By: Jen Rae Hein
Gov. Dave Heineman today, in accordance with the proclamation from President Barack Obama, 
announced all U.S. and Nebraska flags to be flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong.
Flags will be flown at half-staff on Friday, August 31, 2012.
“Neil Armstrong was a great American, whose actions inspired and awed generations of citizens of our country and people around the world,” said Gov. Dave Heineman.
The Sutherland Sailors make their season debuts in football and volleyball this week. Football coach Joe Kaup talks about the challenges his very young team will face in their first season playing eight-man football. Also, what’s the goal for a Lady Sailor volleyball squad who has made state twice in a row? Hear it all right here in this week’s Sailor Sports Update!
Doris Agnes Brosius, 91, of Brady, Nebraska, died August 26, 2012 in Lincoln, NE.
She was born February 6, 1921 in Geneva, NE, daughter of William John and Marcella Kathryn (Sullivan) Marson.
Doris grew up at Geneva, NE and attended school graduating from Geneva High School. Doris moved to the sandhills as a young lady where she taught school in a one room school house in Gandy. It was at Gandy where she met her husband Bernard. She married Bernard Brosius on February 22, 1941 at Geneva, NE. After their marriage, Bernard and Doris moved to Brady Island where they lived and ranched all of their lives. Doris was a busy ranch wife and mother to their five children. She made many meals and pies for the cowboys and ranch hands. Doris was an avid member of the Catholic Altar Society, the Red Hat Society, the Brady Card Club, TOPS, and 4-H leader. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, reading them books. She enjoyed music, dancing, painting and needlepoint. She volunteered at Saint Peter’s Catholic School in Lincoln and in her daughter Corrine’s 6th grade class in Gothenburg.
Survivors include two sons – Michael (Kathy) Brosius of North Platte, NE, John (Debby) Brosius of Rossmoor, CA; two daughters – Marsha (Jim) Hecox of Gothenburg, NE, Denise (Roger) Meeks of Lincoln, NE; son-in-law William Auld of Gothenburg; seven granddaughters – Lisa (Jay) Lake, Rebecca (Erich) Hohl, Michaela (Mike Donohoe) Brosius, Tina (David) Ramirez, Anne Auld, Elizabeth (Chad) Krings, Morgan Meeks; three grandsons – John Hecox, Sam Auld and Barret Meeks; seven great grandchildren – Jacob, Lauren, John, and Natalie Hohl, Connor and Mason Lake, Garrett Krings; five sisters – Wilma Miller of Geneva, NE, Wilmetta Roth of Denver, CO, Victoria (Frank) Mulvey of San Diego, CA, Frances Domenico of Denver, CO, Mary Ann Marson of Denver, CO; three brother-in-laws – Vernon (Karen) Brosius of Stapleton, Bill Brosius of Colorado Springs, CO, Kenneth Brosius of Stapleton; along with numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Doris was preceded in death by husband, Bernard Benedict Brosius, daughter, Corrine Auld, parents, sister, Kathryn Murray brother-in-laws, Don Miller, Jerry Roth, Vincent Domenico, Phil Breen, sister-in-laws, Donna Brosius, Irene Brosius, Mary Brosius, and Helen Breen.
Visitation: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 1:00 PM-7:30 PM, Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Gothenburg, NE with the family present from 5:30-7:30.
Rosary: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 7:30 PM, Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Gothenburg, NE
Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, August 31, 2012, 10:30 AM at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 1915 Ave J, Gothenburg, NE, with Father Don O’Brien officiating.
Interment will follow in the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Our Lady of Good Counsel, 1915 Ave J, Gothenburg, NE 69138 or Brady Community Library.
To sign the online guest book, go to www.blasestrauser.com.
Birds win, inch closer to AL East lead…Beltre leads Rangers again
UNDATED (AP) – Nate McLouth provided a blast that allowed the Baltimore Orioles to inch a game closer to the New York Yankees in the American League East standings. The Birds also cut into Chicago’s lead in the AL Central while moving into a tie with Oakland for the top two wild-card berths.
McLouth had three RBIs, including a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Orioles’ 4-3 comeback over the White Sox. Chicago was within five outs of a seventh straight win until McLouth went deep following a one-out walk by Brett Myers.
Lew Ford also homered and Bruce Chen worked six strong innings as the O’s trimmed the White Sox’s division lead to two games over Detroit.
Baltimore is within 3 1/2 games of the Yanks after getting a little help from the Blue Jays in the Bronx. Derek Lowe’s wild pick-off throw set up the go-ahead grounder in the 11th inning of Toronto’s 8-7 win over New York. Derek Jeter tied it with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth, a half-inning after Colby Rasmus gave the Jays their first lead with a three-run blast off Rafael Soriano.
Tampa Bay remains four games behind the Yanks after 16-game winner David Price was tagged for six runs and 10 hits in four-plus innings of the Rays’ 6-5 loss at Texas. Reigning AL Player of the Week Adrian Beltre (BEHL’-tray) was 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBI’s, including the go-ahead single in the fifth inning.
Nelson Cruz also homered for the Rangers, who still lead the AL West by 5 1/2 games over Oakland.
Brett Anderson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings as the Athletics blanked the Indians 3-0 in Cleveland. Josh Reddick homered and made a terrific catch in right field to help the Athletics pick up their ninth victory in 11 games.
Also in the AL, Felix Hernandez has followed his perfect-game performance against Tampa Bay by tossing a five-hitter in Seattle’s 1-0 win at Minnesota. Liam Hendricks went the distance on a three-hitter but gave up an eighth-inning homer by Eric Thames (tihmz)
Daisuke Matsuzaka worked seven innings of Boston’s 5-1 victory over Kansas City. Cody Ross had three RBIs and Jacoby Ellsbury homered to support Matsuzaka, who allowed an unearned run and five hits in his first appearance since early July. Matsuzaka had been on the disabled list with a strained neck muscle.
Over to the National League, where Josh Beckett didn’t exactly have a stellar debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pitching for the first time since being acquired from Boston on Saturday, Beckett gave up a homer to Tyler Colvin on his second pitch of the Dodgers’ 10-0 loss at Colorado. Beckett surrendered three runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings as the Dodgers fell 2 1/2 games behind the West-leading San Francisco Giants.
The Dodgers are also 2 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the final NL wild-card berth after the Cardinals topped the Pirates 4-3 in Pittsburgh. Matt Holliday broke a 2-2 tie with a leadoff homer in the sixth to help Kyle Lohse (lohsh) pick up his eighth straight win and improve to 13-2. Lohse worked five innings and was pulled following a 34-minute rain delay.
A.J. Burnett fell to 15-5, and the Pirates slid three games behind the Redbirds.
Cincinnati still enjoys a six-game cushion over St. Louis in the NL Central after pitcher Bronson Arroyo launched a solo homer to break a 2-2 tie in the Reds’ 3-2 victory at Arizona. Arroyo also allowed two runs and five hits in six innings.
Atlanta’s 3-0 loss at San Diego puts the Braves five games behind the East-leading Nationals. Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer and drove in all three runs to back Casey Kelly, who held the Braves to three hits in six innings to win his major league debut.
In other National League action, Ryan Braun, Aramis (ah-RAH’-mihs) Ramirez and Corey Hart hit consecutive homers to jumpstart a nine-run ninth in Milwaukee’s 15-4 laugher against the Chicago Cubs. Braun was 4-for-5 with five RBIS and three runs scored, and Ramirez added three hits and four ribbies.
Women’s defending champ wins
NEW YORK (AP) – Defending women’s champion Samantha Stosur (STOH’-sur), top seed Victoria Azarenka (as-ah-REHN’-kuh) and No. 3 Maria Sharapova were among Monday’s winners at the U.S. Open. So were three-time champion Kim Clijsters (KLY’-sturz) and men’s top seed Roger Federer.
The seventh-seed Stosur (STOH’-sur) needed just 51 minutes to beat Petra Martic of Croatia 6-1, 6-1 in the tournament’s first match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Stosur stunned Serena Williams in last year’s final at Flushing Meadows with a straight-set win for her first Grand Slam title.
Azarenka had 20 winners while allowing only two in a 6-love, 6-1 win over Alexandra Panova. The current Australian Open champ has never reached the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows.
Clijsters picked up her 22nd consecutive Open victory by downing 16-year-old qualifier Victoria Duval 6-3, 6-1. Clijsters has won the event each of the last three times she’s entered. She missed last year’s Open due to an injured stomach muscle.
Sharapova reached Round 2 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Melinda Czink. The reigning French Open champ is seeking her fifth Grand Slam title.
Also reaching the second round are ninth seed Li Na (LEE’-nah), fifth seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIH’-toh-vah) and No. 11 Marion Bartoli.
Federer headed the list of first-round winners on the men’s side, improving to 62-7 in the tournament by trouncing Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Federer finished with seven aces and needed only 1 hour, 34 minutes to dispatch Young.
Olympic gold medalist and men’s third seed Andy Murray opened with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 win over Alex Blogomolov Jr.
No. 23 Mardy Fish advanced with a three-set match that included tiebreakers in the first two sets. James Blake also advanced, as did fellow unseeded Americans Jack Sock and Tim Smyczek. Sock moved on after 22nd seed Florian Mayer retired trailing 6-3, 6-2, 3-2.
Wallace still AWOL…cuts and PUPs
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Wide receiver Mike Wallace still hasn’t reported to Pittsburgh Steelers training camp despite reports he was expected to end his holdout on Monday. Wallace refused to accept the team’s one-year, $2.7 million tender before camp started, and the Steelers suspended negotiations with him on a long-term contract when he was a no-show at the start of camp. Wallace had 2,450 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns the past two seasons.
UNDATED (AP) – Several prominent NFL players were either released or placed on the physically unable to perform list as teams tried to get to the 75-man roster limit by Monday’s deadline.
Among those cut were Buffalo quarterback Vince Young, Carolina kicker Olindo Mare (oh-LIHN’-doh MAHR’-ay), Washington kicker Neil Rackers, San Diego receiver and kick returner Roscoe Parrish and Denver long snapper Lonie Paxton. The Patriots released a pair of veteran wide receivers: Jabar Gaffney and Donte Stallworth.
Baltimore linebacker and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs has landed on the PUP list, as have Detroit running back Jahvid (JAH’-vihd) Best, Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty and Washington right tackle Jammal Brown, which means they will miss at least the first six weeks of the season.
Jets send Hunter to Rams for Smith
NEW YORK (AP) – The Jets and Rams have swapped disappointing right tackles, with St. Louis receiving Wayne Hunter for Jason Smith. Hunter’s agent says the trade is pending physicals.
Both players had lost their starting spots in preseason.
Saints change plans as Isaac approaches
METAIRIE, La. (AP) – The New Orleans Saints have changed their practice and travel plans, heading for Cincinnati as Tropical Storm Isaac headed for the Gulf Coast.
Interim coach Joe Vitt called off practice and meetings so players could evacuate their families. The Saints also contacted the Cincinnati Bengals and got approval to practice at Paul Brown Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
The Saints are scheduled to play their final preseason game Thursday in Tennessee.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5, Kansas City 1
Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Oakland 3, Cleveland 0
Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 7, 11 innings
Texas 6, Tampa Bay 5
Seattle 1, Minnesota 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3
Milwaukee 15, Chicago Cubs 4
Colorado 10, L.A. Dodgers 0
Cincinnati 3, Arizona 2
San Diego 3, Atlanta 0
A 35-year-old man has been given 18 to 36 years in prison for the slaying of his wife at their home in North Platte last year.
At his sentencing on Monday, Rogelio Diaz sobbed and said he had nothing but hate for himself.
Prosecutors say Diaz admitted that he and his wife had been fighting and he had thrown her off a porch in their backyard in June 2011. An autopsy showed Michelle Diaz died of a blow to her head.
Rogelio Diaz originally was first charged with second-degree murder. He made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to attempted second-degree murder.
The corn harvest is picking up in Nebraska, but last week’s cooler temperatures and rain won’t help with drought-damaged fields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the harvest gain momentum in southeast and east central Nebraska while farmers continue to cut damaged corn for silage where moisture is still high enough.
The USDA says in Monday’s report that 41 percent of Nebraska’s corn crop is in poor or very poor condition, with 28 percent in fair condition and 31 percent in good or excellent shape.
The USDA says soybeans are almost done setting pods, and 22 percent are turning colors, well ahead of the average of 4 percent.
Soybeans are rated 42 percent poor or very poor, 37 percent fair and 21 percent good or excellent.
Federal regulators have scheduled another in a series of meetings to discuss the efforts to restart the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it will meet with Omaha Public Power District officials from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Dana College’s Gardner-Hawks Center in Blair.
The plant sits 20 miles north of Omaha. It’s been offline since April 2011. Initially it was shut down for refueling maintenance, but flooding along the Missouri River and a series of safety violations forced it to stay closed.
State and federal officials have said Fort Calhoun’s problems never represented a threat to public safety.
Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
Nebraska wants to hear from residents on a new law aimed at keeping Asian carp and other bad fish and invasive mussels and plants out of its lakes and rivers.
The law allows the state to inspect boats and require that they be decontaminated. It also requires people to dump all water from a boat before leaving a lake. And it allows the state to quarantine a boat or trailer when an owner refuses an inspection or decontamination.
Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz is the law’s sponsor. He says the next step is to secure funding to pay for inspection sites and cleaning stations.
A public hearing will be held in Broken Bow as part of the Game and Parks Commission meeting on Friday.
Regulators have proposed more than $104,000 in penalties for Tyson Foods because of safety violations the regulators say were found at a Nebraska beef plant where a worker was fatally injured.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson was cited for seven violations at its Dakota City plant.
Authorities say 37-year-old Rodney Bridgett was injured March 14 when a piece of equipment he was working on collapsed on him. The company has said the slaughter and processing plant was not in operation at the time.
Tyson’s options include complying with the citations’ provisions, seeking an informal conference with OSHA’s area director in Omaha, or contesting the citations to an OSHA review commission.
Tyson representative Worth Sparkman said Monday the company hasn’t decided which course it will take.
