Several Gather For Visioning Session

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Great Ideas
For Hanukkah Meals;
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ALLIANCE
TIMES-HERALD
VOL. 121, NO. 158
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007
FIFTY CENTS
Staph
Concern
In Schools
ALLIANCE — Yesterday, a
student in the Alliance Public
Schools was sent home with
an infected thumb. An examination of the infection by
school nurses indicated possible potential for staph and the
student was sent home as a
precaution.
Administration officials emphasized that the student was
not tested and therefore could
not be verified whether or not
staph was present.
As yet unverified reports
have indicated possible staph
infection at other schools
(among both students and
staff), though the district has
not reported any cases.
Schools in the district have
stated that measures have
been taken to prevent staph
infections.
According to information
from the Panhandle Public
Health District, staph infections do not need to be reported, unless the infection is in(See STAPH on Page 2)
Photo by Tonya Wieser/Times-Herald
Many gathered at the Newberry building Tuesday for the welcoming ceremony designating Alliance to the Nebraska Lied Main Street Program. The Community Choir Quartet performed.
Opening the ceremony was J.L. Schmidt, director of Main Street Nebraska Lied Program from
Lincoln. Other guest speakers included: Larry Ring, president of Board of Directors of Historic
Main Street Alliance; Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy; Senator LeRoy Louden, Mayor Dan
Kusek and City Manager Pam Caskie. Above, the group of guests and downtown merchants unveil the Main Street sign. There will be a sign posted at all four highway entrances into town commemorating Alliance on its success in promoting downtown businesses and keeping main street
alive.
10th Street Design Underway
By RACHEL GONZALEZ
Times-Herald City Editor
ALLIANCE — The engineering study for the design of
West 10th Street is underway.
Johanns Basks
In Bush Praises
Photo by Rachel Gonzalez/Times-Herald
The Alliance Middle School Boppin' Bullpups entertain a large
group of their parents, friends and visitors, last night, at the 12th
annual Christmas Tree & Wreath Festival at City Hall. The silent
auction and entertainment continues tonight with the 7th Street
Dance Studio and tomorrow night with "In Quotations," upbeat
inspirational singers from the Angora area. The bidding will
cease at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. "There are still 32 trees and
wreaths with no bids placed yet," museum volunteer Cindy Zurn
said this morning.
OMAHA (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate
Mike Johanns stood at
President Bush’s side and
got his strongest endorsement yet in the race to replace Chuck Hagel.
“If I was a voter in this
state, I’d sure pull that lever
for Mike Johanns for the
United States senator,”
Bush said, speaking to reporters after stepping off Air
Force One. “And if my wife
was a voter for this state,
she’d try to pull it twice.”
Johanns is one of two
Republicans seeking the
seat to be vacated by Hagel,
a fellow Republican who de(See BUSH on Page 2)
Surveyors have been working
on 10th Street near Buckfinck
Avenue.
The city council awarded
the bid for the design phase of
the 10th Street Project for
about $75,000, a few months
ago, to M.C. Schaff and Associates of Scottsbluff.
"Surveying can now be accomplished with one-man
crews now," City Engineer
Dick Cayer said recently.
"They use GPS equipment
that sends information to and
from a satellite."
The surveyor has been in
yards as well as the street and
sidewalks, he explained. It is
because there are sidewalks
coming from homes and other points that must show their
locations on the design plan.
"All funding for this project
will be paid for by city, state
and federal funding," Cayer
said. The street will be removed totally and started over
with full-depth concrete. This
will included the street, curbs,
gutters and drainage, as well
as handicap ramps at each
(See 10TH ST. on Page 2)
Photo by Mark Dykes/Times-Herald
From left: Rose Watkins, Pam Caskie, Ellen Lierk and Larry Ring discuss questions last night during the Alliance Lied
Main Street Visioning Process. The questions were used to
generate ideas concerning the Alliance downtown area. Adraft
of the vision will be presented at a second meeting today.
Several Gather
For Visioning Session
By MARK DYKES
Times-Herald Writer
ALLIANCE — Last night at the Alliance Learning Center,
about 25 people gathered for an Alliance Lied Main Street Visioning Session. During the session, those attending formed
five groups and answered questions about the Alliance downtown. Many of the questions focused on the present Alliance
downtown, while others asked the groups to consider the
downtown area in the year 2015.
J.L. Schmidt, director of the Nebraska Lied Main Street program, said the visioning session focused on identifying the
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of
the community. The process, he said, would help to identify the
kind of businesses people want, what people would like to do
with the downtown and ideas for the community to expand on.
"It gives people something to shoot for and to work for," he said.
The groups' answers were collected last night and compiled
by Elizabeth Chase, deputy director for Nebraska Lied Main
(See VISIONING on Page 2)
Free Walk-In
HIV Testing
ALLIANCE — Western
Community Health Services
at 619 Box Butte Avenue is offering free HIV testing from 15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, in
their office. The results will be
available in 20 minutes.
"No appointment is necessary," Sherry Walton, LPN,
casemanager, said. "This is
strictly first come first served
and is strictly confidential.
There is no charge, although
we welcome donations."
For information call 7623696.
Senate Bill May
Give State U.S. Judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska is a step closer to receiving a fourth federal judgeship.
Legislation passed Tuesday
by the U.S. Senate included
language that would give Nebraska’s three federal judges
some help.
The bill still must go to the
House and, if passed, faces a
signature review by President
Bush.
The Administrative Office of
the U.S. Courts says that on
average those three judges
presided over 39 completed
trials last year — 16 more
(See JUDGE on Page 2)
APS Seeks City
Support For Traffic Grant
Photos by Tammy Coward/Times-Herald
Aroutine, random search for illegal drugs was conducted in the Alliance Middle School, Alliance
High School (above) and parking lot yesterday. Police Service Dogs, trained to detect illegal
drugs, were used to conduct the search. School Resource Officer Sean Busch and K-9 Officer
Kirk Felker from the Alliance Police Department were assisted by K-9 Sergeant Scott DeCoste
from the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office and K-9 Deputy Jason Perkins from the Scotts Bluff
County Sheriff's Office. This is the second such search conducted at the Alliance High School this
school year. The APD had no comment on whether the searches yielded an illegal drug seizure.
"This is just one of the ways that the school administration and the police department have been
cooperating to provide a clean and safe environment for the students," APD Lt. Ken Hart said.
ALLIANCE — The City
Council will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 6, at
the School Board meeting
room at 1604 Sweetwater Avenue.
On the agenda:
•Resolution No. 07-137 —
provides support for the grant
request submitted by the Alliance Public Schools to improve vehicular and pedestri(See CITY on Page 2)
Legals
•Organization
RTB Trucking
Total Pages: 16
2
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 – Alliance Times-Herald
INSIDE COVER
Staph
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vasive.
According to information
from the Center for Disease
Control, Staph is a type of
bacteria that might cause skin
infections that look like pimples or boils. Skin infections
caused by staph might be red,
swollen, painful, or have pus
or other drainage. Some staph
known as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
(MRSA) is resistant to certain
antibiotics, making it harder
to treat.
Anyone can get a staph infection. People are more likely
to get a staph infection if they
have: skin-to-skin contact
with someone who has a
staph infection; contact with
items and surfaces that have
staph on them; openings in
their skin such as cuts or
scrapes; crowded living conditions; or poor hygiene.
Most staph infections are
minor and can be easily treated. Staph might also cause
more serious infections, such
as infections in the bloodstream, surgical sites or pneumonia. Staph infection that
starts as a skin infection
might worsen, and it is important to contact a doctor if infection doesn't get better.
Treatment for a staph skin
infection might include taking
an antibiotic or having a doctor drain the infection. If given
an antibiotic, the CDC recommends taking all of it, even if
the infection gets better, and
to not share antibiotics with
other people or save them to
use later.
Staph infections can be
kept from spreading by: washing hands often or using an alcohol based hand sanitizer;
keeping cuts and scrapes
clean and covering them with
bandages; not touching others' cuts and bandages and
not sharing personal items
such as towels or razors.
State Patrol
Community Calendar
Tuesday, 10:53 a.m. —
Nebraska State Patrol Trooper C. Kumpf responded to an
accident one mile east of
Moomaws corner on Highway
L62A. A vehicle, driven by
Raymond Leisy, 62, Alliance,
struck hay bales that had fallen off a trailer and received an
estimated $1,500 damage.
Monday, 10:43 p.m. —
NSP Trooper T. Flick responded to Whiteclay. A male subject was taken into custody for
driving under suspension
(second offense) and driving
under the influence of drugs.
Tree/Wreath Festival —
Entertainment for Saturday,
Dec. 8, will be UMC Peals of
Joy at 2 p.m.; and Grace
Notes at 4 p.m. Tree/wreath
bids will be accepted until 7
p.m.
Community Choir —Performances of " A Great and
Mighty Wonder — Celebrating
the Messiah’s Birth" by Tom
Fetke will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at Hemingford
High School and 7 p.m., Alliance United Methodist
C h u rch; and at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, at St.
John's Lutheran Church.
Collection Basket — Will
not be accepting clothing donations from now until
Thursday, Jan. 10.
Small Claims
Virgil E. Blakeman, plaintiff, vs. Carl Quick, defendant.
Plaintiff is entitled to judgment for $1,070.
Hospital Notes
Robert Liberg, 79
Chadron
Community
Hospital — Admissions:
Chadron: Byron Cox, Christina Radomski
Dismissals: None.
The above have permitted
publication of their names.
SCOTTSBLUFF — Robert
M. Liberg, 79, formerly of Alliance, died Sunday, Dec. 2,
2007, at the Western Nebraska Veterans Home.
Robert was born May 12,
1928, at Genesee, Idaho, to
Martin and Ethel (McMillen)
Liberg.
After graduating with his
bachelor's degree from the
University of Idaho, he entered
the U.S. Army from 1950 until 1952.
Following his discharge, he
married Beverly Olson on Nov.
13, 1954. They later divorced.
He was a cattle buyer for
many companies throughout
his life.
He is survived by his sons
Steve Liberg of Spokane
Wash., Dave Liberg of Alliance
and Tom (Kim) Liberg of
Dewey, Ariz.; daughter Traci
Schneider of Minatare; three
grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and numerous
nephews and nieces.
His parents preceded him
in death.
There will be no services as
cremation has taken place.
A private family service will
take place at a later date.
Memorials may be made to
The American Legion Memorial Fund.
Condolences may be made
by visiting www.jolliffefuneralhome.com.
Jolliffe Funeral Home and
Crematory in charge of
arrangements.
Judge
than in 2001 and more than
twice the national average of
19.
The bill would create new
temporary judgeships in four
other states as well. Nebraska
Senators Ben Nelson and
Chuck Hagel are co-sponsors.
Visioning
Street, and a draft of the vision was to be presented at a
meeting today at noon in the
lower level of the Alliance
Learning Center.
Bush
cided not to seek a third term.
Schuyler businessman Pat
Flynn is also running, but no
Democrats have declared
their intentions. Tony Raimondo, CEO of Behlen Manufacturing of Columbus,
changed his party registration
to Democrat Tuesday in a
step toward a possible run for
the Democratic nomination.
Speaking at Eppley Airfield
in Omaha after Bush’s
speech, Johanns said he’s
known Raimondo a long time
and was surprised at the
move.
“I don’t know what he was
offered to switch,” Johanns
said. “Tony is a solid Republican.”
Raimondo said Tuesday
that the Republican Party left
him no choice when it “closed
the primary.” Johanns’ entry
quickly soaked up much of
the political capital in the
race, and two Republicans —
A t t o rney General Jon Bruning and former Congressman
Hal Daub — dropped out after Johanns made his intentions known.
10th St.
intersection and repairs of
sidewalks as needed.
After the engineering design is completed the city will
send it to the Nebraska Dept.
of Roads for review and approval. "Hopefully, we'll get
bidding done in the spring
and by this coming summer
begin the construction," Cayer said.
Anytime there is a project
that is part of the One-Six
Year Street Plan and involves
the state there are several
steps that have to be taken.
Cayer said although 10th
Street is not a state highway it
is a collector street between
two highways. Federal Funding will be received by the
state for this project. In this
kind of street project the state
has to approve the project,
plan and funding.
About 80 percent of the
cost will be funded by the
fed/state, he said.
Deaths & Funerals
Johanns, a former Nebraska governor and U.S. agriculture secretary, said he would
welcome Raimondo back to
the GOP and a Republican
primary.
“You shouldn’t pick sides
because the T-shirt on the
other side looks better,” Johanns said. He said that if
Raimondo were to run as a
Republican, the two probably
would find themselves agreeing on many issues.
Bush was visiting Omaha
for a meeting on health care
and to make an appearance
at a private fundraiser for Johanns.
Tickets for the fundraiser
ranged from $1,000 a person
to $10,000 for a couple, but
Johanns said he didn’t know
how much would be raised.
The campaign announced
Monday it had passed the $1
million mark in donations
since Johanns entered the
race Oct. 10.
Johanns served in Bush’s
Cabinet until he resigned in
September to seek the GOP
nomination next year.
“People of Nebraska have
gotten to know Mike as a result of his leadership when he
was the governor,” Bush said.
“I got to know Mike as the result of his being a fine leader
at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. ... He understands the issues that the
people who work the soil will
face.”
And the president said Johanns also understands matters of national security.
“He sat in the Cabinet
Room with me and other
members of my Cabinet, discussing how best to secure
the United States of America
from the threats of the world
in which we live.”
Alliance in Brief
Miscellaneous — Between
4:22 a.m. Tuesday and 4
a.m. Wednesday the Alliance
Police Department responded
to the following calls: eight
traffic, five building checks,
four warrant, two security,
two assists to other agencies,
one criminal mischief, one accident, one possible stolen
property, one animal, one
suspicious subject and one
emergency.
Theft — Monday at 5:02
p.m. the APD responded to
the 600 block of East Third.
Suspected is an Alliance juvenile male, 17.
Sheriff’s Report
Miscellaneous — Between
7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m.
Wednesday the Box Butte
Sheriff’s Office served three
papers, issued three warnings
for traffic violations and performed one welfare check.
The Box Butte County Jail
population is 16.
Centsible Breakfast Starts Day Off Right
By SARA NOEL
Frugal Living
Breakfast may be the most
important meal of the day,
but with the price of boxed cereals so out of control, it's the
most expensive meal of the
day, too.
Plenty of simple, frugal
breakfast options are available, even for families in a
hurry. Shifting your morning
routine away from cold cereals and on-the-go packaged
breakfasts can encourage
your entire family not to skip
their morning meal.
Tips to make time for
breakfast:
-- Get work and/or school
items ready the night before.
-- Prepare breakfast meals
ahead of time. Many breakfast foods can be refrigerated
or frozen and reheated in the
morning. Baked muffins,
pancake and waffle batters,
breakfast casseroles, homemade instant oatmeal and
hard-boiled eggs can be made
in advance.
-- Consider slow-cooker
breakfast recipes and start
making them before you go to
sleep.
-- Recruit family members
to take turns helping with
breakfast. They can help set
the table the night before or
do simple tasks like make
toast.
-- Wake up 15 minutes ear-
County Court
Minor In Possession of
Tobacco (second offense) —
Metteah K. Anderson, 17, Alliance, fined $100 and costs.
Taking A Protected Bird
— Todd A. Prochazka, 18,
Hemingford, fined $50 and
costs.
Attempt To Take A Goose
In Closed Season, Attempt
To Take With Rifle, Attempt
to Take Shooting From
Roadway — Luke J. Moser,
17, Hemingford, fined $200
and costs.
Possession Of Marijuana,
Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia — Marco G.
DuBray, 25, Alliance, fined
$200 and costs.
Joshua J. Hernandez, 21,
Alliance, fined $200 and
costs.
Violated Traffic Signal —
Lester L. Thompson, 4, Gering, fined $75 and costs.
Speeding — Melissa A.
Clyburn, 32, Alliance, 35/25,
fined $25 and costs.
Sarah A. Elmore, 25, Salina, Okla., 75/65, fined $25
and costs.
Bryan
Easton,
22,
Rushville, 83/65, fined $125
and costs.
Unless otherwise noted, all
court costs are $44.
Charges filed in County
Court from Nov. 28 — Dec.
4:
•Wyatt L. Brownlow, obstructing an officer.
•Marion L. Cheek, dog at
large.
•Dominick L. DuBray, third
degree assault.
•Marco G. DuBray, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
•Timothy Ellis, Jr., driving under the influence.
•Michael L. Gibson, disturbing the peace.
•Joshua J. Hernandez, disturbing the peace (two
counts), possession of marijuana and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
Divorces
Fire & Emergency
Danial L. Simmons, Omaha, vs. Kimberley K. Simmons, Hemingford.
David R. McWain, 47,
Cheyenne, Wyo., vs. Julia R.
McWain, 50, Alliance.
Wednesday, 2:58 a.m. —
The Alliance Emergency Unit
responded to the B-Row of
Meadows. One patient was
transported to Box Butte
General Hospital.
lier to fit it in.
-- If you need food in a
flash, opt for choices like yogurt with wheat germ or granola, fresh fruit, breakfast
smoothies, bagels, wheat
toast or English muffins.
The following recipes will
help you get started.
Eggcellent
Breakfast
sliced ham
12 eggs
cheddar cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease muffin pan with cooking spray. Place one slice of
ham in each muffin cup.
Crack one egg into each cup.
Sprinkle on cheese. Bake for
approximately 10 to 15 minutes, depending on how you
like your eggs. Can be served
on toast, bagel or English
muffin. Makes 12.
Fluffy Pancakes
1-1/4 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
City
an traffic in the vicinity of
Emerson School;
•Results of Special Election
for continuance of City Sales
Tax;
•Ordinance No. 2590 —
First Reading of Municipal
Code Amendment for city to
levy an occupation tax concerning
telephone
and
telecommunication companies. Telecommunications
Tax;
First Reading — will amend
the Alliance Municipal Code
regarding water and sewer
regulations;
Second Reading — will approve the Preliminary Plat of
Block 3, Syndicate Addition;
Third Reading — will amend
the Alliance Municipal Code
with regard to parking regulations;
Acceptance of Wildlife/Security Fence at the Airport as built
and authorizes the final payment to be made. This project
was completed utilizing a
grant with the majority of the
funding provided by the FAA
and the NDA;
request an increase in golf
course fees;
will approve the sixth series of
various Police Department
Policies;
will award the purchase of an
irrigation pivot.
Four letters of interest for
two openings on the Museum
Board and Mayor Dan Kusek
will recommend two of those
four individuals for the openings.
The council meeting will
open with the proclamation of
Tuesday, Dec. 11, Martha Eldred Day in Alliance. This coincides with the public open
house at the Knight Museum
and Sandhills Center from
6:30 to 8 p.m. that day.
The council will go into executive session for the performance evaluation of City
Clerk Linda Jines.
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 beaten egg
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons butter
Mix and fry on greased skillet. Makes 6.
Fruit Smoothie
2/3 cup fresh or frozen
fruit such as strawberries,
peaches or blueberries
1/2 cup yogurt
1 banana
1/2 cup fruit juice
1 tablespoon wheat germ
ice cubes
Place all ingredients into a
blender and blend until
smooth. Serves 2.
Homemade
Instant Oatmeal
3 cups quick-cooking oats
salt
1 tablespoon dry milk powder
Put 1/2 cup oats at a time
in a blender and blend until
powdery. In each of 6 plastic
baggies, put 1/4 cup unprocessed oats, 1/4 powdered
oats, 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1
tablespoon of dry milk powder. To serve: Empty baggie
into a bowl. Add 1/2 to 3/4
cup boiling water. Stir and let
stand for a couple of minutes
or microwave for 1 minute.
Add more water for thinner
oatmeal. Makes 6 individual
packets.
Variations to add to individual baggies (when ready to
cook): cinnamon; dried fruit
such as apples and cranberries; fresh fruit such as bananas, peaches, strawberries
and blueberries; brown sugar;
raisins; wheat germ; granola;
chocolate chips; marshmallows; walnuts; pecans; and
honey.
Sara Noel is the owner of
Frugal Village (www.frugalvillage.com), a Web site that offers practical, money-saving
strategies for everyday living.
To send tips, comments or
questions, write to Sara Noel,
c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th Floor, New York,
NY
10016,
or
e-mail
[email protected]
Copyright 2007, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
GENERAL INTEREST
Gates — Secure, Stable Iraq Within Reach
BAGHDAD (AP) — Defense Secretary
Robert Gates said Wednesday he believes
a secure and stable Iraq is within reach,
although there’s been an uptick in violence in the north where al-Qaida is trying to re-establish a foothold.
Gates’ comments came as a car bomb
exploded in a largely Shiite neighborhood
of Baghdad, killing at least 14 people, police said. The explosion happened across
the Tigris River from the Green Zone
shortly before Gates’ news conference
with Iraq’s defense minister. Acknowledging the precarious nature of any security gains in the country, Gates said
that much work remains to be done to
ensure Iraqi forces are ready to take over
more military duties from U.S. troops.
Iraqis who have been fighting insurgents
on the local level must be integrated into
Iraqi security forces, for example, he said.
“I believe that a secure, stable Iraq is
within reach,” Gates said.
Gates noted a decline in overall violence in Iraq during recent months,
which has led to a substantial increase in
the number of refugees returning home
as well as international investment in the
country despite nearly five years of war.
Still, Gates acknowledged increasing
militant and terrorist activities in northe rn Iraq, a situation he discussed with
U.S. commanders during his first visit to
Mosul earlier Wednesday. He said he was
pleased to learn that Iraqi troops were
fighting back.
“I know that the Iraqi people are more
than up to this challenge,” Gates said. “...
However, much remains to be done.”
Army Col. Tony Thomas, a brigade
commander, told reporters traveling with
Gates that he and other senior commanders in the north are looking for additional U.S. troops and also would like the
return of 1,400 Iraqi troops sent to Baghdad to provide “more combat power” to
help stabilize areas such as Diyala
province, Mosul and Samara to counter
an uptick in violence, including suicide
bombings.
Overall, there has been a steady decline in violence in Iraq in recent months,
including dips in roadside bombs, other
attacks and in both U.S. and Iraqi casu-
alties. The U.S. is pressing Iraqi leaders
to take advantage of the improved security to make the political reforms needed
to stabilize the fledgling democracy.
Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qader
al-Obeidi said he and Gates discussed
requirements to better prepare the Iraqi
Army. He said they are “working very
hard” to accomplish all the goals for
2007, including training and equipping
the Iraqi armed forces as well as building
a strong system of command and control.
Gates is using his sixth trip to Iraq to
assess whether the downturn in violence
in parts of the country can be sustained,
and whether Iran is working to quell the
shipment of arms into Iraq.
The Pentagon is being cautious not to
declare victory yet in either case. For example, senior defense officials traveling
with the secretary said that any proposal to move the Marines out of Iraq and
into a greater role in Afghanistan, as proposed not long ago by Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway, will be viewed
cautiously by Gates.
Northwest Residents Fight To Save Homes
CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) —
The drenching rains and
howling winds were gone but
flooding concerns persisted
Wednesday, as anxious residents waited for waters to recede so they could see what
was left after this week’s fierce
storm.
The storm, which killed at
least seven people as it battered the Pacific Northwest
before moving on Tuesday,
left behind flooded homes,
fallen trees and washed-out
roads, including the region’s
largest highway. On Wednesday, the storm continued
pushing east, dumping snow
across the Midwest.
Some were spending
Wednesday looking for the
lost. In the Lewis County town
of Winlock, a dive team
planned to search normally
tiny Wallers Creek for Richard
Hiatt, 81, believed to have
been swept away when a
bank gave out from underneath him.
In many coastal areas,
lights were slowly coming
back on Wednesday morning,
said Aberdeen police Detective George J. Kelly, a
spokesman at the Grays Harbor County emergency command center.
Kelly couldn’t provide exact
numbers, but said at least
half of downtown Aberdeen
had electricity and Grays Har-
bor Community Hospital no
longer had to rely on emergency generators. Tens of
thousands were without power in Oregon and Washington
state at the height of the
storm. National Guard troops
were
summoned
early
Wednesday morning to help
evacuate a 20-unit trailer
park near Elma threatened by
the flooding Chehalis River,
Kelly said.
Floodwaters about 90
miles west of Seattle were also
approaching U.S. Highway
12, a principal link to the
Puget Sound area, Kelly said.
Gov. Chris Gregoire, who
toured the ravaged region by
helicopter Tuesday, touched
Alaska Medical Helicopter Missing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Volunteers
joined a Coast Guard search Tuesday for a
medical helicopter that vanished in snow and
heavy wind while carrying a patient and medical crew over mountainous coastal terrain.
A Coast Guard cutter was searching for the
LifeGuard Alaska helicopter, listening for signals from the helicopter’s emergency beacon
near its last known position over the southeast
side of Esther Island in Prince William Sound,
about 75 miles southeast of Anchorage. Volunteers directed by Alaska State Troopers
joined the search in three fishing boats.
The helicopter was heading about 150 miles
from Cordova to the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage when it disappeared
early Monday evening, authorities said. The
helicopter crew had made a satellite phone call
at 5:18 p.m., but it was not a distress call,
Coast Guard Lt. John McWhite said.
Wind gusts of 60 mph were recorded in the
search area Tuesday. A low cloud ceiling prevented aircraft from taking part, said Col. Dave
Lowell, director of operations for the Alaska
National Guard.
“The weather is bad enough that we can’t
get into any approaches in Prince William
Sound,” Lowell said.
Despite the poor visibility, Lowell said the
search would continue “until it’s not plausible
or reasonable to go on.”
The twin-engine aircraft was reported missing after the crew failed to check in for position
updates that are supposed to be issued every
10 minutes, said Providence Alaska spokeswoman Becky Hultberg. The flight usually
takes about 90 minutes, she said.
The hospital launched its overdue plane
procedures at 5:50 p.m. and reported the helicopter missing to the Alaska Air National
Guard’s Rescue Coordination Center at 6:55
p.m., Hultberg said.
A patient, pilot, paramedic and nurse were
aboard the Eurocopter BK 117. Their names
and the reason for the flight were not released.
A National Weather Service buoy just south
of Esther Island recorded sustained winds at
25 mph, with gusts around 50 mph, at about
the time the helicopter disappeared, said aviation meteorologist Victor Proton. The agency issued advisories alerting pilots about moderate
turbulence as well as low visibility, he said.
down at a high school shelter
in Chehalis and offered encouragement to the roughly
40 people staying there.
She also ordered a plane to
deliver food and emergency
supplies to the high school in
Pe Ell, about 25 miles to the
west, because the roads were
blocked by water.
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Toxic Chemicals In Toy Makeup
HONG KONG (AP) — Two
Chinese-made toy makeup
sets seized in Hong Kong contained high levels of lead,
chromium and barium, the
local
government
said
Wednesday.
Laboratory
tests found the
face and body
paints,
seized
from a retailer in
late October, contained
excessive amounts of
the toxic materials, Hong
Kong’s Custom and Excise Department said.
“The toys have been examined and found to have a high
risk of poisoning children,” it
said in a statement.
The packages of multicolored crayons and mini paint
pots showed they were made
in China and were distributed
by a Hong Kong company, Six
Colors Group (H.K.) Ltd.
The customs department
ordered the company to recall
the color paint toys and
warned parents against allowing their children to use
them.
Calls made to Six Colors
Group went unanswered late
Wednesday.
It was not immediately
clear where the toys were
sold.
Chromium compounds
were once used heavily in
dyes and paints and can be
found in the ground water
and soil around abandoned
industrial sites. Barium is
highly poisonous and can
cause tremors or paralysis if
ingested in high enough doses. Lead poisoning can cause
irreversible learning disabilities and behavioral problems
and, at very high levels,
seizures, coma, and
even death
The latest finding
by customs came
amid a spate of recalls of China-made toys
over the past few
months.
Last month, China-made
toy beads — known as
Bindeez in Australia and
Aqua Dots in the United
States — were found to contain a chemical that can convert into a powerful “daterape drug” when ingested. At
least nine children in the U.S.
and three in Australia became sick after swallowing
the beads.
Mattel Inc. also recalled
more than 21 million Chinese-made toys over fears
they were tainted with lead
paint and included tiny magnets that children could accidentally swallow.
Under Hong Kong’s Toys
and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance, suppliers of
toys that fail to meet safety
standards face jail terms of
one year and fines of
HK$100,000 ($12,830).
NYC Detective Sues For Job, Ate Pot-Filled Meatballs
NEW YORK (AP) — A counterterrorism
detective who says his failed drug test came
because his wife had spiked his meatballs
with marijuana has filed a lawsuit to get his
job back. Anthony Chiofalo asked the court
to declare that his firing in August from the
New York Police Department was unreasonable and unconstitutional, to declare that a
damning hair sample was improperly taken
and to order his rehiring with back pay plus
interest, seniority and all benefits.
Chiofalo, a 22-year veteran assigned to
the Joint Terrorism Task Force, was suspended without pay in November 2005 after
a random drug test found marijuana in his
system. He denied using drugs and demanded a hearing.
During an investigation, Chiofalo’s wife,
Catherine Chiofalo, said she secretly put
enough marijuana for about six cigarettes in
her meatball recipe in July 2005, hoping a
failed blood test would force him to retire,
court papers say. Catherine Chiofalo, according to court papers, testified at the hearing that she “just wanted my husband not to
die of a heart attack or get killed. I wanted
him to be around to help raise my son.”
The couple later took and passed lie-detector tests about how the marijuana was ingested, Anthony Chiofalo’s court papers say.
Chiofalo says his wife had marijuana at
home because she used it to relieve nausea
caused by medications she took for back
pain. He said he did not know where she got
it.
An administrative judge recommended
that Chiofalo be reinstated. But police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who has the last
word on firings, rejected the recommendation and fired Chiofalo.
A police department spokesman, John
Kelly, said in an e-mailed comment on Chiofalo’s firing, “The officer’s excuse was not
credible.”
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COMMENTARY
Washington Report . . .
By CONGRESSMAN ADRIAN SMITH
America Supports Our Troops
During the holiday season, our thoughts turn to our family
and friends, especially those far away.
This year, thousands of families have one or more members
defending our freedoms abroad.
For them, gift wrapping a present and putting it under the
tree isn't an option this year.
By writing letters and e-mails, sending care packages, and
assisting military families or helping the wounded when they return home, the support of the American people — no more so
during the holiday season — builds and sustains the morale of
those fighting to defend freedom and our way of life.
As the holidays near, well-wishers wanting to send packages
to military men and women overseas should make sure it contains an APO/FPO (Air/Army Post Office or Fleet Post Office)
address and a military zip code.
Many local papers will print the addresses of community
members serving overseas.
The U.S. Post Office lists military restrictions as to what cannot be sent, such as perishable food and items containing batteries.
Friends and families of service members may also give gift
certificates from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service
(AAFES), which can be redeemed at any PX (Postal Exchange)
or BX (Base Exchange).
The AAFES operates on bases not only throughout the United States, but also in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan and other nations.
For those who do not have a specific soldier in mind, the Department of Defense has launched "America Supports You," a
nationwide program facilitating citizens' support for members of
our Armed Forces at home and abroad.
Hundreds of support organizations are available at
www.americasupportsyou.mil. For those without Internet access, you may contact the Pentagon's Office of Community Relations at (703) 695-2113 for assistance.
America Supports You groups have provided more than $4.6
million in direct financial support and more than 9,000 free airline tickets to service members and their families, helping to
keep them connected during recovery.
These groups have also sent more than three million care
packages and more than 500,000 books.
Other organizations offering means of showing support for
our troops or assisting wounded service members and their
families include the USO (www.usocares.org) and To Our Soldiers (www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers).
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (www.vfw.org) and the American Legion (www.legion.org) also collect donations.
It is an unfortunate reality that there are those in our society who would prey on the good intentions of the public.
If you have any concerns about the validity of other organizations, you can contact one of my offices for assistance.
Your local military installation, the National Guard or military reserve unit in your area are also good resources for those
looking for legitimate avenues to show their support during the
holiday season and the rest of the year.
We are all proud of our men and women in uniform, and the
holiday season is a perfect time to show our support.
Let's let them know we hold them in our hearts and our
prayers.
Jock Wisdom And Political Debate
Anyone who plays sports
knows to avoid playing with
lesser mortals. They will bring
down your game.
And so it goes, too, with political debate.
The
sophomoric
CNN/YouTube
debate
Wednesday night proved
again that even serious veterans of government and war
can be made to look silly
when playing with silly.
Republicans can't say they
weren't warned after their Democratic counterparts suffered through the same format and entertained questions from children and a
snowman. Apparently fearful
of offending the childish vote,
GOP rivals gamely donned
their dunce caps for their turn
on the block.
Despite moderator Anderson Cooper's assurance that
there would be no snowman
or other goofy players, characters were not absent. Anyone
who made it past the cringemaking, game-show "Come
On Down!" introduction could
not have missed a certain moronic quality to several of the
YouTube-user questions.
One fellow asked the candidates' opinion on gun control, then noisily shifted a cartridge into his shotgun's
chamber. Another menacingly thrust a Bible into the camera lens, demanding to know
whether the GOP rivals believe what the Bible says.
From his wild-eyed antics, we
might infer that anyone who
believes in the Bible must be a
knuckle-dragging, wife-beating, child-spanking, snake-
handling, Talibanesque, creationist wacko.
Of the three who answered
him — Mitt Romney, Rudy
Giuliani and Mike Huckabee
— the latter was the most
graceful.
KATHLEEN
Romney,
PARKER
whose
MorSYNDICATED
monism
COLUMNIST
poses a
nagging
challenge, responded awkwardly, but finally asserted
that the Bible is the word of
God. Giuliani noted that
though he consults the Good
Book, he doesn't take every
word literally.
Huckabee sounded like a
smart Baptist preacher, saying that, obviously, no one believes when the Bible says,
"Go and pluck out your eye,"
that we ought to go pluck out
our eye. But the larger biblical
messages, such as "Love your
neighbor as yourself," aren't
open to interpretation and are
more important than debates
about metaphor and allegory.
The most controversial
question came from retired
Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr — an
"openly gay man" — who got
two shots at the candidates
with his question about why
they think that "American
men and women in uniform
are not professional enough to
serve with gays and lesbians"?
Kerr, who announced that
he was gay after leaving the
military, first posed the question on tape and then materialized in the audience to ask it
again. Former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, serving as
one of the post-debate commentators, raised the question of Kerr's affiliation with
Hillary Clinton's campaign after
e-mailers
contacted him.
As it turned
out, Kerr is a
member of Clinton's
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
and transgender
steering committee, though the general has
said he merely lends his name
to the group. He is also a cochair on Clinton's national
military veterans group and
worked for John Kerry's presidential campaign.
None of that matters, of
course, unless Kerr was a deliberate "plant" by the Clinton
campaign. (Yet to be determined.) Kerr's question would
have been legitimate — if
aimed at a deeper understanding of where the candidates stand on the "don't ask,
don't tell" policy.
But that was clearly not
where Kerr's sights were focused. The wording of the
question — reminiscent of
"Have you stopped beating
your wife?" — implied that
any who object to open homosexuality in the military for a
range of reasons necessarily
doubt our troops' professionalism.
Thus, the real aim was to
frame the candidates as both
homophobic and anti-troops.
Nice try. Cooper, who played
no part in selecting the questions, begged ignorance of
Kerr's affiliation, as did CNN
executives who apologized for
the oversight.
Apologies notwithstanding, the question was clearly a
favorite of those on the question-selection committee, as
were several others that
played to the bubba stereotype so beloved by cheapshooters and cliche-mongers.
All together now: Republicans are only concerned
about guns, gays and God.
Oh, and race.
According to the Democratic playbook, forever emblazoned on the American psyche by Howard Dean back in
his Confederate flag-waving
days in the 2004 campaign,
those are the issues that can
get
Republican
hearts
athumpin'. More to the point,
those are the issues that get
Democratic voters astumpin'.
To paraphrase the guntotin' redneck, Democratic
consultants will give up their
"guns, gays and God" trope
when someone pries their
cold, puckered lips from the
derrieres of those who must
be pandered to.
Though there were some
moments of substance and
clarity sprinkled throughout
the evening, the YouTube debates were beneath the dignity of the man or woman who
would lead the free world.
One also wishes they were
an insult to voters' intelligence.
Kathleen Parker's e-mail
address is
[email protected].
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The sudden rise of Mike
Huckabee in the Republican
jousts is a cool plot turn, one
that makes you lean forward
and turn up the sound. An
amiable, well-spoken Southe rn conservative with a
Gomer Pyle face challenging
the teeth-baring Giuliani and
the sleek Romney. You watch
him field questions for a few
minutes and the man's appeal is pretty clear. He comes
off as a real person, not a caricature: he sounds like a guy
talking to you, not a stiff with
a set of applause lines.
He's a straight conservative
but with exceptions — he's in
favor of health care for poor
kids, he dares talk about the
environment. And he's a new
contender, and that's a big
point in his favor. Romney is
synthetic and Giuliani is toxic
and people are ready for the
next thing. The whole rationale of Giuliani is that we're in
terrible danger and need a
mean SOB to run things, but
we've never elected a president on those grounds. And
now here is a smart conservative who doesn't hate anybody.
We're a restless tribe. The
soup gets thin, toss in something new, turn up the heat.
Depressed? Put on your coat
and get out of the house. Myself, I am an old plowhorse
hitched to a load of guilt and
regret and overdue assign- ington as if it were a county
ments and I envy the young courthouse and look at the
who are bright and jumpy statuary in the rotunda. I reand skinny as snakes and member when the hardware
free to pick up and fly away. store was run by an old
L.A., New York, Chicago, Mia- cranky guy who stood at the
mi - make them an offer and front counter guarding the
off they go.
merThe differchanGARRISON
ence between
dise and
G e rmans and
expected
KEILLOR
Americans, says
you to
SYNDICATED
a friend in
know
Berlin, is that
the
COLUMNIST
G e rmans are
names
extremely relucof
tant to move in order to find things. He was a bully and he
work and Americans have went out of business and now
been doing it for two hundred we go to the big discount store
years. Germans sit tight and and it's a lot more fun.
so the division between East
I am descended from a
and West will persist for man named David Powell
decades. Not so here. Charles who was restless all through
Schulz pulled up stakes and the 19th century and though
left Minnesota for California in a farmer, he moved from
1958, and one gathers from Pennsylvania to Ohio, then
David Michaelis excellent new Indiana, then Illinois, then
biography that Schulz's wife Iowa, then Missouri, and in
was tired of snow and one last thrust forward, he
"Peanuts" was simply too suc- rode into Oklahoma in the
cessful for him to feel comfort- great land rush and got twenable among judgmental, self- ty miles, felt ill, got off his
effacing Lutherans, so off he horse, sat down under a tree,
went and he never looked and died outdoors with his
back. The American story.
eye on the trail ahead. A good
I'm an old guy so I know death.
about change. I remember
We are not a timid or fearwhen Southerners were De- ful people. My friend of thirty
mocrats and the Republican years came around with his
party was the party of Lincoln. new girlfriend (replacing the
I remember when you could old girlfriend, who replaced
stroll into the Capitol in Wash- the wife, whom I liked a lot)
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and she gave me a wan smile
and sat patiently through
some chitchat about events
that preceded her, and then
she put an arm around him
and gave him a no-nonsense
look that said, It's time to go. I
invested a lot in him over the
years but she decided that I'm
history. Goodbye, old pal. I
understand, believe me. I've
walked away from some old
scenes myself and felt the exhilaration of a new start.
An old friend decided to retire to Santa Fe, and I went to
the retirement dinner and
wished her well, but I was
thinking, "Liz, you dope, get
over it. Take a week off and get
some sleep. Be real. You're a
northern prairie person. You
think the Hopis are going to
adopt you and teach you the
mysteries of the Earth, the
Wind and the Rain? No,
you're going to watch movies
on cable TV in the morning
and join a class for people
who need an excuse to make
bad art, and you're going to
develop a bad Kahlua habit."
But off she goes confidently
into the future, happy to
make the change, just like the
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STATE & REGIONAL
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Interstate Cities Catch State Fair Fever A Mayor
By NATE JENKINS
Associated Press Writer
LINCOLN (AP) — If you see a car race on Interstate 80 headed to Lincoln later this month,
the drivers might be leaders of competing
cities.
The rush is on to lobby state senators in
what could be called the State Fair Sweepstakes.
On Tuesday, yet another I-80 city was
added to the list of wannabe State Fair hosts
when North Platte officials announced their
wish to have the fair. Grand Island and Kearney have already indicated their interest in
having the fair.
So, too, has a group in Sarpy County.
And then there’s the plan from Lincoln business leaders to move it to another spot in the
city. It prompted what has become a closely
watched legislative study of whether the fair
should stay or go. Has the Legislature been
asking for applications to fill the job Lincoln
has held for a century?
“Any assumption that the ag committee is
trying to move the State Fair is erroneous,”
said the chairman of the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee, Sen. Philip Erdman of Bayard. “We’re not soliciting proposals.”
But justified or not, cities like North Platte
feel a momentum shift in favor of a state fair
move and increasingly are treating the ag com-
The former car wash at the corner of Potash Avenue and
Third Street, which has been empty for many years, is coming
down. Murray Johnson, on ladder, of Chadron bought the building from owner Greg Sanders just to tear it down and reuse it.
Rick Hungerford, steadying the ladder for Johnson, said it will be
reassembled near Chadron and used as a garage and storage
LINCOLN (AP) — About
area.
160 members of an Army
Warm Welcome
For Guard Members
Judge Denies Request For
9-Inch Strip Of Neighbors’ Land
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge who granted a couple part
of their neighbors’ property in an adverse-possession lawsuit
has denied their request to add on a strip of land 9 inches wide.
Boulder District Judge James C. Klein denied the motion by
former judge Richard McLean and his wife, attorney Edith
Stevens, asking for the full width of a disputed path on land
purchased by their neighbors Don and Susie Kirlin.
Klein in October granted McLean and Stevens 34 percent of
the Kirlins’ lot, or more than 1,400 square feet, after McLean
and Stevens showed they had been using the path unchallenged for 25 years to get to their backyard. In Colorado, adverse-possession law allows a person to gain possession of
property after using it without a challenge for 18 years.
McLean and Stevens then filed a motion saying the court
had not granted them all the land to which they were entitled
and said the 9-inch-wide strip should be included.
Klein ruled that he could only consider evidence presented
at trial regarding the disputed path and stood by his earlier ruling.
“We’re just really pleased that after they’ve already taken 34
percent of our property, that the judge didn’t award them the
additional 9 inches they requested,” Don Kirlin said Tuesday.
McLean and Stevens did not immediately re t u rn a phone
FBI Met With DA Employees
DENVER (AP) — FBI agents investigating the alleged misuse
of a restricted criminal database during Colorado’s gubernatorial campaign have interviewed employees of the Denver district
attorney, an office once held by Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter.
Federal immigration agent Cory Voorhis has already been
charged with illegally using the database to provide information
that turned up in an ad for Ritter’s Republican opponent. The
ad featured an illegal immigrant to whom Ritter granted a plea
bargain while Ritter was DA, a fact former Congressman Bob
Beauprez seized upon during the gubernatorial race to attack
Ritter for being soft on crime and illegal immigration.
The FBI questioned DA employees after Voorhis’ lawyers suggested Ritter’s campaign also got access to the database, perhaps through the district attorney’s office. Voorhis’ lawyers also
allege an investigator with the Harris County, Texas, district attorney’s office accessed the database at the request of a private
investigator under contract with the Colorado Republican Party.
The FBI and Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents met
with DA staff Nov. 19 as part of the FBI’s effort to refute Voorhis’
claims, Denver FBI Special Agent Rene VonderHaar said Tuesday.
DA spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said the office cooperated with the FBI and CBI investigators, and has never been the
target of a probe.
She said the district attorney’s office had a legitimate reason
to look up the illegal immigrant’s name Oct. 12 to answer questions surrounding the ad and did not provide confidential information to the media or to Ritter’s campaign.
National Guard company
are heading to Lincoln for a
warm welcome back to Nebraska after a year’s service
in Iraq.
They are members of the
755th Chemical Company,
which is based in O’Neill.
They left Nebraska in September 2006, trained in Mississippi, then left for Iraq.
On Wednesday afternoon,
two charter aircraft carrying
the soldiers will fly into Lincoln from Mississippi, where
the soldiers have been processing off active duty. There
will be a ceremony in a Lincoln airport hangar, but it
won’t be open to the public.
Two members of 755th
were killed in Iraq. Sgt. Jacob Schmuecker of Norfolk
was killed July 21, and Spc.
William “Bill” Bailey III of
Bellevue died on May 25.
mittee’s study like a bidding process. A main
backer of moving the fair has been the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which wants to build
research facilities in State Fair Park.
“My first thought was there was no way
they’d move it out of Lincoln, but as you watch
the news unfold, they could seriously move it
out-state and really, they should” said Lisa
Cox, executive director of the North Platte Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The ag community is out-state more than around Lincoln or
Omaha.”
State Fair fever caught hold of North Platte
officials just a couple weeks ago, and they hurried to organize. Now they plan on unveiling a
proposal to the ag committee during a hearing
Dec. 14. Other cities are also expected to make
a sales pitch to senators.
Afterward, a report on the committee findings is due the next day. It is unlikely the report will recommend whether the State Fair
should stay in Lincoln or go, but it is possible.
Erdman said only that he wants the issue
to be resolved during the upcoming session.
And in the case the committee does recommend a move, it would likely recommend
where.
In the event the committee does decide
moving is in the best interests of the fair, “the
ideal situation would be for the committee to
come out with one voice and say, ’The fair
should be here and it should be done this
way,”’ Erdman said.
Raimondo Changes Party
OMAHA (AP) — Columbus businessman Tony Raimondo became a Democrat
Tuesday, paving the way for a
possible Senate bid.
Raimondo went to the Platte County Election Office and
changed his party registration
from Republican to Democrat,
said Platte County Election
Commissioner Diane Olmer.
A lifelong Republican, Raimondo said last week he was
considering making a Senate
bid as a Democrat after Republican Mike Johanns’ entry
into the race convinced him
he couldn’t raise the money to
win that primary.
Johanns announced Monday he had raised more than
$1 million since entering the
race in October. President
Bush is coming to Omaha
Wednesday to attend a
fundraiser for his former agriculture secretary, and national Republican leadership has
made it clear Johanns is their
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Report
- Plant Delivered Previous Day’s Slaughter: Cows 6775 Bulls 650
Compared to Tuesday, slaughter cows and bulls
steady.
Lean Boners Breakers Premium White
90 Pct Lean 85 Pct Lean 75 Pct Lean
500 lbs and up 90.00-96.00 84.00-88.00 76.0083.00 96.00-97.00 400-500 lbs 86.00-91.00 78.0088.00 76.00-83.00 350-400 lbs 78.00-85.00
Slaughter Bull Carcasses
92 Pct Lean
600 lbs and up 93.00-106.00
500-600 lbs 93.00-101.00
Sioux Falls Hogs Opening
Estimate: 700
Barrows and gilts opened steady to .50 higher.
Percent Lean Weight Price
49-51 220-280 lbs 35.00
Sows not yet established.
US 1-3 300-450 lbs xx
450-500 lbs xx
500-700 lbs xx
NONFERROUS METALS
NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal
prices Wed.
Aluminum -$1.092 per lb., London Metal Exch.
Tue.
Copper -$3.0503 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations.
Copper $2.9980 N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Lead - $2815.00 metric ton, London Metal
Exch.
Zinc - $1.1298 per lb., delivered.
Gold - $793.00 Handy & Harman (only daily
quote).
Gold - $801.30 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue.
Silver - n.a. Handy & Harman (only daily
quote).
Silver - $14.271 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Mercury - $550.00 per 76 lb flask, N.Y.
Platinum -$1465.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract).
Platinum $1472.30 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot
Tue.
n.q.-not quoted, n.a.-not available r-revised
WALL STREET AT NOON
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street wilted Tuesday as investors awaiting next week’s Federal Reserve meeting remained uneasy that fallout from
the slumping housing market could bring more
bank losses and pull the economy into recession.
choice.
“I don’t think I’m leaving
the Republican Party, I think
they left me ... when they
closed the primary,” Raimondo said Tuesday. Raimondo
said he would decide whether
to run before the end of the
year .
and has met with national
Democratic leaders and will
meet next week with state
party leaders. He had to
change his party registration
by Friday to run as a Democrat in the May primary.
“All I’ve done is keep the
process going,” Raimondo
said. “There’s no decision yet,
but I am pleased with the discussions that are going on.”
Steve Achelpohl, chairman
of the state Democratic party,
sent an e-mail to supporters
Tuesday welcoming Raimondo.
“The modern Republican
Party is a party of extremes.
Moderates like Tony Raimondo ... find that there no longer
is a place for them at the
table,” Achelpohl said.
For Fairbury
FAIRBURY (AP) — For the
first time in nearly a month,
Fairbury has a mayor.
Councilwoman LaVeda Fry
was sworn in Tuesday night
just after the council voted 51 to appoint her.
Her predecessor, Gene
Mueller, was recalled November 6th. Council President
George Phillips was supposed
to take over as mayor, but just
a few hours before the council’s November 20th meeting,
he said no and resigned.
That left the council members to elect a mayor from
among them.
After Fry moved up to mayor, Douglas Brown was voted
council president.
One of her first tasks: filling
the council positions left vacant when Phillips resigned
and was appointed mayor.
Supreme Court To
Rule On AIM Slaying
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) —
A Canadian man charged
with killing American Indian
Movement activist Anna Mae
Pictou Aquash in 1975 should
learn Thursday if he has one
more chance to appeal.
John Graham, a Yukon
native, is fighting extradition
to the United States to stand
trial for the slaying of Aquash
on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
The Supreme Court of
Canada will announce Thursday whether it will hear the
case, said Chris Girouard,
spokesman with the Department of Justice in Ottawa.
If the panel denies Graham’s appeal request, he
could be extradited to South
Dakota as early next year. If
Graham is allowed to appeal
to the Supreme Court, the
case likely would continue for
another year, prosecutor Deborah Strachan has said.
She is a prosecuting attorney acting for the attorney
general of Canada on behalf of
the U.S. and could not be
reached Tuesday for comment. Nor could Graham’s
lawyer. Graham was taken
into custody in June after a
Vancouver, British Columbia,
judge denied his appeal.
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NATIONAL
Bush Pushes For Mideast Peace Detainee Lawyer Addresses Justices
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Bush will visit the
Mideast in early January as
he presses the Israelis and
Palestinians to resume longstalled peace talks and forge
an elusive agreement for an
independent
Palestinian
homeland.
The White House would
not disclose details of Bush’s
itinerary, but an Israeli television station said he will go to
Israel for the first time in his
presidency.
“The president believes
now is an appropriate time to
visit the region,” said White
House press secretary Dana
Perino.
Last week, the Bush administration hosted a highprofile Mideast conference in
Annapolis, Md., where Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
and Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas told international backers and skepti-
cal Arab neighbors that they
were ready to resume talks.
The three days of talks ended
in the Rose Garden.
Bush has held Mideast
peacemaking at arms’ length
for most of his nearly seven
years in office but argues that
conditions in Israel and the
Palestinian territories now are
right for a more energetic role.
He said Israeli and Palestinian
leaders are ready to make
peace, there is a wider and
unifying fight against extremism fed by the Palestinian
conflict and the world understands the urgency of acting
now.
Israel’s Channel 2 TV reported Tuesday that Bush
would focus on Israel-Palestinian peace talks on his visit
but also would discuss Iran’s
nuclear program. Other Israeli media outlets reported
the Bush visit would take
place Jan. 9.
Rivals Rap Clinton On Iran
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —
Democratic rivals assailed
front-runner Hillary Rodham
Clinton Tuesday for a vote
against Iran that they portrayed as misguided and dangerous in light of a new intelligence report that says the
Iranians stopped pursuing a
nuclear weapon years ago.
One month before Iowa’s
leadoff caucuses — in a debate broadcast only on radio
— the presidential candidates
stood together in welcoming
the report’s assessment and
criticizing President Bush’s
assertion that “nothing’s
changed” because of it. They
divided on the three-monthold Senate vote to designate
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a
terrorist organization — a resolution that only Clinton supported among the Democratic
candidates. She said her vote
was meant to encourage
diplomacy, but several of her
foes were having none of that
and John Edwards said it
sounded like war.
Broadcast on NPR, the debate was limited to three subjects: Iran, China and immigration. The Democrats, unlike the campaign’s Republican contenders, proposed no
drastic crackdown on illegal
immigrants. On China, they
said more should be done to
put U.S. companies on equal
footing with Chinese imports,
but again they proposed no
radical new remedies.
The candidates sat in front
VA Nominee
Will Fight
For Funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee James Peake pledged
Wednesday to bring accountability to the embattled VA,
saying he will reduce delays in
disability pay and improve
mental health care for thousands of injured veterans.
“I heard, clearly, the dissatisfaction with veterans waiting excessive periods of time
to have their claims adjudicated, of the importance in reducing the backlog of claims,”
Peake said in remarks prepared for his confirmation
hearing.
He said he wants to make
“the system less complex,
more understandable, and
better supported with the
tools of information technology. A veteran should not need
a lawyer to figure out what
benefit is due — or to get that
benefit.”
Peake, a retired Army lieutenant general, faced questions from the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee about
his independence and how he
would set himself apart from
former VA Secretary Jim
Nicholson, who almost immediately after taking office in
2005 was forced to admit to a
$1.3 billion agency shortfall
that put veterans’ health care
at risk.
of large radio microphones at
a V-shaped table at the Iowa
State Historical Museum.
With no audience to see them
in person or via video, they
dressed more casually than in
previous debates. Ohio Rep.
Dennis Kucinich was the only
one to keep on his jacket and
tie.
Their interaction with each
other was relatively civil compared with the sniping between the campaigns of Clinton and rivals Barack Obama
and Edwards in recent days.
Edwards did confront Clinton on her characterization of
her September Iran vote.
“Declaring a military group
sponsored by the state of Iran
a terrorist organization, that’s
supposed to be diplomacy?”
Edwards interjected.
Joe Biden, a senator from
Delaware who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, didn’t let that pass,
telling Clinton that “terminology matters.”
Fundamental differences
have led to the collapse of previous peace efforts: the borders of a Palestinian state, the
status of Jerusalem and the
rights of Palestinian refugees
and their descendants. And
achieving a peace agreement
is far from a reality.
Israel said Tuesday it is
seeking bids to build more
than 300 new homes in an
disputed Jerusalem neighborhood, drawing Palestinian
condemnations that the move
is undermining the newly revived peace talks. Palestinian
officials appealed to the U.S.
to block the project, but Israel
says a pledge to halt settlement activity does not apply
anywhere in the holy city.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay underwent a barrage of questions Wednesday from Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia,
with the attorney portraying the case as a fundamental test of the U.S. system of justice.
The court plunged into the controversy over
the military prison facility, where 305 prisoners are detained indefinitely in the Bush administration’s war on terror.
Many of the prisoners “have been held ... for
six years,” attorney Seth Waxman told the justices.
Under the current system, “they have no
prospect” of being able to challenge their detention in any meaningful way, said Waxman,
arguing on the detainees’ behalf.
Roberts and Scalia questioned whether the
detainees are entitled to hearings in civilian
courts.
“Show me one case” down through the centuries where circumstances similar to those at
Guantanamo Bay entitled an alien to challenge his detention in civilian courts, said
Scalia.
Roberts challenged Waxman’s argument
that the duration of detention is important.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the
pivotal fifth vote in the case, raised the possibility of returning the issue to the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
where the detainees’ status as enemy combatants is undergoing a highly restrictive form of
review.
Waxman argued that such a move would
simply cause more delays in deciding the prisoners’ fate.
Lawyers for the foreign detainees contend
the courts must get involved to rein in the
White House and Congress, which changed
the law to keep the detainee cases out of U.S.
courts after earlier Supreme Court rulings.
The most recent legislation, last year’s Military
Commissions Act, strips federal courts of their
ability to hear detainee cases.
Beware Credit Card Interest Rates Factory Orders Rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Check
your holiday credit card bills closely. Some credit card companies are
raising interest rates on good customers even if they pay down their
balances, on time, every month.
The reason they cite is that the
customer’s credit rating has fallen
elsewhere.
That was a rude surprise to
Janet Hard a stay-at-home mother
of two teenage boys from Freeland,
Mich.
Depending on her husband’s
salary as a steamfitter while she
raised the children was financially
difficult, Hard said, especially with
college tuition on the horizon. To
keep the family’s finances in balance, Hard said she paid more
than the minimum payment on
her Discover card every month,
plus an $8.00 Internet fee.
Or so she thought.
In February, Hard noticed that
despite her payments, the balance
was “barely moving.”
A phone call to Discover solved
the mystery, but not the problem:
The company had increased her
interest rate from 18 percent to
24.24 percent after running a
spontaneous credit report that
showed her other credit card bal-
U.S. Runway Collision Risk High
WASHINGTON (AP) — There is “a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States” because of
faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and
overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators
concluded Wednesday.
The investigators gave the Federal Aviation Administration
credit for reducing runway safety incidents from a peak in
2001 but said “FAA’s runway safety efforts subsequently
waned” as the number of incidents settled at a lower level.
Then in fiscal 2007, which ended Sept. 30, the incidents
spiked to 370, or 6.05 runway incursions per 1 million air traffic control operations, almost returning to 2001’s 407 incursions and 6.1 rate. An incursion is any aircraft, vehicle or person that goes where it shouldn’t be in space reserved for takeoff or landing.
At this time, “no single office is taking charge of assessing
the causes of runway safety problems and taking the steps
needed to address those problems,” the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative arm, said in a report requested by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, D-Ill., and Sen. Frank R.
Lautenberg, D-N.J.
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters stepped into that
leadership void in August by calling an industrywide brainstorming conference to produce ideas for quick action. In October, the FAA reported progress on steps recommended by the
August conclave, particularly in speeding improved runway
markings and pilot training. The GAO report approved of those
moves but also recommended more leadership from the FAA,
improved data collection and a reduction in overtime required
of air traffic controllers.
ances and available credit on inactive accounts put the family at a
higher risk of defaulting on their
payments.
Most stunning, $3,478.39 out of
$5,618 in payments had gone to
Discover for interest accrued over
the previous two years, Hard told
the panel. On a monthly level,
about $176 out of her $200 payments went to finance charges. In
the past year alone, Hard had paid
$2,400 but reduced her debt by
only about $350.
“My husband and I feel as
though we have been robbed,”
Hard told the Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations
Tuesday. “As we struggle to overcome this financially, we also are
struggling to overcome it on an
emotional level. Some days, this
feels more difficult than the paying
off of our balance.”
The panel’s chairman, Sen. Carl
Levin, D-Mich., is sponsoring legislation that would restrict credit
card interest rate to certain instances — such as at the conclusion of a low, introductory rate period, contracts that have variable
rates and when a cardholder violates the agreement with the issuer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories unexpectedly rose in October although
much of the gain reflected higher energy
prices.
The Commerce Department reported that
orders advanced by 0.5 percent in October, far
better than the flat reading that had been expected. However, much of the strength came
from a big jump in the cost of
petroleum and other energy prices, which pumped
up orders at oil refineries
and chemical plants. The
orders figures are not adjusted
for changes in prices.
Orders for nondurable goods such as petroleum products rose by 1.3 percent, helping
to offset a 0.2 percent drop in demand for
durable goods. The 0.5 percent overall rise in
factory orders was the best showing since a
3.4 percent jump in July.
In other economic news, the Labor Department reported that worker productivity roared
ahead at an annual rate of 6.3 percent this
summer while wage pressures dropped
sharply.
Meanwhile, a private sector report on labor
market strength projected that business payrolls increased by 189,000 in November.
That gain in the ADP report was well above
the expectation for a modest gain of 50,000
jobs and caused economists to boost their
forecasts for job growth in the government’s
employment report which will be released Friday.
FOOD
7
In The Beginning: Appetizers For Hanukkah Parties Celebrate Hanukkah With Healthier Latkes
1 pound mushrooms,
cleaned, trimmed and
finely chopped
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to
taste
crackers, matzo or
sliced fresh vegetables,
for serving
Heat the oil in a skillet set over medium
heat.
Add the shallots and
saute until softened,
about 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms
and cook, stirring, until
the moisture is released
and then evaporates.
This should take about
10 minutes.
Carefully transfer the
hot mixture to a food
processor and puree.
Season with salt and
pepper.
Serve with crackers,
matzo or sliced fresh
vegetables.
Yield: about 8 servings
POLENTA
ROUNDS WITH
SUN-DRIED
TOMATO SALSA
For the salsa:
1/4 cup sun-dried
Photograph by Val Bourassa/General Mills Photography for "Pillsbury Holiday Baking" (Wiley, 2007) tomatoes
water
Easy Parmesan Rounds hold lox and sour boiling
1 large clove garlic,
peeled
cream for a variation on a favorite nosh.
2 medium plum
Heat oven to 400 F.
tomatoes, cored, seeded and
By MARIALISA CALTA
For each round, spoon 2 quartered
teaspoons cheese onto un1/3 cup lightly packed
Hanukkah, or the “Festival greased cookie sheet; pat into fresh basil leaves, chopped
of Lights,” is almost upon us. a 2-inch round. Place rounds
dash of sugar
In the Jewish tradition, this 2 inches apart. Sprinkle each
salt to taste
eight-day holiday commemo- with pepper.
1 teaspoon balsamic vinerates a 2,000-year-old miraBake 6 to 8 minutes until gar
cle, when one day’s worth of the edges are light golden
1 (18-ounce) tube prepared
consecrated oil miraculously brown. Do not overbake. Im- polenta (see Cook’s note)
lasted for eight days, giving mediately remove from cookie
grated Parmesan cheese
victorious Jews time to re- sheet and place on cooling (optional)
build and rededicate a holy racks. Cool completely.
temple that had been deseTo serve, top each round
Cook’s note: Prepared pocrated by invaders.
with a sliver of lox and about lenta is available in a sausageEven though it’s a minor 1/4 teaspoon creme fraiche or shape plastic tube in most suholiday — one of the few not sour cream.
permarkets. Look for brands
mentioned in the Bible — it is,
Garnish with a dill sprig. certified kosher, pareve.
as National Public Radio com- Serve immediately.
mentator Bonny Wolf once
Set the sun-dried tomatoes
said, “a good story.” Today,
Yield: 16 appetizers
in a bowl and cover with boilthe menorah symbolizes this
ing water. Let sit 20 to 30 minmiracle, and assures a bright
utes. Drain and squeeze exCHICKEN LIVERS
and festive display at every
cess moisture out.
IN PUFF PASTRY
Hanukkah table.
In a food processor, process
But what else goes on that
the sun-dried tomatoes, gartable? Latkes, for sure. These
1/2 pound chicken livers
lic, fresh tomatoes, basil, sugpotato pancakes are fried in
kosher salt
ar and salt and pulse until
oil (symbolic of that miracle
2 tablespoons vegetable oil very finely chopped, almost
flame of long ago). It’s because
1 onion, peeled and sliced
pureed. Spoon into a bowl
of these latkes — a last1/4 pound mushrooms, and stir in the vinegar.
minute, labor-intensive pro- cleaned
Preheat oven to 425 F. Slice
duction — that the home cook
1 teaspoon all-purpose the polenta into 3/8-inchwill want to offer a few appe- flour
thick rounds, and place on
tizers before the meal; it buys
freshly ground black pep- greased baking sheets. Spoon
some time for frying. Or a per to taste
some salsa onto each round,
latke party might be in order,
1/4 cup white wine
and sprinkle with Parmesan
with pancakes as the main
2
teaspoons
freshly cheese, if using. Bake for 15 to
event, some appetizers, salad chopped parsley
20 minutes, until tops and
and a dessert rounding out
1 (9.5-ounce) package bottoms are golden. Serve imthe meal.
mini-puff-pastry shells (see mediately.
Jewish dietary laws pro- Cook’s note)
hibit the serving of meat and
Yield: 18 to 20 appetizers
dairy at the same meal; thus
Cook’s note: Puff pastry is
the appetizers below are a va- traditionally made with butriety of dairy, meat and neu- ter, but Pepperidge Farm sells
tral or pareve.
a pareve frozen product, availThe recipes come from sev- able in the supermarket. For
eral sources: “Pillsbury Holi- the holiday season, mini-puffday Baking,” “The World of pastry shells are available 24
Jewish Entertaining” by Gil to a package.
Marks and “Fast & Festive
Meals for the Jewish HoliBake, cool and remove the
days” by Marlene Sorosky.
“top” of the pastry shells acChoose a dairy menu and cording to package directions.
you can garnish your latkes Set aside.
with sour cream.
Set a rack 5 inches from
Serve a meat menu and the heat source and preheat
you can serve them with the the broiler.
more prosaic applesauce. A
Dip the chicken livers in
traditional dessert for either a cold water. (This keeps them
meat or dairy meal is jelly from hardening.) Pat dry.
doughnuts — again, the oil is Sprinkle each side with salt.
symbolic. Home cooks often
Place on broiler pan and
choose a dairy-free angel-food broil until golden on each
cake for the ending to a meat side, about 3 minutes per
meal; if having a dairy meal, side. Chop the livers and set
all manner of rich, creamy aside.
desserts are an option. Of
In a skillet, heat the oil over
course, those who do not ob- medium heat. Add the onions
serve the kosher dietary laws and mushrooms and cook
can mix and match.
until soft, about 10 minutes.
Whatever your menu,
Add the flour and stir for 1
these appetizers are quick, minute. Season with salt and
easy and tasty. Don’t let the pepper. Add the wine and livlatkes burn while you take ers and cook, stirring, 1 to 2
your bows.
minutes. Add the parsley and
stir.
Spoon the mixture into the
PARMESAN ROUNDS baked
pastry shells and set
WITH LOX
the pastry “top” on top. Serve.
1 cup shredded Parmesan
or Asiago cheese
1/4 teaspoon coarsely
ground black pepper
3 ounces lox (cold-smoked
salmon), thinly sliced into 16
slivers
2 tablespoons creme
fraiche or sour cream
fresh dill sprigs, for garnish
Yield: 24 appetizers
MOCK
CHOPPED LIVER
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
By JULIE WIENER
For The Associated Press
Hanukkah can make a healthy diet hard to
follow. But what do you expect from an eightday Jewish holiday focused on oil and the
wonderful ways it can be used to prepare food?
Which doesn’t mean a healthy approach to
the Festival of Lights, as Hanukkah also is
known, is impossible. It simply requires an understanding of oil and how to use it.
SYMBOLISM
Oil and oily foods are part of the Hanukkah
tradition because they symbolize a miracle at
the Temple of Jerusalem.
The Jews had just a day’s worth of consecrated oil for the temple’s eternal flame, yet the
flame burned for eight days, the time needed to
press and consecrate new oil.
To represent that today, Jews often eat
latkes (deep-fried potato pancakes) and jelly
doughnuts (also traditionally deep-fried). But
eight days of such goodies can leave you feeling a bit weighed down.
Liza Schoenfein, editor of Jewish Living
magazine, says celebrants sometimes forget
that it is the oil, not the deep-frying, that is
symbolic of the holiday.
“There’s no reason the oil has to be for frying,” she says. “The tradition of incorporating
oil into the meal can be made modern by drizzling a flavorful, beautiful olive oil onto
steamed vegetables or fish.”
UNDERSTANDING FRYING
Deep-frying works by immersing food in hot
oil — typically 350 F — until the interior is
cooked and the exterior is crispy but not burnt,
says Harold McGee, author of “On Food And
Cooking,” a primer on the science of food.
He says many people are surprised to learn
that when the oil is this hot, food does not absorb much. This is partly because oil and water don’t mix well, and most foods are about 80
percent water.
“When the surface of the food gets up to the
temperature of the oil, which happens quickly,
the surface starts boiling off its water, and that
means the surface begins to dry out, which is
why you end up with a crust,” McGee says.
It’s when the food cools that the problem occurs. Food begins to absorb oil immediately,
including oil left on the surface, when cooling
begins, because the “water vapor inside the
food begins to contract and sucks oil into
nooks and crannies.”
This is why blotting food after frying is a
good idea.
Also key: Maintain oil at the proper temperature to minimize absorption during cooking.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Rebecca Hays, managing editor of Cook’s Illustrated magazine, says her staff conducted
an experiment a few years ago to determine
how much fat was absorbed by chicken while
frying.
They measured the oil before and after frying, and it turned out there was exactly as
much oil in the pan after frying as before.
Shocked, the staff repeated the experiment
several times, always with the same results.
The trick, Hays says, is “to keep the oil at the
proper temperature.”
For latkes, that’s generally about 350 F,
while doughnuts are cooked in slightly hotter
oil, about 375 F.
While McGee says most oils work for deep
frying, it’s best to stick to those with high
smoke points, which means the oil can handle
higher temperatures before developing off or
acrid tastes.
Canola oil is a healthy option for frying, as it
has a moderately high smoke point and is low
in saturated fat and high in monounsaturated
fat. If you plan to fry for more than 15 minutes
(even in batches), changed the oil to avoid bad
tastes.
Cooks should constantly gauge the oil temperature with a thermometer (ideally a digital
instant-read one that can clip to the pot) and
adjust the stove setting to ensure the oil stays
hot but does not burn.
Also, using a heavy pan, such as cast iron,
is helpful because it maintain temperatures
better than other metals.
Schoenfein says the key is to not crowd the
pot. Fry in small batches rather than all at
once.
“As you add cold food to the pan, it brings
down the temperature of the oil,” she says.
“You can really tell the difference when you
have something that’s crispy, crunchy, delicious and golden and it’s been fried in the right
temperature oil.”
If you’d rather avoid the mess and trouble
altogether, there are techniques for adapting
recipes for deep-fried food.
Recipe For Apple-Cinnamon Pancakes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
These sweet pancakes
have the crunch of latkes and
traditionally are fried.
This version of the recipe
from Judy Bart Kancigor’s
“Cooking Jewish” cuts the oil
significantly by relying on a
hot oven (not oil) for most of
the crisping.
APPLE-CINNAMON
PANCAKES
For the garnish:
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
For the pancakes:
2 large eggs
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups chopped peeled tart
apples
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Lightly coat a baking sheet
with cooking spray.
To make the garnish, in a
small bowl mix together the 1
tablespoon cinnamon and
1/2 cup sugar. Set aside.
To make the pancakes, in a
large bowl use an electric mixer to beat the eggs on high
speed until light and lemoncolored, about 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium-high and add the sugar,
cinnamon, salt, baking powder and vanilla.
Beat in the orange juice,
then add the flour and beat
until just blended. Stir in the
chopped apples.
Coat a large skillet with
cooking spray.
Heat the skillet over medium-high. Drop about 2 tablespoons of batter per pancake
into the pan. Don’t crowd the
pan; cook two or three pancakes at a time.
Fry until golden on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Flip
and cook for another minute.
Transfer the pancake to the
prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining batter,
spraying the pan with cooking
spray between batches.
Lightly mist the tops of the
pancakes with cooking spray,
then bake for 5 minutes, or
until just crisp.
To serve, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Yield: 24 pancakes
8
GENERAL INTEREST
Israeli Troops Set To Move Into Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s army has completed
plans for a large offensive in
the Gaza Strip and is only
waiting for government approval, the military chief said
Wednesday, shortly after two
Palestinian militants were
killed by Israeli tank fire in the
coastal area. Lt. Gen. Gabi
Ashkenazi said that until he
receives the go-ahead for a
broad operation, Israel would
continue with its policy of
airstrikes and brief ground incursions to halt Palestinian
rocket attacks.
“If it is necessary, we are
prepared for the possibility of
action,” Ashkenazi told Army
Radio. “Until then I think it is
our duty to exhaust all other
avenues and to operate every
day and night in order to pro-
vide security.”
Defense Minister Ehud
Barak has repeatedly said
that the time for a widespread
ground invasion of Gaza is
drawing closer. But on Tuesday, he said now is not the
time for a broad operation,
which would likely result in
heavy casualties to Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians
in Gaza’s crowded urban
landscape.
In Wednesday’s violence,
Israeli tanks fired shells toward a group of Hamas militants on the outskirts of the
town of Beit Lahiya in the
northern Gaza Strip after
dawn, Palestinian doctors
and residents said. Two of the
Palestinians were killed and
four wounded, one critically,
the doctors said.
The army confirmed the
strike, saying the militants
were preparing to fire mortar
shells toward southern Israel.
Israel’s attack brings to
about 30 the number of militants in Gaza that Israel has
killed in the past 10 days.
Israel’s army frequently
launches cross-border attacks and airstrikes on Gaza
militants, but it has been unable to stop the rocket fire
from the Hamas-controlled
territory.
This year, Gazan militants
have fired 2,000 rockets and
mortar rounds, the arm y
spokesman said. The rockets
have killed 12 people in recent
years and cause widespread
panic in southern Israeli border towns.
Israel blames Hamas, the
Islamic militant group that
controls Gaza, for allowing the
attacks, even though the
group has not been directly
involved in most of the rocket
launchings.
In addition to military action, Israel has sealed Gaza’s
borders since Hamas took
control of Gaza in June, allowing only food and humanitarian supplies into the area.
Israel considers Hamas,
which has killed more than
200 Israelis in suicide bombings, a terrorist group and refuses to have contact with it.
Following its takeover of
Gaza, Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas fired the Islamic group from the government and installed a rival
Western-backed administration in the West Bank.
Former Fla. Teacher Arrested, Probation Violation
Photo by Tonya Wieser/Times-Herald
Tis’ the season for giving and that is exactly what these Santa’s helpers are doing. Rick Davis, front, and Joyce Benzel with
Thrivent for Lutherans are busy filling their carts for local children
in need this holiday season. The elves received $825 towards
gifts for children age six through 14. The gifts will be set for one
child from each family to come forward and pick a gift for themselves and then choose a gift for each sibling and their parents
during the Santa’s Helpers party at The American Legion. The
event will include extra elves to then help them wrap the gifts for
them to take home and put under their tree.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former teacher serving house arrest for having sex with a 14year-old student was arrested
Tuesday on charges of violating her probation, state
records show.
According to a Department
of Corrections report, Debra
Lafave discussed her personal
life and other subjects with a
teenage waitress at a restaurant where both worked. One
Rice Declines Comment On Ahmaninejad Remark
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
(AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, working to defend U.S. strategy on Iran,
questioned the openness of
the Iranian government on
Wednesday after its president
said a new U.S. intelligence
review concluding his country
has stopped developing nuclear weapons amounts to “a
final shot” against Tehran’s
critics.
Rice declined to respond to
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad’s remark, but
told reporters in the Ethiopian
capital that the public release
of the National Intelligence
Estimate showed the Bush
administration was committed to transparent democracy, while Iran was not.
“I am not going to comment on that comment except
to say that what the National
Intelligence Estimate shows,
and the transparency with
which the administration released it, is what it means to
live in a democracy and I hope
one day that the people of Iran
will live in a democracy too,”
she said.
Earlier Wednesday, Ahmadinejad said the conclusions of the report, which said
that Iran’s nuclear weapons
development program has
been halted because of international pressure, amounted
to “a declaration of victory for
the Iranian nation against the
world powers over the nuclear
issue.”
Rice said that the latest
U.S. intelligence estimate did
not mean that Washington no
longer considered Tehran a
threat and urged the international community not to back
down at the U.N. Security
Council on pressuring Iran to
halt its activities that could
produce the ingredients for an
atomic weapon.
“It is the very strong view of
the administration that the
Iranian regime remains a
problematic and dangerous
regime and that the international community must continue to unite around the Security Council resolutions
that have passed,” she said.
“Iran needs to stop enrichment and reprocessing activities because those enriching
and reprocessing activities
permit, if they are perfected, a
state to acquire fissile material for a nuclear weapon,” Rice
said.
In addition to her public
comments, Rice is working
the phones to defend the
Bush administration’s strategy on Iran and to explain a
new U.S. intelligence assessment that Tehran halted its
nuclear weapons program in
2003, a startling turnabout
that contradicted past U.S.
conclusions.
Blue Angel, WWII -Korea Combat Pilot, POW Dies
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Raleigh
“Dusty” Rhodes, an early leader of the Blue
Angels flight demonstration team who flew
combat missions in two wars and was a prisoner of war, has died. He was 89.
Rhodes died Nov. 26 of lung cancer in San
Jose, daughter Debra Rhodes said.
The elder Rhodes flew fighters off of the USS
Enterprise during World War II. In the Battle of
Santa Cruz Islands near Guadalcanal in October 1942, he was shot down and captured by
the Japanese. He spent the next three years in
a prisoner camp, where he was beaten and
starved, his daughter said. Rhodes weighed
about 88 pounds when he emerged from the
camp at the end of the war, his daughter said.
During his imprisonment, he was personally interrogated by Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto,
who had planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
and most other major operations during the
era.
After his return from the camp, Rhodes
joined the Blue Angels in their second year. He
soon became the third leader of the precision
flying team. Rhodes helped the team perfect
the diamond barrel roll, where four jets perform a loop in a tight diamond formation, becoming inverted at the top.
Rhodes also flew fighter planes off an aircraft carrier in the Korean War.
of the terms of her probation
was that she was not allowed
to have unsupervised contact
with minors without permission.
Lafave, 26, is serving three
years of house arrest and seven years of probation after
pleading guilty to having sex
with the boy in a classroom
and her home in June 2004.
She was arrested Tuesday
morning and released from
jail on her promise to appear
in court. It was not immedi-
ately clear when that hearing
would occur.
Defense attorney John
Fitzgibbons said he was disappointed that Lafave’s probation officer ordered her arrest for what he called an “insignificant” violation. He said
Lafave and the 17-year-old
girl had a “typical workplace
conversation that women
have with their women colleagues.”
“It was a workplace friendship — no more, no less,” he
OPEC To Keep Production Steady
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — OPEC decided
Wednesday to keep output ceilings steady for now, in a move
that briefly propelled crude prices above $90 a barrel.
Other delegates said the 13-nation group will meet again
early next year to review that decision.
The formal announcement by the 13-nation Organization of
Petroleum Exporting countries appeared to reflect OPEC conc e rns that it would be counterproductive to raise overall production quotas at a time when prices have retreated about 10
percent from recent record highs.
It also seemed to suggest that OPEC now views prices near
or above $90 — an increase of about $40 since the start of the
year — as acceptable.
Still, any decision to meet early next year for a review of the
world economy and other factors indicated that the organization was prepared to increase quotas should prices go much
higher.
said.
State attorney’s office
spokeswoman Pam Bondi
said prosecutors would not
comment on Lafave’s arrest
until the hearing.
Probation records show
Lafave worked at a Tampaarea restaurant until last
month, when her probation
officer ordered her to quit. She
now works as a receptionist at
her mother’s barbershop.
Fitzgibbons said he and his
client were surprised by the
arrest. “I don’t think anyone
felt this was a huge issue,” he
said.
He said Lafave has done so
well on her first two years of
house arrest that he plans to
ask a judge to convert the final year to straight probation,
which is less restrictive.
Other terms of her probation include sex offender
treatment, random drug testing and 200 hours of community service, which she has
completed.
Lafave pleaded guilty to
two counts of lewd and lascivious battery in November
2005. She could face up to 15
years in prison for a probation
violation.
Guantanamo Prisoner Cuts Throat With Fingernail
G U A N TANAMO
BAY
NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A
Guantanamo Bay prisoner
slashed his throat with a
sharpened fingernail last
month, spilling a lot of blood
but surviving, a U.S. military
commander said Tuesday.
Guards administered firstaid and took the prisoner to
the prison clinic, said Navy
Cmdr. Andrew Haynes, the
deputy commander in charge
of the guard force.
“There was an impressive
effusion of blood,” Haynes told
reporters visiting the base. He
would not disclose the man’s
name or nationality. A medical officer, who could not be
identified under military rules
for journalists, said the prisoner received several stitches
and spent a week under psychiatric observation.
Zachary Katznelson, of the
British rights group Reprieve,
said he was one of two
lawyers representing the prisoner and identified him as an
Algerian who has been held at
Guantanamo
without
charges for nearly six years.
The detainee was to meet with
one of his lawyers for the first
time this week.
Katznelson said he could
not release the man’s name
without his consent.
There have been four suicides since the U.S. opened
the military prison at Guantanamo in January 2002 for
men suspected of involvement in terrorism or links to
al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Haynes said he doubted
the latest incident was a real
suicide attempt, and characterized it instead as an act of
“self-harm.”
The incident occurred
while the man was taking his
daily five-minute shower in
early November, around the
time when more than two
dozen journalists were visiting
Guantanamo for a military
court hearing.
Haynes said there have
been up to half-dozen “selfharm incidents” in the two
months he has been assigned
to Guantanamo Bay. He described suicide as a “paramount tactic” used by prisoners to discredit U.S. forces.
But defense lawyers and human rights groups say the
suicides are a result of the
prisoners’ despair.
Many of the 305 men held
at Guantanamo have been
there for more than five years
without charge.
SPORTS
Upsets In NCAA
Volleyball Tourney
Leave Huskers Wary
LINCOLN (AP) — If Nebraska’s volleyball players think they
have a clear path to the final four, coach John Cook recommends they look at the NCAA tournament bracket.
Four of the top 11 seeds were knocked out in the first two
rounds.
“That’s putting us on edge,” Cook said Tuesday. “You cannot mess around.”
Among the teams upset was Wisconsin, the host of this
weekend’s Madison Regional. The defending champion Cornhuskers (29-1) had anticipated playing the Badgers in front
of a large crowd in the regional final.
Now, if the second-seeded Huskers beat Michigan State
(21-13) on Friday, they’ll see either Iowa State (19-13) or No.
10 California (24-7) on Saturday.
Cook coached Wisconsin, 1992-98, before joining Terry
Pettit’s staff at Nebraska. He took over as head coach in 2000.
“It’s a bummer Wisconsin is not in it, because I think that
will take away a little from the excitement of the regional,
what it could be,” Cook said.
Nebraska cruised through the first two rounds with threegame sweeps of South Dakota State and Wichita State in Lincoln last weekend.
Michigan State, which finished fifth in the Big 10, is in a
regional semifinal for the first time since 2002 after knocking
off No. 15 Dayton in three games.
California beat No. 22 Duke in four games to advance to
Friday’s match against Iowa State, which is in regionals for
the first time.
The Cyclones, coached by former Nebraska setter Christy
Johnson, is one of the hottest teams in the tournament. They
upset No. 16 San Diego in the first round, then knocked off
No. 7 Wisconsin on the Badgers’ floor.
“Watching some of these other good teams get upset, I
guess it does just kind of show that it is possible,” two-year
Nebraska captain Tracy Stalls said. “We need to make sure
we stay on it.”
Nebraska swept Iowa State twice this season and have
won all 72 matches against the Cyclones since 1975.
Kori Cooper said history doesn’t count for much.
“They have a lot of heart, and they fight, and you can never count them out,” she said.
Iowa State hasn’t lost since a five-game defeat to Big 12 cochampion Texas on Nov. 21. The Cyclones led the fifth game
14-9 before losing 18-16.
“What’s remarkable is how they bounced back after that,”
Cook said. “Many teams would just tank. You get so close to
a win and give it away. But they’ve come back even stronger
from it. The question will be whether they can keep it going
or if they’re just happy to get to the sweet 16.”
Nebraska Coach Will Help Coach
LSU In BCS Championship Game
LINCOLN (AP) — LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini
has Tom Osborne’s “full support” to coach the secondranked Tigers in the BCS
championship game.
Nebraska’s interim athletic
director said Tuesday that his
new football coach will be on
the sidelines as LSU takes on
top-ranked Ohio State on
EDINBURGH, Scotland
(AP) — Scottish lawmakers on
Wednesday backed government efforts to save Donald
Trump’s proposed $2.1 billion
golf resort that would be built
on an unspoiled beach near
Aberdeen.
The Scottish government
took the unusual step of
agreeing to review Trump’s
application after a local council rejected it.
The project is now before
the Scottish Parliament’s
economy, energy and tourism
committee and a final decision
on the project is still likely
months away.
“The committee felt the decision has given a worrying
message to the rest of the
world that Scotland is closed
for business,” Tavish Scott,
the head of the committee,
said after the meeting.
Trump’s organization has
said it is considering moving
the billion-pound project to
Northern Ireland after Aberdeenshire Council last week
threw out plans for two championship golf courses and a
five-star hotel on the northeast coast.
Environmental groups and
local campaigners opposed
the plans to build near sand
dunes that are home to rare
birds, skylarks and lapwings.
The area is protected as an
area of special scientific interest.
“The council is being bullied,” said Councilor Martin
are to become more competitive.
Men’s Coach Brent Bargen
said his team has had something come up in several of its games that
have kept it from
winning more. For instance,
in the first game at Wayne
State, the Eagles were just
nine of 17 from the free throw
line and lost 79-77. Since
then, the free throw shooting
has been solid, but turnovers
have been an Achilles’ heel a
couple of times.
Neither of the New Mexico
women’s team has won a
game. Western New Mexico is
0-6 and Highlands is 0-4.
scoreboard
All Times MST
By The Associated Press
Basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
14
2
.875
Toronto
10
8
.556
5
New Jersey
9
9
.500
6
New York
5 11
.313
9
Philadelphia
5 12
.294
9 1/2
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Orlando
16
4
.800
Washington
8
9
.471
6 1/2
Atlanta
7 10
.412
7 1/2
Charlotte
6 10
.375
8
Miami
4 13
.235
10 1/2
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Detroit
12
5
.706
Milwaukee
8
8
.500
3 1/2
Cleveland
9 10
.474
4
Indiana
9 10
.474
4
Chicago
4 11
.267
7
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
GB
San Antonio
15
3
.833
Dallas
12
6
.667
3
New Orleans
12
6
.667
3
Houston
9
9
.500
6
Memphis
6 11
.353
8 1/2
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Utah
13
6
.684
Denver
11
7
.611
1 1/2
Portland
6 12
.333
6 1/2
Seattle
3 15
.167
9 1/2
Minnesota
2 14
.125
9 1/2
Pacific Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Phoenix
14
4
.778
L.A. Lakers
10
8
.556
4
Golden State
9
8
.529
4 1/2
Sacramento
7 10
.412
6 1/2
L.A. Clippers
6 10
.375
7
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit 106, Atlanta 95
Phoenix 121, Indiana 117
New Jersey 100, Cleveland 79
L.A. Lakers 116, Minnesota 95
Sacramento 117, Utah 107
Milwaukee 87, L.A. Clippers 78
Wednesday’s Games
Phoenix at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Charlotte, 5 p.m.
Cleveland at Washington, 5 p.m.
New York at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 6 p.m.
Memphis at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Dallas at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.
The 2007-08 Alliance High School wrestling cheerleaders are from left; Front row, Paige John- Hockey
National Hockey League
son, Gabby Hall; second row, Becci French, Faith Furrow; and top row, Head Coach Danielle
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Swanson, Sarah Tower-Cross and Sydney Swanson. The cheer team will cheer on the Bulldog
W
L OT
Pts GF
N.Y. Rangers 15 10
2
32
62
grapplers tomorrow night during their season opening dual with the Scottsbluff Bearcats.
Philadelphia 14
9
2
30
77
CU Settles Football Sexual
Assault Lawsuit For $2.85M
Ford who cast the deciding
vote when the council became
deadlocked over the proposal.
“There is an important
principle at stake here,” Ford
said.
“It is certainly true that the
council has been subject to
hardball corporate American
tactics.”
The billionaire property developer wants to turn the Menie Estate into a resort complete with two 18-hole courses, a 450-room hotel, 950 vacation homes, 36 golf villas
and 500 luxury homes costing up to 1 million pounds
(1.4 million euros, $2.1 million) each.
“This is not about a golf
course, it’s about a massive
housing development. You
could pave a golf course with
gold and it still would not cost
a billion,” environmental campaigner Mickey Foote said.
The project would create
1,440 jobs across Scotland,
Councilor Debra Storr said.
The Trump Organization
claims it has received more
than 50 offers of land to build
the resort.
“An option to buy land in
Northern Ireland has been
signed and the clock is ticking
on that at 30 days,” said Neil
Hobday of Trump International Scotland.
“Mr. Trump has been extremely impressed by the
speed with which the Scottish
Government has intervened,”
Hobday said.
CSC Basketball Teams Open Their
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
CHADRON — We s t e rn
New Mexico will play the Eagles tonight (Wednesday, Dec.
5) and New Mexico Highlands
will visit Friday night. Both
double-headers will tip off at 6
o’clock in the Armstrong
Building with the women’s
games. This is the first time
We s t e rn New Mexico has
played basketball in Chadron
since the Mustangs joined the
conference a year ago.
Both Chadron State teams
have one victory so far in the
young season. CSC Women’s
Coach Mike Maloney said he
stressed defense in early practices, but now the Eagles need
to improve offensively if they
in any kind of bind.”
Meanwhile, Pelini was recruiting and hiring coaches,
including former longtime Nebraska assistant Ron Brown,
who said Monday he was
hired as tight ends coach.
Nebraska spokesman Keith Mann said Pelini wants to
hire all nine assistants before
making the list public.
Photo by Tammy Coward/Times-Herald Sports
Poker Star
Scottish Lawmakers May Save
David ‘Chip’
Trump Golf Resort Plan After
Reese Dies At 56 Local Council Rejected It
LAS VEGAS (AP) — David
“Chip” Reese, a card star who
anchored one of the biggest
cash games in the world and
won three World Series of Poker bracelets, has died. He was
56.
Reese died in his sleep and
was found by his son early
Tuesday morning at his Las
Vegas home after suffering
from symptoms of pneumonia, said poker great Doyle
Brunson, his longtime friend.
“I knew him for 35 years, I
never saw him get mad or
raise his voice,” Brunson said.
“He had the most even disposition of anyone I’ve ever met.
He’s certainly the best poker
player that ever lived.”
After attending Dartmouth
College, Reese was on his way
to Stanford business school in
the early 1970s when he
stopped by a Las Vegas poker
room and won big, said World
Series of Poker media director
Nolan Dalla.
“He just accidentally stumbled into Las Vegas and never
left,” Dalla said.
His immediate success at
cash games and low-key persona won him friends, even
among those who wound up
passing him their chips.
Despite winning three
World Series bracelets over the
last four decades, including a
$1.8 million HORSE event in
2005 that combines five poker
disciplines, Reese focused his
attention on high-stakes cash
games away from the limelight.
Jan. 7 at New Orleans.
“Bo has been at LSU for
three years, and its players
and coaches have worked
very hard for a chance to win
the national championship,”
Osborne said. “The two-week
dead period in recruiting gives
him a chance to take care of
some unfinished business at
LSU without really putting us
9
The Western Lady Mustangs have lost their last four
games by an average of 22
points. Four letter winners are
back from last year’s 8-16
team. Ashley Vigil, a 5-6
sophomore, is the leading
scorer at 9.2 points a game
this winter.
The Highlands women also
have lost by some lopsided
scores. Perennial power West
Texas A&M beat the Cowgirls
89-24 and Angelo State won
92-47. Jessica Armijo, a 5-9
native of Las Vegas where
Highlands is located, scored
32 points in the Cowgirls’ first
two games, but did not play in
the last two games.
DENVER (AP) — The University of Colorado has agreed to
pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit by two women who claimed
they were gang-raped at an off-campus party for football recruits.
University spokesman Ken McConnellogue said Wednesday
the school also agreed to hire an adviser to monitor compliance
with Title IX and add a position in the office of Victim Assistance
as part of the settlement.
A message left for Baine Kerr, an attorney for one of the
women, was not immediately returned.
McConnellogue said one of the women, Lisa Simpson, will
receive $2.5 million, with the other woman, who did not wish
be identified publicly, receiving $350,000.
The Associated Press does not identify the victims of alleged
sexual assault without their permission.
University President Hank Brown was to answer questions
later Wednesday.
The women’s lawsuit alleged CU violated federal law by fostering an environment that allowed sexual assaults to occur.
The suit accused the university of failing to adequately supervise players when the women were raped in 2001.
A U.S. district judge dismissed it in 2005, saying the women
produced no evidence that the school acted with “deliberate indifference.”
In September, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived
the lawsuit, saying there was evidence the university had an official policy of showing high school recruits a “good time” and
had shown deliberate indifference. The appeals judges sent the
lawsuit back to district court.
CU has insisted its policies do not place female students at
risk and said it has become a leader in policies to prevent sexual assault and harassment.
No sexual assault charges were filed after the 2001 party, but
the lawsuit sparked a scandal over CU’s football recruiting
practices that led to broad reforms and a shake-up of the university’s top leaders.
The fallout included the resignations of CU System President
Betsy Hoffman and Athletic Director Dick Tharp.
The football team’s head coach at the time, Gary Barnett,
survived the scandal, but later accepted a buyout after a 70-3
loss to Texas in the 2005 Big 12 championship game.
A Year Behind Schedule, Paterno
Gets His Hall Of Fame Induction
NEW YORK (AP) — The
College Football Hall of Fame
news conference had already
started by the time Joe Paterno showed up and grabbed
his seat at the end of the dais.
“I apologize for being one
year and 20 minutes late,” the
80-year-old Penn State coach
said.
No apologies necessary,
JoePa.
The second-winningest
coach in the history of major
college football was voted into
the Hall of Fame in 2006, but
his induction had to be put on
hold because this time last
year he was recovering from a
broken leg which was the result of two players ran into
him during a game.
The rest of the class of 13
new hall of famers, including
1984 Heisman Trophy winner
Doug Flutie and former Oregon star Ahmad Rashad, were
voted in earlier this year and
inducted at a banquet Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
P a t e rno, who led Penn
State to an 8-4 record this
season, was hoping to take
his children back to his old
neighborhood in Brooklyn
while he was into town, but
he’s been too busy.
“I’ll always be a New Yorker.
It’s great to come back,” he
said.
On Monday night, Penn
State threw a reception at another Manhattan hotel for Paterno. About half of the 400
people who showed up were
Paterno’s former players, including Franco Harris, John
Cappelletti and Lydell Mitchell
and Todd Blackledge.
“So many of the kids came
back,” Paterno said. “It was
very emotional. I didn’t get to
spend enough time with any
of them. It was like holding
court.”
Frosh Hoops
•Hay Springs 51, Alliance
38;
Scoring — AHS — Frankee Hopes 15, Olivia Conley12, Billie Kunzman 8, Lauren Reiber 2, Alyssa Clarke 1.
HHS — Ashton Jughes and
Trisha Kudrna led the Hawks
in scoring with 11 and 9 respectively.
New Jersey 14 10
2
30
67
N.Y. Islanders 13 11
1
27
57
Pittsburgh
12 12
2
26
77
Northeast Division
W
L OT
Pts GF
Ottawa
16
7
3
35
83
Boston
14
9
2
30
66
Montreal
13 10
4
30
78
Toronto
11 11
6
28
84
Buffalo
12 11
1
25
75
Southeast Division
W
L OT
Pts GF
Carolina
15 10
3
33
90
Tampa Bay 12 13
2
26
85
Atlanta
12 13
1
25
69
Florida
12 14
1
25
69
Washington
9 16
2
20
63
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W
L OT
Pts GF
Detroit
19
6
2
40
92
St. Louis
15
9
1
31
63
Chicago
14 10
2
30
78
Columbus
12 10
5
29
68
Nashville
13 10
2
28
74
Northwest Division
W
L OT
Pts GF
Minnesota
15
9
2
32
69
Vancouver
14 10
2
30
69
Colorado
14 11
1
29
76
Edmonton
13 14
1
27
72
Calgary
11 13
4
26
76
Pacific Division
W
L OT
Pts GF
Dallas
15
9
4
34
81
San Jose
13
8
4
30
66
Anaheim
12 12
4
28
66
Phoenix
11 14
0
22
60
Los Angeles 10 14
2
22
71
GA
55
71
63
68
75
GA
71
62
78
95
64
GA
86
83
85
76
79
GA
64
56
72
67
75
GA
65
62
76
82
85
GA
71
56
80
76
85
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit 4, Montreal 1
Toronto 3, Nashville 1
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, SO
Calgary 3, St. Louis 1
Wednesday’s Games
Boston at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Atlanta, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Ottawa at Florida, 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Football
National Football League
Thursday, Dec. 6
Chicago at Washington, 6:15 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS-Acquired RHP Denny
Bautista from Colorado for RHP Jose Capellan.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES-Acquired LHP Will Ohman
and INF Omar Infante from the Chicago Cubs for
RHP Jose Ascanio. Designated OF Willie Harris
for assignment.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Agreed to terms with
LHP Chris Narveson and RHP Scott Cassidy on
minor league contracts.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Agreed to terms with F
Anderson Varejao on a three-year offer sheet.
INDIANA PACERS-Waived C Courtney Sims.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Fired Billy King, president and general manager. Named Ed Stefanski
president and general manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS-Waved DL Sam Adams
and DB Jeff Shoate.
HOUSTON TEXANS-Placed OL Fred Weary and
OL Chris White on injured reserve. Signed OL
Drew Hodgdon and G Mike Brisiel. Signed G Dan
Stevenson to the practice squad.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Placed LB Zach Thomas and
S Cameron Worrell on injured reserve. Signed LB
Kelvin Smith and OT Julius Wilson from the practice squad.
NEW YORK GIANTS-Placed RB Derrick Ward
on injured reserve. Signed RB Danny Ware off
the N.Y. Jets practice squad. Released RB Quinton Smith from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Recalled C Geoff Platt from
Portland (AHL).
CALGARY FLAMES-Recalled D Adam Pardy
from Quad City (AHL).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Recalled F Steve
Downie from Philadelphia (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Waived RW Mark
Recchi.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Assigned C Rick Rypien to Manitoba (AHL).
COLLEGE
CLEMSON-Agreed to terms with Tommy Bowden, football coach, on a contract extension
through 2010.
INDIANA STATE-Named Trent Miles football
coach.
LYCOMING-Announced the retirement of Frank
Girardi, football coach.
Sports Calendar Updates
ALLIANCE — The 9thgrade boys and girls basketball games against Torrington,
Wyo., tomorrow are set to
start at 5 p.m.; The AHS
Wrestling Dual at Scottsbluff
is slated for 6 p.m. for the junior varsity, followed by the
varsity; Next Tuesday’s JV
and varsity games scheduled
with Torrington are starting at
5:30 p.m, not 6 p.m.
10
ANNOUNCEMENTS
040 Special Notices
DON’T MISS--The Second
Annual Christmas Show at the
Newberry Building (402 Box
Butte) Friday, Dec. 7, 3:30pm9:00pm and Sat., Dec. 8, 9am9pm. Food available both days!
Need a Christmas present for that
special person? This could be the
place!
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by carefully proof-reading all
copy. However, we ask that you
check your ad the first day it
appears. If you find a mistake,
please call 762-3060 so that the
error can be corrected. We regret
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050 Lost and Found
BOXER- -Brown and white. Lost
Nov. 26. If you see him, call
308-760-7647 or 308-760-1828.
Reward.
AUTOMOTIVE
080 Automobiles
2004 CHEVY--Malibu. 40,000
miles, 4dr, pw, pl, cd, spoiler. 308762-6157.
CAN'T SELL -- The family car?
Place a guaranteed ad in the
Alliance Times-Herald classified
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100 Trucks, Pickups
& 4x4s
2002 NISSAN--Pathfinder, pw,
pb, 4wd, sunroof, Bose stereo,
new tires. 308-762-3590.
2004 TOYOTA--4Runner SR5
Sport Edition. V-8, 4wd. Excellent
condition. Only 32K miles. Very
clean. Luggage rack, towing
pkg. JBL stereo. Platinum extra
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290 Help Wanted
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EARLY
CHIL DHOOD
COORDINATOR--Regular, fulltime, ten-month position with
Northwest Community Action
Partnership (NCAP), Head Start
Program. Exempt position based
on forty (40) hours per week at
$932.95-$1005.48 every two
weeks, plus benefits. BA/BS
degree in Early Childhood or
related field required. Requires
frequent travel in the four county
region. Must have a valid driver’s
license and be insurable. There
will be a 6 month orientation
period. For more information,
job description and application,
contact the Nebraska Workforce
Development, 1033 E. 3rd Street,
PO Box 930, Chadron, NE
69337. Phone 308-432-6121.
Closing date for applications is
December 17, 2007. NCAP is an
Equal Opportunity Employer
and is “At Will”
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GORDON--Countryside Care is
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CNA’s. Please contact Linda
Graham at 308-282-0806.
CLASSIFIEDS
290 Help Wanted
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benefits. New position available
November 1, 2007. Call 308762-1613 for more information.
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480 Sporting Goods
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caliber. 870 Express Remington
20 gauge. Ultra lite Taurus 44
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FARM & RANCH
555 Miscellaneous
CANE FOR SALE--2007 crop.
Complete feed analysis available.
We deliver. Larry and Dewayne
Thompson. 308-367-5518, 308367-7016, 308-367-5721.
FOR SALE--Newberry saddle.
308-762-7855.
REAL ESTATE
630 Apartments
1 AND 2 BEDROOMS--Very
clean and quiet. No pets. Call
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December 1 at Camden Court
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100% electric and your small
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rates. Call Steffens Law Office, 308-872-8327. www.steffenslaw.com. We
are a debt relief agency, which helps people file bankruptcy under the bankruptcy
code.
COORDINATE EXCHANGE Program! International high school exchange
program seeks enthusiastic coordinators and ESL instructors. Develop exciting
short-term programs for international students. 800-333-3802 ext. 238.
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or call 800-369-2850 to place your ad on the national
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DO YOU live in rural Nebraska and need a small business loan under $35,000?
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16 ACRE Acreage for sale with home. Quarter mile off Hwy. 40, 3 miles
from Callaway. Room to grow, play. Price reduced! 308-836-2328 or 2845.
20TH ANNIVERSARY sale! Additional winter discounts. Great prices on
high quality all steel buildings. Sentinel Building Systems, 800-327-0790
ad 26, www.sentinelbuildings.com.
HOT TUB buyers, buy direct from manufacturer, save 50% or more!
Closing out 2007 production models, 12 styles - $1,995 to $3,995. We deliver.
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ALL CASH candy route. Do you earn $800 in a day? Your own local
candy route. Includes 30 machines and candy all for $9,995. 1-888-7551356.
PHYSICAL THERAPIST Assistant: Chase County Community Hospital in
Imperial, NE is seeking a PTA. Sign on bonus, competitive wages/ benefits.
308-882-7234, email: [email protected].
RN'S UP to $52.50/ hour, LPN's up to $45.00/ hour, CNA's up to $27.00/
hour, free gas/ weekly pay, $2,000 bonus. AACO Nursing Agency, 800-6564414.
SERVICE TECHNICIAN for video game/ vending route in central Nebraska.
Associates degree in electronics or comparable experience preferred.
VVS, Inc. at 800-662-2924. Ask for Rod.
CALL TODAY! Guaranteed home Christmas. Sign-on bonus/ benefits. 3643 cpm/ $1.20pm. $0 lease/ teams needed, Class A/ 3 months recent OTR
required. Toll-free: 877-258-8782.
DRIVER - NEED cash for the holiday season? Knight Transportation
offers: 2500 miles out/ 2 days home. Average $700-$1,000 a week. Drive
next week with: consistent miles; daily/ weekly pay. Knight Transportation,
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DRIVERS: GET respect you earned! $5,000 sign on, 1 year OTR, Class
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FFE, Inc., 800-569-9232.
GREAT PLAINS--Newly updated
2 bedroom apartments. $315
with year lease. Ask about rent
specials. 308-762-7413 days.
SMALL--Two bedroom, 511
Yell owston e. Rent, $ 220 ,
deposit, $220. References, Jim,
308-762-4462.
PART TIME CAREGIVER--Or
Med Aide. Wednesday and
Thursday nights, 11pm to 7am.
Apply in person at Crossroads
Assisted Living, 150 W. 24th
Street.
ALLIANCE GOOD SAMARITANIs seeking an outgoing individual
to work in a hig h-pa ced
environment as a part-time
Dietary Aid. Applicant must be
able to work some weekends
and holidays. Willing to work
with high school schedules.
Apply in Person at the facility. All
offers of employment are subject
to a background check and drug
sc reen .
AA/EOE
M/F/Vet/Handicap.
LEGALS
330 Miscellaneous
7/6 NIGHT--Disney Area stay, 2
adult Disney tickets. Paid $750,
sacrifice $249 good for 1 year.
Call 402-221-1742.
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400 Garage Sales
GARAGE SALE SIGNS--Are
not allowed on utility poles or on
trees in the right-of-way. If found
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central air and underground
sprinklers. Beautiful woodwork
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660 Houses for Rent
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Lots of attic storage. Nice yard,
great neighborhood. $425 month
plus $425 deposit. 308-7608590.
680 Farms &
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with its registered office at 5461
Perkins Road, Alliance,
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concerning any and all lawful
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LIFESTYLES
11
A Young Man Fighting For Life
Peek Into The Past
tinued, "they removed half of his right lung and
he went through more chemotherapy and radiation."
Then he was doing much better until at his
ALLIANCE — Trent Mattock, 23, has been next routine checkup when another tumor
battling cancer since he was two-years-old and was found, so he tackled more chemotherapy
needs a new chemotherapy
and radiation, she added.
treatment not covered under his
"Now he has developed a tuinsurance and is unable to fimor on his kidney right next to
nance it privately. Time is crucial
his liver. Due to the location it is
for this young man. There will be
inoperable and it is not responda benefit 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday,
ing to chemotherapy," said Amby
Dec. 9, at The American Legion
with a tear in her eye. "And beHall beginning with spaghetti
cause it is growing so fast the
feed complete with salad, garlic
doctors tried 30 treatments of rabread and dessert.
diation, but all that did was
There will be a silent auction
break Trent down, he had befrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with
come very weak, in a lot of pain
country music from 1-3 p.m.
and had drug his blood count
with entertainment provided by
way down, so they stopped treatThe Jones Family Tradition
ments."
MATTOCK
Band.
However, there is a new type of
Trent is the son of Amby and
chemotherapy that Trent needs
John Marx and Tim Mattock and a 2003 Al- but the insurance will not cover the treatment
liance High School graduate.
and his blood count has built back up so doc" Trent was first diagnosed with Leukemia at tors say we need to go with this now, said a
the age of two," Amby said. "He went hopeful Amby.
chemotherapy and fought the battle."
"When they found this last tumor on Trent's
She said he went on through school and kidney near his liver the doctors gave him two
had several pretty good years.
months to live but Trent is a fighter. He hurts,
"Then when he was 16 he complained of his he heals and he keeps going, he has been
left arm always hurting so back to the doctors through all of this so we have to keep fighting,"
we went only to learn that the cancer had she said.
moved into his bone," she said.
"Trent is beyond all protocol right now and
The doctors replaced the bone and he took has survived longer than most under his circhemotherapy and radiation treatments to cumstances," said his father.
once again overcome this terrible disease, she
Trent hurts and he is tired, he wears a morsaid shaking her head.
phine patch along side all his medication, so
"At 19 he graduated high school and had the sooner we get him help, the better to help
enrolled in college. Then the doctors found a relieve his pain, added Amby.
spot located on the lower right corner of his
"He wants to live," said Amby quietly, "He
lung," Amby said and after a brief silence, con- wants a little life."
The Alliance Times-Herald is featuring various collection
displayed at Knight Museum of High Plains Heritage. The
collections are in storage while the building is being expanded. See if you can find these items when they reopen.
By TONYA WIESER
Times-Herald Writer
MONROE
70th Birthday
LINCOLN — Cynthia
(Shay-Payne) Monroe, formerly of Alliance and an Alliance
High School graduate, was
born Dec. 13, 1937, at Torrington, Wyo.
She will celebrate her 70th
birthday on Thursday, Dec.
13, with an open house/card
shower on Sunday, Dec. 9, at
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Church, 2325 S 24th St., Lincoln, hosted by her children
Deb and Henry Oliveros of
Lincoln and Julie Springer of
Milford, and their families.
Cards may be sent to her at
7817 Stonewall Ct., Lincoln,
NE 68506.
Pick Up
Your Pictures
Today!
TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 5, the
339th day of 2007. There are 26 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight In History:
On Dec. 5, 1791, composer Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria,
at age 35.
On This Date:
In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity
in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary
in Williamsburg, Va.
In 1782, the first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in
Kinderhook, N.Y.
In 1792, George Washington was reelected president; John Adams was reelected vice president.
In 1831, former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1848, President Polk triggered the
Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold
had been discovered in California.
In 1932, German physicist Albert
Einstein was granted a visa, making it
possible for him to travel to the United
States.
In 1933, Prohibition ended as Utah
became the 36th state to ratify the 21st
Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.
In 1955, the American Federation of
Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO
under its first president, George Meany.
In 1991, Richard Speck, who had
murdered eight student nurses in Chicago in 1966, died in prison a day short of
his 50th birthday.
In 1994, Republicans chose Newt
Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of
the House in four decades.
died in Yangon at age 91. ABC executive
Roone Arledge died in New York at age
71.
When the Knight Museum staff moved all the exhibits
into storage for the reconstruction and addition they also
had to move a lot of “stuff.” This plastic tub of stuff was part
of what had to be cataloged and labeled. It is unclear as to
what it is, although it was important enough to save for the
new building. Becci Thomas, museum director, quoted the
late Ross Boyer — author, public speaker and auctioneer,
"When he'd be auctioning off something that no one
seemed to know its function he'd say, ‘Put it where it fits the
best.’ When we open it up we will know where to put it alright.”
One Year Ago:
Robert Gates won speedy and unanimous approval from the Senate Armed
Services Committee to be secretary of defense. New York became the first city in
the nation to ban artery-clogging trans
fats at restaurants.
Medicare D
Enrollment
Assistance
Ten Years Ago:
The space shuttle Columbia returned
from a 16-day mission that had been
marred by the bungled release of a satellite. The World Trade Organization rejected American claims that the Fuji film
company had conspired with the Japanese government to keep Eastman Kodak
products out of Japan.
Today’s Birthdays:
Singer Little Richard is 75. Author
Joan Didion is 73. Author Calvin Trillin
is 72. Musician J.J. Cale is 69. Actor
Jeroen Krabbe is 63. Opera singer Jose
Carreras is 61. Pop singer Jim Messina
is 60. Actress Morgan Brittany is 56. Actor Brian Backer is 51. Country singer
ADAM
Ty England is 44. Rock singer-musician
John Rzeznik (The Goo Goo Dolls) is 42.
Five Years Ago:
Country singer Gary Allan is 40. ComeStrom Thurmond, the oldest and dian-actress Margaret Cho is 39. Writerlongest-serving senator in history, cele- director Morgan J. Freeman is 38. Acbrated his 100th birthday on Capitol Hill. tress Amy Acker is 31. Actor Nick Stahl
DURHAM, N.C. — Stacey
(It was at this gathering that Senate Re- is 28. Actor Frankie Muniz is 22. Actor
Jeanette Adam, daughter of
publican leader Trent Lott, in toasting Ross Bagley is 19.
Theodore M. and Nannette
Thurmond, seemed to express nostalgia
Adam of Rapid City, S.D., forfor Thurmond’s segregationist past; the
Thought For Today:
resulting firestorm prompted Lott to re“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence merly of Alliance, has been
sign his leadership position.) In Kansas nor imagination nor both together go to the awarded a Doctor of PhilosoCity, Mo., a pharmacist who had diluted making of genius. Love, love, love, that is phy degree in Pharmacology
from Duke University.
chemotherapy drugs given to thousands the soul of genius.”
Adam, a 1998 honors
of cancer patients was sentenced to 30
— attributed to
years in prison. Gen. Ne Win, former dicWolfgang Amadeus Mozart graduate of Alliance High
tator of Myanmar, also called Burma,
(1756-1791) School, earned her Bachelor
of
Science
degree
in
MLT/ASCP from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
The year is drawing
and Lincoln.
He was shot in his right might end up having one
The granddaughter of
to an end, our picture
forearm and grazed on his more surgery. I have a year of
LaRhea Gange of Alliance,
files
are
filling.
If
you
right bicep. His knife stopped rehab, then I’ll be medically
Adam is pursuing post-gradhave brought pictures
a bullet from injuring him discharged. I didn’t want to
uate studies in lymphoma
to the Times-Herald
more seriously.
make (the military) a career.”
cancer research at Stanford
“If that knife wouldn’t have
He said he’d still like to get
for
publication,
University at Palo Alto, Calif.
been there, I would have been into law enforcement as long
Please,
hit in the chest,” Stroeh said. as he can pass the physical.
“I still have the knife with the
“I still would have enlisted
bullet in it.”
even with what happened,”
He had two initial surgeries Stroeh said. “It’s a good opwhile still in Baghdad. Then portunity to see things from a
he was flown to Germany different view. It teaches you
where he had four more surg- responsibility and you grow
eries.
up a lot faster.”
Now, Stroeh is rehabilitatWhile he is a veteran, he
ing at Fort Bragg in North doesn’t think of himself as
Carolina where he already one.
has had two additional surg“When I think of veterans, I
eries. More are possible. He think of an older person,”
had a ninth surgery while vis- Stroeh said. “I don’t think of
iting home at the Veterans Af- young guys.”
fairs hospital in Omaha.
“They put 11 inches of
Experience teaches only
bone into my arm from my the teachable.
leg,” Stroeh said. “I knew I was
— Aldous Huxley
going to make it, but the
question was whether I’d be
able to keep my arm.”
Now, he knows he’ll be able
to keep his arm, but won’t be
able to keep his enlistment.
“Here at Fort Bragg, I go to
occupational therapy on my
arm four times a week and
physical therapy on my leg
twice a week,” Stroeh said. “I
AHS Alumna,
Dr. Of Philosophy
Injury Ends Service For Fremont Soldier
FREMONT
(AP)
—
Cameron Stroeh performed
dangerous missions in Iraq.
He said he did air insertions and took out high-value
targets.
“Basically we go and
snatch and grab people on
the terrorist watch list,” the
20-year-old Fremont native
and 2005 Fremont High graduate said of his missions.
“I wanted to try something
new and adventurous. I wanted to get into law enforcement
and thought the military
would be a good start,” Stroeh
said. “A lot of the stuff we do is
all pretty hush-hush.”
Then everything changed
for him on June 15.
“Everything was going
pretty good. There were no incidents from my troop,”
Stroeh said of his nearly seven months in the Baghdad
area prior to June 15. “We
were out on patrol and we
were ambushed.”
He was hit by rifle fire while
working as a cavalry scout on
an eight-soldier team.
“We were in an area we had
patrolled before,” Stroeh said.
“They rolled up, got us corn e red and ambushed us.
That’s what we train for.”
Pick Up Your
Pictures
Today!
Be Safe!
Buckle Up!
It’s the Law!
ALLIANCE — Jeanne Murray and Lori Dannar are accepting appointments to assist people with the Medicare
D enrollment process.
The plans have changed
drastically, and you may be
able to save money by having
your plan reviewed.
Monday, Dec. 31 is the
deadline for plan changes,
and appointments for assistance must be completed by
Tuesday, Dec. 18.
Assistance will be available
through Thursday, Dec. 18,
at Alliance.
Assistance will be available
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the
Hemingford Fire Hall; from
12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Harrison; and from 10 a.m. t 3
p.m. at the Crawford Library.
For an appointment, call
762-5616, or 487-3973.
Today
In Nebraska
December 5
1858 — William Richardson resigned as territorial
governor in protest of President James Buchanan's proslavery policy for Kansas. J.
Sterling Morton became acting governor.
1972 — Johnny Rodgers,
the University of Nebraska's
all-purpose back, won the
Heisman Trophy as the nation's outstanding college
football player.
12
STATE & REGIONAL
Man Dies
Malcolm X Loses Nebraska Hall of Fame Vote Death Penalty Debate
Puts Families On Both Sides After Hit By
Truck On I-80
By NATE JENKINS
LINCOLN (AP) — To many, his name was
by far the most recognizable on the list of seven nominees to the Nebraska Hall of Fame:
Malcolm X.
But that didn’t convince a state commission
Tuesday that a bust of the Omaha native and
Civil Rights leader should be in the state Capitol.
The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission
chose little-known botanist Charles Bessey as
the next hall-of-fame inductee, three years after Malcolm X was passed over for a U.S. senator who helped remove homosexuals from
government posts in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
The pick of Sen. Kenneth Wherry was later
nixed because of an open-meetings violation.
The five members of the commission said
they were impressed with Bessey’s pioneering
scientific work, including in prairie ecology,
and the fact he did much of his work in Nebraska. Commission chairman Harold Andersen said Malcolm X was born in Omaha but,
“as far as I’m concerned, never looked back at
Nebraska.”
Other members expressed the same conc e rns, and Andersen said Malcolm X supported racial separatism for years.
Ernie Chambers, the state’s only black legislator, said the decision demonstrated the
need for diversity on the commission. All five
members who voted Tuesday are white men.
“It’s an insult to everybody who is not old,
white and male,” Chambers said of both the
commission and its decision.
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha in 1925, the son of a Baptist preacher. His
family left for Milwaukee in 1926.
As an adult, Malcolm emerged as a fiery Nation of Islam minister with a new name and a
message that blacks should cast off white op-
Hospital Employee
Stealing, Selling
Supplies Online
OMAHA (AP) — An Omaha
man has been accused of
stealing surgical supplies from
Creighton University Medical
Center and selling them on an
online auction site.
Police say 37-year-old former
hospital
employee
Jonathan Lauth has been
charged with felony theft.
He is accused of stealing
surgical hernia plugs — which
are small mesh instruments
— and selling them on eBay.
pression “by any means necessary.” In 1964,
he split from the Nation of Islam, and after an
Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, he renounced
racial separatism. His new direction angered
some Black Muslims — and led to his murder
during a speech.
During hearings across the state on the seven nominees for the hall, Malcolm X garnered
the most support, said Sharif Liwaru, who said
he attended all the hearings and is president of
the Omaha-based Malcolm X Memorial Foundation.
“I’m not disappointed in the selection of
Bessey,” Liwaru said. “But I am disappointed
everyone recognizes the impact of Malcolm X
but the state of Nebraska.”
In 1984, the Omaha land on which Malcolm’s family home sat was added to the state
list of historic sites.
By highlighting controversial aspects of Malcolm X’s life, Andersen raised questions about
whether the Civil Rights leader’s popularity is
rooted in an accurate reading of history.
“The inspirational value comes from, perhaps, that there’s been a sort of cult grown up”
around Malcolm X, Andersen said. “Assassination, martyrdom, perhaps, has added to
that.”
Commission member Ron Hull said Malcolm X was his first choice, but said he ended
up voting for Bessey because the commission
wanted to vote unanimously for an inductee.
“I believe he had a momentous impact on
this country,” Hull said of Malcolm X.
Bessey was a University of Nebraska professor of botany and horticulture from 1884 to
1915. He helped establish a program to take
university research to Nebraska’s citizens, according to a biography of Bessey on the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Web site.
He also wrote Congressional legislation requiring land-grant universities to distribute
new knowledge and research to the public
through agricultural experiment stations.
Australian Going
To Trial For Snowball Throw
FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — An Australian man working a seasonal job at a Copper Mountain ski shop is set to go to trial Thursday for throwing a snowball.
District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has said the object was
more like an ice ball.
Andrew Thistleton, 21, is charged with third-degree assault
and harassment after allegedly throwing the snowball at
Michelle Oehlert on Feb. 4 near the employee housing complex.
Oehlert told police she was walking to the bus stop when
Thistleton and two other people began taunting her.
Hurlbert said Oehlert’s back was turned when the snowball
struck her. Oehlert said she felt pain due to a prior injury from
a car accident.
Thistleton pleaded not guilty in July. He has flown back to
Colorado for the trial, said his attorney, Lisa Moses.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — When the killer of Vicki Schieber’s
daughter agreed to plead guilty to escape the death penalty,
Schieber readily accepted.
“There is no such word as closure,” the Maryland woman
said. But Linda Riscioni hopes her sister’s alleged murderer will
someday be executed, noting he gave her no mercy before
shooting her in a Paterson club.
“Her last words were, ’Please don’t shoot me, I have two children,”’ Riscioni said.
As New Jersey lawmakers debate whether to make the state
the first to abolish the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme
Court reinstated it in 1976, families of murder victims have
been vocalizing their opinions on both sides.
A bill to abolish capital punishment is set to be voted on by
the Senate on Monday and the Assembly on Dec. 13. Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine supports the bill.
The effort to abolish capital punishment in New Jersey stems
from a January report by a special state commission that found
the death penalty was a more expensive sentence than life in
prison and didn’t deter murder.
As lawmakers weigh votes, family members of murder victims are pressing their views.
Some say the death penalty only delays justice; others say
it’s a just punishment.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —
One man died and another
was injured after being hit by
a semitrailer driven by a Nebraska man.
The Iowa State Patrol says
41-year-old Satvender Singh
Grewal of Yuba City, California, and 42-year-old Andrew
Coleman Robinette of Des
Moines, Iowa, were fixing Grewal’s semi on the shoulder of
Interstate 80 in Cass County,
Iowa.
They were both hit by the
rear right side of another semi,
driven by 75-year-old Donald
McCarville of Columbus, Nebraska.
Grewal was killed and
Robinette was injured.
Suspect In Killing Spree Appears In Court
By JEANNETTE J. LEE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The man arrested in a day-long series of gun and machete
attacks that left two dead, including his father,
was arraigned on Tuesday, telling the judge he
didn’t think a lawyer “was really going to help.”
Christopher Erin Rogers Jr. has been
charged with two counts of first-degree murder
and three counts of first-degree attempted
murder in the spree that began on Sunday in
the small community of Palmer when he allegedly killed his father with a machete.
He faces up to 99 years in jail for each
charge.
Bearded, tall and lanky, Rogers rested his
elbows on a lectern placed behind bulletproof
glass as Anchorage District Court Judge Brian
Clark read off his pending court dates, including a pre-indictment hearing Thursday.
Rogers, 28, wore a pink T-shirt underneath
his yellow prison uniform.
“I talked to (a lawyer), but I don’t think it’s
really going to help,” he told the court.
Rogers said he made no money and couldn’t afford to hire an attorney. The judge assigned him a public defender.
“I had about $20 in my wallet, but I don’t
know where my wallet is,” he told Clark.
Rogers is the lone suspect in the deaths of
his father, Christopher E. Rogers Sr., and Jason Wenger, 27, a graduate student in the creative writing program at the University of Alaska Anchorage, police said.
Four of Wenger’s friends attended the arraignment “to let (Rogers) see the people he affected,” said Karen Pearson, who played volleyball with Wenger every week. “We wanted to
show him that he hurt more people besides
Jason.”
Rogers is also charged with seriously injuring Liz Rumsey, 33, Tamas Deak, 43, and his
father’s girlfriend, Elann Moren, 55.
Rogers was being held in the Anchorage Jail
on $1 million bail.
According to an affidavit, the spree began in
Palmer, where Rogers allegedly killed his father
and attacked Moren with a machete.
He fled 40 miles south to Anchorage and
went in search of a different vehicle, authorities
said.
There, he allegedly shot Wenger, who was
sitting in an idling Ford Bronco, according to
the affidavit. Rogers decided not to take
Wenger’s vehicle because the shots made a lot
of noise and he “did not want to take on the
whole neighborhood,” the affidavit said.
Rogers then bought a pack of cigarettes and
a bottle of beer, and spent some time sleeping
in the woods near downtown Anchorage, the
affidavit said. At that point, he told officers, he
was no longer worried about being caught and
“just wanted to kill a few more people along the
way,” it said.
Rogers allegedly shot Rumsey, a law clerk
for the Alaska Supreme Court, Sunday
evening as she walked along an icy trail near a
quiet upper-middle-class neighborhood north
of Westchester Lagoon. Rumsey underwent
surgery and is expected to recover, police said.
Alliance Times-Herald, Wednesday, December 5, 2007 — 1B
2B — Alliance Times-Herald, Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Alliance Times-Herald, Wednesday, December 5, 2007 — 3B
4B
GENERAL INTEREST
Pat Robertson Turns Over CBN Reins To Son
AP — The Rev. Pat Robertson said
Monday that his son, Gordon, has succeeded him as chief executive of the
Christian Broadcasting Network, the
most recent shift to a younger generation
of leaders within major conservative
Christian groups.
Robertson, 77, announced the transition on “The 700 Club,” the Virginiabased network’s flagship show, with Gordon, 49, on air with him.
“I thought that some of this day-to-day
operation was important to pass down
the line, especially to somebody a little
more adept at figuring out the new technologies coming at such a bewildering
speed to all of us,” the elder Robertson
said.
The network’s board of directors voted
over the weekend to name Gordon
Robertson the CEO immediately. Pat
Robertson will still be chairman of CBN
and will continue to appear with his son
on “The 700 Club.” He will also remain
president of Regent University, which he
founded.
Gordon Robertson said in a phone interview with The Associated Press that
his father had knee replacement surgery
last spring and over the summer developed an irregular heartbeat that required
surgery. But he is “in remarkably good
health now. I call him the Iron Horse,” he
said. “He doesn’t have any quit in him.”
Gordon Robertson is among several
sons of major Christian leaders who have
recently been charged with carrying on
their fathers’ work.
The Rev. Franklin Graham, son of 89year-old evangelist Billy Graham, became chief executive of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association several years
ago.
When the Rev. Jerry Falwell died last
May, his sons, Jerry Jr. and Jonathan,
took leadership of their father’s Virginia
megachurch and the school he founded,
Liberty University.
Last year, Robert A. Schuller succeeded his father, Robert H. Schuller, as head
of Crystal Cathedral and its ministries in
California, including the popular “Hour
of Power” televised services from the
megachurch.
J. Michael Lindsay, a sociologist at
Rice University and author of “Faith in
ASTRO-GRAPH
BERNICE BEDE OSOL
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007
Although your probabilities
for success are stronger than
usual in the year ahead, you
must take care that you don’t
take on more than you can
comfortably handle. Focus
only on your most meaningful
goals.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) — If you find that your associates have more faith in
your abilities than you do, try
to step back and view yourself
from their perspective. You
might be quite surprised by
what you see.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) - Occasionally, it is harmless to tell little white lies in order to exaggerate a point. But
if you are disingenuous, you
could unwittingly say something that could be at the expense of another.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) — If you are contemplating
an investment, do your own
research instead of believing
what others tell you. Someone
could have a sly motive for
leading you down a rose-garden path.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
— You’ve heard that in union
there is strength, and this is
true in most cases. But on rare
occasions, this may not be to
your advantage. You might
fare much better as an independent contractor.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
You may think your ideas have
great merit, but if others start
to tell you otherwise, don’t be
stubborn about hanging onto
them or life could burst your
balloon. Be prepared to reconsider.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
— There’s a good chance you
could find yourself in a minor
HERMAN ® by Jim Unger
KIT ‘N’ CARLYLE ® by Larry Wright
situation where it would be
better to let your heart rule
your head. If this is too difficult
to do, you’ll end up standing
alone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
As a joiner, you’re apt to adopt
the attitude and demeanor of
those you hang out with, which
is OK if their thinking is positive. But negative thinking
asks for trouble.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
— Someone at work might
have a much better idea as to
how to handle a job that you
do, but you could reject it
merely because you don’t like
this person. It’ll be your loss,
not his or hers.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
There are warnings that you
must manage your resources
with prudence and care. If you
get extravagant or careless
with your funds, a loss may occur that won’t be recoverable.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —
Be cautious when listening to
others
because
someone
might not be as perceptive as
you are. Yielding to his or her
thinking will be a serious mistake.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) —
The world is tough enough, so
don’t make things harder on
yourself than necessary. This
could easily happen if you allow self-doubts to overcome
all sense of reason and hope.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
— T h e r e ’s a good chance
someone who is already indebted to you for an old loan
might once again try to tap
your resources. Be compassionate about his or her
needs, but protect yourself
first.
Copyright 2007, Newspaper
Enterprise Assn.
the Halls of Power,” noted that CBN faces
significantly more competition now than
when it started more than four decades
ago and no longer has the dominant role
it did in the 1970s and ’80s.
Pat Robertson founded CBN in 1960
with a tiny UHF station in Portsmouth,
Va. The network has grown to about
2,800 employees, producing programs in
99 languages in more than 225 countries. The elder Robertson also founded
the service ministry Operation Blessing,
ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination, founded
the once-influential Christian Coalition
and made millions of dollars through
business investments.
The elder Robertson is also known for
on-air commentary that critics called offensive and that many evangelicals considered an embarrassment. He once said
that American agents should assassinate
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and
suggested that the debilitating stroke suffered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon was divine retribution for his decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Robertson wound up apologizing for both
remarks.
Dow Chemical Cuts Jobs
DETROIT (AP) — Dow
Chemical Co. announced
Tuesday it is cutting 1,000
jobs, or about 2.3 percent of
its work force, as part of a
plan to rid itself of underperforming businesses and boost
its global efficiency.
The Midland-based company, one of the nation’s
biggest chemical makers, said
it will exit the automotive sealers business within the next
nine to 18 months in North
America, Asia and Latin
America.
It will look at options in its
European operations.
Other cutbacks include
idling a styrene plant in Camacari, Brazil, on Jan. 1 and
closing a cellulose manufacturing facility in Aratu, Brazil,
in the first quarter of next
year.
Wholly owned subsidiary
Union Carbide Corp. will shut
down its polypropylene facility
in St. Charles Parish, La., before the end of the year, and
the company will significantly
reduce research and development and other functions at a
facility in South Charleston,
W.Va.
“Today’s announcement
reflects our commitment to
prune businesses that are not
delivering appropriate value
and tackle tasks more efficiently across the entire organization ... freeing up capital
and resources that will be
redirected toward value-creating growth opportunities,”
Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s
chairman and chief executive,
THE GRIZZWELLS ® by Bill Schorr
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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE ® by Lynn Johnston
THE BORN LOSER ® by Art and Chip Sansom
ARLO & JANIS ® by Johnson
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SOUP TO NUTS ® by Rick Stromoski
said in a statement.
Dow expects the cuts will
result in a charge of $500 million to $600 million for writedowns and severance packages in the fourth quarter of
2007. The company said it expects to save $180 million a
year once the moves are
made.
Dow reported a 21.3 percent drop in profit in the third
quarter due to changes in
German tax laws, higher domestic tax rates and charges
for research and development.
Fundraiser
Hsu Indicted
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury on Tuesday
indicted Norman Hsu, a top
Democratic fundraiser accused of cheating investors of
at least $20 million and using
some of the money to make illegal donations to political
campaigns.
In the 15-count indictment
returned in U.S. District
Court in Manhattan, the government accused the 56year-old clothing-industry
entrepreneur of duping investors nationwide with a
massive Ponzi scheme.
The government said Hsu
also violated federal campaign
finance laws by making contributions to various political
candidates in the names of
others.

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