03-05-10

Happy Birthday Wishes to: 

 Steven Bartee, Tony Brown, Ellen Curtis, Paul Johnson, Mike Keifer, Gary Lund, Joyce D. Muhs, Connie Rader, Karen Starman, Dennis Thelen

 

Skywatch Weather: 

 Today, a blend of clouds & sun, increasing clouds, chance for showers, high 45.  Tonight, mostly cloudy, chance for showers, low 34.  Saturday, cloudy, chance for rain, high 43.

 

Sports: 

 ESPN Radio now at 105.9 WJAG-FM & 780 WJAG-AM Mon-Fri at 5:00 PM; Sat at 4:00; & Sun at 1:00!

 

The Lutheran High Northeast Lady Eagles were up 15-1 at the end of the first quarter of its opening round game at the Girls State Basketball Tournament Thursday in Lincoln. While the Lady Cardinals of Boone Central made a charge in the second half, they came up short in the C-One opener. The Lady Eagles won it 45-34.

The 11th-ranked Michigan State Spartans can earn a share of the Big Ten title for the second straight year with a victory over archrival Michigan on Sunday. The Spartans stayed alive in the Big Ten race by edging Penn State 67-65 last night behind Ramar Morgan's 16 points, including two free throws with 12 seconds left.

In women's college hoops, Baylor freshman sensation Brittney Griner has been suspended for two games after breaking an opponent's nose with a punch. Griner will sit out No. 14 Baylor's regular-season finale against Texas on Sunday and the Lady Bears' first game in the Big 12 tournament.

Kobe Bryant won his individual matchup against Dwyane Wade but Wade's Miami Heat won the game, 114-111 in overtime over Bryant's Lakers. Bryant scored a game-high 39 points but Wade had 27 points and 14 assists as the Heat made all four of its shots from the field during OT.

Boxing is returning to Yankee Stadium on June 5 when unbeaten WBA junior middleweight champ Yuri Foreman takes on Miguel Cotto. Ringside seats will begin at $400, with the least expensive tickets priced at $50 and the stadium will be configured for between 30,000 and 35,000 fans.

 

Local Schedule:  LHNE vs Wahoo at the Devaney Center Lincoln (GBB State Tourn.-9:00 AM); Northeast College vs Laramie County CC (MBB Region #9  Tourn. Sheridan, WY.)

Today:  The Lutheran High Northeast girls basketball team faces off with Wahoo in the second round of the “C-1” bracket of the State Tournament at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln at 9:00 AM.  Pregame coverage at 8:40 on 106 KIX.  Also, the Elkhorn Valley girls meet Silver Lake in a semi final game in the “D-1” bracket at the Pershing Center at 10:45.  That game will also be broadcast on 106 KIX.

 

Kwifax: 

 The most common phobia in the world is algophobia, the fear of pain.

 

News Briefs: 

 Nebraska has been left out of $4.35 billion in school reform grants being dangled by the U.S. Department of Education. The department Thursday named 16 finalists for the grants, which are designed to reward states that have adopted and will continue implementing innovative reforms to improve student performance. Winners will be chosen in April. Nebraska officials had applied for nearly $123 million in funding.

 

Twenty members of a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Elkhorn are being deployed to Afghanistan. The soldiers are part of the 456th Transportation Detachment. A farewell ceremony will be held tomorrow morning at Elkhorn High School.

 

Funeral services will be held this weekend for a longtime Norfolk area physician. Dr. William Becker Sr. died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation and Care Center in Norfolk. Services will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Stanton with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lynch. Visitation will be today from 3-to-8 p.m. at the church. Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.

 

The rain forecast for this weekend reminds us that severe spring and summer weather is just around the corner. The National Weather Service will once again sponsor storm spotter training courses across the state. In Norfolk, spotter training will be offered Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the Lifelong Learning Center.

 

When the snow melts, homeowners are likely to see gray, dead, crusty patches in their yards.  Extension Educator Kelly Feehan says some of the spots will be snow mold, while others will be areas where the turf suffocated under the snow and ice. She says either problem can be remedied with patience and some overseeding to promote regrowth.

 

New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has paid for another Lincoln student's family trip to Disney World. This is the third year that Chamberlain has selected a hardworking student from one of his former elementary schools. Belmont fifth-grader Riley Ressen, his mother and his little sister were in Orlando, Fla., for four days and spent time with the baseball player.

 

A BLT might be harder to come by in the coming weeks. Florida's January cold snap has taken a toll and tomato growers have lost about 70 percent of their crops. Florida is the only U.S. state that produces large amounts of tomatoes in the winter.

 

Today's Tickler: 

 If you’re really healthy as a horse, why aren’t you going to a vet?

 


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