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N.P. Senior Center receives grant award

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The North Platte Senior Center, a program of the Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, has received a $30,000 grant award from the Walmart Foundation.  The grant money will be applied towards purchasing a new hot/cold delivery vehicle for the Home Delivered Meal Program.  The Senior Center will look to apply for additional grant funding to help support the remaining costs of the vehicle. A check presentation will take place on Wednesday, August 3rd at the Senior Center. For more information about the Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, log on to www.communityactionmidne.com.

Roger’s Fine Foods closing

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Rogers Fine Foods

John Higgenbotham, owner and manager of Roger’s Fine Foods in North Platte, says the restaurant will close at the beginning of 2012.  Roger’s has been a mainstay of local dining for decades.  Nebraskaland National Bank has an agreement to purchase the property as well as the adjacent Timesaver location.   The bank is looking into possibly building another branch at the site.

Bridgeport Man Arrested on Child Enticement Charge

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(Scottsbluff, NE)- Investigator’s with the Nebraska State Patrol Troop E Headquarters-Scottsbluff have arrested a 39-year-old Bridgeport man on a charge of Enticement by Electronic Communication Device.  James L. Jay, 39, Bridgeport, was taken into custody without incident on Friday, July 29, following a week long investigation. During the investigation Jay engaged in electronic communications with an investigator posing as a 14-year-old female. As part of the investigation a search warrant was served on Jay’s Bridgeport home where investigators seized computers and other electronic devices. Jay was lodged in the Scotts Bluff County Jail.

Nebraska study finds evidence of nearly 20 cougars

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CHADRON, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska expert estimates that nearly 20 mountain lions have taken up residence in the Panhandle’s Pine Ridge area.  Sam Wilson is the non-game mammal and fur-bearing program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Wilson told the Lincoln Journal Star that dogs were used to find mountain lion droppings in Sioux, Dawes and Sheridan counties.  He says 33 samples were sent for detailed genetic analysis.  Wilson says that the test results and other information lead him to estimate that there are 19 mountain lions living in the Pine Ridge area.  Mountain lions, also called cougars and pumas, have turned up as far east in Nebraska as Omaha.

Heat continues to stress livestock in Neb.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the ongoing heat and humidity continue to put stress on livestock, but farmers are making progress with the wheat and hay harvest because of dry weather.
The USDA in its weekly crop report on Monday says temperatures across Nebraska were about 3 degrees above normal last week, with highs mainly in the mid to upper 90s. Rainfall ranged from over 2 inches in south central Nebraska to just a trace in the Panhandle.  Seventy-seven percent of the corn crop is in good to excellent condition, with 75 percent of the soybeans in good to excellent shape.  The wheat harvest is 87 percent complete, about six days behind the average.  The second cutting of alfalfa was 88 percent.  The average is 92 percent.

Military investigates death of 82nd paratrooper

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82nd Airborne Painting

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – Military officials are investigating the death of an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper who died from complications associated with a heat-related injury sustained during physical training.  A statement from the 82nd Airborne Division said Monday that Sgt. Joshua Mann of Winside, Nebraska, died Saturday evening at Womack Army Medical Center after he was injured on Friday.  Mann served as an airborne infantry team leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. He deployed to Iraq in August 2009 and received a number of medals, among them the National Defense Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster.  An 82nd Airborne spokesman says Mann is survived by his wife, Rachel, and parents David and Melanie.

Scottsbluff leaders leave flood concerns behind

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Platte River near Scottsbluff

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – As far as Scottsbluff leaders are concerned, their worries about summer flooding are over.  City Manager Rick Kuckkahn told Scottsbluff television KDUH that city government will refocus its attention on subjects other than flood protection.  The Riverside Discovery Center and campground have reopened, and any city-owned buildings that had water seep in have dried out.  Kuckkahn says Scottsbluff planned for flooding much worse that what occurred, but he says the city would do the same next time there was a threat from the North Platte River.

Up With People returns to N.P.

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Up With People is returning to North Platte.  First National Bank is sponsoring the multi-national group which not only brings entertainment but community involvement as well.  Up With People will be here for a full week starting at the end of August with several performances in September.  Up With People is seeking host families while the students are here.  For more information, contact Kelly at 412-559-4317.  For more information about Up With People, check out their website, http://www.upwithpeople.org/

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