04-16-08

Happy Birthday Wishes to: 

 

Brian Albrecht, Jim Ambroz, Jerry Hain, Ken Herley, Susan Risinger, Candace Schindler

Skywatch Weather: 

 

Today, partial sunshine, high 63. Tonight, becoming mostly cloudy, chance for showers, low 38. Thursday, considerable cloud cover, chance for showers, high 54

Sports: 

 

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi says Joba Chamberlain's father is doing a little better in the hospital. The hard-throwing reliever left the Yankees Monday after his father collapsed at home in Nebraska. The pitcher was placed on the bereavement list and will miss a two-game series against Boston that begins tonight at Yankee Stadium. Girardi says Joba is by his father's side, and the whole team is praying for the family. Harlan Chamberlain raised Joba as a single dad.

 

The Norfolk Catholic boys & girls track & field teams both won their respective criteria at yesterday’s O’Neill Invite. The Knights boys accumulated 182 points in their win. Champions included Jon Love (110 HH; 300 HH, 100); Kyle Wemhoff in the 3200 & 1600, Chad Pinkelman in the Long Jump, Jarren Heng in the 800, Tyler Daake in the Triple Jump, the 4X800 Relay Team, and the 4X100 Freshmen Relay team. The Norfolk Catholic girls totaled 162 points in their win. Among the winners were Nicole Brungardt (Long Jump, 100, 200); Jessica Zaruba in the 400 & Triple Jump, Jessica Boyle in the 800, Madison Brummer in the 3200, Blaire Schommer in the Discus, and the 4X100 & 4X800 Relay teams.

 

The Lutheran High Northeast track & field teams were in action at yesterday’s Laurel/Concord Invite. The boys placed fifth with 53 points while the champion host team netted 158 points. The girls took fourth with 73 points with Laurel/Concord winning that criteria as well with 139 points. Karissa Blank placed first in the Triple Jump while Amber Skoglund was first in the Shot-put.

 

Local Schedule: Columbus at Nfk High (Bsbl-4:30); Iowa at Creighton (Bsbl-6:30); WSC at SW Minnesota St. At Marshall, MN (Bsbl DH-2:00); WSC at SW Minnesota St. At Marshall, MN (SB DH-2:00); Omaha Royals at Nashville (Bsbl-12:00).

 

Local Scores: Lincoln NE 16-10 Nfk High 6-9 (Bsbl DH); Grand Island 2 Nfk High 0 (B Socc.); Grand Island 2 Nfk High 1 (SO) (G Socc.); Nfk High 9 Sioux City Heelan 0 (G Tenn. Dual); Nebraska 3 Wichita St. 0 (Bsbl); Creighton 6 Kansas St. 5 (11 Inn.) (Bsbl); Iowa St. 13 Nebraska 4 (SB); Creighton 8-12 Drake 0-5 (SB DH); WSC 2-3 South Dakota 1-0 (SB DH); Omaha Royals 4 Nashville 1 (Bsbl).

 

NHL Playoff Scores: San Jose 3 Calgary 2 (2-2); Colorado 5 Minnesota 1 (2-2); Philadelphia 6 Washington 3 (2-1); Anaheim 4 Dallas 2 (1-2); Montreal 1 Boston 0 (3-1).

Spracklen Physical Therapy Star Athlete of the Week:: 

 

Kelsey Molacek of the Stanton Track & Field team.

Kwifax: 

 

The average age a person becomes a grandparent for the first time is 47.

News Briefs: 

 

The Nebraska Legislature is following through on a compromise to provide money for roads that many say need to be built. It comes in place of a gas tax hike proposed by Senator Deb Fischer of Valentine. Legislative Speaker Mike Flood says $5-million would come out of the cash reserve each year for the next three years. The Norfolk lawmaker tells WJAG NEWS $5 million of that could be used to help secure $23-million in federal funding towards expanding Highway 35 in northeast Nebraska. The bill still needs to be passed on final reading.

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Norfolk's first Woman's Day Expo will be this weekend in the DeVent Center at Divots, and all women are invited to attend. Angie Brodersen, commercial event coordinator for Divots, says there will be about 60 booths of information, services and products and seminars on cooking, health and decorating. The show will be Friday from 4 until 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. For more information, call Brodersen at 844-2996.

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Students from Norfolk's three largest high schools will play their coaches Thursday night to help raise money to fight cancer. Kami Merkel says the third annual Coaches and Kids Conquer Cancer basketball fundraiser will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Norfolk Catholic gym. Merkel tells WJAG NEWS senior girls from Norfolk Public, Norfolk Catholic and Lutheran High Northeast will play their coaches, followed by a performance by students from Paulyn's Dance Studio. Then a team of radio personalities and doctors will play some former Husker football players, including Matt Herian from Pierce. The final game of the evening will be senior boys from the city's three schools playing their coaches. A football signed by Cornhusker Coach Bo Pelini and Athletic Director Tom Osborne will be auctioned off. All money raised will be donated to Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

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All horse owners are invited to a workshop April 22nd on the Madison County Fairgrounds in Madison. Hosted by the Elkhorn Feed Center in Norfolk, the 6 p.m. workshop will include a discussion of basic health care for horses and the special nutrition needs of horses. Kevin Daniel of Madison, a professional cutting horse trainer and two-time champion of the Palomino World Show, will give a cutting horse demonstration. The workshop is free, but RSVP's are appreciated at 379-0500.

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NASA is extending the international Cassini mission touring Saturn and its moons. The agency says the two-year extension will let the unmanned probe make 60 more revolutions around the ringed planet and fly by its largest moon, Titan.

Today's Tickler: 

 

Adolescence: when a boy refuses to believe that someday he’ll be as dumb as his father


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