Memorial Park on East 4th
The North Platte & Lincoln County Convention & Visitors Bureau and the North Platte Recreation Center are sponsoring this family friendly movie. This is open to the public and free to attend. People are asked to bring their own lawn chairs, blankets & snacks for this family-oriented evening.
The movie “Despicable Me” will begin at dusk.
Memorial Park on East 4th
This is it! The last Fort Cody Summer Music Series of the season. This Thursday, August 9 is the Laurie Morvan Band at the N Route Entertainment Summer Music Series at Fort Cody. Concert is from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Food and drink will be available for sale at each concert. You may bring your own picnic to eat, but you may not bring your own alcohol in as per state law.
Nathan Wesley Kirkpatrick, 43, of North Glenn, Colorado, formerly of Gothenburg, NE, died August 6, 2012 at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center, North Glenn, CO.
He was born December 26, 1968 in Gothenburg, NE, son of Dennis and Susan (Trumble) Kirkpatrick.
He grew up in Gothenburg and graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1987. He played football and basketball in high school. Nathan took basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center and was assigned at San Diego Naval Base. Nathan served his country in the US Navy from July 1987 to January 1990. Nathan enjoyed snow skiing, playing cribbage, and hunting.
Nathan never let the accident he was in take away his life. He was able to enjoy the Winter Park handicap snow skiing, kayaking, and white water rafting. Some of his favorite pastimes were playing cribbage and poker, which he was very good at. Nathan had friends that came and took him to Rockies, Nuggets and Broncos games. He was even able to come back to Gothenburg for his 10 year high school class reunion. Nathan loved KISS, he was able to go to several of their concerts. Nathan was even a movie star, he was an extra on a made for TV movie while at Learning Services in Lakewood, CO.
Survivors include his parents, Dennis and Susan Kirkpatrick of Gothenburg, brothers Dorian (Sarah) Kirkpatrick of Peyton, CO; Nicholas Kirkpatrick of Denver, CO; nephew, Kaleb Kirkpatrick and niece Kaitlyn Kirkpatrick, aunts & uncles, cousins and extended family.
Nathan was preceded in death by his grandparents, two aunts, and two cousins.
Services will be held at First United Methodist Church, August 13, 2012 at 10:30 am with Dr. Jeff Thurman officiating.
Inurnment will follow in the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska.
Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church or the Boy Scouts Troop 177 . To sign the online guest book, go to www.blasestrauser.com.
(Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman today was joined by Dr. Roger Breed, Nebraska Commissioner of Education, and Rod Bates, General 
Manager of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications to announce the Nebraska Virtual Library system is now online and ready to use. The launch of the new online learning library offers more than 20,000 digital resources for Nebraska’s teachers and students as a free statewide resource.
“This is a significant step forward for the future of education in Nebraska,” said Gov. Heineman. “The Virtual Library will provide Nebraska teachers and students with enhanced digital resources to enrich teaching and learning.”
The Nebraska Virtual Library contains multi-media resources including audio, video and interactive components continually updated from the Library of Congress, National Archives, PBS NewsHour, NOVA, American Experience, Electric Company, and SciGirls. Access to the virtual library can be found at www.net.pbslearningmedia.org.
This new site is part of a larger statewide educational initiative announced last August by Governor Heineman. The Nebraska Virtual Partnership, formed to serve learners from preschool through high school and emphasize science, technology, engineering and math, includes leaders from the Nebraska Department of Education, UNL Independent Study High School, Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council and NET.
“Nebraska educators at all levels are now charged with bringing a rigorous and rich curriculum into their classrooms every day,” said Dr. Roger Breed, Nebraska Commissioner of Education. “The NET Virtual Learning Library blends content with memorable visual images that supports classrooms that are standards-based and engaging.”
“We’re committed to expanding the state’s educational impact through the power of digital technology,” said Rod Bates, NET General Manager.
“A major goal is to provide educators with strategies, tools and professional development resources needed to fully utilize digital learning,” said NET Assistant General Manager of Education Gary Targoff. “Learning objects are aligned to core standards and include lesson plans and teacher resources. Teachers can also set up class accounts for student access.”
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Andy Reid has returned to the Philadelphia Eagles a day after his 29-year-old son’s funeral.
Garrett Reid was found dead Sunday morning in his dorm room at Lehigh University where he was assisting the team’s strength and conditioning coach during training camp.
Andy Reid said Wednesday that coming back is “the right thing to do.” He plans to coach the preseason opener against Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
He said, “I’m a football coach. That’s what I do. My son wouldn’t want it any other way. He loved the Philadelphia Eagles.”
More than 900 people, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, general managers and coaches from other teams and current and former players, attended the funeral service Tuesday.
Reid says the outpouring of support from fans and people around the NFL was a “humbling” experience.
LONDON (AP) – Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade says his recovery from offseason knee surgery is going as planned, and he’s expecting to resume on-court workouts in September.
Wade told The Associated Press on Wednesday that “rehab is going very well.”
He had surgery on his left knee on July 9, after helping the Heat win the NBA championship despite being bothered by knee pain and swelling throughout the playoffs. The Heat will open training camp in late September. Wade said he expects to be fully ready to go when Miami opens the defense of its title against the Boston Celtics on Oct. 30.
Wade was in London on Wednesday in a promotional appearance at NBA House for Gatorade, one of his longtime sponsors.
Morgantown, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen will earn $2.3 million this season under a new six-year contract.
Athletic director Oliver Luck announced the agreement Wednesday. It includes $250,000 in base pay and the remainder in supplemental pay from athletic department revenue or private sources.
The second-year coach will receive annual raises of $200,000 in the second and third years and $100,000 in the fourth and fifth years.
The agreement also includes performance incentives for team academic achievements, regular-season victories, conference titles and postseason bowl appearances.
Terms of the contract are effective immediately. Holgorsen would have earned about $1.7 million this season under the previous contract.
Luck says Holgorsen’s contract is in line with salaries of other coaches in the Big 12 and major colleges.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Cleveland 11:05 p.m.
Texas at Boston 12:35 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland 2:35 p.m.
N-Y Yankees at Detroit 6:05 p.m.
Seattle at Baltimore 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Chi White Sox 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Milwaukee 1:10 p.m.
Chi Cubs at San Diego 5:35 p.m.
Arizona at Pittsburgh 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia 6:05 p.m.
Miami at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
Washington at Houston 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis 7:15 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers 9:10 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 11 to 16 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 90. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.
, 93, passed away on Aug. 7, 2012, at the Louisville Care Center, in Louisville.
Mildred was born the youngest of 15 children at the ranch home west of Cody, on March 16, 1919, to Benjamin and Mary Carpenter Hale. Her parents had migrated from eastern Kentucky to southern Missouri where Ben traded their Missouri farmstead for the ranch at Cody – “sight unseen.” Mildred attended country school at District 81 and graduated from Cody High School with the class of 1937.
While serving as editor of the “Cody Hi Chat” Mildred met Wallace Teaford, the young publisher of the Cody Roundup. They were married on June 14, 1937. During WWII they lived in Hastings where Wally worked at the ammunition depot. Following the war they moved back to Cody, and Mildred worked at the Bank of Cody. They later purchased the Ford dealership, Cody Motor Co., where she served as the bookkeeper and was recognized by Ford for her outstanding work. They operated the business until Wallace’s death in 1961 at age 43.
Mildred noted in her autobiography, “Bend With The Wind,” that after his death, how thankful she was for her five children including three younger children.
She returned to the Bank of Cody as cashier and the dealership was managed by her son-in-law, Hank Greff. After selling the business, she moved to Rapid City, S.D., for one year and in 1972 moved to Burwell, where she worked as bookkeeper for FWTransport until her retirement.
Mildred was a lifetime member of the Episcopal Church, an avid bowler and bridge player. She enjoyed travel – taking her older sisters to Kentucky, visiting her son, Chet, in Alaska and later in Dominica when he was in the Peace Corps, also visiting daughter, Patricia, and her family while they were in Saudi Arabia. Other journeys were to Barbados, China, Jordan, Egypt, and Europe and throughout the U.S. In the l970s she purchased a cabin at Lake McConaughy, which is still enjoyed by her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace; her parents, Benjamin and Mary Hale; brothers, Tom, Charlie, Taylor, George, Everett, two infant boys; and sisters, Jennie Eley, Myrtle Belville, Bertha Lenington, Marie McClaran, Nora McClaran, Stella Jackson, one infant girl; and granddaughter, Miriam Udell.
Mildred is survived by her children, Doug (JoAnne) Teaford, of Ogallala, Judy (Hank) Greff, of Ashland, Greg (Deanna) Teaford, of Gardendale, Ala., Chet (Judith) Teaford, of Houston, Texas, and Patricia (Jack) Udell, of Joplin, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Louise Goding, of Hastings, and Beverly Hale, of Mead. Wash.; as well as many nieces, nephews and other family members.
Services will be at 10 a.m. (MDT) on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Cody Methodist Church with Pastors Bill Williams and Mark Swanson officiating. Burial will follow at the Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation for friends and family will be from 3-5 p.m. (CDT) on Friday, Aug. 10, at the Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell. Condolences may be shared at dteaford@q.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Circle C Market and Entrepreneurial Center in Cody (community grocery store project of high school students). Memorials may be sent to Doug Teaford, 320 E. B Street, Ogallala, NE 69153.
Gordon Potter, 82, of Greeley, Colo., passed away Aug. 3, 2012, at Hospice of Northern Colorado.
He was born on Sept. 28, 1929 in North Platte, to Edwin Homer and Magdaleana Dorothia Emily (Huebner) Potter. He married Elizabeth Ann Baker on June 26, 1949, at the First Presbyterian Church in North Platte.
He graduated from North Platte High School and lived in North Platte for 24 years before moving to Greeley in 1953.
Gordon was a salesman for International Harvester/Ellis and Capp Equipment Co. for 48 and a half years, retiring in 2002.
He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. He was involved in Jaycees, was a Scoutmaster for Boy Scouts Troop No. 13 and Explorer Scouts, Greeley Trail Dusters, Elks BPOE 809, and Red Feather Lakes Home Owners Association. He loved working in his woodshop and riding motorcycles.
Gordon’s family was very important to him. He never met a stranger and never forgot a name.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Ann;; sons, Bill Potter, of Gillette, Wyo., Dick (Fran) Potter, of Story, Wyo., Jack (Gayle) Potter, of Loveland, Colo., and Tom (LeighAnn) Potter, of LaSalle; a special cousin, Loren Potter, of Scottsbluff; 12 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Harold; and an infant sister.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Hospice of Northern Colorado in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631. Family and friends may view the online obituary and sign the guestbook at allnutt.com.
Allnutt Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Harvey Elvin Moore, 89, died Aug. 4, 2012.
Harvey will be remembered as the architect of a new and successful athletics program in Jefferson County High Schools, where he coached in the 1960s.
Harvey Elvin Moore was born on Jan. 24, 1923, in Leapwood, Tenn., the son of the late James and Jessie Horton Moore.
He was married to Dorothy Ellen Corcoran on Aug. 19, 1947. Dorothy resides in Homer, Alaska. They had three children.
As a World War II Veteran, Harvey served in the Army’s 83rd infantry division and was in the third wave, at Omaha Beach. He fought many battles including Belgium’s Battle of the Bulge, and participated in the liberation of Langenstein, a subdivision of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany.
Harvey achieved many awards as a high school basketball player in Tennessee and as a coach later in Colorado. While attending Regis College, Colo., in 1949, he was awarded small college all-American, achieved two state AAA championships as a coach at Wheatridge, and was honored as coach of the year several times. He earned his nickname Harv the “Hook” Moore with his impressive left-handed hook shot. Harvey also worked summers as auditor for the Colorado Racing Commission at several racetracks around the state. After retirement he moved to Maxwell, where he enjoyed gardening and playing hearts with his grandchildren.
Harvey is survived by his wife Dorothy Ellen, of Homer, Alaska; a daughter, Kathleen Sue (Edward) Taylor Perez, of North Platte; a son, Timothy Joseph (Margaret) Moore, of Homer, Alaska; as well as seven grandchildren, Heather (Philip) Horn, Meghan (Justin) Amy, Sean Taylor, Kimberly Bowser, Hillary Moore Seger, Kristen Edwards, Brian Duncan; and 12 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Harvey E. Moore Jr.; four sisters, and two brothers.
Services are pending.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Officials say an abandoned trailer has been destroyed by a fire near Lake Maloney in western Nebraska.
A fire started a little after 11 p.m. Monday near the canal west of the lake.
Five vehicles and about 15 firefighters were dispatched to battle what was reported as a grass fire. The firefighters soon noticed the burning trailer as well.
North Platte Fire Department Capt. Trent Kleinow says lightning may have touched off the flames.
Fire crews worked well into the early morning to make sure not flare-ups occurred.
No injuries were reported.
