July 2014 – Page 51 – North Platte Post Archive

Royals Rally for 5-2 Win over Tigers

Posted on July 14, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Hosmer’s RBI double capped a five-run seventh inning and Kansas City avoided a four-game sweep on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Four of the runs were charged to Justin Verlander (8-8), who started the inning with a two-hit shutout but loaded the bases on three straight singles.

The come-from-behind win still leaves the second-place Royals 6½ games behind the Tigers in the AL Central.

Since June 18 when K.C. beat the Tigers for their 10th straight win and went a season-best seven games over .500, the Royals have gone 9-14 while the Tigers went 17-6.

Verlander gave up six hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked one.

Yordano Ventura (7-7) pitched 1 2/3 innings in his first career relief appearance and got the win.

Lincoln County Raceway Results – July 12

Posted on July 14, 2014July 14, 2014

In the heat of the night, the IMCA racing action was simmering hot at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Nebraska on Saturday evening. Picking up a pair of feature victories in the Stock Car division was Casey Werkmeister as he was joined in the winners circle by Zach Schultz, Kyle Bond and Charlie Blowers.

On top of his game, Casey Werkmeister of Maywood (NE) swept the top honors in the IMCA Stock Car features, as two were ran on this evening. Werkmeister garnered the lead in the initial feature near the halfway point and never looked back. In the night’s finale, Werkmeister droved to the lead on lap 10 from his fifth row starting position to claim the checkered flag. Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood and Casey Woken of Ogallala took home runner-up accolades in the twin features for the Stock Cars. Earning podium finishes in third place were Kyle Clough of Wallace and Gothenburg’s Jeff Whiting. Heat races were triumphed by Mikey Dancer of North Platte and David Easterday of Riverdale.

Blitzing the field to lead from the drop of the green flag until the double checkered flags were waved was North Platte’s Zach Schultz to win the IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature. Schultz started on the pole and darted to the lead and never looked back. Driving from his third row starting position to finish second overall was Dalten Collins of North Platte. Collins displayed great consistency over the final laps to earn the podium finish. Coming from deep in the field, Henry Henderson of Sutherland had his work cut out for him, but he was up to the task to earn the third place accolades. Henderson started in the fifth row of the feature lineup at the drop of the green flag. Topping the heat race action in the Northern Sport Modified division were Terry Dressel of North Platte and Curtis hotshoe Bryan Herrick.

Finding the right groove on the high side in the late laps powered Gibbon Gambler Kyle Bond to the winners circle in the IMCA Hobby Stock division. Bond snared the lead on the sixth lap and drove his way to yet another Feature victory. The early leader in the feature was Tyson Canas of Cozad who relinquished the lead to Bond on the sixth circuit. Canas stayed up on the wheel and earned a runner-up finish. Doing his best to make a strong push during the second half of the season, Brady Weinman of Arnold finished third overall in the featured event. Heat race winner, Benkelman Bullet Austin Davis recovered quite nicely to finish fourth after being caught in the Jacob Olmstead rollover near the halfway point of the feature. Olmstead also held point throughout a heat race as well.

Leading the final two laps, Charlie Blowers of Arnold piloted the Mopar Magic hotrod to an IMCA Sport Compact Feature victory. Blowers started in the second row and was able to avoid incidents throughout the feature to make the move for the lead on the eighth lap. Veteran wheelman Andrew Baumgardner of North Platte did his best to show great consistency and his efforts were rewarded with a runner-up finish. Cozad hotshoe Devin Bjorklund finished the podium slots in the division in his Dodge Neon. Heat race action was won by Baumgardner.

(Unofficial Results)

–IMCA Northern Sport Modified Feature: 1. 55z-Zach Schultz; 2. 53dc-Dalten Collins; 3. 11h-Henry Henderson; 4. 848-Troy Douglas; 5. 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 6. 12j-Kerry Jones; 7. 33-Chad Young; 8. 1-Paul Donovan; 9. 3-Gary Long; 10. r12j-Russ Jones.

Heat Race Winners: 13-Terry Dressel; 0hp-Bryan Herrick; 53dc-Dalten Collins.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature 1: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 3. 11k-Kyle Clough; 4. 09h-Bob Hoing; 5. 45-Mikey Dancer; 6. 99k-David Easterday; 7. 75-Dan Eller.

–IMCA Stock Car Feature 2: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 35jw-Casey Woken; 3. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 4. 24-Bob Chalupa; 5. 31-Darin Racek; 6. 75-Dan Eller; 7. 09h-Bob Hoing; 8. 45-Mikey Dancer; 9. 11k-Kyle Clough; 10. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister.

Heat Race Winners: 45-Mikey Dancer; 99k-David Easterday; 24w-Casey Werkmeister.

–IMCA Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 0-Kyle Bond; 2. 2c-Tyson Canas; 3. 22w-Brady Weinman; 4. 22-Austin Davis; 5. 72h-Kevin Hagan; 6. 72b-Jacob Hagan; 7. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 8. 7s-Scott Gibson; 9. 88j-Jacob Olmstead; 10. 93-Joe Thiem.

Heat Race Winners: 22-Austin Davis, 88j-Jacob Olmstead.

–IMCA Sport Compact Feature: 1. 22b-Charlie Blowers; 2. 44u-Andrew Baumgardner; 3. 28d-Devin Bjorklund; 4. 67-Alex Fletcher; 5. 12t-Tanner Jones; 6. 33-Andrew McClellen; 7. 67x-Blake Fletcher.

Heat Race Winner: 44u-Andrew Baumgardner.

Lighting Kills Nebraska Man in Rocky Mountain National Park

Posted on July 13, 2014July 13, 2014

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — For the second day in a row, lightning has been blamed in the death of a visitor at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson says officials were notified late Saturday afternoon of four people being struck by lightning near Trail Ridge Road. The four were rushed to a hospital, but 52-year-old Gregory Cardwell, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, died of his injures.

On Friday afternoon, park officials said lightning killed one woman and injured seven other people. That also occurred near Trail Ridge, which is the nation’s highest continuously paved road.

Patterson says they are the park’s first lightning fatalities since 2000.

A park news release identified the woman who died Friday as 42-year-old Rebecca R. Teilhet, of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

US Gas Prices Drop 4 Cents to $3.67 a Gallon

Posted on July 13, 2014July 13, 2014

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A survey says the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. has fallen 4 cents over the last three weeks to $3.67.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that crude oil prices fell over news that Libyan output has risen and Iraq’s production was not substantially harmed by recent violence.

The survey taken Friday shows the average price for a gallon of midgrade gas was $3.86 and the average price for a gallon of premium was $4.01. Diesel averaged $3.94 a gallon.

Of cities surveyed in the continental U.S., Tulsa, Oklahoma, had the lowest average price at $3.35 a gallon. San Francisco had the highest average at $4.12 a gallon.

In California, the average price for regular gasoline was $4.07 a gallon.

In Nebraska, the average price for a gallon of Regular is $3.47

USGS: 7 Small Earthquakes Shake Central Oklahoma

Posted on July 13, 2014

GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded seven small earthquakes shaking central Oklahoma in a span of just about 14 hours.

They ranged from magnitude 2.6 to 2.9 and were centered in the Guthrie, Jones and Langston areas, 15 miles to 30 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The USGS said the quakes were recorded between 7:57 p.m. Saturday and 9:51 a.m. Sunday. No injuries or damage were reported.

Those follow four other quakes, including a 4.3-magnitude temblor near Langston recorded shortly after noon Saturday. The other Saturday morning quakes ranged in magnitude from 2.9 to 3.2.

The Oklahoma Geological Survey has said the state is experiencing unprecedented earthquake activity and that his agency is closely monitoring it to determine whether the quakes are a natural phenomenon or are man-made.

Omaha Police Shoot Man After 3 Critically Hurt

Posted on July 13, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether an Omaha police officer was correct to shoot a man after he stabbed two other people.

Police were called to a neighborhood in southeast Omaha around 6:30 a.m. Sunday to deal with a man with a knife.

Officers encountered a 38-year-old woman outside the home with critical injuries, and then they met the 42-year-old man with a knife.

During the confrontation, one officer fired her weapon and wounded the man. Then officers found a 63-year-old man with knife wounds.

Three people were taken to the hospital for treatment, but they are all expected to survive.

The police officers were not hurt. The officer who discharged her gun is on paid leave while the incident is investigated.

Nebraska Roads Plan Open for Public Comment

Posted on July 13, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Department of Roads is accepting public input on its statewide transportation improvement plan.

The plan lists all highway and transit projects that will make use of federal money, as well as projects that are regionally significant. Nebraska’s plan is updated every year on Oct. 1. The plan is sometimes changed to add or remove projects, to update with different funding sources, or to change a project’s scope.

Federal law requires a public input period so that citizens can comment. The comment period opened on Wednesday and runs through 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

Public comments can be made on the department website at www.roads.nebraska.gov/STIP/index-public-comment.html .

Kearney Woman Dies from Lawnmower Burns

Posted on July 13, 2014July 13, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Kearney woman has died from the severe burns she received in a lawnmower accident last month.

56-year-old Terrie Moreau, of rural Kearney, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth’s Burn Center in Lincoln, where she was taken after the accident.

Investigators say that on June 30, Moreau was operating a riding lawn mower that went out of control, flipped and pinned her underneath. The mower then caught fire.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Burial will follow at Minden Cemetery.

Pillow Fight Sets Off UNL Dorm Sprinkler

Posted on July 13, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A pillow fight that set off a college dorm sprinkler system led to the evacuation of five floors of Schramm Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus on Friday night.

Campers staying at this week’s Christ in Youth Conference got in a pillow fight just after 11 p.m. Friday and hit a sprinkler on the fifth floor, setting off the sprinkler system.

UNL Police Officer Greg Byelick says police and firefighters arrived to find all five floors damaged from water coming out of a sprinkler head on the fifth floor.

The group was relocated to Abel and Pound halls for the remainder of its stay.

Byelick says there is not yet an estimate on the damage.

Midwest Bank Says It Will Rebuild in Pilger

Posted on July 13, 2014

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — Midwest Bank has announced it will rebuild its branch in Pilger, destroyed last month by a tornado that leveled much of the northeast Nebraska town.

Doug Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Midwest Bank, said that while the bank’s physical presence in the community has been temporarily interrupted, its support for the community and Pilger residents has not changed.

While Midwest Bank is in the planning process for a new full-service facility in Pilger, a location in neighboring Wisner has been selected that will be remodeled and opened to serve clients in the area.

The Wisner location is expected to be open for business by late August.