adjusting to new people
and new situations.
Remember, the average person may become irritated,
angry or frustrated several
times a day. The key is to deal
with these emotions effectively.
Talk to your parents about your
feelings and explore what’s
going on. By focusing on what
is triggering your negative
emotions instead of reacting
with an outburst, you can not
only defuse your anger but also
retain your dignity, and possibly achieve a more informed
understanding of how your
parents may really feel. I hope
that the outcome will be a rapprochement with your parents.
Pauline Phillips, a.k.a. Abigail
Van Buren, and Jeanne Phillips
are columnists for Universal
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Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los
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nstead of looking for new
fields to conquer in the
year ahead, build upon the
strong foundations you’ve
already established. Situations
in which you previously met
with resistance are now likely
to be laced with ample opportunities.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) — Unfortunately, you’re
not suited for the role of
being a borrower or a lender.
Putting yourself in either
position could place you
squarely behind the eight
ball.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
— Even though you might
solicit advice from several
people, it isn’t likely you will
follow anyone’s suggestions.
You’ll still erroneously do
things as you initially intended.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
— Be both realistic and sensible about any of your physical limitations. For example,
if you attempt to lift something that is far too heavy,
you’ll suffer the consequences.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
— Unless you’re careful about
how you conduct yourself
when mixing with society,
you’ll be in way over your
head. A slip of the tongue will
get blown out of proportion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
— Don’t take your luck for
granted when the stakes are
higher than usual. Chances
are you’ll miscalculate and
take others down with you
when it’s time to pay the
piper.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
— Even if you’ve done something that is considered to be
quite outstanding, subdue
temptation to boast about it.
Praise will sound a lot better
coming from an impressed
observer.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
There are a lot of sticky fingers out there, so be extra
watchful of your possessions,
especially the stuff you keep
in your car. Don’t walk away
and leave items in plain sight.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
— Your thinking about a personal situation is apt to be
right on the money, but that
doesn’t mean you can make
judgment calls for others. You
could be way off track.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) —
In situations where you are
hoping to get more in return
than you put out, you’re likely to be greatly disappointed.
There are no free rides in this
economy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
— When invited to a social
gathering at a friend’s house,
don’t overstay your visit.
Even if you’re one of the late
arrivals, be sure to be among
those who know when to
leave.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Guard against a
strong inclination to blame a
mistake that you make on
another who was trying to
help you out. Avoid at all
costs doing anything that
could make your friend feel
used and unappreciated.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) — Be smart, and refrain
from entering into a conversation with a friend who feels
just as strongly about his or
her opposing point of view as
you do about yours. Both parties would lose out.
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Frugal Living — Keep everyone on the same page
BY SARA NOEL
United Media
Organizational tools can help
family schedules run more smoothly. Items such as a household notebook, folders, totes, baskets, bins, a
dry erase board and checklists work
well.
The first reader tip shares another
helpful tool:
Handy calendar: I buy a big desktop calendar at the dollar store,
attach a couple magnets to the back
with glue and hang it on the fridge.
I add all the birthdays, anniversaries,
appointments and important dates,
then have all the kids write what
they have going on as soon as they
know what their schedules are. It’s
big enough to hold a ton of info,
which saves time, as everything is in
one spot. There’s also room on the
bottom to add notes. I check the calendar each night before bed, and
again first thing in the morning, so I
know who is doing what for the day.
— Patty, Utah
Reuse milk cartons: I often mail a
dozen cookies to my sister using an
empty milk carton. I wrap the cookies in plastic wrap, then use wax
paper to fill any remaining space. It
always arrives whole. Being water-
proof helps, too. — Sue,
Massachusetts
Reuse plastic ice-cream tubs: I save
them up and we use them at the
food bank to pass out laundry soap
and shampoo. — R. Sullivan, email
Flea control: My parents used to
put a hot plate in the middle of the
room to get rid of fleas. The fleas
seek heat and make a satisfying
“ping.” You have to keep pets and
small children out of the room, of
course; and it doesn’t do anything
about the fleas on the pet. — F.W.,
Michigan
Price Book app: If you have a
smartphone, you might be interested in an app called Price Book. It’s
my new best friend. The app asks for
the name of an item, the number of
units (as an example, I tracked my
milk in ounces because there’s so
many different containers and they
all have an ounce listing), the price
you paid for the item, what store
you found it in and whether it was
on sale. The next time you click on
the item, Price Book brings up a list
of all the places you’ve seen it, with
the price per unit arranged from
lowest to highest. Very helpful for
frugal shoppers! — Nishu, California
Sticker greetings: On holidays like
Valentine’s Day, I put themed stick-
ers on the fruit in my kids’ lunchboxes. It’s a fun and inexpensive
way to say “I love you.” — Carrie,
Indiana
Homemade vegetable bouillon:
5 ounces leeks, sliced
7 ounces fennel bulb, chopped
7 ounces carrot, chopped
5 ounces celery, chopped
2 ounces sun-dried tomatoes
3.5 ounces shallots, chopped
3 medium garlic cloves, chopped
6 ounces fine-grain sea salt (more
or less to taste)
1.5 ounces fresh parsley, loosely
chopped
1.5 ounces fresh cilantro, loosely
chopped
Wash, chop and weigh your vegetables. Puree the vegetables in
batches in a food processor.
Combine everything in a large bowl
and mix in the sea salt, which will
act as a natural preservative and
keep the mixture loose. Store some
in the fridge and the remainder in
the freezer, as this makes an
extremely large amount of bouillon.
To start, use 1 tsp of bouillon for
every cup of water. Do not add salt
to your soup or stew until your
recipe is complete, because the
bouillon will add plenty of seasoning. — Angel, forums
Garfield
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By Jim Davis
By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
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Iraqi town says justice
failed victims of US raid
BARBARA SURK
AND FARIS MOHAMMED
HADITHA, Iraq — In this
town which saw 24 unarmed
civilians die in a U.S. raid seven
years ago, residents expressed
disbelief and sadness that the
Marine sergeant who told his
troops to “shoot first, ask questions later” reached a deal with
prosecutors to avoid jail time.
They were outraged both at
the American military justice
system and at the refusal of
Iraq’s Shiite-led government to
condemn the killings and at
least try to bring those responsible to face trial in this country.
“We are deeply disappointed
by this unfair deal,” said Khalid
Salman Rasif, an Anbar provincial council member from
Haditha. “The U.S. soldier will
receive a punishment that is
suitable for a traffic violation.”
Haditha, a town of about
85,000 people along the
Euphrates River valley some
140 miles northwest of
Baghdad, is overwhelmingly
made up of Sunni Muslims.
Sunnis lost influence in this
country with the fall of
Saddam Hussein and feel
increasingly squeezed out of
their already limited political
role.
“We blame Iraqi officials
because they did not take any
actions to make the criminals
stand trial,” said Naji Fahmi, 45year-old government employee
who was shot in the stomach
during what became known as
the Haditha massacre.
Iraq’s Deputy Justice Minister
Busho Ibrahim told The
Associated Press on the phone
that “we have nothing to do
with this issue.” Ali alMoussawi, a spokesman for
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
said “such issue needs to be
studied carefully before giving
any statement.”
Sunnis officials and Haditha
residents alike said no further
Public Notices
Notice Special Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that a Special
meeting of the Kenesaw
Board of Trustees will be
held Friday, January 27,
2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Community Room of the
City Office. The meeting
will be open to the public.
The purpose of the Spe-
cial meeting will be to discuss and accept the recommendation of the Review Committee for the hiring of Assistant Village Superintendent and to set
wage.
Kelli Knott,
Clerk/Treasurer
January 25, 2012
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed
of trust executed by Caroline Leffler aka Caroline R. Leffler and Robert Leffler aka Robert W. Leffler, dated October 15, 2003, and recorded on October 29, 2003,
Document No. 20037878 in the Office of the Recorder of
Deeds, Adams County, Nebraska, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on February 28, 2012, at 10:00 A.M.,
at the Main Lobby of the Adams County Courthouse,
Hastings, Nebraska, sell at public vendue to the highest
bidder for cash:
Lot 9, Block 2, CLINEʼS ADDITION, to the City of
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska.
Subject to covenants, easements, and restrictions
of record, commonly known as 736 North Hastings
Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska 68901
subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations,
covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to
satisfy the debt and costs.
Edward Brink, Successor Trustee
First Publication: January 18, 2012
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector
or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt
and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (No. 119879). For more information, visit
www.Southlaw.com
January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2012
HADI MIZBAN/AP
Aws Fahmy, 45, (left), who was injured in a U.S. raid in
Haditha in 2005, and Omer Chasib (right), who lost his father in
the same attack, stand at the scene in Haditha, Iraq, Tuesday.
study was required.
“This deal is another crime
committed against the victims
and their families,” said Youssef
Ayid, who lost four brothers in
the Haditha raid. “We are sad
to see the criminals escape justice,” Ayid said.
The raid took place on Nov.
19, 2005, at a time when Sunni
insurgents and al-Qaida militants roamed Haditha’s streets,
terrorizing the population and
battling U.S. forces.
Three months earlier in the
same town, six Marines were
massacred and their bodies
mutilated when insurgents
overran their observation post.
Two days later, 14 Marines and
an interpreter were killed when
their vehicle hit a land mine.
The allegations against the
Marines were first brought forward in March 2006 when
Time magazine reported that it
obtained a video of the attack’s
aftermath, taken by a Haditha
journalism student inside the
houses and local morgue.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AGKOR, INC.
1. The name of the Corporation is Agkor, Inc.
2. The address of the registered office is 4590 West
Lincoln Avenue, Ayr, Nebraska 68925, and the registered agent at such office is Randal S. Kort.
3. The general nature of the business is to transact
any and all other lawful business for which Corporation
may be incorporated under the law of the State of Nebraska.
4. The authorized capital stock of the Corporation is
one thousand (1,000) shares of common stock, par value one dollar ($1.00) per share. The time and conditions
on which the capital stock is to be paid in shall be as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and
as permitted by the laws of the State of Nebraska.
5. The Corporationʼs existence commenced on the
filing and recording of the Articles of Incorporation with
the Secretary of State and it shall be perpetual.
6. The affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted
by a Board of Directors, President, Secretary and Treasurer, and such subordinate officers and agents as may
be appointed by the Board of Directors.
Randal S. Kort, Incorporator
4590 West Lincoln Avenue
Ayr, Nebraska 68925
Adam D. Pavelka
Sullivan Shoemaker P.C., L.L.O.
747 North Burlington Avenue, Suite 305
P.O. Box 309
Hastings, Nebraska 68902-0309
(402) 462-0300
January 25, February 1, 8, 2012
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Card of Thanks
THANK YOU!
The family of Pearl Davison would like to thank our
friends for the calls, cards,
e-mails, visits, meals,
prayers and floral tributes
during Pearlʼs stay and
passing at the Grand Island Veterans Home. A
special thank you to Reverend Catherine Scott for
her words of comfort and
uplifting service. Dr. Hervert, his staff and Pat Powers, his V.A. Clinical staff
at Grand Island for their
care of Pearl during her illness this past 3 years. The
memorial gifts donated in
Pearlʼs name to the Red
Cross, Adams County Veterans Office, Joe, Kim and
Carol for their work in getting Pearl in the Veterans
Home and the other V.A.
paper work needed. The
Veterans Home doctors,
nurses, staff, members
and their families for their
care and friendship during
Pearlʼs stay and her passing. Thanks to AseraCare
Hospice for taking care of
Pearl those last 6 days.
We want to thank Offutt Air
Force Base Honor Guard,
North Platte Honor Guard
and their Chaplain and
Fort McPherson National
Cemetery for their services. Also Livingston-Butler-Volland Funeral Home
for their services and in
making the funeral arrangements.
Rodney Davison & Family
Gary Smith & Family
Holly Horsham & Family
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Automobiles
Our 60th anniversary was
made special by our super
family, friends and relatives, so many kind words
and cards. We are so
grateful. Blessings to all of
you.
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2003 FORD Taurus SE:
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short
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Announcements
Rep Valley Trap Club
Invites you to
the Annual Beef Fry
and Auction at the
Lawrence Legion Hall
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012
Serving from 5 p.m. - ??
Adults - $9
6th grade and under - $5
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Parts
YES! We will tow away unwanted vehicles. McMurray Motors, 402-462-6879.
36 Travel Trailers &
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We Buy, Sell and Consign
Highway 6/Hastings Ave.
Hastings, 402-463-1466
For complete listing go to
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At Fonner Park in
Grand Island
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Automobiles
Hoskins
Auto Sales
1013 S. Burlington
402-462-2719
Raffled that night will be a
lifetime Nebraska hunting
permit donated by Mike
Heaton Family and a
25.06 Savage Rifle with
Bushnell Scope donated
by Webster County Pheasants Forever. Auction
items donated by local
area businesses and families too numerous to list
(something for everyone).
All proceeds help support
Rep Valley Trap shooters.
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CXL: Fully equipped,
leather seats, 3800 V-6.
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402-752-3498
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Sport Utility
2004 CHEVY TAHOE:
84,000 miles.
Special price.........$14,900
THE CAR LOT
East Highway 6
Apply immediately because
positions will be filled quickly!
Assembly
Machine Operator
Shipping & Receiving
Welding
Production positions
Grinding
Apply online at www.asinc.net or at
213 S. Burlington Ave., Hastings
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at the lobby of the
Adams County Courthouse on the 7th day of March,
2012, at 10:00 o'clock a.m.:
Lot One (1), Ellis Acres, Located in the Northwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4)
of Section Two (2), Township Five (5) North,
Range Nine (9) West of the 6th P.M., Adams
County, Nebraska, According to the recorded
plat thereof, subject to road right-of-way on the
East,
more commonly known as: 12625 South Pawnee
Avenue, Glenvil, Nebraska 68941
The property is being sold "as is" and subject to any
unpaid real estate taxes, assessments and any lien or
interest superior in right which may affect the subject
property. The highest bidder will deposit $500.00 in cash
or certified funds with the Trustee at the time of the sale,
which shall be non-refundable, and the remaining
amount due must be paid in cash or certified funds to
the Trustee by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the sale; except
this requirement is waived when the highest bidder is the
current Beneficiary. The successful bidder shall be responsible for applicable transfer fees or taxes including
the documentary stamp tax.
DATED 24th day of January, 2012.
STEFFI A. SWANSON,
Substitute Trustee (13753)
Law Offices of Steffi A. Swanson, P.C., L.L.O.
3906 Raynor Parkway, Suite 105
Bellevue, Nebraska 68123
(402) 292-7700
January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012
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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
Electrical
LYD ELECTRIC. Customer friendly pricing while
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If you find an error in your classified ad, please call us before the next day’s paper.
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Offered
AVAILABLE TO clean
houses. Call Alissa, 402726-2119.
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Business
Opportunities
GREAT BUSINESS Opportunity. Old Rayʼs Pizza,
202 W. 2nd location, now
for rent. 1,290 sq. ft. Call
Diane, 402-469-4777.
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Professional
SPORTING GOODS
MANAGER
Outstanding career opportunity for a profit-oriented,
competitive Buyer/Manager who knows how to operate a modern, highly successful Sporting Goods
Department featuring Bass
Pro merchandise for Allen's Superstore. This position allows you to exercise full leadership and
creativity. Starting salary
commensurate with experience. Valuable merchandise discount. Excellent
Company Benefits package. Apply office.
1115 W. 2nd St.
Hastings, NE
Service
2-wheel Drive
Pickups
402-463-3104•N. Hwy 281
AUTO SALES
2004 CHEVY: 1/2-ton, extended cab, quad door,
4x4, Z71, all options. Very
nice truck. Only $9,950.
2006 DODGE Stratus: 4door, SXT, V-6, full power.
Nice car. $4,650.
402-463-2636
Creditors of this estate
must file their claims with
this Court on or before
March 26, 2012, or be forever barred.
Tom Hawes
County Court Clerk
Magistrate
P.O. Box 95
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-0095
Matthew D. Baack,
#23868
Seiler & Parker, P.C.
P.O. Box 1288
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-1288
Attorney for Applicant
January 25, February 1, 8,
2012
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Notice
In the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska.
Estate of JAMES A.
MOHLMAN,
Deceased.
Estate No. PR12-07.
Notice is hereby given
that on January 19, 2012,
in the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska,
the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal
Probate of the Will of said
Decedent and that Susan
G. Boyers, whose address
is 1879 Grandview Drive,
Oakland, California 94618,
was informally appointed
by the Registrar as Personal Representative of
this estate.
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this Court on or before
March 26, 2012, or be forever barred.
Tom Hawes
County Court Clerk
Magistrate
Les Seiler, #13579
Seiler & Parker, P.C.
P.O. Box 1288
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-1288
Attorney for Applicants
January 25, February 1, 8,
2012
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Notice
In the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska.
Estate of LLELAND D.
FRICKEY, Deceased. Estate No. PR11-147.
Notice is hereby given
that on November 15,
2011, in the County Court
of Adams County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a
written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of
said Decedent and that
Alan J. Fredricks, whose
address is 725 South Wabash Avenue, Hastings,
Nebraska 68901, was informally appointed by the
Handyman
HANDYMAN:
Roofing,
concrete, painting, home
repairs, snow removal.
Fully insured. 10 years experience.
Reasonable.
462-2660, 460-6756.
Home Improvement
CHUCKʼS BUILDING AND
REPAIR. Chuck Wiseman.
No job too small. 402-7512443; cell, 402-984-2544.
NEW IMAGE REMODELING. Warranted work.
Home, commercial, tile
flooring, kitchen, bath, additions, garages, siding,
windows, doors, decks,
fencing. Insured, references. 402-705-8369.
Junk Removal
GOT JUNK? We will haul
it away for you. Reasonable rates. Junk Haulers,
402-469-1299 or 308-9910568
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attic, basement, yard. “Call
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Junk!” Scott, 402-4634818.
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Professional
Western Alternative Corrections, Inc. Case Manager:
Full-time/Salary.
Manage caseload of approximately 20 federal offenders in a residential
setting. Develop, evaluate
and analyze program
needs, risks and progress
of offenders. Must possess
4-year degree in social or
behavioral science and
have two years work experience in related field.
Work experience may be
substituted year for year
with education experience.
Salary negotiable. Send
resume to: 101 S. Hastings, Ave., Hastings, NE
68901, Attn: Dustin Russell, Email resume to:
drussell@bris tolrrc.com
Closing date: 2-1-2012
Up to 16 Words
for 1 month
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$
includes online
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402-462-2131
for details
Painting
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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
HONEY DOʼS PAINTING.
Interior, exterior. 25 years
experience. Free estimates. Tim Yurk, 402-7050601 or 402-463-7054.
INTERIOR,
EXTERIOR
painting, staining, reasonable, insured. JOHNʼS
PAINTING. 402-462-9863,
cell: 402-469-3192.
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HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Professional
IMMEDIATE FULL-TIME
position available for Director of Little Blessings
preschool and daycare.
Pay negotiable based on
experience and education.
Mail resumes to Board of
Directors, 31371 Woodland Rd, Clay Center, NE
68933 or fax 402-7623825. Application closing
date January 31.
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Health Care
COLLEGE VIEW Assisted
Living has a part-time dietary aide opening. Responsible for dining room and
some dietary prep. Every
other weekend and one
night a week. Complete
job description and application available at 1100 N.
6th Ave., Hastings. All associates are subject to
background checks.
RESIDENT SERVICES,
Hastings, NE. Progressive
assisted living residence
seeks Resident Services
associate to support the
sales staff with outreach
activities and oversee new
resident move-in and orientation procedures. This
newly created position requires excellent communication and listening skills,
networking, creativity, and
professionalism. Must be
organized, outgoing and
energetic, and enjoy helping people. Experience in
senior services or related
field preferred. Flexible
hours, competitive pay and
benefit package. Please
submit resume to:
sbreckner@kensington-ev
ergreen.com
ROSE BROOK Care Center in Edgar, NE, is accepting applications for CNA
for evening and night shifts
to work within our fun and
friendly environment. Call
George Geier at 402-2245015 or email resume to
cgeier@deserethealth.com
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to advertise your specialty.
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Health Care
SPECIALIZED CAREGIVER, Hastings, NE - Progressive assisted living
residence seeks Caregivers to staff brand new
memory care neighborhood for twelve residents.
Duties include providing
personal care assistance,
engaging residents in activities and reminiscing,
serving meals and maintaining an orderly, clean
and safe living environment. Must be patient, organized and enjoy spending quality one-on-one
time with those who have
a memory loss condition
such as Alzheimerʼs. Experience preferred. Competitive pay and benefit
package. Please submit
resume
to:
sbreckner@kensington-ev
ergreen.com
The Good Samaritan Society exists for the sake of
its residents. Our goal is to
provide the highest quality
and most appropriate level
of care for each person we
are privileged to serve.
Our current openings include: Full-Time
Charge Nurse RN
- 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
36 hours/week
Part-time RN
6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
16-32 hours/week
Full-time RN or LPN
2:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
40 hours/week
These positions offer a
competitive wage and exceptional benefit package.
(Employees receive a discount rate at The Childrenʼs Ark)
HIRING BONUS
AVAILABLE
Apply online at www.goodsam.com For more information call Elizabeth Hardy, DON at (402) 4603254
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NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
Western Alternative
Corrections, Inc.
Facility Staff/Full-Time
Supervise Federal offenders in residential setting.
Must be 21, have good
employment record and
must pass background
check. Competitive wages
based on experience/education.
Send/Complete application
at 101 S. Hastings Ave.,
Hastings, NE 68901
Applications are available
at www.bristolrrc.com
Closing Date: 1-27-2012
Restaurant
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APPLEBEEʼS TEAM!
Get information on Employment Opportunities at
Applebee's - Job Fair, Saturday, January 28, from 10
a.m.-4 p.m. at the Holiday
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General
ATTENTION
Nebraskaʼs largest
distributor is expanding.
Local distribution center
needs clean cut,
hardworking men and
women to fill several
positions.
All Shifts and
All Departments
$2,000 Hiring Bonus
if you can start
immediately.
Call 402-460-4787
IMMEDIATE NEED
Parents needed for
children and youth in
specialized foster care,
short or long term, some
needing adoption.
Our program provides
free specialized training,
24-hour support from our
dedicated, experienced
staff, and an exceptionally
generous stipend.
Classes starting soon.
South Central
Behavioral Services
Childrenʼs Services
1-402-463-5684
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to: Insurance Account
Representative, 208 S.
Burlington, Suite 103,
PBM313, Hastings, NE
68901. EOE
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NEWER washers, dryers,
stoves and refrigerators.
Working or not. 462-6330.
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
1-BEDROOM: No smoking/pets. $325. Deposit
and utilities. 402-984-1131
BLUE HILL. Call Circulation. 402-461-1221 or 1800-742-6397.
IN-HOME SERVICES
COORDINATOR
Part-time/30 hours week
Outgoing person is needed to manage the InHome Services Coordinator position at Adams
County Senior Services.
Seeking applicants with
prior experience working
with individuals 60 years
of age or older; must
have computer knowledge, excellent communication skills, ability to
multi-task, valid Nebraska drivers license and reliable mode of transportation to travel within
Adams County. Apply at
ACSS located at 509 S.
Bellevue Ave. (1 block
west of Wendyʼs) in
Hastings. Applications
will be accepted through
Friday,
February
3.
ACSS is an Affirmative
Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer
PART-TIME
PANTRY
COOK, nights, Tuesday
through Saturday. Apply in
person. Lochland Country
Club, 601 W. Lochland Rd.
62
Child Care
LICENSED
DAYCARE
openings 6 weeks-5 years.
402-463-8127 or 984-8685
64
In-Home
Assisted Living
COMPANION FOR elderly
male. 5-10 hours weekly.
References required. 402705-1488, 308-380-0292.
EXPERIENCED RN offering private 24-hour inhome nursing care. Competitive rates. References
available. 402-469-0256.
CHATEAU
IMPERIAL
Townhomes/Apartments
Call 402-463-4111
ASH FIREWOOD for sale.
402-469-3225
96
CLAY CENTER. Call Circulation. 402-461-1221 or
1-800-742-6397.
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
1-BEDROOMS: Off-street
parking. No pets/smoking.
Available now. 462-0594.
2-BEDROOM: 4-plex. Appliances. No pets/smoking. 402-261-4360.
2-BEDROOM: Appliances,
laundry hookups, parking.
No pets. $485. EMBASSY
SQUARE, 402-462-4032.
3-BEDROOM: 2 bath
Most utilities paid. $550.
105 E. 14th. 460-9626.
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.
Sudoku
Affordable Housing One
and two bedroom apartments available. Goldbeck
Towers and Village Terrace. Affordable housing
with income based rent for
those age 62 and older.
Utilities included. Call Sylvia at 402-460-3227.
LARGE, VERY Nice 2Bedroom: In Blue Hill. Deposit, lease. $350 month.
Available now. 460-7991
Needed: Good Tenants
for Good Apartments
We offer you rental and
utility assistance. Large,
clean 2- and 3-bedroom
units, off-street parking
and basement for storage,
local management and
maintenance. Sorry, no
pets. See us at 945 W. H
to pick up application.
NICE SPACIOUS 2-bedroom: Central air. $425
plus utilities. No pets/
smoking. Alton Jackson,
402-984-0881
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
cyheights EHO
101
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
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-BEDROOM:
Rent to own. Air, garage.
$400-$850. 402-469-6635.
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.
NICE, SMALL office with
bathroom. 645 S. Burlington. $325 plus electric. Alton Jackson 402-463-0688
OFFICE SPACE for lease.
Various sizes in Hastings.
Excellent location in downtown area. 1/2 block from
Courthouse. Utilities paid.
Off-street parking. Call
Lloyd at the Foote Building
402-462-4215.
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.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
for rent. 1,386 sq. ft. Call
Diane. 402-469-4777
111
Storage/
Warehouse
RV STORAGE near Hastings. 24/7 easy in and out
access. 402-845-2352 or
cell 308-379-7183.
RV, BOAT, car storage.
$1/foot. Call 402-469-4777
to reserve space.
113 Lots For Rent
KINGSWOOD PLAZA
RV sites available
402-463-1958
116
Houses
For Sale
1003 OSWEGO: 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage, large master bedroom, family room with
fireplace, all oak, underground sprinklers. Great
neighborhood. Move in
ready! 402-460-0139
2-BEDROOM: Attached
garage. Joyce Schlachter,
Broker, 402-462-5794.
103 Town Houses
For Rent
2-BEDROOM: Unfinished
basement. On 4 lots in
Harvard. 402-469-7483.
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
CHARMING BUNGALOW
overlooking
Heartwell
Park. 2-3 bedroom, 2
baths. $119,500. 463-2861
Bring in this a d a nd receiv e 10% o ffyo ur o rder.
Ca sh o r check o nly.
10 %
Coupon expires 1/31/12
2604 W es t 2n d S t.
10 %
104
See us at our new location and check out our new dining room .
Cyndee Fintel,LIM HP,Jessica Hunt,M S,PLM HP
w w w .generalcounseling.com ...........402-463-6811
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60
Serving Ha s tings s inc e 19 5 9 .
Con tra c tors
Perfers Ho m e W itho u t
Yo u ng Child ren
Health Care
2-BEDROOM, FINISHED
basement, 1 1/2 bath, all
remodeled. $595. 402463-0767 or 402-469-4084
P e ts & A n im a l Con trol
H E A RTL A N D P E T CO N N E CTIO N
1807 W .J Hastings
w w w .petfinder.com ............402-462-P E TS (7387)
2-BEDROOM: 2710 W.
7th, Hastings. $550 plus
deposit. References and
credit check required. 402469-3539.
P iz z a
L ITTL E CA E S A R’S
Carry Outand D elivery
314 N.Burlington Ave.Hastings......402-462-5220
2-BEDROOM:
Garage.
Remodeled. 718 S. Denver. $650. 402-460-9626.
P A P A RA Y’S P IZZA
2604 W .2nd S treet,Hastings..........402-463-1626
2-BEDROOM: Newly remodeled. Garage, large
fenced back yard. $695.
402-469-5775.
U phols te ry
TH E CO V E R U P U P H O L S TE RY
204 N.Clay,Box 387,Harvard.........402-772-4031
Your house is too important
to trust just anyone.
108 Office Space
BURLINGTON CENTER
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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.
TRUST A PRO.
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118 Mobile Homes
For Sale
3-BEDROOM:
2-bath,
16ʼx80ʼ with attached 1stall garage, updated steel
door, dishwasher, faucets,
wood deck. $23,500. 402984-5764.
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.
120 Commercial
Lots
GOOD TRAFFIC corner
for this commercial lot at
201 S. Lincoln. Call Gateway Realty - 463-4561.
123
Storage/
Warehouse
WAREHOUSE
BUILDING: 26,429 sq. ft. Reduced to $28,000. Coldwell Banker Town & Country Realty. 402-463-4591.
130 Auction Sales
Korky Lightner Auction
New semi-load of merchandise. Every Monday,
5:30 p.m. 1940 West A.
402-469-0703
PARR AUCTION
Dave Parr, associate,
Gateway Realty. 756-6135
135
Livestock
20 BRED cows: 3, 4, 5
year olds. Calve March 1.
402-469-0367.
137
Services
HAVE AN abandoned well
on your property? Call
J2 WELL, 402-817-4279.
Hay/Seeds
80 BIG round soybean
bales. $25 each or best offer. 402-756-7824
141
141
Services
DISC ROLLING
Sell, install, and roll disc
blades. Jess Putnam Jr.,
Gibbon, NE. 866-297-5130
or 308-325-4608.
144
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.
To place your want ad for the
Farmer's Corner call
402-462-2131
RANDY RUHTER, Auctioneer and Broker, 2837
W. Hwy. 6, Hastings, NE,
402-463-8565.

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