June 2014 – Page 42 – North Platte Post Archive

Douglas County Deputy Arrested

Posted on June 13, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy faces a charge of possession of a controlled substance following an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol.

A news release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Kristin Jones turned herself in to the State Patrol on Friday and was arrested on the charge.

The release says Jones’ arrest stemmed from a report made by the sheriff’s office in April, when it suspected the 37-year-old Jones — who was assigned to clerical work — had done something illegal. The sheriff’s office then turned the case over to the State Patrol.

Chief Deputy Tom Wheeler says the sheriff’s office is also conducting an internal investigation. He declined to give other details of the investigation.

Jones could not be reached for comment Friday.

Florida More Vulnerable to Twisters than Midwest

Posted on June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but a new analysis shows that Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters.

Florida leads the country in deaths calculated per mile a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama.

Southeast Regional Climate Center director Charles Konrad II, who headed the analysis, said the heart of Dixie is where more people die from tornadoes than anywhere else in the world.

Kornad said Florida tornadoes aren’t plentiful or strong, but the state leads the nation in so many factors that add to the danger, especially vulnerable populations of people in mobile homes, the elderly, and the poor.

The analysis was presented at a weather conference this week.

LA Kings Win the Cup on Martinez’s Double-OT Goal, Williams MVP

Posted on June 13, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Martinez scored 14:43 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Friday night.

Marian Gaborik scored a tying power-play goal with 12:04 left in regulation for the resilient Kings, who rallied from yet another deficit before finishing off the Rangers in the longest game in franchise history.

Jonathan Quick made 28 saves and Justin Williams scored an early goal as Los Angeles added a second title to its 2012 championship, the first in the franchise’s 47-year history.

After innumerable late chances, Martinez popped home a rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot. Martinez also scored the overtime winner to beat Chicago in the Western Conference finals.

Justin Williams has won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup playoffs MVP after cementing his big-game reputation with a postseason full of clutch play for the Los Angeles Kings.

The veteran forward beat out defenseman Drew Doughty for the honor after the Kings’ 3-2 double-overtime victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Friday night.

Williams is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, winning it all with Carolina in 2006 and Los Angeles two years ago, and he played his biggest role yet during the Kings’ second championship run.

Williams raised his steady game to brilliant heights in the postseason with nine goals and 16 assists, including the Kings’ first goal early in the clincher.

Man Makes Plea Deal in Panhandle City Theft Case

Posted on June 13, 2014

BAYARD, Neb. (AP) — The theft case against a former Bayard (behrd) city worker has been dismissed because he’s agreed to testify against his former boss.

29-year-old Joshua Buskirk agreed to give up his nearly $1,300 share of the profits from the April sale of scrap metal taken from the city. Prosecutor Travis Rodak says he can refile the case if Buskirk changes his mind about testifying against 44-year-old Kevin Wurm.

Wurm is charged with theft. Buskirk and 31-year-old Joshua Kinney were charged with aiding a felony. Court documents say streets superintendent Wurm told Buskirk and Kinney to sell the metal and divide the proceeds between the three of them.

Wurm’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press. Kinney’s attorney declined to comment.

4 Teens Arrested in Slaying of Omaha Man, 23

Posted on June 13, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested four teenagers in the slaying of a 23-year-old Omaha man.

Police said in a news release Friday that the boys were ages 13, 15, 16 and 17. They’re accused in the fatal shooting of Brandon Wallace, who was found wounded Saturday afternoon on the front porch of his home. He died later at an Omaha hospital.

The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

Police say the investigation is continuing.

Guthrie Snaps Winless Streak in Royals’ 7-2 Win

Posted on June 13, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — Lorenzo Cain had a two-run double to highlight a five-run first inning, Jeremy Guthrie pitched into the sixth inning and the Kansas City Royals extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

Guthrie (3-6) allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings to snap an 11-game winless streak. Guthrie’s last win was on April 9, against Tampa Bay.

Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler of the White Sox each had two RBIs, including a run-scoring single in the first inning.

Jose Quintana (3-7) never recovered from the slow start, allowing six runs and eight hits in six innings.

Jose Abreu went 1 for 4 with an RBI for the White Sox.

The Royals staked Guthrie to a five-run lead before he took the mound.

The first four batters — Nori Aoki, Omar Infante, Hosmer and Butler — all singled to make it 2-0 and fifth-place hitter Alex Gordon followed with a double to right field to make it 3-0.

After Quintana struck out Salvador Perez for the first out of the game, Cain stroked a double to left to drive in two more and made it 5-0.

The White Sox got a run back in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Abreu. The Royals got it back in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly by Hosmer.

Chicago loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half of the inning as Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo singled and Alejandro De Aza walked, but the White Sox pushed across just one run — on a walk to Adam Eaton — to make it 6-2.

Guthrie struck out Tyler Flowers with no outs and then struck out Gordon Beckham with one out following the walk to Eaton. Conor Gillaspie then flied out to center to end the inning.

The starters then settled down and neither team scored over the next four innings. Kansas City added a run in the seventh on Hosmer’s run-scoring single to make it 7-2.

NOTES: The White Sox have signed RHP Henry Rodriguez to a minor league contract. Rodriguez, released by Miami earlier this season, has been assigned to Triple-A Charlotte and will begin on the DL. . The last time LHP Chris Sale had a high pitch count he landed on the DL for a month, but manager Robin Ventura had no problems with the Chicago ace throwing 116 on Thursday. “He felt great going there and he didn’t have that inning where he really had to fight through it and battle,” Ventura said. . LHP Danny Duffy (3-5) takes on RHP Hector Noesi (2-4) in the second game of the series Saturday.

Kelly and Sinclair Earn ABCA All-Region Honors

Posted on June 13, 2014

Lincoln – A pair of Nebraska baseball players earned all-region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association on Friday afternoon, as Pat Kelly was a first-team pick at second base and Chance Sinclair was one of three starting pitchers that earned second team honors in the Midwest Region.

Kelly led the Huskers in hits (76), RBIs (55) and home runs (4) as a junior in 2014, while also fielding at a .990 clip. His 55 RBIs were the most by a Husker since 2010 when Adam Bailey drove in 57 runs. A 12^th-round pick by the Minnesota Twins in last week’s MLB First-Year Player Draft, Kelly has declared that he will not return for his senior season at Nebraska.

Kelly became the 22^nd player in school history to notch 200 career hits, and ended his three-year career ranked 20^th in school history with 212 hits. He started the past 135 straight games for the Huskers, including every game of the past two seasons. Defensively, he leaves Nebraska ranked seventh in school history with 468 assists.

Sinclair transferred to Nebraska after spending two seasons at Neosho County CC and was part of NU’s weekend rotation all season in 2014. The Spring Hill, Kan., native led the Huskers with a 9-1 record, while also posting a 2.15 ERA. During Big Ten play, Sinclair was a perfect 6-0 in eight starts with a 2.10 ERA, including a 10-strikeout performance in his final home start of the year against Illinois on May 15. It was the most strikeouts in a conference game by a Husker since Thad Weber sat down 11 against Kansas on March 18, 2008.

Sinclair started Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament opener, its first since 2008, at the Stillwater Regional and had a no hitter through 6.0 innings against Cal State Fullerton.

On the year, Sinclair went 6.0 or more innings in 13 of his 16 starts, including nine outings of at least 7.0 innings or more and a 9.0-inning complete game against Ohio State on April 5. Sinclair’s complete game against Ohio State was one of three by the Husker pitching staff that weekend, as Christian DeLeon and Aaron Bummer also tossed complete games. No other staff in the country threw three 9.0-inning complete games in a weekend series during the 2014 season.

Sinclair also earned third-team All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball and was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection following his first year at Nebraska.

Garrido, Gillespie Will Meet again when CWS Opens

Posted on June 13, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series opens on Saturday with Texas playing UC Irvine in the afternoon and Louisville taking on Vanderbilt at night.

The afternoon game matches the 75-year-old Augie Garrido of Texas against 74-year-old Anteaters coach Mike Gillespie.

It’s been an improbable run to the CWS for both. Texas (43-19) went from last place in the Big 12 in 2013 to fifth, beat old rival Texas A&M twice in regionals and swept Houston in super regionals.

UC Irvine (40-23) lost eight of its last nine in the regular season and was one of the final four at-large teams picked for the NCAA tournament. The Anteaters won at No. 1 national seed Oregon State in regionals and knocked off Oklahoma State on the road to reach the CWS.

Tryout Hopefuls Decend On Las Vegas Next Week

Posted on June 13, 2014

KEARNEY, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm will take the next step in selecting players for the 2014-15 season with the team’s annual tryout camp that starts Monday afternoon in Las Vegas.

The week-long camp will consist of two parts titled open camp and main camp. Open camp beginsMonday afternoon and consists of undrafted players between the ages of 16-20.

The best players in open camp will be moved into main camp to compete against returning players, affiliates and draft picks. Main camp will take place on June 18-21.

All tryout camp events will be held at the Las Vegas Ice Center.

Tri-City has 18 players from last season’s roster that are eligible to return, highlighted by forwards Chase Berger, Garrett Gamez, Austin Poganski and Chris Wilkie, along with defenseman Tory Dello, Kevin Kerr, Jalen Schulz and goaltender Hayden Lavigne.

Storm staff will also get a chance to evaluate their draft picks from May’s USHL Draft, including tender Wade Allison and first round pick Mason Appleton.

Main camp will consist of four teams of players, and the staff will select two all-star teams to play games on June 20 and 21.

The team will release their 30-man training camp roster at the beginning of July.

Stay tuned to stormhockey.com and be sure to follow the Storm on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram andYouTube for updates throughout tryout camp!

Curtis D. Bodeman

Posted on June 13, 2014

Curtis D. Bodeman, 84, of Hayes Center, passed away June 12, 2014 at the Cozad Golden Living Center with his loving children at his bedside. He was born July 21, 1929, to Chester J. and Hanna Marie (Bannister) Bodeman. He was a lifelong resident of Hayes County. Curtis was married to the love of his life, Wanda Mae Mosely for over fifty years. To that union four children were born, Debra (Larry) Schneider, Kirk (Liyan) Bodeman, Rick Bodeman and Jon (Cheri) Bodeman. He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the United Congregational Church, American Legion in Hayes Center and the VFW in Palisade. He was a Hayes County Commissioner. Curtis was united in marriage to Patsy Ogier in 2005. He is survived by his children; his wife, Patsy; fifteen grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda; his parents; two brothers, Leroy and Alan; and two grandchildren, Derek and Micky. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2014 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel in North Platte. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Monday, June 16, 2014 at the Hayes Center Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established in his memory. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Carpenter Memorial Chapel of North Platte is in charge of arrangements.