North Platte. Neb-(CITY OF NORTH PLATTE) Due to some confusion with street pickups of recyclables, starting with the recyclables collection the week of July 9, 2012 all street pickup collections will be done on Mondays.
This only effects recyclables collections. All other household/yard waste collections will be normal collection days. Please have your recycle container at the street by 6:30 AM
Collection of recycle carts will still be every other week.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate will make an announcement regarding the national debate on health care reform and his plan for change.
The former U.S. senator and Nebraska governor will hold a news conference Thursday morning at his Omaha campaign office.
Kerrey supported President Barack Obama’s health care law that was mostly upheld last week by the U.S. Supreme Court, but has said he would like to see changes made to it.
Kerrey has said he’s particularly interested in a proposal that would see the federal government and states “swap” responsibilities for Medicaid and public schools. Under the plan, the federal government would take full responsibility for Medicaid, a federal-state program for poor and disabled people, while states would take full responsibility for public schools.
By Kris Allen
A great way to determine if you’re a “Workaholic” is if you showed up to work early today with a bright smile and not hungover from the excitement of a nearly epileptic night. Seriously lightning storms make for an awesome background to firework displays, and no better place to throw it into the mix than in North Platte. There wasn’t one single second of silence from 8pm to about 1am. Nebraska knows how to celebrate Independence.
Anyways today is National Workaholics day.
Defined by Dictionary.com
“A person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.”
Defined by Urban Dictionary (Voted best deffinition)
“A person who is addicted to working, to the point where their life consists only of work and sleep. They have very few friends, if any, and some rarely see their own families. Workaholics often suffer from fatigue, sleeping disorders, stress and stress-related ailments, and some eventually work themselves to death. Workaholics are a common sight in some East Asian countries, but are less prevalent in North America and even less in Europe.
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#3:Neglect other aspects of life.
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Coming home for dinner may make you the number one father but returning to work afterwords screws it up more than Kanye West raining on Taylor Swifts parade at the Grammy Awards. A workaholic makes their work everything over outside life. missing birthdays, dinner dates, baseball games, outings with friends means you’re a workaholic. Sometimes a workaholic is too busy to worry about fun and friends. There’s a meeting tomorrow morning that they plan to blow out of the water, and nothing is going to stand between them and a happy boss.
Maybe you should ask your kids if you work too much, after all kids are innocent.
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#4: Merge other parts of their lives into work.
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In that rare occasional hang-out session with friends or family you may be watching a game on the TV or playing kick-ball at the cabin with family and anything that happens you want to turn it into a business endeavor. Say if you’re a writer you may think the time you just spent with friends makes for a great short story to sell to schools teaching young scholars how to read, or if you’re a salesman that extra sale can always be squeezed in. This kind of thing gets noticed quickly and typically people around you will want to stop hanging out with you, because they don’t hang out with you to thinktank, they hang out with you to talk about how much they actually hate work, so you’re not helping.
Remember: No one likes a person that always talks about work…unless your talking to someone you work with..then you could get away with it.
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#5: Sneaking’ work.
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Being a workaholic falls under the category of an addiction and like all people who have addictions, they try to hide it. Hiding an addiction consists of lying to friends and family about where you’re going (Yeah i’m going out on a night with the guys!) like alcoholics who say something along the lines of “Going to the movies!” you get the idea.
The scene of a husband coming home at about 2AM greeted by an angry wife sitting in the dark just waiting to tear him a new air-hole comes to mind. Instead of smelling alcohol on your breath, she sees your work bag, a few pen marks on your hand, and the smell of copy paper.
Being an workaholic and working behind the scenes to be at the work place can affect many around you. Leading to an intervention.
Making a life change can cause stress so to avoid width-drawl from work, consider bringing Sudoku and have your boss assign it to you, if that helps.
But hey today (July 5th) is National Workaholics day so if you now believe you’re a workaholic today is your day and be proud! Stay as late as you want, take the two years worth of vacation days you accrued and throw em’ out the window because there’s no better way to take a vacation than looking at the screen saver on your desktop of some island some where other than your office! Just make sure you say hi to your kids! Buy em a Happy Meal for goodness sake!
PHOENIX (AP) – Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash is heading to the Lakers in a sign-and-trade deal that netted Phoenix first round picks in 2013 and 2015 and second round picks in 2013 and 2014. Nash agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal. The 38-year-old free agent picked the Lakers because he wanted to stay close to his children, who live in Phoenix.
WIMBLEDON (AP) – Defending champ Novak Djokovic and six-time winner Roger Federer will meet in a marquee semifinal showdown at Wimbledon. Federer holds a 14-12 edge in their career meetings, but top-ranked Djokovic has won six of their last seven matches. Andy Murray and Jo Wilfred Tsonga will square off in the other semifinal.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Carlos Lee has been reunited with manager Ozzie Guillen after the first baseman was acquired by Miami from Houston for a pair of prospects. Guillen knows Lee from their time together with the White Sox. The 36-year-old Lee spent five-plus seasons with the Astros and is hitting .287 with five homers and 29 RBI in 65 games this year.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – It what was considered a very thin NHL free agent market, the Minnesota Wild hogged all the goodies. They landed the top two players available in forward Zach Parise and All-Star defenseman Ryan Suter. . Each agreed to 13-year, $98 million contracts.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3
Oakland 3, Boston 2
Cleveland 12, L.A. Angels 3
Baltimore 4, Seattle 2
Detroit 5, Minnesota 1
Toronto 4, Kansas City 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 4, 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 9, San Francisco 4
Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 2
Pittsburgh 6, Houston 4
Miami 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings
Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 1
St. Louis 4, Colorado 1
L.A. Dodgers 4, Cincinnati 1
San Diego 8, Arizona 6
HALSEY, Neb. (AP) — Fire officials say a blaze that burned 1,043 acres of the Nebraska National Forest is now fully contained.
Tim Buskirk, the forest’s Bessey District ranger, says the blaze was contained Wednesday afternoon. He says a few crew members will continue to monitor the area for flare-ups, but most have been released to their home units or to other assignments.
The fire started with a mid-day lightning strike on Saturday, approximately 22 miles southeast of Halsey. No private lands, structures or outbuildings were damaged.
Buskirk says authorities will now focus on assessing the damage to roads, trails and other parts of the forest.
The entire Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands remains under fire restriction orders, and fireworks are not allowed anywhere on National Forest System lands.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say alcohol was a factor in an Omaha car crash that killed one person and left another injured.
Authorities say 20-year-old Vidal Becerra was westbound in Omaha Wednesday when the Volkswagen Jetta he was driving struck a railroad tie retaining wall, and then a wooden utility pole. Police say the car then flipped and landed on its roof, partially ejecting a front-seat passenger.
Authorities who responded to the scene just before 8:30 p.m. say the unidentified passenger was killed. Becerra was taken to a hospital with minor cuts to his head and arms, and then arrested on suspicion of criminal homicide.
A rear-seat passenger, 26-year-old Eduardo Corona, refused medical treatment and was booked on an outstanding warrant.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say one man is dead and another is injured after an overnight shooting in a Lincoln neighborhood.
Local media reports that a 41-year-old was killed and an 18-year-old was injured during the shooting late Wednesday. Police say an alleged hit-and-run accident led to a confrontation, which escalated to the shooting.
Neighbors who watched it unfold told the news station that the mother of a child who was reportedly hit was arguing with a motorist. One witness said a dark SUV pulled up in front of the house in Lincoln, and that at least three people got out and started shooting.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in western Nebraska say a 27-year-old former college basketball player died unexpectedly after discovering his home had been burglarized.
Local media reports that former Western Nebraska Community College standout Fernando Bonfim Wilson died Saturday night of natural causes.
Scottsbluff Police Capt. Brian Wasson says officers were responding to a report of a burglary at Wilson’s home when they received another call from his wife. Officers found Wilson unresponsive and he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police are investigating the burglary and do not have any suspects.
The 7-foot-tall Wilson played for WNCC for two seasons from 2003-2005, averaging double figures in points and rebounds. He then played one year at Southern Utah before transferring to Chadron State for his senior year.
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska family members of one of the four airmen killed during a plane crash while fighting wildfires in South Dakota say he always wanted to serve his country.
Local media says that family members say Major Ryan David was a Bellevue native who leaves behind a 10-year-old son. They say he was deployed six times by the Air Force, including to the war in Iraq.
David was one of four members of the North Carolina National Guard that died when their C-130 crashed Sunday while fighting a wildfire in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The cause is under investigation.
David’s cousin, Felicia Nofuente, says he was “always ready and willing to serve.” His aunt says he was a big guy with a teddy bear for a heart.
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1. Are wards of the State of Nebraska safe? NO. My son was beat up at NE Youth Center. Staff left all the boys unsupervised and the boys that threatened my son acted on the threats. Thanks to me the ‘angry’ mother the NYC is under investigation but the staff are taking it out on MY SON
2. They used to be called “Jumpolenes” until your mom jumped on one back in 1972
3. I saw a lot of fireworks stands with very few people in them yesterday. SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY NORTH PLATTE!
4. Fireworks and lightning. Best 4th of July display ever!
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