February 2015 – Page 13 – North Platte Post Archive

Pilger Woman Meets People Rebuilding Home Leveled by Tornado

Posted on February 24, 2015

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman whose house was leveled by a tornado has met the volunteers who are rebuilding her home.

Alice Schultz of Pilger met the volunteers of the Mennonite Disaster Service for a meal Saturday. The Pennsylvania-based network had begun to rebuild her house that was damaged on June 16.

Schultz’s home is one of five that is being rebuilt by the network. A majority of the unpaid volunteers are famers from Iowa who are of the Amish and Mennonite faith. According to the on-site project director for the network, Marlin Gingerich, the volunteers rarely to get to meet the owners of the homes they rebuild.

The volunteers are being housed in the Norfolk City Auditorium for the next several months while they rebuild homes.

Margery L. Hinrichsen

Posted on February 24, 2015

Margery L Hinrichsen age 82, of North Platte passed away February 23, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. She was born on May 14, 1932 in Pleasanton, Nebraska to Lawrence and Louise (Janitscheck) Lewis.

Margery graduated from Kearney High School in 1950. She attended and graduated from Kearney Teacher’s College. She taught in Buffalo County Schools for several years. On May 16, 1954 in Kearney, NE she married Floyd Hinrichsen. The two moved to Overton and resided there for 10 years where Margery taught in Dawson County rural #76 and the 2^nd grade in Overton. In 1964 they moved with the railroad to Grand Island where they built their first home. It was in 1972 they moved once again to North Platte with the railroad where they raised their family and Margery worked as a para in the North Platte Public Schools for 11 years. She retired in April of 1991 and enjoyed taking care of her grandchildren then. Her life became watching and following her grandchildren; never missing an event. She will be remembered as an excellent cook, and pie baker.

Survivors include her daughter, Kim Hinrichsen of Cheyenne, WY; son, Keith (Cathy) Hinrichsen of North Platte; grandchildren, Gregory (Priscella) Vega, Nicole Vega all of North Platte, Alexis (Stephen) Friesell, and Alex Hinrichsen all of Kearney; great grandchildren, Taysen and Emma Vega; brother, Larry (Sandy) Lewis of Kearney; and a sister-in-law, Phyllis Lewis of North Platte.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd; and two brothers, Eugene and Gary.

Memorials may be made to the Nebraska Children’s Home and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 27, 2015 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

There will be a reception following the graveside service at the Moose Lodge #551 at 1315 East 4^th Street.

Appeals Court Considers Warrantless Cellphone Monitoring

Posted on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Atlanta is considering whether investigators must obtain a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower tracking data.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June ruled investigators must get a search warrant to get the data, which is widely used to show suspects were in the vicinity of a crime.

The federal government asked to have the decision reconsidered by the full court and oral arguments were held Tuesday.

The issue arises from a Miami case in which federal prosecutors used a court order to get cellphone tower data over a 67-day period for Quartavious Davis, a suspect in a string of robberies. A defense attorney argued prosecutors should have gotten a warrant, which has a higher burden of proof.

Cinda Baker of Cinda’s Accents Wins 1st Place in World Renowned Design Star: Framing Edition Competition

Posted on February 24, 2015

Cinda Baker, of Cinda’s Accents in North Platte, Nebraska, won first place in the custom framed art on canvas category in Larson-Juhl’s third annual Design Star: Framing Edition competition.

Hundreds of custom frame designs were submitted to the framing competition held at the world’s largest event in the picture framing industry, West Coast Art & Frame in Las Vegas. Custom framers from around the world sent in photographs of their creative framing projects in seven categories: Objects, Mirrors, Textiles, Documents, Art on Canvas, Art on Paper and Photography. Comprised of industry experts, the panel of judges selected first, second and third place winners in each category.

Cinda Baker won first place in the custom framed art on canvas category for beautifully framing a western-themed painting. Baker framed this piece in a moulding by Larson-Juhl.

Larson-Juhl CEO, Drew Van Pelt, shared, “The Design Star framing competition is an excellent opportunity to showcase the creativity and ingenuity of the very talented custom framers who are also our customers, and we’re grateful to have the chance to host an event that garners such positive results.” Established more than a century ago, Larson-Juhl, a Berkshire-Hathaway company, is the world’s premier designer, manufacturer and distributor of fine custom frames of enduring style and craftsmanship.

Located in North Platte, Nebraska for over two decades, Cinda Baker has established a company renowned for its attention to detail.

To learn more about Cinda’s Accents, please visit www.cindasaccents.com.

Body of Skier Who Died in Colorado Avalanche Recovered

Posted on February 24, 2015

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado says the body of a skier who died in an Aspen Mountain avalanche has been recovered.

The body had been found Monday afternoon at the bottom of a snow-covered chute at about 9,400 feet after a fellow skier notified emergency workers of the avalanche and missing skier.

Conditions were too dangerous to attempt a recovery in the Castle Creek Valley on Monday.

A five-person Mountain Rescue Aspen team set out early Tuesday and completed the recovery in about three hours.

The skier’s name has not yet been released.

Obama to Veto Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

Posted on February 24, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will veto a Republican bill on Tuesday that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The bill arrived at the White House from Congress on Tuesday morning. The White House says Obama will veto it by the end of the day. It’s the third veto of Obama’s presidency.

The move puts a freeze on a top GOP priority, at least temporarily. It also reasserts Obama’s authority over a project that’s become a flashpoint in the national debate about climate change.

Republicans may try to override Obama’s veto, but they haven’t yet shown they can muster the necessary two-thirds majority in both chambers. Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota says Republicans are about four votes short in the Senate and 11 votes short in the House.

US Automakers Improve in Magazine’s Annual Brand Ranking

Posted on February 24, 2015

DETROIT (AP) — Buick is the first U.S.-based automotive brand to crack the top 10 in Consumer Reports magazine’s annual brand report cards.

U.S. automakers also placed three vehicles on the magazine’s list of “top picks” for vehicles, the first time that’s happened in 17 years. The rankings were unveiled Tuesday in the magazine’s annual auto issue.

But the brand rankings and top picks still were dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers, with Lexus, Mazda, Toyota, Audi and Subaru taking the top five brand spots.

Buick, made by General Motors, placed seventh in the brand rankings.

Both Sides Submit More Info in Nebraska Gay Marriage Lawsuit

Posted on February 24, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Attorneys on both sides of the legal fight over Nebraska’s ban on gay marriage have turned in final written arguments on a motion to quash the ban immediately.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska sued the state last year on behalf of seven same-sex couples challenging the voter-approved ban.

Last week, U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon heard arguments on the ACLU’s motion for an injunction to block enforcement of the ban while the lawsuit is pending. Bataillon asked for both sides to submit additional information Monday, which they did.

An attorney for one of the couples submitted an affidavit detailing the negative effects of the ban on their health insurance and survivor benefits.

The state countered that the affidavit is inadmissible hearsay.

Bataillon will rule on the motion later.

In Apple’s Latest Update, Emoji Get Diverse

Posted on February 24, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Lovers of emoji, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, will soon be able to pick from different skin tones.

IPhone and iPad maker Apple Inc. has incorporated more diverse emoji into the developer version of the latest update to its mobile operating system. It has not said when the update will be available for all users.

Currently almost all the emojis depicting people or body parts such as a fist or bicep look white.

An Apple spokeswoman says the company is working with the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit organization that sets the standards for the pictograms, “to update the standard so that it better represents diversity for all of us.”

Unicode last fall proposed adding five new skin color options for emoji.

Equity Firm Buys Nebraska Ambulance Company

Posted on February 24, 2015

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha-based private equity firm has bought a company that serves several Nebraska communities with ground and aerial ambulances and wheelchair vans.

Panorama Point Partners has acquired all of Columbus-based Platte County Ambulance Co., which also is known as Midwest Medical Transport. Terms were not disclosed.

Kim and Jill Wolfe founded Midwest Medical Transport in 1987 with one used ambulance they kept in a Columbus storage unit. They’ve since grown to 13 ground ambulance locations and two bases for its helicopter service.

Fifty-seven-year-old Kim Wolfe says he wants to retire and enjoy life. His wife, Jill Wolfe, says, “It’s time to move on.”

General manager Jeff Shullaw has worked for the Wolfes for 15 years, and he’s taking over as chief executive officer.