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In training: HC grad not ready to give up Olympics. — Page B1
Griffith dies
Beloved actor dead at 86.
Page A2
SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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Weather extremes take their toll in U.S.
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
EVAN VUCCI/AP
Giovanny Alvarez, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service,
leaves after delivering mail to a residence in Washington
Monday damaged by the powerful storm that swept through
the region Friday.
WASHINGTON — If you
want a glimpse of some of the
worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at
U.S. weather in recent weeks.
Horrendous wildfires.
Oppressive heat waves.
Devastating droughts. Flooding
from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a
derecho.
These are the kinds of
extremes climate scientists
have predicted will come with
climate change, although it’s
far too early to say that is the
cause. Nor will they say global
warming is the reason 3,215
daily high temperature records
were set in the month of June.
Scientifically linking individual weather events to climate
change takes intensive study,
complicated mathematics,
computer models and lots of
time. Sometimes it isn’t caused
by global warming. Weather is
always variable; freak things
happen.
And this weather has been
local. Europe, Asia and Africa
aren’t having similar disasters
now, although they’ve had
their own extreme events in
recent years.
But since at least 1988, climate scientists have warned
that climate change would
bring, in general, increased
heat waves, more droughts,
more sudden downpours, more
widespread wildfires and wors-
LAURA BEAHM/Tribune
Superior Joggers club members (from left) Timothy Blecha,
Maxine Rempe, Elmer Rempe and Jim Miller have organized
the Firekracker Run for the last 30 years.
KITE FLYING PART
OF SCHLACHTER
Superior Joggers
prepare for 30th
annual road race
FAMILY REUNION
CARA WILWERDING
[email protected]
W
TONY HERRMAN
[email protected]
CARA WILWERDING/Tribune
SUPERIOR — For 30 years,
watermelon slices and fireworks
packages after a road race
through town here have helped
usher in Independence Day for
hundreds of area residents.
Members of the Superior
Joggers running club will play
host to their 30th annual
Firekracker Run Wednesday.
“It’s an awesome time,” Elmer
Rempe said. “The whole town,
we’re probably 2,000 people,
and we’ll probably get close to
400 participants, and I’d say
we’ll get 600 people possibly.”
Registration for the race begins
at 6:45 a.m., the 1-mile Predict
and 1-mile Kids’ runs begin at
7:45 a.m., and the 10K and 2mile races begin at 8:05 a.m.
Please see RUN/page A3
Steve Schlachter flies a kite Monday during a family reunion at Prairie Ridge Park.
CARA WILWERDING/
Tribune
Elevenyear-old
Clark
Schlachter
flies kites
at Prairie
Ridge Park.
The
Schlachter
family flew
25-plus
kites
Monday.
Mostly
sunny
and hot
for the
Fourth
of July.
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
Art by Ella Hatch, 10,
Hawthorne Elementary
Minden council lifts
residency requirement
for most city workers
TONY HERRMAN
[email protected]
MINDEN — With one
exception, city employees here
will not be required to live
within city limits.
Members of the Minden City
Council voted 3-1 at their regular meeting Monday to
approve a resolution stating all
regular, full-time personnel
shall not be required to live
within the city of Minden’s
zoning jurisdiction.
Nation
Weather
Lo:
72
Hi:
98
and wildfire. This is certainly
what I and many other climate
scientists have been warning
about.”
Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at the National
Center for Atmospheric
Research in fire-charred
Colorado, said these are the
very record-breaking conditions
he has said would happen, but
many people wouldn’t listen. So
it’s I told-you-so time, he said.
As recently as March, a special report an extreme events
and disasters by the Nobel
Prize-winning
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change warned of
“unprecedented extreme
weather and climate events.”
Please see WEATHER/page A3
FACES OF TRIBLAND:
Firekracker Run
The
air
up
there
hen the Ed
and Margaret
Schlachter
family reunited in
Hastings Monday, they carried
on a lofty tradition they’ve
enjoyed for nearly 40 years.
“We’ve flown kites ever since
we were kids,” said Steve
Schlachter, who traveled from
Dallas to take part in the family
reunion. “It started with a Jolly
Green Giant kite in 1973. It’s
just been one of these activities
that we’ve done for years as a
family.”
Margaret, of Hastings, and
her five children, in-laws and
grandchildren gathered to fly
about 25 colorful kites at
Prairie Ridge Park east of the
Bill Smith Softball Complex.
The sky Monday morning was
dotted with kites of all kinds:
box kites, spiral designs and
rainbow patterned kites, to
name a few.
The reunion, which drew 20plus family members from
Texas, Washington, Virginia
and Omaha, had a lineup of
activities, including softball,
golf, cards and other games.
But the kites were the big
draw as the family aimed to get
40 of them in the sky.
As his children, nieces and
nephews have grown, Steve
said they’ve become more
interested in kites.
Please see KITE/page A3
ening storms. In the United
States, those extremes are happening here and now.
So far this year, more than
2.1 million acres have burned
in wildfires, more than 113
million people in the U.S. were
in areas under extreme heat
advisories last Friday, twothirds of the country is experiencing drought, and earlier in
June, deluges flooded
Minnesota and Florida.
“This is what global warming
looks like at the regional or
personal level,” said Jonathan
Overpeck, professor of geosciences and atmospheric sciences at the University of
Arizona. “The extra heat
increases the odds of worse
heat waves, droughts, storms
CRANSTON, R.I. — Perhaps
there’s luck in their genes.
A man from East Providence
has claimed more than
$180,000 in lottery winnings, a
day after his son won $1,000 in
a different game.
Rhode Island Lottery officials
say the man on Monday
claimed the $180,599 jackpot
from the Wild Money game’s
Saturday night drawing. He was
accompanied to lottery head-
The exception is employees
placed on a 24-hour call basis
as determined by the city
administrator.
It was pointed out that workers who don’t live within the
city’s zoning jurisdiction don’t
get paid for “windshield time.”
“It’s your decision to live out
of town, and it’s your responsibility to get your butt to work,”
council member Mike Kleen
said.
Please see MINDEN/page A3
Inside
quarters in Cranston by his wife
and son, who had just won
$1,000 of his own on an instant
ticket on Friday.
The winner says he wants to
take his wife of 35 years on a
vacation.
Agri/Business
Food
Classified
Comics
A7
A8
B7
B4
Entertainment
Obituaries
Opinion
Public Notices
B5
A2
A4
B7
VOL. 107, NO. 235 ©2012,
THE SEATON PUBLISHING CO., INC. HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
A2
Obituaries
ELAINE B. HANSEN
York resident Elaine B. Hansen, 89, died Saturday, June 30,
2012, at York General Hearthstone Assisted
Living in York.
Celebration
of life is 10:30
a.m. Monday
at the Arbor
Drive
Community
Church in
York. Graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the
Kenesaw Cemetery in Kenesaw
with a celebration of life following the graveside service at
the Kenesaw United Methodist
Church in Kenesaw. There will
be no book signing.
Memorials may be given to
the Kenesaw United Methodist
Church or the Angel Tree Prison Fellowship.
Condolences may be sent to
www.brandwilson.com
***
Mom was born Sept. 16,
1922, to John and Gladys Pearl
(Knight) Parman in Mazomanie, Wis. Mom graduated from
the Saux City High School in
Wisconsin, and attended the
University of Wisconsin. Mom
married James W. Hansen in
September of 1944. Mom was a
partner with her husband in
serving in several United
Methodist pastorates in northern Wisconsin, and in
Elmwood, Lincoln St. Luke,
Grand Island First, and
Kenesaw, Neb. Mom traveled
extensively across Nebraska,
leading workshops for the
United Methodist Sunday
school and vacation Bible
school teachers. Mom taught
Sunday school from her teen
years until recently, and was
involved in the music program
in many of the churches they
served. Mom was active in local and district United Meth-
odist Women, the Hastings After Five Christian Women’s
Club and Walk to Emmaus. Also, mom was a Certified Lay
Speaker in the United Methodist Church, and led worship
service in her local church and
many other churches in the
district, and Haven Home in
Kenesaw, Neb., where mom
was also the assistant activities
director.
The last two years mom
made her home in York, Neb.,
living with her daughter, Laurie and son-in-law, Dan. During
this time she made many close
friends, and became a part of
the body of the Arbor Drive
Community Church, where
mom attended the Sr. Adult
Sunday School and the ladies
Bible studies, and always
looked forward to her favorite
day of the week for Sunday
worship. How fitting, mom’s
first day of rejoicing in Heaven
was a Sunday.
Mom is survived by one
daughter, Laurie Fazel and husband Dan of York, Neb.; three
sons, Michael Hansen and wife
Mariane of Blumington, Minn.,
Patrick Hansen and wife
Virginia of Hastings, Neb., and
Lyndon Hansen and wife
Sandy of Columbus, Neb.; and
two foster children, Cynthia
Jones of Hastings, Neb., and
Jay LeGrand of Lincoln, Neb.;
12 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren; three foster
grandchildren; and six foster
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Janice Orcutt, Kate Barsness, Bev Nelson and Donna
Obright; and two brothers, Art
Parman and Jim Parman.
Mom was preceded in death
by her parents; her husband,
James in 1999; four brothers,
Allen, Paul, Jack and Phillip;
one foster son, Duane Jones;
and one foster great-grandchild.
LORRAINE K. HOFTS
Superior resident Lorraine
Katherine Hofts, 94, died Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Superior.
Services are
10:30 a.m.
Thursday at
Megrue-Price
Funeral Home
in Superior
with Pastor
Don Olson
and Missie
Wilt officating. Burial is at
Evergreen Cemetery in
Superior. Visitation is 1-8 p.m.
today and 1-8 p.m. Wednesday
with family present fron 6-7
p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to
Salem Lutheran Church.
***
Lorraine was born June 12,
1918, in Byron, Neb., to Fred
and Christine (Meyer) Schleufer. She married John Harold
Hofts on April 19, 1941, at St.
Joseph, Mo. They moved to Superior in November of 2002,
with Harold passing away in
2005.
Throughout her lifetime, Lorraine lived in Ruskin, Deshler,
Nora, and Superior. Lorraine
fell and broke her hip in September of 2001, and became a
resident of the Superior Good
Samaritan Society.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; husband, John
Harold on Aug. 26, 2005;
brother, Delvin Schleufer; and
twin great-grandbabies, Ethan
and Adrienne Hofts.
Survivors include her son, Ron
and wife Nancy of Superior,
Neb.; grandson, Troy Hofts of
Superior, Neb.; granddaughter,
Sherry Gebers and husband Dave
of Nora, Neb.; four great-grandchildren, Reed and Amy Hofts,
Stacia and Haley Gebers; other
relatives, and a host of friends.
JEFFREY J. ‘DUBBA’ HANZEL
Hastings resident Jeffrey
John “Dubba” Hanzel, 53, died
Saturday, June 30, 2012, at his
home.
Rosary will be 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at Livingston-ButlerVolland Funeral Home chapel
in Hastings. Services are 2 p.m.
Thursday at the chapel with
Father Joseph M. Walsh officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings.
Visitation is 2-5 p.m. today,
and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be given to the family.
www.lbvfh.com
***
Jeffrey was born Oct. 24,
1958, in Schuyler, Neb., to
John and Betty (Jenson) Hanzel. He graduated from Hastings High School; and worked
for the Burlington Northern
Railroad, where he later retired.
Jeffrey was preceded in death
by his father, John Hanzel.
Survivors include mother,
Betty Hanzel of Grand Island,
Neb.; sisters and brothers-inlaw, Lila DeRosear of Kings
and Queens Court, Va., Glenda
and Dick First of Hastings,
Neb., Judy and Joe Trausch of
Grand Island, Neb., Jolene and
Red McLaughlin of Omaha,
Neb.; brother and sister-in-law,
Steve and Lou Hanzel of Bennington, Neb.; child, Cassandra of McCook, Neb.; numerous nieces and nephews.
DOROTHY M. LORRAINE
Hastings resident Dorothy
M. Lorraine, 82, died Friday,
June 29, 2012, at BryanLGH
Medical Center East in Lincoln.
Memorial services are 10
a.m. Saturday at LivingstonButler-Volland Funeral Home
in Hastings. Burial is at
Parkview Cemetery in Hastings.
There will be no visitation.
Book signing will be 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at
the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be given to Hastings YWCA, Hastings Museum, PEO
Foundation or Hastings Public
Library.
www.lbvfh.com
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Page Two
Yesterday and Today
Andy Griffith
Road race a success
dies at 86
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
MARTHA WAGGONER
RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith, who
made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith
Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in
“Matlock,” died Tuesday. He was 86.
Griffith died about 7 a.m. at his coastal
home in Manteo, Dare County Sheriff Doug
Doughtie said in a statement. The family will
release further information, Doughtie said.
He had suffered a heart attack and underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2000.
Griffith’s career spanned more than a halfcentury on stage, film and television, but he
would always be best known as Sheriff Andy
Taylor in the television show set in a North
Carolina town not too different from
Griffith’s own hometown of Mount Airy, N.C.
Griffith set the show in the fictional town
of Mayberry, N.C., where Sheriff Taylor was
the dutiful nephew who ate pickles that tasted
like kerosene because they were made by his
loving Aunt Bee, played by the late Frances
Bavier. He was a widowed father who offered
gentle guidance to son Opie, played by Ron
Howard, who grew up to become the Oscarwinning director of “A Beautiful Mind.”
Knotts was the goofy Deputy Barney Fife,
while Jim Nabors joined the show as Gomer
Pyle, the unworldly, lovable gas pumper.
On “Matlock,” which aired from 1986
through 1995, Griffith played a cagey Harvardeducated defense attorney who was Southernbred and -mannered with a practice in Atlanta.
In his rumpled seersucker suit in a steamy
courtroom (air conditioning would have
spoiled the mood), Matlock could toy with a
witness and tease out a confession like a
folksy Perry Mason.
The character — law-abiding, fatherly and
lovable — was much like Sheriff Andy Taylor
with silver hair and a shingle.
In a 2007 interview with The Associated
Press, Griffith said “The Andy Griffith Show,”
which initially aired from 1960 to 1968, was
seen somewhere in the world every day. A
reunion movie, “Return to Mayberry,” was the
top-rated TV movie of the 1985-86 season.
“The Andy Griffith Show” was a loving portrait of the town where few grew up but many
wished they did — a place where all foibles
are forgiven and friendships are forever.
Villains came through town and moved on,
usually changed by their stay in Mayberry.
That was all a credit to Griffith, said Craig
Fincannon, who met Griffith in 1974.
“I see so many TV shows about the South
where the creative powers behind it have no
life experience in the South,” Fincannon
said. “What made ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
work was Andy Griffith himself — the fact
that he was of this dirt and had such deep
respect for the people and places of his childhood.”
SHEALAH CRAIGHEAD, George W. Bush Presidential Center/AP
The winning team in the first ever Road Rage, an eight-hour endurance
cycling race Saturday, rode 180.4 miles around the Motorsport Park
Hastings track. The Hastings Family YMCA teamed up with MPH to host the
event. Six teams and one individual competed to see who could complete
the most laps between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the 2.2-mile race track. In all,
26 people participated. The winning team was AMI with members Gary
Monter, Jeff Dose, Derick Lindstrom and Tyler Fries. YMCA Health and
Wellness Director Anne Hessler said the solo rider, Mike Sicard, flew in
from New York specifically for the event. She said Sicard has a goal of biking 100 miles in every state. He rode 118 miles Saturday, making Nebraska
his 41st state. Hessler said the event was a hit with participants, and the
2013 date has already been scheduled for June 29. “It was really great.
We’re definitely looking forward to next year,” she said. “Two of our teams
were from Hastings and the others were from around the state, so it was
nice to see out-of-town people. All of them said they will be back and
recruiting even more next year.”
Today is Tuesday, July 3, the 185th
day of 2012. There are 181 days left in
the year.
MEMORY LANE
TRIBLAND
Sixty years ago: The Midwest AAU senior men’s and women’s swimming and
diving championships were held at the
Aquacourt.
Fifty years ago: Fireworks displays honoring Independence Day were held at the
three Hastings golf clubs, the drive-in
movie theater and Hastings State Hospital.
Forty years ago: A shelter house with
picnic tables was added to the new recreation area at Orleans.
Thirty years ago: All roads out of Edgar
were under water after 7 inches of rain fell
in two days.
Twenty years ago: Twenty-five Nebraska
teachers were participating in the outdoor
Platte River Workshop sponsored by the
Hastings College Education Department.
Ten years ago: Net taxable sales in March
2002 for Hastings were up $85,000, making it the best March on record for the city.
One year ago: The Webster County
Historical Museum in Red Cloud donated
7,000 fossils to the University of Nebraska
Museum in Lincoln.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Perhaps too much of everything is as
bad as too little.”
— Edna Ferber, American author and
playwright (1885-1968)
FACT OF THE DAY
George M. Cohan, author of the songs
“You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Over
There,” among many others, often claimed
to have been “born on the Fourth of July.”
NUMBER OF THE DAY
50,000 — estimated number of
Gettysburg veterans who reunited at the
site to mark the battle’s 50th anniversary
in 1913. The youngest veteran claimed to
be only 61.
Sources: The Associated Press, Newspaper
Enterprise Assn. and World Almanac Education
Group
Tribland
Authorities arrested a 30year-old Hastings man and a
22-year-old Hastings woman
Saturday for reportedly
shoplifting and using someone
else’s ID to purchase alcohol at
Russ’s Market, 611 N.
Burlington Ave.
New Canon cameras have arrived at Allen’s! Check out our
digital SLR and point and
shoot camera selection! Allen’s
Photo Shoppe. -Adv.
David Kneher of 619 S.
Lincoln Ave. No. 2 reported
Sunday that a laptop, computer
monitor, CDs, DVDs and a
phone charger were taken at
his residence.
Bill Sabatka of 1412 N.
Heritage Drive reported Sunday
that a media player was taken
from a vehicle in the garage at
his residence.
No shooting activities Wednesday at Four Rivers Sportsmen Club. Happy 4th of July! Adv.
Carole Bryant of 111 E.
Pleasant Drive reported Sunday
that a handgun was taken at
her residence.
Erica Garcia of 1215 N.
Lexington Ave. reported
Sunday that a bike was taken at
402 W. Ninth St.
Deborah Dilbeck of Lincoln
reported Sunday that the front
license plate was taken from
her vehicle in the 3200 block
of Village Drive.
For your convenience, the
Hastings Tribune has a driveup payment box in our north
parking lot. This may be used
for subscription and advertising payments. -Adv.
No paper
The Hastings Tribune will
not publish a paper on
Wednesday so that Tribune
employees can enjoy the holiday with their families. The
business office will be closed as
well. Normal business hours
and publication will resume
Thursday.
Kenneth Williams of 227 N.
Lincoln Ave. No. 3 reported
Saturday that medication and
CDs were taken from a vehicle
at 300 N. Hastings Ave.
TeamMates golf tournament
July 20, at Elks. Reservations,
call 402-461-7631 by July 9. Adv.
Judy Dixon of 1108 N.
Minnesota Ave. reported
Saturday that solar landscaping
lights were taken at her residence.
Tawny Johnson of 1200 W.
Third St. reported Saturday that
a radio was taken from a vehicle in the 1200 block of West
Third Street.
Hastings Area Habitat taking
applications; can pick up at
Head Start, 123 Marian Road. Adv.
It was reported Saturday that
a drill driver was taken at Big G
Ace Hardware, 3203 Osborne
Drive West.
Jason Helwick of 1742 W.
Second St. reported Saturday
that a game console was taken
in the 800 block of North
Saunders Avenue.
Happy 4th of July! We will be
closed all day. Goldenrod Cafe.
-Adv.
It was reported Friday that
cleaning supplies owned by
Pathways, 901 S. Franklin Ave.,
were taken from the business
in the past three months.
Edward Taddicken of 1347 N.
Cedar Ave. reported Friday that
an air compressor was taken at
his residence.
No Kettle Corn at Brickyard
only popcorn! Get your Kettle
Corn to go from T Bar J at
Russ’s thru July 4th. -Adv.
A vehicle owned by Paul
Vanwey of 901 N. Bellevue Ave.
was reportedly taken at his residence. It was later recovered at
412 E. Forest Blvd.
Adams County Judge
Michael Burns Friday sentenced Megan L. Rippen, 31, of
Guide Rock to 179 days of probation, a $400 fine, 60-day driver’s license revocation, defensive driving class and victim
impact class for driving under
the influence of alcohol on
July 30, 2011. Rippen pleaded
no contest on April 17. DUI is
a Class W misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail
and a $500 fine.
Let us sell your car. No lot
fees. Jackson’s Car Corner, Inc.
-Adv.
Calendar
HASTINGS
u Fourth of July Parade, 10:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Hastings Utilities Fisher Fountain.
Event includes parade, face painting, kids games, lunch and more.
Fore more information, call 402-4628821.
u Fourth of July Celebration, hosted
by Hastings Parks and Recreation
and Hastings Volunteer Fire
Department. Concessions start at
5:30 p.m. with Rumbles concert at
7 p.m. Fireworks at dark. For more
information, call 402-461-2324.
u Movie matinee, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at Hastings Public Library,
517 W. Fourth St. Feature-length G
rated films for kids. Kids can bring
own snacks and drinks. For more
information, call 402-461-2346.
u Summer Reading Program Event:
Movie, 3:30 p.m. Thursday at
Hastings Public Library, 517 W.
Fourth St. For more information, call
402-461-2346.
u Bingo, 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Eagles Club, 107 N. Denver Ave.
u Al-Anon, noon Thursday, The
Kensington, 233 N. Hastings Ave.
u Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,
5:15, and 8 p.m., 521 S. St. Joseph
Ave.; 7 p.m. (Women’s group), 907
S. Kansas Ave.; and 8 p.m., Faith
Lutheran Church, 837 Chestnut
Ave. Thursday.
u Red Cross Bloodmobile, noon to
5:15 p.m. Thursday, First
Congregational United Church of
Christ. Make appointment at 1-800GIVE-LIFE.
u Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 422 N. Burlington Ave.,
rear entrance.
JUNIATA
u Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.
Thursday, United Methodist Church
basement, 610 N. Adams Ave.
The following people and
businesses reported Monday
that their vehicles tires were
slashed while parked in the 100
to 800 blocks of West Sixth
Street: Adam Vieken of 207 W.
Sixth St.; Marsha Smith of 411
S. Elm Ave.; Diana Berg of 214
W. Sixth St.; Christopher
Scharff of 210 W. Sixth St.;
Andrea Fells of 413 S. St.
Joseph Ave.; Adam Dieken of
413 S. St. Joseph Ave.; Brittany
Barton of 1103 N. Burlington
Ave.; Jeremy Campbell of 51
Kingston Drive; Hastings
Catholic Schools, 521 N.
Kansas Ave.; Electronic Systems
Inc., 245 W. Second St.; and
Child Development Council,
621 N. Lincoln Ave.
Eagles, July 4th meeting canceled; serving hamburgers and
hotdogs 2:00 to 6:00. -Adv
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Public notices
See today’s notices on Page B7
u Notice of trustee's sale, Forrest
Weichman
u Notice of public hearing, road
closure, Adams County Highway
Department
u Adams County Board of
Supervisors proceedings
u Notice informal probate, Shirley
Sampsell
u Village of Juniata proceedings
u Legal notice, vacate South
Depot Street, Village of Juniata
u Notice of meeting, Adams
Central School, special education
services
Area funerals
Thursday
uJeffrey “Dubba” Hanzel, 53, of
Hastings, 2 p.m. at LivingstonButler-Volland Funeral Home in
Hastings.
uLorraine Hofts, 94, of Superior,
10:30 a.m. at Megrue-Price Funeral
Home in Superior.
uJune Niles, 77, of Holdrege, 2
p.m. at First United Methodist
Church in Red Cloud.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A3
Minden: Council lifts
residency requirement
ALAN ROGERS, The Casper Star-Tribune/AP
The Squirrel Creek Fire burns along the ridge line of Sheep Mountain on Monday southwest of Laramie, Wyo.
Weather: Climate change or Mother Nature?
Continued from page A1
Its lead author, Chris Field of the
Carnegie Institution and Stanford
University, said Monday, “It’s really dramatic how many of the patterns that
we’ve talked about as the expression of the
extremes are hitting the U.S. right now.”
“What we’re seeing really is a window
into what global warming really looks like,”
said Princeton University geosciences and
international affairs professor Michael
Oppenheimer. “It looks like heat. It looks
like fires. It looks like this kind of environmental disasters.”
Oppenheimer said that on Thursday.
That was before the East Coast was hit
with triple-digit temperatures and before a
derecho — an unusually strong, long-lived
and large straight-line wind storm — blew
through Chicago to Washington. The
storm and its aftermath killed more than
20 people and left millions without electricity. Experts say it had energy readings
five times that of normal thunderstorms.
Fueled by the record high heat, this was
one of the most powerful of this type of
storm in the region in recent history, said
research meteorologist Harold Brooks of
the National Severe Storm Laboratory in
Norman, Okla. Scientists expect “non-tornadic wind events” like this one and other
thunderstorms to increase with climate
change because of the heat and instability,
he said.
Such patterns haven’t happened only in
the past week or two. The spring and winter in the U.S. were the warmest on record
and among the least snowy, setting the
stage for the weather extremes to come,
scientists say.
Since Jan. 1, the United States has set
more than 40,000 hot temperature records,
but fewer than 6,000 cold temperature
records, according to the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. Through
most of last century, the U.S. used to set
cold and hot records evenly, but in the first
decade of this century America set two hot
records for every cold one, said Jerry
Meehl, a climate extreme expert at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research.
This year the ratio is about 7 hot to 1 cold.
Some computer models say that ratio will
hit 20-to-1 by midcentury, Meehl said.
“In the future you would expect larger,
longer more intense heat waves and we’ve
seen that in the last few summers,” NOAA
Climate Monitoring chief Derek Arndt said.
The 100-degree heat, drought, early
snowpack melt and beetles waking from
hibernation early to strip trees all combined
to set the stage for the current unusual
spread of wildfires in the West, said
University of Montana ecosystems professor
Steven Running, an expert on wildfires.
While at least 15 climate scientists told
The Associated Press that this long hot U.S.
summer is consistent with what is to be
expected in global warming, history is full of
such extremes, said John Christy at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville. He’s a
global warming skeptic who says, “The
guilty party in my view is Mother Nature.”
But the vast majority of mainstream climate scientists, such as Meehl, disagree:
“This is what global warming is like, and
we’ll see more of this as we go into the
future.”
Run: Superior prepares for 30th annual race
A member of the Superior
Volunteer Fire Department
lights firecrackers to start the
10K and 2-mile races each year.
All of the runs start and finish at the intersection of Sixth
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each year. One week before
Independence Day, the 400 yellow 2012 Firekracker Run Tshirts were stacked along one
of the walls in the Rempes’
dining room.
The design for the
Firekracker Run shirts the last
several years came out of a
competition among Superior
art teacher Melody Rempe’s
students. The Superior Express
prints the shirts.
Blecha had the idea for the
road race when he moved to
Superior in 1982. He’d gone to
a run at Henderson where
everyone received a prize.
“They had a giveaway there,
and I thought ‘Gee, that’s kind
of neat,’ ” he said.
So, he began asking business-
es if they would donate items or
money. If the business donated
money, Blecha would purchase
something appropriate.
Now, every participant gets
to choose from the gifts donated by Superior businesses.
Those gifts include items such
as gift certificates to local businesses, lawn furniture, travel
coffee mugs and, because it is
an Independence Day run,
packages of fireworks.
Around 60 people ran the
first year, and the race has continued to grow every year since
then.
“We try to gear it toward
families,” Blecha said. “So, the
kids can run and the adults can
either walk the one-mile predict or run and try to involve
community families. It’s really
geared for the people of the
community to try to get them
up that morning, exercise and
show them that it’s fun.”
Money raised from
Firekracker Run entry fees pay
for the shirts, medals and cash
prizes for race winners —
bonds for students. The
Superior Joggers also use
money raised from the race to
support local projects.
“When these people started
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Blecha, Superior Joggers in turn
have donated to several projects over the 30 years.” Miller
said. “It would be interesting to
know how much money we
have given.”
The Superior Joggers also
give money to groups that help
during the race such as the
Superior High School volleyball
team, Superior High School
cross country team and
Superior Boy Scouts.
The race organizers see holding the event on Independence
Day as a great way to honor
the country.
“Even if you’re harvesting
wheat, you make time to celebrate the Fourth of July,” Miller
said.
Councilman Larry Evans was
the dissenting vote. He stated
his opposition about easing the
residency requirement when
the issue was first discussed at
the June 18 council meeting
“I firmly believe that a person needs to live in where they
are employed with taxpayers’
money and be a resident of the
city,” Evans said after the meeting Monday.
Mayor Roger Jones said during an interview this morning
that “employees placed on a
24-hour call basis as determined by the city administrator” refers to the three workers
in the city’s utility department,
including Kleen.
Jones said the new residency
policy gives every department
head more latitude when hiring employees. So, whether it’s
City Administrator Matthew
Cederburg, Police Chief James
Huff or anyone else it is up to
the supervisor to hire the best
candidate for the job.
The former requirement in
the city’s employee handbook
was for municipal full-time
immediate response personnel
to reside within city limits.
That list includes the following city positions: city administrator, utility superintendent,
police chief and all sworn officers, public works superintendent, city treatment plant operator, and any other personnel
deemed by the city administrator.
“Bottom line is the old part
of the manual was not enforceable, plus it limits who you can
hire,” Jones said.
The discussion came out of
the fact that Cederburg lives six
miles outside city limits.
“It’s no big deal, he can be
here in two minutes almost,”
Jones said. “Someone two
weeks ago said something
about he wasn’t paying taxes in
Minden. Well, he pays a hell of
a lot of taxes in Kearney
County, and the city of Minden
shares in the tax from Kearney
County. It’s just the same ol’
traditional nitpick, nitpick.”
Cederburg had wanted to
change the residency requirement for regular full-time
immediate response personnel
to reside within 30 minutes of
the city’s zoning jurisdiction.
At the June 18 meeting, after
Council President Ted Griess
made a motion to approve that
resolution, neither Evans nor
Lathan Thompson seconded it.
Kleen was absent then.
When the resolution was not
seconded, the council members
then voted 2-1 on a motion asking City Attorney Tom Lieske to
draft a resolution that would
remove the entire residency
requirement from the city personnel policy manual. Evans
was the dissenting voter then.
Thompson said Monday he
learned after talking with city
representatives in Kearney and
Holdrege that Kearney requires
just a couple city employees to
live in the city and Holdrege
doesn’t have any residency
requirements.
“Most communities probably
wouldn’t,” Jones said. “Most
small towns, I doubt most of
them … even have a current
employee manual.”
Kite: Recreational sport
part of family reunion
While they started out just
holding the strings, they now
want to put the kites together
and be in control, he said.
“I just like looking at them,”
11-year-old Mary Schlachter
said of the kites. “They’re pretty and they’re fun.”
A member of the Hastings
Parks Department stopped by
Prairie Ridge to give the
Schlachter family the agency’s
blessing. A cross-country photographer from Alaska also
stopped to join the fun.
Steve said they couldn’t have
asked for a better day to fly kites.
“It’s always been nice and
windy here,” he said of
Hastings. “You can pretty
much fly any day you want.”
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First Amendment
“
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances.
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Do not — repeat, do not — let any of this hairsplitting cloud your enjoyment of Independence
Day, but the cold historical fact is: You missed it.
Independence Day was July 2, Tuesday. No less
an authority than John Adams wrote to his wife
Abigail: “The second day of July, 1776, will be the
most memorable epoch in the history of America.”
So he was off by two days. Big deal.
On the 2nd, the Continental Congress voted, 12
colonies to one, in favor of a terse, 80-word
“Resolution of Independence” written by Richard
Henry Lee of Virginia that quickly got to the
point:
“Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and
of right ought to be, free and independent states,
that they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British Crown, and that all political connection
between them and the State of Great Britain is,
and ought to be, totally dissolved.”
There. The delegates had done it. The united
colonies, at least in their own estimation, were free
of Great Britain.
But a tersely worded resolution didn’t seem
quite fitting to the momentousness of the occasion, so the delegates waited until the 4th to vote
on a more elaborate “Declaration of
Independence” written by Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson used Lee’s language about severing ties
with Great Britain and the Crown but put it in the
last paragraph of the Declaration, what newspaper
people call “burying the lede,” the lede being the
short paragraph containing the most important
news in the story.
However, the Declaration opens with the assertion, heretical for the time, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
No government before had established happiness as a basic right, and while the government
couldn’t guarantee happiness it could certainly
guarantee the people’s right to try.
In that same letter to Abigail, Adams called for
independence to be celebrated with parades,
games, fireworks and happy noise — bells and
bands — “from this time forward forever more.”
He was, as it happened, talking about July 2. But
the overarching fact is the Founding Fathers want
you to pursue happiness and especially they want
you to pursue happiness on Independence Day. So
get out there and show John Adams there are no
hard feelings about the confusion in dates.
Happy Fourth of July.
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Keeping the melting pot in mind on Fourth
G
oing into the Fourth of July holiday, I ask myself, “What does it
mean to be an American?” For
some it’s the freedom to vote. For
others, it’s the ability for a mixing
pot of people of different races, religions and
cultures to all live together as one.
And I agree with all of that. I think the First
Amendment that appears at the top of this
page every day says a lot about what it means
to be an American.
Our forefathers thought long and hard
when they created the documents that helped
form this great nation.
In the two centuries since that time, strong
Americans have come forward to give their
ideas on the meaning of being American.
President John F. Kennedy described it in
his inauguration speech in January 1961
when he said: “And so, my fellow Americans:
Ask not what your country can do for you.
Ask what you can do for your country.”
That statement is all about getting up and
doing something. I have seen tornadoes
destroy homes one night and by the next
night, more than 100 neighbors have come
out to help clean it up.
I have seen benefits held by friends, family
and even strangers to raise money for those
who are sick and in need of a little extra love
and care to get them through.
Yet every time I turn on the national news, I
see stories about children being bullied, people
speaking out against their fellow man and woman for
their religion, their sexual
orientation or any number of
other reasons.
Then there is the topic of
immigration, those foreigners who some say are invading this country and ruining
Shay
the land that, if I remember
Burk
my history correctly, was
invaded for more than 100
years by foreigners from Europe and Asia.
Sometimes it seems that the ideals that
make us Americans have are easy to preach
but hard to practice.
For more than two centuries, men and
women, black and white, gay and straight,
Christian and Muslim have fought side by
side to defend this country — from tyrants in
the Revolutionary War to terrorists in this
country’s most recent war on terror.
We are a nation of individuals — people
brought together, whether by choice or by
force, onto this great continent where we
should be able to pursue the happiness
Thomas Jefferson so eloquently described in
our national Declaration of Independence.
Martin Luther King Jr. talked about a peaceable and enjoyable place for all people to live
in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, given
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C., in August 1963.
Dr. King’s speech is quotable on so many
levels, from the turmoil of the day to the
dreams he had for the future.
One quote stuck out to me as I reread the
speech this morning.
“I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character.”
Today that statement stands true, not just for
the color of one’s skin, but also for one’s religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other
unique characteristics that make us individuals.
For many years, the world described
America as a melting pot where people of all
nations and backgrounds could come together as one.
In today’s society, I think part of what
makes America unique is that there are so
many different people that have different
backgrounds, ideals and personal traits.
The celebration of Independence Day
should be about appreciating the history our
country, about the soldiers who have fought
to protect our freedoms, and about the freedoms we have.
We may not all agree on the issues, but the
important thing is to appreciate each other as
human beings and remember that we are all
Americans. We all deserve the right to be free
and pursue life, liberty and happiness.
Shay Burk is a Hastings Tribune writer and
reporter. She can be reached at [email protected].
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etrayal is hard to take, whether in our
personal lives or in the political life of
the nation. Yet there are people in
Washington — too often, Republicans
— who start living in the Beltway
atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the
Beltway who trusted them to do right by them,
to use their wisdom instead of their cleverness.
President Bush 41 epitomized these betrayals when he broke his “read my lips, no new
taxes” pledge. He paid the price when he
quickly went from high approval ratings as
president to someone defeated for reelection
by a little known governor from Arkansas.
Chief Justice John Roberts need fear no
such fate because he has lifetime tenure on
the Supreme Court. But conscience can be a
more implacable and inescapable punisher —
and should be.
The Chief Justice probably made as good a
case as could be made for upholding the constitutionality of ObamaCare by defining one
of its key features as a “tax.”
The legislation didn’t call it a tax and Chief
Justice Roberts admitted that this might not
be the most “natural” reading of the law. But
he fell back on the long-standing principle of
judicial interpretation that the courts should
not declare a law unconstitutional if it can be
reasonably read in a way that would make it
constitutional, out of “deference” to the legislative branch of government.
But this question, like so many questions in
life, is a matter of degree. How far do you
bend over backwards to avoid the obvious,
Thomas
Sowell
that ObamaCare was an
unprecedented extension of
federal power over the lives
of 300 million Americans
today and of generations yet
unborn?
These are the people that
Chief Justice Roberts
betrayed when he declared
constitutional something
that is nowhere authorized
in the Constitution of the
United States.
John Roberts is no doubt a brainy man, and
that seems to carry a lot of weight among the
intelligentsia — despite glaring lessons from
history, showing very brainy men creating
everything from absurdities to catastrophes.
Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.
One of the Chief Justice’s admirers said that
when others are playing checkers, he is playing chess. How much consolation that will be
as a footnote to the story of the decline of
individual freedom in America, and the
wrecking of the best medical care in the
world, is another story.
There are many speculations as to why
Chief Justice Roberts did what he did, some
attributing noble and far-sighted reasons, and
others attributing petty and short-sighted reasons, including personal vanity. But all of that
is ultimately irrelevant.
What he did was betray his oath to be faithful to the Constitution of the United States.
Who he betrayed were the hundreds of mil-
lions of Americans — past, present and future —
whole generations in the past who have fought
and died for a freedom that he has put in jeopardy, in a moment of intellectual inspiration
and moral forgetfulness, 300 million Americans
today whose lives are to be regimented by
Washington bureaucrats, and generations yet
unborn who may never know the individual
freedoms that their ancestors took for granted.
Some claim that Chief Justice Roberts did
what he did to save the Supreme Court as an
institution from the wrath — and retaliation
— of those in Congress who have been railing
against Justices who invalidate the laws they
have passed. Many in the media and in academia have joined the shrill chorus of those
who claim that the Supreme Court does not
show proper “deference” to the legislative
branch of government.
But what does the Bill of Rights seek to protect the ordinary citizen from? The government! To defer to those who expand government power beyond its constitutional limits is
to betray those whose freedom depends on
the Bill of Rights.
Similar reasoning was used back in the
1970s to justify the Federal Reserve’s inflationary policies. Otherwise, it was said, Congress
would destroy the Fed’s independence, as it
can also change the courts’ jurisdiction. But is
it better for an institution to undermine its
own independence, and freedom along with
it, while forfeiting the trust of the people in
the process?
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at Stanford
University’s Hoover Institution. Contact him on
his website, www.tsowell.com.
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SUNNY TODAY
High: 97
Low: 72
Wind: South 15 with
gusts as high as 20 mph.
Neb. fights wildfire in Sandhills
AUTHORITIES ESTIMATE
ABOUT 1,000 ACRES
HAVE BURNED
SUNNY WEDNESDAY
High: 97
Low: 73
Wind: South 10-15 with
SUNNY THURSDAY
High: 97
Low: 73
Wind: South 10-15 with
SUNNY FRIDAY
High: 98
Low: 75
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GRANT SCHULTE
LINCOLN — A wildfire in
Nebraska’s manmade national forest has burned through an estimated 1,000 acres and left emergency
crews struggling in rugged, sandy
terrain.
Officials by late Monday afternoon had contained 50 percent of
the blaze at the Nebraska National
Forest, a spokesman for the U.S.
Forest Service reported. The fire,
one of 11 reported after a dry lightning storm Saturday, is in the
Sandhills at the Bessey Ranger
District in the north-central part of
the state.
Tim Buskirk, a district ranger for
the U.S. Forest Service in Nebraska,
said strong winds and high temperatures have complicated efforts to
contain the fire, which started
around 1 p.m. Saturday. Buskirk
said crews the firefighters have
struggled to reach the fire about 22
miles southeast of Halsey, which is
only accessible through one-lane
gravel roads.
Buskirk said crews have had to
swap their trucks for ATVs, or walk
alongside the fire to keep it contained. Back-up crews arrived from
federal agencies in Montana and
South Dakota, and Buskirk said a
team from California was on its
way.
“The terrain in and around the
Sandhills is obviously sandy,”
Buskirk said. “It’s tough to get
around it in a truck. You throw in
a hand-planted forest, trying to
get around stumps and things like
that, and it makes things difficult.”
Buskirk said he was pleased with
Monday’s progress and plans to
open Natick Campground and its
horse corrals soon, with ATV trails
open by the weekend.
He said if the situation holds, up
to five fire engines and other fire
specialists may be released on
Wednesday morning.
The 142,000-acre national forest
is divided into two ranger districts:
The Bessey Ranger District in the
rolling, prairie-grass-covered
Sandhills in north-central
Nebraska, and the Pine Ridge
Ranger District in far northwest
MOSTLY SUNNY
SATURDAY
High: 96
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Low: 75
Today’s weather records
High: 109 in 1990 and 1936
Low: 48 in 1908
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to 7 a.m. July 3
Local weather
High Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
High in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Overnight low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Overnight low in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Precipitation last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
July precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00
July 2011 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02
Year to date precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.04
Jan. to July ’11 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.83
State
KIDS FOUND IN KENNEL
NORTH PLATTE — The Nebraska mother
of two boys police found locked in a dog kennel will serve two years of probation after
pleading no contest to felony child abuse.
The North Platte Telegraph reports 23-yearold Ashly Clark changed her plea on Monday.
Several other charges were dropped.
Prosecutors made deals with Clark and three
other defendants in the case after a judge ruled
that some of what they told investigators
couldn’t be used as evidence.
Police say they found Clark’s two boys sleeping in a wired-shut kennel last October inside a
filthy home.
Last week, 22-year-old Lacy Beyer and 26year-old Bryson Eyten pleaded no contest to
two misdemeanor charges and received one
year of probation.
CHILD SEX ASSAULT
HERSHEY — A Hershey woman once
accused of playing a role in her husband’s alleged
sexual assault of children has pleaded not guilty
to different charges of child sexual assault.
North Platte television station KNOP-TV
reports that Deanna Fischer pleaded not guilty
Monday in Lincoln County District Court to
three counts of sexual assault of a child.
Investigators say Fischer sexually assaulted a 5year-old girl in 2005. She was also charged last
week with fondling a young boy several years
ago. Fischer faces trial on the charges in October.
In November, a separate child abuse charge
against Fischer was dropped. She’d been
accused in that case of not stopping her husband from sexually assaulting children.
Authorities say Daniel Fischer committed suicide after he was charged.
FOSTER CARE WATCHDOG LAW
LINCOLN — An overhaul of the watchdog
agency that monitors Nebraska’s foster care
cases has taken effect.
The new Foster Care Review Office
announced Monday that it has replaced the
30-year-old Nebraska Foster Care Review Board.
The board was created as a watchdog for the
Department of Health and Human Services, to
address concerns that too many children were
being taken from homes and kept as state
wards for too long. But critics say board members had conflicts of interest, because some
worked for child welfare agencies that receive
funding from the department.
The new law by Omaha Sen. Bob Krist dissolved the board and created a new office and
advisory committee. The law bans committee
members from having a financial interest in
the child welfare system.
2 DEAD IN CRASH
SILVER CREEK — The Nebraska State
Patrol says two people are dead following a
fiery crash involving three semitrailers on U.S.
Highway 30 in central Nebraska.
The patrol says the crash happened just after
1:30 a.m. Tuesday four miles west of Silver
Creek. Investigators say a westbound semi
crossed the highway’s center line, clipped an
eastbound semi, then struck another eastbound
semi head-on. The patrol says the trucks that
hit head-on burst into flames on impact.
The drivers of those semis were killed in the
crash. The driver of the clipped truck was not
injured.
The names of the two men killed have not
been released pending notification of their
families.
The crash closed Highway 30, and it was not
expected to reopen until Tuesday afternoon.
Nebraska. The 105-year-old, handplanted forest was the largest of its
kind in the nation, and second
only to a manmade forest in South
Africa.
Meanwhile, at least 10 other
weekend blazes were reported in
Blaine, Logan, Thomas and
McPherson counties. Officials said
all of those blazes are contained,
but they’re now worried about
Fourth of July fireworks.
To combat the forest fire, patrol
teams worked Monday to reinforce
the perimeter, digging a new fire
line in high-risk areas.
Temperatures in the region were
forecast to reach 100 degrees, with
22 percent relative humidity and
south winds between 7 and 17
mph.
Please see FIRE/page A6
TONY HERRMAN/Tribune
Trent Christiancy shoots a target during the Franklin County 4-H trapshooting contest Monday night
at the Valley Gun Club Shooting Range. Levi Jester (left) and Leyton Herrick, wait. Christiancy won
the junior division of the shoot, which was one of the first events of the Franklin County Fair.
FRANKLIN COUNTY AIMS FOR FAIR WEEK
TRAPSHOOT KICKS
OFF EVENT
Ranch Rodeo part of fair
TONY HERRMAN
TONY HERRMAN
[email protected]
[email protected]
RANKLIN COUNTY —
Trent Christiancy looked
cool as he nailed target
after target Monday night,
but he said it is just as
thrilling as showing hogs or
chickens like he’ll do later this
week at the county fair.
“It’s the same basic concept,”
the 13-year-old Franklin resident
said. “You still get the thrill and
the adrenaline rush. It’s just like
any other project. Your gun’s the
project, your target’s the project
you’re focusing on. I put a lot of
time into it, and so do these
guys.”
Hitting 49 out of 50 targets,
Christiancy won the junior division of the 4-H trapshooting contest, one of the first events of the
Franklin County Fair.
Most Franklin County Fair
events occur between Thursday
morning and Sunday night.
Christiancy shot Monday with
Leyton Herrick, 12 and Levi Jester,
14, both also of Franklin.
Most of the 20 members of the
Young Guns 4-H trap shooting
FRANKLIN — The Franklin
County Fair board is following a
trend among area county fairs
with its first-ever Ranch Rodeo
planned for Friday evening.
Twelve, four-person teams
have two minutes for each of
four events on horseback: Trailer
loading, mugging, yoking and
doctoring. The competition
already is full.
Sheryl Anderson, fair board
secretary, said the Smith and
Phillips county fairs in Kansas as
F
competed at the event Monday.
Parents and grandparents
watched the shooters take aim at
the Valley Gun Club Shooting
Range in the hills northwest of
Franklin.
“We like to have fun when we
shoot, but when it’s shooting
time we need to put our shootin’
game on,” said Coach Dan
Wagner of rural Franklin. “Some
of them love it. Some of them
just shoot and they really don’t
care what they score — they just
want to shoot.”
well as Webster and Phelps
county fairs in Nebraska already
stage such an event.
“It’s a new fad that’s going
down through northern
Kansas,” she said, “and it’s
something new to introduce to
our community.”
Three of the teams are from
Franklin County. Those participants had competed at Ranch
Rodeos in other counties, so the
Franklin County Fair board
knew local interest would be
among the event’s many draws.
Please see RODEO/page A6
All Young Guns team members spent their Saturdays during the spring semester competing in Mid Nebraska Trap
Conference shoots at the
Doniphan trap park.
Team members practiced after
school at the Valley Gun Club.
“We’re just a great big family,”
Christiancy said. “We spend
hours at this trap range together,
so we get to know each other
pretty well.”
Please see FAIR/page A6
TULSA, Okla. — The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers in
Tulsa has approved a segment
of TransCanada Corp.’s
Keystone XL pipeline planned
to run from Cushing to Texas.
Ross Adkins, chief of public
affairs for the Tulsa district,
confirmed the decision Friday.
If the overall project is
approved by the president, the
pipeline could eventually transport tar sands oil from western
Canada to refineries along the
Texas Gulf Coast.
TransCanada needs corps
approval for its wetlands and
water-crossing plans. The company awaits a similar decision
from the corps’ Fort Worth,
Texas district.
The Obama administration
shelved the project earlier this
year, explaining that officials
needed more time to study
alternate routes that would
bypass certain environmentally
sensitive areas in Nebraska.
Earlier this month, the U.S.
State Department announced
that it would issue a final decision on the project early next
year.
Russ Girling, TransCanada’s
president and chief executive
officer, has said by the time the
final decision is made on the
pipeline, “Keystone XL will be
well into its fifth year of
exhaustive and detailed studies,
the most extensive review for a
cross-border pipeline ever.”
“The final review should
focus solely on the realigned
route that avoids the Nebraska
Sandhills,” Girling said earlier
this month. “The rest of the
Keystone XL route remains the
same. The geology of the route
remains the same. The environmental conditions remain the
same. Nothing else has
changed since the (Final
Environmental Impact
Statement) was approved.”
The pipeline has drawn fierce
opposition from environmental groups such as the Sierra
Club, which said the $5.3 billion pipeline is a natural disaster waiting to happen if a section were to leak and threaten
the drinking water supply for
millions of Americans.
Economy slowing in 9 Midwest, Plains states
EUROPE’S ECONOMIC
WOES BLEEDING
INTO U.S.
OMAHA — While the economy
in the Midwest and Great Plains
has been slowing down, a new economic report suggests the region
will continue to see some growth.
The overall economic index for
nine states in the region dipped to
57.2 in June from May’s 57.6 and
April’s 60, but remained in positive
territory.
The index based on a survey of
business leaders and supply managers covers Arkansas, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma and South Dakota. It
ranges from zero to 100, and any
score above 50 suggests growth.
Creighton University economist
Ernie Goss, who oversees the
monthly survey, said businesses in
the region are still benefiting from
healthy farm income and exports,
but the activity is slowing. And
global economic problems are hurting export orders.
“Europe’s economic problems are
spilling over into the region via
weaker commodity prices generated by the advancing U.S. dollar,”
Goss said. “Recent gains in the dollar have made U.S. goods less competitively priced abroad.”
A quarter of those who responded to the survey say the biggest
hurdle in the next year is the
implementation of health care
reform.
But about 35 percent said the
economic turmoil in Europe represents the largest economic challenge for their company.
Hiring remains strong in the
region as the employment index
climbed to 61.8 from May’s 61.2.
Goss said the region continues to
outperform the U.S. in terms of job
growth.
The prices-paid index dropped to
51.1 in June from May’s 59.9 and
April’s 67.8. That suggests a break
from inflation.
“Slower economic growth,
European economic turmoil, and a
stronger dollar are all contributing
to declining inflationary pressures,”
Goss said. “The degree to which
inflationary pressures have cooled
has surprised me.”
The confidence index increased
in June to 56.7 from May’s 55.8,
suggesting that managers remain
somewhat optimistic about the
next six months.
The June export index fell into
negative territory at 48.4, which is
the lowest reading since August
2009. That’s down from May’s
55.1.
“Given the importance of
exports to regional growth over the
past year, this pullback in exports is
a significant problem if this trend
continues,” Goss said.
The import index also declined
to 51.5 in June from May’s 57.1.
Other components of the overall
index were:
u The inventory index, which declined
to 53.9 from May’s 55.3.
u New orders increased slightly in
June to 57.3 from 57.2.
u Production or sales fell to 56.7 in
June from 61.9.
u And delivery lead time increased to
56.2 from May’s 52.7.
Region/State
‘Big Bad Musical’ turns fairy tales on their head
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A6
Local
PLANNERS APPROVE
SUBDIVISION
The Adams County
Planning and Zoning
Commission approved an
application for a subdivision
in a meeting Monday.
The application was from
Dale and Nancy Strasburg for
D&N Farms Subdivision, 2.23
acres east of Silver Lake in
southwest Adams County. The
couple wanted to subdivide a
house on the property from the
remaining agriculture buildings
and ground, zoning administrator Judy Mignery said.
The commission unanimously approved the application.
Region
JULIE GRIBBLE
IN CONCERT
RED CLOUD — Nashville
singer and songwriter Julie
Gribble will perform at the
Red Cloud Opera House here
Thursday.
Gribble’s music has been
described as having a powerful
and honest tone, and as being
one-of-a-kind storytelling
wrapped up with hints of bluegrass, traditional country, and
her main base in Americana.
Gribble grew up in theater,
then pursued film and television work. She recently
moved to Nashville from Los
Angeles, where she began to
build her career in music
eight years ago.
She performed this past
weekend at the Flatwater
Music Festival near Hastings.
Showtime is 7p.m. For ticket information call the box
office at 402-746-2641.
Fire:
Sandhills
burning
Buskirk said smoke from
the fire is clearing, and the
main Bessey campaign complex and Nebraska State 4-H
Camp were open. Several
other campgrounds remained
closed, as were all ATV trails.
Tinder-dry conditions
throughout Nebraska haven’t
helped. Gov. Dave Heineman
declared a state emergency
due to the drought, allowing
state workers to help with
emergency situations that
arise and freeing up resources
for the effort.
The Nebraska Games and
Parks Commission
announced a fireworks ban
Monday at any state park on
July 4 because it’s too dry and
the risk is too high.
YOUTH PRODUCTION
OPENS THURSDAY
CARA WILWERDING
[email protected]
Classic fairy tales will get a
new twist this weekend in the
Boxcar Youth Theatre
Company’s production, “Big
Bad Musical.”
The show features unique
characters such as a drag queen
Little Red; geeky, sassy and cool
blind mice; and a Michael
Jackson-like wolf. It centers
around the courtroom trial of
the Big Bad Wolf.
“It’s a very good play. All
these kids are great actors,” said
17-year-old Joseph Quinn, an
Adams Central senior who is
working the soundboard and
has a small part. “They all have
a lot of humor.”
While 30 children in third
through eighth grades are cast in
“Big Bad Musical,” another 30
are participating in a skit beforehand, “Enchanted Forest News.”
Artistic director Christine
Cottam said the young actors
have developed on stage, greatly improving their comedic
timing.
If you go
Boxcar Youth Theatre
Company’s “Big Bad Musical” is
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at
Hastings Middle School, 201 N.
Marian Road. Tickets are available at the door, or online at
www.boxcaryouththeatrecompany.org.
“It’s the kids’ reactions on
their faces,” Cottam said. “Just
seeing them come out of their
shells and their faces on stage
crack me up.”
The performance is 7 p.m.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday at Hastings
Middle School.
The play features an extra
twist, in the fact that audience
members get to choose the
ending. They vote whether the
wolf is innocent or guilty, and
cast members are prepared
with two alternate endings.
“I like it when we win
because it brings out the real
personalities in people,” said
12-year-old Regan Luvaas, who
plays the fairy godmother.
“You get to be yourself.”
AMY ROH/Tribune
Sarah Spilinek (left), Audrey Weeks and Olivia Peshek are the “Three Blind Mice” during
rehearsal for Boxcar Youth Theatre Company’s production of “Big Bad Musical” Monday at
Hastings Middle School.
Ten-year-old Olivia Peshek,
who plays the geeky blind
mouse, thinks audience members will be shocked by what
they see.
“They think these fairy tales
are nice, but we turn it into a
whole different thing,” Peshek
said. “I think they’re going to
come in with all these opinions, but they’re going to see
what they don’t think.”
Co-directors Teresa Seibert
and Pam Luvaas are excited to
see the end result of all their
hard work. Seibert expects big
laughs from audience members.
“I’m hoping they will find it
hilarious,” Seibert said. “We
laugh every single day at
rehearsals. The kids have been
working really, really hard and
it shows.”
Fair: Franklin County gearing up for a busy week
Wagner said Young Guns team members have varied backgrounds when it
comes to shooting experience and ability, but the club is open to any sixthgrader through high school senior who
wants to try.
Trapshooting offers a lot of benefits to
youth, he said. It helps build responsibility and self-esteem, and the relaxed,
friendly atmosphere of a shoot has
allowed Young Guns team members to
meet a lot of other young people from
throughout the area.
“You wouldn’t believe some of the
friendships they’ve made,” he said. “In
football, basketball maybe you wouldn’t
meet that many people.”
Juniors
u Champion: Trent Christiancy
u Reserve: Brant Milfeldt
u Purples: Levi Jester, Cody Jester,
Matthew Sweet, Leyton Herrick
Seniors
u Champion: Jacob Frerichs
u Reserve: Kirk Lennemann
u Purples: Marissa Christiancy, Tyler
Daniels, Ryan Adam, Brian Pedersen, Nicole
Jester
FAIR SCHEDULE
Thursday
u 8 a.m.: Set up commercial booths
u 9 a.m.: All livestock must be in stalls
u 10 a.m.: Sign up overall showman contest
u 10 a.m.: Swine weigh-in
u 11 a.m.: Sheep and goat weigh-in
u Noon: Beef weigh-in
u Noon: Dairy and breeding check-in to follow weigh-ins
u 1 p.m.: Poultry/ rabbit/small
animal/dog/cat check-in and judging followed
by the Pee Wee chicken show
u 4-6 p.m.: Bingo
u 6:30 p.m.: 4-H/ FFA sheep and goat
show followed by the Pee Wee sheep and
goat show
u 10 p.m.: Commercial booths close
Friday
u 8:30 a.m.: 4-H/ FFA swine show followed
by the overall showman contest for swine,
goats and sheep
u 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Commercial booths
open
u 10 a.m. to noon: Bingo
u 5 p.m.: Free barbecue and FFA ice cream
social
u 6:30 p.m.: AK-SAR-BEN Farm Family
Award
u 7 p.m.: Ranch Rodeo and Calcutta
u 7 p.m. to midnight: Beer garden
u 9 p.m. to midnight: Dance with band
One Horse Town
u Throughout the evening: Moore’s
Greater Shows carnival on the midway
Saturday
u 8:30 a.m.: Bucket calf record sheets due
u 8:30 a.m.: 4-H/ FFA beef show followed
by 4-H/ FFA dairy show, 4-H bucket calf show
and Open Class bucket calf show. Sale cards
are due 30 minutes after the conclusion of
the Open Class bucket calf show.
open
u 1 p.m.: Overall showman contest, beef
u 2-4 p.m.: Bingo
u 4-6 p.m.: Free face painting at the ag
center
u 5 p.m.: Mud drag pits open
u 7 p.m.: Mud Drags
u 7-9 p.m.: Bingo
u Throughout the evening: Moore’s
Greater Shows carnival on the midway
Sunday
u 8 a.m.: Release small animals
u 9:30 a.m.: Church service under the
trees
open
u 11 a.m. to noon: Bingo
u 1:30 p.m.: Register for the baking contest
u 2-3 p.m.: Baking contest
u 4-6 p.m.: Bingo
u 6 p.m.: Livestock scrambles registration
u 6:30 p.m.: Register pig wrestling
u 7 p.m.: Pig wrestling at the grandstand
u 9 p.m.: Release Open Class exhibits
u 9 p.m.: Take down commercial booths
Monday
u 6 a.m.: Release auction hogs, hogs
going home and hogs going to the butcher
(must be gone by 8 a.m.)
u 9:30 a.m.: 4-H/ FFA Livestock auction
u 10 a.m.: Release 4-H/FFA exhibits
u 11 a.m.: Buyers’ meal
u 11 a.m.: Clean up
Rodeo: Franklin County Fair adding event to lineup
“We don’t charge a lot, and
it’s something the whole family
can attend,” Anderson said.
Team registration begins at 6
p.m., and the competition
starts at 7 p.m. The top three
teams will receive a pay out.
During the trailer loading
competition, the team must
pick a calf out of the herd, rope
it, take it to the trailer, load it
in the trailer, remove all ropes
and close the trailer gate.
During mugging, the team
must pick a calf out of the
herd, rope it, flip it to the
ground and tie three legs
together. The legs must stay
tied for 6 seconds.
During yoking, the team
must pick a calf out of the herd,
tie a rope around its head, take
it to a post in the arena and tie
it there with a cotton rope. The
calf must stay tied for 6 seconds.
During doctoring, the team
must pick a calf out of the herd,
head it and heel it — tie a rope
around its head and heels until
the whistle is blown and then
the ropes must be removed.
Anderson said event coordinator Scott Pritchard of the
Kearney area has overseen competitions with more than 12
teams, but fair board members
didn’t want the competition to
last too long with the carnival
going on the same time.
“We want to get the people
back on the midway,” she said.
“He has done it for more
teams, but we thought for our
first year we’re going to go the
easy route out.”
The Hastings High Class of 2012 would like to
thank their parents along with the following
businesses and individuals who made the 2012
Post Graduation Party a wonderful success!
AAA of Grand Island
Central Dental Group
Dunmire, Fisher & Hastings
Attorneys
Edward Jones Investments Judy Nabower
Farris Construction
HHS Booster Club
Hastings College
Hastings State Bank
Heritage Bank
Ingersoll Rand
Langren & Uden Dentists
Mountain Mudd Expresso
Nelson’s Furniture
Obstetricians & Gynecologists PC
Pauley Lumber Company
Pizza Hut - So. Burlington
Strands Family Hair Styling
Thomsen Oil Company
Well’s Fargo
Allen’s
Children & Adolescent
Clinic PC
Dutton-Lainson Company
Family Medical Center of
Hastings
Fraternal Order of Police
H & R Block
Hastings Radiology PC
Hastings Tribune
Howard & Bauer Dentists
King Buffet
Mary Lanning HealthCare
Nebraska Eye Care
Nicholson Eye Care
Orscheln Farm & Home
Pediatric Dental Specialists
of Greater NE
Thermo King Corp.
Weber’s Studio
Well Read Book
Agri/Business
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
A7
USDA: Farmers
plant most acres
to corn since 1937
HIGH PRICES, DEMAND
PRESSURE PUSH
NUMBER UPWARD
DAVID PITT
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Farmers nationwide are anticipating more profit from corn
than other crops this year and
planted 96.4 million acres of it
this spring, the most in nearly
eight decades, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture said
Friday.
The new acreage number,
based on farm surveys from
early June, reflects a 5 percent
increase from last year and is
the largest amount of planted
acres since 1937, when the
nation’s farmers planted 97
million acres of the crop.
The push is coming from
higher corn prices and the
expectation that corn demand
will remain high thanks to
exports, livestock feed and
ethanol production, said Garry
Niemeyer, president of the
National Corn Growers board.
Farmers each fall review the
prices of fertilizer, seed and
other chemicals, and the price
they’re projected to receive
from selling the grain. Many
concluded that corn would be
a better bet than other crops,
such as soybeans, he said.
“They felt like they would
probably make more money on
corn,” said Niemeyer, a corn and
soybean farmer in Auburn, Ill.
And if the heat and lack of
rain continue in corn-growing
states, the increased planting
could help offset losses due to
the weather. A significant
drought would drive up prices
since demand for corn would
remain strong despite a diminished supply.
However, higher corn prices
mean livestock farmers have to
pay more to feed their hogs
and cattle, which means meat
prices could climb at the grocery store. Higher prices also
could impact the cost of other
food that contains corn products, such as breakfast cereal,
bread, salad dressing and chips.
“The good news is we did
plant a lot more corn acreage
this year. Because of the dry and
the heat, we’re losing yield by
the day,” said Paul Bertels, an
agricultural economist with the
National Corn Growers in St.
Louis. “I don’t think the corn
supply is going to grow tremendously this year and there is
potential for it to get smaller.”
According to the USDA, the
nation has 3.15 billion bushels
of corn in storage, down 14
percent from last year’s June
estimate.
Iowa — the nation’s top corn
producer — has the most
acreage devoted to corn at 14
million, compared to 14.1 million in June 2011. Illinois
increased to 13 million this
month from 12.6 million last
year, while Nebraska inched up
to 9.9 million from 9.85 million, according to the USDA.
Record amounts of planted
acreage are expected in Idaho,
Minnesota, Nevada, North
Dakota, Oregon and South
Dakota.
The benchmark that analysts
use is the price for corn that
gets delivered by farmers in
December, following the year’s
harvest. On Friday, corn for
December delivery rose 1 cent
to $6.33 a bushel, which is
where corn has been trading
this week and is significantly
better than $5 to $5.50 price
range the market has seen
since April.
Chrysler’s U.S. sales
rose 20 percent in June
DEE-ANN DURBIN
DETROIT — Chrysler’s U.S.
sales rose 20 percent in June on
strong demand across its lineup, from the tiny Fiat 500 to
the Ram pickup truck.
The automaker’s increase was
in line with expectations for
overall industry growth in
June.
Even though the pace of
sales has cooled from earlier
this year, auto companies and
analysts say underlying
demand remains strong. And
new models like the Ford
Escape and Dodge Dart —
which both arrived in dealerships last month — will draw
out buyers.
Demand for Chrysler’s Ram
pickup — its best-seller —
increased 12 percent as home
building perked up. Cars saw
even bigger increases. Sales of
the Fiat 500 and the Chrysler
300 large sedan more than
doubled from a year ago. And
Chrysler sold 200 compact
Darts last month.
Earlier this spring, sales were
on track to reach 14.5 million
this year. The pace dropped to
13.8 million in May and most
analysts expected it to stay
below 14 million in June.
But so far, carmakers aren’t
panicking. Chrysler, which had
its best June since before the
recession in 2007, predicted a
rate of 14.4 million for June.
“Although this softer sales
rate may persist over the next
few months, we believe that
2012, like 2011, will finish out
strongly,” Barclays analyst
Brian Johnson wrote in a
recent note to investors.
Sales in the first four months
of this year were boosted by
mild weather and the postearthquake return of Japanese
inventories. But since then, the
economic picture has gotten
cloudier. In June, employers
scaled back hiring and manufacturing shrank for the first
time in nearly three years.
Consumer confidence — which
needs to be strong for buyers to
invest in new cars — fell for
the fourth straight month.
The news isn’t all worrisome.
If sales come in at 13.8 million
for the year, they would still be
stronger than the 12.8 million
in 2011. And they’d be much
stronger than the 30-year low
of 10.4 million during the
recession in 2009.
There continues to be a lot of
demand from buyers who
bought cars in the middle of
the last decade and need to
replace them. Annual sales hit
a high of 17 million in 2005,
and those cars are now seven
years old.
Low interest rates and better
credit availability could also
lure buyers. The average interest rate on a 60-month new-car
loan is now 4.5 percent, down
from 6.98 percent two years
ago, according to
Bankrate.com.
“The affordability of cars is
probably at an all-time high,”
Chrysler Group sales chief Reid
Bigland said last week.
Other automakers reporting
Tuesday:
u Nissan Motor Co. said its
sales were up 28 percent.
Nissan’s Infiniti luxury brand
was up 66 percent thanks to
the new Infiniti JX crossover.
BUYERS
MEET SELLERS
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ROADSIDE HAYING
ALLOWED EARLY
TONY TALBOT/AP
The new Cabot logo is displayed on a package of butter June 26 in Montpelier, Vt.
Dropping ‘Vermont’
RULES SAY VENERABLE DAIRY
MUST STOP USING STATE’S NAME
AS PART OF ITS LOGO
DAVE GRAM
M
ONTPELIER, Vt. — Cabot
Creamery Cooperative is
losing a little “Vermont” on
its labels, and that has government officials worried
that Vermont is losing a little publicity.
The farmer-owned cooperative, which
makes cheese, butter and other dairy products, is phasing out labels that reference
the state’s name in the logo because not all
its products are wholly Vermont-made.
One old logo has “Cabot” stamped over
a green outline of the state, with the word
“Vermont” next to it. Another just has the
shape of Vermont under the word
“Cabot.” The new one has a green barn
and the words “Owned by our Farm
Families in New York & New England.”
Some state officials are worried about
the change, saying Cabot’s widespread distribution helps promote other Vermont
products and tourism, and are considering
changing state law to let Cabot keep the
Vermont reference in its logo.
“For this Vermont boy, Cabot is Vermont
and Vermont is Cabot,” Gov. Peter
Shumlin said in an interview Tuesday.
The state zealously guards the reputation
of its famous foods. It even has a “maple
specialist” who checks on the state’s most
famous product to make sure it tastes
right, has the correct sugar concentration
and is properly graded.
While Cabot has been synonymous with
Vermont since the cooperative was founded in 1919, the state also has a tough
truth-in-labeling law.
Take a food product like butter.
If a company wants to use the state’s
name to help sell butter, 75 percent of the
cream must be from Vermont and 75 percent of the butter itself must be made in
the state. If not, a company wanting to use
the Vermont name on its logo has to disclose on the front of its package that it’s
actually an out-of-state product.
Assistant Attorney General Elliot Burg, head
of his office’s consumer protection division,
said the butter issue came to his attention during negotiations leading to an agreement last
year with Cabot on a separate matter: the
labeling of products as not coming from cows
treated with synthetic growth hormone.
Cabot’s butter is made in West
Springfield, Mass., from cream sourced
from around New England, said Roberta
MacDonald, Cabot’s vice president for
marketing.
With a hot, dry summer in
progress and concerns about
this winter’s hay supply
mounting, livestock producers
in seven Tribland counties may
get an early start harvesting
roadside vegetation to augment
next winter’s feed.
Gov. Dave Heineman signed
a measure Monday declaring a
state of emergency related to
the dry weather statewide. He
also directed the Nebraska
Department of Roads to release
roadside right-of-way for hay
mowing in 55 of the state’s 93
counties effective today rather
than July 15 as previously
planned.
Tribland counties covered by
the early haying release include
Adams, Franklin, Harlan,
Kearney, Nuckolls, Thayer and
Webster.
Abutting landowners get first
preference when it comes to a
roadside haying permit. They
cannot mow closer than 15 feet
from the edge of the road.
The emergency declaration
allows state personnel and
resources to assist with emergencies and their prevention,
and allows maximum flexibility to the state to deploy
Nebraska National Guard and
Nebraska Emergency
Management Agency assets
and resources as needed.
Markets
Tuesday’s noon
local markets
Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.91
Soybeans . . . . . . . . . .14.73
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Food
A8
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Rethinking a slow
cooker classic
as a slider
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ALISON LADMAN
For The Associated Press
ho says sliders have to be burgers?
We came up with a fresh take on the
summer slider, this one packed with
short ribs rather than a meaty patty.
Most grocers offer two varieties of beef short ribs —
with the bone and without. For this recipe you’ll want
the boneless option. The bone-in cut is best for slow
cooking. The boneless variety also is fine for slow
cooking, but its marbling and big beefy flavor make it
a great candidate for the grill, too.
SHORT RIB SLIDERS
WITH SNOW PEA SLAW
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
For the slaw:
1 cup snow peas, cut into long, skinny strips
1
/2 cup grated carrot
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1
/4 cup golden raisins, chopped
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Salt and ground black pepper
For the short ribs:
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1
/2 teaspoon salt
1
/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne pepper
Pinch allspice
1
/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 pound boneless short ribs, cut into 6 pieces
6 small buns
Heat the grill to high.
To make the slaw, in a medium bowl combine the snow peas, carrot, mint,
raisins and vinegar. Toss well, then season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Using an oil-soaked paper towel held with tongs, oil the grill grates.
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, salt, pepper, cayenne, allspice and thyme.
Rub this mixture onto all sides of the short ribs. Grill the meat for 3 to 4 minutes per
side for medium. Transfer the meat to a plate and allow to rest for 6 to 8 minutes.
To serve, pile slaw onto each bun, then top with a piece of short rib.
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 290 calories; 90 calories from fat (31 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 18 g protein; 2 g fiber; 410 mg
sodium.
MATTHEW MEAD/AP
Quick and easy pasta salad also healthy
J.M. HIRSCH
The trouble with being a food
editor is that you eat. A lot.
It’s fun and wonderful and
satisfying... and sometimes
incredibly fattening. Especially
if, like me, you’ve already spent
most of your life wrestling with
your weight. So lately I’ve been
doing a lot of watching of carbs,
trying hard to minimize them,
or at least eat them mostly in
the form of veggies.
That was my inspiration for
this lower-carb pasta salad.
Because in summer I really
crave pasta salads. And I crave
them bursting with fatty mayo
and carb-rich pasta.
It helps that I already like my
pasta salads jammed with fresh
vegetables. So for this recipe I
loaded up with fresh raw corn
cut from the cob (yes, it’s delicious raw), crunchy red bell
peppers, a little bit of red onion
and scallions, some cherry
tomatoes and a handful of peas.
For the mayo, I could have
gone with low- or no-fat mayonnaise, but those can taste flat
and artificial. Instead, I went
with a blend of fat-free plain
Greek yogurt and low-fat sour
cream. The combination —
amplified by a few seasonings
— hits just the right textures
and tastes I was looking for.
Now, about that pasta... The
secret weapon here is an
increasingly popular new-ish
product known as shirataki
noodles, which have zero to 20
calories per serving. They are
produced by several companies
and generally are made from
soy, yam or some combination
of similar ingredients. With
calorie counts like those, you
can easily eat a satisfying
mound of them.
The noodles — which are
packed in bags of water and are
sold in a variety of shapes,
including penne — just need to
be blanched in boiling water for
a couple minutes. The texture is
a bit softer than traditional
pasta, but when mixed in with
heaps of vegetables, the difference is minor.
HEALTHY CARB
PASTA SALAD
Penne-style shirataki noodles
are ideal for this recipe, but
they can be harder to find. As
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an alternative, use fettuccine
and cut the noodles into 1- to
2-inch lengths.
Start to finish: 20 minutes
Servings: 6
1/2 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Three 8-ounce packages shirataki
noodles
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 ears corn, husks removed
1 red bell pepper, cored and diced
1 small red onion, diced
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
Ground black pepper
Line a rimmed baking sheet
with a clean kitchen towel.
In a large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sour cream,
Worcestershire sauce, garlic
powder, hot sauce and salt. Set
aside.
Drain the noodles, then place
them in a large saucepan. Add
enough water to cover by 1
inch, then bring to a boil over
high heat. Boil the noodles for
2 minutes. Add the peas and
return the water to a simmer,
then drain and spread the noodles and peas in an even layer
on the prepared baking sheet.
Transfer to the freezer to cool
and dry for 5 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cut the kernels
from the ears of corn. To do so,
one at a time stand each ear on
its wide end and use a serrated
knife to saw down the length of
the cob. Add the kernels to the
yogurt-sour cream mixture in
the bowl and mix well. Mix in
the bell peppers, red onion and
tomatoes.
Once the noodles and peas
have cooled, add those to the
bowl and gently mix in. Adjust
seasoning with salt and pepper,
if necessary.
Nutrition information per
serving (values are rounded to
the nearest whole number): 120
calories; 35 calories from fat (29
percent of total calories); 4 g fat
(1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats);
10 mg cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 5 g fiber;
220 mg sodium.
Editor’s note: Food Editor
J.M. Hirsch is author of the
cookbook “High Flavor, Low
Labor: Reinventing Weeknight
Cooking.” Follow him to great
eats on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JM—Hirsch or email
him at [email protected].
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HASTINGS TRIBUNE
B1
Taylor not ready to give up on Olympic dreams
HC GRAD GAINS
EXPERIENCE AT
OLYMPIC TRIALS
MIKE ZIMMERMAN
[email protected]
Ronnie Taylor won’t be representing his country in
London.
But, the long jumper didn’t
come away from his up-anddown experience at the USA
Track and Field Olympic Trials
last week empty handed. He’s
got a chance now to continue
his athletic career — something
a lot of college graduates can’t
claim.
Taylor said that after his disappointing finals showing, in
which he fouled all three of his
jumps, there was plenty of
chatter about agents, clubs and
sponsorships.
That’s because Taylor opened
the eyes of many after his surprise second-place finish in the
preliminary rounds with a
jump of 26 feet, 1/4 inches. He
even lead the competition until
the first day’s final round of
jumps.
Hastings head track and field
coach Ken Clay traveled to
Eugene, Ore. to help support
Taylor, and said that he heard
from a colleague at Bethel
College (Ind.) that the nation’s
best long jump coaches had an
interest in his athlete.
“He told me that Al Joyner
was interested. I didn’t confirm
that. But then I spoke with
Jeremy Fischer while I was
coaching. Jeremy asked about
(Taylor), and asked if his eligibility was done and everything
else...that he could potentially
work with him at the Olympic
Training Center, and to have
him get into contact with me,”
Clay said. “I basically took
Jeremy’s number, and I passed
it along to Ronnie after competition.”
Fischer was coaching
William Claye at the trials, who
went on to finish second in the
finals to make the Olympics.
Joyner is a former Olympic
gold medalist in the triple
jump and the brother of track
great Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
That’s pretty significant company that Taylor is entering
into. And Taylor plans on making the most of it.
He still has to apply, but he’s
focusing on developing his
skills at the Olympic Training
Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Taylor said that will be nice
because it’s next to his hometown of San Diego, where he
lived before he moved to Mesa,
Ariz. and eventually Hastings.
Please see TAYLOR/page B3
CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP
Ronald Taylor competes in a men's long jump preliminary at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field
Trials Friday, June 22 in Eugene, Ore. Taylor was in second after the preliminary round, but
did not qualify in the finals to advance to the Olympics.
Taylor’s
Olympic
run should
spark
change in
community
MIKE ZIMMERMAN
[email protected]
AARON VINCENT ELKAIM/AP
Kansas City Royals’ Mike Moustakas celebrates his grand slam in the dugout against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning of a
game Monday in Toronto.
Moustakas leads Royals to win
T
ORONTO — Mike
Moustakas snapped out
of his slump, and then
some. Moustakas hit his
first career grand slam,
Everett Teaford pitched seven
innings for his first win of the season and the Kansas City Royals
beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on
Monday night.
Hitless in 14 at-bats after going
0 for 8 in Saturday’s doubleheader
at Minnesota, Moustakas was held
out of Sunday’s series finale, with
Royals manager Ned Yost giving
him a chance to “catch his
breath.”
Moustakas must have breathed
deeply.
After striking out his first time
up, he hit an RBI double the next
time. He then launched a grand
slam to highlight Kansas City’s
five-run seventh, giving him a
career-best five RBIs.
“It was really cool,” Moustakas
said. “I got a good pitch to hit, got
a fastball over the middle of the
plate and just tried not to do too
much with it.”
Moustakas said teammates and
hitting coach Kevin Seitzer had
been trying to keep him encouraged, but nothing helped more
than snapping his hitless streak
with his third-inning double.
“That was big,” he said. “It
helped me a lot.”
Salvador Perez added a two-run
homer as the Royals ended a
three-game losing streak, matched
their season high with 14 hits and
beat Toronto for the first time in
five meetings this season.
Jose Bautista hit his major
league-leading 27th home run and
Colby Rasmus hit a solo shot off
the facing of the fifth deck but it
wasn’t enough for the Blue Jays,
who lost for the fifth time in
seven games.
Teaford (1-0) allowed three runs
and five hits for his first win since
last September. He walked two and
struck out two.
“For the most part I thought he
pitched very, very well,” Yost said.
“I’m very pleased with him.”
Teaford said Kansas City’s offen-
sive outburst made his job easy.
“When you get 11 runs, it’s easy
to pitch,” Teaford said.
Kelvin Herrera worked the
eighth and Tim Collins finished in
the ninth as the Royals won for
the fifth time in eight games.
Ricky Romero (8-3) lost at home
for the first time in almost a year,
giving up eight runs and a seasonhigh 11 hits in six-plus innings.
Romero, who suffered consecutive
losses for the first time this season,
also allowed eight runs in last
Wednesday’s loss at Boston.
A downcast Romero said he’s
working hard between starts, but
still feels as if he’s stuck in quicksand.
Please see ROYALS/page B3
Phelps won’t go for 8 golds in London
BETH HARRIS
OMAHA — Eight was enough for
Michael Phelps in Beijing.
The world’s greatest swimmer dropped
one of his eight Olympic events on
Monday, leaving him with seven at the
London Games. That means the 14-time
gold medalist won’t equal the record
eight golds he won four years ago.
And Phelps is just fine with that.
“Four years ago, we were trying to literally do everything,” he told The
Associated Press in an interview Monday.
“That was what we wanted to do but at
this point, it’s let’s go out, let’s have
some fun, let’s relax a little bit.”
Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman,
announced Monday on the final day of
the U.S. trials that Phelps was scratching
the 200-meter freestyle.
“It’s so much smarter for me to do
that,” Phelps said. “We’re not trying to
recreate what happened in Beijing. It just
makes more sense.”
Phelps qualified in five individual
events for London and is expected to
swim all three relays. But, on Bowman’s
recommendation, he will focus on the
200 and 400 individual medley and the
100 and 200 butterfly.
“This is an event program that I’m
very confident that I can do and do better than I did here,” he said, referring to
his results in Omaha.
Bowman said his main concern was
Phelps being fresh for the 400 freestyle
relay. While the U.S. has traditionally
dominated that event, Australia is
favored in London. The relay was one of
Phelps’ closest calls in Beijing, with teammate Jason Lezak coming from behind
on the anchor leg to beat a strong French
squad.
The relay final is on the same day as
the preliminaries and semifinals of the
200 freestyle.
Please see SWIM/page B3
The commentator for NBC Sport’s coverage of the USA Track and Field
Olympic Trials was caught off guard
when Ronnie Taylor
made his jump in the
preliminary round.
“And this is
Ron...Ronnie
Taylor...from Hastings
College in Nebraska, an
NAIA school where he
was champion in that
division,” he said, with
Mike
a tone of surprise.
Even the announcer at Zimmerman
Hayward Field at the
University of Oregon was
unaware with who Taylor was.
“The announcer didn’t know anything
about me. He said ‘Hastings College,
Ronnie Taylor’, and that’s all he said after
I qualified for finals,” recalled Taylor. “On
Sunday, they lifted me up a little bit and
they said my credentials with winning
nationals and stuff.”
Maybe it was symbolic that the
announcers and commentators didn’t
know about Taylor, because many in the
community of Hastings weren’t aware of
him either.
One of the nation’s elite athletes has
been under our nose for four years.
Hastings College head track and field
coach Ken Clay isn’t afraid to make the
claim that he could be the best to ever
wear the crimson and cream.
“The point is, in his event, nobody has
ever really made it to that level,” he said.
“And when you look at the final rankings at the end of the year, I can’t say
we’ve had an athlete at Hastings College
that say, was one of the top 30-40 pitchers, or one of the top point guards, or
quarterbacks, or wide receivers or whatever. He’s in an elite class of athletes.
“I think he’s proven himself. He made
finals. He made the second best collegiate
jump most of the year until the Division
I Championships. His resume this year is
quite impressive.”
Please see ZIMMERMAN/page B3
The Omaha World-Herald, MATT MILLER/AP
Michael Phelps wins the 100
meter butterfly final Sunday. The
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for
swimming were held at the
Century Link Center Omaha on
Sunday.
Scoreboard
B2
Baseball
AL Standings
East Division
W L Pct
GB
New York
48 31 .608
—
Baltimore
42 37 .532
6
Boston
42 38 .525 6 1/2
Tampa Bay
42 38 .525 6 1/2
Toronto
40 40 .500 8 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Chicago
42 37 .532
—
Cleveland
40 39 .506
2
Detroit
39 41 .488 3 1/2
Kansas City
36 42 .462 5 1/2
Minnesota
34 45 .430
8
West Division
W L Pct
GB
Texas
50 30 .625
—
Los Angeles
45 35 .563
5
Oakland
39 42 .481 11 1/2
Seattle
35 47 .427
16
Monday’s Games
L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0
Minnesota 6, Detroit 4
Kansas City 11, Toronto 3
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
Oakland 6, Boston 1
Seattle 6, Baltimore 3
Tuesday’s Games
L.A. Angels (Haren 6-7) at Cleveland (McAllister
2-1), 6:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 4-5) at Detroit (Below 2-1),
6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Mazzaro 3-2) at Toronto (Cecil 1-1),
6:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Nova 9-2) at Tampa Bay (Shields 75), 6:10 p.m.
Texas (Oswalt 2-0) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 92), 7:10 p.m.
Boston (Lester 5-5) at Oakland (B.Colon 6-7), 9:05
p.m.
Baltimore (W.Chen 7-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 65), 9:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-3) at Tampa Bay (Price 114), 2:10 p.m.
Boston (F.Morales 1-1) at Oakland (Griffin 0-0),
3:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-8) at Cleveland (D.Lowe
7-6), 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 0-0) at Seattle (Noesi 2-10),
3:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Duensing 1-4) at Detroit (Verlander 8-
5), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Mendoza 3-4) at Toronto (Villanueva
2-0), 6:07 p.m.
Texas (Feldman 2-6) at Chicago White Sox
(Axelrod 0-1), 6:10 p.m.
NL Standings
East Division
W L Pct
GB
Washington
45 32 .584
—
New York
43 37 .538 3 1/2
Atlanta
41 38 .519
5
Miami
38 41 .481
8
Philadelphia
36 45 .444
11
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Cincinnati
44 35 .557
—
Pittsburgh
43 36 .544
1
St. Louis
42 38 .525 2 1/2
Milwaukee
37 42 .468
7
Houston
32 48 .400 12 1/2
Chicago
30 49 .380
14
West Division
W L Pct
GB
San Francisco
45 35 .563
—
Los Angeles
44 37 .543 1 1/2
Arizona
39 40 .494 5 1/2
San Diego
31 50 .383 14 1/2
Colorado
30 49 .380 14 1/2
Monday’s Games
Pittsburgh 11, Houston 2
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 1
Milwaukee 6, Miami 5
St. Louis 9, Colorado 3
San Diego 6, Arizona 2
Cincinnati 8, L.A. Dodgers 2
Tuesday’s Games
Miami (A.Sanchez 4-6) at Milwaukee (Estrada 03), 3:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 3-8) at Washington
(Zimmermann 4-6), 5:35 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 7-6) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 92), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-6) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 12), 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Worley 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 63), 6:10 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 1-1) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 1-0),
7:15 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 3-3) at Arizona (Bauer 0-0),
8:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 9-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano
9-3), 9:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-4) at Washington
(E.Jackson 4-4), 10:05 a.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 2-8) at N.Y. Mets
(C.Young 2-1), 12:10 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Correia 4-6),
12:35 p.m.
Miami (Jo.Johnson 5-5) at Milwaukee (Wolf 2-6),
3:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Maholm 5-6) at Atlanta (Delgado
4-8), 6:10 p.m.
Colorado (Friedrich 4-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright
6-8), 6:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 3-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 55), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Marquis 1-4) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 67), 8:40 p.m.
Transactions
Baseball
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled RHP Steve
Johnson from Norfolk (IL). Optioned LHP Brian
Matusz to Norfolk. Announced the retirement of LHP
Dontrelle Willis.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Assigned LHP Max
Peterson to Kannapolis (SAL).
DETROIT TIGERS—Assigned RHP Hudson Randall
to the Gulf Coast Tigers.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Assigned OF Bobby
Brown and RHP Ben Tomchick to Burlington
(Appalachian).
NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned RHP Cory Wade
to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Assigned RHP Corey
Black to the Gulf Coast Yankees.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Reinstated INF
Geoff Blum from the 60-day DL. Placed INF John
McDonald on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 25.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Selected the contract
of INF Luis Cruz from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned
RHP Shawn Tolleson to Albuquerque. Transferred
LHP Ted Lilly to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with
RHP Lenix Osuna, LHP Victor Gonzalez, RHP William
Soto and C Julian Leon.
NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with SS
German Rosario, 2B Franklin Correa and SS Miguel
Patino on minor league contracts.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with OF
Tyler Gaffney on a minor league contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with
OF Luis Bandes, C Joshua Lopez and SS Edmundo
Sosa on minor league contracts.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Assigned RHP
Robert Benincasa to Auburn (NYP).
Basketball
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Waived G Manny
Harris.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Signed coach
Scott Brooks to a multiyear contract extension.
Football
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS—Re-signed PK Matt Prater
to a four-year contract.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Agreed to terms with
CB Corey White and OT Marcel Jones on four-year
contracts.
Hockey
National Hockey League
NHL—Reduced the suspension of Phoenix F Raffi
Torres from 25 games to 21 for launching himself to
deliver a late hit to the head of Chicago F Marian
Hossa during Game 3 of the Western Conference
first-round series on April 17.
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Matt Smaby to a
one-year contract and RW Richard Rakell to a threeyear contract.
BUFFALO SABRES—Acquired F Steve Ott and D
Adam Pardy from Dallas for C Derek Roy.
CALGARY FLAMES—Signed F Jiri Hudler to a
four-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed G Carey Price
to a six-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed G Martin Brodeur
and G Johan Hedberg to two-year contracts.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with F
Brandon DeFazio on a one-year, two-way contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Re-signed C Alexandre
Bolduc and RW Chris Conner to one-year, two-way
contracts.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed D Jeff Woywitka to a
one-year, two-way contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed D Danny Groulx
and F Bracken Kearns to one-year contracts. Resigned D Matt Irwin and G Alex Stalock to one-year
contracts.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed D Garrett
Stafford, D Kevin Marshall and RW Joey Crabb to
one-year contracts.
WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with F Olli
Jokinen on a two-year contract.
Motorsports
NASCAR—Penalized Nationwide Series driver
Austin Dillon six points because his car failed
inspection following his win at Kentucky on Friday.
Fined crew chief Danny Stockman Jr. $10,000 and
car owner Morgan six points for the same incident.
Soccer
Major League Soccer
PHILADELPHIA UNION—Fired scouting chief
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Diego Gutierrez and youth director Alecko
Eskandarian.
College
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION—Named Allie Johns media and communications coordinator.
APPALACHIAN STATE—Named McKenzie Phillips
assistant softball coach.
BARTON—Named Joel Zimmerman men’s assistant basketball coach and assistant compliance
coordinator.
CALIFORNIA—Promoted Charmin Smith to
women’s associate head basketball coach.
CALDWELL—Named Asgeir Ofstad men’s soccer
coach.
CHARLOTTE—Named Drew Dayton inside linebackers coach, Damien Gary running backs coach,
Johnson Richardson tight ends coach and John
Russell assistant secondary coach.
COLGATE—Named Andrew Kirkland assistant
football coach.
DAVIDSON—Named Ryan Mee men’s assistant
basketball coach.
EAST CAROLINA—Named Allison Lipsher
women’s assistant soccer coach.
FURMAN—Named Grant Allard director of
men’s soccer operations.
IONA—Named Bill O’Keefe and Zak Boisvert
men’s assistant basketball coaches.
LAMAR—Named Clay Trainum assistant director of athletic media relations.
LIVINGSTONE—Named Andre Springs athletic
director.
MANHATTAN—Named Steve Manitta men’s
lacrosse coach.
NOTRE DAME—Signed women’s basketball
coach Muffet McGraw to a 10-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season.
SEATTLE—Named Portia McGee women’s crew
coach.
SOUTH CAROLINA—Named Andrea Tito equestrian team barn manager.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-EDWARDSVILLE—Named
Kari Kerkhoff women’s associate head basketball
coach.
STANFORD—Anounced RB Tyler Gaffney will
give up his final year of football eligibility to pursue
a professional baseball career.
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE—Named Brian
DeAngelis athletic director.
WASHINGTON—Announced sophomore basketball C Gilles Dierickx will transfer from Florida
International and be eligible for the 2013-14 season.
WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH—Named Pat Juckem
men’s basketball coach.
Allen to visit Heat on Thursday
TIM REYNOLDS
MIAMI — The NBA champion
Miami Heat will get to make their
sales pitch to Ray Allen.
A person familiar with Allen’s
plans told The Associated Press that
the free-agent shooting guard will
visit with Heat officials Thursday.
Allen also is scheduled to visit
Friday with the Los Angeles
Clippers, according to the person
who spoke on condition of
anonymity because the plans were
not announced.
Allen is one of Miami’s top offseason targets, so much so that
even NBA MVP LeBron James
tweeted last week that he hopes to
play alongside him next season. For
that to happen, Allen would have
to take less money than he almost
certainly could make elsewhere.
Miami can offer Allen only the
mini mid-level exception worth just
more than $3 million for next season, or roughly half what the
Boston Celtics are willing to pay to
keep the NBA’s leading 3-point
shooter. Still, Allen’s willingness to
even listen to Heat President Pat
Riley suggests that Miami’s financial limits may not be a deterrent to
a deal.
NBA.com first reported Allen’s
planned visits Tuesday morning.
The Heat made just under 36 percent of their 3-point attempts this
season. Mike Miller (.453) and
James Jones (.404) led the Heat in
accuracy from beyond the arc,
though Miller is sorting out what
he will do next season as he deals
with back and foot issues.
Allen would figure to be a perfect
fit with Miami because the Heat
want to surround James, Dwyane
Wade and Chris Bosh with shooters
who extend defenses and therefore
create room around the basket for
the “Big Three” to attack. That
approach worked perfectly for
Miami in the playoffs — the Heat
were 9-1 when making at least eight
3-pointers in playoff games (7-6
otherwise), and they hit 14 in the
finals-clincher over Oklahoma City.
Allen has made at least 100 3pointers in 15 of his 16 seasons, the
lone exception being when he connected on 74 in the shortened 50game schedule of 1998-99. He’s
established career-bests for accuracy
in each of the past two seasons, first
making 44 percent of his 3’s in
2010-11, then 45 percent this past
year. His 2,718 career 3-pointers are
the most in NBA history.
This round of free agency has a
much quieter feel for Miami than
the summer of 2010. For example,
Heat owner Micky Arison tweeted
Sunday that he was beginning a
trip to Europe — a far different trek
from what he, Riley, coach Erik
Spoelstra and others embarked on
two years ago when they began
wooing James and Bosh to join
Wade in Miami.
The selling point that summer
was “sacrifice,” and that hasn’t
changed.
James, Bosh and Wade all took
less money than they could have
made elsewhere to allow deals to
fall into place for Miami in 2010.
Last summer, Shane Battier accepted
a deal worth $3 million annually.
That’s about all Miami can offer
anyone this summer as well. Barring
any trades, the biggest chip Riley
has to dangle is the mini mid-level.
Rockies’ pitching fails in 9-3 loss to Cardinals
R.B. FALLSTROM
ST. LOUIS — The only positive
about Josh Outman’s first chance at
pitching in his hometown is he
didn’t take the loss.
The Colorado Rockies left-hander
threw five of his first 10 pitches in
the dirt and lasted just three
innings in a 9-3 loss to the St. Louis
Cardinals on Monday night.
“A lot of people that are lifelong
Cardinal fans were secretly cheering
for me in their Cardinals gear,”
Outman said. “The nerves, I don’t
think that plays a factor, and I
don’t like to say anything that
sounds like an excuse.
“So, I just went out there and
didn’t get it done.”
Outman matched his career high
with five walks and had two wild
pitches, although he gave up just
two runs. He’s 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA
this year and hasn’t worked more
than five innings in any of his seven
starts, and he’s 0-7 since his last victory June 21, 2011, against the Mets
when he was with Oakland.
Outman’s spot in the rotation
could be in jeopardy, but manager
Jim Tracy wasn’t happy with any of
his pitchers. Tyler Chatwood (1-1)
followed Outman and gave up four
runs in 2 1-3 innings,
“We’ll take a look at it,” Tracy
said. “We have to look at this stuff
every single day, but Tyler wasn’t
very efficient, either. So rather than
me sit there and bear down on any
one guy, suffice to say we just didn’t pitch well.”
Allen Craig hit a pair home runs,
Carlos Beltran extended his RBI
streak to a major league-high nine
games and Kyle Lohse worked into
the eighth for the Cardinals.
Matt Holliday had a homer and
sacrifice fly and Jon Jay doubled
and walked twice with a steal for
the Cardinals, who punished a
pitching staff that entered the game
with a major league-worst 5.37
ERA.
Tyler Colvin and Wilin Rosario
homered for the Rockies, who have
dropped five of seven. Rosario
homered for the third straight
game, but Colorado pitchers totaled
four wild pitches, eight walks and
an error that allowed a run.
Outman, who played at suburban
Lindberg High School, threw more
balls (36) than strikes (34).
Tarmoh concedes Olympic spot in 100 to Felix
PAT GRAHAM
EUGENE, Ore. — Jeneba
Tarmoh changed her mind after listening to her heart.
Choosing inner peace over a shot
at Olympic glory, the 22-year-old
sprinter withdrew from a runoff for
the final Olympic spot in the 100
meters, deciding to concede it
rather than meet training partner
Allyson Felix at the starting line to
break a third-place tie.
With that, the U.S. track trials
were over. The final spot determined
before the highly anticipated race
was run.
Tarmoh notified USA Track and
Field early in the day of her intention
to withdraw from the Monday night
race. Her heart, she explained, wasn’t
into competing again.
Not after already securing what
she thought was the third spot in the
event at the trials on June 23.
In that race, Tarmoh crossed the
finish line and looked up to see her
name on the scoreboard in the third
spot behind winner Carmelita Jeter
and runner-up Tianna Madison. And
then came all the rewards of making
the Olympic team — a celebratory
lap around the track and a medal.
Understandably, she was caught
off guard when she was informed
that she hadn’t earned the third spot
after all. The race was being ruled a
dead heat and USATF — with no
tiebreaking procedure in place — was
looking at ways to break the deadlock.
For days, Tarmoh thought about
earning a spot and having it yanked
away. For days, she wondered what
she was going to do, when USATF
gave the sprinters an option of a coin
flip, runoff or conceding the spot.
On Sunday, they settled on a
runoff to be held at Hayward Field
the following day. But Tarmoh had
trepidation from the start, not wanting to run for a spot she felt she had
already attained.
“Running in this (runoff) came
down to how I felt internally. Would
my heart be at peace running or
would I not be at peace? If I was at
peace, I would have run,” Tarmoh
told The Associated Press on Monday
night. “My heart was not at peace
with running.”
The winner-take-all race was scheduled to be shown in prime time on
NBC in conjunction with the network’s coverage of the swimming trials. It would’ve been a big hit for track
fans and those only marginally interested the sport. They could spare 11
seconds to watch a race with so much
riding on it.
Only now, it’s turned into another
blow for a sport that’s taken its
lumps lately.
“This could’ve been something
exciting for the sport, something
new, something different,” said
Olympic gold medalist Jackie JoynerKersee, whose husband, Bobby,
coaches both sprinters. “It would
bring people in that don’t ordinarily
watch. Reality at its best. This is reality. You’ve got everything — emotion, drama.
“But you don’t have a cast.”
And without two willing sprinters, track’s moment in the spot-
light dissolved.
“It is very frustrating for me, for
someone who would like more people watching our sport on a regular
basis,” NBC sprints analyst Ato
Boldon said. “That anytime you hear
a track and field story, it’s going to
have a clumsy, awkward, or cringeworthy ending.”
USATF President Stephanie
Hightower said the organization was
“disappointed” that Tarmoh had a
change of heart.
The controversy in the 100 overshadowed the entire trials because
USATF had no protocol in place to
deal with a dead heat. And after top
officials scrambled to draft a tiebreaking procedure on the fly, the athletes
didn’t want to talk about it until
after the conclusion of the 200 —
nearly a week later.
The tiebreaker also didn’t exactly
address this particular situation — an
athlete commits to racing and
decides not to at the last minute. The
matter, however, was resolved once
Tarmoh stepped aside.
“I feel very good about my decision. Most people don’t understand
why. But I’m not here to explain
anything,” Tarmoh said. “I’m saying
I’m at peace.”
Despite the drama, Tarmoh said it
hasn’t affected her relationship with
Felix.
“I’ve told Allyson numerous times,
‘I have the utmost respect for you. I
don’t want you to think I’m mad at
you or anything negative,”’ Tarmoh
said. “She’s an inspiration to me, helping me on and off the track.”
There was no guarantee Felix
would’ve run in the race, either. She
said Sunday that she would allow
her health to make the final decision. If she warmed up and didn’t
feel right, that’s it, Felix was going to
pull out of the competition. She wasn’t about to risk anything this close
to London.
One of the faces of track, Felix
now will race in both the 100 and
200 in London. She is favored to win
her signature event, the 200, after
winning silver medals in the last two
Olympics.
Although Tarmoh didn’t qualify in
the 200, she’s eligible to run in the
Olympic 400-meter relay.
“The situation has been difficult
for everyone involved,” Felix said in
a statement. “I had accepted the
USATF decision and was prepared to
run at 5 p.m. I wanted to earn my
spot on this team and not have it
conceded to me, so I share in everyone’s disappointment that this
runoff will not happen. All I can do
now is turn my focus to London.”
The athletes and their agents met
with USATF representatives Sunday,
and Felix and Tarmoh chose to settle
matters on the track. Tarmoh, however, was clearly unhappy with the
choice.
On Sunday, Tarmoh said she felt
“like I was kind of robbed.”
A day later, she’s at peace even if
millions of fans were disappointed
by the race that never was.
“It’s going to be one to remember,”
Tarmoh said of the trials. “I’m not
going to go back with any negativity
at all. It’s all a big learning process.”
Tribland
TUESDAY
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Legion baseball: Runza at Kearney (DH) ...................................................................5:30 p.m.
TV/Radio broadcasts
Tuesday’s television
CYCLING
7 a.m.
NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 3,
Orchies to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y.
Yankees at Tampa Bay or San Francisco at
Washington
TENNIS
6 a.m.
ESPN2 — The Championships,
women’s quarterfinals, at Wimbledon,
England
7 a.m.
ESPN — The Championships, women’s
quarterfinals, at Wimbledon, England
Tuesday’s radio
6:07 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Kansas City at Toronto
Wednesday’s television
CYCLING
7 a.m.
NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 4,
Abbeville to Rouen, France
10 a.m.
MLB — San Francisco at Washington
2 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y.
Yankees at Tampa Bay or Boston at
Oakland (4 p.m. start)
6 p.m.
ESPN — Texas at Chicago White Sox
WGN — Chicago Cubs at Atlanta
TENNIS
6 a.m.
ESPN2 — The Championships, men’s
7 a.m.
ESPN — The Championships, men’s
Wednesday’s radio
1:30 p.m.
KXPN 1460, KICS 1550 — New York
Yankees at Tampa Bay
5:30 p.m.
KXPN 1460, KICS 1550 — Texas at
Chicago White Sox
6:07 p.m.
KLIQ 94.5 — Kansas City at Toronto
Local
REDBIRDS WIN NATIONIAL TOURNAMENT
PARKER, Co. — The Hastings Redbirds 10and-under baseball team won the Parker NIT
Tournament in Parker, Colorado, June 29
through July 1. The Redbirds went undefeated in
six games, coming from behind to win each
contest.
Hastings opened pool play with a 13-4 win
over the Parker Bearcats. Connor Creech and
Riley Eckhardt had two hits apiece, while Creech
picked up the win on the mound.
The Redbirds gained the number two seed
going into bracket play with an 8-4 win over
Team Rawlings Colorado. Jacob Shaw worked
three scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.
Mike Boeve, who earned the save, tripled in two
runs to break a 4-4 tie. Mason Brumbaugh and
Boeve both finished with two hits.
Hastings defeated the Double Angels Red 127 in the opener of bracket play. JT Cafferty,
Shaw, and Eckhardt had two hits apiece. Despite
giving up an earned run for the first time in five
starts, Boeve worked into the final inning to
move to 7-1 on the year.
In the quarterfinals, the Redbirds scored
three runs in the bottom of the last inning to
defeat Parker again, 14-13. Shaw started the
comeback with a solo homerun. Eckhardt and
Brumbaugh produced the tying and winning RBI
singles. Eckhardt was 3-for-3, including a double.
Jarrett Synek, the fifth Redbird pitcher, earned
the win.
The Redbirds defeated the top-ranked 10AAA
team in Colorado, the Hitstreak Cardinals, 12-11
in the semifinals. Hastings rallied for eight runs
in their last at-bat, then held on for the win.
Boeve drove in four runs with a homerun and a
double, Shaw had two singles and got credited
with the win, and Creech had two singles and
earned the save.
Hastings broke a 12-12 tie with four runs in
the top of the last inning and downed the
Slammers White 16-12 to win the title game.
Cafferty had a triple and two singles, while
Creech, Boeve, Synek, Gabe Conant and Jacob
Schroeder each had two of the Redbirds’ 17 hits.
Creech was the fifth Redbird pitcher and moved
his season record to 7-2 with the win.
The Redbirds finish the season 28-18 and
remain ranked first in Nebraska and ninth in the
country in the USSSA 10AAA power ratings.
Over their three years of existence, they have
gone 20-3 in post-season play.
Team members are: Mike Boeve, Mason
Brumbaugh, JT Cafferty, Gabe Conant, Connor
Creech, Riley Eckhardt, Luke Kirkegaard, Austin
Nauert, Tristan Richman, Jacob Schroeder, Jacob
Shaw, Leif Spady, and Jarrett Synek. The team is
coached by Jim Boeve, Jason Cafferty, and Jason
Conant.
SUTTON SENIOR LEGION BASEBALL
SUTTON — The Sutton offense propelled the
team to victory, scoring 11 runs on 11 hits in an
11-4 victory over Ravenna.
Max Olson led Sutton with three hits and an
RBI. Lance Spongberg, Reed Stone and Brody
Yost finished with two hits. Stone was also the
winning pitcher.
Sutton continues its long stretch of games
tonight at Fairbury at 7:30 p.m.
Nation
SAMARDZIJA LEADS CUBS OVER BRAVES
ATLANTA — Jeff Samardzija had a careerhigh 11 strikeouts, Luis Valbuena hit a three-run
double in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs
beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Monday night.
Anthony Rizzo connected for Chicago, which
has won four straight and six of seven. Rizzo,
one of the Cubs’ top prospects, has two homers
in six games since he was recalled on Tuesday.
Samardzija (6-7) yielded one run and four hits
in seven innings, rebounding from a rough June.
The right-hander was 0-4 with a 12.27 ERA in
his previous four starts, allowing a season-high
nine runs during a 17-1 loss to the Mets on
Wednesday.
Jeff Russell pitched the ninth for his second
save.
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Hawks agree to deal Joe Johnson to Nets
TOM CANAVAN
The Hawks have agreed to
deal All-Star guard Joe Johnson
to the Brooklyn Nets for five
players and a draft pick, and
Atlanta will send forward
Marvin Williams to the Utah
Jazz for guard Devin Harris.
A person familiar with the
Hawks-Nets deal told The
Associated Press on Monday
night that Atlanta will receive
guards Anthony Morrow,
Jordan Farmar and DeShawn
Stevenson and forwards Jordan
Williams and Johan Petro,
along with a draft pick
Brooklyn received from
Houston in a prior deal. The
selection only belongs to the
Nets if it is not a lottery pick.
The person confirmed the
trade on condition of
anonymity because it cannot
become official until Stevenson
signs as a free agent with
Brooklyn. Free agents cannot
be signed until July 11.
Johnson has four years and
$90 million left on his contract
and new general manager
Danny Ferry decided it was time
to shed payroll and rebuild.
The 31-year-old Johnson
averaged 18.8 points per game
last season, his 11th in the
NBA and seventh with Atlanta.
The Nets are hoping to team
Johnson with free agent point
guard Deron Williams, whom
they are working to re-sign, in
the franchise’s first season in
New York City after decades in
New Jersey.
Utah CEO Greg Miller
acknowledged the deal for former first-round pick Marvin
Williams while picking up
guard Mo Williams at Salt Lake
City International Airport in
preparation for Tuesday’s introductory news conference.
The Jazz acquired Mo
Williams in a multi-team deal
last week that also sent Lamar
Odom to the Clippers.
Miller said it was difficult to
part with Harris but he was
excited by what Mo Williams
brings to the team.
Mo Williams said it felt good
to be back where he started his
career in 2003 and he had
always hoped to start for his
first team.
The Harris-Marvin Williams
deal now clears the way for
that to happen.
“It’s always unfortunate
when we have to let a player
go because all of our players
work so hard and they’re so
invested in helping us win.”
Miller said. “And it’s got to be
a tough thing for them. I know
it is for us. I wish Devin the
best in his career.”
Mo Williams, dressed in a
red T-shirt, black shorts and a
New Orleans Saints cap, arrived
in Salt Lake City about 8:30
p.m. MDT.
He only has one year left on
his current deal but expressed
hope that he could be in Utah
long term.
“I’m very excited about a
new start for me and a second
homecoming,” Williams said
Monday night.
Jazz general manager Kevin
O’Connor has called letting Mo
Williams leave after just one
season “the worst: mistake of
his career.
“I know he says that a lot, but
at the same time I was a young
basketball player at the time,”
Mo Williams said. “Obviously
he made a decision he thought
was best for the organization. I
never had a bad taste in my
mouth about the organization. I
always respected them because
they gave me a shot.
“I watched 30 teams pass me
in the first round. I always had
a part of my heart for the Jazz
and I’m glad I’m able to come
back and prove my worth to
them.”
Harris arrived in Utah in
2011 as part of a blockbuster
deal that sent Deron Williams
to New Jersey.
But Harris struggled to find
his niche with the Jazz, and
while he stepped up his game
late last season, he still has a
career 31.5 percent shooting
percentage from beyond the arc.
Harris, 29, is scheduled to
make $8.5 million in 2012-13,
the final year of his current
contract.
Marvin Williams, 29, has
averaged 11.5 points for
Atlanta in his seven-year career,
including 10.2 and 5.2
rebounds last season.
Mo Williams was an All-Star
as recently as 2009, and was
part of a Cleveland team that
won 66 games with LeBron
James and advanced to the
Eastern Conference Finals in
2009. He joined the Los
Angeles Clippers in 2011.
“I think it’s going to be great
for us to have Mo here,” Miller
said. “Obviously he competed
at the highest level. He knows
what it takes to win. . I think
he’s going to help us win
games.”
Asked if there were more
moves to come for the smallmarket Jazz, Miller said, “I
hope so.”
Swim: Phelps drops 200 free, won’t go for 8 golds
Continued from page B1
“The 400 free relay is going
to be harder than it was last
time,” Phelps said between
bites of French toast, scrambled
eggs and bacon over a late
breakfast. “It just allows me to
put my energy elsewhere
instead of trying to control it
for another three races.”
Phelps has to swim preliminaries, semifinals and finals in
the 200 IM, and the 100 and
200 butterfly. The grueling 400
IM, which opens the swimming competition on July 28,
has prelims and finals.
“It’s a lot and it is going to
be stressful,” he said. “My body
is not going to feel the same as
it did after the Beijing 400 IM. I
was fresh and still ready to go.”
Now 27, Phelps hasn’t
adhered to the rigid training
schedule he was on for years
leading up to Beijing. After the
Great Haul of China, he took
time off and showed little
interest in resuming the grind
that had prepared him to win
eight events.
“No one should be expected
to do that twice,” Bowman said
of the program Phelps swam in
Beijing. “Once was more than
enough.”
Eventually, Phelps recommitted to coming to practice and
doing the work.
He and Bowman viewed the
eight-day trials as a barometer
for how Phelps’ body would
handle the busy schedule.
“We were, I guess, pretty
happy with it,” Phelps said. “I
was able to swim some pretty
good times and not really feel
great, but over the next couple
of weeks that’s something that
we’re going to improve on and
work on.”
With Phelps dropping the
200 free, Ricky Berens moved
up to claim an individual spot
on the Olympic team for the
first time. He was already
scheduled to swim the 400 and
800 free relays.
“Dream come true!” Berens
tweeted.
Dropping the 200 free also
removes one of Phelps’ showdowns with American rival
Ryan Lochte, the defending
world champion. They will
now face each other in just the
two individual medleys.
“It gives me a day off for
recovery after the (400) IM,”
Phelps said. ‘It’s something
that’s needed. Swimming that
many times is brutal and
there’s no need to put myself
through that.”
Phelps had vowed to drop
the grueling 400 IM after
Beijing, but he put it back on
his program earlier this year.
Bowman wanted him to swim
that event because it’s on the
first day of the Olympic program, which made it more
appealing than the 200 free
even though Phelps won that
event at the trials and finished
second behind Lochte in the
400 IM.
“Ryan did shut it down the
last 15 meters of the race and it
was fairly obvious,” Phelps
said. “I know it’s going to be
challenging, but I’ve always
stepped up to challenges and I
love challenges. Looking forward to that one and it’s going
to be the first one of the meet.”
Phelps is giving up the
chance to defend his 200 free
Olympic title and regain the
world record that Germany’s
Paul Biedermann set at the
2009 world championships
wearing one of the high-tech
bodysuits that are now banned.
Phelps will still have a chance
to three-peat in his other four
individual races. No swimmer
has ever won the same event in
three straight Olympics.
Phelps confirmed that he
will retire after his last swim in
London.
“I won’t be coming back,” he
said. “Put it on record.”
Taylor: HC grad anxious for another shot at Olympics
Clay said Fischer had some
nice words about Taylor.
“Jeremy thought pretty highly of him. He thought he had a
lot of potential and a lot of
upside,” said the coach. “He
knew that (Taylor) was a small
college athlete, so he wasn’t
fully focused on just jumping
over the course of his career like
some of those other guys been.”
RELIVING AN EXPERIENCE
Taylor and the rest of his
competitors didn’t have ideal
conditions last Friday as cold,
rainy weather was making it’s
way through the Eugene area.
But Taylor made a big splash
anyway.
“I was surprised at how the
other jumpers were jumping. I
was surprised that I was going
in second, just for the sheer
fact that I only jumped 26
feet,” he said. “That jump — I
was going in ranked I7th, and
that got me second. That’s
what really shocked me.
“They’re not used to the
weather because most of the
guys there were from southern
California and Texas — really
hot places where you don’t get
that cold, rainy stuff.
Everything wasn’t going great
for me as well, but that day I
was able to match my mark
somehow.”
Afterwards, his friends and
members of the Hastings College
family flooded his Facebook with
posts of congratulations. The HC
Alumni account on Twitter used
the hashtag “JumpRonnie” to
help spread the word among former students, including the likes
of former NFL player Marc
Boerigter.
But Taylor knew that there
was still plenty of work ahead
of him after the preliminaries.
And he knew those other competitors were going to step it
up, too. He wasn’t too nervous
going into the finals.
“All my friends, they were
making it easy because they
were making it feel like I was
already in the Olympics when I
already knew, myself, that preliminaries and finals were
worlds apart,” he said. “I know
I’m going to have to jump way
further. I guess I was the only
one that knew that getting second in the prelims really isn’t
that big of a deal.”
He was able to keep a good
perspective in between the preliminary and final rounds. He
knew that none of the other
guys were near their personal
bests, and that they wouldn’t
let a small-school kid take their
throne, either. Taylor said his
goal was to just stay focused
during that time.
Then when Sunday arrived,
things changed. For one, the
weather was different — it was
hotter.
And, “I didn’t imagine the
adrenaline I was going to have
going into it. But it was a great
learning experience, and now I
know,” Taylor said.
The stage, the crowd, the
national television audience —
it all became clear that making
the finals at the Olympic trials
meant all eyes would be on
him. He experienced a lot more
excitement and nerves.
He didn’t foul on three consecutive attempts because he
crumpled under the pressure.
Clay has said that his three
misses were right there. A
small, technical error was the
deciding factor. His upper body
was just slightly ahead of the
jump line than his feet.
“Everybody had their ‘A’
game that day, and I did, too,”
Taylor said. “I was just a centimeter over, which was really
disappointing.
After I saw that red flag after
my last jump...it was just way to
much for me to handle. So I
just quietly walked back and
put my stuff on. I was really just
thinking, ‘How did I get here
and just foul out three times?’
It’s tough to go that far and
come out the way that it did.”
Fortunately for Taylor, that
last red flag didn’t signal the
end of his career.
Zimmerman: Taylor’s performance calls for a change
With that, it’s time to make a
change. We as a community
can’t let Hastings College athletes
like Ronnie Taylor slip by again.
According to Clay, that’s
exactly the goal of the new athletic department manned by
athletic director Jerry Schmutte.
“I think, honestly, one of the
charges given to our new athletic director is to help our
institution do a better job of
selling what we’re accomplishing in the community and getting people excited,” Clay said.
“When our women’s basketball
program was winning national
titles, we were packing the
gym. We’ve had a great men’s
soccer program for years — and
the stands are empty.
Somebody has to be banging
the drums. We can only do so
much to promote.
“We would loved to have
had the student body out there
during our home meet on a
beautiful day watching
(Ronnie) jump, or watching
Gabe Wickham throw the hammer, or Cody Weber throw the
shot put...whatever it is. I mean
that’s what this is about — generating excitement for the program and for the college.”
Coach Clay isn’t making any
accusations, either. He understands that track and field is
not in the forefront of our
thinking, except only in an
Olympic year — this year.
But the point he’s making is
clear: There are big things hap-
pening in small schools like
Hastings College.
What’s amazing is that Taylor
didn’t have to leave Mesa, Ariz.
to come to Hastings and jump.
As a state champion long
jumper, he could’ve easily gone
on to a more prestigious
Division I school. But a smallschool atmosphere, Clay says,
can really be more advantageous than the name on the
front of a jersey.
Marquise Goodwin won the
Olympic Trials. He holds the
national high school long
jump record. He accepted a
scholarship to the University of
Texas, where he won national
championships and was even a
starting wide receiver on the
Longhorn football team.
Taylor came into Hastings
College with a personal best
jump only around 23 feet.
“What I point out to people
is that Goodwin, he was the
high school national record
holder. And Ronnie was not a
record holder. He was a good
high school athlete,” Clay said.
“Yes, he could’ve gone to a
Division I institution. He developed because of the patience
we can have at a small college.
He was a multi-event athlete,
and he was doing a lot of
things for our program.
At Division I schools, sometimes a kid like that maybe
isn’t going to develop. If you’re
not popping out great jumps
right away, than you’re probably not getting the attention.”
Royals: Royals rout Blue Jays 11-3
“Every time you just keep
getting deeper and deeper and
you don’t know how to get out
of it,” he said.
Romero came in unbeaten in
14 starts at Rogers Centre since
losing a 4-1 decision to the
Yankees on July 16, 2011, and
was handed an early lead when
Brett Lawrie scored on Yunel
Escobar’s bases-loaded groundout in the first.
“Teaford did a great job of
getting out of that first inning
only giving up one,” Yost said.
“That could have been some
damage right there.”
Romero couldn’t hold the
lead, however, and Perez quickly put the Royals in front with
his third homer, a two-out line
drive that barely cleared the
left-field fence.
“He hit it so hard it didn’t
think it had enough height to
get out but it got out and that
was huge,” Yost said. “It did
turn the momentum around.”
Kansas City added two more
in the third on back-to-back
RBI doubles by Yuniesky
Betancourt and Moustakas.
Bautista made it 4-2 with a
solo drive to center in the bottom half, but the Royals piled
on with two more in the
fourth. Alex Gordon’s RBI single drove in Perez and Jason
Bourgeois scored on a wild
pitch.
Rasmus cut it to 6-3 with a
booming homer off Teaford in
the fifth, a two-out drive that
hit off the facing of the fifth
deck in right field, his 16th of
the season and second in two
days.
Asked whether Rasmus’ drive
was the longest home run he’s
ever allowed, Teaford joked
that he would “have to check
air traffic control.”
Kansas City chased Romero
and put the game out of reach
with a five-run seventh. Alcides
Escobar led off with a walk,
Eric Hosmer doubled and
David Pauley came on to
replace Romero.
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Taylor’s development highlights some of the big things
happening behind the scenes
at Hastings College
“I’ll assert myself in saying
that we’ve done a pretty darn
good job here at Hastings
College,” Clay said. “Cody
Weber never qualified for the
state meet (at Hastings High
School), and he is now the
most decorated All-American
performer of all the throwers.
It’s pretty darn impressive.”
Let’s do a better job as a
community of embracing and
celebrating all the programs at
the school, because each is
doing solid things that we can’t
ignore. There are good athletes,
Olympic-level athletes right in
our neighborhood.
And the same can be said for
all the schools in the Tribland
— it’s not about what school’s
name is on the jersey — it’s
about how these athletes and
coaches are coming together
and working toward a common
goal. That is something to celebrate. There are many other
athletes in our coverage area
right now that are like a Ronnie
Taylor, quietly and steadily
improving, and waiting for
their moment in the big time.
We can’t ignore something
like that anymore.
Mike Zimmerman is a sports
writer for the Tribune. He can be
reached at 402-461-1270 or
[email protected].
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HASTINGS TRIBUNE
By Leigh Rubin
The Family Circus
By Bil Keane
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
THURSDAY, JULY 5
If you are willing to work
hard for what you hope to get,
steady financial growth is indicated in the year ahead. Once
you get on a roll, things will
become easier and easier for
you, especially in terms of
acquisitions.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —
Be prepared to work a bit harder and much longer to get what
you want. It’ll be worth all the
effort you give to fulfill an
ambitious endeavor whose
rewards will likely last a lifetime.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
What makes you such a good
promoter is the fact that you
can take what is likely to be an
overwhelming idea to others
and turn it into something that
is light and enticing.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —
Someone who feels obligated to
you for a past consideration is
likely to be quietly working
behind the scenes doing something to balance the accounts.
What goes around comes
around.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If
you and your mate have a yen
to celebrate today’s festivities,
instead of going out on the
town with the masses, invite
some folks over to your place
to spend some fun times
together.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
— Rather than spend your time
simply coasting along, try to
find a project or endeavor
where you can express your
creative urges. Busying your
mind and hands will prove to
be quite rewarding.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) — Don’t be surprised if you
catch someone’s eye and love’s
arrows begin to fly. There’s a
strong probability that Dan
Cupid has singled you out for
special attention.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) — The efforts you expend
for beautifying your surroundings will turn out to be
extremely pleasing to you and
everyone else who sees your
place. It’s work that will stand
the test of time, as well.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
— Your putting the concerns
and needs of your mate and/or
family above your own will not
only be appreciated, it will be
cherished and ultimately
rewarded.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
Start stirring things up, because
conditions that will help
improve your material lot in
life are waiting in the wings,
and want to go to work for
you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
Now is the time — while your
leadership qualities are at a
high point — to be more
assertive and audacious. Take
control of situations in ways
that can advance your interests.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
Because your nobler instincts
are so pronounced, chances are
you will make some sacrifices
on behalf of others without
worrying about what’s in it for
you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
If the opportunity presents
itself to tighten bonds that
already bind you to a valued
friend, take the initiative. You
can’t ever be too close.
There are strong indications
that in the year ahead you
could fare much better engaging in enterprises that allow
you a degree of independence.
Unproductive partners are apt
to slow you down and/or completely do you in.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —
To be on the safe side, you
should check out a business
matter in great detail. If you
don’t, a small detail could
derail things just when you
think everything is locked
down.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — For
some strange reason, those
who are usually in accord with
your thoughts or suggestions
might instead resist them. If
they do, let it go instead of trying to impose your beliefs on
them.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —
There’s a strong chance that
you’ll overlook those who’ve
done the most for you, and
instead reward the undeserving. Watch out for faulty judgment on your part in this area.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If
you really don’t want to be
nice to people whom you honestly do not like, avoid gatherings where they are in attendance. If you do run into
them, be prepared to turn the
other cheek.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
— Take another hard look at
an objective that you believe to
be of extreme importance.
Frankly, chances are it could
turn out to be relatively worthless in the long run.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) — Downplay your education instead of flaunting it if
you believe you’re much
smarter than those around you.
It’s much wiser to win friends
instead of belittling people.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) — Avoid joint endeavors
where the ante is not equal for
all participants. If the contributions aren’t comparable but the
takings are, people will be
angry and nothing will work.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
— Guard against a strong inclination to be suspicious of the
motives or intentions of others.
If you find yourself doing so,
question whether you’re projecting instead of evaluating.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
You know perfectly well that
your chances of productivity
will be substantially reduced if
you take on more than you can
handle. It’s best to do less and
do it well than founder due to
excess.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
One of the worst things you
can do is try to cover up an
error, especially if it pertains to
your work. Don’t hide anything — fix it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
— In reassessing yesterday’s
happenings, I hope you figure
out that it’s best to keep in-laws
or relatives out of close family
matters, especially when the
youngsters are involved.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
Don’t think you have to comply with what people ask of
you. For example, when someone begs you to tell it like it is,
it’s best to sugarcoat the bitter
truth.
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EAR ABBY: I want you
to know that you
saved my life. I was a
lonely, desperate woman,
dying a slow
and painful
death. I had
an eating disorder and
weighed
more than
400 pounds. I
was taking
many different medicaDear Abby
tions and suffering from depression, high
blood pressure and other ailments. Most of them were
the result of my addictive
eating. I wore a size 52 dress
and had 89-inch hips. I had
trouble caring for myself and
I wanted to die.
One day, I saw a letter you
had printed from a woman
who seemed to know what I
was feeling. She had gone to
a 12-step program and was
happy, successful and free
from her addictive eating disorder.
Seeing her letter gave me a
spark of hope. I sought and
found a program called
Overeaters Anonymous and
began attending meetings. I
took a sponsor and am in
recovery from the food
addiction. I lost more than
300 pounds and have lived
in a normal-sized body for
eight years. (It took a long
time to lose that weight safely and sanely.)
Thanks to that letter in
your column, and your continuing support of the 12step programs, I am living a
life that I never imagined
possible. No words can ever
express the gratitude I feel
for what you have done for
me and many others. At our
meetings, speakers often
share that they found recovery because of a letter to
Dear Abby. Please keep the
word going that there is
hope for us, no matter how
far down we are or how far
we have gone. — JANET IN
ORLANDO, FLA.
DEAR JANET: Thank you
for a heartwarming letter. It’s
gratifying to know you were
helped because of something
you read in my column. I
hope your success will
inspire others who also suffer
from compulsive overeating
and are unaware that help is
available.
Overeaters Anonymous has
more than 6,500 groups in
more than 80 countries.
There are no requirements
for membership except a
desire to stop eating compulsively. I have attended some
of the meetings. There is no
shaming, no weighing and
no embarrassment — only a
fellowship of compassionate
people who share a common
problem.
Chapters are located in
almost every city, but anyone
who has difficulty locating
one should go to
www.oa.org, or send a long,
self-addressed stamped envelope to Overeaters
Anonymous World Service
Office, P.O. Box 44020, Rio
Rancho, NM 87174-4020.
The email address is
[email protected].
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DEAR ABBY: We have a
friend who lives in another
city and takes a lot of trips.
She visits me a couple of
times a year. When she does,
she brings along a large
photo album from her most
recent vacation and insists
we sit down with her so she
can give us a running commentary about each snapshot. Abby, her travelogues
last an hour or more.
We’re pleased that our
friend enjoys her trips, but
we no longer wish to be subjected to her “presentations.”
We would never expect her
— or anyone — to view all
the pictures we take on our
travels. How can we gently
explain this to her? —
WEARY IN THE WEST
DEAR WEARY: The next
time your houseguest hauls
out her photo album, try
this: Tell her you’d love to
hear about her trip, but
you’d like her to show you
only two or three of her
“favorite” pictures from her
most memorable destination.
That may narrow the field
and shorten the monologue.
Pauline Phillips, a.k.a. Abigail
Van Buren, and Jeanne Phillips
are columnists for Universal
Press Syndicate©. Write Dear
Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.
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By Dave Graue and Jack Bender
By Art and Chip Sansom
By Jim Davis
By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
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Tricks. Knowing that his side
has at least 10 combined
spades, North jumped to four
spades, the 10-trick level.
(However, if responder had 53-3-2 distribution, he should
jump to only three spades.)
West’s choice of opening
lead is not obvious. There is a
good case for the spade ace,
West planning to sit back,
hoping to take tricks with his
four honor cards. But on this
deal a diamond lead is needed.
When third hand plays the
highest card so far contributed to the trick, he plays
the bottom of his touchers.
Here, East must play his jack.
Then, when South wins with
the ace, East is marked with
the queen. So, when declarer
leads a trump at trick two,
West takes his ace and underleads his diamond king for a
second time. East takes the
trick with his queen and
shifts to the club nine to give
the defenders one spade, one
diamond and two clubs.
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TV
FOX PREGAME
NEW YORK — Erin
Andrews will host Fox’s new
college football pregame
show.
Two days after ESPN said
the broadcaster was leaving
after eight years, Fox officially
announced her hiring
Sunday. Andrews also will
contribute to the network’s
NFL and Major League
Baseball coverage among
other sports.
SUMMER
AVENGERS
of
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TENT-POLES AND TADPOLES
MARK HOLLYWOOD’S
SUMMER
DAVID GERMAIN
LOS ANGELES — The audiences are
proving far more unpredictable than
the movies Hollywood has created to
pack them into theaters this summer.
Studios have released a familiar
assortment of action tales, family flicks
and star-driven comedies since the summer-blockbuster season began in early
May. Yet while overall business has been
solid, fans have been choosier than
usual, spending a fortune on one superhero sensation, kicking in for a handful
of midline hits and generally bypassing
everything else.
Movies featuring box-office heavyweights Johnny Depp (“Dark
Shadows”), Tom Cruise (“Rock of Ages”)
and Adam Sandler (“That’s My Boy”)
fell flat, as did the action spectacle
“Battleship.”
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
pulled in fair crowds for “Men in Black
3,” though the action comedy played to
a smaller audience than its predecessors.
The animated tales “Madagascar 3:
Europe’s Most Wanted” and “Brave”
joined the action adventures “Snow
White & the Huntsman” and
“Prometheus” as $100 million hits.
But nearing its midpoint, a summer
that looked like an easy record-breaker
at the start really can be summed up in
two words: “The Avengers.”
With $600 million domestically, the
Marvel Comics superhero mash-up
accounts for a third of Hollywood’s
summer revenues, taking in more than
the rest of the season’s top-five movies
combined.
“The Avengers” continues a trend in
which a few big movies suck up a
greater portion of moviegoers’ money as
studios focus on their so-called tentpole releases, franchise films that cost a
fortune to make but pay off like billiondollar jackpots when they work. But
“The Avengers” has made this summer
more lop-sided than ever, and with two
more colossal superhero films coming
in July — “The Amazing Spider-Man”
and “The Dark Knight Rises” — the season could end up with three towering
tent-poles and a whole lot of tadpoles
down below.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a
summer so top-heavy,” said Paul
Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office
tracker Hollywood.com. “I think we’re
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going to have ‘Avengers,’ ‘Dark Knight’
and ‘Spider-Man’ being the big, big
movies of summer with a lot of other
movies really bringing up the rear, like
way behind. They can’t all be home
runs, but you need solid doubles and
triples, and we haven’t seen that many
of those so far.”
Hollywood went on a box-office tear
the first four months of this year, with
revenues running as much as 20 percent ahead of 2011’s on the strength of
such pre-summer hits as “The Hunger
Games,” “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” “21
Jump Street,” “Safe House” and “The
Vow.”
After “The Avengers” opened with a
record-breaking $207 million weekend
domestically, the ensemble film featuring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett
Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson kept
on filling theater seats while other big
releases came and went with barely a
ripple. Hits usually come every Friday in
summer, with the schedule so crowded
and the fans so stoked that new movies
generally bump the previous weekend’s
winner out of the top spot at the box
office.
“The Avengers” remained No. 1 for
three-straight weekends, a rare feat in
summer. The film continues to do solid
business nearly two months after its
release, while some movies that came
later have long since vanished from
most theaters.
By this point in summer, Hollywood
typically has two or three $200 million
and $300 million hits to brag about. So
far this season, “The Avengers” is the
only one — doing enough business on
its own to amount to several blockbusters and highlighting the fact that
studios haven’t had great luck interesting viewers in much else.
“I’m never one to solely rely on the
thought that it’s the movies, stupid,”
said Chris Aronson, head of distribution
for 20th Century Fox, which released
“Prometheus.” “But in this case, I do
think it’s true. The movies that have
come after ‘The Avengers’ just haven’t
been compelling enough.”
“Madagascar 3” further highlighted
audience disinterest in new movies, easily remaining No. 1 in its second weekend while Sandler’s “That’s My Boy”
and “Rock of Ages,” whose all-star cast
includes Cruise, Alec Baldwin and
Catherine Zeta-Jones, opened well back
in the pack.
Before summer, studio executives and
analysts had expected business to far
out-pace last summer’s, when domestic
revenues finished at a record $4.4 billion for the season. But “The Avengers”
and the handful of other hits have only
managed to keep Hollywood on par
with summer 2011’s receipts, with
about $1.8 billion through last weekend.
For the year, revenue is about 8.5 per-
ANDERSON COOPER: AVON TAPS BON JOVI FOR NEW FRAGRANCES
‘I’M GAY’
NEW YORK — Jon Bon Jovi is “an emotional connection.”
NEW YORK — Anderson
Cooper revealed on Monday
that he is gay, ending years of
reluctance to talk about his personal life in public.
The CNN journalist wrote in
an online letter that he had
kept his sexual orientation private for personal and professional reasons, but came to
think that remaining silent had
given some people a mistaken
impression that he was
ashamed.
“The fact is, I’m gay, always
have been, always will be, and I
couldn’t be any more happy,
comfortable with myself and
proud,” he wrote in the letter,
published by Andrew Sullivan
of the Daily Beast.
Cooper, the son of Gloria
Vanderbilt, had long been the
subject of rumors about his
sexual orientation.
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America, portrayed by Chris Evans, in a scene from the summer blockbuster, “The Avengers.”
cent ahead of 2011’s, down from the
double-digit lead before summer
arrived. “Amazing Spider-Man” and
“Dark Knight Rises” on their own may
ensure that Hollywood breaks its summer record and continues on to top the
all-time annual high of $10.6 billion
domestically set in 2009.
July and August also have a solid lineup of potential second-tier hits, among
them “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” “The
Bourne Legacy,” “The Expendables 2”
and “Total Recall.”
There’s usually a breakout on the
comedy front, too, films such as “The
Hangover” and “Bridesmaids” that open
well then linger on to become unexpected smashes in subsequent weeks.
With good reviews and a clever premise,
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s
talking teddy bear comedy “Ted” has a
shot at becoming a sleeper hit if audiences talk it up after its debut Friday.
The out-of-nowhere hit helps keep
franchise-driven Hollywood honest and
earnest to mix in fresh ideas with the
familiar sequels and remakes, and this
summer is due for something new.
“It’s so much better than having the
hype and the expectation of being great
and then not delivering,” said “Ted”
star Mark Wahlberg, who plays a grown
man whose stuffed bear magically came
alive when he was a boy and now is his
raunchy, party-hearty roommate. “It’s
always better to surprise people.”
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announced Monday that the
50-year-old rock star is the
company’s newest celebrity fragrance partner. He’ll appear in
ads for both Unplugged for Her
and Unplugged for Him.
The company said the inspiration for both scents is the
unique feeling one has listening to a favorite song. The goal
The women’s version, which
will be available through Avon
representatives and online in
October, is a floral oriental perfume, and the men’s is a
woody floral musk fragrance.
CIVIL WARS’ JOY WILLIAMS HAS BABY BOY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s
a boy for Joy Williams of The
Civil Wars.
Miles Alexander was born
Saturday in the Music City. It’s
the first child for Williams and
her husband Nate Yetton, the
duo’s manager.
Williams and her musical
partner John Paul White officially went on maternity leave
after a performance at the
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
earlier this month.
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Assad
regrets
hitting
plane
Nation
WOMAN PUSHED
SAN FRANCISCO — An
elderly woman is hospitalized
with what’s being described
as life-threatening injuries,
and police are looking for a
suspect after a bizarre incident involving the woman
and a young boy teasing a
goose at a San Francisco park.
A San Francisco police
spokesman says the 82-yearold woman was walking
along Stow Lake in Golden
Gate Park around 11 a.m.
Friday when she told the boy
to stop harassing the goose.
Police say a man, believed
to be the boy’s father, pushed
the woman, knocking her to
the ground.
The woman, who has not
been named, hit her head on
the pavement.
Police say the woman didn’t appear to be badly hurt,
but she was later hospitalized.
Police are looking for the
man but have not provided a
full description.
ZEINA KARAM
AND SELCAN HACAOGLU
SEX OFFENDER
ATTACKS BOY
PORTLAND, Ore. — A
man on parole for trying to
infect children with HIV nearly 20 years ago pulled a boy
into a Portland restaurant
bathroom over the weekend,
attempted to sexually assault
him and then stabbed him
several times, police said.
The 10-year-old’s injuries
from the attack Sunday were
severe enough to require surgery, and officers said he
would have died without
immediate care.
The suspect, Adam Lee
Brown, pleaded not guilty
Monday in Multnomah
County Circuit Court to
charges that included kidnapping, attempted murder and
assault. He appeared in court
surrounded by sheriff’s
deputies and wearing a socalled “suicide smock,” a ripresistant vest that prevents
inmates from tearing off
strips of clothing with which
to hang themselves.
INFANT IN FREEZER
TOLEDO, Ohio — A newborn found dead in an apartment freezer in northwest
Ohio is being honored at a
public burial service made
possible by donations.
The Blade in Toledo reports
a man offered a burial plot that
his family had in a memorial
park after hearing about the
homicide. Thomas Griesinger
of Delta says he thought the
newborn deserved a burial “in
a dignified place.”
A funeral home, a flower
shop and the memorial park
donated services for the
Tuesday burial.
A coroner has said the boy
was born alive and was strangled and dunked in water. A
landlord found the body in
April while cleaning out a
rental property in Toledo.
The child’s parents have
been charged in his death.
ALASKA MAYOR
SWORN IN FROM
HAWAII
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
Anchorage residents were met
with overcast skies Monday as
their mayor took the oath of
office — not in Alaska — but
in sunny Honolulu, where it
was warm, with classic Hawaii
temperatures of 80 degrees.
Far from the temperatures
that hovered in the upper 50s
in his hometown, Anchorage
Mayor Dan Sullivan wore a
splashy Hawaiian shirt for his
swearing in.
Sullivan had a previously
scheduled family vacation and
reunion in Hawaii, where his
wife has family. The city calls
for a mayor to be sworn in on
July 1 or as soon thereafter as
practical. But Sullivan doesn’t
return to Alaska until July 16.
AP
In an undated photo provided by the Mills family, Travis Mills is seen in his hospital bed with his wife Kelsey and
daughter Chloe at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
SOLDIERING ON
MICH. MAN FIGHTS
TO RECOVER AFTER LOSING
ALL FOUR LIMBS
MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
V
ASSAR, Mich. — Army
Staff Sgt. Travis Mills served
two deployments to
Afghanistan without suffering anything close to a
major injury. Then, in a second, everything changed.
On patrol during his third tour in
April, Mills put his bag down on an
improvised explosive device, which tore
through the decorated high school athlete’s muscular 6-foot-3 frame. Within
20 seconds of the IED explosion, a fastworking medic affixed tourniquets to all
four of Mills’ limbs to ensure he wouldn’t bleed to death.
“I was yelling at him to get away
from me,” Mills remembers. “I told him
to leave me alone and go help my guys.
“And he told me: ‘With all due
respect, Sgt. Mills, shut up. Let me do
my job.’ ”
The medic was able to save Mills’ life
but not his limbs. Today, the 25-yearold Mills is a quadruple amputee, one
of only five servicemen from any military branch to have survived such an
injury during the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, said Maria Tolleson, a
spokeswoman at U.S. Army Medical
Command. And instead of serving
alongside his unit, he has been spending his days based at Walter Reed
Medical Center, working on rehabilitation after the accident that dramatically
altered the trajectory of his life.
Mills doesn’t dwell on that. Sitting in
his hospital bed, he describes his situation plainly: “I just had a bad day at
work.”
His family — especially his wife,
Kelsey — admires him for that.
“I think he’s Superman. I really do,”
she said. “It’s amazing to see just how
lucky he is. I mean, he’s the luckiest
unlucky guy.”
Mills’ recovery is expected to last at
least a year. Already, there have been
victories: A procedure performed at
Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center alleviated the excruciating phantom limb pains Mills was experiencing
in the first weeks he was stateside.
He approaches each therapy session
methodically, practically.
“There’s no reason to sit here and look
out the window and feel sorry for
Search to find Earhart
plane wreckage begins
HONOLULU — A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to
finally solve one of America’s
most enduring mysteries: What
exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart when she
went missing over the South
Pacific 75 years ago?
A group of scientists, historians and salvagers think they
have a good idea, and are
trekking from Honolulu to a
remote island in the Pacific
nation of Kiribati starting
Tuesday in hopes of finding
wreckage of Earhart’s Lockheed
Electra plane in nearby waters.
Their working theory is that
Earhart and her navigator Fred
Noonan landed on a reef near
the Kiribati atoll of Nikumaroro.
“Everything has pointed to
the airplane having gone over
the edge of that reef in a partic-
ular spot and the wreckage
ought to be right down there,”
said Ric Gillespie, the founder
and executive director of The
International Group for
Historic Aircraft Recovery, the
group leading the search.
“We’re going to search where
it ‘should be,’ ” he said. “And
maybe it’s there, maybe it’s
not. And there’s no way to
know unless you go and look.”
myself,” Mills told The Associated Press in
a telephone interview from Walter Reed.
“It happened. I can’t change the fact that
it happened. I can’t turn back time.”
At Walter Reed, Mills is doing exercises designed to make his body leaner
while strengthening his core, hip flexors, pectorals and shoulders. He
bounces on a trampoline, trying to execute 90-degree turns with his torso.
“There’s nothing I really don’t like
(about PT), except I can’t do two-a-days
yet,” Mills jokes.
While he’s in the midst of getting his
permanent prosthetics, Mills currently
needs assistance to do things that most
people take for granted, such as cooking
and cleaning, or walking and running.
As often as Walter Reed doctors let him,
Mills makes his way to the Military
Advanced Training Center to strengthen
his body and prepare for long-term
prosthetics. He currently has all four
beginner prosthetics.
“They push you to your limit, then they
push you a little more,” said Mills, a high
school football, basketball and baseball star
who is more accustomed to bench-pressing and squatting to get bigger.
While he works at learning to use his
new artificial limbs, Mills has an army
of supporters behind him.
BEIRUT — Syrian President
Bashar Assad said he regrets the
shooting down of a Turkish jet
by his forces, and that he will
not allow tensions between the
two neighbors to deteriorate into
an “armed conflict,” a Turkish
newspaper reported Tuesday.
Syria downed the RF-4E warplane on June 22. Syria says it
hit the aircraft after flew very
low inside its airspace, while
Turkey says the jet was hit in
international airspace after it
briefly strayed into Syria.
In an interview with the
Cumhuriyet daily, Assad
offered no apology, insisting
that the plane was shot down
over Syria and that his forces
acted in self-defense.
He said that the plane was
flying in a corridor inside
Syrian airspace that had been
used by Israeli planes in 2007,
when they bombed a building
under construction in northern
Syria. The U.N. nuclear agency
has said that the building was a
nearly finished reactor meant
to produce plutonium, which
can be used to arm nuclear
warheads.
“The plane was using the
same corridor used by Israeli
planes three times in the past,”
Assad told Cumhuriyet.
“Soldiers shot it down because
we did not see it on our radars
and we were not informed
about it.”
Assad said: “I say 100 percent, I wish we did not shoot it
down.”
Commenting for the first
time on a U.N.-brokered plan
for a political transition in
Syria that was adopted by
world powers at a conference
in Geneva on Saturday, Assad
said he was “pleased” that the
decision about Syria’s future
was left to its people.
The plan calls for the creation of a transitional government with full executive powers in Syria. But at Russia’s
insistence, the compromise left
the door open to Assad being
part of the interim administration and left its composition
entirely up to the “mutual consent” of the Assad administration and its opponents.
“The Syrian people will
decide on everything,” Assad
said.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
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Public Notices
Notice
In the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska
Estate of DOROTHY G.
HOFFMANN, Deceased.
Estate No. PR12-62
Notice is hereby given
that on June 14, 2012, in
the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska,
the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal
Probate of the Will of said
Decedent and that Timothy L. Hoffmann at 9390
North Prosser Avenue,
Prosser, Nebraska 68883
and Madeline R. Kmiec at
1300 North Republican
Avenue, Juniata, Nebraska 68955 were informally
appointed by the Registrar
as Co-Personal Represen-
tatives of the Estate.
Creditors of this Estate
must file their claims with
this Court on or before August 20, 2012, or be forever barred.
Tom Hawes
Clerk of the County
Court
Jeffrey F. Shoemaker
#22810
Seiler & Parker, P.C.,
L.L.O.
726 East Side
Boulevard
Hastings, Nebraska
68901
Phone: 402-463-3125
Fax: 402-463-3110
Email:[email protected]
Notice
Estate of NEAL T. SAHLING, Deceased. Estate
No. PR12-65
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that on June 21,
2012, in the County Court
of Adams County, Nebraska, Jacquelyn Sahling,
whose address is 14605
West Barrels Road, Prosser, Nebraska 68883, was
informally appointed by the
Registrar as Personal
Representative of the estate.
Creditors of this estate
this Court on or before August 27, 2012 or be forever barred.
Tom Hawes
Clerk of the County
Court
Adams County Court
P.O. Box 95
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-0095
DOWDING, DOWDING
& DOWDING
2121 North Webb Road
Suite 210
P.O. Box 5315
Grand Island, Nebraska
68802-5315
Phone: 308-382-9244
Fax: 302-382-9264
June 26, July 3, 10, 2012
Attorney
June 19, 26, July 3, 2012
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION
OF
R & J TREE & LAWN, L.L.C.
1. The name of the Company is R & J Tree & Lawn,
L.L.C.
2. The address of the designated office is 103 West
5th, P.O. Box 171, Juniata, Nebraska 68955.
3. The general nature of the business is to transact
any and all other lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized under the law of the
State of Nebraska.
4. The Companyʼs existence commenced on the filing and recording of the Certificate of Organization with
the Secretary of State and shall be perpetual.
5. The affairs of the Company shall be conducted by
its members, John R. Ernst and Randy J. Downing.
Adam D. Pavelka
Sullivan Shoemaker P.C., L.L.O.
747 North Burlington Avenue, Suite 305
P.O. Box 309
Hastings, Nebraska 68902-0309
(402) 462-0300
June 19, 26, July 3, 2012
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LIPSACK - BUSS
FARMS, L.L.C., a Nebraska Limited Liability Company,
is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska.
The street and mailing address of the initial designated
office is 703 East 6th, Hastings, Nebraska 68901. The
name of the initial agent for service of process is Jeffrey
F. Shoemaker and the street and mailing address of
such initial agent is 726 East Side Boulevard, Hastings,
Nebraska 68901. The Limited Liability Company was
formed on April 1, 2012, effective on June 26, 2012, and
having perpetual existence from that same date. Its affairs shall be conducted by the Members pursuant to an
Operating Agreement duly adopted by the Company.
Organizer(s):
LONNIE LIPSACK
Jeffrey F. Shoemaker #22810
Seiler & Parker, P.C., L.L.O.
P.O. Box 1288
726 East Side Boulevard
Attorney at Law
July 3, 10, 17, 2012
Notice
Estate of RICHARD
LEE HECHT, Deceased.
Estate No. PR12-66
Notice is hereby given
that on the 21st day of
June, 2012, in the County
Court of Adams County,
Nebraska, Debora Quinn,
whose address is 2823
Central Avenue, Kearney,
Nebraska 68847, was informally appointed by the
Court as Personal Representative of the Estate.
Creditors of this Estate
this Court on or before Au-
gust 27, 2012, or be forever barred.
Tom Hawes
Clerk of the County
Court
P.O. Box 95
Hastings, Nebraska
68902
Larry E. Butler #15355
BUTLER, VOIGT &
STEWART, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
2202 Central Avenue
Suite 200
P.O. Box 1184
Kearney, Nebraska
68848
Phone (308) 234-5524
June 26, July 3, 10, 2012
NOTICE OF SHERIFFʼS SALE
By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of
the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska, in a decree of foreclosure wherein U.S. Bank National Association ND, is the Plaintiff and Thomas W. Petersen a/k/a
Thomas W. Peterson; Spouse of Thomas W. Petersen,
if any; Robyn K. Pritchard; and Jane Doe and/or John
Doe as parties in possession are the Defendants, I will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at
the Main Lobby of the Adams County Courthouse, in
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, on the 24th day of
July, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following described land
and tenements to satisfy the judgment and costs in said
action:
Lot 2, except the North 15 feet thereof, and All of
Lots 3 and 4, Block 6, Village of Holstein, Adams
County, Nebraska
Given under my hand this 22nd day of June, 2012.
Gregg Magee, Sheriff
June 27, July 3, 10, 17, 2012
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Personal
Automobiles
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4-wheel Drive
Pickups
Jodi Anderson or Nancy
Anderson please call your
step father, Robert. 308384-3968
4
Announcements
JUANYʼS RENTALS: 1
Brincolin, 3 Mesas, 30 Sillas, $99; 1 Jumping
House, 3 Tables, 30
Chairs, $99. 402-9842751, 402-984-1927.
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COBALT 2008: 35,000, 4door,
remote
start.
$7,400 cobaltconnection.net
COBALT 2010: 23,000,
36 mpg, 4-door. $9,500.
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Garage Sales
Northwest
1310 SPANISH TRAIL:
Wednesday, 8-12. Estate
Sale plus office furniture,
framed art, mens 17/XL
shirts.
Great Plains Chrysler Dodge
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AUTO SALES
2005 DODGE Stratus: 4door, SXT, 4-cylinder, automatic, full power. $3,950.
2003 PONTIAC Grand Am
SE: 4-door, 4-cylinder, automatic, CD, 89,000 miles.
$3,650.
402-463-2636
Garage Sales
Northeast
302 W. 7TH: WednesdaySunday, 8-6. Annual 4th of
July collectors sale. Lots of
antique furniture, toys, ad
items, clothing, and textiles, pictures, documents,
books, car part, side saddle, kitchen items, clocks,
sewing machine, wood decoys, new tires, tool box,
bed liner, spinning wheel,
and more.
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Automobiles
402-463-3104•N. Hwy 281
www.greatplainsdodge.com
Hajnyʼs
Hoskins
Auto Sales
We Buy, Sell and Consign
Highway 6/Hastings Ave.
Hastings, 402-463-1466
For complete listing go to
www.hoskinsautosales.com
PAUL SPADY
MOTORS
www.spadyautos.com
ʻ07 Kia Sorento LX: V6,
Tan, 4x4, 70,xxx miles,
$15,100.......Cash $12,975
220 West South Street
402-461-3161
2004 DODGE: 3/4, crew
cab, diesel, 4x2.......$8,950
2004 JEEP Grand Cherokee: Maroon,
locally
owned, high miles...$4,500
Deveny Motors
1013 S. Burlington
402-462-2719
Brambleʼs Auto Sales
Check our new website
bramblesauto.com
See our selection of
FUEL ECONOMY cars at
jacksonscarcorner.com
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Antiques/
Classics
Cruise Niteʼs Annual
CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
Friday, July 20, 7:30 p.m.
Fairgrounds-Kearney,
CALL NOW TO
CONSIGN!
308-832-7407
www.rhynaldsauction.com
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2-wheel Drive
Pickups
L!
STEA
2002
2006CHRYSLER
PONTIAC
PTG6
CRUISER
GTP
3.9LPower
V6 Options
• 5 Speed • •Full
• Remote
Start • Moonroof
• Economical
Cheap
• CD
•
Keyless
Entry
Transportation
• Heated
Leather
Seats
• 113,000
Miles
• Was:
88,000
Miles
$4,995
$10,995
Steal:
$3,999
Sport Utility
2005 SUZUKI Grand Vitara: 4x4, V-6, 60,000 1owner miles.
THE CAR LOT
East Highway 6
YES! We will tow away unwanted vehicles. McMurray Motors, 402-462-6879.
36 Travel Trailers &
Motor Homes
1986 EXCEL 30-ft 5th
wheel rear kitchen. $3,995
2008 COUGAR by Keystone: SRX310 Toyhauler.
$25,950.
2011 ELKRIDGE: 29RKS,
local trade. Great floor
plan, big glide. Stop and
see Brad, Wade, Lyle or
Byron.
1999 SNOWBIRD 32ʼ 5th
wheel, 2 slides, super nice!
TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT CO.
100 N. Laird, Hastings, NE
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Employment
Agencies
NOW HIRING
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL
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!
DEAL
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Pickups
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Educational
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Sales
THE BOARD of Education
of Zion Lutheran School is
currently accepting applications for a 7th/8th grade
teacher who is experienced in the area of science, math, and technology. Send resumes to
Board of Education, Zion
Lutheran School, 465 S.
Marian Rd, Hastings NE
68901. For more information call 402-462-5012
BEGIN THE career you always wanted. Our agents
own their own businesses
and have the potential for
unlimited income. If youʼre
looking for a change of
pace, become a Farmers
agent today. Call 308-3810110
or
email
[email protected]
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Health Care
BETHANY HOME
in Minden
Has been providing care
for the elderly since 1920.
Will be accepting applications for the following
positions:
Health Care
6 a.m.-2 p.m. MA/NA
(full and part time)
2 p.m.-10 p.m. MA/NA
(full and part time)
10 p.m.-6 a.m. MA/NA
(full time)
New wage scales for
MA/NA
Dietary
Dietary Assistant
(full and part-time)
Evening Cook (full-time)
Housekeeping
Housekeeping Assistant
(full time)
(minimal weekend work)
2008 CHEVY Silverado
K1500: 4x4, fully equipped, low miles.
Hi-Line Motors, Kenesaw
402-752-3498
www.hilinemotors.com
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There are some prime
rental possibilities in our
rental classifications 100113. Want to place your
rental ad there? Call our
Classified Department at
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SOUTH CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL SERVICES
INC. is seeking applicants
for a part-time worker in
our adult residential home
located in Hastings. Post
High School course work
in Human Services or
mental health or residential experience preferred.
Work hours vary and will
include nights, evenings
and weekends. Qualified
bilingual persons are encouraged to apply. Closing
date is July 13, 2012. Apply
online
at
www.scbsne.com EOE.
See our truck selection at
jacksonscarcorner.com
Looking For A
“New” Place To
Live?
RED 2003 Ford F150 Regular cab short box with
Rhino liner V-6 5 speed
4x4 - 87,000 miles very
good condition. $7,500
402-463-2802
Fax: 402-462-2156
We offer a great
starting wage
$0.45 an hour p.m. shift
differential
$0.80 an hour night
shift differential and
a $1.00 an hour
weekend differential
Bethany Home
515 W. First
Minden, NE
or Contact Rhonda or
Cassie for Health Care
Nursing or
Diana for Dietary,
Dayle for Housekeeping
Phone 308-832-1594
EOE
Restaurant
BARREL BAR has opening for part-time, evening,
weekend bartenders/waitstaff. Apply in person at
1200 E. South, Hastings.
NAPOLIʼS ITALIAN Restaurant, 3001 W. 12th,
Hastings. Looking for waitstaff, with or without experience. Will train. 308-8508136 Ask for Gio.
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ROSE BROOK Care Center in Edgar, NE, is accepting applications for CNA to
work within our fun and
friendly environment. Call
George Geier at 402-2245015 or email resume to
[email protected]
HELP WANTED: A person
to install ceramic tile as
well as other finish carpentry-helper duties. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Fulltime position with competitive wages, insurance, holiday pay, vacation and retirement program available. Apply in person at
Wardcraft Homes, Minden,
NE. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
MED AIDE: Champion
Homes, every other weekend. All three shifts available. Call 402-902-9694.
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Technical &
Trade
ERIKSEN Construction
Company, Inc. is seeking
qualified construction laborers, concrete workers
and carpenters for local
construction project. Positions are full time with
year-round work. Interested parties please call 402672-1571. EOE
Technician – Full Time
Put your previous technical experience, good
people skills and positive
attitude to work in our
supportive environment.
Working for a leader in
auto and tire care offers
you a competitive wage
ranging from $15-25, including a comprehensive
benefits package...all in
our friendly work environment. Call for a confidential interview.
Logan Belville, Manager
Technical &
Trade
FreightCar Rail
Services
Immediate Full-Time
Positions Available
Career
opportunities
available at FreightCar
Rail Services, LLC. We
are seeking entry-level to
skilled technicians within
the following skillset: Car
Repair and/or Welding at
our Hastings, NE railcar
repair shop. Competitive
starting wage and excellent benefits offered include: Major medical,
dental, vision, company
paid life insurance, company matched 401K, paid
vacation and 12 paid holidays. We are an equal
opportunity employer that
values diversity and work
ethics and has a strong
reputation for safety. For
applications call 402-4622050 or visit us on line at
www.FreightCarRailServ
ices.com or stop by at
250 S. Maxon Ave, Hastings
District Court. Anyone desiring to object to the
granting of the Petition
may be present at that
time and present their objections to the court.
Dated: June 8, 2012.
Mark A. Beck, #18760
Attorney at Law
June 12, 19, 26, July 3,
2012
In the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska
IN THE MATTER OF
) NOTICE
SUSAN BERNICE NEDDERMAN, ) Case No. CI12-371
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You are hereby notified that Susan Bernice Nedderman, has filed a Petition in Adams County District Court
on June 27, 2012, the object and prayer of said Petition
being to change the name of Susan Bernice Nedderman
to Susan Bernice Medsker-Nedderman. This matter will
come on for hearing on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at
10:30 a.m.
Dated this 29th day of June, 2012
Susan Bernice Nedderman, Petitioner
by Lucinda Cordes Glen, Her Attorney
NSBA No. 18799
P.O. Box 2004
(402) 463-0555
[email protected]
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2012
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Notice is given that a
Petition was filed in Adams
County District Court by
Ryan Todd Luedders, requesting an order of the
court changing his name
to Ryan Todd Smith.
The hearing will be held
July 11, 2012, at 10:30
a.m. in the Adams County
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Trucking
CDL DRIVERS!!
Bernard Pavelka Trucking
has openings for OTR
drivers. Must have verifiable experience over the
road, good work history
and be able to pass employment
background
check. We offer stable
miles with home time,
competitive pay plan, plus
bonus, health plan, retirement plan, vacation and
holiday pay. Call Dwight at
402-462-4650 or 800-2744120 for more info.
CLASS A CDL drivers
wanted for construction.
Central Nebraska. Drug
testing, EOE. 402-8909000 or 402-890-8888.
Ag Related
GENE TRANSFER
Technician - Full Time
Zoltenko Farms Inc., a
progressive and familyowned livestock operation
located near Hardy, NE, is
seeking a self-starting,
trustworthy individual to fill
a full-time position in a
challenging and team-oriented environment.
Qualified Gene Transfer
Tech candidates are:
•Fast learners
•Self-motivated
•Process-oriented
•Able to work independently
Duties may include, but
are not limited to:
•Animal Care - feeding,
medicating, working with
boars
•Sanitation and Maintenance - power washing,
basic repairs
•Laboratory Processing evaluating, processing,
packaging, cleaning
Must possess the excellent mind set needed to
meet quality control standards during and after production, ensuring a contamination-free product.
Previous livestock experience is a plus, but not necessary. Meals are provided. 785-278-5405.
Drivers
$1,000
Sign-On Bonus
Come work for a
growing company!
Beckerʼs is now hiring
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•Quarterly Bonus
•Insurance and 401K
•Home Time and More
Class A CDL
800-542-6645
[email protected]
Hastings, NE
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59
Trucking
OTR/CDL DRIVER: Minimum 2 years experience
required. Good pay, vacation pay, bonuses. A midwest flatbed carrier. Cawdy Trucking 402-768-6134
60
General
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALERT!
Major Company expansion
15 people to start ASAP!
$1600/month
to start
•Shifts begin at 11 a.m.
•Weekly pay
•Bonuses available
•Gas allowance
•Full-time only
•No layoffs
•Planned Advancement
Program
•Work in set up and display and customer service
•No experience required,
we will train.
For Immediate Interview
Call 402-460-4787
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN-HOME CAREGIVER
needed for elder Hastings
gentleman. Live-in or shift
work possible. Experience preferred but not required. Send resume,
cover letter and references to 8201 N. 276, Valley, NE 68064 or email to
[email protected]
Nebraska Aluminum
Castings, Inc. has full
time openings available
1ST SHIFT CNC
MACHINE OPERATOR
Schedule and benefits:
The starting wage is
$10.50/hour
up
to
$15.05/hour based on experience. (10-hour days 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Regularly scheduled workdays are Monday through
Thursday.
Overtime
scheduled on Friday and
Saturday on as-needed
basis. Previous manufacturing experience preferred. High school diploma
or GED is required. Nonsmoking
environment.
Benefits include paid holidays, health, dental, life
and disability insurance,
company matched 401k.
Apply in person at Nebraska Aluminum Castings Inc.
4280 East Hadco Road
Hastings NE 68901. Call
402-462-5139 for directions to our plant.
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60
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
General
60
DRIVERS NEEDED: Must
be 25 or older. Call 402831-8294. Action Cab
HASTINGS HOTEL and
Convention Center is
seeking Director of Sales
and maintenance. Apply in
person at 2205 Osborne
Drive East, Hastings.
$2400 PER MONTH
Guaranteed
Safety Advisor/
Management
No Experience Necessary
Full and Part-time
Positions Available.
Call 402-834-0511
Monday-Friday
10 a.m.- 5 p.m. ONLY
for Interview Appointment
U.S. Meat Animal
Research Center
University of Nebraska
The U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, near Clay
Center, NE has an opening for an Agricultural Research
Technician
in
swine operations. Duties
include: care of livestock,
feeding, artificial insemination, heat checking, observation and treatment of
swine population. Precision, accuracy and attention to detail necessary;
livestock experience required; $11.25 per hour,
plus excellent benefits. To
view entire job description
and/or apply for this position visit https://employ
ment.unl.edu (search for
Requisition
Number
120558) Applicant review
begins July 13. UNL is
committed to a pluralistic
campus
community
through affirmative action,
equal opportunity, work-life
balance, and dual careers.
Questions regarding this
position can be addressed
to: [email protected]
da.gov or 402-762-4117.
General
FULL-TIME LUBE Tech:
Mechanical skills a must.
Apply 907 S. Burlington.
MAINTENANCE
TECH
will be for responsible for
the maintenance and repair of equipment, buildings, and grounds. Must
have working knowledge
of HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, some lifting,
good pay. Submit resume
in person to 2727 W. 2nd
St. Land Mark Center.
61
Part Time
BERNARDOʼS NOW hiring for evening dishwasher. Must be 16. Apply at
1109 S. Baltimore
62
Child Care
KATHYʼS DAYCARE accepting full/part-time children. 15 years experience.
Loving family environment.
North/East of Hastings.
Call 402-744-2821
USED TRAEGER pellet
grill for sale. Call 402-4305862
70
NEWER washers, dryers,
stoves and refrigerators.
Working or not. 462-6330.
Pets
HOME RAISED, hand fed,
very sweet cockatiels. $85
each. 402-984-7939.
Hastings Tribune has
openings for carrier in
BLUE HILL. Call Circulation. 402-461-1221 or 1800-742-6397.
72
Sudoku
Want To Buy
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
Free Pets
TO GOOD home: 5-yearold black Lab. Loves kids,
water. 402-756-5285.
Equal
Housing
Opportunity
Appliances
AMANA STOVE: Ceramic
top, self-cleaning. $200/offer. 402-366-3777.
Your WHIRLPOOL and
TOSHIBA Dealer
ROGERʼS, INC.
1035 S. Burlington
402-463-1345
83
Hobbies &
Collectibles
HARDCOVER CRAFT
and scrapbooks. New!
402-462-8359 Call after 5.
91
Hastings Tribune is looking for motor route drivers to deliver the Hastings
Tribune. Stop in for application or call Circulation
402-461-1221 or 1-800742-6397.
TOW TRUCK Driver needed part time. Must have
good driving record, no
criminal record. Drug
screening and background
check required. Apply in
person: Patʼs Auto Repair,
305 S. Denver, Hastings.
96
SHIH TZU and Yorkie puppies. All registered. Ready
soon. 402-469-0784
77
Hastings Tribune has
opening for carrier in Hastings Call Circulation. 402461-1221 or 1-800-7426397.
94 Miscellaneous
Good Things
To Eat
FRANKEʼS SWEET
sweet corn
available now. Ask about
our free punch card. To
see our fresh market locations, and view our
new corn meal products,
visit us at
frankessweetcorn.com
94 Miscellaneous
KRUEGER GARDENʼS
taking orders for any
amount of vegetables,
some ready now. Organic
grown. Call 11-12:30 or
say phone number slowly
on answering machine.
402-771-2365
All real estate advertising
in the Fair Housing Act
makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the
age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians;
pregnant women and people securing custody of
children under 18.
This newspaper will not
knowingly accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the
law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this
newspaper are available
on an equal opportunity
basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD tollfree at 1 (800) 669-9777.
The toll-free telephone
number for the hearing impaired is 1 (800) 9279275.
List your ad. 402-462-2131.
100 Unfurnished
Apartments
102
2-BEDROOM and studio.
No pets/smoking. 402469-7046, 402-469-5596
1-BEDROOM:
Partially
furnished. Most utilities
paid. References. Deposit.
No pets. $360. 469-0994.
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-BEDROOM:
Rent to own. Air, garage.
$400-$850. 402-469-6635.
CHATEAU
IMPERIAL
Townhomes/Apartments
Call 402-463-4111
HERITAGE MANOR
Now accepting applications for future openings
We offer independent living for seniors and persons with disabilities. Rent
assistance, on-site laundry, close to local shopping and eating. Pet
friendly. 945 West H 402463-5953
IN FAIRFIELD: Clean 1bedrooms. All ground level, utilities paid, off-street
parking. No pets. Rent
based on income. For information, call Bob Hoins,
402-726-2345. Fairfield
Housing.
LARGE UPSTAIRS 2bedroom, 1-bath, utilities
paid, 908 W. 8th. $675.
461-0442 or 408-781-2032
2-BEDROOM at Regency
Apartments,
Hastings.
Large apartments with
controlled entry, complete
kitchens, ample parking,
on-site laundry and you
pay ONLY electricity! Locally managed. Pet friendly (some restrictions). Call
today for a tour!
402-462-5205
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136
138
Livestock
Items
RITCHIE WATERS parts,
sales, installation. Authorized dealer. 402-817-4279.
137
Hay/Seeds
LOOKING FOR
corn
stock to bale this fall. Paying $20/acre. Looking for
bean double to bale this
fall. $20/acre. 308-3808972
AT YOUR SERVICE Ads
can help you advertise
your business without a
large investment. 16
words or less, everyday
for one full month is only
$49.00.
Irrigation
IN STOCK: Replacement
irrigation gates, gaskets,
aluminum fittings and
valves. Also available,
surge valves, water meters, PVC and aluminum
pipe. Olson Irrigation. 308832-0630 or 800-832-5975
Minden.
140
Farm
Equipment
WANT TO BUY Aluminum
irrigation scrap and old
metal buildings. Call Marco, 308-227-2585.
141
Services
WILL CLEAN soybeans
and corn. Big crew. 308227-2585
To place your want ad for the
Farmer's Corner call
Duplexes
For Rent
103 Town Houses
For Rent
3-BEDROOM: 2.5-bath,
garage. August 1. Credit
required. $795. 460-9626.
COME CHILL OUT at the
Town Houses. Offering
nice 2- and 3-bedroom
units. 1 1/2 bath, appliances furnished, We offer
rent and utility assistance.
See us at 945 W. H for application .402-463-5953
104
Houses
For Rent
2-BEDROOM
laundry
hookups, appliances. $575
rent/deposit. 463-3589
2-BEDROOM, 1-bath, energy efficient, large yard,
single car garage. $595.
463-6375 or 402-469-3752
3-BEDROOM,
1-bath,
large yard. Mowing and
snow removal included.
$625 463-6375 469-3752
3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH,
finished basement, fenced
yard, single garage, fridge,
stove, new front load
washer/dryer. Close to water park and middle
school. $750 No smoking.
402-463-8596
3-BEDROOM: 3-car garage, new construction.
$1,500/month. 461-1785
4-BEDROOM
2-BATH,
809 S. Colorado. $925.
461-0442 or 408-781-2032
108 Office Space
BURLINGTON CENTER
––––––––––––––
CROSIER PARK
Professional Center
Suites Available
Plant
Operations
Manager
Technical Sales
Specialist
For details and
benefits go to:
nealuminum.com
Hastings, NE
402-462-2131
1-3,500 sq. ft. suite: 10-12
private offices, reception
area, conference room,
kitchenette. Perfect for real
estate agency, accounting
firm, insurance agency.
2-Individual offices: Ready
to go! 402-463-6229, 402460-7229.
CPI needs reliable,
hardworking employees
near Hastings to fill
openings for a Millman
and Grain & Agronomy
Attendant. These are a
full-time opening with
overtime. The right
applicant will have a CDL
with a good driving
record, ability to lift 50
lbs., climb ladders, and
have a positive attitude.
We offer a competitve
wage, insurance,
retirement, PTO and a
casual work environment.
If you are committed to
adding value to our
customers and joining the
team at CPI, please
contact Jill Kroll at 402463-5148 to apply.
Medical Equipment
GOOD AIR HOME MEDICAL EQUPIMENT
Tim Garniss
710 West 16th St. Hastings.............402-463-1100
Newspapers
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Phone (308) 381-8220 • www.themobilityexpert.com
Computer Repair
DEA ELECTRONICS
House Calls/ Free pickup and delivery 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
402-984-8001 or toll free 1-800-383-8141
Visa & Mastercard accepted.
Contractors
ABC SEAMLESS SIDING, WINDOWS &
GUTTERS
Hastings, www.abcseamless.com. . .402-463-7580
Counselors-Human Relations
GENERAL COUNSELING LLC
Cyndee Fintel, LIMHP, Jessica Hunt, MS, PLMHP
www.generalcounseling.com...........402-463-6811
Home Appliances & Electronics
ROGER’S INC.
1035 S. Burlington Hastings............402-463-1345
Good Air Home
Medical Equipment
• Oxygen • CPAPs
• Hospital Beds
We can file your insurance.
Tim Garniss • 710 W. 16th St.
402-463-1100
www.hastingstribune.com
908 W. 2nd St. Hastings..................402-462-2131
WE SELL AND SERVICE
TOSHIBA
BRAND OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT
OPEN:
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5:30
Thurs. ‘til 8:00
Sat. 8:30-5:00
Sun. 12-4
Better Service
Built This
Business
463-1345 or
Toll Free 1-888-375-8252
1035 S. Burlington
HEARTLAND PET CONNECTION
1807 W. J Hastings
www.petfinder.com............402-462-PETS (7387)
Pizza
LITTLE CAESAR’S
Carry Out and Delivery
314 N. Burlington Ave. Hastings. . . . . .402-462-5220
PAPA RAY’S PIZZA
2604 W. 2nd Street, Hastings..........402-463-1626
Upholstery
THE COVER UP UPHOLSTERY
204 N. Clay, Box 387, Harvard.........402-772-4031
To Purchase Advertising On
This Page Contact 462-2131
714 EAST SIDE BLVD.
Approximately 1770 sq. ft.,
open space plus waiting
room and 3 private rooms.
Updated,
tile
floors
throughout, currently a hair
salon. $995/month. Licensee owned. 402-984-2198
COMMERCIAL SPACE
for rent. 1,386 sq. ft. Call
Diane. 402-469-4777
JERRY SPADYʼS Body
Shop for rent. Call Diane
for details. 402-469-4777.
110
Resort
Property
STONEʼS Country Cabin
for rent. Daily rates. Harlan
County Reservoir. 308799-4475, 308-920-0027.
111
Storage/
Warehouse
STORAGE UNIT: 24ʼx28ʼ.
$130/month. Central location. 402-463-6891
KINGSWOOD PLAZA
RV sites available
402-463-1958
116
Houses
For Sale
1834 HOME ST: Time to
go! Shake roof. 3-car, 5bedroom, 3-bath 462-5056
4-BEDROOM, 1 1/2 bath.
Full basement, detached
single garage. 308-3907222 402-462-0346 402705-8207. Leave message
Classifieds
for
quick
Auto Glass
AUTO GLASS EXPERTS.
25 years combined experience in glass replacement.
Jeff Fitzke, Brent Vorderstrasse. 405 West J
Street. 402-463-0025.
Carpet Cleaning
MID NEBRASKA STEAMERS. 402-469-7733. Kenesaw. Carpet and tile
cleaning.
References
available. *Formerly associated with national chain.
Cleaning Services
SANDRAʼS
CLEANING
SERVICES. Residential,
commercial. Insured. References. Thorough, reliable. 402-519-6279
Clock Repair
VILLAGE TIME. Clocks
and watches cleaned, repaired. Authorized service
center. Will pick up and
deliver. 308-832-0671.
Construction
KULHANEK CONSTRUCTION. Seamless gutters,
siding, windows and roofing. Fully insured. 402469-3875, 402-469-3755.
MASTERCRAFT BUILDERS. Houses, garages,
decks, metal buildings,
siding, windows, tile and
wood flooring. Guaranteed, insured quality work.
Contact James Edwardson, 402-460-7080.
Gutters
ARE YOUR gutters dirty?
We will clean your gutters.
Call Trent 402-705-0479.
Classifieds
for
quick
Houses
For Sale
2-BEDROOM: Main floor
utilities. Joyce Schlachter,
Broker, 402-462-5794.
BEAUTIFUL HOME: 2412
Lakeview Cove (Idlewilde).
5-bedroom, 3-bath, split
level, 2 family rooms, sunroom, pool, lakefront, all
updated. 402-460-9090 or
402-463-8800
FOR SALE or rent small
2-bedroom house in Blue
Hill on large lot with storeage shed. 402-756-2949
NEW CONSTRUCTION
5005 Nathan Way
Hastings. Sky Loch
Subdivision
$229,900. Over 1500 sq-ft,
3-bedroom, 2-bath. Open
floor plan. Full kitchen, appliances, 3-car garage.
Large lot. Full basement
with egress and plumbing
for future expansion. For
private showing. call 308380-4500 or 308-379-4258
TAYLOR MANOR home
at Harlan County Resevoir
with lake view. $150,000.
2-bedroom, 2-bath, large
kitchen, spacious living
room/gas fireplace, office,
and all-weather room, detached 2-car garage with
large storage room. 308799-2059
118 Mobile Homes
For Sale
2- BEDROOM Trailer on
corner lot. Will finance.
402-984-7991
COME SEE now newer 3bedroom. Will finance with
tax return. 402-469-4777
119
Residential
Lots
LOTS, MODEL Homes: 4
Subdivisions. Agent/owner, 402-461-1785.
121
Business
Property
1104 W. J ST: 10,000 sq.
ft. building. Renter in place
with additional storage rent
possibilities. Situated on
1/2 plus acre with highway
6 frontage. New electrical
and plumbing in ʼ08, new
roof in 2012. Semi-accessible. Real Estate Group of
Hastings 402-461-4888
130 Auction Sales
Korky Lightner Auction
New semi-load of merchandise. Every Monday,
5:30 p.m. 1940 West A.
402-469-0703.
RANDY RUHTER, Auctioneer and Broker, 2837
W. Hwy. 6, Hastings, NE,
402-463-8565.
Service
Or Visit Us On The Internet: www.nationwidewest.com/rogers
Pets & Animal Control
Business
Property
116
EOE/M/F
Chemical testing required
Lawn Sprinkler Systems
RANDY’S SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
109
At Your
YELLOW
PAGES
Free Estimates • Residential • Commercial • Design Service
Serving the area for over 20 years........308-384-4036
AVAILABLE NOW: Office
suite at Depot Plaza, store
front. Reasonable rates.
Call Diane, 402-469-4777.
BURLINGTON VILLAGE
208 S. Burlington Ave.
Large and small suites
available for lease. Rental
incentive. Call 402-4624032 for information.
NICE, SMALL office with
bathroom. 645 S. Burlington. $325 plus electric. Alton Jackson 402-463-0688
OFFICE SPACE
Single office, double office,
up to 4 office suites available. Very nice. Conference
and meeting room available. 402-461-4100.
Landmark Center
OFFICE SPACE: $250$600 month. Utilities included. 402-461-1785.
113 Lots For Rent
Manufacturing
Aluminum Products
Since 1975
JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
108 Office Space
Gutters
BRYCOR INC. We clean
gutters. Average home
$30. Fully insured. 402261-8557.
HYLDEN
CONSTRUCTION. Gutters, siding, trim,
windows,
doors.
Call
Steve at 402-462-5439.
Handyman
CONCRETE,
SIDING,
windows, doors, sheet
rock, tile, trim trees, mow
yards. 10 years experience. Low prices. 402519-6120, 402-469-3263
HANDYMAN:
Roofing,
concrete, painting, home
repairs, lawn care. Fully insured. 15 years experience. Reasonable. 4622660, 460-6756.
Home Improvement
HOME REPAIRS, Fullservice Painting, Concrete,
Drywall, Decks, Cabinets,
Trim and more. Fully Insured. 469-2659, 4619983
NEW IMAGE
CONSTRUCTION.
Warranted work. Home,
commercial, tile flooring,
kitchen, bath, additions,
garages, siding, windows,
doors, decks, fencing. Insured, references. 402705-8369.
House Plans
SPELLMAN DRAFTING.
614 Phelps Dr., Shelton,
NE. If you need house
plans, 308-647-5693 or
[email protected]
Junk Removal
JUNK HUNK. Junk removal service. Call Scott at
402-705-6263, or visit us
at www.junk-hunk.com
Landscaping
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING
Beauty, security, LED
40,000 hour bulb life, professional installation.
Call to schedule FREE
DEMO, 402-469-7262
Lawn/Garden Care
10 YEARS EXPERIENCE:
Aerating, power raking,
weekly mowing, hedging,
trimming, much more. Insured. Commercial, residential. 402-460-8305.
12 YEARS experience.
NEEMOW LAWN CARE.
Commercial/residential
spring cleanup, mowing,
trimming. Insured. Where
Qualityʼs Expected. Ken
Neemeyer, 402-463-5720.
15+ YEARS experience.
JEFFʼS LAWN SERVICE.
Mowing, aerating, powerraking, tilling, edging,
tree/bush pruning. Insured.
402-469-4121.
LANDSCAPE THERAPY,
LLC. Mowing, trimming,
fertilizing, build and maintain flower beds. Reliable,
insured. 402-460-0923
T&D MOWING. 10+ years
experience. Commercial/
residential. Mowing, landscaping, trimming, edging,
fertilizing. Insured. Call
402-463-0152
Painting
BENNY
DiBIASE.
38
years experience, bonded,
insured, interior, exterior
work. Furniture refinished.
Local references. 402-7053493
[email protected]
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Painting
ARTISAN
Commercial/residential
painting, wall covering,
drywall. 402-705-9127
HONEY DOʼS PAINTING.
Interior, exterior. 25 years
experience. Free estimates. Tim Yurk, 402-7050601 or 402-463-7054.
Pet Services
PET CARE: Walking, pet
sitting, or yard cleaning.
Pet CPR and first aid
trained. Call 402-984-1616
Stump Removal
STUMP AND Brush Removal: Clean up those
ugly stumps and bushes.
Free estimates. 402-4634769 or 402-460-0518.
TREE STUMP Grinding.
Call John 402-705-7006
Tree Service
Best Tree Service.
Hastings owned and operated. Full service complete tree care. Insured.
Iron injections. Trusted
by many locals. Certified
arborist Randi Weaver.
402-831-4883
R&J TREE and Lawn LLC.
Trimming, removals, and
iron injections. Call Randy.
402-705-7334 after 3 p.m.
TRL TREE SERVICE.
Trimming, removal, wood
chips, logs for firewood.
Local: Ted/Lana Smith.
Free estimates. 402-4698427
Window Cleaning
WINDOW
CLEANING
Robʼs Window Service
Now serving Hastings
area. Commercial and
Residential “Clearly the
Best” 402-631-7501

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