07-23-08

Happy Birthday Wishes to: 

Steve Bossard, LuAnn Carter, Allan Heimes, Steve Henrickson, Florence Larson

Skywatch Weather: 

Today, increasing clouds, chance for showers, high 85. Tonight, partly cloudy, chance for showers, low 68. Thursday, partial sunshine, chance for showers, high 89.

Sports: 

Bo Pelini says he's seen no indication that Nebraska has fallen off the radar screen in college football. The first-year Nebraska coach said there have been warm receptions wherever he and his assistants have traveled around the country. It's been a decade since the Cornhuskers have won a national title. Pelini says he realizes that ten years seems like a long time to a 17-year-old prospect. Pelini said it helps that the parents and coaches of high school players are well aware of the history and tradition of Nebraska football. Pelini says he and his assistants have a great product to talk about with kids, whether discussing academics or athletics.

 

American Legion Baseball District Tournaments were in action yesterday. At the B-5 Seniors Tournament at Albion, the host team doubled up Pierce 10-5. At the B-5 Juniors Tournament at Central City, Wayne eliminated Aurora 8-6 and Wakefield won the C-2 District Tournament in front of their home fans by routing Pender 13-2. Seniors Tournaments continue across the area today, at the B-3 Tournament at Valley, West Point plays Hooper at 12:30, Blair meets Arlington at 3:00, Bennington faces Wisner at 5:30, and Omaha Roncalli takes on Valley at 8:00. At the B-5 Tournament at Albion, Aurora plays Ord at 11:30, Harvard/Giltner battles Wayne at 2:00, O’Neill faces St. Paul at 5:30, and Albion meets Central City at 8:00. At the C-1 Tournament at Ainsworth, Orchard takes on Ainsworth at 5:00 and Neligh plays Battle Creek at 7:30. And at the C-2 Tournament at Pender, Dodge/Howells/Scribner battles Emerson at 2:30, Stanton plays Ponca at 5:00, and Hartington takes on Pender at 7:30. The B-5 Juniors District Tournament at Central City concludes today as St. Paul battles Wayne in the championship at 5:00 with an if necessary game to follow.

 

Lincoln’s David Easley & Jayson Brueggemann along with Blake Giroux shared the lead after the first day of the 100th Nebraska Amateur in Lincoln. The three golfers shot a 70 while Lincoln’s Scott Willman & Knox Jones are both one stroke back with a 71. O’Neill’s John Hurley shot a 72, Columbus’ Mike Krumland & Greg Pohlmann carded a 75, Norfolk’s Chris Bruening put up a 77, Columbus’ Eric Pohlmann settled for a 79, Beemer’s Richard Schneider & West Point’s Steve Blocher shot an 81, Norfolk’s Scott Bruening carded an 82, Todd Uhlir of Norfolk put up an 84, Norfolk’s Tyler Erwin shot an 87, and Columbus’ Brett Kumpf ended up with a 90. The event continues today.

 

Local Schedule: Omaha Royals at Las Vegas (Bsbl-9:05).

 

Local Scores: Omaha Royals 17 Las Vegas 5 (Bsbl).

Kwifax: 

Americans spend $30 billion a year on trying to lose weight.

News Briefs: 

U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel says even the Iraqi government wants U.S. combat forces out by 2010. The Nebraska Republican repeated calls for a withdrawal from Iraq yesterday from Jordan. He's accompanying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on an overseas trip.

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Legislative leaders will learn about state government's financial position during a meeting at the Capitol that is expected to be upbeat. Higher than expected tax collections has the state sitting on a $574 million cash reserve, its largest in state history. During the fiscal year that wrapped up at the end of the June, net tax receipts were $117 million more than projected.

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The city of Norfolk has issued $94-million in building permits so far in the 2008 fiscal year, a record in the city. Prevention Manager Scott Cordes says a big part of that is the $54-million bed tower project at Faith Regional Hospital. Another large project is the Peterbuilt Truck and Service Center under construction on south Highway 81.

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Members of the Norfolk Planning Commission agree with residents of a west Norfolk housing area that the developers should have addressed a matter of expanding the area to include multi-family housing. At a meeting Tuesday, Fox Ridge Estates Homeowners' Association President Richard Richardson said many of the residents were told that the area would remain single family residential. Richardson says they oppose plans by Carhart Lumber to amend a planned development to put two triplex units near 34th Street and Prospect Avenue. Commissioners voted 8-1 to deny Carhart's request.

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Nebraska's biggest provider of electricity is planning to help develop and buy enough wind energy over the next 12 years to power about 94,000 more homes. Nebraska Public Power District officials say they'll work with private developers on what could be more than 1 billion dollars in projects across the state. The private companies would build windmill farms that would generate more than 400 megawatts in all. NPPD would build transmission lines to them and contract for much of the electricity.

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The Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival is Saturday. Children Services Librarian Marci Retzlaff tells WJAG NEWS the festival is for anyone who loves books -- and loves to read. The Literature Festival begins Saturday morning at 9 at the Lifelong Learning Center. Advance tickets are available through Friday at 5 p.m. at the Public Library. Those needing to purchase tickets Saturday morning are urged to come early to make sure they are in the seats when the program begins.

Today's Tickler: 

Do Lipton Tea employees take "coffee breaks"?


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