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Month: September 2012

Wallace Bank Robbery Case Bound Over To Dist Court

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Drew Steier

The case of the 19-year-old accused attempted bank robber, Drew Steier of Evanston, Wyoming, was bound over to Lincoln County District Court on September 21st according to District Court documents.

Steier appeared for his contested preliminary hearing September 20th, in front of Judge Kent Turnbull in Lincoln County Court where Steier’s “Use of a Firearm to Commit a Felony” (Class C Felony) charge was dropped, the “Class II Robbery” charge was lowered to “Class III Robbery” and Steier’s bond was lowered from $500,000 to $125,000.

Steier is accused of attempted bank robbery from when he allegedly entered the Wallace branch of Farmers State Bank on August 13th, wearing a black ski-mask demanding money from a teller armed with a gun.

The next court date has not yet been scheduled.

Marion L. Leu

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Marion L. Leu, age 102, of Sutherland passed away September 24, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. Marion was born July 10, 1910 in Holdredge, NE to Fred and Bess Bliss Briggs. At the age of three, the family moved to Sutherland where she attended grade school and three years of High School. She took her senior year at Denver East High School where she graduated. She attended Denver University for 2 years and was a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority.
On June 27, 1933 Marion married Arch Leu, they had two sons; Douglas and Gifford.
Marion was an excellent cook, seamstress and ranch wife. She was an original member of the Nebraska Cow Bells (Nebraska Cattlewomen) and remained a member until her death. She was nice to everyone, and lived the Christian life. She was a lifelong member of the Sutherland Methodist Church.
Survivors include her son, Gifford of Sutherland; sister, Henrietta; a niece and two nephews.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Frederick; son, Douglas; her parents; and her husband, Arch.
Memorials may be made to the Tryon Volunteer Fire Department and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.
Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Sutherland Methodist Church with the Reverend Kola Akinnigbagbe officiating. Burial will follow at the Riverview Cemetery in Sutherland. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. today at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home.

Tuesday Sports Day – NFL Upholds Controversial Call

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NFL upholds Seahawks’ disputed win over Packers 

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has upheld the Seahawks’ 14-12 win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football.

The league said in a statement Tuesday that Seattle’s last-second touchdown pass should not have been overturned.

The NFL says Seahawks receiver Golden Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference before the catch, which would have clinched a Packers victory, but that cannot be reviewed by instant replay.

The replacement officials ruled on the field that Tate had simultaneous possession with Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings, which counts as a reception. The NFL says that once that happened, the referee was correct that no indisputable visual evidence existed on review to overturn the touchdown call.

On the final play, Russell Wilson heaved a 24-yard pass into a scrum in the end zone. Tate and Jennings both got their hands on the ball, though the Packers insisted Jennings had clear possession for a game-ending interception.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll: ‘Game over, we win’ 

SEATTLE (AP) — Pete Carroll says he doesn’t care about sentiments that the Seattle Seahawks’ win over the Green Bay Packers is a tainted victory because of a disputed call on the final play of the game.

During his weekly radio appearance Tuesday morning on KIRO-AM in Seattle, Carroll said he understands why there is so much outrage about the call that awarded Golden Tate a 24-yard touchdown reception and gave Seahawks’ a 14-12 win.

But he says the call ruling it a simultaneous catch, which awards the reception to the offense, was correct. The NFL backed the call Tuesday.

Carroll acknowledged that Green Bay defensive back M.D. Jennings had the advantage on the final play in the air, but said, “when we finished the catch we had the ball and they had the ball too, so it’s simultaneous.”=

Windy City pennant contender in action this afternoon

UNDATED (AP) — The White Sox ride a wave of momentum into this afternoon’s game against visiting Cleveland following last night’s come-from-behind 5-4 victory that snapped a five-game losing streak. Adam Dunn’s two-run homer in the eighth allowed Chicago to maintain a one-game lead over Detroit atop the AL Central standings. The Tigers beat visiting Kansas City 6-2 and will host the Royals again this evening.

Also tonight in the AL, New York enters its game at Minnesota with a one-and-a-half game lead over Baltimore in the East. The wild card-leading Orioles entertain Toronto. Oakland holds the second wild card entering its outing at West-leading Texas. The L.A. Angels begin their home contest against Seattle trailing the A’s by two games, and Tampa Bay puts a five-game winning streak on the line in Boston.

The closest race in the National League involves the second wild card. St. Louis is the holder entering its game at Houston. The Cardinals are three-and-a-half games better than Milwaukee and Los Angeles. The Brewers take on the Central Division champion Reds in Cincinnati and the Dodgers play at San Diego.

Elsewhere under the lights, East leader Washington has a magic number of five entering its game at Philadelphia, wild card leader Atlanta is home to Miami, the New York Mets shoot for a fourth straight win when they entertain Pittsburgh, Chicago is at Colorado and West champion San Francisco is home to Arizona.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-PLAYOFF

UNDATED (AP) — BCS conference officials have identified candidate cities to host the first championship game in college football’s new postseason system, and the four current BCS bowls will be among the choices.

The Fiesta, Rose, Orange and Sugar bowls are about to enter an exclusive negotiating period. BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said Monday in a statement that the commissioners will begin talking to organizers from those games immediately about the possibility of hosting the first national championship game to be played under the newly developed four-team playoff system on Jan. 15, 2015.

Hancock did not identify other cities, but ESPN.com reported earlier Monday that the Georgia Dome in Atlanta and Dallas Cowboys Stadium would also be considered.

Busch gets a new ride

DENVER (AP) — Kurt Busch is ready for yet another new ride.

Furniture Row Racing hired the 2004 NASCAR champion to drive for the Colorado-based team in 2013. Busch will replace Regan Smith in the No. 78 Chevrolet. Busch split with Penske Racing at the end of last season because of his many off-track incidents. He spent this season driving for Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup series.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Chi White Sox 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Boston 6:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas 7:05 p.m.
N-Y Yankees at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington at Philadelphia 6:05 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati 6:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Houston 7:05 p.m.
Chi Cubs at Colorado 7:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego 9:05 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco 9:15 p.m.

Sutherland Sailor Sports Update – September 25

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Sutherland’s football team keeps striving for improvement against long odds and difficult opposition. The Lady Sailors are playing great volleyball, but there’s one team that seems to have their number. Hear all the details in this week’s Sutherland Sailor sports update!

Better Bee-lieve It..Confirmed Case Of Zombie Bees

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A novice bee keeper from Washington state began to notice strange and unusual behavior from bees around his home that sparked his curiosity.

The first sign that something wasn’t right was the surprise pile of dead bees on his door step when he returned home from a vacation. He blew them off with a leaf blower thinking nothing of it.

The next sign happened in the bee keeper’s shop. He noticed a few bees that were flying around a light in “jerky patterns” then dropping to the floor. The bee keeper heard of zombie bees before so he put some of the corpses in a Ziploc bag. Weeks later several pupae were in the bag thus confirming zombie bees.


Explanation

The zombie bees were first discovered in California some time in 2008 by John Hafernik, a biologist at San Francisco State University.

Bee zombies are the result of a parasitic fly (smaller than a fruit fly) that lands on the back of the honeybee to inject eggs into the bee’s abdomen. Affected bees are described to hang out around lights during the night and “lurch around erratically” before they die, which is why they’re  called zombie bees.

The eggs hatch inside the bee, giving life to little maggots that eat the insides of the bee. After the host is fully consumed the maggots pupate or transform, developing an outer shell much like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, just different.

This apparently poses no threat to humans but wasps and other bees can be affected as well.

Source: Seattletimes.com

Monday Sports Wrap – Blown Call Hands Seahawks Monday Night Victory

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Seahawks get controversial win

SEATTLE (AP) — The furor over the work of the NHL’s replacement referees has been stoked by last night’s game-winning play at the end of the Seahawks-Packers matchup.

Seattle beat visiting Green Bay 14-12 on Russell Wilson’s disputed 24-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the game’s final play. Tate appeared to push off on the play in the end zone, and Green Bay’s M.D. Jennings got both hands on the ball. But Tate wrestled Jennings for possession before one of the officials signaled a touchdown while another waved his hands. After a lengthy review, referee Wayne Elliott announced “the ruling on the field stands.”

Wilson had been just 9-of-20 for 106 yards before hitting Tate for the last-second touchdown. It was their second scoring hook-up of the game.

Green Bay counterpart Aaron Rodgers completed 26 of his 39 passes for 223 yards. Rodgers failed to engineer a scoring drive until Cedric Benson scored on a one-yard run to put the Packers ahead 12-7 with 8:44 left.

The Seahawks are 2-1 following their second straight win. The 1-2 Packers already have one more loss than they had the entire 2011 regular season.

Jets get bad news

UNDATED (AP) — The New York Jets likely will spend the rest of the season without one of the NFL’s top defensive players.

All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis will need surgery after tearing the ACL in his left knee during Sunday’s 23-20 overtime win at Miami. He fell awkwardly and grabbed at his knee even before he hit the ground.

Coach Rex Ryan calls it a “horrible” thing but won’t definitely rule Revis out for the season.

In other NFL news:

— Tampa Bay defensive end Adrian Clayborn will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury that will require surgery. Clayborn was injured during the second half of Sunday’s 16-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

— Reggie Bush says he’s received great news about his left knee, which he injured in Sunday’s loss to the Jets. Tests performed on Bush’s left knee on Monday showed no serious injury, meaning the Dolphins may have their top offensive player available this weekend when they travel to face unbeaten Arizona.

— Oakland receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey has been released from the hospital after being knocked out by a helmet-to-helmet hit during Sunday’s win over visiting Pittsburgh. The replacement officials did not call a penalty on the play. The team says he has a concussion and neck strain and is expected to make a full recovery.

— Denver Broncos head coach John Fox has been fined $30,000 and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio has been docked $25,000 for verbal abuse of the replacement officials during last Monday night’s loss in Atlanta. NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson says he is reviewing incidents from Sunday night’s New England-Baltimore game involving Patriots coach Bill Belichick and the Ravens’ John Harbaugh.

— Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham has been arrested on two misdemeanor obstruction charges and remained in custody on Monday night. WAGA-TV reports Abraham allegedly entered a taped-off area where a woman was threatening to jump off a building. Abraham was arrested after refusing to leave the area.

— A federal magistrate has ordered attorneys for the NFL and Jonathan Vilma to hold a status conference on Thursday to discuss the league’s efforts to block Vilma’s demands for evidence in the NFL’s bounty investigation of the Saints. The NFL filed a motion on Monday arguing that attempts to initiate discovery are premature because another motion to dismiss Vilma’s defamation lawsuit against Commissioner Roger Goodell is still pending.

Yanks win, Birds split…Tigers keep heat in Chisox…Rangers pad lead

UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees have added a half-game to their lead in the American League East by winning at Minnesota on Monday while the Baltimore Orioles were settling for a doubleheader split of the last-place Blue Jays.

Andy Pettitte allowed seven hits in six shutout innings as the Yankees downed the Twins 6-3 to move 1 ½ games ahead of the Orioles. Nick Swisher belted a two-run homer before Curtis Granderson, Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez hit solo shots.

The Orioles took Game 1 of their twinbill 4-1 before the Blue Jays came back to beat the Birds 9-5 in the nightcap. Adam Jones went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer to support Steve Johnson, who tossed five shutout innings in the opener. J.P. Arencibia provided the big blow in Game 2, a grand slam in the seventh inning after the O’s pulled within 5-4.

Chicago still tops the AL Central by one game over Detroit after both teams won on Monday.

Adam Dunn’s second homer of the night was a go-ahead, three-run blast with two out in the eighth inning of the White Sox’s 5-4 comeback win against Cleveland. Dunn hit a solo shot in the sixth, a half-inning after Russ Canzler’s two-run blast put the Indians ahead 3-1. Dunn and Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton share the AL home run lead.

In Detroit, Justin Verlander improved to 16-8 by allowing two runs and nine hits over eight innings of the Tigers’ 6-2 triumph over Kansas City. Andy Dirks drove in two runs, Prince Fielder hit a solo homer and Austin Jackson went 3-for-4 with an RBI.

It’s now a five-game lead for Texas in the AL West after the Rangers rallied to beat the second-place Oakland Athletics 5-4. Adrian Beltre tied the game with a two-run homer in the seventh and won it with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.

Josh Hamilton smacked his 43rd homer of the year after missing the previous five games. Hamilton was diagnosed Monday with a cornea problem caused by caffeine that he described as a sugar high “times 10.”

The outcome allows the Angels to climb within two games of Baltimore and Oakland for one of the two wild-card berths.

Washington’s magic number to clinch the National League East is down to five after the Nationals clobbered Milwaukee 12-2. Ryan Zimmerman was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs to lead the Nats’ 14-hit attack. Zimmerman’s 24th home run of the year was part of a six-run fourth that put the Nationals ahead 7-1.

The Nationals improved to a majors-best 93-60 and increased their division lead over Atlanta to five games with nine to play. The Braves had the day off.

Also in the National League, the Cardinals knocked off Houston 6-1 on Monday to move 3 ½ games ahead of Milwaukee and Los Angeles for the second National League wild-card berth. Pete Kozma hit a two-run homer, Yadier Molina added a solo shot and Matt Holiday drove in a pair for the Cardinals. Lance Lynn allowed a run and five hits while striking out nine in seven innings to improve to 17-7.

Ike Davis hit a three-run homer and a two-run shot as the New York Mets won their fourth in a row, 6-2 over Pittsburgh. Jenrry Mejia tossed five shutout innings for his first major league victory.

Bell critical of Guillen

MIAMI (AP) — Marlins reliever Heath Bell apparently isn’t a big fan of his manager.

Bell told a Miami radio station that “it’s been an interesting year” with skipper Ozzie Guillen. He also said the team needs a manager “that everyone respects.”

Bell signed a three-year, $27 million contract last winter to become the team’s closer but lost the job by recording an 8.47 ERA in his first 21 appearances.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 4 Toronto 1 (first game)
Toronto 9 Baltimore 5 (second game)
Detroit 6 Kansas City 2
Texas 5 Oakland 4
Chi White Sox 5 Cleveland 4
N-Y Yankees 6 Minnesota 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 12 Milwaukee 2
N-Y Mets 6 Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 6 Houston 1
Colorado 4 Arizona 2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Seattle 14 Green Bay 12

Crop Update: Corn Harvest For Grain 36 Percent Complete

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The lack of rain and further drying of corn helped Nebraska farmers intent on harvesting their crop last week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that the corn harvest for grain is 36 percent complete and 28 days ahead of the average of 5 percent at this time of year.

The soybean harvest also has started and is about 19 percent complete, compared with 3 percent average at this time of the year.

The USDA says the proso millet harvest is about two-thirds finished and the sorghum harvest is about 4 percent finished. The harvest of dry beans sits at 44 percent finished, compared with 48 percent average at this time of the year.

Volunteers Needed For The Spike’s Haunted Corn Maze

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It’s nearly time to start thinking Halloween as fall began September 22nd, the cool air and falling leaves puts everyone in that festive fall mood.

This year the North Platte Community Playhouse is teaming up with the North Platte Jaycees and The Golden Spike to host the Spike’s Haunted Corn Maze. Every year this is made possible with the help of volunteers.

Volunteers are needed to help form the haunting scenes. The Spike’s Haunted Corn Maze dates are October 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th.

With your help the Spike’s Haunted Corn Maze will be amazing! If you are interested in helping, please email northplattecommunityplayhouse@gmail.com, call (308) 532-8559 or attend our planning meeting on Wednesday September 26 at 5:30 in the Patty Birge Room

Tire Thief Or Thieves Strike York Dealership Again

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Authorities say a York truck dealership has been struck again by a thief or thieves who stole expensive tires off tractor-trailers.

York Police Chief Don Klug told York media that it was the second theft from Sahling Kenworth in less than two months. The most recent theft, of 12 tires from four semitrailers, was reported on Saturday morning.

Klug says the crime would have taken a considerable amount of time and likely involved more than one person who had the right tools for the job. He says each tire costs around $500.

The chief says he suspects the same people pulled off both heists. No arrests have been reported.

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