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Steve Manthei sifted throughcharred debris Monday — allthat remained of his mobilehome and all his worldly pos-sessions.

The 61-year-old Hastings man pulledout a few items that were salvageableat 2 Durwood Lane, but the majorityof the contents were blackened

chunks. Gone were Manthei’s furni-ture, bedroom set, television, stereoand karaoke machine. Some items canbe replaced, but others such as photo-graphs are lost forever.

Manthei didn’t even make it out ofhis home with a pair of shoes onSunday afternoon when smoke startedpouring from an area near the furnace.

He was watching television anddrinking coffee when the smoke detec-

tor sent out a high-pitched warning.He went to investigate at the back ofthe mobile home, but there was toomuch smoke.

Instead, he woke his sleeping 16-year-old daughter, Denise, and theyfled. The two escaped, but only withclothes they were wearing.

“Thank God I slept with my slipperson,” Denise said.

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SMITH CENTER, Kan. —Two pillars of the communityhere retired in November.

Husband and wife, Rogerand Pam Barta ended tenuresat positions where each did alot tostrengthenSmithCenter andput thetown onthe map.

Roger justcompletedhis 35thseason ashead coachfor theSmithCenterRedmanfootballteam.

Duringthat time his teams won state

championships in 1982, 1986,1999, and 2004-2008. Thoselast five championships cov-ered a Kansas record and then-longest national streak of 79consecutive victories beforeSmith Center lost to Centraliain the 2-1A 2009 champi-onship game.

The road leading to HubbardStadium and Smith CenterPublic School is called RogerBarta Way.

Pam ended a career infinance working 4 1/2 years asthe city’s economic develop-ment director. She had beenconsidering the last six monthswhether she would retire thisyear or in 2013.

“With him quitting I decidedit was time for me to quit andthat way we could do somethings we wanted to do,” shesaid. “So, we’re going to try thecity life.”

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InsideTHIEF ON FACEBOOK

KEARNEY — Police inKearney say a Facebook postingled to the arrest of a manaccused of stealing huntinggear.

Jacob Shaw faces one count

of felony theft by receivingstolen property worth morethan $1,500.

The Buffalo County Sheriff’sOffice says Shaw stole duck andgoose decoys and boats from ahunting cover near the city ofGibbon. They say Shaw then

posted photos of the equipmentwith his contact information ona Facebook exchange page.

The newspaper reports Shawis being held at the county jail.He is scheduled in court laterthis month.

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Steve Manthei pauses outside his home at 2 Durwood Lane Monday afternoon while cleaning up after a firedestroyed the mobile home Sunday.

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Smith Center, Kan., residents Roger and Pam Barta havedecided to retire this year from their jobs as the Smith Centerhead football coach and economic development director,respectively.

FACES OF TRIBLAND:Roger and Pam Barta

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SHAY BURK [email protected]

It was members of the publicand not the current members ofthe Adams Central Board ofEducation who focused theirenergies on discussing the con-tract renewal for SuperintendentShawn Scott Monday.

The board had no discussionbefore voting 6-0 to unani-mously approve a two-yearcontract renewal with thesuperintendent.

However, during the publiccomment period at the start ofthe meeting, incoming board

members Chad Trausch andRyan Weeks shared their con-cerns with allowing the outgo-ing board members to renew acontract when they would notbe working with the superin-tendent for the next two years.

Tuesday’s meeting was thelast for outgoing membersJanet Drudik, Mark Johnsonand Gaylord Johnson.

Trausch and Weeks will begoing onto the board inJanuary along with CarissaUhrmacher, who also attendedMonday’s meeting but didn’tspeak during the public com-ment period.

“As a board, you have creat-ed many trust issues withinthis district,” Trausch said.“Two failed bond issues withina year-and-a-half of each otherdoes not sit well with the

patrons of this district.”Trausch said the board needs

to stand up and not be afraid todiscuss issues in open session orhave a split vote on a matter.

In any company, he said theproblems always go back to thechief executive officer — in thiscase, the superintendent.

“There’s no leadership in thisdistrict,” Trausch said.

After attending a board train-ing conference last week,Trausch said he learned a lotabout what a board should be.

“I feel that as you take officeas an elected official, it is your

duty to serve the people of thisdistrict with honesty andintegrity,” he said.

However, Trausch said theboard should not be proud forthe disarray that he believesthe district is now in.

“It’s time to move forwardand the days of being a rubberstamp committee, as some ofyou guys have put it, is over,”he concluded.

Weeks spoke next, sayingthat Scott has created severalproblems in the district.

The one major issue hefocused on was the placement

of a new principal at JuniataElementary, who has two jobsand not enough time to give toeither one.

When the district realignedthe elementary schools at theend of the 2011-12 school year,Jennifer Pohlson was promotedfrom the special services direc-tor to the Juniata Elementaryprincipal.

However, she kept many ofthe duties she had before inoverseeing some of the specialeducation, preschool and otherprograms within the district.

Smith Center coupleleaves lasting legacy

COUNCIL, COLLEGE CREATEDEVELOPER AGREEMENT


A few members of the public spoke outagainst the possible closure of a portion ofNinth Street Monday as the Hastings CityCouncil approved a developer agreement.

The city of Hastings has been in talksfor nearly two years with Hastings Collegeregarding the college’s request to close aone-block stretch of Ninth Street betweenAsh and Elm avenues.

The goal of the closure is to create a

walking path and more green spacebetween the north and south portions ofthe campus now divided by the street.

The initial argument of the college wasthat forcing students to cross the streetmultiple times a day to go to classes andeat meals was dangerous.

Larry Wilson, who lives just to the eastof the college at 839 N. Fourth Ave., saidhe doesn’t understand that argument.

“College students and faculty haveintellect and maturity to look both waysbefore they cross the street,” he said.“Small children in residential areashaven’t reached this level of maturity yet.We don’t need any more small children

accidents.”Wilson was referring to the deaths this

summer of two toddlers who were struckand killed by vehicles as they ran into thestreet in other parts of Hastings.

Monday’s discussion and eventual votewere on a developer agreement that laysout the responsibilities of the city and thecollege if the one-block stretch was per-manently closed.

According to the agreement, the collegecould apply any time after June 1, 2014,to have the street closed. If approved, thetitle of the property will be moved fromthe city to the college.

HC can apply in ’14 for closureNINTH STREET

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‘It’s pretty well all gone’

Incoming AC board members object to superintendent’s new contract

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HASTINGS FAMILY LOSES EVERYTHING IN HOUSE FIRE

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Trausch Weeks

Authorities cited a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-oldman, both of Hastings, Fridayfor reportedly shoplifting atDollar General Store, 705 W.Second St. The value of itemstaken was $5.

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Donald J. Bonham of 760South Shore Drive reportedFriday that his house was dam-aged at 310 N. Bellevue Ave.

Riley P. Hall of 1002 S.Hastings Ave. reported Fridaythat his checks were taken athis residence and cashed inseveral places.

Vehicles reportedly driven byEmily Saar of 615 E. Fifth St.and Katherine E. Atz of 708 S.Wabash Ave. collided Friday atSecond Street near HastingsAvenue.

Jade M. Hemberger ofJuniata reported Friday that herdigital media player was takenfrom a vehicle at 1941 W. 11thSt.

A hit-and-run driver Sundayreportedly struck a steel build-ing owned by Christopher A.Shade of 711 W. North ShoreDrive at 514 S. Elm Ave.

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A vehicle reportedly drivenby Renee M. Hinderks of 319 S.Cooper Circle Friday struck aparked vehicle owned by JerryD. Timka of 1245 N. WebsterAve. at Third Street near CedarAvenue.

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An unknown motoristSunday reportedly leftDiscount City, 819 E. South St.,without paying for $90.01 infuel.

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Scott R. Rippen of 129 E.Fourth St. reported Sunday thathis BB gun and poker chipswere taken at the 700 block ofSouth Franklin Avenue.

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An unknown motoristSaturday reportedly leftDiscount City, 819 E. South St.,without paying for $87.29 infuel.

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Authorities cited a 19-year-old Ayr man Saturday forminor in possession of alcoholin the 800 block of North AshAvenue.

It was reported Friday thattaxi service from Action Caband Courier, Grand Island, wasunpaid at the 1100 block ofWest J Street.

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Bicyclist Leonel C. Vazquez-Juviel of 218 N. Rhode IslandAve. reported Friday that avehicle driven by David D.Poole of 522 S. Fourth Ave. col-lided with the bicycle atBellevue Avenue and SecondStreet.

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A hit-and-run driver Fridayreportedly struck a parked vehi-cle owned by Roger Vanepps ofPavilion at Seventh Street nearElm Avenue.

A vehicle reportedly drivenby Christopher J. Hawthorne of103 E. South St. Saturday strucka street sign at Osborne DriveWest and 33rd Street.

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A vehicle reportedly drivenby Richard M. Kemp of 1511N. Pine Ridge Court Saturdaystruck a parked vehicle ownedby Roger C. Christy of 1843 W.Eighth St. at 3001 W. 12th St.

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Vehicles reportedly driven bya hit-and-run driver and JeanneR. S. Woodrum of 704 S.Wabash Ave. collided Saturdayat California Avenue near BStreet.

Authorities cited a 19-year-old Hastings man, 19-year-oldCozad man and 19-year-oldGeneva man Saturday forminor in possession of alcoholat Cranbrook Lane.

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A vehicle reportedly drivenby Joshua Schutte of 2230 N.Elm Ave. Thursday went out ofcontrol and rolled at 42ndStreet and Marian Road.

Authorities cited an 18-year-old woman, 16-year-old boyand 16-year-old girl Saturdayfor minor in possession of alco-hol at Fourth Street and St.Joseph Avenue.

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Obituaries

Tribland

Area funeralsWednesday

u Loretta M. Troyer, 93, ofShickley, 11 a.m. at SalemMennonite Church in Shickley.

A2 Page Two HASTINGS TRIBUNETuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 11, the 346thday of 2012. There are 20 days left in

the year.

MEMORY LANE

TRIBLANDSixty years ago: A flash of bluish-green

light — apparently a meteor — was seennorth of Hastings by a group of highschool boys.

Fifty years ago: Merl Sherman was elect-ed president of the Navy league at a meet-ing of the board of directors. He succeed-ed Al Blessing.

Forty years ago: An apparent vandalismspree resulted in broken windows in 19automobiles in Hastings in one night.Apparently the breakage was caused by aBB or pellet gun being fired into the win-dows.

Thirty years ago: Jim Kerr of Hastingsreceived the title of champion from theAmerican Quarter Horse Association, indi-cating that he had earned at least 25points in official shows.

Twenty years ago: Apollo Industries atBeaver City began assembling plastictubes used for blood sampling and filter-ing out of blood clotting agents.

Ten years ago: Hastings High seniorBrian Poppe scored a perfect 36 on theACT.

One year ago: Ruskin residents held afundraiser in the community center withproceeds from the event used to hire anattorney to help with Ruskin’s appeal tothe proposed closure of its post office.

HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORYOn Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17’s lunar

module landed on the moon with astro-nauts Eugene Cernan and HarrisonSchmitt aboard; during three extravehicu-lar activities (EVAs), they became the lasttwo men to date to step onto the lunarsurface.

TODAY IN NEBRASKAIn 1970, in Wahoo, students at John F.

Kennedy College defied 18-degree weath-er to begin a 30-hour “dig-in,” diggingthe basement for the foundation of a newcampus student union.

ON THIS DATEIn 1816, Indiana became the 19th state.In 1912, movie producer Carlo Ponti

was born in Magenta, Italy.In 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII

abdicated the throne so he could marryAmerican divorcee Wallis WarfieldSimpson; his brother, Prince Albert,became King George VI.

In 1937, Italy announced it was with-drawing from the League of Nations.

In 1941, Germany and Italy declaredwar on the United States; the U.S.responded in kind.

In 2008, Bernie Madoff was arrested,accused of running a multibillion-dollarPonzi scheme. (Madoff is serving a 150-year federal prison sentence.)

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYSActor Jean-Louis Trintignant is 82.

Actress Rita Moreno is 81. FormerCalifornia state lawmaker Tom Hayden is73. Pop singer David Gates (Bread) is 72.Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is 71. Actress

Donna Mills is 70. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is 69. Singer Brenda Lee is 68.Actress Lynda Day George is 68. Musicproducer Tony Brown is 66. Actress TeriGarr is 65. Movie director SusanSeidelman is 60. Actress Bess Armstrong is59. Singer Jermaine Jackson is 58. Rockmusician Mike Mesaros (The Smithereens)is 55. Rock musician Nikki Sixx (MotleyCrue) is 54. Rock musician Darryl Jones(The Rolling Stones) is 51. Actor BenBrowder is 50. Singer-musician JustinCurrie (Del Amitri) is 48. Rock musicianDavid Schools (Gov’t Mule, WidespreadPanic) is 48. Actor Gary Dourdan is 46.Actress-comedian Mo’Nique (“TheParkers”) is 45. Actor Max Martini is 43.Rapper-actor Mos Def is 39. Actor RiderStrong is 33. Actress Hailee Steinfeld(“True Grit”) is 16.

QUOTE OF THE DAY“A technical objection is the first refuge

of a scoundrel.”— Heywood Broun, American jour-

nalist (1888-1939)

FACT OF THE DAYApollo 17, which set records for the

longest lunar surface exploration and themost lunar material collected, remains themost recent manned lunar mission.

NUMBER OF THE DAY$33.5 million — Alex Rodriguez’s esti-

mated total earnings in 2012, makinghim the highest paid baseball player.

LUNAR LANDINGBetween last quarter moon (Dec. 6) and

new moon (Dec. 13).Sources: The Associated Press, Newspaper

Enterprise Assn. and World Almanac Education

Yesterday and Today

Snow clouds

ALAN ROGERS, Casper Star-Tribune/AP

Heavy clouds drop snow on the peaks of the Seminoe Mountains on Monday in northern Carbon County, Wyo.

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Public noticesSee today’s notices on Page B6u Notice of organization, Ochsner

JJJ #2, LLCu Notice of vacancy for Adams

County Clerku Notice of meeting, Board of

Public Works, Hastings Utilities

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HASTINGSu Preschool story hour for ages 3-6,

10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Wednesday at theHastings Public Library, 517 W.Fourth St. For more information, call402-461-2346. u Imagination Playground, 3:30

p.m. Wednesday at the HastingsPublic Library, 517 W. Fourth St. Formore information, call 402-461-2346. u Alzheimers Support Group, 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Edgewood Vista,2400 W. 12th St. u Narcotics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 401 N. Lincoln Ave.u Al-Anon, 8 p.m. Wednesday,

First United Methodist Church, 614N. Hastings Ave.

u Pub Quiz hosted by theHastings Public Library, 8:30 p.m.Wednesday at HK Sports Bar & Grill,1216 W. J St. For more information,contact the Hastings Public Libraryat 402-461-2346. u Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,

5:15 and 8 p.m., 521 S. St. JosephAve.; noon, 835 S. Burlington Ave.No. 114; and 8 p.m., First UnitedMethodist Church, 614 N. HastingsAve. Wednesday.u VFW Auxilliary, 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Veterans of ForeignWars Club, 1053 Wabash Ave. u Grandparents Raising Grandkids,

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, FaithLutheran Church, 837 Chestnut Ave.

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Former Glenvil resident John Manley Hunnicutt, 90, died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Houston.

Private family memorial serv-ice is at a later date.

Condolences may be sentto www.brandwilson.com

JOHN M. HUNNICUTT

Guide Rock resident Vergie I. Chudomelka, 97, died Monday,Dec. 10, 2012, in Guide Rock.

Services are pending with Megrue-Price Funeral Home in Superior.

VERGIE I. CHUDOMELKA

E.J. TAMARA AND NATALIA CANOThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — JenniRivera launched her careerhawking cassette recordings ofher songs at flea markets, but apowerful voice, soulful singingstyle and frank discussion ofpersonal troubles powered herto the heights of a male-domi-nated industry, transformingher into the one of the biggeststars of the genre known asgrupero.

Her life was cut short at itspeak on Sunday by an airplanecrash in northern Mexico thatalso killed six friends and co-workers.

The 43-year-old mother offive and grandmother of twobecame a symbol of resiliencefor millions of fans on bothsides of the U.S.-Mexican bor-der. Her fame grew as shebranched out into acting,appearing in independent film,reality TV and the televisedsinging competition “La VozMexico.”

She had recently filed fordivorce from her third hus-band, was once detained at aMexico City airport with tensof thousands of dollars in cash,and publicly apologized afterher brother assaulted a drunk-en fan who verbally attackedher in 2011.

“I am the same as the public,as my fans,” she told TheAssociated Press in an interviewlast March.

Rivera sold more than 15million copies of her 12 major-label albums and won a stringof Latin music awards. Hershows filled both the StaplesCenter in Los Angeles andMexico’s National Auditorium,a feat few male singers in herindustry achieved.

Many of her songs dealt withthemes of dignity in the face ofheartbreak, and her shows wereknown for their festive atmos-phere and her intimate interac-tions with her fans. She wouldfill song requests from fanswho had suffered heartbreakand setbacks, and would oftenpull women and girls ontostage to personally tell them tokeep moving forward.

The plane, being flown bytwo pilots, was taking her andher publicist, Arturo Rivera, hermakeup artist, Jacob Yebale,and two friends, one namedMario Macias and another whowas only identified as Gerardo,to the central Mexican city ofToluca after a Saturday nightconcert before thousands inthe northern city of Monterrey.All were killed.

After the concert she gave apress conference during whichshe spoke of her emotionalstate following her recent moveto divorce former Major LeagueBaseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza,who played for teams includ-ing the New York Yankees andLos Angeles Dodgers.

Rivera announced in Octoberthat she was divorcing Loaizaafter two years of marriage.

“I can’t get caught up in thenegative because that destroysyou. Perhaps trying to move

away from my problems andfocus on the positive is the bestI can do. I am a woman likeany other and ugly things hap-pen to me like any otherwoman,” she said Saturdaynight. “The number of times Ihave fallen down is the num-ber of times I have gotten up.”

Rivera’s parents migratedfrom Mexico to California andfounded the label that also pro-pelled two of her five brothers,Lupillo and Juan Rivera, tocareers as well-known singersof grupero music.

Born on July 2, 1969 in LosAngeles, California, DoloresJanney Rivera Savedra studiedbusiness administration andoften said with pride that shestarted her singing career inflea markets in the Los Angelesarea, selling cassette tapes tofans.

She formally debuted on themusic scene in 1995 with therelease of her album“Chacalosa”.

That successful album wasfollowed with two other inde-pendent albums, one a tributeto slain Mexican-Americansinger Selena that helpedRivera expand her following.By the end of the 90s, she wona major-label contract, andbuilt a loyal following thatknew her as the “Diva de laBanda.”

At the end of the 1990s,Rivera was signed by SonyMusic and released two morealbums, “If You Want to SeeMe Crying,” and “Queen ofQueens.”

In 2002, she received her firstLatin Grammy nomination, forbest album in the band musiccategory.

Even more widespread suc-cess came when she joinedFonovisa and released her 2005album titled “Partier, Rebelliousand Daring,” which positionedher as one of the mostrenowned grupero singers andsongwriters.

She was also nominated forLatin Grammys in 2008 and2011.

She was also an actress,appearing in the indie film“Filly Brown,” which wasshown at the Sundance FilmFestival, as the incarceratedmother of character FillyBrown.

“Though she’ll be remem-bered as an iconic singer, shewas also a powerful actresswhose full range of talents theworld was just beginning todiscover,” the directors, pro-ducers, cast and crew of “FillyBrown” said in a statement.

Her most recent album,“Joyas Prestadas,” or “BorrowedJewels,” won widespread praiseand awards and helped cementher status as one of the bright-est stars of Mexican-Americanmusic.

She was also filming thethird season of “I Love Jenni,”which followed her as sheinteracted with her family andtoured through Mexico and theUnited States. She also played akey role in the reality shows:“Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquisand Raq-C” and her daughter’s“Chiquis ‘n Control.”

Mexican singer Riverakilled in plane crash

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Steve Manthei and his 16-year-old daughter, Denise, were in their home at 2 Durwood LaneSunday afternoon when a fire started near the furnace.

The college will be required tocreate 77 new off-street parkingspots to replace the spots thatwill be lost when the street isclosed. That must be completedbefore the street is closed.

The college also will beresponsible for bearing all costsof relocating the utilities andfor the cost of reconstructingNinth Street two blocks east ofthe Ninth Street and Ash Streetintersection.

Wilson said he supportedremoving those 77 parkingstalls from the street to giveboth drivers and pedestrians aclearer view, which wouldmake the area safer for every-one.

He said speed bumps, flash-ing lights and a reduced speedlimit also could be added.

And with the removal of theparking stalls, Wilson said therewould be space for the collegeto expand the HazelriggStudent Union, which is part ofHC’s strategic facilities plan.

“Maybe this issue should beplaced on a ballot and left upto residents like widening of12th Street,” he said.“Personally I do not see theneed for closing a street usedby all Hastings residents.”

Lee Saathoff, who lives at904 N. Sixth Ave., said hebelieved the closure wouldcause major congestion issuesat Seventh Street and ElmAvenue and others places inthe neighborhood.

“I realize 12th Street will be

widened but I don’t see thathelping with traffic conges-tion,” he said.

The only real benefits ofwidening 12th Street, he said,will be to create better trafficflow before and after HC sport-ing events and to give people aturn lane into Mount SinaiCemetery.

“And it might help the stu-dents who drive from BroncoVillage to the sports complex,and believe me I see a lot ofthat,” Saathoff said. “The col-lege talks about making it awalking campus and that maybe wishful thinking.”

Saathoff said he didn’t thinkit was fair to close a street for acollege that isn’t open to stu-dents all year with a three-month summer break alongwith breaks for Christmas,Easter and other holidays.

“The rest of us east ofHastings College will suffer 12months so the college can dowhat they want,” he said. “Ireally hope you consider all theramifications the closure wouldhave.”

Butch Hughes of 4135 E.Hadco Road also spoke againstthe proposed closure, saying hedidn’t know how the city evenhad the authority to close astreet and then give that prop-erty to a private entity.

“I’ve been looking for thelawful authority this bodywould have to close a publicright-of-way and give it to aprivate entity,” he said. “I haveyet to find it. Whether your

authority is in U.S. code orConstitution or common law Iwould like to know whereyou’re getting your authority.”

Hughes said he could under-stand the closure of streets forthe hospital as it is a publicfacility used by all people.

“That’s not the case with thecollege,” he said. “They don’tserve everybody. They’ll serveyou if you’ve got the money.It’s not a public place.”

During the council discus-sion, Councilman ChuckNiemeyer said he wanted peo-ple to remember that a commu-nity and a college have to worktogether for the community tohave the jobs and the college toproduce the workforce.

“How can the communitysupport the college which willin turn benefit us many timesover,” he said.

Councilman JohnHarrington also spoke, sayingthat everyone needs to remem-ber that this is a controversialissue and that the emotionscannot be written down onpaper but still need to be con-sidered.

“One thing I would encour-age all the planners and the col-lege to realize: This is a neigh-borhood, this is a community,and we have to go the extramile to be good neighbors,” hesaid. “That’s something worth-while to keep in mind. It’s notjust the neighborhood. It’s thewhole community, and I wouldencourage the college to planaccordingly.”

Ninth: City, college createstreet developer agreementContinued from page A1

Denise called for help at 1:40 p.m. and theHastings Fire Department arrived minutes later.

In the four minutes it took for a fire engine toarrive on scene, the fire spread from the backroom and engulfed the entire mobile home.

Flames leapt from the mobile home to anattached garage to the east at 1 Durwood Lane,burning the roof and siding. To the south, firedamaged the north exterior wall of 63 KingstonDrive. Heat from the blaze melted some siding at65 Kingston Drive to the southeast. With threemobile homes ablaze, firefighters called formutual aid from Hastings Rural Fire Department.

An investigator from the Nebraska FireMarshal’s Office found the fire originated near thefurnace, but wasn’t able to pinpoint a cause. Thefire was determined to be accidental in nature.

For Manthei, the loss of his home has beenshocking.

“It’s pretty well all gone,” he said Mondaywhile surveying the scene.

He had owned the mobile home about threeyears. It was the ninth year he has lived inKingswood Plaza, just in different homes.

This summer, Manthei built an extendedporch onto the front entrance and a smallerporch area for his two dogs, a pair ofChihuahua-terrier mixes, at the back door.Denise pulled the dogs out of the burning home.

Steve didn’t have insurance on the homebecause he had been gone a lot during the sum-mer. He had planned on renewing his insuranceon Jan. 9.

Even though Denise didn’t live at the mobilehome, many of her possessions were kept there.

Emotionally, Denise said it has been a struggledealing with the loss.

“We’re holding up to the best of our abilityright now,” said Denise, a student at theHastings Learning Center.

Thanks to the American Red Cross, the familyhad their immediate needs met. Manthei is stay-ing with his mother for the time being.

The family needs clothes, dog food, beddingand other bare essentials. Family and friends arehelping as best they can.

“Everything is greatly appreciated,” Denise said.“We’re still going to need a little more than that.”

The family tried to set up a fund at a localbank, but was told a $100 balance had to bemaintained. Lacking that amount to spare,they’ve decided to wait.

Donations for the Manthei family are beingcollected at 1203 E. Park St. No. 32. Donationjars are being distributed around the city to col-lect money for the family.

For more information on the Miracles forManthei fundraising effort, contact Lori Lee,Denise’s cousin, at 402-519-3439.

“To expect an employee to fillthe duties of two full-time posi-tions and do either one to yours,the teachers’ or the parents’ sat-isfaction is very short-sighted,”Weeks said. “Poor leadershipleads to poor decisions regardingour school system. It was thesuperintendent’s decision to cre-ate the upheaval and there mustbe accountability.”

He said the patrons, parents,students and teachers atJuniata Elementary had beendivided for several years andonly were able to come togeth-er through the hard work ofthen-principal Lonnie Abbott,who has since been transferredto the newly named AdamsCentral East Elementary — for-merly District 15.

Weeks said all that hard workat Juniata has gone down thedrain by expecting Pohlson todo two jobs.

And Weeks said he puts all theblame on the shoulders of Scott.

Weeks then asked the boardif an evaluation of the superin-tendent had been completedand if that evaluation includeddiscussions with the teachersand staff who work with himon a regular basis.

“The employees are the onlyones who can provide youwith any idea of how his man-agement is received and imple-mented,” Weeks said. “Did itwork for him or did it work outof fear for him?”

Weeks said the board shoulddiscuss any reviews of thesuperintendent in open sessionrather than behind closeddoors. He said secret meetingsonly help to precipitate whathe described as an “environ-ment of low morale, distrust ofsome of the administrators andboard, a hostile working envi-ronment and overall negative

effects on student learning andachievement.”

When the issue of the super-intendent’s contract came up atthe regular meeting, the boardhad no discussion before votingunanimously to approve Scott’scontract for another two years.

However, before the groupmoved on to the next discus-sion item, Drudik took amoment to thank Scott.

“We really appreciate thework you do,” she said. “Iknow you put in a lot of timeand effort and you do a lot ofgood things with the district.”

She thanked him for hiswork on the district accredita-tion, a milestone for the dis-trict, along with making a lotof hard decisions that theboard stands behind.

“Thank you for all the workyou do,” Drudik said. “We arelucky to have you for a super-intendent.”

AC: Future board members criticalof superintendent’s new contractContinued from page A1

Gone: Hastings family loseseverything in mobile home fireContinued from page A1

With all the talk about taxingthe rich, we hear very littletalk about taxing the poor.Yet the marginal tax rate onsomeone living in poverty

can sometimes be higher than the marginaltax rate on millionaires.

While it is true that nearly half the house-holds in the country pay no income tax at all,the apparently simple word “tax” has manycomplications that can be a challenge foreven professional economists to untangle.

If you define a tax as only those things thatthe government chooses to call a tax, you geta radically different picture from what you getwhen you say, “If it looks like a tax, acts like atax and takes away your resources like a tax,then it’s a tax.”

One of the biggest, and one of the oldest,taxes in this latter sense is inflation.Governments have stolen their people’sresources this way, not just for centuries, butfor thousands of years.

Hyperinflation can take virtually yourentire life’s savings, without the governmenthaving to bother raising the official tax rate atall. The Weimar Republic in Germany in the1920s had thousands of printing presses turn-ing out vast amounts of money, which thegovernment could then spend to pay forwhatever it wanted to pay for.

Of course, prices skyrocketed with vastlymore money in circulation. Many people’s lifesavings would not buy a loaf of bread. For allpractical purposes, they had been robbed, bigtime.

A rising demagogue coinedthe phrase “starving billion-aires,” because even a billionDeutschmarks was notenough to feed your family.That demagogue was AdolfHitler, and the public’s lossof faith in their irresponsiblegovernment may well havecontributed toward his Nazimovement’s growth.

Most inflation does notreach that level, but the government can qui-etly steal a lot of your wealth with muchlower rates of inflation. For example a $100bill at the end of the 20th century would buyless than a $20 bill would buy in 1960.

If you put $1,000 in your piggy bank in1960 and took it out to spend in 2000, youwould discover that your money had, overtime, lost 80 percent of its value.

Despite all the political rhetoric today abouthow nobody’s taxes will be raised, except for“the rich,” inflation transfers a percentage ofeverybody’s wealth to a government thatexpands the money supply. Moreover, infla-tion takes the same percentage from the poor-est person in the country as it does from therichest.

That’s not all. Income taxes only transfermoney from your current income to the gov-ernment, but it does not touch whatevermoney you may have saved over the years.With inflation, the government takes thesame cut out of both.

It is bad enough when the poorest have toturn over the same share of their assets to the

government as the richest do, but it isgrotesque when the government puts a biggerbite on the poorest. This can happen becausethe rich can more easily convert their assetsfrom money into things like real estate, gold orother assets whose value rises with inflation.But a welfare mother is unlikely to be able tobuy real estate or gold. She can put a few dol-lars aside in a jar somewhere. But wherever shemay hide it, inflation can steal value from itwithout having to lay a hand on it.

No wonder the Federal Reserve uses fancywords like “quantitative easing,” instead ofsaying in plain English that they are essential-ly just printing more money.

The biggest and most deadly “tax” rate onthe poor comes from a loss of various welfarestate benefits — food stamps, housing subsi-dies and the like — if their income goes up.

Someone who is trying to climb out ofpoverty by working their way up can easilyreach a point where a $10,000 increase in paycan cost them $15,000 in lost benefits thatthey no longer qualify for. That amounts to amarginal tax rate of 150 percent — far morethan millionaires pay. Some government poli-cies help some people at the expense of otherpeople. But some policies can hurt welfarerecipients, the taxpayers and others, all at thesame time, even though in different ways.

Why? Because we are too easily impressedby lofty political rhetoric and too little inter-ested in the reality behind the words.

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Thousands of mellow revelers lit up underSeattle’s Space Needle to celebrate the legalizationof marijuana at midnight, well, sort of.

Technically, they were still breaking the law,since it’s illegal to smoke pot — or anything else —in a public space in Seattle, and pot is still illegalunder federal law, everywhere in the United States.

And, it’s still illegal to sell marijuana inWashington, but the state has a year to come upwith a system to license growers — and collect a25 percent tax on the growers, 25 percent on theprocessors and 25 percent on the retailers. See theattraction for a cash-strapped state?

Proponents of legalized marijuana say it isn’tworse than alcohol or tobacco in moderation, andprohibiting it encroaches on personal freedoms.Legalizing it would reduce crimes like theft, andthere are medical benefits, they say.

Then there are the revenues mentioned above,and decriminalizing pot would free up police andcourt resources for more serious crimes.

Legalizing pot would deprive drug dealers,including some terrorists, of revenue, and the FDAcould regulate and ensure the quality and safety ofthe drug.

It would also facilitate the use of hemp for morethan 25,000 industrial products — a cause promot-ed in many Open Forum letters from the lateEsther Wissbaum of McCook.

And, it would keep many young offenders frombeing trapped in a flawed system that can too easi-ly turn them into lifelong criminals.

Opponents of legalization point to marijuana asa stepping-stone drug to more dangerous drugslike heroin, cocaine or meth, and driving stoned isjust as dangerous as driving drunk.

Drug use is morally objectionable to many, andlegalizing pot would increase the chance of itfalling into the hands of kids. Opponents also citesecondhand smoke, physical harm from smokingmarijuana and the possibility that legalizing potcould lead to the legalization of harder drugs asother reasons for opposing the change.

Medical marijuana is already legal in Colorado,but it will become legal for recreational use therein a month.

That will make it more and more of an issue forNebraskans, who are already seeing shipments ofmedical pot seized on Interstate 80 and cross-bor-der traffic reminiscent of the old 3.2 beer traffic for18-year-olds of yore.

A legalization petition for Nebraska was submit-ted to the state last year, but somehow proponentsdidn’t get around to collecting enough signaturesto put it on the ballot. Imagine that.

Trends like the legalization of marijuana tend tostart on the coast, but with the issue “settled” inColorado, it won’t be long until Nebraskans haveto face the question for themselves.

Question oflegalizing pot

creepingtoward Neb.

HASTINGS TRIBUNETuesday, Dec. 11, 2012A4 Opinion

First AmendmentCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting thefree exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the rightof the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress

of grievances.

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Hyperinflation is tax on all, especially poor

Where’s the snow? We hear itevery year as the days on thecalendar move closer toChristmas. Children dreamof waking up to snow on

Christmas morning and hope to see the tracksof Santa and his reindeer on the roof.

Even as adults, many of us hope for evenjust a bit of snow to blanket the ground onChristmas morning.

For whatever reason, it just puts many of usin the holiday spirit.

I’ve heard people asking that same questiona lot this year, with many parts of the countryhaving yet to see snow.

Friends in Chicago, Colorado and Nebraskafor weeks have been posting on Facebook thatsame phrase: “Where’s the snow?”

Mike Moritz, warning coordination meteor-ologist with the National Weather Service inHastings, gave me some good news and somethings to think about when it comes to thatcoveted snow.

“We basically have been in a drought over alarge part of the central plains,” he said. “Notonly are we not getting snow but we’re notgetting precipitation at all.”

Recently the area set a record for nearly 300days without snow. That’s a long time with-out any of the white stuff.

Being a farmer’s daughter, I know that awinter with little precipitation means a drysummer, which doesn’t bode well for farmersor those who enjoy recreation on the water.

Moritz assured me that south-centralNebraska is slated to receive an average

amount of precipitation thiswinter; however, with littlefalling yet, there’s a lot ofcatching up to do.

A rain/freezing rain eventis set to come through thearea Friday and Saturday,and there are chances forsnow next week.

But will we have a whiteChristmas? Moritz said heisn’t giving up hope yet.

“Maybe early next week we might havesome on the way,” he said of snow. “Justenjoy the rain we get in the mean time. Onething we’ve got to look at is the benefit of anyprecipitation we get cause we desperatelyneed it.”

The weather man said up to this point mostof the precipitation and snow has been in theeastern United States, but says he believessome snow will be making its way to theMidwest sooner than later.

“Eventually we’re going to get part of that,”he said. “The more weather systems we havethe better chances we have.”

While I understand that I can’t really makeit snow, I just wish it would come already.

Less than a half inch of the white stuff hasfallen in Hastings because of the drought, andas such, I’m just not in the spirit. I’ve putChristmas music on my iPhone, my co-work-er has a tree on his desk, and still I’m not feel-ing it.

Unfortunately that may not bode well forsome of the organizations who are trying tocollect funds, toys or food for families in need

this holiday season. Nancy Yurk, who works in accounting at

the Hastings Tribune, said recently that it’sbeen proven that monetary donations to theGoodfellows program always increase afterthe first winter snow.

It just puts people in the spirit, she told me. And while the Goodfellows program has

already had significant donations, with morethan $8,500 in the pot, snow would probablyfill that pot even a little more full.

After the Hastings City Council meetingMonday, I heard a council member say thatlast year at this time there was snow on theground.

I grumbled. Some people grumble when the snow falls

because they hate having to scoop the walk orclean snow off vehicles in the early morning.

I don’t mind at all. This year I have a new cement sidewalk and

a snow blower ready to go when that firstsnow falls.

The bags of salt to combat the ice were pur-chased weeks ago, and my snow boots havebeen brought out of storage.

So for the next two weeks, while childrenare peering out the window looking for Santa,I’ll be right beside them, looking for the firstflakes of that snow that will put me in thespirit.

Darn it. Where’s the snow?

What’s a girl gotta do to get some snow?

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SUNNY TODAYHigh: 42 Low: 21Wind: West 5-15

SUNNY WEDNESDAYHigh: 48 Low: 24Wind: South 10-20 with

gusts as high as 30 mph.

SUNNY THURSDAYHigh: 49 Low: 26Wind: Southwest 5

PARTLY CLOUDYFRIDAY

High: 45 Low: 32Chance of rain after 1 p.m.

PARTLY CLOUDYSATURDAY

High: 39 Low: 24Chance of snow all day.

Local weather u From 7 a.m. Dec. 10 to 7 a.m. Dec. 11

Today’s weather recordsHigh: 67 in 1939

Low: -8 in 2000 and 1919

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High Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36High in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Overnight low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Overnight low in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Precipitation last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00December precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traceDecember 2011 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Year to date precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.78Jan. to Dec. ’11 precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.82Snowfall last 24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00December snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00December 2011 snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.80Season to date snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Season to date 2011 snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.80

NO CHANGING OF GUARDThere was no change of name plaques as the

mayor and four members of the Hastings CityCouncil were sworn in for a new term Monday.

Mayor Vern Powers and returning councilmembers Everett Goebel, Michael Krings,Kathy Peterson and Chuck Niemeyer all tooktheir oaths around 8:15 p.m. Monday.

All five were re-elected in November withonly Mayor Vern Powers having any opposi-tion in the race.

Hastings resident Emilio Llanes ran againstPowers.

Those five join remaining council membersTodd Oatman, Roger Glen, John Harringtonand Phil Odom.

The only order of business for the new coun-cil was to elect officers for the 2013 year.

Glen was unanimously approved as thecouncil president, a position he has held sincefirst being named in December 2008.

Goebel was also re-elected as vice president, aposition he has held since 2006.

The council’s next meeting is set for Jan. 14.

StateHANDGUN ACCIDENTALLY FIRES

BENNET — A 37-year-old rural Bennet manis recovering from a leg wound suffered whenhis handgun went off while he was cleaning it.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner saysMichael Peterson was cleaning his .40-caliber,semiautomatic pistol around 5:30 p.m.Saturday when it fired. The bullet hit Peterson’sleft leg.

Wagner says Peterson was taken to a Lincolnhospital.

NEBRASKA TAX RECEIPTS UPLINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of

Revenue is reporting $315 million inNovember net tax receipts, nearly 1 percenthigher than state officials had projected.

The state’s economic forecasting board hadpreviously projected that Nebraska would col-lect a net of $312 million last month. Thedepartment said in a news release Monday thatindividual income tax receipts were down,while corporate, miscellaneous, and sales-and-use net receipts were all higher than expected.

The comparisons are based on the Februaryforecast made by the Nebraska EconomicForecasting Advisory Board.

TEEN SHOT IN HUNTINGACCIDENT IS WELL

OMAHA — The mother of a Nebraskateenager accidently shot by his father during ahunting trip says her son could be releasedfrom the hospital this week.

Lisa Rearick says her son has all his motorskills and suffered no brain injuries from theSaturday shooting.

Authorities say 18-year-old Ryan Rearick ofOmaha was shot at fairly close range in the backof his head by a shotgun being carried by hisfather, Christopher Rearick, also of Omaha. Thetwo were hunting for pheasant in Page County.

The younger Rearick was taken to a Red Oakhospital and later flown to CreightonUniversity Medical Center in Omaha.

Authorities say the shooting likely wouldhave been fatal if the gun had been loaded fordeer.


RESIDENT BEDS TO GOFROM 74 TO 112


The Crossroads Center inHastings will now be able toincrease its population from 74 to112 residents.

On Monday, the Hastings CityCouncil unanimously approved theconditional use permit allowing thehomeless shelter to increase itscapacity to meet the continuallygrowing demands.

According to information pre-sented to the council, the buildingcould handle the increased capacityin its current condition while stillmeeting the city building codes.

In fact, Crossroads staff believe

the building could house as manyas 170 people but asked only for amaximum of 130 people.

According to the request,Crossroads staff wanted to beallowed to increase the capacity to112 and eventually to a maximumof 130 residents.

Councilman Chuck Niemeyersaid he had reservations with sucha significant population increase insuch a short time.

Niemeyer said the informationfrom staff indicated that the 74number was the original capbecause of concerns of impact onthe neighborhood.

“Going from 74 to 112 is anincrease of 52 percent,” he said.“But I don’t have a problem withincreasing it to 112.”

Council approves Crossroads increase

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Roger Duering stacks flats of bread to be added to Goodfellows boxes Dec. 15, 2011, at the AdamsCounty Fairgrounds.

COUPLE CONTINUESTO GIVE THEIR TIME

EACH YEARTO GOODFELLOWS

JOCELYN [email protected]

Goodfellows haschanged over theyears since its incep-tion in 1926, but thepassion of those who

make the program a success hasnot.

Angie and Roger Duering hav-ing been helping withGoodfellows for the last 29years.

“It’s a really great program,”said Angie, the Hastings Tribune’sbusiness office manager.

Angie’s husband, Roger,worked at the Tribune until2001. While he no longer worksfor the Tribune, he has contin-ued to volunteer his time forGoodfellows.

The two said they enjoy help-ing every year because the pro-gram does a great amount ofgood for the community.

“A lot of people don’t under-

stand how time-consuming itis,” Roger said. “I like to helpbecause of the people that needthe boxes during the holidays.”

The volunteered time neededto make sure the boxes full offood and toys get to families ontime is the reason Roger comesback to help each year.

“Without so many donations,it couldn’t be done,” Roger said.

Angie said that the number ofpeople who receive boxes isamazing; she said it gives them aChristmas they otherwise would-n’t have had.

Roger said that on theSaturday before Christmas, whenthe boxes are delivered to thosein need, the volunteers some-times bear the worst ofNebraska’s weather in order tospread holiday cheer.

“We are out there in wind andsnow,” he said. “It is sometimescolder than it has been thesepast few days; we wear insulatedcoveralls, hoods and thick mit-tens.”

He said the look on children’sfaces when they get new toys forChristmas makes it worth thetime and having to work infreezing temperatures.

Toysand cash dona-tions are accept-ed at the Tribune offices, 908 W.Second St. Checks can be mailed tothe Tribune, Attention Goodfellows, P.O.Box 788, Hastings NE, 68902.Donations also may be dropped in theTribune subscription payment boxlocated in the parking lot north of theTribune building.

DonationsGeorge and Karen Baker .............$25.00In memory of Robert & Carolyn Rist .............................................................100.00Ron & Konnie Lofing ......................25.00Russell & Joan Bramble.................50.00Hallelujah for friends and family. Youknow who you are.........................50.00In memory of loved ones. Bob & DorisBruntz .............................................50.00In loving memory of Dick Burr......25.00Fred Teller .......................................25.00In loving memory of Margaret Shaw............................................................100.00Hastings Noon Sertoma Club .....250.00In loving memory of Bill Frahm, EldonWillems, Robert Kathman and MerlinMeyer from Julane Meyer ............75.00In loving memory of Larry Sanford byDiane Sanford ................................50.00In memory of Larry Draper from hisfamily............................................200.00In loving memory of Dennis Utter byKathy & family ..............................100.00Jim & Rhonda Rutt.......................100.00Lyle & Diann Fleharty ...................250.00Total......................................................8,541.00

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A PASSIONFOR THE PROGRAM

SIGNS MEANT TO BETEMPORARY, SUBJECT

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After several months of discus-sions, the Hastings City Councilfinally approved a series ofchanges to the city’s sign ordi-nances Monday.

The changes, which includetime limitations on the use ofroadside readerboards and theelimination of sign number limi-tations on buildings, have beendiscussed by staff, the Hastings

Planning Commission and theCity Council in past months.

On Monday, the City Councilhad the chance to discuss the pro-posed changes and made theirown amendments to the codebefore it went into the City Codebook.

The planning commission andstaff were in agreement witheverything but the roadsidereaderboards, which are the light-ed signs that sometimes have anarrow on top and wheels thatallow them to be displayed tem-porarily.

Readerboards to stay in Hastings

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OBSERVATORY HOSTINGPROGRAM, VIEWING

TONY [email protected]

Anyone wishing to bundleup and escape light pollutionlate Thursday night can witnessthe strongest meteor shower ofthe year.

Hastings College’s SachtlebenObservatory at 4725 S. WabashAve. will play host to a pro-gram about and then viewingof the Geminid meteor shower.The program will begin at 7:30p.m.

Observatory coordinator DanGlomski will conduct the pro-gram and oversee the viewing.He said the Geminid showercan produce as many as 120meteors per hour.

“Almost all the other onesyou have to wait until aftermidnight; but with theGeminids, you can see — espe-cially during late evening — 40an hour,” he said.

Sky conditions make a bigdifference in the number of vis-ible meteors.

“You’re not going to see thisfrom your city-lit backyard inHastings very well,” Glomskisaid.

The observatory still haslight pollution, but it doeshave one important attribute.

“It’s nice to have a warmclassroom nearby when you getchilled,” Glomski said.

Hot water will be availablefor tea and hot chocolate.

He encourages observatoryvisitors to dress warm andbring reclining lawn chairs.

“The later you can stay up,the stronger rates you can yousee,” he said. “You’ll see moremeteors if you’re able to stayup till midnight or so. If youhappen to have the next morn-ing off and you’re bundled up,if you stay up after midnight,that’s when the real showoccurs with the Geminids.”

The meteors come fromcomet 3200 Phaethon, whichorbits Earth every year and ahalf. The comet’s particles havespread out evenly over its orbit,making the Geminids verypunctual.

“It crosses Earth’s orbit in thesame place every year,”Glomski said. “So it’s a veryreliable shower, always peakingaround Dec. 13 or 14.”

The meteor shower gets itsname because the meteorsappear to come from the constel-lation Gemini. Though themeteors and the constellationhave nothing to do with oneanother.

Glomski’s program will alsooutline what is in the night sky.

Visitors will go to the obser-vatory’s deck around 8 p.m.and begin viewing the nightsky.

The event is weather permit-ting and will be canceled ifskies are cloudy. Glomski willdetermine whether the viewingwill still take place and updatethe observatory’s Starline at402-462-7378 and Facebookpage by 5 p.m. Thursday.

Meteorshower to arriveThursday

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The Hastings Public Library isready to check out eight Kindles andtwo Nooks for readers’ high-techreading pleasure.

At the library board meetingMonday, the board voted to havethe 10 e-readers available for librarypatrons to take home, startingtoday. The devices can be checkedout for three weeks at a time.

For the time being, the Kindleswill be genre-specific, with one formystery, one for romance, and soon.

After the service has been offeredfor some time, some of the Kindleswill be available for titles in anygenre. The library also will keep anadditional Kindle for use in thelibrary.

“If someone comes in and wants

a Kindle, we will keep one here thatpeople can use,” said library directorAmy Greenland.

One of the features of the chil-dren’s books on the devices is thatthe children’s books will read toyou, as board member Matt Fongdiscovered when he took a look atthe newest addition to the library’sofferings for checkout.

“It’s very exciting we can offerthis now,” Fong said.

If patrons want to read somethingon an e-reader that is not on adevice at the library, there is moneyin the library’s book budget formore downloads so readers won’thave to wait for the book to beordered or put it on reserve.

“Jake Rundle, our collectionslibrarian, knows how much moneywe have in the book budget,”Greenland said.

Rundle said books for the Nooksand Kindles cost anywhere from 99cents to $15.

He said that book several bookscan be purchased together at a sav-ings, making the books less costlythan if they were purchased individ-ually.

Greenland said the library staffhas been working with the Nooksand Kindles for the past year so theywill be knowledgeable about how torun them.

Rundle warned against more thanone person reading the same bookon one device, because the book-mark of one person can be lost ifthat same book is being read up byanother reader.

Books checked out on a Nook orKindle can be used on up to fourdevices at a time.

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Rundle said the great thingabout Kindles and Nooks, asopposed to the Overdrive pro-gram, is that once a book ispurchased, it is the library’sforever. On Overdrive thebook can sometimes bechecked out a limited numberof times.

The Overdrive is a programthe library offers where userscan check out books on theircomputer, iPad or other elec-tronic devices that haveInternet capabilities and ascreen.

“Another benefit is that ifsomeone wants a book inlarge print and we don’t haveit, we don’t have to wait for itbecause the Kindles andNooks allow readers to changefont size,” Rundle said.

Going from 112 to 130,according to the agreement,Crossroads would needapproval from the city buildingand fire inspectors.

“So essentially from thecouncil’s point of view, we’reallowing them to go from 72 to130 without any other consid-eration on the conditional usepermit?” Niemeyer asked.

Niemeyer said he had con-cerns with that and would liketo see what impact 112 resi-dents would have on the sur-rounding community beforeallowing another increase to130 residents. Niemeyer madean amendment to the motionon the table that requiresCrossroads to ask for the CityCouncil’s approval beforeincreasing the populationcapacity from 112 to 130.

The amendment was approved. Councilman Phil Odom,

who seconded the motion forthe amendment, said he didn’thave so much of a problemwith the 130 as the discussionto increase it to 170.

According to the backgroundinformation, Crossroads offi-cials believe it is conceivable toincrease to a maximum of 170and still be compliant with theoccupancy loads of the citybuilding code.

Odom said he supported theamendment as a way to protectcity staff.

“It just seems safer to take itone step at a time,” he said. “Iwant to support Crossroads. Ido think it’s a little easier totake it one step at the time.”

Crossroads will be requiredto come back to the city withthe application for anotherchange to the conditional usepermit to increase the popula-tion from 112 to 130 in thefuture.

The planning commission recom-mended that the signs be allowed for120 days total and that no fee be associ-ated with the sign permit.

However Mark Evans, the city build-ing inspector, said he recommendedallowing the signs for two 30-day peri-ods and that all applicants pay a $25 fee.

Staff had hoped to eliminate the useof readerboards in Hastings due to thepoor condition many of them were inafter being left out in the elements formonths.

However after discussion at the plan-ning commission meeting, the group

decided to allow them to remain, assome members saw them as a benefit tobusinesses that use them for advertising.

At Monday’s meeting, council mem-ber Phil Odom said he was concernedhow changes to the readerboard ordi-nance would impact the Adams CountyFairgrounds which uses them to notifypeople where different events are beingheld on the grounds.

“My personal feeling and the fair-grounds’ is a little bit different animalin that it’s a destination spot for a lot ofvisitors to our community,” he said.

Evans said the code was written tosay that the signs must be seen from the

road and that some exceptions could bemade for the fairgrounds if needed.

When asked, Evans said he believesthe added language gives the staff theability to deal with broken and dilapidat-ed signs and enforce the code changes.

He said the elimination of tables andconfusing language also helped to cleanup the code which will be easier forboth staff and residents to understand.

In the end, the council voted in favorof an amendment to approve the staffrecommendations to allow roadsidereaderboard signs for two 30-day peri-ods at a permit fee of $25.

The rest of the changes were

approved as recommended by the com-mission.

During Monday’s meeting, the coun-cil also:u Unanimously approved the application of

Kitty’s Roadhouse for a catering liquorlicense. u Unanimously approved the application

for preliminary/final plat approval of theMorrison Addition and to bring the additioninto the city limits. u Unanimously approved the Hastings

Police Amended and Restated Plan. u Unanimously approved the Firefighters

Amended and Restated Plan. u Unanimously approved the resolution

regarding declaration as to use in connectionwith the 42nd Street East Bridge.

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Library: E-readersavailable forcheckout


Crossroads: Shelter to increase capacity


Stay: Readerboards can be used, subject to fee

MONROE CROSSINGRETURNS TO OPERAHOUSE FOR HOLIDAY

PERFORMANCE FRIDAY

ANDY [email protected]

MINDEN — MonroeCrossing, an ensemble that hasbeen billed as the Midwest’spremier bluegrass and gospelquintet, will visit here Fridaywith a musical holiday greetingfor south central Nebraska.

The curtain rises on “ABluegrass Christmas withMonroe Crossing” at 7:30 p.m.in the Minden Opera House.

The repertoire includes oldfamiliar carols, seasonal favorites,country- and bluegrass-inspiredtunes, traditional folk songs, andseasonal originals.

Monroe Crossing is named inhonor of Bill Monroe, knownas “the father of bluegrassmusic.” The group presents ablend of classic bluegrass, blue-grass gospel and original music,playing an average of 125shows per year at major venuesand festivals across the UnitedStates and Canada — often fornon-bluegrass audiences.

The musicians are DerekJohnson on guitar, lead andharmony vocals; Lisa Fuglie onfiddle, mandolin, and lead andharmony vocals; MattThompson on mandolin, fiddleand baritone vocals; Mark

Anderson on bass and bassvocals; and David Robinson onbanjo. Their website says theirpaths crossed through themusic of Bill Monroe; thus, thename “Monroe Crossing.”

The group was selected toshowcase at the 2007International Bluegrass MusicAssociation Convention inNashville, Tenn., and wasinducted into the MinnesotaMusic Hall of Fame that sameyear. Monroe Crossing is theonly band ever nominated asArtist of the Year by theMinnesota Music Academy andwon that organization’sBluegrass Album of the YearAward in 2003.

The musicians also tookhome four awards — for femalevocalist, guitar, mandolin andbanjo — at the MinnesotaBluegrass and Oldtime MusicAssociation’s 25th AnniversaryAwards Banquet.

Major venues the group hasplayed include The Big TopChautauqua in Bayfield, Wis.;Silver Dollar City in Branson,Mo.; and the Ozark Folk Centerin Mountain View, Ark.

This will be MonroeCrossing’s second straight yearplaying Minden during theholiday season.

Marcy Brandt, Minden OperaHouse executive director, saidshe learned of the groupthrough a patron’s referral andwas delighted with its perform-ance in 2011.

“They are just, honestly,probably one of the best blue-grass groups I’ve ever heard,”Brandt said.

The group’s fan base is in theMinnesota area, but its reputa-tion is clearly spreading as it per-forms far and wide, Brandt said.

“We’re starting to find moreand more people (in this area)who have heard of them,” she

said.Up to now, Monroe Crossing

has recorded 13 CD albumsand one DVD. The latest, “TheRoad Has No End,” wasreleased earlier this year.

In 2011, the group releasedits third gospel disc, “Joy JoyJoy,” and an album of BillMonroe favorites honoring the100th anniversary of Monroe’s

birth.Friday’s program will include

music from the newest albumbut draws heavily from thegroup’s seasonal sampler, titled“The Happy Holidays.”

Tickets for the show areavailable from the MOH boxoffice at 308-832-0588 oronline at www.mindenopera-house.com.

Minden to celebrate Christmas in the bluegrass

Courtesy

Bluegrass Band Monroe Crossing, featuring (from left) Derek Johnson, Matt Thompson, DavidRobinson, Lisa Fuglie and Mark Anderson, will perform at the Minden Opera House Fridaynight.

GRANT SCHULTEThe Associated Press

LINCOLN — A Nebraska womanwho claimed she was attacked by threemen who carved anti-gay slurs into herarms and stomach was found guiltyMonday of making a false report.

Charlie Rogers, a former University ofNebraska basketball star, entered a nocontest plea, which allowed her to notadmit guilt but state that she wouldn’t

offer a defense. Her attorney said Rogersmaintains her innocence but didn’t wanta court fight or more of the intense pub-licity that her case has generated.

“She has a very sensitive personality,and this has been a very frighteningexperience on many levels,” attorneyBrett McArthur said after the hearing inLincoln. “She’s not a particularly out-spoken person in the gay community.”

The 34-year-old could face up to ayear in jail and a $1,000 fine when sen-tenced in February.

Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kellydeclined to comment Monday, sayinghe could not discuss the case until afterRogers was sentenced. He wouldn’t saywhat sentence prosecutors would rec-ommend.

Rogers was charged a month after

telling police in July that three maskedmen broke into her home in Lincoln,assaulted her and carved derogatorywords into her body. A neighbor toldpolice that Rogers crawled from herhome naked, bleeding and screamingfor help.

Police believe she faked the attackbecause she believed it would sparkchange.

Nebraska woman found guilty of faking hate crime

HASTINGS [email protected]

JEWELL COUNTY, Kan.— The Kansas Department ofWildlife, Parks and Tourismwill begin offering 2013 statepark permits, plus huntingand fishing licenses, Friday.

Annual vehicle permits willbe $25 this year regardless ofwhen they are purchased.However, Kansas residentswill be given the chance topurchase their passes at areduced rate when theyrenew their license tags at thelocal courthouse. Residentswho are age 65 and older orwho are disabled still willneed to purchase their per-mits at vendor locations.

Off-season pricing still willbe available for annual camp-ing and 14-day camping per-mits purchased prior to April 1.

Online campsite reserva-tions for 2013 are set to beginat 12:01 a.m. Saturdaythrough ReserveAmerica.com.Reservations for campsites atLovewell State Park in JewellCounty will not be availablethrough the park office until8 a.m. Monday.

Reservations for Lovewell’srustic and deluxe campingcabins are available 364 daysin advance through the web-site, or through the park officeduring regular business hours.

The park office will beclosed Dec. 24 through Jan. 1for the holidays. It willreopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 2 andbegin taking reservations forthe six group shelters current-ly available for special eventsduring the 2013 season.

In addition, a lottery draw-ing will be conducted for the17 designated long-termcampsites. Those who areinterested in a long-termcampsite must be present atthe park office at 8 a.m. Jan. 2.

For more information, callthe park office at 785-753-4971.

StateCAMERAS TO CURB

GUN VIOLENCEOMAHA — Police in

Omaha say new cameraequipment and an alert sys-tem are aimed at curbing gunviolence in the city.

Mayor Jim Suttleannounced Monday that theOmaha Police Departmentwill activate cruiser camerasthat will allow police toobserve and record audio ofemergency calls, traffic stopsand pursuits.

The department also will usea shot spotter alert system tohelp officers immediatelylocate where a gun has beenfired. Officials say this willmodernize the department andallow for faster response time.


2013 Kan.state parkpermitson saleFriday

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The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Your

medical plan is facing an unex-pected expense, so you proba-bly are, too. It’s a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost ofcovering people with pre-exist-ing conditions under PresidentBarack Obama’s health careoverhaul.

The charge, buried in arecent regulation, works out totens of millions of dollars forthe largest companies, employ-ers say. Most of that is likely tobe passed on to workers.

Employee benefits lawyerChantel Sheaks calls it a “sleep-er issue” with significant finan-cial consequences, particularlyfor large employers.

“Especially at a time whenwe are facing economic uncer-tainty, (companies will) be hitwith a multi-million dollarassessment without gettinganything back for it,” saidSheaks, a principal at BuckConsultants, a Xerox subsidiary.

Based on figures provided inthe regulation, employer andindividual health plans cover-ing an estimated 190 millionAmericans could owe the per-person fee.

The Obama administration

says it is a temporary assess-ment levied for three yearsstarting in 2014, designed toraise $25 billion. It starts at $63and then declines.

Most of the money will gointo a fund administered by theHealth and Human ServicesDepartment. It will be used tocushion health insurance com-panies from the initial hard-to-predict costs of covering unin-sured people with medical prob-lems. Under the law, insurerswill be forbidden from turningaway the sick as of Jan. 1, 2014.

The program “is intended tohelp millions of Americanspurchase affordable healthinsurance, reduce unreim-bursed usage of hospital andother medical facilities by theuninsured and thereby lowermedical expenses and premi-ums for all,” the Obamaadministration says in the regu-lation. An accompanyingmedia fact sheet issued Nov. 30referred to “contributions”without detailing the total costand scope of the program.

Of the total pot, $5 billionwill go directly to the U.S.Treasury, apparently to offsetthe cost of shoring up employ-er-sponsored coverage for earlyretirees.

The $25 billion fee is part ofa bigger package of taxes andfees to finance Obama’s expan-sion of coverage to the unin-sured. It all comes to about$700 billion over 10 years, andincludes higher Medicare taxes

effective this Jan. 1 on individ-uals making more than$200,000 per year or couplesmaking more than $250,000.People above those thresholdamounts also face an addition-al 3.8 percent tax on theirinvestment income.

But the insurance fee hadbeen overlooked as employersfocused on other costs in thelaw, including fines for medi-um and large firms that don’tprovide coverage.

“This kind of came out ofthe blue and was a surprisinglylarge amount,” said GretchenYoung, senior vice president forhealth policy at the ERISAIndustry Committee, a groupthat represents large employerson benefits issues.

Word started getting out inthe spring, said Young, buthard cost estimates surfacedonly recently with the new reg-ulation. It set the per capitarate at $5.25 per month, whichworks out to $63 a year.

America’s Health InsurancePlans, the major industry tradegroup for health insurers, saysthe fund is an important pro-gram that will help stabilize themarket and mitigate cost increas-es for consumers as the changesin Obama’s law take effect.

But employers already offer-ing coverage to their workersdon’t see why they have topony up for the stabilizationfund, which mainly helps theindividual insurance market.The redistribution puts the

biggest companies on the hookfor tens of millions of dollars.

“It just adds on to everythingelse that is expected to increasehealth care costs,” said econo-mist Paul Fronstin of the non-profit Employee BenefitResearch Institute.

The fee will be assessed on all“major medical” insuranceplans, including those providedby employers and those pur-

chased individually by con-sumers. Large employers willowe the fee directly. That’sbecause major companies usu-ally pay upfront for most of thehealth care costs of theiremployees. It may not beapparent to workers, but theinsurance company they dealwith is basically an agentadministering the plan for theiremployer.

The fee will total $12 billionin 2014, $8 billion in 2015 and$5 billion in 2016. That meansthe per-head assessment wouldbe smaller each year, around$40 in 2015 instead of $63.

It will phase out completelyin 2017 — unless Congress,with lawmakers searchingeverywhere for revenue toreduce federal deficits —decides to extend it.

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New fee ‘sleeper issue’ in health care reformThe Associated Press

Starting in 2014, President Barack Obama’shealth care law will expand coverage to some 30million uninsured people. At the same time,insurers will no longer be allowed to turn awaythose in poor health and virtually everyAmerican will be required to have health insur-ance, through an employer, a government pro-gram, or by buying their own.

For the vast majority of people, the healthcare law won’t mean sending more money tothe IRS. But the wealthiest 2 percent ofAmericans will take the biggest hit, starting nextyear.

And roughly 20 million people eventually willbenefit from tax credits that start in 2014 to helpthem pay insurance premiums.

A look at some of the major taxes and fees,estimated to total nearly $700 billion over 10years.

Upper-income householdsStarting Jan. 1, individuals making more than

$200,000 per year, and couples making more than$250,000 will face a 0.9 percent Medicare tax increaseon wages above those threshold amounts.

They’ll also face an additional 3.8 percent tax oninvestment income. Together these are the biggest taxincrease in the health care law.

Employer penaltiesStarting in 2014, companies with 50 or more employ-

ees that do not offer coverage will face penalties if atleast one of their employees receives government-sub-sidized coverage. The penalty is $2,000 per employee,but a company’s first 30 workers don’t count towardthe total.

Health care industriesInsurers, drug companies and medical device manu-

facturers face new fees and taxes.Companies that make medical equipment sold chiefly

through doctors and hospitals, such as pacemakers,artificial hips and coronary stents, will pay a 2.3 percentexcise tax on their sales, expected to total $1.7 billion inits first year, 2013. They’re trying to get it repealed.

The insurance industry faces an annual fee that startsat $8 billion in its first year, 2014.

Pharmaceutical companies that make or importbrand-name drugs are already paying fees that totaled$2.5 billion in 2011, their first year.

People who don’t get health insuranceNearly 6 million people who don’t get health insur-

ance will face tax penalties starting in 2014. The fineswill raise $6.9 billion in 2016. Average penalty in thatyear: about $1,200.

Indoor tanning devoteesThe 10 percent sales tax on indoor tanning sessions

took effect in 2010. It’s expected to raise $1.5 billionover 10 years.

The 28 million people who visit tanning booths andbeds each year — most of them women under 30,according to the Journal of the American Academy ofDermatology— are already paying.

Tanning salons were singled out because of strongmedical evidence that exposure to ultraviolet lightsincreases the risk of skin cancer.

Partial list of taxes and fees under Affordable Care Act

They rented an apartment near thehome of their daughter and her fami-ly in Andover, just outside of Wichita.

The Bartas’ three children live inAndover; Holton, Kan.; and thePhoenix area, respectively. They alsohave seven grandchildren.

“We just kind of feel far out here andwe’ve never lived in the city, so wekinda thought this is the time to tryit,” Pam said.

Waning energy was a big reason bothRoger, 67, and Pam, 65, decided to retire.

“It was time for me,” Roger said.“I’m getting to where I’m not asactive, I don’t move as well and I did-n’t want to cheat the kids. I felt it wastime to do something different.”

He had surgery a few years ago toreplace his right knee and said he needs

to do the same thing with his left knee.Roger already had retired from his

position as a math teacher for the district.The Bartas have a small plaque out-

side their Smith Center home listingall of the years of Roger’s state cham-pionship teams along with theRedman logo and the words “Togetherwe are champions.”

Roger credits consistency for muchof that success.

“It has to do a little bit with tradition,and they’re just good kids,” he said.“They work hard and they care abouteach other and they respect each otherand they respect the community.”

Having quality assistant coaches hashelped, too.

“It’s been something special,” hesaid. “You get to know everybody andcoach the kids of the kids you

coached. Most of my staff that I hadare people who played for me andnow they’re coaching.”

Both Bartas are from Plainville, Kan.but they have lived in Smith Centerlong enough to become synonymouswith the town of nearly 1,700 people.

“It’s home,” Pam said. “That’s whywe’re keeping our home. We don’t knowthat we won’t come home in a year. Ikind of look at it as a year’s vacation.”

Even though the couple is from thesame town, Roger and Pam didn’tstart dating until both were studentsat Fort Hays State University.

The Bartas moved to Atwood, Kan.,after college. Roger then obtained hismaster’s degree at the University ofGeorgia followed by teaching andcoaching stints at Tonganoxie, Kan.,and WaKeeney, Kan., before settling in

Smith Center. People there love the Bartas as

much as the Bartas love Smith Center.Roger Ratliff, chairman of the Smith

Center Economic Development Board,said Pam did a lot to strengthen thecommunity.

“She was great, very active,” he said.“I think seeing Smith Center growand prosper and improve was a hobbyof hers. She really took it to heart anddid a great job for our community.”

Those efforts include obtaininghousing grants, grants to demolishdecrepit buildings and spearheading adowntown revitalization.

Pam also oversaw the transition ofownership for several businesses in town.

“It either keeps another family intown or brings another family intown and helps some of these young

kids coming back get rooted into thecommunity by owning a business,”Ratliff said.

He said the success of Roger’s foot-ball teams also has been a boon toSmith Center.

Ron Meitler, superintendent ofSmith Center Public Schools, said thefootball team’s success especially hasbenefited the school district.

“Just the success he had broughtsome notoriety and gave us a reputa-tion for being a good school,” he said.“Even though it was the football pro-gram that success gave us a reputationas a successful school.”

The football team gained furthernotoriety when New York Timesreporter Joe Drape spent a year in SmithCenter chronicling the Redman marchin 2008 toward a fifth-straight title.


Barta: Longtime Smith Center football coach, development official leave lasting legacy

JONATHAN J. COOPERThe Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — Athleticfootwear and apparel giantNike Inc. plans to expand itsoperations in Oregon and hirehundreds of workers butwants the government topromise that tax rules won’tchange, prompting a specialsession of the Legislature.

Gov. John Kitzhaber saidhe’ll call lawmakers togetherFriday in Salem to create anew law authorizing him togrant Nike’s wish, and legisla-tive leaders said they’ll goalong.

The Legislature is due tomeet in its regular annual ses-sion beginning Jan. 14, butKitzhaber said Nike neededcertainty sooner. The compa-ny was being wooed by otherstates, he said.

“Getting Oregonians backto work is my top priority,”Kitzhaber said in a news con-ference.

Nike wants an agreementthat its state income tax willcontinue to be based solely onthe company’s Oregon sales,regardless of any futurechanges in the tax code, for anegotiated time period. Beforein 2005, Oregon also includeda company’s in-state payrolland property in the corporatetax formula.

Kitzhaber is asking for

authority to make such a guar-antee if a company invests atleast $150 million and hires500 or more workers.

Nike has not specified itsexpansion plans, and spokes-woman Mary Remuzzi would-n’t say how many peoplewould be hired beyond the500 required under the pro-posed legislation. The compa-ny hasn’t decided where itwould expand.

“We support this proposedlegislation as a way to help uscontinue to grow in Oregon,”Don Blair, Nike vice presidentand chief financial officer, saidin a statement.

The proposal is not a taxbreak for Nike but rather atool to offer tax certainty toany company planning a biginvestment, Kitzhaber said.

Nike employs 44,000 peopleglobally, including 8,000 inWashington County, home toits world headquarters in thePortland suburb of Beaverton.The company said its Oregonworkers make an average wageof more than $100,000.

Kitzhaber said he expectsthe Legislature to adopt thelegislation in a one-day specialsession. House and Senateleaders from both partiesresponded positively to thegovernor’s proposal.

“This is a rare opportunityand we’re not going to miss

it,” said Democratic stateSenate President PeterCourtney.

Oregon’s current tax formu-la, known as a “single-salesfactor,” benefits corporationslike Nike that have a largeshare of their payroll andproperty in Oregon but asmall share of their sales here.

Chuck Sheketoff, director ofthe liberal Oregon Center forPublic Policy, has been a criticof the single-sales factor andcompared Kitzhaber’s pro-posed legislation to a no-taxpledge created by anti-taxactivist Grover Norquist.

“The governor’s asking theLegislature to take a Norquist-like pledge for one company,”Sheketoff said.

Nike began discussions withthe governor’s office about amonth ago, Kitzhaber said.

The governor and Nikepointed to an economicimpact study by AECOM thatsaid a potential Nike expan-sion could create as many as12,000 jobs and $2 billion ayear in economic impact by2020. But the actual impact ismurky. The study was basedon a theoretical Nike expan-sion, not necessarily any spe-cific plans the company has. Itcounts hiring by Nike as wellas a multiplier effect fromthose workers buying moregoods and services.

Oregon lawmakers ponder Nike tax demands

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TRADE DEFICITGROWS

WASHINGTON — The U.S.trade deficit increased inOctober because exports fell bya larger margin than imports, asign that slower global growthcould weigh on the U.S. econo-my.

The Commerce Departmentsaid Tuesday that the tradedeficit grew 4.8 percent inOctober from September to$42.2 billion.

Exports dropped 3.6 percentto $180.5 billion. Sales of com-mercial aircraft, autos and farmproducts all declined.

Imports fell 2.1 percent to$222.8 billion, reflecting fewershipments of cell phones, autosand machinery.

The trade gap with Chinaalso increased to a record high.That will keep pressure on theObama administration.

Manufacturers and U.S. law-makers have complained aboutChina’s use of unfair tradepractices. But last month theObama administrationdeclined to cite China as a cur-rency manipulator.


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Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

Royals’ trade with Rays shows win-now mentalityDAVE SKRETTAThe Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — WhenJames Shields broke into the bigleagues with Tampa Bay, the Rays wereno better than the Kansas City Royals.

They lost more than 100 games hisfirst season, and fared little better thefollowing year. But by his third seasonas a starter, the Rays had finally turnedthe corner, many of their prizedprospects forming the nucleus of ateam that upstaged AL East stalwartsBoston and the Yankees and advancedall the way to the World Series.

Now, after a blockbuster deal that

sent Shields and fellow right-handerWade Davis to the Royals late Sunday,the former All-Star pitcher believes

everything is in placefor Kansas City toreplicate the Rays’success.

“The Royals aredefinitely on theright track,” Shieldssaid Monday. “Theydefinitely remind meof our ’07 seasongoing into our ’08

season in the Rays organization, and Ithink there’s a good possibility we

can step in that direction. I’ve beenthere when we’ve lost 100 gamesbefore. I’ve also won 96, 97 gamesbefore, and I think me and Wadebring a little of that to the table,knowing how to win and what ittakes to win.”

The Royals haven’t known whatthat’s like in years.

Despite the matriculation of theirbest prospects to the big league club,the Royals still struggled to a 72-90record and a third-place finish in theweak AL Central last season. It wastheir ninth consecutive losing season,and extended to 27 the number of

years it’s been since the franchise lastplayed in the postseason.

The biggest reason for the lousy fin-ish was a dearth of starting pitching,and that’s something that generalmanager Dayton Moore has beenaggressively trying to resolve this off-season.

Along with acquiring Shields andDavis in arguably the biggest movehis tenure, Moore also re-signedJeremy Guthrie to a $25 million,three-year deal and acquired ErvinSantana and his $12 million salaryfrom the Los Angeles Angels. Thatmeans Kansas City’s top four starters

next season weren’t on their openingday roster this past year.

“Our goal is to add as much pitch-ing depth as we can as every organi-zation tends to do, especially thistime of year,” said Moore, adding thatBruce Chen, Luke Hochevar and LuisMendoza could compete for the finaljob in spring training.

Danny Duffy and Felipe Paulino,who are both coming off TommyJohn surgery this past summer, couldalso wrestle the job away when theyreturn sometime during the middle ofthe season.

Shields

Please see ROYALS/page B3

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: PATRIOTS 42, TEXANS 14

ELISE AMENDOLA/AP

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates his 37-yard touchdown pass to wide receiverBrandon Lloyd during the first quarter Monday against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass.

Brady throws 4 TDs in routHOWARD ULMAN


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Just anothergame for the New England Patriots.Just a wire-to-wire domination of theteam with the NFL’s best record.So when their 42-14 Monday night

rout of the Houston Texans was complete,there were few big smiles and no loud music inthe Patriots locker room.

They’ve been here before — many times.“We’ve played in a countless number of big

games,” said guard Logan Mankins, a veteranof two of the Patriots five Super Bowls in thepast 11 seasons. “We know what it takes to pre-pare for one and not over-hype the game.”

Not exactly the way some Texans viewed itcoming in — “the biggest game in the historyof this franchise,” wide receiver Andre Johnsonhad said.

Houston certainly didn’t play like it, fallingbehind 21-0 early in the second quarter onthree touchdown passes by Tom Brady. It was28-0 on his fourth scoring toss just over fiveminutes into the third quarter and, with astrong showing by an improving Patriotsdefense, the Texans had little hope of comingback.

“If we do what we want,” safety DevinMcCourty said, “we can’t predict the score butwe know we can dominate games.”

Starting with Brady.

STEVEN SENNE/AP

New England Patriots strong safety Steve Gregory (bottom) breaksup a pass intended for Houston Texans wide receiver Lestar Jeanduring the second quarter Monday in Foxborough, Mass.

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AP

This Oct. 14,2011, filephoto showsSan Jose Statehead coachMike McIntyrearguing a callas his teamplays againstHawaii in SanJose, Calif.MacIntyre hasaccepted thehead coachingjob at theUniversity ofColorado.

Buffs land San Jose St.’s MacIntyrePAT GRAHAM

The Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. — Mike

MacIntyre’s inaugural meeting withhis new team lasted just longenough to leave his players withthis thought: He’s turned aroundone downtrodden program and hecan do the same at Colorado.

Not someday, either, but startingnext season.

The 47-year-old coach revived aSan Jose State football team in shortorder. Now, he’ll try to fix thebeleaguered Buffaloes, who arecoming off their worst season in

the 123-year history of the pro-gram.

“We’ve got a long way to go. ButI’ve been there before and I knowwhat to do,” MacIntyre told a roomfull of boosters and media onMonday night after agreeing to afive-year deal worth $2 million aseason. “There’s no reasonColorado shouldn’t be at the top ofthe conference and competing yearin and year out.”

His hiring ends a two-weeksearch by Colorado that included arejection by its first choice, ButchJones.

MacIntyre inherits a squad that’scoming off a 1-11 record this yearthat led to the firing of Jon Embree.MacIntyre’s first order of businesswas giving his new players a quickpep when he met with them atFolsom Field.

“I think he won a lot of guysover in his confidence, with whathe did at San Jose State and whathe can do now,” quarterbackConnor Wood said. “He said wehave a lot of talent here and can dothe exact same thing. We believeit.”

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Sutton boys haven’tskipped a beat

SUTTON — It has been21 days since the highschool football seasonended. And while somecoaches, players and

fans are still reminiscing onthe 2012 season, there is oneteam that has started the bas-ketball seasonright where itleft off on thegridiron.

The presea-son Class C-2No. 2 Suttonboys basket-ball team isoff to a 4-0start, despitethe short breakbetween the fall and winterseasons. The Mustangs haveknocked off the No. 1 team inClass D-1, a 53-35 victory overHigh Plains Community, anddefeated Class C-1 No. 10Lincoln Christian 48-37.

After playing in the statechampionship on Nov. 20, theMustangs hit the hardwoodjust three days later for theirfirst practice of the season —about 10 days later than most

teams started practicing forthe winter season.

But how could a team over-come the physical toll of anentire football season andjump right into the strain ofpreparing for more than threemonths of basketball?According to Sutton headcoach Steve Spongberg, it’s allabout his players’ mentalapproach.

“A lot of the same kids thatplay football were on our bas-ketball team and came in witha great attitude — a winningattitude and a belief that theywere going to win,” the veter-an coach said.

Spongberg, in his 27th yearas Sutton’s head coach and34th year overall, admits get-ting his players ready for theseason was a challenge due tothe limited number of repeti-tions the players could sustainin practice. The older playershave adjusted well after alreadybeing a part of the program,but there are always concernsfor the physical health of eachplayer.

Deshler off to solid start

DESHLER — A lotof things come intriples for theDeshler girls basket-ball team.

The Dragons return threestarters in guard AprilMaschmann, guard CarleeSchardt andforwardJenscenaHansen — alljuniors —from lastyear’s team.

The team isoff to a 3-1start, andthey’re primingto be in whatcould be athree-team race for the top spotin the Twin Valley Conferencewith preseason Class C-2 No.10 Blue Hill and Silver Lake.

The Class D-2 No. 8 Dragonsdefeated Silver Lake 50-39 onNov. 30 for a key early win.The team then spent the lastweek on the road and pickedup a 68-27 win over Meridianand a 43-27 win over Southern.All three of their wins havecome against teams that cur-rently have winning records.

Their only loss was on theopening night of the season toClass D-1 No. 4 Exeter-Milligan35-25. E-M is 4-0 now.

Head coach Heath Birkelthinks his team is off to adecent start, and is using thetough competition to seewhere it stands and what itneeds to work on to improve.

“It’s still early ... it’s hard totell. We’ve got a couple of newstarters on the team for thisyear. It’s a long season and wetake it one game at a time,” hesaid. “We’ve definitely openedthe season with some toughcompetition, but we’re hopingthat playing that tough compe-tition will make us better.”

He added that what makesteams like Exeter-Milligan andSilver Lake tough is their ath-letes. He points to Exeter-Milligan and their volleyballsuccess and the players they’vehad in the program for fouryears now. With the Mustangs,they return a lot of players,including whom he believes isthe best in the conference inMackenzie Skupa.

What makes the Dragonstough is their balance.

Leading the way is Hansen,who is averaging a nearly dou-ble-double with 10.8 points pergame along with 9.0 rebounds.

Schardt and Schmidt areoffensive threats, too — averag-ing 9.0 and 8.8 points pergame, respectively.

NickBlasnitz

MikeZimmerman

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B2 ScoreboardBasketballNBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBNew York 15 5 .750 —Brooklyn 11 8 .579 3 1/2Philadelphia 12 9 .571 3 1/2Boston 11 9 .550 4Toronto 4 18 .182 12

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 14 5 .737 —Atlanta 12 6 .667 1 1/2Orlando 8 12 .400 6 1/2Charlotte 7 13 .350 7 1/2Washington 2 15 .118 11

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 11 8 .579 —Milwaukee 10 9 .526 1Indiana 10 11 .476 2Detroit 7 16 .304 6Cleveland 4 17 .190 8

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 18 4 .818 —Memphis 14 4 .778 2Dallas 11 10 .524 6 1/2Houston 9 11 .450 8New Orleans 5 14 .263 11 1/2

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 —Utah 12 10 .545 5 1/2Minnesota 9 9 .500 6 1/2Denver 10 11 .476 7Portland 9 12 .429 8

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 14 6 .700 —Golden State 14 7 .667 1/2L.A. Lakers 9 12 .429 5 1/2Sacramento 7 13 .350 7Phoenix 7 15 .318 8

Monday’s GamesGolden State 104, Charlotte 96Philadelphia 104, Detroit 97Miami 101, Atlanta 92San Antonio 134, Houston 126, OTDallas 119, Sacramento 96Portland 92, Toronto 74

Tuesday’s GamesL.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 6 p.m.New York at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.Denver at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesBrooklyn at Toronto, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m.Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.Golden State at Miami, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Houston, 7 p.m.Denver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Sacramento at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.Dallas at Boston, 7 p.m.Memphis at Phoenix, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Men’s ResultsEASTGeorgetown 89, Longwood 53Navy 69, Bryant 59SOUTHLouisiana-Monroe 68, SE Louisiana 61, OTSouthern U. 77, William Carey 50Virginia Tech 70, MVSU 49MIDWESTDetroit 81, Alabama St. 68FAR WESTSeattle 75, E. Washington 69

NCAA Women’s ResultsEASTBoston U. 68, Harvard 61, OTBryant 44, Maine 40Fordham 56, Southern U. 44Loyola (Md.) 53, Army 47Niagara 63, Binghamton 57

SOUTHLouisiana-Lafayette 68, Jackson St. 57Savannah St. 49, North Florida 40MIDWESTWisconsin 82, FAU 73, OTFAR WESTSan Francisco 93, Notre Dame de Namur 43

Prep boys resultsChadron 49, Hot Springs, S.D. 39Falls City Sacred Heart 90, South Holt, Mo. 21Omaha Brownell-Talbot 45, Tekamah-Herman 37

Prep girls resultsBishop Neumann 54, Aquinas 50Chadron 74, Hot Springs, S.D. 23Falls City Sacred Heart 56, South Holt, Mo. 43Norfolk Catholic 61, Hartington Cedar Catholic 35Plattsmouth 56, Conestoga 51 Topside Tip OffMcCook 59, Ottawa, Kan. 52

FootballNFL Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAy-New England 10 3 0 .769 472 274N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 306Buffalo 5 8 0 .385 289 352Miami 5 8 0 .385 240 276

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

x-Houston 11 2 0 .846 365 263Indianapolis 9 4 0 .692 292 329Tennessee 4 9 0 .308 271 386Jacksonville 2 11 0 .154 216 359

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 9 4 0 .692 331 273Pittsburgh 7 6 0 .538 278 264Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 321 280Cleveland 5 8 0 .385 259 272

WestW L T Pct PF PA

y-Denver 10 3 0 .769 375 257San Diego 5 8 0 .385 292 281Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402Kansas City 2 11 0 .154 195 352

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 8 5 0 .615 373 270Washington 7 6 0 .538 343 329Dallas 7 6 0 .538 300 314Philadelphia 4 9 0 .308 240 341

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

y-Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 337 259Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 354 308New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 348 379Carolina 4 9 0 .308 265 312

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 323 279Chicago 8 5 0 .615 308 219Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 283 286Detroit 4 9 0 .308 320 342

WestW L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 9 3 1 .731 316 184Seattle 8 5 0 .615 300 202St. Louis 6 6 1 .500 236 279Arizona 4 9 0 .308 186 292x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Thursday’s GameDenver 26, Oakland 13

Sunday’s GamesMinnesota 21, Chicago 14Washington 31, Baltimore 28, OTCleveland 30, Kansas City 7San Diego 34, Pittsburgh 24Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 23N.Y. Jets 17, Jacksonville 10Carolina 30, Atlanta 20Philadelphia 23, Tampa Bay 21St. Louis 15, Buffalo 12Dallas 20, Cincinnati 19San Francisco 27, Miami 13Seattle 58, Arizona 0N.Y. Giants 52, New Orleans 27Green Bay 27, Detroit 20

Monday’s GameNew England 42, Houston 14

College Bowl ScheduleSaturday, Dec. 15

NEW MEXICO BOWLAt AlbuquerqueNevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5), Noon (ESPN)

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWLAt Boise, IdahoToledo (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 20

POINSETTIA BOWLAt San DiegoSan Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN)Friday, Dec. 21

BEEF ’O’ BRADY’S BOWLAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 22NEW ORLEANS BOWL

East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4),11 a.m. (ESPN)

LAS VEGAS BOWLBoise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), 2:30

p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Dec. 24HAWAII BOWL

At HonoluluSMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 26LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL

At DetroitCentral Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7-

5), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Thursday, Dec. 27MILITARY BOWL

At WashingtonBowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), 2

p.m. (ESPN)BELK BOWL

At Charlotte, N.C.Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

HOLIDAY BOWLAt San DiegoBaylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 8:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 28INDEPENDENCE BOWL

At Shreveport, La.Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 1 p.m.

(ESPN)RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL

At Orlando, Fla.Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN)MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL

At HoustonMinnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN)Saturday, Dec. 29

ARMED FORCES BOWLAt Fort Worth, TexasRice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 10:45 a.m. (ESPN)

FIGHT HUNGER BOWLAt San FranciscoArizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4), 2:15 p.m.

(ESPN2)PINSTRIPE BOWL

At New YorkSyracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 2:15 p.m.

(ESPN)ALAMO BOWL

At San AntonioTexas (8-4) vs. Oregon State (9-3), 5:45 p.m.

(ESPN)BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL

At Tempe, Ariz.Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 9:15 p.m.

(ESPN)Monday, Dec. 31

MUSIC CITY BOWLAt Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPN)SUN BOWL

At El Paso, TexasGeorgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 1 p.m.

(CBS)LIBERTY BOWL

At Memphis, Tenn.Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN)CHICK-FIL-A BOWL

At AtlantaLSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Jan. 1HEART OF DALLAS BOWL

At DallasPurdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPNU)GATOR BOWL

At Jacksonville, Fla.Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3),

11 a.m. (ESPN2)CAPITAL ONE BOWL

At Orlando, Fla.Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), Noon (ABC)

OUTBACK BOWLAt Tampa, Fla.South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), Noon

(ESPN)ROSE BOWL

At Pasadena, Calif.Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 4 p.m.

(ESPN)ORANGE BOWL

At MiamiNorthern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2),

7:30 p.m. (ESPN)Wednesday, Jan. 2

SUGAR BOWLAt New OrleansFlorida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN)Thursday, Jan. 3FIESTA BOWL

At Glendale, Ariz.Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN)Friday, Jan. 4

COTTON BOWLAt Arlington, TexasTexas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 7 p.m.

(FOX)Saturday, Jan. 5

BBVA COMPASS BOWLAt Birmingham, Ala.Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), Noon

(ESPN)Sunday, Jan. 6

GODADDY.COM BOWLAt Mobile, Ala.Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 8

p.m. (ESPN)Monday, Jan. 7

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPAt MiamiNotre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN)NAIA Playoffs

ChampionshipThursday, Dec. 13At Barron StadiumRome, Ga.Morningside (Iowa) (13-0) vs. Marian (Ind.) (11-

1), 5:30 p.m.

NCAA FCS PlayoffsSemifinals

Friday, Dec. 14Georgia Southern (10-3) at North Dakota State (12-

1), 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 15

Sam Houston State (10-3) at Eastern Washington(11-2), 3:05 p.m.

ChampionshipSaturday, Jan. 5At FC Dallas StadiumFrisco, TexasSemifinal winners, Noon

NCAA Division II PlayoffsChampionship

Saturday, Dec. 15At Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, Ala.Valdosta State (11-2) vs. Winston-Salem (14-0),

NoonNCAA Division III Playoffs

Amos Alonzo Stagg BowlFriday, Dec. 14

At Salem StadiumSalem, Va.Mount Union (14-0) vs. St. Thomas (Minn.) (14-0),

6 p.m.

GPACMonday’s results

Women’s Basketball Dordt College 62, Martin Luther College 42

TransactionsBaseball

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX—Claimed RHP Sandy Rosario

off waivers from Oakland.CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with

INF Jeff Keppinger on a three-year contract.DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with C

Brayan Pena on a one-year contract. DesignatedLHP Matt Hoffman for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Named Marty Masonpitching coach, Tim Doherty hitting coach and LarryBennese trainer of Rochester (IL); Chad Allen hittingcoach and Chris Johnson trainer of New Britain (EL);Doug Mientkiewicz manager, Ivan Arteaga pitchingcoach and Alan Rail trainer of Fort Myers (FSL);Ryan Hedwall trainer of Cedar Rapids (MWL); CurtisSimondet trainer of Elizabethton (Appalachian); ChadJackson minor league trainer and rehab coordinator;Erik Beiser minor league strength and conditioningcoordinator;

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Named Pat Hentgenbullpen coach.

National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with OF

Ryan Ludwick on a two-year contract.LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with

RHP Zack Greinke on a six-year contract.PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with

RHP Jason Grilli on a two-year contract.

FootballNational Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Placed C RichOhrnberger on injured reserve. Claimed QB BrianHoyer off waivers from Pittsburgh.

BALTIMORE RAVENS—Fired offensive coordina-tor Cam Cameron. Announced quarterbacks coachJim Caldwell will assume the duties of offensivecoordinator.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed TE Brad Smelleyfrom the practice squad. Released DL RonnieCameron.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Claimed WR Armon Binnsoff waivers from Cincinnati. Released CB MichaelCoe.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed TE LaMark Brownto the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Activated RBBrandon Bolden from the suspended list.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed LB Joseph Dicksonand WR Titus Ryan to the practice squad. ReleasedDT Matt Hardison and WR Eddie McGee from thepractice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Reinstated LB RolandoMcClain from the reserve/suspended by club list.Signed CB Chimdi Chekwa from the practice squad.Released CB Ron Bartell and FB Owen Schmitt.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Suspended RBBrandon Jacobs for the remainder of the regularseason following a series of posts on social mediasites addressing his lack of playing time.

CollegeCOLORADO—Named Mike MacIntyre football

coach and signed him to a five-year contract.OHIO STATE—Announced junior DT Johnathan

Hankins will enter the NFL draft.OREGON STATE—Suspended senior DE Rudolf

Fifita, junior DT Mana Rosa and junior LN DyllonKalena Mafi from the football team following theirarrest after a fight at a bar over the weekend.

TEXAS TECH—Named offensive line coach ChrisThomsen interim football coach. Announced the res-ignation of offensive coordinator Neal Brown to takethe same position at Kentucky.

UTEP—Named Sean Kugler football coach.WESTERN KENTUCKY—Named Bobby Petrino

football coach.

LocalSMITH CENTER WINS TOURNEY

WaKEENEY, Kan. — The Smith Center girlsbasketball team finished first at the TregoTournament Saturday with a 68-45 win overVictoria.

The Lady Red finished with four scorers indouble figures, led by Sydney Benoit’s 16 points.Benoit also led with 13 rebounds for a double-double. Alexis Ryan had 14 points, Briana Dietzhad 11 and Colbie Decker tallied 10. The offensehit 48.2 percent of their shots from the field.

Smith Center also forced 13 steals, led by fivefrom Ryan.

The Lady Red are now 4-0 on the season.

StateDROUGHT BLAMED FOR DEER DISEASE

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s continuing droughtis being blamed for a big jump in the number ofdeer killed by a disease.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that almost6,000 carcasses of deer believed killed by epizoot-ic hemorrhagic disease were reported to theNebraska Game and Parks Commission so farthis year. Last year’s reports numbered 10 orfewer.

Officials say that 2012 toll represents the mostsevere outbreak of the disease since the 1970s.

Scott Taylor is wildlife division manager withGame and Parks. He says habitat conditions cre-ated by the drought present opportunities fortiny insects called midges to bite deer.

NationRGIII DIAGNOSED WITH KNEE SPRAIN

ASHBURN, Va. — All the medical termsassociated with Robert Griffin III’s knee injurycan be boiled down to one simple message: It’snot too bad.

Beyond that, there are still some very impor-tant unknowns.

The NFL’s top-rated quarterback might ormight not play Sunday when the WashingtonRedskins visit the Cleveland Browns. The rookiehas a Grade 1 sprain of the lateral collateral liga-ment on the outside of his right knee, causedwhen he was hit at the end of a scramble late inregulation in the Redskins’ 31-28 overtime winSunday over the Baltimore Ravens.

Coach Mike Shanahan, knowing full well thatit makes the other team work extra to preparefor two quarterbacks, will no doubt wait as longas possible to publicly commit one way or theother to Griffin or fellow rookie Kirk Cousins.

“Both of them will have a game plan,”Shanahan said Monday.

RAVENS FIRE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOROWINGS MILLS, Md. — Cam Cameron was

fired as offensive coordinator of the BaltimoreRavens, who have lost two straight and are stillstriving for consistency in the running and pass-ing game.

Cameron ran the Baltimore offense since thestart of the 2008 season for coach JohnHarbaugh. Since that time, the Ravens’ attackhas repeatedly taken a back seat to the team’sdefense, and this year the offense ranks 18thwith 344.4 yards per game.

SAN FRANCISCO’S JACOBS SUSPENDEDSANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco

49ers suspended running back Brandon Jacobsfor the final three games following a series ofposts on social media sites addressing his lack ofplaying time, including one during the weekendsaying he was “on this team rotting away.”

The 49ers made the announcement about twohours after coach Jim Harbaugh’s news confer-ence, but provided no explanation for whyJacobs had been disciplined. It is doubtful hewould return for the playoffs.

NHL CANCELS MORE GAMESNEW YORK — The NHL eliminated 16 more

days from the regular-season schedule, and if adeal with the players’ association isn’t reachedsoon the whole season could be lost.

The league wiped out all games through Dec.30 in its latest round of cancellations.


Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012HASTINGS TRIBUNE

HTmedia broadcastsTuesday’s livestreaming

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL7:30 p.m.Columbus at Hastings7:45 p.m.Sandy Creek at Adams CentralNorfolk Catholic at Lutheran High

NortheastPREP GIRLS BASKETBALL6 p.m.Columbus at HastingsSandy Creek at Adams Central7 p.m.Wood River at St. Cecilia

Thursday’s livestreamingPREP GIRLS BASKETBALL7:45 p.m.Lutheran High Northeast at Norfolk

Catholic

Saturday’s livestreamingPREP BOYS BASKETBALL7:30 p.m.York at HastingsPREP GIRLS BASKETBALL6 p.m.York at HastingsGibbon at Adams Central

Tuesday’s televisionNBA BASKETBALL6 p.m.ESPN — New York at Brooklyn8:30 p.m.ESPN — L.A. Clippers at Chicago

Tuesday’s radioPREP BOYS BASKETBALL8 p.m.KHAS 1230 — Sandy Creek at Adams

CentralPREP GIRLS BASKETBALL6:15 p.m.KHAS 1230 — Sandy Creek at Adams

Central

Wednesday’s televisionGOLF8 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour Australasia,

Australian PGA Championship, first round,at Coolum Beach, Australia

1 a.m.TGC — Asian Tour, Johor Open, first

round, at Johor Bahru, Malaysia (delayedtape)

NBA BASKETBALL7 p.m.ESPN — Dallas at Boston9:30 p.m.ESPN — San Antonio at Utah

TV/Radio broadcasts

TriblandTUESDAY

Prep boys basketball: Sandy Creek at Adams Central.............................................7:45 p.m.Prep boys basketball: Columbus at Hastings High...................................................7:45 p.m.Prep girls basketball: Sandy Creek at Adams Central...................................................6 p.m.Prep girls basketball: Columbus at Hastings High.........................................................6 p.m.Prep girls basketball: Wood River at St. Cecilia ............................................................7 p.m.

Area schedulePrep boys basketball

Bruning-Davenport/Shickley at DeshlerFriend at Exeter-MilliganSuperior at FranklinDorchester at HarvardAmherst at KenesawLawrence-Nelson at Rock HillsSmith Center at Pike Valley

Prep girls basketballBruning-Davenport/Shickley at Deshler

Friend at Exeter-MilliganThayer Central at Fillmore CentralSuperior at FranklinDorchester at HarvardAmherst at KenesawLawrence-Nelson at Rock HillsSmith Center at Pike Valley

Prep wrestlingThayer Central at Belleville, Kan.Wilcox-Hildreth at Axtell Invitational

Blasnitz: Sutton boys haven’t skipped a beat

Zimmerman: Deshler off to good startThose are the returning starters.

The two other starters — senior for-ward Briana Dahl and sophomoreforward Lauren Schmidt — aren’texactly new faces. Dahl started spar-ingly in 2011, while Schmidt wasone of the first players off thebench.

Birkel said the players havebought into their roles. They under-stand that they’re more of a threatwhen more than one player is get-ting their chances. In the team’sthree wins, three different girls haveled in scoring. The Dragons are aver-

aging 46.5 points per game.“It’s not like teams can just focus

on one player. I think we’ve got fivequality starters that, on any night,can lead us in scoring. I guess whatI’m trying to say is that we’ve gotgood balance,” the eighth-yearcoach said. “With that balance,hopefully it will pay dividendstoward the end of the year.”

Deshler will need it to pay divi-dends this week, as the team’s toughstart to the season doesn’t get anyeasier.

The Dragons are back at hometonight to take on Bruning-

Davenport/Shickley. The Eagles are4-1 and average more than 50 pointsper game on offense.

Birkel said the message leading upto the game is to be ready mentallyand physically. It will be a good testfor a Dragon defense that is givingup just 32 points per game.

“(BDS is) going to play a lot of girls.They’re going to press us and playfull-court man for 32 minutes, sowe’re going to have to be ready tohandle it,” he said. “It will helpincrease our chances to be successful.”

Then, the team is back on theroad Friday to face an improved

Franklin squad (3-1) in a TVCmatchup.

The Dragons want to be a part ofthe conversation later in the season.The school hasn’t been to state since2009, when the team fell in twoovertimes to Silver Lake. With atough schedule, and a balancedoffense, the team has the pieces pos-sible do so.

Here’s the chance, Deshler.

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“I know we had a few guys withsome bumps and bruises, sprainsand things like that,” Spongbergsaid. “We were fortunate that ourFriend game, our first game, wasn’tuntil (Dec. 1), so it gave us at leastan extra day there. But then we hadto play three games last week andwe were pretty concerned abouthow we would hold up to that.”

The Mustangs handled the chal-lenge just fine, winning all threegames by an average margin of 27points — somewhat inflated by a52-point win over Cross County.Sutton has yet to allow a team toscore more than 37 points. Adefensive mindset is somethingfamiliar with the Mustangs, bothin football and basketball.

“When we talked to our kids, weknew with the limited reps becauseof the football year, we had to wingames with defense,” Spongbergsaid. “I think the defense has beenthe key. We’re a fairly physicalteam, despite not being overlylarge. We’ve been able to match upat least with most teams early inthe season size-wise.”

Getting into transition has beenthe key to the Sutton offense this

season. But Spongberg knows thatthere will be games where it will beup to his offense to rise to theoccasion and put some points onthe board. One such game couldoccur Friday when the Mustangstake on Class C-2 No. 6 St. Cecilia.

Sutton returns just two startersfrom last season, but one was theMustangs’ second-leading scorer.Senior Austan Rath averaged 10.9points per game last season andlooks to be a key part of the Suttonoffense this year. Rath missed theend of last year due to an injury,which also kept him from playingfootball. Brody Yost is the otherreturning starter for the Mustangs.

Two more seniors expected tocontribute to Sutton’s success areReed Stone and Mitch Carlson.Junior Cole Wiseman, who quarter-backed the Mustang football teamand was named the 11-manTribland player of the year, also hashad a role in Sutton’s early success.One common theme among theplayers: All of them played football.

“We’ve been blessed at ourschool to have guys that are multi-sport people and do a lot of differ-ent things. Those guys had a greatfootball year, and I know Austan

would have been one of thoseguys, too, had he not beeninjured,” Spongberg said. “Reallyour top seven players are guys thatplayed football, and many of themdo track or golf and a lot of themplay baseball in the summer. ...When you come in with a winningattitude like we did with football, Ithink it carries not only into bas-ketball but also future seasons.”

The quick turnaround from foot-ball to basketball season hasn’tchanged Spongberg’s expectation ofhis team. He knows his playersaren’t in game shape yet, but hesaid they are getting there. After thewinter break, Spongberg expects histeam to be near full strength.

It’s going to take hard work anddedication for Sutton to get whereit hopes to be at the end of the sea-son, but those traits are somethingSpongberg has seen in his playerssince he started at Sutton.

“Our kids have a great approachand believe they have an opportu-nity to win and play hard. That’sone of the reasons I have enjoyedmy tenure here,” Spongberg said.“I have stayed here for a number ofyears and our kids are hard work-ing individuals and put a lot of

time and effort into it and work onthe practice floor and in the game.It’s been an enjoyment for me.”

Spongberg said his team needs tofind a way to score points on aconsistent basis. Developing astrong inside game will help theMustangs when the perimetershooting isn’t up to par.

Just four games in and this sea-son already has been one of chal-lenges. Whether the obstacle is theopponent or overcoming the adver-sity of a short — very short, at that— offseason, the Mustangs are upto the task. The challenges don’tslow down with a St. Cecilia teamcoming to town that is playing at ahigh level its last two games.

“(St. Cecilia has) been awfullydifficult for us to handle over theyears,” Spongberg said. “We’regoing to have to play our bestgame we’ve played all year if weexpect to beat them. It’s a greatchallenge for us, and I hope it paysdividends for us down the linewhen we get to the district tourna-ment.”


Nick Blasnitz is a Tribune sportswriter. He can be reached at 402-461-1270 or [email protected].

Dodgers add Greinke, South Korea’s Ryu to rotationBETH HARRIS

The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Flush with

cash after the team’s sale thisyear, the Los Angeles Dodgers arebusy spending it on startingpitching.

The team introduced left-han-der Ryu Hyun-jin (Ree-YOO He-YUN jin) of South Korea onMonday, making him the first

player ever to go directly from theKorean league to the majorleagues.

And he was just the setup man.The Dodgers finalized a $147

million, six-year deal with freeagent right-hander Zack Greinkelater in the day.

“We were definitely hoping forZack,” said Magic Johnson, a part-ner in Guggenheim Baseball

Management which bought theteam last spring. “Zack is a provenwinner. When you put himtogether with Clayton, man, wefeel really good.”

The deals for Greinke and Ryugive the Dodgers eight startingpitchers under contract for nextseason, joining 2011 NL CyYoung winner Clayton Kershaw,Chad Billingsley, Josh Beckett, Ted

Lilly, Chris Capuano and AaronHarang.

That doubles the number ofstarters the Dodgers had just twoyears ago.

“Feeling more fortunate thangluttonous,” general manager NedColletti said. “It’s better to be sit-ting where we’re sitting thanwhere we’ve been. It’s rare youneed just five pitchers.”

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Royals: Kansas City gets Rays’ Shields in trade

MNF: New England rolls past Houston 42-14

CU: Mike MacIntyre named new Buffaloes’ coach

“It looks like a good mix of people,I think, with Shield and Santana —I’ve seen Guthrie pitch for a coupleyears with the Orioles,” Davis said.“I’m not a 10-year veteran or a coach,but I think it’s a good mix of people.”

The Royals certainly mortgagedtheir future to put it together.

Tampa Bay’s biggest prize in the six-player swap is undoubtedly outfielderWil Myers, widely regarded as the topprospect in the minors. The 22-year-old hit .314 with 37 homers and 109

RBIs last season, and he starred duringthe All-Star Futures Game hosted byKansas City, putting together a pair ofhits and driving in three runs.

Moore said he tried to keep Myersout of the deal, but he also under-stood that “you have to give up some-thing to get something,” so he partedwith one of the game’s top prospects.

He also sent along right-hander JakeOdorizzi, the Royals’ top pitchingprospect, left-hander Mike Montgomeryand third baseman Patrick Leonard toTampa Bay. Kansas City also will receive

another player or cash.“When you get a chance to upgrade

and get a pitcher the caliber of JamesShields and Wade Davis, we felt it wasthe right thing for us to do for ourteam today and going forward,”Moore said.

The Royals have made a significantfinancial commitment to winning thisseason.

Along with taking on Santana’shefty contract, the Royals will payShields $10.5 million this seasonwhile holding a club option of $12

million with a $1 million buyout fornext season. Davis is due to make $2.8million this season and $4.8 millionin 2014, with the Royals holdingoptions on the next three years.

Shields said he relishes the opportu-nity to return to the role of franchiseace.

It was the same role he had his firstfew years in Tampa Bay, before DavidPrice and others blossomed, and a rolein which he feels comfortable. He’slogged at least 200 innings six consec-utive seasons, has 14 complete games

over the past two years, and his 3.89ERA for his career makes him themost effective starter in the Royals’new-look rotation.

Kansas City starters combined for a5.01 ERA last season, fifth-worst in thebig leagues.

“Starting pitching, I think that’swhere it starts,” Shields said. “Whatthe Rays did the last couple years, it’sbeen about starting pitching anddefense. That’s the key to success.Hopefully me and Wade can get thejob done.”

He threw four touchdownpasses for the 18th time, pass-ing Johnny Unitas and movinginto fourth place all time. Inthe Patriots seven-game win-ning streak — four by a marginof at least 28 points — he’sthrown for 19 touchdowns andjust one interception.

But Monday night’s perform-ance was his first as a father ofthree, capping off a stretch inwhich his wife, supermodelGisele Bundchen, gave birth toVivian Lake on Wednesday.

“She is doing very well,”Brady said. “It’s been a greatweek, a great way to end it.”

The Patriots (10-3) tied theAFC West-leading DenverBroncos for the second bestrecord in the conference and

already have clinched the AFCEast title. The Texans (11-2) stillhold the top spot in the confer-ence, and have locked up atleast a wild-card berth, but twoof their remaining three gamesare against Indianapolis, whichtrails them by two games inthe AFC South.

“We know how importantthis game was to us,” Johnsonsaid after the Texans six-gamewinning streak ended. “Wehave to respond next week”against the Colts.

Wes Welker had only threecatches and remains five shortof becoming the first playerwith five 100-reception sea-sons. But his 31-yard puntreturn and 25-yard catch —the 107th straight game he’shad at least one — led to the

first of Aaron Hernandez’s twotouchdowns, a 7-yard scorethat gave Brady 45 consecutivegames with a scoring pass, thethird longest streak in NFL his-tory.

Houston came right back,marching to the Patriots 21-yard line. But Matt Schaubforced the ball into double cov-erage on the next play andMcCourty intercepted in theend zone.

It was the farthest the Texanswould get until their secondseries of the third quarter thatended with Arian Foster’s 1-yard scoring run that did littleto shift the momentum.

“We just got outplayed in allaspects of the game,” Fostersaid. “It’s hard to come backfrom a deficit when you are

playing a team of that caliber.”By the time he had scored,

the Patriots had built a 28-0lead on the 7-yard pass toHernandez, a 37-yarder toBrandon Lloyd, a 4-yarder toHernandez and a 63-yarder toDonte’ Stallworth, who hadbeen cut in training camp butre-signed last week after widereceiver Julian Edelman wasinjured.

“That particular play issomething we had worked on,even in the spring,” Stallworthsaid.

That helped New Englandto its 20th successive homewin in December dating to aloss in 2002 to the New YorkJets.

“It is always good to play inFoxborough in December,”

linebacker Jerod Mayo said.“When you go out and per-form the way you do, I thinkFoxborough is going to be atough place for anyone tocome and play.”

It certainly was for Houston,no longer the only team to beunbeaten on the road, fallingto 6-1.

Brady nearly had a fifthtouchdown pass when DannyWoodhead broke free on ascreen pass early in the fourthquarter. Defensive end J.J.Watt, who was pretty muchinvisible otherwise, forced afumble, but the ball soared 11yards into the end zone,where Lloyd fell on it for a 35-7 lead.

Stevan Ridley made it 42-7with a 14-yard run. Texans

backup quarterback T.J. Yatesscored on a 1-yard run with2:00 remaining to close thescoring.

“We got our tails kicked,”Houston coach Gary Kubiaksaid. “I’ve got to get their chinsup and get ready to go playagain.”u Notes: Watt, who leads

the AFC with 16 1/2 sacks, hadnone against the Patriots. ...New England CB Aqib Talibhurt his hip in the secondquarter. CB Alfonzo Dennardinjured his hamstring. ... Bradycompleted 21 of 35 passes for296 yards. Schaub went 19 for32 for 232 yards. ... NewEngland has won 10 games ineach of the last 10 seasons. Therecord is 16 by San Francisco(1983-98).

And yet the past remains fresh forplayers such as defensive back ParkerOrms, who was recruited by formerCU coach Dan Hawkins, played forEmbree and now will learn a new sys-tem under MacIntyre. Like Wood, hefully believes things will be differentin Boulder next season, but he wantsto see the progress on the field, notjust talk about it.

“I came in here (to Colorado) withdifferent expectations,” Orms said. “Ithought I would be with Hawk thewhole time, thought we’d be compet-ing for a national championship. Thatdidn’t happen with Hawk. Embreecame in and I felt the same way. I real-ly liked both of those coaches.

“I was down a few weeks ago — justanother bump in the road. But I metwith (MacIntyre) today and he seemslike a well-rounded guy. I have a goodvibe.”

That’s a step in the right direction,MacIntyre said.

“I can tell they’re hurting a little bitand they should be,” he said. “Theywant to prove themselves. ... I saw thesame thing at San Jose State.”

The Spartans (10-2) are ranked No.25 in the BCS and are heading to theDec. 27 Military Bowl in Washington,D.C. to face Bowling Green (8-4), twoyears after a 1-12 showing inMcIntyre’s first season. This is the first10-win season in a quarter century forthe Spartans, who are ranked 24th inboth the AP and coaches’ polls.

MacIntyre, the son of formerVanderbilt coach George MacIntyre,was 16-21 in three years as a headcoach at San Jose State after serving asDuke’s defensive coordinator andworking as a secondary coach for theDallas Cowboys and New York Jets.

He took over a Spartans programstill reeling from limited scholarshipsfollowing academic penalties by theNCAA stemming from problemsbefore previous coach Dick Tomeyarrived. After the 1-12 season featur-ing a heavy schedule of ranked teams,the Spartans went 5-7 in MacIntyre’ssecond season.

And now they’re on the right track.“Mike provided us with a nice

model moving forward for our nexthead coach to follow,” San Jose Stateathletic director Gene Bleymaier said.

Unlike at San Jose State, though, thepressure may be ramped up. After all,the Buffaloes gave a quick hook toEmbree.

“There’s’ always a sense of urgency.But the word I use instead of patienceis perseverance,” said MacIntyre,who’s undecided on whether he willcoach the Spartans in the bowl game.“Even at San Jose State when we were1-12, which was tough, I could see usimproving in every aspect.”

So, will the administration give himmore leeway to get things straight-ened out?

“He’s not going to be able to turnthings around immediately, but Ithink what we’ll see is steady progressand good recruiting, getting ready tomake that push,” school chancellorPhil DiStefano said. “As far as a com-petitive athletic program, a competi-tive academic program, and a coachto put those two together, I think wehit on the right person.”

After missing on their first option.Last week, Jones rejected a five-year,

$13.5 million offer that would havemade him the highest-paid coach inCU history, and instead took the

vacant head coaching job atTennessee. Jones also had been prom-ised upgrades at Folsom Field and theteam’s training center, somethingMacIntyre has been guaranteed aswell.

“Our resolve is undeterred. Ourresolve has been escalated,” athleticdirector Mike Bohn said. “We’re look-ing forward to the challenge.”

This marks Bohn’s third headcoaching hire since he fired GaryBarnett in 2005. Embree had threeyears remaining on a five-year con-tract when he was fired after going 4-21.

MacIntyre may have made a goodimpression on Bohn, but he’s got hiswork cut out from him in winningover some prominent alumni.

Denver Broncos defensive linemanJustin Bannan, who criticized Bohnfor not giving Embree more time toturn around the program, said he was-n’t sure what to make of MacIntyre’shiring.

“I just got hit with the news, so I’mnot sure what to think quite yet. So,I’ve got to find out who this guy isand what he brings to the table and

figure it out from there,” Bannan said. The Buffaloes job isn’t a glamorous

one, with sub-par football facilitiesand a fan base and booster pool disen-chanted by the seven straight losingseasons.

The new coach faces a truncatedrecruiting season and must try to keepdefections to a minimum from a ros-ter that’s loaded with freshmen. Still,MacIntyre is confident things canchange in a hurry.

After all, he did help recruit SanFrancisco linebacker Patrick Willis andNew York Giants quarterback EliManning to Mississippi whenMacIntyre was an assistant at theschool.

“If you don’t believe you can win,you’re not going to win,” MacIntyresaid. “You know how when you goswimming and you kind of stick yourtoe in the water and you go, ‘It feelsgood, I’ll jump in’ or you go, ‘It’scold?’

“Sometimes, football teams do that.They stick their toe in and think, ‘Idon’t know if I can play with them.’We’re not going to do that. We’regoing to dive in and go play.”




Heat top Hawks 101-92 Spurs defeat Rockets in OTTIM REYNOLDSThe Associated Press

MIAMI — LeBron Jamesleaped as high as he can soar.Dwyane Wade shot better thanhe ever has before.

And when the Miami Heatstars are on their games likethat ... “We probably won’tlose,” James said.

Such was the case Mondaynight. James scored 27 points,Wade had 26 and the Heatpulled away in the second halfto beat the Atlanta Hawks 101-92, improving to 10-1 at homethis season.

James (10 for 16) and Wade(11 for 13, the best single-gameshooting percentage of hiscareer) made 21 of 29 shots forMiami, which shot 58 percentas a team. Chris Bosh had 14points and 10 rebounds andNorris Cole made all four of hisshots to score 10 for the Heat,who handed the Hawks justtheir second loss in 11 games.

“Just trying to be as efficientas I can,” Wade said. “Shooting13 shots, it’s nothing I’m usedto. Some nights you go for 11-for-13. Some nights you go 3for 13. But you just try to con-tinue to be aggressive and con-tinue taking shots.”

Josh Smith scored 22 pointsand Al Horford finished with20 points and 11 reboundsfor Atlanta, which brieflyheld the lead midwaythrough the third quarterbefore the Heat got rollingand moved 1 1/2 games

ahead of the Hawks in theSoutheast Division.

Atlanta has dropped bothgames against Miami this sea-son and is 1-7 against the Heatsince March 2011.

“We gave LeBron and D-Wade some opportunities to beable to get some layups earlyon and whenever you playagainst a team like that orwhenever you give a great play-er opportunities to get layupsfirst, the rim gets that muchbigger,” Smith said. “And theystarted hitting all kinds ofshots.”

A big third-quarter run putthe Heat in control, and one ofJames’ best dunks this seasonhelped seal it in the fourth.Cole took a pass from RayAllen, dribbled once and non-chalantly flipped the balltoward the rim.

James, who also had sevenrebounds and six assists, didthe rest.

James leaped — the top ofhis fingers stretched easilymore than a foot above thebasket — for a slam with 9:51left, and the Heat weren’tthreatened in the final min-utes.

“Cole made me go get it, forsure,” James said. “He actuallytook that literally when I toldhim, ‘Just throw it anywhere.”’

Said Wade: “That’s his bionicleg.”

Wade is now 20 for 25 inhis last two games from thefloor, scoring 26 points in

each, and maybe it’s not acoincidence that those out-ings came after NBA analystCharles Barkley — Wade’sone-time cell phone commer-cial co-star — said what he’sbeen saying many times inthe past couple years: The2006 NBA Finals MVP’s gameis declining.

“It means Charles Barkleyneeds to shut up,” Jamessaid. “I mean, the man’sshooting 80 percent from thefloor in the last couplegames. Come on, man. That’slike crazy, right? That’s whywho he is.”

The Heat came into Mondaynight talking about how thisparticular game was significantfor many reasons, foremostamong them the Hawks’ posi-tion in the division.

And while it’s way too earlyto take more than a passinginterest in the standings,Miami had taken notice ofAtlanta’s early success.

“We’ve been watching,” Heatcoach Erik Spoelstra said.

The up-close-and-personalview wasn’t a surprise, then.

Miami led 56-54 at intermis-sion, a well-played half whereneither team led by more thanfive points. The Heat shot 64percent from the field in theopening two quarters, 50 per-cent from 3-point range — buta mere 44 percent from theline, part of the reason why themargin was only two points atthe break.

KRISTIE RIEKENThe Associated Press

HOUSTON — Tony Parkerwas happy about getting hisfirst career triple-double onMonday night.

When it became clear thatthe performance was going tohelp the San Antonio Spurswin, the 12-year veteran couldenjoy it so much more.

Gary Neal scored a career-best 29 points and Parker had27 points, 12 rebounds and 12assists to lead the Spurs overthe Houston Rockets 134-126in overtime.

“I was like: ‘Man if we lose,nobody is going to care,”’Parker said with a laugh abouthis triple-double. “Now that wewon the game it makes it evenbetter, because at the end ofthe day people only care aboutwins.”

Parker’s outing complement-ed Neal’s 7-of-10 performancefrom 3-point range.

Parker’s teammates had funwith him after the game, witha couple of them bellowing“Mr. Triple-double” as heentered the locker room, elicit-ing a sheepish grin and a shakeof the head from him.

“All night long, he kept usin the game,” Spurs coachGregg Poppovich said ofParker. “With his play on bothends of the floor, he was mag-nificent.”

Jeremy Lin had his best gamesince joining the Rockets, scor-ing a career high-tying 38

points with leading scorerJames Harden sidelined by asprained right ankle. It was justthe second time he’d scoredmore than 20 points sincecoming to Houston.

Neal’s last 3-pointer followedby a three-point play by ManuGinobili put the Spurs ahead130-122 with two minutes leftin overtime, and they held onfor the win. It was SanAntonio’s fifth straight winoverall and second overHouston in three days after a114-92 victory Friday.

“Gary was unbelievable,”Parker said. “He made some bigshots for us. He was the onewho kept us in the game withtimely 3s, very timely 3s in thefourth quarter and in over-time.”

The Rockets provided astronger challenge in this oneafter San Antonio never trailedin Friday’s win. But Houston’sinexperience showed in over-time as the Rockets had threeturnovers to help the Spursbuild the lead.

Houston fell to 0-2 sincecoach Kevin McHale returnedto the bench Saturday after tak-ing a leave of absence Nov. 10to be with his family as hisdaughter’s health worsened.Alexandra “Sasha” McHale diedNov. 24 of complications fromLupus. She was 23.

“Those guys, those closershave been in a million of thosegames,” McHale said of theSpurs.

A 3-pointer by Ginobili putthe Spurs up two before OmerAsik tied it on a jumper with37 seconds left. Parker thenmissed a shot, but Lin drib-bled out the shot clock underpressure from Danny Green,giving the Spurs anotherchance. Carlos Delfinoblocked a shot by TimDuncan to send it to overtimetied at 120.

Lin couldn’t really enjoy hisbig game because it didn’t helpHouston get the win.

“I’m thankful that I was ableto get comfortable out there,but that’s definitely secondaryto the fact that we blew anoth-er close game,” he said. “I hadthe ball to win it and didn’teven get a shot up. That onehurt.”

Asik had a career-high 21points and added 10 rebounds,and Chandler Parsons scored20 for Houston.

The game was tied whenNeal and Parsons got intowhat looked like a 3-pointshooting contest. Neal hit onebefore Parsons made twostraight for Houston. Nealmade a second before Parsonsadded another to put Houstonup 116-113 with 3 1/2 minutesto go.

Lin heated up late in thethird quarter and continued hissurge in the fourth, scoring sixpoints during a 9-2 run to helpHouston extend its lead to 102-93 less than two minutes intothe final quarter.

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Rubes By Leigh Rubin

Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Comics

BY GARY CLOTHIERUnited Media

Q: On the old TV game show“Let’s Make a Deal,” Monty Hallwould give away lots of prizes alongwith a few “zonks” — undesirableitems. What happened with those?Did the people get some token prizeinstead? What if they actually wantedto keep the zonk prize? A couple ofcows or a flock of sheep could be adecent prize if you happened to owna farm, for example. — M.K., Venice,Calif.

A: Though usually considered jokeprizes, traders legally win the zonks.After the show taping, any traderwho had been zonked was offered aconsolation prize. A disclaimer at theend of the credits of 1970s episodesread, “Some traders accept reasonableduplicates of Zonk prizes.”

Q: How many men running forpresident won the majority vote butlost the election because of the elec-toral votes? — F.J.S., Springfield, Ill.

A: It has happened four times: In1824, Congress elected John QuincyAdams over Andrew Jackson. In1876, Rutherford B. Hayes wasdeclared the Electoral College winnerby an electoral commission overSamuel J. Tilden. In 1888, BenjaminHarrison won over Grover Cleveland.And most recently, in 2000, GeorgeW. Bush defeated Al Gore in aSupreme Court ruling. A final recountshowed that Bush won Florida, thedeciding state. Tilden actually wonmore than half of the popular vote.The others only won a plurality.

DID YOU KNOW? The firstBroadway “rock musical” opened in1968 and became a film in 1979.

What was it? “Hair.”Q: What is the origin of the phrase

“strike while the iron is hot”? — S.E.Lake Jackson, Texas

A: The phrase means to act deci-sively and take opportunities as theyarise, alluding to the blacksmith at hisforge. If he delays in hammering thehot iron, it will soon cool, thus miss-ing an opportunity to work.

The first known use of the phraseis from Richard Edwards in “TheExcellent Comedie of Two the MosteFaithfullest Freendes, Damon andPithias,” circa 1560. He wrote: “I haueplied the Haruest, and stroke whenthe Yron was hotte.”

DID YOU KNOW? Rembrandt isone of the world’s most famouspainters. Rembrandt is his first name;his full name is RembrandtHarmenszoon van Rijn.

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The Family Circus By Bil Keane

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12

You could be exception-ally fortunate wherefriendships are con-

cerned in the year ahead.Your pals will help youachieve and realize manyof your hopes and dreams,and you in turn will do allthat you can to help themfind what they’re lookingfor.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You’re enteringa cycle where many of yourhopes and expectationswill have excellent chancesof success. Operate to thebest of your abilities, andluck will fill in the thinspots.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Some beneficialhappenings are going onbehind the scenes. Theymay be hidden from yourview, but don’t worry —some delightful surprisesare in the offing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.19) — Friends will start toplay more prominent rolesin your affairs. As long asyou keep them out of areaspertaining to yourfinances, their input will bepositive.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March20) — You’re now enteringa good cycle for achieve-ment, but you might bethe last person to realizethis. Don’t allow negativethinking to put restrictionson your possibilities.

ARIES (March 21-April19) — Some special knowl-edge you’ll gain through apersonal experience will beused to your advantageover and over again in thecoming weeks. It’ll giveyou the edge you’ve need-ed.

TAURUS (April 20-May20) — You could be steeredtoward something thatcould turn out to be finan-cially beneficial. If youshould run into a potentialopportunity, thoroughlycheck it out.

GEMINI (May 21-June20) — Some kind of agree-ment you work out couldhave a lot of promisingpotential that, once imple-mented, will be long-last-ing if you make sure it’s asgood for the other party asit is for you.

CANCER (June 21-July22) — An interesting devel-opment could occur whereyour work or career is con-cerned. What transpireswill go a long way towardhelping you fulfill an ambi-tious objective.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —This could be an unusuallygood day for you to reor-ganize a situation that ispersonally important.Adjustments can be madeto help you achieve what-ever it is you need or want.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22) — Before startinganother new endeavor,complete the ones you’vealready got underway.When you finally finishthem, the results willexceed your expectations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— Do not discount anynew idea or concept youget, even if some of themare a bit grandiose. You’rein a cycle where thinkingbig could be very lucky foryou.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.22) — Certain of yourfinancial transactions couldstart to take an upwardswing. As long as you don’tallow extravagance to rulethe roost, profitable resultsare likely.

DEAR ABBY: My husbandwears a hairpiece.Unfortunately, it does-

n’t look very real. Nearly everytime we are ina public place,I notice some-body staringor laughing atit. I havetalked to himabout it only acouple oftimes, buteach time hetells me howattached he is to it and howgood it feels on his head. Iwant him to be happy, but I donot want him to be publiclyridiculed. Should I throw itaway? — WIFE OF A MANWITH A “SECRET”

DEAR WIFE: Absolutely not.If you want to help your hus-band, start talking with somehairstylists. There may be aproduct on the market that ismore convincing than whatyour husband is wearing.(Depending upon how muchhair he has on the back of hishead, a transplant of some fol-licles may also be possible.)This isn’t just about him hav-ing something on his head that“feels good.” If it was only that,he’d be wearing a hat.

* * *DEAR ABBY: I am recently

married, and my husband andI have not consummated ourmarriage. I made it very clearthat this would not be a part ofour life together, and he agreedlong before we took our vows.We sleep separately.

Recently, my husband hasbecome sullen and passive-aggressive. He tries to push theissue, to the point of makingunwanted physical contact. Heknew going in that I amextremely uncomfortable withthis form of intimacy and thatmy views would not change.

We love each other, but hisbehavior is starting to take atoll on me and the stress isstraining our relationship.Please help. — ASEXUAL INLOVE

DEAR ASEXUAL: You andyour husband are obviouslynot on the same page as far aswhat your expectations areabout your marriage. Howuncomfortable for you andhow frustrating for him. He

may have thought that afteryour wedding, with time, hecould change your mind — orhe may regard your lack ofinterest in sex as personal rejec-tion.

For the kind of marriage youenvisioned, BOTH parties mustfeel the same way about sex.Because he agreed to some-thing he can’t live with, itmight be better for both of youif you separated.

* * *DEAR ABBY: Would you

please settle a disagreement I’mhaving with my mother’sboyfriend?

The three of us go out to eattogether often. Most times we“go Dutch” and pay for ourown meals. The problem ariseswhen he pays for my meal.He’ll request the senior pricefor all of us because he’s pay-ing.

I believe the senior discountshould apply to the seniors inthe group only, and mineshould be the regular price. Idon’t think it’s wrong to ask forthe senior discount for theirswhen I’m paying, but do notfeel right claiming it for mine.(I’m more than 20 years awayfrom qualifying.)

It embarrasses me when hedoes it. I’d much rather pay thefull adult price. Even if it’s only50 cents, I still feel like it’scheating.

Shouldn’t a senior discountapply to items being purchasedfor the senior, or should thesenior be able to apply theirdiscount for everyone at thetable, even if the person isunderage? — KIM IN IOWACITY

DEAR KIM: Senior discountsare intended to accommodatepeople who are retired and liv-ing on a fixed income. Thatsaid, various restaurants maketheir own rules. If they are will-ing to comply when yourmother’s boyfriend asks thateveryone be included in thediscount, it’s no reflection onyou if he’s the one doing theasking and paying the bill.

Pauline Phillips, a.k.a. AbigailVan Buren, and Jeanne Phillipsare columnists for UniversalPress Syndicate©. Write DearAbby at P.O. Box 69440, LosAngeles, CA 90069.

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WASHINGTON — Nicole Ari Parkerwas motivated by frustration. For StarJones, it was a matter of life or death.Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after abad breakup.

All three have launched individualcampaigns that reflect an emerging pri-ority for African-American women:finding creative ways to combat theobesity epidemic that threatens theirlongevity.

African-American women have thehighest obesity rate of any group ofAmericans. Four out of five blackwomen have a body mass index above25 percent, the threshold for beingoverweight or obese, according to theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention. By comparison, nearly two-thirds of Americans overall are in thiscategory, the CDC said.

Many black women seem to not bebe bothered that they are generallyheavier than other Americans.

Calorie-rich, traditional soul food is astaple in the diets of many African-Americans, and curvy black women areembracedpositivelythroughslang prais-ing themas “thick”with a “lit-tle meat ontheirbones,” orthroughsongslike

the Commodore’s “Brick House” or“Bootylicious” by Destiny’s Child. Astudy by the Kaiser Family Foundationand The Washington Post earlier thisyear found that 66 percent of over-weight black women had high self-esteem, while 41 percent of average-sized or thin white women had highself-esteem.

Still, that doesn’t mean black womenreject the need to become healthier.

Historically black, all-female SpelmanCollege in Atlanta is disbanding itsNCAA teams and devoting thoseresources to a campus-wide wellnessprogram. In an open letter announcingSpelman’s “wellness revolution,” presi-dent Beverly Daniel Tatum cited a cam-pus analysis that found many ofSpelman’s 2,100 students already havehigh blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes orother chronic ailments.

“Spelman has an opportunity tochange the health trajectory of our stu-dents and, through their influence, thecommunities from which they come,”Tatum’s letter said.

Jones, who underwent open heartsurgery in 2010 at age 47 and nowurges awareness about heart diseaseamong black women, was met by anoverflow crowd earlier this year whenshe convened a Congressional BlackCaucus Foundation panel on blackwomen and obesity.

“We have to get ourselves out ofbeing conditioned to think that usingsoft words so we don’t hurt peoples’

feelings is doing them any favor,”Jones said. “Curvy, big-boned,hefty, full-figured, fluffy, chub-by. Those are all words designedto make people feel better aboutthemselves. That wasn’t helpfulto me.”

Jones once embraced beinglarge and fabulous, at 5 feet 5inches tall and 300 pounds. Butunder that exterior, she said,she was morbidly obese, suffer-

ing from extreme fatigue, nausea,lightheadedness, heart palpita-tions and blurred vision. Theattorney and TV personality alsohad gastric bypass surgery in

2003.Now, she advises women to

make simple changes such as reducingsalt intake, exercising 30 minutes a day,quitting smoking, controlling portionsizes and making nutritious dietarychoices.

Nutritionist and author Rovenia M.Brock, known professionally as Dr. Ro,agrees with Jones. She said gettingactive is only about 20 percent of thefight against obesity. The rest revolvesaround how much people eat.

“Our plates are killing us,” she said. Brock said “food deserts,” or urban

areas that lack quality supermarkets, area real obstacle. She suggested gettingaround that by carpooling with neigh-bors to stores in areas with higher-quali-ty grocery options or buying food inbulk. She also suggested growing herbsand vegetables in window-box gardens.

“Stop focusing on what’s not there, orwhat you think is not there,” Brocksaid. “We have to get out of this wimpy,‘woe is me’ mentality.”

While first lady Michelle Obama hasencouraged exercise through her “Let’sMove” campaign targeting childhoodobesity, the spark for this current inter-est among black womenmay have been commentslast year by Surgeon GeneralRegina Benjamin, whoobserved publicly that womenmust stop allowing concernabout their hair to preventthem from exercising.

Some black women visitsalons as often as every twoweeks, investing severalhours and anywherefrom $50 to hun-dreds of dollarseach visit — activi-ty that, according tothe Black OwnedBeauty SupplyAssociation, helpsfuel a $9 billionblack hair careand cosmeticsindustry.

In an inter-view during ahealth confer-ence inWashingtonlast week,

Benjamin said the damage sweat caninflict on costly hairstyles can affectwomen’s willingness to work out, andshe hopes to change that. She goes tobeauty industry conferences to encour-age stylists to create exercise-friendlyhairdos.

“I wouldn’t say we use it as an excuse,we use it as a barrier,” Benjamin said.“And that’s not one of the barriers any-more. We’re always going to have prob-lems with balancing our lives, but wecould take that one out.”

Parker, an actress who starred in “AStreetcar Named Desire” on Broadwayearlier this year, understands this dilem-ma well. Out of personal frustration overmaintaining both her workout and herhair, she created “Save Your Do”Gymwrap — a headband that can bewrapped around the hair in a way thatminimizes sweat and preserves hairstyles.

“Not just as a black woman, but as awoman, since the beginning of time,beauty has been our responsibility,”Parker said in an interview. Because ofthat, she said, exercise has becomelinked with vanity instead of health.

“We’ve turned exercise intoa weight-loss regimen,”

Parker said. “No. Exercise isabout being grateful forthe body you have andsustaining the life youhave. ... Take all the hypeout of the exercise and

think of it as brush-ing your teeth.”

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PhillipAlder

Phillip Alder is a columnist forNewspaper EnterpriseAssociation.

AP

This combo image made of file photos from Feb. 5,2005, in Los Angeles (left) and Feb. 15, 2012, inNew York (right) shows TV personality Star Jones.Jones, who underwent open heart surgery threeyears ago at age 47 and now urges awareness aboutheart disease among black women, was met by anoverflow crowd earlier this year when she con-

vened a Congressional Black Caucus Foundationpanel on black women and obesity.

Black women battle obesity

KRISTEN GELINEAUThe Associated Press

SYDNEY — They say theyexpected a hang-up and a fewlaughs. Instead, the AustralianDJs behind a hoax phone callto the London hospital wherethe pregnant Duchess ofCambridge was being treatedwere deeply apologetic Mondayas they described how theirjoke ended up going too far.

The phone call — in whichthey impersonated QueenElizabeth II and Prince Charles— went through, and their sta-tion broadcast and even trum-peted the confidential informa-tion received. Whatever pridethere had been over the hoaxwas obliterated by worldwidepublic outrage after Friday’sdeath of Jacintha Saldanha, thefirst nurse they talked to.

“There’s not a minute thatgoes by that we don’t thinkabout her family and what

they must be going through,”2DayFM radio host Mel Greigtold Australia’s “A CurrentAffair,” her voice shaking. “Andthe thought that we may have

played a part in that is gut-wrenching.”

Police have not disclosed thecause of Saldanha’s death, butmany have assumed it was

related to the stress from thecall. An autopsy is being heldTuesday.

Prime Minister DavidCameron said at a luncheonMonday that “the suicide ofthis nurse, who worked incredi-bly hard and obviously wasincredibly dedicated ... is anabsolute tragedy.”

His office later saidCameron’s comment was notan official acknowledgmentthat the death was a suicide.

Greig and co-host MichaelChristian spoke publicly aboutthe prank for the first time inthe televised interview.Another interview on rivalshow “Today Tonight” alsoaired Monday.

The hoax has sparked broadoutrage, with the hosts receiv-ing death threats and demandsthey be fired.

The radio station’s owner saidGreig and Christian were

receiving psychological counsel-ing to deal with the tragedy. ABritish lawmaker said he wishedthat much was being done forSaldanha’s grieving family.

“They are devastated bywhat has happened,” saidLabour legislator Keith Vaz,who has visited Saldanha’s hus-band and two children at theirhome in Bristol, southwestEngland.

“They are shocked and theyare bewildered,” Vaz told theBBC. “More support, in myview, needs to be given.”

Both DJs apologized for thehoax and cried when askedabout the moment theylearned that the Saldanha wasdead. But neither describedhaving reservations before thehoax tape was broadcast; theysaid higher-ups at the stationhad made the decision to air it.

“We didn’t have that discus-sion,” Greig said.

Southern Cross Austereo, theparent company of 2DayFM,released a statement Mondaysaying that Greig andChristian’s show had been ter-minated and there would be acompany-wide suspension ofprank calls. The DJs themselvesremain suspended.

Saldanha, 46, had transferredtheir call last week to a fellownurse caring for the duchess,who was being treated foracute morning sickness at KingEdward VII Hospital inLondon. That nurse said theformer Kate Middleton “hasn’thad any retching with me andshe’s been sleeping on and off.”

Three days later, Saldanhawas found dead at the hospi-tal’s nurses’ accommodation.

The DJs said when the ideafor the call came up in a teammeeting, no one expected thatthey would actually be putthrough to the duchess’ ward.

MIKE SCHNEIDERThe Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — GeorgeZimmerman sued NBC onThursday, claiming he wasdefamed when the networkedited his 911 call to policeafter the shooting of TrayvonMartin to make it sound likehe was racist.

The former neighborhoodwatch volunteer filed the law-suit seeking an undisclosedamount of money in SeminoleCounty, outside Orlando. Alsonamed in the complaint werethree reporters covering thestory for NBC or an NBC-owned television station.

The complaint said the air-ing of the edited call hasinflicted emotional distress onZimmerman, making him fearfor his life and causing him tosuffer nausea, insomnia andanxiety.

The lawsuit claims NBC edit-ed his phone call to a dispatch-er in February. In the call,Zimmerman describes follow-ing Martin in the gated com-munity where he lived, justmoments before he fatally shotthe 17-year-old teen during aconfrontation.

“NBC saw the death ofTrayvon Martin not as atragedy but as an opportunity

to increase ratings, and so setabout to create a myth thatGeorge Zimmerman was aracist and predatory villain,”the lawsuit claims.

NBC spokeswoman KathyKelly-Brown said the networkstrongly disagreed with theaccusations made in the com-plaint.

“There was no intent to por-tray Mr. Zimmerman unfairly,”she said. “We intend to vigor-ously defend our position incourt.”

Three employees of the net-work or its Miami affiliate losttheir jobs because of thechanges.

Zimmerman sues NBC and reporters

Australian DJs apologize for royal hoax call

Channel Nine/AP

In this image made off video footage recorded Monday andaired later in the day on the “A Current Affair” program byAustralia’s Channel Nine, Australian radio DJs MichaelChristian (left) and Mel Greig appear during an interview withthe TV station.

STEVE PEOPLESThe Associated Press

HOOKSETT, N.H. — Fearand frustration course throughthe lunch crowd at Robie’sCountry Store and Deli, a pop-ular outpost 500 miles fromwhere Washington is againlocked in tense negotiationsover taxes and spending as acritical deadline looms.

“I’m worried,” LorraineCadren of nearby Manchestersays between bites of her chick-en sandwich. Her doubt in thenation’s elected leaders is pal-pable: “I’m not sure what’sgoing to come out ofWashington next.” Not thatshe has the time to pay muchattention; the 64-year-old isunemployed and preoccupiedwith finding a new job asChristmas approaches.

A few tables away, JohnPfeifle shares Cadren’s angstwhile trying to enjoy his $6.99chicken parmesan special.

“Somebody’s gotta havesome smarts,” says the 63-year-old business owner, complain-ing that both President BarackObama and House Republicansseem willing to allow thenation to go over the “fiscalcliff,” triggering broad taxincreases and massive spendingcuts that economists warncould lead to another recession.

“I have no faith at all they’lldo the right thing,” Pfeifle said

of Congress.And why would these voters

have confidence inWashington?

The scene playing out onCapitol Hill is a familiar one aslawmakers with competing ide-ologies wage an 11th-hour bat-tle to avert a predictable crisis.This one comes just a year afteran equally divided Washingtonnearly let the country defaulton its loan obligations — adebt-ceiling debate that con-tributed to the electorate’s deeplack of faith in their electedleaders and a drop in thenation’s credit rating.

Evidence of Congress’ plum-meting popularity is every-where.

From New Hampshire dinersto Colorado coffee shops,weary residents report wide-spread concern. They relate thedebate in Washington overtheir tax dollars with their ownlives: average Americans whoare struggling every day tomake ends meet. And alreadydistracted by the holidays andtired of politics after a bitterpresidential campaign, they arecalling on Washington to getits act together.

“It’s pathetic. Nobody’sdoing their job,” said LauraHager, a retiree from Lancaster,Pa. “The rest of the country isbeing held hostage to thisentire situation.”

She said the uncertaintymakes it difficult to shape apersonal financial plan; shecan’t imagine what businessleaders must be going through.“Nobody can plan. Nobodyknows what they’ll do,” shesaid.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.,warned that the public’s disgustwith Congress would reachnew heights if lawmakers andthe White House fail to reachan accord before the year-enddeadline.

“Ninety percent disapprovalrating is going to go up to 99percent disapproval,” the sena-tor said at a panel discussionlast week in Washington onthe fiscal cliff’s impact on busi-nesses.

Warner overstated Congress’unpopularity, although not bymuch.

A recent Associated Press-GfKpoll found that 74 percent ofAmericans disapprove of theway Congress is handling itsjob; just 23 percent approve.The figures are virtuallyunchanged from June andslightly above Congress’ recentlow point of 12 percentapproval during the debt ceil-ing debate in August 2011.

Some voters are trying toignore the debate altogether,although near-constant newscoverage is making that diffi-cult, especially as Obama and

his Republican opponents workto rally their supporters.

In a campaign-style eventMonday in Michigan, the heartof industrial America, Obamawarned that he “won’t com-promise” on his demand thatthe wealthiest Americans pay

more in taxes. Polls find thatmost voters agree with thepresident’s deficit-cutting planto raise tax rates on incomeover $200,000 for individualsand $250,000 for couples,although House Republicansare reluctant to agree.

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computer skills. Duties include: answering phones, dispatching orders, billing, and various

accounting duties. Applicants should have 2 year college degree or 3 years of related experience.

We offer an outstanding benefit package. To apply contact Warren at 402-751-2922.908 W. 2nd • Hastings

Part timeMail/Distribution

Help Wanted• Mostly daytime hours. Must be available

12:00 to 4:00 p.m.• Occasional morning hours• Must work midnight to 4:00 a.m. Saturdays• Must have valid drivers license and a

background check will be donePick up an application today!

Are You a

Shining Star? If you are looking for employment and haven’t applied with Advance Services, NOW is your time to APPLY!

Various positions available including: Office Work • Assembly • Machinist

• Grinders • Foundry Workers

Mostly night shift, some day shift. Apply online at:

www.asinc.net or at 213 S. Burlington Ave.

Hastings, NE 68901 (402) 463-6685

IMMEDIATE TECHNICIAN OPENING

- Paid Training Programs -Top Wage Pay $12.00/hr. to $22.00/hr.

-Excellent Working Conditions

2800 Osborne Drive East, Hastings, NE

Apply in person

PUSH PUSH PUSH YOUR CAR WITH THE CLASSIFIEDS.

When it comes to selling your car, nothing

goes the distance like the classifieds! Get the

show on the road by call us today.

402-462-2131

WANT TO Rent: Father along with son (who is hoping to get started farming) looking for farm-ground to rent. Modern equipment. Will pay going rent price. Please call 308-263-2361 or 308-991-5184.

144 Want ToRent Land

FOR SALE: JD 7210 with 740 loader grapple; JD 608C 8-30” cornhead; J&M 750 auger wagon; 12R30 hiller; JD 30ʼ 960 field cultivator; 27ʼ Sun-flower disk; 8R36 Buffalo chopper; JD MX10 3 pt. shredder; 10ʼ Rhino blade; Blue Jet 5 shank 30” rip-per. 402-461-9136

1990 WILSON 42ʼ nice grain trailer. Call 402-469-1470 for details.

140 FarmEquipment

1988 T-L 8 tower planeta-ry center pivot. $5,000. 402-772-2082

138 Irrigation

1979 T-L 10 Tower Pivot, medium pressure, clean. $6,500. 1981 T-L Tower Pivot, drops, rotators, clean. $8,000. Near Da-venport. Contact Sacha at Southeast Valley Irrigation in Bruning, 402-353-6775.

WANTED: Valley 7-8 pow-er pivot. FOR SALE: 1996 T-L 8 power pivot, new im-pacts and hoses. 402-366-3739

138 Irrigation

ALFALFA for sale, large round bales. $250/ton. 402-519-0050

WE ARE buying damaged grain, damaged ground pile grain. 316-640-3203.

SMALL SQUARE alfalfa bales, call 402-463-8072.

137 Hay/Seeds

RITCHIE WATERS parts, sales, installation. Author-ized dealer. 402-817-4279.

136 LivestockItems

LOOKING FOR a job?Check classified every day.

P lace a 6 day classified line ad and get a 50% R epeat Discount

on the follow ing 6 days. No R efunds.

TRI-CITY AUCTION CENTER

Auctions December 6, 13, 20, 10 a.m. Preview Wed-nesday before 4-6 p.m.121 E. 2nd St. Hastings

402-469-7356www.tricityauctioncenter.com

RANDY RUHTER, Auc-tioneer and Broker, 2837 W. Hwy. 6, Hastings, NE, 402-463-8565.

130 Auction Sales

LOTS, MODEL Homes: 4 Subdivisions. Agent/own-er, 402-461-1785.

119 ResidentialLots

3-BEDROOM: 2-bath dou-ble wide. Will finance call Diane 402-469-4777

118 Mobile HomesFor Sale

KINGSWOOD PLAZANew 2012 Homes available for sale. Easy qualification! The homes are just beautiful and ready

to move into. Call Scott Simpson at

402-201-9670

117 Factory-BuiltHomes

BEAUTIFUL REMOD-ELED: 5-bedroom. Pool, lakefront, reduced. 402-460-9090. www.forsaleby-owner.com/23928107

4-BEDROOM: 3-baths in Blue Hill. Attached garage and garage in back. Needs a little finish work. 402-756-3812

2-BEDROOM: Main floor utilities. Joyce Schlachter, Broker, 402-462-5794.

1506 APACHE: 3 bed-room, 2 1/2 bath, custom oak cabinetry, backs to commons, heated work-shop attached to garage. $189,950. Call Stephanie at 402-417-6377.

FOR SALE or rent small 2-bedroom house in Blue Hill on large lot with stor-age shed. 402-460-0959

2708 W. 5TH: Nice 3-bed-room ranch home, double garage, 402-469-8692

116 HousesFor Sale

KINGSWOOD PLAZARV sites available

402-463-1958

113 Lots For Rent

4000 Sq. Ft. Basement:ramp accessible, 4 ft. en-trance. $395/month. 402-705-1322

111 Storage/Warehouse

STONEʼS Country Cabin for rent. Daily rates. Harlan County Reservoir. Open year round. 308-799-4475, 308-920-0027.

110 ResortProperty

COMMERCIAL OFFICE building for rent 6,000 sq. ft. 3,000 sq. ft. is garage space. Call Diane to see 469-4777

714 EAST SIDE BLVD.Approximately 1,770 sq. ft., open space plus wait-ing room and 3 private rooms. Updated, tile floors throughout, currently a hair salon. $995/month. Licen-see owned. 402-984-2198

109 BusinessProperty

CROSIER PARKProfessional Center

office space available. Sin-gle and multiple person suits. 450 sq. ft.-3,500 sq. ft. For information or show-ing call 402-463-6229 or 402-460-7229

NICE, SMALL office with bathroom. 645 S. Burling-ton. $325 plus electric. Al-ton Jackson 402-463-0688

OFFICE SPACESingle office, double office, up to 4 office suites availa-ble. Very nice. Conference and meeting room availa-ble. 402-461-4100.

Landmark Center

OFFICE SPACE: $250-$600 month. Utilities in-cluded. 402-461-1785.

108 Office Space

LARGE 4-BEDROOM: 2-bath,1 car garage. $750+ deposit. 402-469-7419.

SMALL TOWN living at its best. 4-bedroom, 1 bath, in Bladen. Close to church and school. $650/month. Call John at 303-520-5256

NICE LARGE 3-bedroom with garage. $825 plus de-posit. 402-902-8474.

3-BEDROOM: 3-car ga-rage, new construction. $1,500/month. Agent/own-er 461-1785.

2-BEDROOM: Garage, basement, nice. $675 plus deposit. 402-469-4084 or 402-463-0767

2-BEDROOM: Off street parking, washer/dryer hookup. $550 deposit/rent. 402-463-0458

523 S. KANSAS: 2-bed-room, possible 3. 402-460-7776 or 402-462-8562.

2327 W. 6TH: 2-bedroom, Single car garage. New kitchen. No pets/smoking. $550. 402-463-3933

1111 W. 5TH: 3-bedroom, appliances. $600 rent/de-posit. No pets. 402-463-3589

104 HousesFor Rent

3-BEDROOM: 1.5 bath, garage. Credit required. $700. 402-460-9626

LOOKING FOR good peo-ple to fill 2-bedroom units. Pick up application at 945 W. H St. or call 402-463-5953 for more information. Utility and rental assis-tance available.

103 Town HousesFor Rent

1-, 2-, 3-, 4-BEDROOM:Rent to own. Air, garage. $400-$850. 402-469-6635.

102 DuplexesFor Rent

100% FURNISHED: 1 1/2 bedroom. 402-705-0000

$149.95/WEEKRAINBOW MOTEL

463-2989; 402-926-6252Breakfast, internet, HBO. Maid. Clean. Coin laundry. No credit/deposit. Near McDonaldʼs, 1000 W. “J”.

101 FurnishedApartments

2-BEDROOM: Parking, upstairs, no smoking/pets. $395. 402-463-2917.

2- AND 3-BEDROOM: Re-gency Heights, Hastings. Large apartments with controlled entry, complete kitchens, ample parking, on-site laundry and you pay ONLY electricity! Pet friendly (some restric-tions). Call today! Our new manager is waiting to give you a tour! 402-469-0830.www.perryreid.com/regen cyheights EHO

2-BEDROOM: $395-$495 Appliances, laundry hook-ups, parking. No pets.

EMBASSY SQUARE402-462-4032

HERITAGE MANORNow accepting applica-

tions for future openingsWe offer independent liv-ing for seniors and per-sons with disabilities. Rent assistance, on-site laun-dry, close to local shop-ping and eating. Pet friendly. 945 West H. 402-463-5953

LARGE 2-BEDROOM penthouse at Depot Plaza. Mexican tile, fireplace. No pets. 402-469-4777.

1-BEDROOM: Partially furnished. Most utilities paid. References. Deposit. No pets/smoking. $365. 402-469-0994.

CHATEAUIMPERIAL

Townhomes/Apartments Call 402-463-4111

LARGE, CLEAN: 1-bed-room, appliances, central air. 402-834-0266

100 UnfurnishedApartments

Equal Housing

OpportunityAll real estate advertising in the Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to adver-tise “any preference, limi-tation or discrimination based on race, color, reli-gion, sex, handicap, fami-lial status, or national ori-gin, or an intention, to make any such prefer-ence, limitation or discrimi-nation.” Familial status in-cludes children under the age of 18 living with pa-rents or legal custodians; pregnant women and peo-ple securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any ad-vertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are here-by informed that all dwell-ings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of dis-crimination, call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing im-paired is 1 (800) 927-9275.

100 UnfurnishedApartments

NEWER washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators. Working or not. 462-6330.

96 Want To Buy

BUYING RACOONS and wild fur. S & S Fur. 308-384-5106

86 Sporting Goods

Your WHIRLPOOL andTOSHIBA DealerROGERʼS, INC.

1035 S. Burlington402-463-1345

77 Appliances

KENQUILT COMMER-CIAL quilting machine on 12ʼ table in good condition. Includes all accessories. $1,000; 5ʼ Computer desk, $50; 30 drawer metal mili-tary cabinet, 30x33x12, $90. 402-746-3871

75 Household Items

AKC CHESAPEAKE Bay Retriever: 4-females. Born 9/14/12, champion blood lines. Call 800-519-5560

70 Pets

CARING INDIVIDUALSneeded for one on one in-home elder care. Currently scheduling for 24 hour, full-time and part-time po-sitions. Can earn up to $1500 monthly. Call be-tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, 463-1000.

64 In-HomeAssisted Living

LICENSED DAYCAREopenings infant-5 years. 402-463-8127.

62 Child Care

has openings for a carrier in

• Sutton•Blue Hill• Hastings

• and surrounding areasor

a motor route driver in• Hastings

• and surrounding areas

Call Circulation at 402-461-1221

or 1-800-742-6397

BRODKEYʼS JEWELERS

Seasonal Sales Associates

If you are a sales person with excellent customer

relations skills then Brodkeyʼs Jewelers is the place for you. Your

availability must be flexible to work days, nights and weekends. Please apply in person with Barry or Jeannine.

Cimarron Plaza

61 Part Time

HELP WANTED: Full or part-time employment at Alfs Well Drilling of Shick-ley. Duties include activi-ties related to Well Drilling and Farming. Looking for Rig Operators and assis-tants. Earnings based on experience. CDL a plus, good driving record a must. Benefits available for full-time help. Apply at

Alfs Well Drilling 310 N. Market St.,

Shickley, NE402-627-2835

OPENING 1 Parts person and mechanic. Apply at Wolfe Cycle Sports.

TRIM PRESS OPERATOR

Full-Time Openings

The starting wage is $10.50/hr. up to $15.05/hr.

based on experience. (10-hour work days) Regurlarly scheduled

workdays are Monday through Thursday. See www.nealuminum.com.

DRIVERS NEEDED: Must be 25 or older. Call 402-831-8294. Action Cab

IMMEDIATE OPENINGSKarnes Auto Repair is looking for a full-time me-chanic and part-time help. Competitive wages. Apply in person or send resume to: 623 East 2nd, Hast-ings, NE 68901

MANAGER TRAINEEImmediate opening for a career minded individual looking for rapid growth with a local company. Du-ties include: sales, collec-tion, deliveries, inventory, and computer manage-ment. Great wage, fantas-tic bonuses, and terrific benefits. Equal Opportuni-ty Employer for women and men alike. Apply in person. Ace Rent-To-Own, 1049 W. 2nd St., Hastings.

60 General

ALLENʼS MEAT CUTTERAllenʼs Supermarket is

seeking an experienced meat cutter. This is an

outstanding job opportunity for an

important position in our busy meat department

where our emphasis is on quality. Company benefits

include paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, BCBS

Health Insurance, life insurance, dental

insurance, Cafeteria Plan, AFLAC, and valuable employee discount. Excellent salary and working conditions.

Applications are available at Allenʼs main office or

online at www.allensfoodmart.com/jobs/

1115 West 2nd StreetHastings, NE 68901

60 General

CDL DRIVERS!!!Bernard Pavelka

Trucking has openings for regional and OTR

drivers. Must have verifiable experience over the road, good

work history and be able to pass employment

background check. We offer stable miles with

home time, competitive pay plan, plus bonus, health plan, retirement

plan, vacation and holiday pay.

Call Dwight at 402-462-4650 or

800-274-4120 for more information.

59 Trucking

FAIRFIELD CO-OP:

Is looking for propane personnel. Duties

include propane delivery to homes, wells, and maintenance work.

Excellent benefits and competitive wage. Call Bill for details

402-726-2361

LOCAL TRUCK Driver needed for grain and wet distillers hauling. CDL and safe driving record re-quired. 50+ hour/week. R Lazy K Trucking Inc. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 402-771-2145

58 Ag Related

2ND SHIFT MACHINEOperator, automated saw, brake press and plasma table operation. Drug screening required. 401k, health insurance and shift differential pro-vided. Competitive wage. Apply at Minden Machine

Shop at 1302 K Road, Minden NE

CONCRETE LABORERSand finishers needed. Competitive wages. Call Kevin at 402-806-1940.

2ND SHIFT WELDERSwith 1 year production mig welding experience. Drug screening required. 401k, health insurance and shift differential pro-vided. Competitive start-ing wage. Apply at Minden Machine

Shop at 1302 K Road, Minden NE

57 Technical &Trade

KITTYʼS ROADHOUSEhiring kitchen staff. Apply in person 1400 E South St.

56 Restaurant

LICENSED INSURANCEAgent needed for the Hastings area. Agency funding provided. Call 308-381-0110 or email: [email protected]

SUCCESSFUL LOCAL in-surance office needs more help! Seeking someone who enjoys working with people and being part of a positive and progressive team. No experience nec-essary. Please send cover letter and resume to:

Box A, c/o Hastings Tribune,

P.O. Box 788,Hastings, NE 68902.

55 Sales

OFFICE ACCOUNTINGREPRESENTATIVE/

PERSON ASSISTANT NEEDED

We are looking for an Of-fice Assistant. Duties in-clude greeting clients, answering phones, and routing mail, data entry and retrieve, scheduling and calender mainte-nance. Ideal candidates will have proven custom-er service skills in an ad-ministrative setting and experience with Micro-soft Office applications. Email resumes to :

[email protected] INTERESTED

accepting applications for the following position:

ELEMENTARY BUILDING

SECRETARY

Hawthorne Elementary8 hours a day

210 days per year$7.50 to $9.00 an hour

depending on experience

Must pass background check

Application can be made at

hastingspublicschools.org under Employment

Opportunities-Classified Application-or you can

pick up an application at the Administration

Building located at the following address.

Human Resources OfficeHastings Public Schools

1924 West A StreetHastings, NE 68901

402-461-7502EOE

Open until filled.

54 Office/Clerical

The Villa Assisted Liv-ing at Good Samaritan

Society-Hastings Village is accepting

applications forMedication Aide

Requires active C.N.A. certification as well as the 40 hour course for Med Aide certification.Every other weekend

open on days $500.00 Sign on bonusYou may pick up open

shifts as they are available.

Applications are available on line at

www.good-sam.comIf you need additional

information please contact Crystal at

402-460-3226

E/O/EDrug Free Workplace

53 Health Care

COME JOIN our dynamic team at Haven Home. We are looking for energetic, compassionate licensed nurses, Assistant Director of Nursing, housekeeping, and dietary to work in our long-term care facility. Competitive salary; bene-fits, 401K available. Con-tact Rose or Nancy at 402-752-3212 for further infor-mation.

53 Health Care

HARVARD REST Haven is currently seeking an in-dividual to fill the position of Administrator. Our fa-cility has 37 skilled nurs-ing beds with a 20 bed at-tached assisted living. Strong leadership skills and the ability to promote positive growth are nec-essary for this position. The ability to keep cur-rent on the changing trends in healthcare is a must. Current Administra-tion certification is re-quired. Experience work-ing in this type of environ-ment is preferred.

Please send resume to P.O. Box 546, Harvard, NE or

call 402-772-7591 or 402-772-2511

and ask for Cheryl for an application or more

information.

CHS Agri Service Center

Full Time- Location Manager, Bladen, NE

Duties include: Manage-ment of employees, com-pany assets, sales, finan-cial profitability and inven-tory.Candidate needs to have good customer service skills.

Qualifications: Two year college degree, or 3-5 years related experience, grain fumigation license and CDL with Hazmat.Must be able to pass DOT required physical and drug test, lift 50lbs, climb rail cars, ladders, stairs, and bins, operate loaders and tractors. Must have the ability to work in dust and adverse weather condi-tions.

Please contact Jim Amackfor more information

402-469-5400Or go online to

CHSAgri.com for an application.

Send applications Att: Cegie Ludeke

310 Logan St. Holdrege, NE 68949

51 Professional

NOW HIRINGESSENTIAL PERSONNEL

402-462-4400

50 EmploymentAgencies

GOT GAS? We have used fuel tanks to put it in. McMurray Motors, 402-462-6879.

ʻ95 CADALLIC Sudan 121,000 miles. Runs good. 402-631-8484

25 Vans

2002 FORD Sport Track 4x4 67,000 miles, one owner $11,500 402-631-8454

24 Sport Utility

MINT 1998 Dodge Ram 2500: 4x4, cummins die-sel, with 5 speed. Brand new tires/shocks. $11,500 Call 308-830-1870

1998 DODGE Dakota Sprint: 4wd-318cid. 92,600 miles. Box cover club cab. $5,000 402-469-9990

23 4-wheel DrivePickups

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Live?There are some prime rental possibilities in our rental classifications 100-113. Want to place your rental ad there? Call our Classified Department at 402-462-2131.

B7HASTINGS TRIBUNETuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

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601 West J, Hastings, 462-2532 Prices Effective thru Sat. December 15, 2012

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Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012HASTINGS TRIBUNEB8 Food

Family Features

If you’re looking for deliciousways to bring more nutrition tothe family table, it’s hard tobeat broccoli. Broccoli is onmost top 10 lists of superfoods,

and packs a lot of nutrients in eachbite.

“Easily incorporated into a varietyof dishes, broccoli offers a great way

for busy families to eat healthy on adaily basis,” said Rachel Brandeis,registered dietitian.

For an extra nutrient boost, trythese recipes made with Eat SmartBeneforté broccoli. Brandeis said,“Beneforté broccoli pro vides morephytonutrient glucoraphanin,which natu rally strengthens yourantioxidant enzyme levels to help

maintain the anti oxi dant activityof vitamins A, C and E in yourbody. These vitamins protect yourbody from potentially damagingfree radicals and environmentalstresses.”

Beneforté broccoli is available inthe packaged produce section of gro-cery stores. Find out more atwww.EatSmartBeneforte.com.

Broccoli Stir-Fry

Roasted Broccoli

Broccoli with Fusilli and Red Pepper

Broccoli and Fresh Tomato Pizza

Relative percentage of glucoraphanin per serving of cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli:

Cauliflower1%1

Kale1%1

Brussels Sprouts13%1

Cabbage24%1

Broccoli100%1

Beneforté Broccoli270%2

Perusing the produce depart-ment at my local grocerystore, looking for somethingdifferent, I spotted Brusselssprouts.

Standing, staring, recalling from thedepths of my childhood memory, Iremember enjoying them as a 5-year-old. I happily ate them prepared bymy mother at homeand even when oneof my favorite sittersput them next to mymacaroni andcheese.

Since then, how-ever, I’ve had somerather malodorousand poor-tastingencounters with thismember of the cab-bage family. I wasstuck between a rock (having thesame old steamed broccoli, bakedsweet potato or raw spinach salad)and a hard place (possibly throwing$2.99-a-pound Brussels sprouts downthe drain).

Thinking an easy pros and cons listwould help me make this decision, Ibegan weighing. I recalled thatBrussels sprouts are good for me. Amember of the cruciferous vegetablefamily, they are rich in cancer-fight-ing compounds. Plus, like all vegeta-bles, they’re a good source of vita-mins, minerals and dietary fiber. Butwhen something smells as poorly as ittastes, who really cares? None theless, I know that I can tolerate cab-bage (with a little cheese sauce fordipping, but never mind that), sosurely I can handle Brussels sprouts.

The Food Network and a voraciousappetite for learning about foods andhow to prepare them reminded methat I’d learned a lot over the lastdecade and surely if I’m a dietitianworth my salt, I’d know how to pre-pare an edible Brussels sprout or two.

And that was it. It felt like a chal-lenge and it would be out of characterfor me to turn one of those down. Isifted through the pile beneath thecool mist in the produce section,selecting those that looked to havethe best color and were similar in size(for even cooking time, of course).

Prepared properly, these miniaturecabbages won’t have an odor or flavorbest fit for the most distant ripples ofthe solar system. When preparedproperly, Brussels sprouts actuallyhave a near-sweet flavor and slightcrunch, making them the vegetablehit at your next meal and almost cer-tain to make even the most leeryskeptic give them a chance. Plus,preparation is a breeze.

First, rinse your sprouts under coolrunning water for 20-30 seconds. Filla large pot with about 2 inches ofwater and bring to a simmer. AddBrussels sprouts and keep water sim-mering for 2-3 minutes. Drain imme-diately and coat lightly with olive oiland salt and pepper to taste.

Voila! You’ve got a ready-to-eat, deli-cious and nutritious vegetable on thetable in less than five minutes fromstart to finish. Quick cooking helpskeep the sprouts’ bright green colorwhile helping steer clear of mushingsprouts — no one likes those.Steaming works well, too. Either way,keep that crunch. Vegetables in thecruciferous family (broccoli, cabbage,cauliflower) are easy to overcook andeasy to grow a distaste for.

Send those skeptics’ turned noses,twisted faces and “no, thank yous”packing before they know what hittheir taste buds. Happy eating!

Brusselssprouts for the faint of heart

Kayte Tranel

Kayte Tranel is an extension educatorfor the University of Nebraska-LincolnExtension Service. Reach her at 402-461-7209.

BROCCOLI STIR-FRYServes: 4

1 teaspoon vegetable oil2 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced1 cup assorted Asian mushrooms

(maitake, white buna-shimeji, enoki, yel-low foot, shiitake)

1/2 head Napa cabbage, shredded11/2 cups of Eat Smart Beneforté broccoli

florets 11/2 cups snow peas1 red bell pepper, choppedSea salt and fresh ground pepper to tasteSprouts for garnish

Heat large sauté pan with oil overmed ium high heat.

Cook shallots until translucent,about 2 minutes, add garlic. Cookfor 1 minute.

Add mushrooms and cook untilliquid dissolves, about 5 minutes.

Add cabbage, broccoli, snow peasand bell pepper; cook for 3 minutes.Top with sprouts. Serve immediately.

BROCCOLI WITH FUSILLI

AND RED PEPPERServes: 6 to 8

11/2 cups of Eat Smart Beneforté broccoliflorets

3 teaspoons salt, divided1/2 pound fusilli pasta 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into

long thin strips 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 lemon zest 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 21/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon

juice

Freshly grated Parmesan (optional) Cook broccoli for 3 minutes in a

large pot of boiling water with 1 tea-spoon salt. Remove from water withslotted spoon. Place in large bowland set aside.

In same water, cook pasta accord-ing to package directions, about 10minutes. Drain well and add to broc-coli.

While pasta is cooking, in smallsauté pan, heat oil and cook slicedred pepper, garlic and lemon zestover medium-low heat for 3 min-utes.

Off heat, add 2 teaspoons salt, redpepper flakes, pepper and lemonjuice. Mix and pour this over broc-coli and pasta. Toss well.

Season to taste, sprinkle withcheese (if using), and serve.

For added protein, shred 1/2 of acooked store-bought roasted chick-en, then toss with pasta and serve.

ROASTED BROCCOLIServes: 4

11/2 cups of Eat Smart Beneforté broccoliflorets

3 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon zest 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts 1 teaspoon chopped basil (optional)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In large bowl, toss broccoli with

garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Place broccoli in a single layer on

baking sheet. Roast for 15 to 20 min-utes, turning once during cooking,until crisp-tender.

Remove broccoli immediately toserving bowl and toss with lemonjuice and zest, Parmesan, pine nutsand basil. Adjust seasoning to tasteand serve hot.

BROCCOLI AND FRESH

TOMATO PIZZAYield: 1 pizza (serves 6 to 8)

1 whole wheat 12-inch ready-to-bake pizzacrust

4 tablespoons olive oil4 cloves garlic, minced2/3 cup shredded mozzarella-provolone

cheese blend, or 1/3 cup shredded moz-zarella and 1/3 cup shredded provolone

1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese1 cup of Eat Smart Beneforté broccoli flo-

rets (raw and quartered) 2 Roma tomatoes, chopped coarse

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Placepizza crust on cookie sheet.

Pour olive oil into small pan; heatand add garlic. Stir for 3 minutes.Remove from heat and transfer tosmall cup to cool. Pour garlic oliveoil mixture over crust, distributingevenly.

Sprinkle mozzarella-provoloneblend evenly over crust. Sprinklecheddar cheese evenly over top ofmozzarella-provolone blend.

Place broccoli on top of cheese;distri bute evenly. Place tomatoes ontop of pizza; distribute evenly.

Bake for 10 minutes. Remove fromoven; let sit for 2 minutes before slic-ing and serving.

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