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Month: April 2013

Nebraska Takes a Stand Against Bullying

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bullyStand for the Silent is part of a statewide movement that began in 2012 in which youth and adults stand together against bullying. Bullying has been a continuous and fearful problem that has taken over many youth’s lives and Stand for the Silent is a day where the state can come together and bring awareness to the issue. More than 50,000 youth will participate on April 26 in communities across Nebraska.

“As an advocate for mental wellness, I have seen how much bullying has affected our schools, families, and our society in general. Bullying has become the cause of self-inflicted harm and worse, teen suicide. It’s time for all of us to take a stand to stop bullying,” said Senator Amanda McGill.

Glow sticks and pledge cards have been provided for those who have registered at www.serve.nebraska.gov. The glow sticks represent a candle light vigil and are something the youth can take with them to remember the event. The Stand for the Silent pledge will be recited followed by silence for seven seconds (to represent that every seven seconds someone is bullied) in commemoration for those who have been bullied.

This year the event is made possible from these sponsors: ServeNebraska, Mike Smith Live, Oriental Trading, Schaefer’s, State Farm and the University of Nebraska Lincoln Athletic Department.

For more information and how you can get involved, contact Cathy Plager, at 402-471-6226 or cathleen.plager@nebraska.gov.

NPPD Crime Log (4/23-4/24)

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COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT

04/23/2013 00:50:21 FAMILY DIST-NO ASSAULT 2800 W 16TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 00:55:39 FAILURE TO SIGNAL TURN N ASH ST /W FRONT ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 01:17:43 FAMILY DIST-NO ASSAULT 600 E 11TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 01:23:48 OPEN DOORS OR WINDOWS 1000 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 02:14:02 DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET 2800 W 16th
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103
04/23/2013 02:45:19 NON-CRIMINAL/GENERAL 600 W LEOTA ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 03:54:29 WELFARE CHECK 2400 E 2ND ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 04:05:44 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT LEE BIRD FIELD,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 04:23:10 LOOSE ANIMALS 1800 N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 07:11:19 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 07:39:09 ESCORT- ADAMS & SWANSON 400 W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 07:50:30 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION 1500 W FRANCIS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:11:19 SPEEDING 900 W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:14:15 LOOSE CATS 1200 EUGENE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:28:42 OTHER WILDLIFE CALL/DISPOSAL 1300 E D ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:30:10 B.E.A.T. COMM POLICING 1400 E E ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:41:29 DEAD ANIMAL CALL 2400 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:56:56 SPEEDING 1300 BURLINGTON
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 08:54:12 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 2600 EAGLES WINGS
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 09:05:52 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION 700 S MCCABE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 09:06:06 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER 1400 E 12TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 09:30:22 SPEEDING 500 N Buffalo
North Platte, NE 69101
04/23/2013 09:59:51 WELFARE CHECK 400 E 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 10:44:19 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS W 4TH ST /N WILLOW ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 11:13:19 ASSIST OTHER AGENCY-GENERAL 177 MM I80
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 11:25:57 B.E.A.T. COMM POLICING 1900 W 14TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 12:49:32 ASSIST OTHER AGENCY-GENERAL 700 S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 13:15:35 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION S JEFFERS ST /W PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 13:22:04 VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV E Philip AV /s Dewey ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 13:21:45 WELFARE CHECK 900 E E ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 14:12:35 SPEEDING WILLOW VIADUCT,
1 WILLOW VIADUCT
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 14:19:08 WELFARE CHECK 2700 PAWNEE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 14:40:08 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER 2300 N BUFFALO BILL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 15:13:06 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER 1300 MCDONALD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 16:40:41 OTHER-NON MOVING VIOL E Philip AV /s Dewey ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 16:50:47 NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323 W 14TH ST /N BUFFALO BILL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 16:57:00 NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323 W 14TH ST /N HAYES AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 17:01:37 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION 2100 W PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 17:19:02 LOOSE ANIMALS 1200 E 14TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 18:09:20 MOTORIST ASSIST W 4TH ST /N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 18:27:13 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 3700 PRAIRIE RIDGE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 18:30:31 LOOSE ANIMALS 1100 W 9TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 19:30:51 INJUR ACCID-NO ALC RELAT W 8TH ST /N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 19:45:34 NO PROOF OF OWNERSHIP RODEO RD /N WILLOW ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 19:47:42 CITIZEN ASSIST 400 E 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 20:03:05 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION N POPLAR ST /E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 21:11:14 NO OPERATOR’S LICENSE ON PERSON E Francis /S Cottonwood
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103
04/23/2013 21:13:54 WELFARE CHECK 700 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 21:43:15 CITIZEN ASSIST NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 21:49:48 MOTORIST ASSIST 300 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 21:56:09 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 22:16:05 DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET 2000 W 15th ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 22:52:22 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION Rodeo RD /N Buffalo Bill AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 23:17:21 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS N GRANT AV /W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 23:22:11 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 23:41:10 SUSPICIOUS PERSON 1600 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/23/2013 23:41:57 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION RODEO RD /N CUSTER AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 00:52:29 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY N CARR AV /W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 01:29:43 INTIMIDATION BY PHONE CALL 1400 W 14TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 03:49:42 SUSPICIOUS PERSON N BARE AV /W 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 04:16:32 NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Francis / Dewey
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 04:32:12 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101
04/24/2013 06:43:42 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT LEE BIRD FIELD,
540 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103
04/24/2013 07:25:29 ALARM-GENERAL 800 N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

Gering Man Convicted in Stomping Death Gets Parole

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gavelA Gering man has been granted parole less than eight years after stomping to death a friend.

40-year-old Scott Kramer became eligible for parole this month. He’d pleaded no contest to manslaughter after prosecutors lowered the charge from second-degree murder. Kramer was sentenced on May 31, 2006, to 15 to 20 years in prison.

Kramer was convicted of kicking and jumping on 30-year-old Tim McGrath up to two dozen times. Cramer was wearing cowboy boots. Prosecutors said Cramer became enraged after the victim broke a videotape on Oct. 12, 2005, while they were drinking at Cramer’s apartment.

Richard D. “Dick” Aupperle Sr.

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Richard D. “Dick” Aupperle Sr., age 75, of North Platte, died April 22, 2013 at his home. He was born on November 28, 1937 in Wellfleet, NE to Herman and Evelyn (Larson) Aupperle.
Dick attended the Highland School, and then went to the Curtis School of Agriculture for his freshman year. He went on to North Platte High School where he graduated with the class of 1955. On January 10, 1958, Dick married Mary Peters. To this union three children were born, Rick, John, and Susan.
The couple moved back to the family farm for several years before moving to farms at Wellfleet and Maywood. They moved to North Platte in 1961. Dick worked for Larry Hansen at the Original Hansen Heating and Plumbing for 12 years. They moved to Wyoming for a time until coming back to North Platte and opening Aupperle Plumbing and Heating where he was a Master Plumber. He continued his work there until his death. Dick later married Bess Paxton Wilson. She preceded him in death in 2002.
Dick was a past member of the Elks Lodge, and the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and going gambling. Dick enjoyed spending time working on the farm and with family. He will be remembered by family and friends as a generous man who helped many people in need, and will not be forgotten.
Survivors include his children, Rick (fiancé Lana Reed) Aupperle Jr. of North Platte, John (fiancé’ Lisa Clouatre) Aupperle of North Platte, and Susan (Ted) Huber of Kearney; the mother of his children, Mary Aupperle of Kearney; a brother, Harold (Sheryl) Aupperle of Maywood; a sister, Ellen Park of Seattle, WA; two grandchildren, Thad and Theo Huber of Kearney, and numerous other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bess, and numerous aunts and uncles. A memorial has been established to the American Cancer Association and online condolences can be made at www.adamsswanson.com.
Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday April 27, 2013 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home with Pastor Scott Mustion of the First Church of God officiating. Burial will be at Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Adams & Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

U.S. Drug Czar Outlines Drug Policy Reforms with Treatment Focus

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The nation’s drug czar will outline drug policy reforms that will emphasize public health to fight addiction and focus on diverting non-violent drug offenders into treatment instead of prisons.

Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, is scheduled to release President Barack Obama’s 2013 blueprint for drug policy on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Kerlikowske said in an interview Tuesday that millions of Americans who have not had access to drug treatment will be able to get it under federal health care reform.

He says many criminal justice experts recognize the nation can’t arrest its way out of the problem of drug addiction.

Kimball Names New Police Chief

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kimball-policeThe Kimball City Council has approved the naming of Darrin Huff to become the Panhandle city’s police chief.

Huff’s appointment by Mayor James Schnell was confirmed at Monday’s council meeting.

Huff replaces Chief Mark Simpson, who resigned effective April 15. Simpson had been on leave since March 15, following challenges to the accuracy of information he’d presented to another law enforcement agency.

Schnell has declined to elaborate on reports of what he said were “suspicious fallacies” regarding Simpson.

Simpson said in his resignation letter that he regretted not being able to serve Kimball’s residents any longer and that people needed to trust city officials. Simpson also said that he’s sorry he did not uphold his “side of the bargain.”

Husker Baseball Plays Host to K-State

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Tonight at Hawks Field the Husker baseball team starts a stretch of five games in five days. They host the Kansas State Wildcats in a game that was pushed back a day due to weather. The Huskers are trying to avoid being swept in the three game season series against the Wildcats. They’re also looking to move their season-long winning streak to six games and move over the .500 mark for the first time all season. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35.

Hot-Shooting Warriors Beat Nuggets, Tie Series

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The Denver Nuggets were run out of their own building by the Golden State Warriors in Game Two of their Western Conference first round series. The Warriors shot a staggering 64.6% from the field in a 131-117 win to even the series at a game apiece. The 131 points allowed were more than the Nuggets allowed in any regular season game. Ty Lawson’s 19 points and 12 assists led Denver’s effort in the loss. Game three is Friday night as the series shifts to Oakland.

Braves Blast Rockies in Doubleheader Sweep (LISTEN LIVE TODAY on ESPN Radio 1410)

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The Colorado Rockies ran into a reality check courtesy of the hard-hitting Atlanta Braves. The Braves clubbed six home runs in a double-header sweep of the Rockies on another cold day at Coors Field. Three homers off Jeff Francis provided all of Atlanta’s offense in a 4-3 win in Game One. In game two, the Braves took Jon Garland deep three times and routed the Rockies 10-2. The two teams finish their three-game series today. ESPN Radio 1410 has all the action with pregame coverage at 1:30 and the first pitch at 2:10.

Huskers Face Jays in In-State Softball Showdown

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Tonight at Bowlin Stadium, the 16th-ranked Husker softball team takes on in-state rival Creighton for the second time this season. Nebraska is looking to sweep the season series after beating the Bluejays in Omaha. They’re 80-37 against the Jays all-time. The Huskers are also 11-2 at their home diamond this year. First pitch is set for 6 PM.

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