July 2012 – Page 23 – North Platte Post Archive

Weekend Sports Schedule

Posted on July 20, 2012

Friday

BASEBALL
American League
Baltimore at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Seattle at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
National League
Atlanta at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
Miami at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Houston at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego, 9:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)

Saturday

BASEBALL
American League
Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Seattle at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.
National League
Atlanta at Washington, 12:05 p.m., 1st game
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 6:05 p.m., 2nd game
Miami at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.
Houston at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego, 7:35 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)

MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, German Grand Prix Qualifying, Hockenheim, Germany, 7 a.m.
NHRA, Mopar Mile-High Nationals Qualifying, Morrison, Colo., 1:45 p.m.
IndyCar, Edmonton Indy Qualifying, Edmonton, Alberta, 2 p.m.
NASCAR Camping World Trucks, American Ethanol 225 Qualifying, Joliet, Ill., 2:35 p.m.
NASCAR Camping World Trucks, American Ethanol 225, Joliet, Ill., 7 p.m.

OTHER EVENTS
Golf
Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, The Open Championship, Lytham St. Annes, England (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
PGA Tour, True South Classic, Madison, Miss.
USGA, U.S. Junior Amateur, Stratham, N.H.
USGA, U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur, Daly City, Calif.
Cycling
ASO, Tour de France, 19th stage, Chartres, France

Sunday

BASEBALL
American League
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 12:35 p.m.
Seattle at Tampa Bay, 12:40 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
National League
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.
Miami at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 12:35 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Houston at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Germany, 7 a.m.
NASCAR Nationwide, STP 300 Qualifying, Joliet, Ill., 10:35 a.m.
NHRA, Mopar Mile-High Nationals Qualifying, Morrison, Colo., 12 p.m.
IndyCar, Edmonton Indy, Edmonton, Alberta, 1:45 p.m.
NASCAR Nationwide, STP 300, Joliet, Ill., 2 p.m.

New Safety Program Awards Bucks to Drivers Who Buckle Up

Posted on July 20, 2012

Lincoln, Neb., – Bucks for Buckles, a new seat belt awareness campaign aimed at
encouraging drivers and passengers to buckle up while driving, will be launched this summer in selected counties across Nebraska. The campaign is a joint program of the Nebraska Safety Council and State Farm.“The single most effective means of protecting the lives of you and your passengers is wearing seat belts

and using appropriate child restraints every time you ride in a vehicle,” said Laurie Klosterboer, executive director of the Nebraska Safety Council. “The Bucks for Buckles campaign is a fun, rewarding way to help Nebraskans get the message that seat belts save lives.”

Of the 55 passenger vehicle fatalities recorded in Nebraska in the first five months of 2012, 43 or 78 percent of those fatally injured were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, Klosterboer said. A total of 34, or 78 percent, of those unbelted victims were thrown from the vehicle during the crash.

Bucks for Buckles hopes to help remind people how easy it is to save lives. The campaign sponsors will
connect with drivers at selected times and locations and award $1 coins to drivers who are securely buckled
in their seat belt. Those riding unrestrained will be offered educational materials about the effectiveness of
seat belts in saving lives and reducing injuries.
Bucks for Buckles will be implemented in 9 Nebraska counties in July and August. The times, dates and
locations where dollar coins will be distributed will not be announced in advance to maintain the element of
surprise. The counties selected for the campaign are Madison, Platte, Lincoln, Saline, Gage, Scotts Bluff,
Custer, Dawson and Otoe.

“These counties were selected based on their historically low seat belt usage,” Klosterboer said. “Nebraska’s
overall seat belt usage rate is 84 percent, but usage in these counties ranges from 50 to 75 percent.”

Neb Supreme Court Reduces Award for Girls Involved in Sledding Accident

Posted on July 20, 2012

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a ruling against the city of Omaha for a sledding accident that seriously injured two girls, but reduced the overall award their family will receive.

Justices ruled Friday that the city was mostly to blame for the December 2000 crash at an Omaha park.

Rachel Connelly was 5 and her sister, Chelsea, was 10 when they struck a crabapple tree planted by city workers. Chelsea suffered a punctured lung and broken rib. Rachel was paralyzed.

A Douglas County judge ordered the city to pay Rachel $1 million, and awarded her parents a combined $1.5 million. The high court ruled that the parents’ award should have been treated as one joint claim instead of two. State law sets a $1 million cap for damage claims.

Nebraska Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy about to be single…Are you ready to mingle?

Posted on July 20, 2012

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — The wife of Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy has filed for divorce after nearly 19 years of marriage.

The papers were filed Wednesday in Adams County District Court in Hastings, where Sheehy served as mayor before being selected by Gov. Dave Heineman for the state post. They won re-election in 2010.

Connie Sheehy’s filing says the “marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken.”

They were wed Sept. 2, 1983 in Lexington and have two grown children.

Last summer Sheehy announce his intention to run in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2014 so he can replace Heineman, who has endorsed him.

A spokeswoman for Rick Sheehy didn’t immediately return messages from The Associated Press.

Thursday Sports Wrap – Luck Makes Deal With Colts Official

Posted on July 20, 2012

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) – The second round of the British Open is under way at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. Australian Adam Scott tied a course record yesterday with a 6-under-par 64 that left him one shot ahead of Paul Lawrie, Zach Johnson and Nicolas Colsaerts.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Andrew Luck will be under center when the Indianapolis Colts open training camp next week. The Colts have signed the first overall pick in this year’s NFL draft to a four-year, $22.1 million package. Luck completed 70 percent of his passes for 3,170 yards, 35 touchdowns and just nine interceptions for Stanford last season.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter is expected to be back for the 2013 season after surgery Thursday to repair a nerve injury in his right shoulder. The Cardinals say rehabilitation should take two to three months and Carpenter should be able to have a normal offseason after being unable to pitch this year.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Nashville Predators have six more days to match Philadelphia’s 14-year, $110-million offer sheet to defenseman Shea Weber. The offer comes a few weeks after blueliner Ryan Suter left Nashville for a 10-year contract with Minnesota. GM David Poile (poyl) repeated previous statements that the Predators intend to match any offer, but says the team will need to “review and evaluate” the Flyers’ offer and “all of its ramifications” before making a final decision.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 0
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 1
Baltimore 4, Minnesota 3
Seattle 6, Kansas City 1
Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Oakland 4, N.Y. Yankees 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 3, San Francisco 2
Cincinnati 7, Arizona 6
N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 5
Chicago Cubs 4, Miami 2
San Diego 1, Houston 0

Stop by Pro Printing & Graphics this Saturday, July 21

Posted on July 20, 2012

Stop by Pro Printing & Graphics this Saturday, July 21

Bring in the attached ad and receive 10% off an item from the Gift Shop inside Pro Printing & Graphics. Browse our great selection of products and stay for some barbecue and fun. Enjoy sloppy joe’s prepared by First National Bank while you check out the #11 Fed Ex Nascar Showcar.

Nebraska Inmate Fails to Return For Two Days, Receives Two to Four Years EXTRA…Nice…

Posted on July 20, 2012

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska inmate who was free for two days after not returning as scheduled from a day on work release has been given two to four more years in prison.

37-year-old Nick Roberts had pleaded guilty to escape. Roberts was sentenced on Thursday.

Roberts was listed as escaped from the Lincoln Community Corrections Center on Nov. 28 He was arrested two days later in Lincoln.

At the time, Roberts was about two months from becoming eligible for parole on a two- to four-year sentence for theft and drunken driving. Now he must serve that full sentence, which will end in May. Then he’ll start his sentence of two to four years for escape.

Woman accused of duping elderly woman takes plea deal. REALLY?

Posted on July 20, 2012July 20, 2012

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 44-year-old woman accused of duping an elderly Lincoln woman has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge.

Ana Bredemeier had been charged with two felony counts of theft and one felony account of abuse of a vulnerable adult. After making a deal with prosecutors, Bredemeier pleaded no contest on Wednesday to obstructing government operations.

The offense carries a maximum sentence of a year. Her sentencing is scheduled for July 30.

A missing persons report filed in 2008 led police to Mexico, where Bredemeier was living with the elderly woman.

Lincoln officers and an attorney appointed to represent the woman went to Mexico and brought her back in June 2008.

Bredemeier later returned to Lincoln on her own.

Norma L. Marshall

Posted on July 20, 2012

Norma L. Marshall, 86, of Elm Creek died July 17, 2012, at St. Luke’s Good Samaritan Village in Kearney.
She was born May 1, 1926, in Elm Creek to Harold L. and Mary E. (Strickler) Mapes. She grew up in Elm Creek and graduated from Elm Creek High School in 1944. She then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
On Oct. 1, 1946, she married Richard T. “Dick” Marshall in Elm Creek. The couple farmed south of Elm Creek for 50 years. They moved to Elm Creek in 1970.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Elm Creek, the United Methodist Women, Garden Club and attended Coffee Club for 55 years.
Survivors include a son, Richard H (Lee) Marshall, of Elm Creek; a daughter, Mary (Lynn) Swartwood, of Hershey; granddaughters, Monica (Gregg) Fear, of Hershey, and great grandchildren, Tyrel and Cody, Ann (Neil) Hinrichsen, of Elm Creek, and great-grandchildren, Emilee and Lane, Amy (Mark Gillming), of Goodland, Kan., and great-grandchildren, Dillon and Nathan, Pat (Ryan) Hellriegel, of Elm Creek, and great-grandchildren, Ava and Ashlyn and Sara Marshall of Scottsdale, Ariz.; grandsons, Dustin (Cindy) Swartwood, of Avondale, Ariz., and great-grandchildren, Katelyn, Kellee, Jake and Draven, Richard “Pete” (Alyssa) Marshall, of Minden, and great-grandchild, Katherine, Heath (Patricia) Getty, of Elm Creek, and great-grandchildren, Steven, Darin, Elizabeth, Havyn, Chloe and Memphis.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1999; daughter and son-in-law; Nancy and Dan Getty, grandson; Jarrod Getty and daughter-in-law; Rhonda Marshall.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, July 23, at the United Methodist Church in Elm Creek. The Rev. Steve Smith will officiate and burial will be at Williamsburg Cemetery south of Elm Creek. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, July 22, from at the United Methodist Church in Elm Creek or prior to services on Monday.
Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church in Elm Creek or to the Elm Creek Emergency Unit. A message of condolence may be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements.

Orvin Duane “O.D.” Golden

Posted on July 20, 2012

Orvin Duane “O.D.” Golden, 78, a long-time resident of North Platte, died Nov. 21, 2011, at his home in Zimmerman, Minn., surrounded by his family.
Duane was born Oct. 26, 1933, to Orvin and Rea (Hagemeister) Golden in Sidney.
Duane served in the Marines on the USS St. Paul from 1954-57. He married Marlene Larson on June 27, 1957. They lived in Sidney and North Platte.
He is survived by his wife; three children; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Duane worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 42 years. He loved to hunt and fish. He also enjoyed cooking, gardening, oil painting and woodworking. He was an avid history buff. O. D. was a great storyteller and he enjoyed his life and family.
Duane and his wife moved to Minnesota in 2002. He shared nine full years of life in a place that he loved.
In honoring Duane’s wishes, his family will have a memorial service at 1 p.m. on July 28 in Zimmerman, Minn., at the Struthers’ family home.
Friends and family are encouraged to attend and bring or send pictures and/or written memories to be shared at the service. These will be placed in a family memorial book. Please send them to Teri Struther at 8600 261st Ave. NW, Zimmerman MN 55398.