07-21-08

Happy Birthday Wishes to: 

Charles Kudrna Jr., Donnie Thorson

Skywatch Weather: 

Today, blend of clouds & sun, chance for showers & storms, high 88. Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, chance for showers, low 66. Tuesday, a blend of clouds & sun, chance for showers, high 87.

Sports: 

Padraig Harrington is celebrating the first back-to-back British Open championship by a European golfer in more than 100 years. The Irishman locked up the 137th British Open with an eagle on the 17th hole en route to a final-round 1-under-par 69. Harrington finished four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter, who also shot a final-round 69. Australia's Greg Norman started play with a two-shot lead in his valiant attempt at a third Open title. But the 53-year-old, part-time golfer bogeyed his opening three holes and signed for a 7-over 77. He finished 9-over and tied for third with Sweden's Henrik Stenson. Jim Furyk was the top U.S. finisher, tying for fifth with amateur Chris Wood. The 36-year-old Harrington is the first European since James Braid in 1905&06 to win golf's oldest championship two straight years.

 

Jason Taylor is leaving the only NFL team he's known, going from the Miami Dolphins to Washington in a trade the Redskins hope will bolster their depleted defense. The move came about nine hours after starting defensive end Phillip Daniels was carted away from the practice field with a season-ending left knee injury on day one of training camp. The Redskins gave the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010 for Taylor. The six-time Pro Bowl defensive end was 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Taylor fell out of favor in Miami after spending his off season on the TV show "Dancing With the Stars" rather than working out with teammates.

 

Juniors District Baseball Tournaments continued yesterday across the area. At the B-5 Tournament at Central City, in elimination games, the host team outslugged Neligh 15-10 and Aurora beat Pierce 8-6. St. Paul faces Wayne tonight at 5:00 with Central City meeting Aurora afterwards. At the C-1 Tournament at Crofton, the host team outslugged Plainview 10-9 in an elimination game. Creighton will play Crofton in the championship today at 4:00 with an if necessary game to follow. At the C-2 Tournament at Wakefield, the host team beat Pender 7-5 and West Point shutout Randolph in an elimination game 6-0. West Point plays Pender in an elimination game tonight at 7:30.

 

Local Schedule: Nfk Seniors at Yankton (Bsbl-6:30); Round Rock at Omaha Royals (Bsbl-12:05).

 

Local Scores: Lincoln Anderson Ford 10 Nfk Seniors 2; Lincoln Sampson Construction 6 Nfk Seniors 1 (Bsbl); Round Rock 2-5 Omaha Royals 1-4 (Bsbl DH).

Kwifax: 

The artificial sweetener saccharin was discovered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1879

News Briefs: 

A large complex of thunderstorms moved across central, north central and northeast Nebraska late Sunday evening and early this morning. Several severe thunderstorm warnings were issued. The National Weather Service reports hail up to golf ball size fell and thunderstorm wind gusts of generally 60-to-70 miles per hour per hour were reported. Very gusty winds and rainfall of only .17 fell at the WJAG studios in downtown Norfolk as the storms passed through the community around 12:30 this morning. Other reports indicate a storage building at a lumber yard in Oakdale partially collapsed from winds from 60-to-70 miles per hour, and tree limbs up to four inches in diameter were down in the community shortly after midnight; a 75 mile per hour wind gust was detected in Neligh; and a law enforcement report indicated damaging thunderstorm winds knocking down power lines and tree limbs in Pierce.

 

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its leader Sunday. An Afghan official says Obama also promised to pursue the war on terror vigorously if elected. The Illinois Senator Obama, Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel and Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed held two hours of talks with President Hamid Karzai at his palace in the capital.

 

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Work gets underway today in Norfolk to upgrade some traffic signals, primarily along 13th Street and Norfolk and Omaha avenues. Eric Lordemann with the Nebraska Department of Roads tells WJAG NEWS the work is designed to provide back up power to the 13 signals. Motorists can expect possible lane closures through the end of August.

 

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A popular section of Nebraska Life Magazine is its "Nebraska Kitchens" recipe segment. Former Norfolkan Martin Shubin has one of three recipes featured in the magazine's latest edition. The recipes are those handed down from generation to generation -- and Shubin's is for Russian Chicken Kiev. Nebraska Life is published in Norfolk.

 

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A mock Lewis and Clark encampment is now available for rent at Ponca State Park. It features two large tents and 10 small tents set up in an early 1800s military style encampment. The riverside site is on the park's north addition on a scenic and remote stretch of the Missouri National Recreational River.

Today's Tickler: 

You know you’re getting older when bingo is a way of life instead of a dog’s name.


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