July 2013 – Page 40 – North Platte Post Archive

Nuggets Name Karnisovas Assistant GM

Posted on July 17, 2013

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have hired Arturas Karnisovas to serve as assistant general manager.

Karnisovas will help new general manager Tim Connelly and team president Josh Kroenke with day-to-day operations related to scouting and player personnel matters.

Karnisovas, 42, spent the last five years with the Houston Rockets, most recently as their scouting director. He started with the Rockets as an international scout after spending four years in basketball operations in the NBA’s league office.

Prior to working in the NBA, Karnisovas had an impressive international playing career. After attending Seton Hall from 1990-94, he helped Lithuania win Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and ’96 and played professionally for Barcelona, Bologna, Olympiakos and Athens, reaching the Euroleague Final Four three times.

July 17th

Posted on July 17, 2013

On July 17th, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.

In 1959, jazz singer Billie Holiday died in a New York hospital while under arrest for narcotics possession. She was 44.

In 1961, The Supremes released their first record, “Buttered Popcorn.”

Also in 1961, John Chancellor replaced Dave Garroway on the “Today” show, but admitted he hated the job and wanted out after the first day.

In 1965, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” by James Brown was released. It sold more than two million copies.

In 1967, Jimi Hendrix performed as the opening act for The Monkees in New York.

In 1968, the animated Beatles film “Yellow Submarine” premiered at the London Pavilion.

In 1982, “Valley Girl” by Frank Zappa and his 14-year-old daughter, Moon Unit, entered the pop chart.

In 1986, 50 people were hurt in gang violence outside a Run-DMC show in Long Beach, California.

In 1991, the revamped Lynyrd Skynyrd opened its world tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Also in 1991, James Brown was honored by his native state of Georgia for his comeback following a two-year prison term.

In 1996, bassist Chas Chandler of The Animals died in a British hospital at age 57. He had been undergoing tests related to an aortic aneurysm.

Also in 1996, Smashing Pumpkins fired drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The announcement came less than a week after Chamberlin was arrested on a drug charge and backup keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin was found dead of a heroin overdose.

North Platte Weather July 17

Posted on July 17, 2013July 18, 2013

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 93. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South wind 5 to 11 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.

Nebraska Moves to Revoke Dennard’s Probation

Posted on July 16, 2013

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska prosecutors are moving to have probation revoked for New England Patriots’ defensive back Alfonzo Dennard.

Online court records say an arraignment on the revocation motion is scheduled for July 31.

The 23-year-old Dennard was pulled over in Lincoln, Neb., early Thursday morning and is charged with first-offense drunken driving, refusing a chemical test and a traffic infraction.

It was Dennard’s second arrest in 15 months. The former Cornhuskers star hasn’t served a 30-day jail sentence for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest outside a Lincoln bar on April 21, 2012. That term is scheduled to begin next March. He also was sentenced to two years of probation.

His attorney from the 2012 case didn’t immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.

NP City Council Shoots Down Sculley’s Shooters Hours Extension Request

Posted on July 16, 2013July 16, 2013

A North Platte bar did not get the support of the North Platte City Council in its request for an extension on liquor sales for a special event.

Under Nebraska State law, licensed liquor establishments are allowed to sell alcohol until 1:00 a.m. However, an establishment can serve liquor until 2:00 a.m. with the approval of a special permit by the local governing body.

On Tuesday night, the North Platte City Council voted not to grant this privilege to a local bar.

Sculley’s Shooters, in North Platte, had applied for an extension on hours for an upcoming event featuring the bands “Saliva,” “Crashing Broadway” and “Dollarhyde” on August 3.

The City Council chose not to send a favorable recommendation to the Nebraska Commission.

The Community Connections Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition has voiced concern that the extension would make it easier for establishments to be granted approval, and would therefore lead to people consuming more alcohol.

The Council vote was 7-1, with Councilman Brook Baker being the only vote in favor of the extension.

Lincoln Police Ask for Public’s Help in Suspicious Death Investigation

Posted on July 16, 2013

Lincoln Police are asking for the public’s help in an investigation into the suspicious death of a 27-year-old Lincoln man.

David Mueller was found seriously injured on a Lincoln sidewalk on June 29. Police say a passerby found Mueller and called 911.

Mueller told Police that he had gotten drunk and simply fell. However, doctors who treated him felt that his injuries were more severe than those that would be caused by a fall. Shortly after he was taken to the hospital, Mueller became unresponsive and his family made the decision to remove him from life support on July 7.

Police say Mueller’s wallet and cell phone were both missing when he was found.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Lincoln Police Department at (402) 441-6000.

Holdrege Woman Charged with Attempted 1st Degree Murder

Posted on July 16, 2013July 17, 2013

A 45-year-old Holdrege woman is facing an attempted murder charge after she allegedly attacked a man with a hammer and a box cutter.

Carla Walker was arraigned in Phelps County Court on Monday.

Holdrege Police were dispatched to the home of Robert Johnson, 56, after he reported being assaulted by Walker on Friday.

Police say Walker and Johnson had been a couple and had lived together in the residence in the past, but Walker had moved out in May.

When Johnson came home from work on Friday, he said he noticed Walker’s car parked about a block east of his home. When he entered his residence, he found Walker hiding in a bedroom. She then attacked Johnson with a hammer and a box cutter, causing multiple injuries to his head, neck and upper body.

Walker eventually fled the scene and Johnson called the Police.

Walker then entered the Holdrege Police Department covered in blood and told Police they needed to arrest her.

Police complied with Walker’s request and, following an investigation, charged her with Attempted 1st Degree Murder, Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony, Second Degree Assault and Burglary.

She is being held at the Phelps County Justice Center.

NASA Astronaut Has Scare During Spacewalk

Posted on July 16, 2013

(AP) — NASA still doesn’t know exactly how water gushed into the helmet and suit of a spacewalking astronaut.

Mission Control officials acknowledged Tuesday that Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano could have choked or even drowned from all the water that accumulated in his helmet.

His spacewalk was aborted soon after the problem cropped up, and he made it back safely inside with help from his spacewalking partner, American Christopher Cassidy.

NASA says between one and one-and-a-half liters leaked into Parmitano’s suit. Officials doubt his drinking water bag is to blame. The only other possibility is water from his garment cooling system.

The spacewalk lasted just 1½ hours and was one of the most harrowing in decades. Officials described Italy’s first spacewalker, as “grace under pressure.”

Food-Borne Intestinal Illnesses Continue to Climb in Nebraska and Iowa

Posted on July 16, 2013

(AP) — The number of people reporting a food-borne intestinal illness believed to have come from a contaminated vegetable is now at 134 in Iowa and Nebraska as new cases continue to surface.

Iowa has reported 81 cases of cyclosporiasis (sy-kloh-spor-EYE’-uh-sis) spread across 25 counties. The Iowa Department of Public Health says at least five people have been hospitalized.

Linn County in eastern Iowa continues to lead the state with 31 cases. Polk County and Pottawattamie County each have five.

Nebraska has reported 53 cases mostly in the eastern part of the state. Three people were hospitalized but released.

Public health officials from both states say the illness, which causes prolonged diarrhea, is rare. It comes from eating food or drinking water contaminated with feces containing the cyclospora parasite.

Ohio National Guard Officer Accused of Child Sex Crimes

Posted on July 16, 2013

(AP) — An Ohio National Guard major who has said he wanted to adopt a girl from Africa to protect her from rape has been indicted on charges he sexually abused three children, including two of his own.

A Union County grand jury indicted the Marysville man on charges of rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition between 2006 and 2012. The indictment says he’s the father of two of the children but doesn’t give his relationship with the third.

The North Platte Post is not naming the man to protect the children’s identities.

Records don’t list an attorney for the man. The Guard says he’s on duty in Kuwait.

The man spoke in a 2008 story in a military publication about his large family and wanting to adopt a girl to protect her from sexual assault.