Fay A. Hoban, 84, of North Platte, passed away August 7, 2018 at his home with his family present. He was born on September 1, 1933 to William P. and Lillian F. (Harrison) Hoban in O’Neill, Nebraska.
Fay was born and raised in North Platte and graduated from North Platte High School. After graduation he went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Fay married Patricia F. Gale on July 23, 1953 at North Platte. He was drafted into the Army in support of the Korean War from 1953 – 1955. Fay received his bachelors in mechanical engineering from University of Nebraska in 1964 and obtained his masters in 1968 from UCLA. In 1964, Fay went to work with the Dept of Defense with the Navy, designing guidance units for missile systems until he retired in 1994. He always enjoyed coming back to Nebraska to fish and hunt with his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife, Pat; son, Michael (Martha) Hoban of Bakersfield, CA; daughters, Suzanne Donnally of Oxnard, CA, Diane (Ronald) Berliner of North Platte, Sharon Smith of Sonora, CA and Joanne (Jeff)Hoban of Austin, TX; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren; sisters, Gwen (Billy) Golden of North Platte, Dorthy Lee of Pullman, WA; brothers John “Buck” (Patricia) Hoban of North Platte, Terry (Anna) Hoban of Maxwell, Francis “Andy” (Markie) Hoban of Lewellen; sister-in-law, Marolyn Hoban of North Platte.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Ronald Hoban and Morris “Moe” Hoban; sister, Helen Rodgers; sister-in-law, Shirley Hoban and brother-in-law, Richard Lee.
Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Fort McPherson National Cemetery with Pastor James Trippett officiating with military honors. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials be made in Fay’s name to the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements.
Jack D. McClellen of North Platte, Nebraska passed peacefully in his home on August 8th, 2018 at the age of 81 years.
He was born on October 20, 1936 to Albert “Mac” and Nellie McClellen in Maxwell, Nebraska where he grew up and graduated. Shortly after, he enlisted in the Air Force where he learned electronics working on airplanes.
After military service, he pursued electronics working in Ogallala, Nebraska where he met Vivien Hornyak. In 1959 they married and soon had a family of 3 children. In 1962 he began his career as a brick mason. He accomplished many goals taking pride in his work and started Scott & McClellen Masonry with his friend Rod Scott. Their business continued for 50 successful years.
He was a member of the Elks and Eagles Club and the American Legion in North Platte. He served on the School Board at Osgood Elementary in North Platte for several years.
Years later he pursued his love of airplanes and earned his private pilots license. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with family and friends.
He is remembered as a caring father and husband with family values that he passed on. He was a gracious host, a kind and fair man who touched the hearts of those who knew him. He was often quoted saying “do the best you can in everything you do” which sums up his life.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Deloit and Gary; his second wife, Verna; special friend, Joyce Harms; and Grandson, Jesse Hornbacher.
He is survived by his brother, Robert McClellen of Hershey; son, James McClellen of Grand Island; daughters, Jolene (Rick) Melton and Jill (Mike) Carroll, of North Platte; grandchildren, Amanda Caudillo of North Platte, Tiffany, Stephanie and Kory McClellen, all of Grand Island, Eric Melton of North Platte, Tonya and Chris Carroll, both of Oklahoma City and several Great Grandchildren.
Services will be held at Carpenter Memorial Chapel in North Platte on Monday, August 13th at 11:00 am. Visitation is from 4:00pm to 8:00 pm on Sunday, August 12th at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Gaslin Cemetery south of Brady.
Memorial contributions are welcome to the “American Heart Association”. Online condolence may be share at www.carpentermemorial.com. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements.
CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An attempted murder charge against a Carter Lake woman has been dismissed at the request of her alleged victim.
The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the charge against 51-year-old Tammy Oberg was dropped Wednesday. Oberg was ordered to pay fees and expenses for court costs.
Oberg had been charged in May after being accused of trying to run over another woman on a bicycle in Carter Lake. Police say she told officers she did it because she believed the victim was riding a stolen bike.
Officers say they found the alleged victim’s bike and cellphone in Oberg’s home.
Carter Lake sits on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River surrounded by Omaha following an 1877 shift in the river, but it remains part of Iowa.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man fatally shot by officers after police say he stabbed and cut women at a Nebraska homeless shelter has been identified.
Omaha police say 54-year-old Stephen Caldwell was killed Wednesday after several officers fired their weapons at him. Four officers have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation into the shooting is conducted.
Police say Caldwell attacked two women with a knife in the Siena-Francis House parking lot, north of downtown Omaha. Police say Caldwell then entered the shelter office and took another woman hostage, holding a knife to her throat and barricading the office door. All three women were employees of the shelter.
Police say Caldwell was shot after refusing commands to drop the knife. They say the women were taken to a hospital and expected to recover.
BRADSHAW, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado damaged buildings and knocked down trees in York County.
The service says the twister struck a spot nearly 8 miles (13 kilometers) north-northwest of Bradshaw a little before 7:45 p.m. Monday and lifted after four minutes on the ground. It was rated an EF1 with a peak wind of 90 mph (145 kph).
It damaged a house and garage, some grain bins and snapped off several trees. No injuries have been reported.
The service says the tornado was part of a supercell system that heavily damaged area crops.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman has been imprisoned for causing her aunt’s death by swerving to throw her off a vehicle.
Lancaster County District Court records say 22-year-old Kacie Alatoree was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months in prison. Alatoree had pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide. In exchange prosecutors dropped a charge of failing to stop and render aid.
Police say 36-year-old Autumn Rodriguez Hernandez died Nov. 12, days after she climbed onto the SUV Alatoree was driving. Police say Alatoree accelerated and swerved left and right to shake Rodriguez Hernandez off the vehicle, causing the older woman to fall and hit her head on a curb. Police say Alatoree then fled.
Police say Rodriguez Hernandez had lent the SUV to her niece three months earlier.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that pounded western Nebraska with hail left a faint trail of damage detectable from a satellite.
A northwest-to-southeast line across the Panhandle can be seen from more than 22,000 miles above the Earth. The weather service office in North Platte posted the Monday evening satellite images on its Facebook page .
Meteorologist Nathan Jurgensen told the Omaha World-Herald the damage trail was about 150 miles (241 kilometers) long and was probably about 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide or less.
Most of the hail — some pieces big as softballs — fell on rural areas, shredding crop fields and damaging farm buildings. But several communities also were hit, especially Oshkosh. No injuries have been reported.
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The police chief in a southern suburb of Omaha is still being paid even though he hasn’t been to work in nearly 11 months.
Bellevue Police Chief Mark Elbert has received $108,285 since he was put on leave in September after receiving a no-confidence vote from the police union, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The city also continued to cover Elbert’s benefits and has paid nearly $25,000 in legal fees regarding his case.
“People are not happy,” Councilman Paul Cook said.
The union told the mayor, city administrator and City Council that it had lost confidence in Elbert because of a pattern of “dishonest and deceptive conduct.”
The union alleged Elbert tried to coerce union members to change the results of qualifications testing and evaluations. The organization also said it had audio recordings of Elbert telling a member of the Bellevue Police Department to hide information from the city and other department officials.
Elbert has said the allegations are false and make “gross mischaracterizations.” He asked to be placed on leave while he’s investigated.
Elbert released a statement saying that he “wishes to return to his official duties as soon as possible and would have hoped to have this process concluded months ago.”
Many Bellevue officials said they’re uncertain why Elbert’s leave has dragged on for months.
Councilman Don Preister said he understands taxpayers’ concerns about the growing costs as Elbert’s investigation is conducted. But he said it’s a personnel issue that the city council can’t easily resolve.
“It’s someone’s life and career here at stake,” said Mayor Rita Sanders. “Even though I’d love it go faster, it can’t.”
By GRANT SCHULTE , Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A German pharmaceutical company has filed a lawsuit to prevent Nebraska from using lethal injection drugs next week in what would be the state’s first execution in more than two decades.
The federal lawsuit filed late Tuesday could delay the Aug. 14 execution of Carey Dean Moore, who was sentenced to death for killing two Omaha cab drivers in 1979. The company, Fresenius Kabi, opposes the use of its drugs in executions and alleges that the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services’ supply of potassium chloride was made by the company.
Moore has stopped fighting the state’s efforts to execute him , leaving death penalty opponents with no real options other than to hope a drug manufacturer challenged the state’s use of its products. In Nevada, a judge indefinitely postponed an execution last month after drugmaker Alvogen filed a similar lawsuit over one of its products.
Nebraska state officials have refused to identify the source of their drugs, but Fresenius Kabi alleges the state’s supply of the drug is stored in 30 milliliter vials. Fresenius Kabi said it’s the only company that supplies potassium chloride in vials that size. The company said it may also have manufactured the state’s supply of cisatracurium, and that Nebraska’s use of its drugs would damage its reputation and business relationships.
“While Fresenius Kabi takes no position on capital punishment, Fresenius Kabi opposes the use of its products for this purpose and therefore does not sell certain drugs to correctional facilities,” company attorneys wrote in the lawsuit.
The company said it only sells those products to wholesalers and distributors who sign a contract agreeing not to supply the drugs to correctional departments. Drugs obtained illicitly are also at risk of changing chemically because they may not have been stored at proper temperatures, said Matt Kuhn, a company spokesman.
“These drugs, if manufactured by Fresenius Kabi, could only have been obtained by (the corrections department) in contradiction and contravention of the distribution contracts the company has in place and therefore through improper or illegal means,” the company said in the lawsuit.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said the lethal injection drugs were purchased lawfully “and pursuant to the state of Nebraska’s duty to carry out lawful capital sentences.”
A spokeswoman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Nebraska has never carried out an execution by lethal injection, and the state plans to use an untried combination of four drugs during Moore’s scheduled execution. The state’s last execution, in 1997, used the electric chair, which the Nebraska Supreme Court later declared unconstitutional.
Nebraska’s current execution protocol calls for four drugs: the sedative diazepam, commonly known as Valium, to render the inmate unconscious; fentanyl citrate, a powerful synthetic opioid; cisatracurium besylate, which induces paralysis and halts the inmate’s breathing; and potassium chloride to stop the heart.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, a leading death penalty opponent, praised the company’s intervention and chastised the state for refusing to release documents identifying the supplier. State officials have done so in the past without objection.
“While more states are turning away from the death penalty, Nebraska officials are rushing to carry out an execution cloaked in secrecy with an untested four-drug scheme that carries immeasurable risks for unnecessary pain and a botched execution,” said Danielle Conrad, the group’s executive director.
The lawsuit could force Nebraska to reveal its supplier to prove it doesn’t have any of Fresenius Kabi’s drugs, said state Sen. Ernie Chambers, of Omaha, an outspoken opponent of capital punishment. Chambers said he was glad the lawsuit was filed in federal court, saying it was more insulated from political pressure than the state courts.
“The state cannot simply enter a denial,” he said. “They’re going to have to establish that what has been presented isn’t true.”
The lawsuit is not Nebraska’s first run-in with Fresenius Kabi. Last year, a company spokesman told The Associated Press that state officials had obtained a batch of its potassium chloride in 2015 because one of its distributors made a mistake.
A company spokesman said at the time that Fresenius Kabi discovered the sale through an internal audit and requested that the Department of Correctional Services return the drugs, but state officials never did. Those drugs expired in January 2017.
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