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FLU SEASON
NEW YORK — Health
officials say the flu is now hitting hard in parts of the
country, especially the South
and Midwest.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention on
Friday reported cases were
widespread in 29 states last
week. If the trend continues,
it could bring another early
peak to the flu season as happened in the last two winters.
Experts worry this will be a
bad season because the dominant strain — seen in roughly
two-thirds of recent tests — is
a nasty bug not covered in
this year’s vaccine. But officials have not seen an unusually high number of hospitalizations or deaths so far.
Flu season traditionally
peaks around February. But in
the last two winters, flu
peaked by early January.
HASTINGS TRIBUNE
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014
EPA sets national standard for coal waste
DINA CAPPIELLO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Obama administration on
Friday set the first national
standards for waste generated
from coal burned for electricity,
treating it more like household
garbage rather than a hazardous material.
Environmentalists had
pushed for the hazardous classification, citing the hundreds
of cases nationwide in which
coal ash waste had tainted
waterways or underground
aquifers, in many cases legally.
A hazardous classification
would have put the federal
government in charge of
enforcement, which has been
uneven across states that have
varying degrees of regulation.
The coal industry wanted the
less stringent classification,
arguing that coal ash wasn’t
dangerous, and that a hazardous label would hinder recycling. About 40 percent of coal
ash is reused.
But classifying coal ash as
solid waste leaves it up to citizens and states to ensure standards are met.
“The regulatory uncertainty
that has impeded the beneficial
use of coal ash for half a
decade has finally come to an
end,” said Thomas H. Adams,
the executive director of the
American Coal Ash
Association. “EPA’s final decision to regulate coal ash as a
‘non-hazardous’ material puts
science ahead of politics and
clears the way for beneficial use
of ash to begin growing again
— thereby keeping ash out of
landfills and disposal ponds in
the first place.”
The Environmental
Protection Agency said in a call
with reporters Friday that the
record did not support a hazardous classification. The
agency said the steps they were
taking would protect communities from the risks associated
with coal ash waste sites and
hold the companies operating
them accountable.
“It does what we hoped to
accomplish ... in a very aggressive but reasonable and pragmatic way,” said EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy.
The Obama administration
was under court order to unveil
Australian
woman
arrested in
deaths of 8
children
PEDESTRIANS HIT
TORRANCE, Calif. — A
56-year-old woman has been
charged with five felony counts
for allegedly driving into a
crowd outside a California
church, killing four people
including a 6-year-old boy.
The Los Angeles County
district attorney’s office says
Margo Bronstein was to be
arraigned Friday. She is
charged with four counts if
gross vehicular manslaughter
and one count of driving
under the influence of a drug
causing injury.
Five children and eight
adults, including the suspect
and the other driver, suffered
injuries including broken
bones, abrasions and head trauma in the crash Wednesday
night. Four people, including a
mother and her son, later died.
KRISTEN GELINEAU
The Associated Press
PET BOBCAT
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP,
N.J. — A pet bobcat that has
escaped from its owner’s
home multiple times since
April will be made to live at a
zoo, a judge ruled Friday, and
its owner will be fined for letting it run free.
Rocky the bobcat has been
the subject of an ongoing
legal fight between owner
Ginny Fine and town officials
because of the repeated
escapes. A judge in Stafford
Township fined Fine $500 and
ordered her to pay $560 in
restitution to the zoo, where
the bobcat has been since it
last escaped in October.
“This should be an end to
the tortured history of this
case,” Municipal Judge
Damian Murray said. “Some
things are not meant to be.
Rocky living in your household is one of them.”
The Associated Press
the rule Friday, ending a sixyear effort that began after a
massive spill at a Tennessee
power plant in 2008. Since
then, the EPA has documented
132 cases in which coal-fired
power plant waste damaged
rivers, streams and lakes, and
123 where it has tainted underground water sources, in many
cases legally.
Coal ash had been piling up
in ponds and landfill sites at
power plants for years, an
unintended consequence of the
EPA’s push to scrub air pollutants from smokestacks.
BILL ROTH, Alaska Dispatch News/AP
Peter Zug of the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage trail maintenance crew looks up after making an adjustment to a
snow gun during a snowmaking test at Kincaid Park in this Dec. 1 file photo.
Weird weather lingers in Anchorage
RACHEL D’ORO
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A week
before Christmas, Alaska’s largest city
should look like a postcard wonderland,
and the last place you’d expect to see
equipment making snow.
“We want Santa to bring snow, soon,”
Terry Goodwin said as she hit a ski trail in
Anchorage on Thursday near snowmaking
machines churning out the white stuff.
A picturesque northern winter-scape is
hardly the reality here as a spate of weird
weather lingers in Anchorage, which is
almost 2 feet behind the snowfall totals typical by this time. With just days to go until
solstice Sunday signals the official start of
winter, bare ground can be seen in places
and temperatures have been averaging in
the 30s, prompting a few hardy residents to
take to the streets in T-shirts and shorts.
For the most part, it’s even been too
warm to make snow for local ski haunts
because the machines would churn out
slush. However, a slight dip in temperatures allowed the Nordic Skiing
Association of Anchorage to manufacture
powder Thursday on trails at the city’s
Kincaid Park. That will have to do until
nature provides its own supply.
“It’s one of those things we have to weather through. Pardon the pun,” said Craig
Norman, a trail groomer for the association.
By this time of year, Anchorage normally has 30.9 inches of snowfall, according
to National Weather Service meteorologist
Bill Ludwig. But the city has seen 10.3
inches this season from just two measura-
ble snowfalls, with much of that melted
down to a thin layer in many places.
December has seen above normal temperatures every day so far, although
Thursday’s high of 26 degrees came close
to the norm of 25. Wednesday’s high
temperature was 36 degrees. To date, the
average temperatures for the month have
been more than 8 degrees above normal,
Ludwig said. The average low for
December so far is nearly 23 degrees,
compared with the normal low of 13.
A pressure system that has pushed
warmer weather to the north more than
usual is a factor in the extended warming
spell, according to Ludwig. Coastal water
temperatures near Alaska also have been
between 5 and 8 degrees above normal at
times this year, he said.
SYDNEY — An Australian
woman was arrested for murder in the killings of eight children, seven of whom are
believed to be her own, police
said Saturday. The children
were found dead inside the
woman’s home.
The 37-year-old woman,
who is recovering in a hospital
from stab wounds, was under
guard and speaking with
police, Queensland Police
Detective Inspector Bruno
Asnicar said. She has not yet
been formally charged.
The woman is thought to be
the mother of seven of the
children, Asnicar said. The
eighth is believed to be her
niece.
Police haven’t said how the
children died. But Asnicar said
they’re examining several
knives in the home that may
have been the weapon used to
kill them. The children ranged
in age from 18 months to 14
years, Asnicar said.
Queensland police were
called to the home in the
Cairns suburb of Manoora on
Friday morning after receiving
a report of a woman with serious injuries. When they got to
the house, they found the bodies of the children.
The woman, whose name
has not been released, was also
found in the home with the
children, suffering from stab
wounds to the chest. Asnicar
said she is lucid and talking to
police.
Public Notices
INVITATION TO BID
RE: Additions and Renovations to South Platte Public
School, Big Springs, Nebraska
Ladies/Gentlemen:
BD Construction, Inc. of Kearney has been pre-selected as the Construction Manager for South Platte
Public Schools, Big Springs, Nebraska.
We are soliciting bid proposals on January 22, 2015,
at 2:00 p.m. Central Time for the South Platte School
Addition and Renovation. Bid proposals can be mailed to
the attention of Austin Larson at BD Construction office
at P.O. Box 726, Kearney, Nebraska 68848. Please
refer to the Instructions to Bidders for further information.
The project located at the existing South Platte
School building at 610 Plum Street, P.O. Box 457, Big
Springs, Nebraska 69122 is as follows:
The project consists of the construction of a 28,150
square foot new Locker/Changing Rooms, Classrooms
and Office/Administration Addition to the existing School
Building. Renovation to be completed in the existing
40,067 square foot school building will include automatic sprinkler system, and new lighting upgrades installed
as indicated in the drawing and specification. This
project will be managed by BD Construction as the Construction Manager.
The anticipated start of construction is April 2015
with completion schedule to be July of 2016. This schedule is intended to be a general guideline to all prospective bidders for your understanding of the anticipated
completion dates that needs to be reflected in your bids
to BD Construction. Following the awarding of contracts
to the sub-contractors with BD Construction, the succcessful sub-contractors input will be requested for the review of the overall project schedule.
The projects consist of furnishing all labor, materials
and equipment necessary to complete all work required
for the project listed above for South Platte Public
Schools as shown on the drawings and described in the
specifications prepared by the Architect, CG Architects,
319 East Francis, Suite 101, North Platte, Nebraska.
All bids shall be made on the printed proposal forms
issued in the Specifications.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish Corporate Surety Performance and Payment Bonds in a
sum equal to 100% of the contract price.
All proposals shall remain in effect for a period of 45
calendar days after the scheduled closing time for the
receipt of proposals. Each bid, (excluding suppliers
only), shall be accompanied by an acceptable Bid Bond
or certified check payable to South Platte Public School
in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid submitted as a guarantee that if awarded the contract, the Bidder will promptly enter into a contract. If bid security is
not received with the proposal, the bid will not be considered. All successful bidders will be required to
provide performance and payment bonds. All bids, (excluding suppliers), are required to be sealed with the
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name of the project on the envelope.
All bids are to be in strict accordance with the Contract Documents and all other related Bid Documents,
which can be viewed on BD Construction FTP Site and
are available for your use at the following plan rooms:
•Central Nebraska Plan Service, 4006 Redwood Drive,
North Platte, Nebraska 69101, 308-696-1067
•FW Dodge, 3059 Huntington Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68112, 402-496-0577
•Omaha Builder Exchange, 4255 South 94th, Omaha,
Nebraska 68127, 402-593-6908
•Hastings Builders Service, South Burlington, Hastings,
Nebraska 68901, 402-461-8400
•Chamber Plan Service, 1007 2nd Avenue, Kearney,
Nebraska 68847, 308-237-3101
•Lincoln Builders Service, 5910 South 58th Street, Suite
C, Lincoln, Nebraska 68516, 402-421-8332
•Builders Plan Service, 309 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801, 308-382-9210
•Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway S,
Norcross, Georgia 30092
BD
Construciton's
FTP
site:
ftp://mail.bdconstruction.com/bdconstruction
a. User Name: Contact Any Bartling of BD Construction
b. Password: Contact Andy Bartling of BD Construction
Contract Documents may also be viewed at CG Architects at 319 East Francis, Suite 101, North Platte,
Nebraska 69101. Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained from A&D Technical Supply of Lincoln
after December 18th upon payment of a $100.00 deposit for each set. The deposit will be refunded upon return
of the plans and specifications in good condition within
45 days after the bid opening date. For plan and specifications, A&D Technical Supply can be contacted at
1301 L Street, Suite A. Lincoln, Nebraska 68509, (402)
474-5454, http://adtechplans.com
There will be a pre-bid walkthrough on Thursday,
January 8, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time at the
School.
The Owner shall have the right to reject any or all
bids and to reject a bid not accompanied by any requiring bid security or by other data required by the bidding
documents; or to reject a bid which is in any way incomplete or irregular and to waive any informalities in any
proposal.
We look forward to receipt of your proposal on bid
day. If you should have any questions or require further
assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Austin Larson of BD Construction at 302-234-1836.
By submitting a bid for this project, bidder agrees he
has read the BD Construction Standard Subcontract
Agreement and if bid is accepted, is willing to execute
this Subcontract. This Subcontract Agreement is available for review at BD's office, 209 East 6th Street, Kearney, Nebraska 68847.
December 20, 27, 2014, January 3, 10, 17, 23, 2015
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
The following described property will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder on January 7, 2015, at
10:00 a.m. in the main lobby of the Adams County
Courthouse, 500 West 4th Street, Hastings, Nebraska
68901:
LOT ELEVEN (11), BLOCK TEN (10), BATEMAN'S
SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE
1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF
SECTION ELEVEN (11), TOWNSHIP SEVEN (7),
NORTH, RANGE TEN (10), WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.,
IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, ADAMS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT
THEREOF.
All subject to any and all: (1) real estate taxes, (2) special assessments, (3) easements, covenants, restrictions, ordinances, and resolutions of record which affect
the property, and (4) unpaid water bills, (5) prior mortgages and trust deed of record and (6) ground leases of
record. The purchaser is responsible for all fees or
taxes. This sale is made without any warranties as to
title or condition of the property.
By: Eric Lemp, Trustee, NSBA #24096
Kozeny & McCubbin, LC
12400 Olive Boulevard, Suite 555
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(314) 991-0255
Published in the Hastings Tribune
K&M Filename: MYELONOR
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN FROM YOU WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
November 29, December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014
Notice
In the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska
In the Matter of the Estate of KATHARINE EINSPAHR, Deceased. No.
PR13-44
Notice is hereby given
that a final account and report of administation and a
Petition for complete settlement, adjudication of intestacy, and determination of heirs, have been
filed and are set for hearing in the County Court of
Adams County, Nebraska,
located at the Courthouse
in Hastings, Nebraska, on
January 7, 2015, at 9:00
a.m.
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7710 North Alda Avenue
Juniata, Nebraska 68955
402-744-4451
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P.O. Box 315
Hastings, Nebraska
68902-0315
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NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO PUBLISHER
In the County Court of Adams County, Nebraska
In the Matter of the Estate of SANDRA C. PETERSON,
Deceased. Case No. PR14-137
Notice is hereby given that on December 9, 2014, in
the County Court of Adams County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written Statement of Informal Probate of
the Will of said decedent and that E. Marie Rasmussen,
whose address is 1327 West 16th Street, Hastings, Nebraska, was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the estate. Claims are due by
February 16, 2015.
Tom Hawes, Clerk Magistrate
Adams County Court
500 West Fourth Street
P.O. Box 95
Hastings, Nebraska 68902
Sally A. Rasmussen, #19019
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