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DEVELOPING: FBC–T25-TEXAS TECH-NEBRASKA
ANGEL COUPLE
WEST POINT—It’s not every day that people are officially called “angels.” But Steve and Shelley Brune of West Point recently earned that title when they were honored as 2009 Angels in Adoption Award recipients at a banquet in Washington, D.C. By Tammy Real-McKeighan of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.
YANKTON-PIPELINE
YANKTON—Construction of the TransCanada Keystone oil pipeline is helping to keep Yankton’s sales tax receipts in the black this year. September receipts for Yankton were 8.5 percent above September 2008, putting the city just more than 1 percent ahead of last year’s sales tax receipts to date. Eds: Note Nebraska mention, interest.
PIONEERING OFFICER
COLUMBUS—Jane Tooley has made late-night traffic stops on lonely highways. She’s investigated homicides and sexual assaults. The first female trooper in the Nebraska State Patrol also provided security for two governors. By Jim Osborn of the Columbus Telegram. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.
BACK WITH FAMILY
FREMONT—Ariel Flores is finally back home. After loads of paperwork and 18 months, the 32-year-old Fremont man has been reunited with his wife, Kerri, and son, Alex. By Tammy Real-McKeighan of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.
KITCHEN ARTIST
HASTINGS—Growing up in Cambridge, Lindsay Steer had about eight choices when it came to home-cooked meals prepared by her mother. And so began her interest in cooking, an interest that has grown into a full-time career in the kitchen as an instructor and kitchen manager at the Central Community College-Hastings campus. By John Huthmacher of the Hastings Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.
SPORTS:
FBC–T25-TEXAS TECH-NEBRASKA LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska hopes its offense gets off to a better start when Texas Tech visits. Otherwise, the high-scoring Red Raiders might just leave the Cornhuskers in the dust. Zac Lee and the Huskers didn’t wake up until the fourth quarter last week, rallying for a road win over Missouri. By Eric Olson. Eds: Game time 2:30 p.m. CDT.
AP Photos by Nati Harnik
FBH–RIVALS TURN FRIENDS
DUNNING—In this remote expanse of ranch country where cattle far outnumber people, folks keep a neighborly attitude toward everyone they meet—except when it comes to high school sports. All over this region, kinship ends and rivalry begins on the football field, which makes what’s happening at Sandhills High in Dunning and Thedford High, 27 miles to the west, so strange. By Sports Writer Eric Olson. Eds: Moved in advance for weekend use.
AP Photos NENH207, NENH206, NENH202, NENH204, NENH201, NENH203, NENH205, NENH208.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— CATTLE NUMBERS—Nebraska feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 2.2 million cattle on feed as of Oct. 1. Eds: Also moving on business lines.
— GRASS-FED BEEF—Grazing expert Allan Nation says the market for grass-fed beef has grown from less than 50 producers to 1,200 companies.
— WAVERLY TRAIN CRASH—A man was hurt when his van was struck by a train during a police chase Friday night through Waverly.
— GOOD NEIGHBORS—Two Nebraska schools are listed among the top 25 colleges that make good neighbors.
— SWINE FLU-RESOURCE—Nebraskans with questions about swine flu have a new online resource.
— SWINE FLU-TREATMENT—People worried about swine flu continue to flood Nebraska hospitals.
— COMBAT CHEF—A squad of five Nebraska National Guard cooks will face six similar teams from around the country in the Guard’s own pressure-packed cooking competition.
— DEER HARVEST—The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking deer hunters to try their luck at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park near Ashland. Eds: Also moving on sports lines.
— BIOMEDICAL LECTURE—A biomedical researcher best known for his co-discovery of HIV is set to discuss epidemics during an upcoming lecture at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
The AP, Omaha.
