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Month: May 2018

No change again in Nebraska unemployment rate: 2.8 percent

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for April matched the rate in March and February of 2.8 percent, the state reported Friday.

The Nebraska Labor Department said in a news release that the rate was down a tenth of a point from the 2.9 percent of April 2017. Last month’s rate also remained well below the national figure, which dropped to 3.9 percent from 4.1 percent in March.

“In the last two months, manufacturing has reached pre-recession employment levels,” said state Labor Commissioner John Albin. “Manufacturing is an important component of Nebraska’s economy that accounts for nearly 10 percent of nonfarm jobs.”

Nonfarm employment was 1,026,608, up 7,532 over the year and up 9,737 over the month, the report said. Private industries with the most growth year over year were: manufacturing, up 3,189; leisure and hospitality, up 3,055; and education and health services, up 1,829. Month to month, the largest gains were in leisure and hospitality, up 3,709; mining and construction, up 3,518; and professional and business services, up 1,481.

Iowa, Wisconsin and Vermont joined Nebraska at the 2.8 percent rate for April. Maine recorded a rate of 2.7 percent, and New Hampshire and North Dakota had the same rate: 2.6 percent. Hawaii’s 2 percent was the nation’s lowest rate last month.

The preliminary Omaha-area rate dropped to 2.9 percent from 3 percent in March. The new rate matches that of April 2017. Lincoln’s preliminary rate remained unchanged at 2.6 percent last month and was a tenth of a point higher than the year-ago figure of 2.5 percent. Grand Island’s preliminary rate for April didn’t change either, matching the 3 percent in March but down a half point from the 3.5 percent in April 2017.

The unemployment rates for Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha have not been seasonally adjusted, so they cannot be directly compared with the state unemployment rate.

Here are preliminary area labor market unemployment rates for April, followed by the March rates:

— Beatrice: 3.1, 3.4

— Columbus: 3.0, 3.0

— Fremont: 2.8, 2.9

— Hastings: 2.9, 3.0

— Kearney: 2.4, 2.3

— Lexington: 2.9, 2.9

— Norfolk: 2.6, 2.9

— North Platte: 2.9, 3.1

— Red Willow: 2.4, 2.3

— Scottsbluff: 3.2, 3.2

Ruben R. Casillas Death Notice

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Ruben R. Casillas, age 55, of North Platte, died May 18, 2018 at his home.  Christian Wake Services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday May 22, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.  Mass Of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday May 23, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Josh Brown as celebrant.  Inurnment will be at the North Platte Cemetery.  Adams & Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

State Track Results (Updated 5/19 6:00 pm)

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Class A Girls:

Madison Irish – 13th in pole vault  (North Platte)

Peyton Neff – 16th in Triple Jump (North Platte)

North Platte Girls – 14th in 400m Relay

Class A Boys:

North Platte in 11th place – 19pts

Elliott Purdy – 2nd place Shot Put  (North Platte) – 8pts

Joey Larson – 9th place  Shot put (North Platte)

Joey Larson – 3rd place in Discus (North platte) – 6pts

Elliott Purdy – 7th place in Discus (North Platte) – 2pts

Kaden Ross – 11th place in  Triple Jump (North Platte)

 

Jacob Harvey – 6th in Pole Vault (North Platte) – 3pts

Class B Girls:

Lexington 5th place – 27pts

Gothenburg 42th overall place – 2pts

McCook 43rd place – 1pts

Madison Smith – 3rd in long jump  (Lexington) – 6pts

Robin Grigg – 17th place in Long Jump (McCook)

Amaya Ackerman – 25th place in Long Jump (Gothenburg)

 

Hana Brock – 9th place in Triple Jump (Lexington) – 1pts

Madison Smith – 2nd place in 100m Dash (Lexington) – 8pts

 

Madison Smith – 8th place in 200m Dash (Lexington) – 1pts

Madison Smith – 2nd place 400m Dash (Lexington) – 8pts

 

Haiden Loop – 8th place Pole Vault (McCook) – 1pts

Jayceea Hanson – 9th place in Discus (McCook)

Madison Sutton – 14th place Discus (Lexington)

Mackenzie Smith – 16th place in Discus (McCook)

Madison Sutton – 5th place Shot Put (Lexington) – 4pts

Gracie Stienike – 9th place in Shot Put (Gothenburg)

Arleigh Costello – 10th place in Shot Put (Gothenburg)

Mackenzie Smith –  14th place in Shot Put (McCook)

Milan Coggins – 10th high jump  (Ogallala)

Kayla Weyers 17th place 800m Run (Gothenburg)

Hannah Anderson – 22nd place 800m run  (Gothenburg)

Courtney Harpole – 23rd place 800m run (Gothenburg)

Emily Jacobs 19th place 800m  Run (McCook)

Hannah Anderson 22nd place 800m Run  (Gothenburg)

Courtney Harpole 23rd place 800m Run  (Gothenburg)

Gothenburg – 7th place in 3200m Relay – 2pts

Gothenburg – 11th place in 400m Relay

 

Gothenburg – 10th place in 1600m Relay

Lexington – 15th place in 1600m Relay

McCook – 16th place in 1600m Relay

Class B Boys:

McCook 5th – 34pts

Lexington in 9th – 18.5pts

Gothenburg 17th- 16pts

Ajack Waikur  – 2nd in Triple Jump (Lexington) 8 pts

Timothy Ram Nyinguan – 9th place Triple Jump (Lexington)

Seth Dugger – 10th place Triple Jump (McCook)

Morgan Fawver – 19th place Triple Jump (McCook)

Ajack Waikur – 5th place High Jump (Lexington)   4pts

DJ Gross – 8th in Shot put (McCook) 1 pt

Patrick Hudson – 11th place Shot Put (Gothenburg)

Ethan Woehrle – 13th place Shot put (Lexington)

Colin Giron – 14th place Shot Put (McCook)

 

DJ Gross – 3rd place Discus (McCook) – 6pts

Colin Giron – 4th place Discus (McCook) – 5pts

Patrick Hudson – 6th place Discus (Gothenburg) – 3pts

 

Tyce Hruza – 1st in pole vault (Gothenburg) – meet record 16’ ½”- 10pts

Landon Towne – 6th in pole vault (McCook)    3pts

Ean Bailey – tied 8th in pole vault (Lexington)  0.5pts

Joel Carter – 12th place Pole Vault (McCook)

Tyler Ltyle – 14th place Pole Vault (McCook)

Morgan Fawver – 2nd place Long Jump (McCook) – 8pts

Ajack Waikur – 3rd place Long Jump (Lexington) – 6pts

Alec Bunger – 8th place Long Jump (McCook) – 1pts

Cameryn Berry – 8th in 800m Run (McCook) – 1pts

Jack Lindgren – 14th in 800m Run (Ogallala)

Jeron Tuttle – 15th in 800m Run (Ogallala)

Riley Mai – 14th place 3200m Run (McCook)

Zach Schlager – 2nd place 110m Hurdles (McCook) – 8pts

Bennett Folkers – 6th place 110m Hurdles (Gothenburg) – 3pts

McCook – 8th place 400m Relay – 1pts

Gothenburg – 9th place 400m Relay

Lexington – 11th place 400m Relay

 

McCook- 9th place 1600m Relay

Lexington – 12th place 1600m Relay

Class C Girls:

Sutherland is in 30th place with 4 points

Maxwell is in 39th place with 2pts

Tahjzha Botts – 7th place in the 3200m Run (Maxwell) – 2pts

Bailee Fear – 5th place in the Long Jump (Sutherland) – 4pts

Sydney Mullin – 11th place in Long Jump (Maxwell)

 

Bailee Fear – 10th place in Triple Jump (Sutherland)

Sydney Mullin – 12th place in Triple Jump (Maxwell)

Nicole Howitt – 17th place in the discus (Maxwell)

Tahjzha Botts – 22nd place in the 800m run (Maxwell)

Class C Boys:

Sutherland 13th place – 17pts

Hershey 19th place – 13pts

Elias Huebner – 10th place in the 3200m Run (Hershey)

 

Elias Huebner – 16th place in 1600m Run (Hershey)

Ryan Richardson – 17th place in the triple jump  (Sutherland)

 

Noah Holm – 14th place in Long Jump (Sutherland)

Garrett Elfeldt -1st place in the pole vault  (Sutherland) – 10 pts

Connor Floyd – 2nd place in the pole vault  (Sutherland) – 7 pts

Kyler Banks – 2nd place in the pole vault  (Hershey) – 7pts

McKade Smith – 5th place in 110m Hurdles (Hershey) – 4pts

 

McKade Smith – 7th place in 300m Hurdles (Hershey) – 2pts

Class D Girls:

Brady 13th place with 16pts

Elizabeth Sitorius – 9th place Discus (Brady)

Emery Swan – 2nd place 800m Run (Brady) – 8pts

Emery Swan – 2nd place 400m Dash (Brady) – 8pts

Class D Boys:

Brady 18th – 15pts

Paxton 21th – 9pts

Colton Lovitt – 5th place in Triple Jump (Brady) 4pts

 

Colton Lovitt – 4th place in Long Jump (Brady) – 5pts

 

Brad Keller – 14th place Shot Put (Brady)

Roper Chandler – 10th place Shot Put (Paxton)

Mason Schimonitz – 9th place High Jump (Paxton)

 

Paxton – 5th place 1600m Relay – 4pts

 

Brady – 3rd place 3200m relay – 6pts

Paxton – 4th place 3200m relay – 5pts

 

Bernadine A. Torres

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Bernadine A. Torres passed away at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, NE on May 17, 2018.  She was 87.

Bernadine was the second of 18 children born on June 11, 1930 to Bidal and Emilia (Aguilar) Cabrera in Chanute, KS.  She was partially raised by her paternal grandparents Jose and Julia Cabrera in Hershey, NE.  She attended elementary school in O’Fallons, NE and high school in Hershey, NE.  Early in her life Bernadine, along with her parents and some of her sisters and brothers worked the beet fields in the Hershey area.  As a young woman she worked during WWII at the TRW Condenser Plant in Sutherland, NE.  She married Jesse Torres from Hershey at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sutherland, NE on August 2, 1948.  Jesse and Bernadine celebrated 63 years of marriage in 2011.  She worked various part-time jobs around North Platte while raising three daughters.  She enjoyed sewing, cooking and gardening throughout her entire life.  They were members of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church until new beginnings at St. Elizabeth Seaton in 1994.  Bernadine was a Catholic Daughter for many years.  She remained active in the church at St. Patrick’s and St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton churches until her health forced her to withdraw.

Bernadine is survived by her daughters Irene (Melvin) Saturday of CO, Henrietta (James) Boots of North Platte, Cynthia (David) Boyd  of, Lexington, NE; 5 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; siblings Antonio Cabrera of CA, John F. (Alice) Cabrera of OH, Mathias Cabrera of CA, Inez (Ed) Smith of OH, John (Judy) Cabrera of CA, Pauline (Noel) Cruz of CA, Julie (Bill) Goldsmith of KY, Josepha Cabrera of CA, Josephine Walters of KY, Petra (Steve) Groover of CA, Dorothy (Larry) Cheek of TX, Marlene Blevin of CA, and Anita Ornelas of CA;   she also leaves 45 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jesse Torres in 2011; maternal and paternal grandparents Pablo and Marcelina Aguilar, Jose and Julia Cabrera; parents Bidal and Emilia Cabrera; great grandson Cain Hernandez; siblings Natalia Lara in 2001, infant sister Esther Cabrera in 1940, Savino Cabrera in 1995; brother and sisters-in-law John Lara, Paul Walters, Josie Cabrera, and Juanita Cabrera.

Memorials are suggested to North Platte Catholic School Endowment Fund and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.  Christian Wake Services will be held 7:00 p.m. Monday May 21, 2018 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton (3301 Echo Dr.).  Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday May 22, 2018 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton with the Reverend Mark Seiker as celebrant.   Burial will follow at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery.  Visitation will be from noon until 4:00 p.m. Monday May 21, 2018 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

E. Calvin “Cal” Miller Death Notice

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E. Calvin “Cal” Miller, 90, of Maxwell, died May 14, 2018, at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, at the Maxwell Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery near Maxwell. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 21, at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Online condolences may be shared at carpentermemorial.com. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Raymond Lee Glassburn Death Notice

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Raymond Lee Glassburn, 94, formerly of North Platte, died May 14, 2018, at the Hospice of Wichita Falls, Texas. Services are pending at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore.

William Junior Mackley

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William Junior Mackley, age 82 of Stapleton, NE, a former long resident of North Platte, NE passed away Wednesday May 16, 2018 at Cozad Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Bill was born January 24, 1936 in Arnold, NE to James Christopher and Emma Margaret (Smith) Mackley.  He attended grade school in Arnold and when he was 14 his parents retired from the farm and the family moved to Gothenburg.  He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1953.  He served in the US Navy from May 1954 thru March 1958, being discharged in 1962.  He received the National Defense Service Medal, and his last duty assignment was Atsugi, Japan.  After his honorable discharge, he returned to Gothenburg and married Janet Arlene Gruber, and 4 children were born to this union, William Jr., Dawn, James and Patrick.  The couple moved to Ogallala, NE where he did redi-mix and sheet metal work.  They moved to North Platte where he worked for South Jeffers Plumbing and Heating.  He went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad as a pipefitter and worked there until his retirement in December 2000.  After he retired from the railroad, he and Janet moved to Stapleton.  He took a job at Kildare Lumber and would drive in to North Platte every day; he continued until he was no longer able to stay awake on the drive home!  He planted a large vegetable garden each summer and they ate and canned what they could and gave the rest away to friends and neighbors.  He continued to grow tomatoes at their home in Stapleton until just a couple of years ago.  Bill kept a neat yard, liked to fish (he always had a stock of Vienna sausages to eat while fishing); he liked watching All In The Family and The Carol Burnett Show.  He occasionally took the family camping and there is one particular memory of a canvas tent!  It was a 12 person tent, and extraordinarily heavy!  After they struggled to get it pitched securely in the sand, they emerged the next morning to find the tents of their fellow campers flattened by a strong wind in the night … but not theirs!  He liked going to the pork breakfast during NebraskaLand Days; on holidays he carved the meat with his electric knife; after nightly dinners he would pack the leftovers in his black metal lunch box for work the next day.  He took his children to mass on Sundays and did not tolerate any messing around during service!  Pasta was his favorite food; he hated toast crumbs in the butter; he liked to play quarter slots and scratch tickets; and he loved Coors beer!  He had a few special phrases he would use when playing a game of pitch, “spado-o’s”, “the big zera” and “stinkaroo”!  He and Janet were the loving owners of 3 fur-girls, Corgi dogs named Missy, Molly and Minnie.  Bill will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Bill is survived by his wife Janet of Stapleton, NE; children William (Julie) Mackley, Jr., of North Platte, NE, Dawn Horn of Sedona, AZ,  Jim (Christine) Mackley of Boulder City, NV, Pat (Terri) Mackley of Rock Springs, WY; grandchildren CJ (Koah) Mackley, Samantha (William) Hessell, Levi, Lexi, Jayna, Jared, Natalie, Alex, Adam, Sean and Seth; 7 great grandchildren; brother Leonard (Wanda) Mackley of Arnold, NE; sister Arline Buchholtz of Thornton, CO; as well as many nieces, nephews and other extended family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents Chris and Emma Mackley; in-laws Roland and Leila Gruber; brothers Joseph and Francis “Fat” Mackley; infant sister Dorothy; sisters-in-law Audrey Mackley, Wilma Mackley and Virginia Mackley; and brother-in-law Stan Buchholtz.

Memorials are suggested to Pawsitive Partners or Fur The Love of Paws and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.  Graveside services will be held 1:00 p.m. Tuesday May 22, 2018 at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with military honors and Pastor Eric Mockaitis officiating.  The family requests casual attire. Visitation will be held from noon until 7:00 p.m. Monday May 21, 2018 with Family Receiving Friends from 5:00 until 7:00 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

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