July 2018 – Page 11 – North Platte Post Archive

Fred L. Kraye

Posted on July 19, 2018

Fred L. Kraye, 83, passed away July 16, 2018, at Pioneer Memorial Rest Home in Mullen.

Fred was born on Aug. 6, 1934, to Ernst and Lydia (Helen) Jordan Kraye, at the ranch southwest of Mullen. Fred graduated from Mullen High School in 1951 and was a past president of the Mullen Alumni Association. Fred attended every one of his 67 alumni banquets.

Fred married Theresa Sullivan on April 14, 1956, and to this union four children were born Carol, Fredrick, John and Michael.

During his lifetime, Fred was a rancher, a businessman, a truck driver, a farmer and a cattle order buyer. He was a longtime sports fan and an active community member. Fred was a lifetime member of the American Angus Association and a past president of the Nebraska Angus Association.

From 1968 through 2003, Fred and Theresa Kraye owned and operated Kraye Feed and Supply and K+T Trucking. They resided at the ranch, southwest of Mullen until August 1974, when they moved to town.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Theresa.

Fred is survived by his children and their spouses, Carol (John G.) Wright of Mullen, Fredrick (Judy) Kraye of North Platte, John (Julie) Kraye of Mullen and Mike (Tonya) Kraye of Rapid City, South Dakota; grandchildren and their spouses, Christina (Kirk) Stieb of Loup City, Stephanie (Bryan) Guy of Omaha, Brian and Brad Wright of Mullen, Paul Kraye of Lincoln, David Kraye (Stacey Layher) of Mullen, Helen Kraye of Red Oak, Iowa, Sterling, Bridger and Kadyn Kraye, all of Rapid City; great-grandchildren, Zac, Chase, Jessica and Wyatt Stieb and Katie, Avery, Emily and Daisy Guy; and siblings, Betty Kraye and Nancy Laier.

Memorials are suggested to the Pioneer Memorial Rest Home, the Mullen Alumni Association or the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be shared at govierbrothers.com.

Services will be at 11 a.m. MT on Saturday, July 21, at the Hooker County Community Building. Burial will be at Cedarview Cemetery, Mullen. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. MT on Friday, July 20, at the Mullen Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.

2 Iowans arrested after drugs found in Nebraska traffic stop

Posted on July 19, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Law enforcement officials near Omaha have seized about 20 pounds of marijuana, cocaine and hash from a car heading to Iowa.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies discovered the drugs in a car they tried to pull over early Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 in Omaha. Deputies say the car left the interstate and stopped in a parking lot in eastern Omaha.

The deputies searched the car after detecting the smell of marijuana coming from it.

Officials say they found 14 pounds of marijuana in numerous heat-sealed bags inside a black trash bag, nearly five pounds of cocaine and 23 containers of hash.

The driver and a passenger, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were arrested. Officials say they were driving from Colorado to Iowa.

Sex offender gets 15 years for distribution of child porn

Posted on July 19, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A convicted sex offender in Omaha has been imprisoned for distributing child pornography.

51-year-old Lawrence Quignon was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha to 15 years. He must serve 10 years of supervised release after he leaves prison. He’d pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors say Quignon admitted uploading images of child pornography onto an online chat service.

Quignon was previously convicted of sexual assault of a minor in Adams County in 1999. He is required by state law to register as a sexual offender for life.

Omaha firefighters using new hazmat testing device

Posted on July 19, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha firefighters have deployed a new, high-tech device to test potentially dangerous substances.

Several firefighters suited up in their hazardous materials gear Wednesday for a training exercise with the department’s new safety tool. Federal grant money paid for the $46,000 mass spectrometer, which can identify 30,000 different substances.

The device identified the hazmat training substance in just seconds: baby powder.

Fire Capt. Nick Gangwish says the device will let authorities more quickly determine whether a suspicious substance poses a danger and whether public access can be resumed at some incident scene.

Union Pacific 2Q profit jumps 29 percent as volume up 4 pct

Posted on July 19, 2018

By JOSH FUNK , AP Business Writer

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. hauled in 29 percent more second-quarter profit as the railroad handled 4 percent more shipments, but the results might have been better with some operational challenges.

The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said Thursday it earned $1.51 billion net income, or $1.98 per share. That’s up from $1.17 billion, or $1.45 per share, a year ago.

The results exceeded the $1.94 per share that the analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research expected.

Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz said the railroad’s performance was hurt by shortages of train crews and a tunnel outage in June, but it is working on improving its operations.

“Overall, I am pleased with the effort put forth by the entire Union Pacific team; however, I recognize the results could have been better,” Fritz said.

The railroad’s revenue grew 8 percent to $5.67 billion in the period. That surpassed the $5.6 billion analysts expected.

But Union Pacific’s expenses increased 10 percent to $3.6 billion as fuel costs jumped 48 percent to $643 million.

Fritz said he expects the economy to remain strong through the rest of the year.

Union Pacific shares have increased slightly more than 5 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index has increased slightly more than 5 percent. The stock has risen 29 percent in the last 12 months.

The railroad operates 32,400 miles of track in 23 states.

Hy-Vee recalls spring pasta salad tied to salmonella cases

Posted on July 19, 2018

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Midwest grocery store chain Hy-Vee Inc. has recalled its store-brand spring pasta salad after 20 people got salmonella in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday the West Des Moines-based grocery chain discovered potential salmonella contamination on Monday night and pulled the product from its shelves.

The recall includes 16-ounce and 48-ounce containers of Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad produced between June 1 and July 13. It was available from deli service cases in the company’s 244 stores across eight states including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in the young, frail and elderly.

Omaha-based voting machine company denies Russian hacking

Posted on July 18, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha company says Russian hackers didn’t breach its election machines or software in 2016.

Kathy Rogers is an executive with Omaha-based Election Systems & Software, which supplies voting systems for U.S. elections. She tells the Omaha World-Herald that the company worked with the FBI to verify its systems weren’t hacked after 12 Russian government intelligence officers were indicted.

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced last week the indictment of Russian officials on charges of hacking into U.S. election-related computer systems two years ago. The indictments allege the officials hacked into computers of an unidentified company that supplied software verifying voter registration information.

Rogers says the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that none of the company’s information was breached.

The company is the largest U.S. maker of voter machines.

Berkshire Hathaway stock jumps after buyback rules eased

Posted on July 18, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is up 4 percent after easing restrictions on buying back its own shares.

The Omaha, Nebraska, conglomerate led by Warren Buffett said Tuesday that after it posts earnings on Aug. 3, it will begin allowing Buffett to buy stock at prices up to the shares’ intrinsic value.

Since 2012, Berkshire has restricted buybacks to prices below 120 percent of the stock’s book value, which is an estimate of the company’s value after liabilities are subtracted from assets.

Given the company’s massive cash pile (Berkshire has hoarded more than $100 billion while Buffett looks for another acquisition or investment) the rule changeups the odds that it will be directed at buybacks.

It will not do so if it would reduce its cash below $20 billion.

Man dies after utility vehicle collides with semitrailer

Posted on July 18, 2018

PROSSER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man driving a utility vehicle died after it collided with a semitrailer in south-central Nebraska.

The accident was reported around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, about a mile (2 kilometers) southwest of Prosser in northwest Adams County.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Alexander Williams was trying to cross a rural road when his vehicle and the truck collided. Williams died after being flown to a Kearney hospital. He lived in Prosser.

Authorities say the truck driver wasn’t injured. He’s been identified as 20-year-old Ethan Woerner, of Burr Oak, Kansas.

Ron Brown back with Nebraska

Posted on July 18, 2018

Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost announced Wednesday that Ron Brown has joined the Cornhusker football staff as Director of Player Development.

Brown has 24 previous years of coaching experience at Nebraska, serving as an assistant coach from 1987 to 2003, and again from 2008 to 2014. Brown served as associate head coach at Liberty University for the past three seasons, working for Head Coach Turner Gill.

In his new role at Nebraska, Brown will serve in a non-coaching role, mentoring Husker football student-athletes in numerous off-field development areas. Brown will work closely with Nebraska’s nationally renowned Life Skills program and assist in community outreach efforts of Husker football players and staff.

“Coach Brown had a tremendous impact on me during my playing career at Nebraska, and I am sure he will have a similar impact on many young men in our football program in the years ahead,” Frost said. “Coach Brown understands Nebraska and what makes this a great place for student-athletes to grow and learn in all areas.”

Brown will bring 31 years of college coaching experience to the Nebraska football staff. Brown coached for four seasons at his alma mater, Brown University, before his 24 seasons at Nebraska and the past three years at Liberty.

In addition to outstanding team success that included three national championships at Nebraska, Brown coached more than 40 academic all-conference players and nearly 40 players that went on to professional careers.

Brown coached the Nebraska tight ends (2008-10) and running backs (2011-14) during his most recent stint with the Huskers. During that time, he tutored future NFL running backs Rex Burkhead and Ameer Abdullah, who rank second and sixth, respectively, on NU’s all-time rushing list.

Burkhead earned first-team Academic All-America honors in both 2011 and 2012, while Abdullah was a Doak Walker Award finalist as a senior in 2014. Abdullah left Nebraska as the school’s No. 2 all-time rusher and all-time leader in all-purpose yards.

During his time as an assistant from 1987 to 2003, Brown coached the Nebraska wide receivers and tight ends. Brown’s players had a reputation for their tenacity and downfield blocking, helping Nebraska to nine NCAA rushing crowns in 17 seasons.

Brown spent four years from 2004 to 2007 as the Nebraska State Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. A native of New York, Brown earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown in 1979, and a master’s degree from Columbia in 1982.