Irene L. Nelson, age 88 of Paxton, passed away on Wednesday, September 19th at her home. Irene was born January 24, 1924, the daughter of Raul and Mary (Sale) Heiser. She attended District 6 School through the eighth grade and then graduated from the Paxton High School. After her graduation she attended the Grand Island School of Business.
Irene married Pershing Nelson on June 13, 1942 in Grand Island. To this union two children were born, Roxie and Raul. She and her husband operated Swede’s Bar and Café in Paxton for several years. Irene also had been employed at the Bank of Paxton and Crisp Telephone Company. She had been a long time member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and had served on the Altar Guild for many years. She enjoyed her retirement by spending time with her family and friends playing bridge and computer games.
Irene was preceded in death by a sister, Lorna and her husband Pershing “Swede” Nelson. She is survived by her son Raul and wife Kay Nelson of Henderson, NV, daughter Roxie and husband Bruce Snyder of Paxton, sister Peggy and husband Jim Lawler of Paxton, seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 24th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Paxton with Lay Minister JA Welsh and Pastor Judy Gifford officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery south of Maxwell.
The casket will not be open. Memorials are suggested to the Trinity Lutheran Church of the Paxton Volunteer Fire Department in her memory. Online condolences may be sent at gubserfuneralhome.com. Gubser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Month: September 2012
Thursday Sports Day – Nationals, Reds Can Be First to Clinch Playoff Berths
Fed Ex Cup finale getting under way
ATLANTA (AP) — The top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings are in Atlanta.
Round one of the Tour Championship is being played today at historic East Lake. It’s the course where Bobby Jones learned to play.
John Senden and Scott Piercy will be first to tee off. World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and formerly top-ranked Tiger Woods bring up the rear. McIlroy is coming off back-to-back titles in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The top five in the standings, McIlroy, Woods, Nick Watney, Phil Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker can take the $10 million FedEx Cup prize with a victory. Just about everyone else would have to win and get some help.
Busy afternoon around the major leagues
UNDATED (AP) — Two teams with postseason aspirations will be on the diamond in Detroit this afternoon. The host Tigers will be looking to complete a three-game sweep of Oakland by handing the Athletics a fourth straight loss. The Tiger begin play two games behind AL Central leader Chicago while the A’s currently hold the league’s second wild card by three and a-half games over the L.A. Angels.
American League play gets under way in Cleveland with a game between the Indians and Minnesota Twins.
Tonight, the White Sox are at Kansas City, the Angels host West leader Texas, East leader New York is home to Toronto and Boston plays at Tampa Bay.
Five of today’s seven National League games are scheduled for afternoon starts with Houston at St. Louis first up. The Cardinals hold the senior circuit’s second wild card, two games better than Los Angeles and two and a-half ahead of Milwaukee.
Also this afternoon, the Brewers play at fading Pittsburgh, Central leader Cincinnati can sew up a postseason berth with a win at Chicago, West-leading San Francisco brings a three-game winning streak into its home outing against Colorado and San Diego is at Arizona.
Tonight, Washington can nail down a berth in the playoffs with a victory over the visiting Dodgers and the New York Mets entertain surging Philadelphia.
Giants and Panthers kick off Week 3
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It’s a banged up New York Giants team that’s in Carolina for tonight’s game against the Panthers. The Super Bowl champs will be without the services of wide receivers Hakeem Nicks and Domenik Hixon, as well as running back Ahmad Bradshaw and offensive tackle Dave Diehl.
But they still have Eli Manning, who engineered the 26th fourth-quarter comeback of his career last week. The Giants quarterback threw three TD passes in the final 15 minutes of a 41-34 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that got New York to 1-1 on the season.
Led by versatile quarterback Cam Newton, Carolina is also 1-1 following last week’s 35-27 win over the New Orleans Saints.
Under the lights on the blue turf
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise State and visiting BYU begin a lengthy relationship this evening when the 24th-ranked Broncos host the Cougars. It’s the first of a dozen meetings scheduled over the next 12 years.
Boise State is 1-1 after last week’s 39-12 victory over Miami of Ohio and favored by a touchdown.
BYU dropped to 2-1 and fell out of the AP Top 25 with last week’s 24-21 loss to Utah.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Cleveland 11:05 p.m.
Oakland at Detroit 12:05 p.m.
Toronto at N-Y Yankees 6:05 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Chi White Sox at Kansas City 7:10 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels 9:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston at St. Louis 12:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chi Cubs 1:20 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona 2:40 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco 2:45 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Washington 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
N-Y Giants at Carolina 7:20 p.m.
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Brigham Young at (24) Boise State 8:00 p.m.
Shakira Is Pregnant!
Shakira is pregnant with her first child.
The 35-year-old pop superstar posted on her website Wednesday that she and 25-year-old boyfriend Gerard Pique “are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby.” Pique, who is from Barcelona, is a soccer player for FC Barcelona.
No more details were available.
The Grammy-winning Colombian singer is postponing promotional activities and won’t perform at Friday’s iHeartRadio Music festival in Las Vegas.
Shakira said in a 2009 interview that she was ready to reproduce, explaining: “I really would like to have a big belly.”
She dated Antonio de La Rua, the son of former Argentinian President Fernando de la Rua, for more than a decade. They split in 2011.
Shakira is due to be a judge on next season’s “The Voice.”
Baah-d Sheep Runs Loose..Wooly Culprit Cornered In NP
On Wednesday September 19th, officers from the North Platte Police Department received a report of a sheep running loose near West ‘E’ St and N. Oak Ave. in North Platte.
Upon arrival officers were unable to locate the wooly culprit. Officers searched the area locating the animal making a run-for-it southbound on Elm St. Officers also noticed a male subject running on foot about 10 paces behind.
The man was dressed in cowboy attire while swinging a lasso over head possibly in attempt to restrain the sheep.
The officer was in pursuit of the animal. With help from the cowboy they eventually cornered the sheep in an open garage then loaded and transported the ewe to the North Platte Animal Shelter, where it’s still being housed.
A release from the NPPD says,
“She had on a green collar and was sporting a full/thick fleece. If you own the sheep or can assist law enforcement in identifying the owner please contact the NPPD at 308.535.6789.”
NSAA Releases Girls Golf District Assignments
The NSAA has just released the locations and pairings for the Girls Golf District tournaments for October 1 and 2. North Platte will host the A-4 district at Lake Maloney Golf Course. Gothenburg is also a host site, as they host the C-4 district.
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Gov. Dave Heineman Talks About Nebraska’s Low Unemployment Rate At Rotary
On Wednesday September 19th, Governor Dave Heineman joined the Rotary Club for lunch and to discuss current issues, one of them being unemployment in Nebraska and to answer some questions from Rotary members. The current unemployment rate is the 2nd lowest in the country at 4%.
Gov. Heineman began with thanking the fire departments and communities for working together during the streak of wild-fires that blackened grasslands and trees in the north-western panhandle and north-central Nebraska. “Every one of those fire departments, the communities, Nebraskans all across our state furnished food, water, Gatorade, all sorts of supplies to help out,” Gov. Heineman said during his first few minutes at the podium and continued, “I just say a special thank you to those who were involved in those efforts.”
While Gov. Heineman was at the stand he gave an update on the unemployment rate, why Nebraska is such a great place to live and what his main focus is for Nebraska to keep moving forward.
According to Gov. Heineman the first focus is getting every child a great education, the second focus is jobs. “We want to create enough jobs to keep every person in Nebraska,” Gov. Heineman continued “Now we can say for the first time in our history two of the last three years our population growth in our state exceeded the national average.” Gov. Heineman attributes the population growth to Nebraska retaining more young people, creating more jobs so families can move to Nebraska.
Young Nebraskan citizens leaving the state was one of the first issues Gov. Heineman addressed when he entered office. Gov. Heineman says, “We want to continue to move on that front.”
Gov. Heineman began to discuss what separates Nebraska from other states, “We believe in a financial concept Federal Governments never heard of, we don’t spend money we don’t have,” Gov. Heineman explained “We balance our state budget by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. We passed the largest tax relief package in the history of the state, we modernized our economic incentive program that a lot of people are using these days in business called the Nebraska Advantage.”
Gov. Heineman explained that in the past six years a little over 300 separate companies chose Nebraska as the state to move to or expand because of the Nebraska Advantage. According to Gov. Heineman those companies will invest nearly 8 billion dollars in the Nebraskan economy while creating more than 20,000 new jobs.
Listen to Governor Dave Heinemans Interview With North Platte Post Below!
Wednesday Sports Wrap – NHL Cancels Preseason Games
Braves win again behind Medlen…Reds win without Dusty
UNDATED (AP) — Kris Medlen is running in some pretty select pitching company. The Atlanta hurler pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and the Braves won his start for the 21st straight time by blanking the Miami Marlins 3-0. The New York Yankees won 22 straight times when Whitey Ford started games from 1950 through 1953, a span interrupted by Ford serving in the Korean War.
Medlen is 9-1 this year. He broke in by losing the first two starts of his career in 2009. He hasn’t taken a loss in any of his 26 starts since, with the Braves prevailing in the last 21 of those. His one loss this year came in relief.
Medlen struck out six, walked one and lowered his ERA from 1.62 to 1.51. Chipper Jones, playing his last game against Miami, went 1 for 4.
In the rest of the NL:
— Drew Stubbs hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th inning and Cincinnati beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 hours after Reds manager Dusty Baker left the ballpark for chest X-rays. Baker was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was expected to stay overnight in a Chicago hospital. A team spokesman said the tests were to “rule out pneumonia.” Bench coach Chris Speier brought the lineup card to home plate and there was no sign of the 63-year-old Baker during the game. He won’t be with the team on Thursday and there is no timetable for his return.
— Marco Estrada pitched seven scoreless innings and rookie shortstop Jean Segura hit a double and triple as the surging Milwaukee Brewers stayed in contention for a postseason berth with a 3-1 victory over the fading Pittsburgh Pirates. The Brewers have won four straight and 22 of 28.
— Philadelphia rallied to beat the New York Mets 3-2 on a two-run home run by Ryan Howard in the ninth inning. Jimmy Rollins homered for the other Phils run.
— The Nationals are one victory away from becoming the first Washington-based baseball team to make it into the postseason since 1933 — when Franklin Roosevelt was in the White House. The Nationals scratched out a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opening game of a doubleheader. The Dodgers lost a six-run lead in the nightcap but won it 7-6 on Matt Kemp’s homer in the ninth.
— David Freese and Yadier Molina both connected for their 20th home run of the season, and Lance Lynn threw 6 1-3 shutout innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-0 win over Houston. The Cards own a two-game lead over the Dodgers in the race for the final wild card spot.
— Arizona beat San Diego 6-2. Adam Eaton tripled to spark a three-run fifth inning. Arizona remained 4 1-2 games behind St. Louis for the second NL wild card.
Over in the AL:
— Andy Pettitte didn’t miss a beat when he took the mound for the first time since breaking a bone near his left ankle on June 27. The 40-year-old left-hander scattered four hits over five shutout innings in the Yankees’ 4-2 victory over Toronto in the opener of a day-night doubleheader in New York. The Yanks won the nightcap, 2-1. Ichiro Suzuki went 7-for-8 in the doubleheader, driving in the winning run in the second game. The Yanks have a half-game lead over Baltimore in the AL East.
— After taking 18 innings to decide Tuesday night’s game, the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners needed a mere 11 innings before the Orioles finished a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory. Adam Jones cracked his 30th homer, a two-run shot in the 11th. That’s the Orioles’ 15th straight extra inning victory.
— AL West-leading Texas beat the L.A. Angels 6-2. That dropped the Angels 7 1/2 games back of the Rangers. Derek Holland pitched seven innings of six-hit ball. Geovany Soto hit a late two-run homer.
— Bruce Chen pitched into the seventh inning, Alex Gordon hit a two-run double and the Kansas City Royals beat the AL Central-leading White Sox 3-0 to snap Chicago’s five-game winning streak. That cuts the White Sox’ lead to two games over Detroit.
— Miguel Cabrera homered, Omar Infante drove in three runs and Justin Verlander pitched six scoreless innings to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-2. Verlander is 15-8.
— Minnesota beat Cleveland 6-4. Josh Willingham hit his 35th home run. Willingham had four hits and four RBIs.
— Desmond Jennings hit a two-run triple during Tampa Bay’s seven-run sixth-inning, and the Rays snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 13-3.
AP source: MLB nears 8-year deals with Fox and Turner
NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says Major League Baseball is nearing agreements with Fox and Turner Sports on eight-year contracts through 2021.
Under the deals, which are likely to be announced before the postseason, Fox will retain rights to the World Series and to a league championship series every year. The amount baseball receives from the two networks is likely to double to an average of about $800 million annually.
ESPN and MLB last month announced a new deal covering 2014-21 that will increase ESPN’s average yearly payment from about $360 million to approximately $700 million.
Preseason schedule canceled
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL canceled its entire September preseason game schedule. That’s the first on-ice casualty of the four-day lockout of the players’ association.
The league is wiping out all games through Sept. 30, a move it deems “necessary because of the absence of a collective bargaining agreement.”
The regular season is scheduled to begin on Oct. 11.
Also, a person familiar with the plan says NHL employees at the league offices will switch to a four-day work week Oct. 1 because of the lockout. The move will effectively cut salaries by 20 percent.
The NHL’s fourth shutdown since 1992 began at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, when its collective bargaining agreement with the players union expired.
Winslow joins Pats…Mendenall practices with Steelers
UNDATED (AP) — The New England Patriots have signed tight end Kellen Winslow and re-signed wide receiver Deion Branch.
The announcement comes three days after tight end Aaron Hernandez was sidelined with a right ankle injury. The Patriots have not said how many games they expect him to miss.
Winslow was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 1. He spent the past three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following five seasons with the Cleveland Browns. He had 75 receptions last season and has 437 in his career.
The Patriots released Branch on the final roster cutdown after he caught 51 passes last season.
In other NFL news:
— The Pittsburgh Steelers’ struggling running game could get a shot in the arm on Sunday in Oakland. Starting running back Rashard Mendenhall practiced on Wednesday and is inching closer to returning from right knee surgery. Mendenhall hasn’t played since tearing the ACL in his knee in last year’s regular season finale.
— Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, offensive tackle David Diehl and wide receiver Domenik Hixon of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants have all been ruled out of Thursday night’s game at Carolina. All three were injured in Sunday’s win over Tampa Bay and did not practice this week. Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks, the NFC offensive player of the week, is out with a foot injury.
— Washington Redskins receiver Joshua Morgan says he’s receiving death threats and other venomous messages on Twitter because of his fourth-quarter blunder in Sunday’s loss to the Rams.
— The Jets say star cornerback Darrelle Revis has been cleared for practice on a limited basis while he continues recovering from a concussion suffered in the season opener. His status for the team’s game at Miami on Sunday is uncertain.
— The Detroit Lions have bolstered their depleted secondary by claiming cornerback Jerome Murphy off waivers from the Saints.
— Buffalo Bills starting safety Jairus Byrd is missing practice because of an injured right foot and it’s uncertain whether he’ll play at Cleveland this weekend.
— Six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Chad Johnson’s divorce is final from reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, a month after his arrest on a domestic battery charge. Johnson currently is out of football.
Williams recovering from kidney surgery
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Roy Williams is recovering from surgery to remove a tumor from his right kidney and is expected to be on the sideline when the season starts.
Still, the coach might need another operation to remove another tumor from his left kidney. His doctor says in a statement that he expects Williams to coach this season and “for years to come.”
It’s unclear exactly how much time the 62-year-old Williams will miss leading up to the start of preseason practice Oct. 13.
Couples lone inductee
ATLANTA (AP) — Fred Couples has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Couples won the 1992 Masters among his 15 career victories on the PGA Tour. He was elected on the PGA Tour ballot with 51 percent of the vote, the lowest percentage for any inductee.
US beats Aussies 6-2 in Sundhage’s final game
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Abby Wambach broke a tie early in the second half and Alex Morgan added two goals and two assists, helping the U.S. women’s national soccer team beat Australia 6-2 in an international friendly that was coach Pia Sundhage’s farewell game.
Sundhage announced earlier this month she was stepping away after leading the squad to back-to-back Olympic gold medals. She will return home to coach the Swedish national team.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 4 Toronto 2 (first game)
N-Y Yankees 2 Toronto 1 (second game)
Minnesota 6 Cleveland 4
Detroit 6 Oakland 2
Tampa Bay 13 Boston 3
Kansas City 3 Chi White Sox 0
Texas 6 L.A. Angels 2
Baltimore 3 Seattle 1, 11 Innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 3 L.A. Dodgers 1 (first game)
L.A. Dodgers 7 Washington 6 (second game)
Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 3 Miami 0
Philadelphia 3 N-Y Mets 2
Cincinnati 6 Chi Cubs 5, 11 Innings
St. Louis 5 Houston 0
Arizona 6 San Diego 2
San Francisco 7 Colorado 1
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Colorado Theater Shooting Suspect’s Notebook Wanted From Psyschiatrist
Prosecutors are expected to argue that they should get a notebook sent by the Colorado theater shooting suspect to a university psychiatrist because it wasn’t meant for therapy.
Prosecutors are to present their arguments and witnesses at a hearing Thursday in the James Holmes case.
Prosecutors suffered a setback Aug. 30 in obtaining the notebook that reportedly contains descriptions of an attack. A judge ruled that prosecutors could not disprove a doctor-patient relationship between Holmes and Dr. Lynne Fenton.
Holmes is charged with murder and attempted murder in the July 20 shooting that killed 12 and wounded 58 at an Aurora movie theater.
Prosecutors argued in court that the notebook wasn’t meant for therapy because Holmes planned to be dead or in prison.
Lawsuit Over Young Child Crushed By Tree Branch Reaches A Settlement
The family of a seven-year-old boy who was crushed by a falling tree branch has reached a settlement with the city and 
other parties named in the family’s 2010 lawsuit.
The terms of the settlement are confidential, but an Omaha spokesman says the city is paying $5,000 to Jeremiah Williams’ family. It’s not known what the other parties in the lawsuit — the Omaha Housing Authority and Eden Tree and Landscape — are paying.
Jeremiah’s family had sought $3 million in its lawsuit filed in December 2010, seven months after Jeremiah died when a tree branch fell on his head.
The boy’s family said the city and housing authority should have warned residents about the dangerous conditions and inspected the tree.