February 2015 – Page 31 – North Platte Post Archive

Petteway Named to Julius Erving Award Watch List

Posted on February 18, 2015

Lincoln – University of Nebraska junior Terran Petteway was honored Wednesday, as he was named one of the 15 watch list members for the 2015 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award is named after Hall of Famer and 11-time NBA All-Star Julius Erving, and the honor, which is in its first year, recognizes the top small forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 15 candidates.

Petteway has been one of the most prolific players in the Big Ten over the past two seasons. The 6-foot-6 junior from Galveston, Texas, enters Thursday’s game with Maryland averaging 18.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He ranks third in the Big Ten in scoring while leading the Huskers in assists and ranking second in rebounding. He has had 12 20-point games this season, including a season-high 32 against Michigan State on Jan. 24, and has been in double figures in 24 of 25 games for the Huskers this season. Petteway, a first-team All-Big Ten performer in 2013-14, is the only Husker in school history to reach 1,000 career points in two years, as he is currently 26^thin career scoring with 1,046 points. His career scoring average of 18.4 points per game at Nebraska would rank second in school history.

Petteway is one of four Big Ten players on the initial list, joining Branden Dawson (Michigan State), Denzel Valentine (Michigan State) and Sam Dekker (Wisconsin).

The current list of 15 candidates for the 2015 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed down to five players in early March. The final five players in contention for the award will be presented to Mr. Erving and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2015 Julius Erving Award will be presented at ESPN’s new College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy’s from Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Friday, April 10, 2015.

2015 Julius Erving Award Candidates
Stanley Johnson, University of Arizona
Roosevelt Jones, Butler University
Justise Winslow, Duke University
Branden Dawson, Michigan State University
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State University
Terran Petteway, University of Nebraska
Pat Connaughton, University of Notre Dame
Le’Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State University
LaDontae Henton, Providence College
Anthony Brown, Stanford University
Jonathan Holmes, University of Texas
Vince Hunter, University of Texas, El Paso
Treveon Graham, Virginia Commonwealth University
Justin Anderson, University of Virginia
Sam Dekker, University of Wisconsin

Eagle Radio North Platte Takes Top Eagle Award

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

North Platte radio stations KELN-FM (97.1), KNPQ-FM (107.3) and KOOQ-AM (1410) took top honors at the Eagle Communications Annual Award Banquet last night in Hays, Kansas.

North Platte was honored with the “Lead Eagle Award,” presented by Eagle Communications CEO, Gary Shorman. This award is given to the market in the Eagle radio division that has shown the greatest sales and net-profit increases.

Shorman pointed to the tremendous sales and net-profit attained by the North Platte group in 2014.

The Eagle radio division has properties in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, and is a 100 percent employee-owned company, which also owns cable TV systems in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, plus broadband and social media sites.

Individual awards were also given to the sales staff of the North Platte Market.

Connie Jurgens received the “Market Leader Award” for the highest sales volume for the year.

Sales Manager, Olivia Brown, received the “100/0 Award” for giving 100 percent effort in her duties with Eagle, with no excuses.

Lastly, Dianne Morales and Scott Martin each received awards for attaining at least $100,000 in sales during the year.

“The Lead Eagle Award shows the commitment of the Eagle staff and management to the North Platte area, through community and client service,” said newly appointed North Platte General Manager, Lewys Carlini.

Nebraska Market Manager, Jerome Gilg, said much credit goes to sales manager, Olivia Brown, for a consistently successful sales approach.

Gilg added that Eagle North Platte is proud of the award, and will re-double efforts to make 2015 even better for clients.

Eagle Radio also owns and operates northplattepost.com.

NPPD Crime Log (Feb. 17-18)

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT

02/17/2015 00:03:32 FAMILY DIST-NO ASSAULT “800 E 9TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 00:06:36 HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS “1300 W 17TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 00:56:10 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “2300 W 13TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 02:18:44 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 03:45:19 CITIZEN ASSIST “1600 E D ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 05:51:04 OTHER DISTURBANCE “500 S BELMONT AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 06:17:29 FOUND PROPERTY “100 E WILLIAM AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 07:29:13 SPEEDING “2000 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 08:24:48 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “2000 W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 08:41:31 B.E.A.T. COMM POLICING “600 MCDONALD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 08:40:54 ESCORT – CARPENTERS “2000 W A ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 08:56:53 CITIZEN ASSIST “1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 09:00:24 GEN PARK & TRAFFIC “1300 E 12TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 09:38:36 DOG BITES “1400 N SYCAMORE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 09:57:20 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF “300 W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 09:58:21 CITIZEN ASSIST “3900 W A St
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 10:26:42 GEN PARK & TRAFFIC “1600 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 10:28:05 OTHER DISTURBANCE “3200 S NEWBERRY RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 10:36:16 ESCORT- ODEAN CHAP “ODEAN CHAPEL,
302 S SYCAMORE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 11:17:47 CITIZEN ASSIST “900 S BRYAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 11:53:18 GEN PARK & TRAFFIC “300 REID AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 11:56:32 WELFARE CHECK “700 W 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 12:09:42 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “900 S BRYAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 12:11:31 CITIZEN ASSIST “900 S BRYAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 12:52:31 CITIZEN ASSIST “1400 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 13:19:26 EMERGENCY MESSAGE “300 S Vine ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 13:57:40 CITIZEN ASSIST “1700 W 1ST ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 14:29:19 ASSIST OTH LAW ENF “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 14:37:32 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “400 E LEOTA ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 14:31:50 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL “400 E Leota
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 14:56:33 WATCH FOR/INFORMATION “1400 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 15:09:35 CITIZEN ASSIST “1400 HACKBERRY RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 15:20:16 THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING “500 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 15:33:55 WELFARE CHECK “1200 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 16:18:33 BURGLARY “1300 N POPLAR ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 16:31:22 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “500 S SILBER AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 17:03:11 ASSIST OTH AGENCY “900 W B ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 17:10:09 HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS “500 W 8TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 17:21:02 CITIZEN ASSIST “900 S BRYAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 17:52:12 B.E.A.T. COMM POLICING NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

02/17/2015 20:11:56 ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE-MINOR INJ- DOMESTIC “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 20:44:46 NO PROOF OF INSURANCE “200 block N Jeffers
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/17/2015 21:57:38 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION “HALLIGAN DR /S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 22:00:22 ALARM-BURGLARY CALL IN “3800 S NEWBERRY RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 22:11:44 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE “2900 S OAK ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/17/2015 23:08:05 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 00:48:09 SPEEDING “700 block W 9th
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/18/2015 01:04:18 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION “700 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 01:18:23 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS “800 N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 01:24:21 OPER OUTSIDE CLASS OF MV LICENS “RODEO RD / JACKSON AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 02:16:05 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 03:14:15 OTHER DISTURBANCE “2800 W 4th
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/18/2015 04:41:49 VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV “W 8TH ST /N WILLOW ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 06:51:06 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL “E B ST /S COTTONWOOD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/18/2015 07:42:56 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

Brownawell Resigns as NPHS Principal

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

North Platte High School principal, Mike Brownawell, is resigning.

Brownawell announced his intent to resign in an email to teachers on February 13, and in a letter to North Platte Public Schools administration.

The NPPS Board of Education must approve Brownawell’s resignation, which is expected to happen at their next meeting on February 24.

Brownawell was hired as the NPHS principal in 2013. Prior to that, he was the assistant principal at Adams Middle School.

Brownawell’s resignation will be effective at the end of this school year, if approved by the school board.

Former Husker Thenarse Suspected in 2 Lincoln Burglaries

Posted on February 18, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a former Nebraska football player is suspected in two Lincoln burglaries.

It was reported that 26-year-old Rickey Thenarse was arrested Tuesday. Online court records say Police say he’s suspected in burglaries on Jan. 14 and Jan. 24. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.

Lancaster County Jail records say Thenarse remains in custody.

Thenarse played safety for Nebraska from 2006 through 2010 and played in three preseason games as a member of the NFL Seattle Seahawks in 2011.

North Platte Weather-February 18

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Wind chill values as low as -12. North northwest wind 7 to 13 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -4. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the evening.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Wind chill values as low as -4 early. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. South wind around 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before midnight, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 33.

Nebraska Animal Welfare Advocates Weigh In on Puppy Mill Bills

Posted on February 17, 2015February 17, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Four bills in a Nebraska legislative committee could fix what animal advocates call weak state laws surrounding animal neglect.

Senators heard public testimony Tuesday on the measures, which stem from the 2013 case of a Malcolm puppy mill where dogs were found living in conditions one county judge likened to a Holocaust concentration camp.

Department of Agriculture director Greg Ibach says he supports a bill by Sen. Jerry Johnson of Wahoo that would allow the department to intervene in cases where the lives of dogs and cats are at risk.

Representatives from Hearts United for Animals, a nonprofit no-kill shelter in Auburn, say the bill’s standards for animal health and safety are too low.

Catcher Wilin Rosario, Rockies go to Salary Arbitration

Posted on February 17, 2015

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Catcher Wilin Rosario and the Colorado Rockies have argued their cases in baseball’s ninth salary arbitration hearing of the year, the most since 2001.

Rosario asked Elizabeth Neumeier, Phillip LaPorte and James Oldham for a raise to $3.3 million, and Colorado argued during Tuesday’s session that he should be paid $2.8 million.

A decision is expected Wednesday.

Rosario, who turns 26 on Feb. 23, hit .267 with 13 homers and 54 RBIs last year, down from .292 with 21 homers and 79 RBIs in 2013. He made $502,000 last year.

Teams lead players 5-3, and six cases remain scheduled for this week. These are the most hearings since teams were 8-6 in 2001.

57th Annual Shrine Bowl of Nebraska

Posted on February 17, 2015

Lincoln, Neb. (Feb. 17, 2015)- The top 70 high school football players from across the state of Nebraska, who are playing in the 57th annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl, were revealed at the press conference held at the Scottish Rite Temple of Lincoln at 11:00 a.m. this morning. Coaches from the North and South teams were also in attendance. The annual Shrine Bowl football game showcases the talents of 70 high school seniors throughout the state.

The Shrine Bowl festivities will begin Saturday, June 6, with a parade at 10 a.m. The parade route runs along Central Avenue starting at East Railroad Street. All former Shrine Bowl participants are invited to walk in the parade alongside the Shrine Bowl float. Shrine Bowl alumni are encouraged to wear their old jerseys while participating in this event.

Proceeds from Shrine Bowl ticket and merchandise sales benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children. With 22 locations nationwide, Shriners Hospitals are on the cutting-edge of medical care. For more information on location, ticket sales and other ways to support the Shriners Hospitals for Children, please visit https://www.neshrinebowl.org.

2015 Shrine Bowl Roster

Agency Suggests Changes After ‘Cops’ Crewman’s Death in Omaha

Posted on February 17, 2015February 17, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal agency has issued the producers of the long-running TV show “Cops” a letter offering guidelines that might have prevented the shooting death of a crew member last summer in Omaha.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the guidelines Tuesday after investigating the Aug. 26 shooting. The agency didn’t issue any citations or penalties.

Audio technician Bryce Dion was killed while filming an attempted armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant.

In a letter to Langley Productions, OSHA called for additional training and safety instruction that might prevent future injuries and deaths.

“Cops” is a reality TV show that has depicted law enforcement officers in action since it premiered in 1989.

Langley Productions released a statement saying it intended to implement the recommendations.