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ELVIS, B.B. KING, JERRY LEE LEWIS SET FOR MEMPHIS MUSIC HALL OF FAME
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – You can’t possibly have a Memphis Music Hall of Fame and not put Elvis Presley in. He’s among the first 25 inductees, along with B.B. King, Three 6 Mafia, Al Green, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. and the MGs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Howlin’ Wolf, The Staples Singers, ZZ Top and Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. The Memphis Daily News reports the first class will be inducted November 29 as part of the Memphis Rock n’ Soul Museum.
STEVEN VAN ZANDT GETS AWARD
NEW YORK (AP) – When Steven Van Zandt gets an award named after Clarence Clemons, it makes sense that Bruce Springsteen should present it to him. Springsteen gave Van Zandt the Big Man of the Year Award in New York Tuesday during a benefit for Little Kids Rock, a music education charity. Springsteen joked about Van Zandt’s poor housekeeping skills when they were roommates, a charge Van Zandt claims with a smile is a lie. Darlene Love, Elvis Costello and Dion performed at the event. Van Zandt says music as a career is fun, but it requires a lot of work.
TODAY’S BEST COUNTRY NEWS: 10/18/12
JERROD NEIMANN COUNTS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jerrod Niemann says "there's nothing like support and friendship" and he counts on his family and pals including Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser and Lee Brice. Niemann says his relationships with his peers are especially important because they came up together through the music industry ranks. He credits Jamey Johnson's success for helping to pave the way for him and others and says they lean on each other for support. Making music is a dream come true says Niemann, but watching his friends succeed is equally fulfilling. Neimann released his sophomore album, "Free The Music," earlier this month.
T.G. SHEPPARD IN CRITICAL CONDITION
UNDATED (AP) - T.G. Sheppard is still in critical condition after being hospitalized late last week for a bladder infection. Country Weekly reports that Sheppard's wife Kelly Lang released a statement explaining the infection "spread into his bloodstream and is very hard to treat." The "Slow Burn" singer is in a Nashville-area hospital. Lang says he is "very weak" and is being treated for a high and irregular heart rate, a complication from the infection.
MIRANDA LAMBERT AND BLAKE SHELTON NOT QUITE READY FOR PARENTHOOD
NASHVILLE, (AP) - Miranda Lambert says her and husband Blake Shelton's schedules are too hectic to start a family anytime soon. Lambert tells Good Housekeeping magazine that she doesn't "want to raise a child on a bus or in L.A." and she wants to be "a little more settled" before embarking on motherhood. Lambert, who graces the cover of the November issue, points out that she and Shelton have been married almost a year and a half, but have only been in the same place together for about five months. But she's not complaining. Lambert says she knows she's very lucky and at that rate, they'll be "newlyweds for three years."
TOBY KEITH SAYS IT TOOK FIVE SECONDS TO TURN DOWN AMERICAN IDOL
UNDATED (AP) - Rumors swirled over the summer about which country star was going to be named the next "American Idol" judge. Before Keith Urban took the job, Toby Keith tells "Country Weekly" he declined an offer. "It's a great big TV show," he says and a "lucrative deal" but still it only took him "five seconds" to think about it and decline. Keith knew he would regret the time commitment so he says he "just turned it down quick."
BRAD PAISLEY AND RASCAL FLATTS GIFT COWS TO MASAI TRIBE
UNDATED (AP) - Members of a Masai tribe in Kenya are now the proud owners of four cows named, Paisley, Gary, Joe Don and Jay. As in Brad Paisley and all the guys in Rascal Flatts. The musicians each donated a cow to the tribe whose herd dwindled due to a draught several years ago. Paisley also picked up the tab to send Detroit morning radio personality Steve Grunwald to personally deliver the bovine gift. It all started out as a dare in 2007 when Paisley bet Grunwald that he couldn't travel to 10 countries in 10 days. Grunwald did it and stayed in touch with members of the tribe who contacted him recently about their need for a new cow. Paisley was happy to help out and when the members of Rascal Flatts heard about the mission, they offered funds to buy the village three additional cows. Grunwald made the trip last week and reports on his WYCD blog that the tribe waited by the road for two days and were "very happy" to see him and the four cows.
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS FANS IN ETHEL AND RORY KENNEDY
Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP) - Kennedy family matriarch, Ethel Kennedy, says "we should be so lucky" when asked about Taylor Swift who is dating her grandson, Conor. The elderly Kennedy was with filmmaker daughter Rory Kennedy in Beverly Hills to talk about Rory's new documentary on her mother, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. Rory met Swift when she took her daughters to a concert and "that's what started it all" according to Ethel Kennedy. Rory says Swift is "awesome."
"X FACTOR"
LOS ANGELES (AP) - At least a couple of country guys make it to the live rounds on "The X Factor." Tate Stevens and Willie Jones both got the good news on last night's episode. But Fox didn't air the whole show, because of a rain delay in the National League playoff game. The West Coast saw a rerun. Fox says the entire two-hour episode will air next Tuesday.
CELEBRATE “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL”
A million people are expected to be taking part in Lights On Afterschool events around the country this week. This is the 13th year for the program of the Afterschool Alliance…which works to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs.
The Chadron Public Schools has afterschool programs…Just For Kids at Chadron Primary, CIA – Chadron Intermediate Afterschool and Chadron Middle School After School.
School district After School Program Director Lorna Eliason says the Primary and Middle schools are celebrating Lights On Afterschool today, while the Intermediate School got a jump on things last Thursday with an afternoon of family engineering activities.
Eliason says those activities included building a cantilever structure at the Domino Diving Board, designing shoes for specific activities and conditions at Happy Feet, and Mining for Chocolate, where students designed a process for mining chocolate chip cookies to get the most chocolate chips out while causing the least amount of damage to the cookie.
Eliason says afterschool programs are intended to not only keep kids safe and help working families, but also to inspire academic success by giving children the opportunity to discover hidden talents as they grow academically and socially.
Eliason also says that while afterschool programs in virtually all districts need financial support…especially in the face cuts in government funding…they also need people, with parents, older students, and anyone with time and a commitment to helping children succeed all invited to lend a hand.
FEAST OF HUNTER’S MOON AT MUSEUM OF FUR TRADE
The Museum of the Fur Trade east of Chadron holds its 15th annual Feast of the Hunter’s Moon Saturday night, starting at 5 pm, with musical guests the Bald Mountain Rounders. There are only 300 tickets and all are advance-sale only.
Museum Director Gail Potter says the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon draws its name from the signal fur trappers and others took from the sky to mark the start of the hunting season.
Potter says the Feast is very important event because it’s a major source of funds used to purchase new artifacts for the museum’s collection.
The menu for this year’s Feast of the Hunter’s Moon offer popular favorites from past years, a wide variety of wild game dishes, Brunswick stew, and treats.
Parking will again be at the nearby Alpha School with shuttle service to the museum…a move made last year for both safety and convenience.
Tickets are $20 and are available at the First National Bank of Chadron, the Chadron Chamber of Commerce office, the First National Bank of North Platte, and the Museum of the Fur Trade.
More on Museum of the Fur Trade is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/museumofthefurtrade
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CSC VB READIES FOR 3 MATCHES IN 3 NIGHTS
CHADRON – After playing just two of its first 19 matches at home this season, the Chadron State College volleyball team has 3 this week and 7 of its final 10.
The Eagles host Colorado State-Pueblo on Thursday, Western State on Friday and 24th-ranked Adams State on Saturday. All three matches will start at 7 p.m.
Friday night has been designated as a Pink-Out with all fans encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness. Several breast cancer survivors will be honored prior to the match.
Head coach Janel Baily is optimistic about the Eagles’ chances. They’re coming off a 4-set victory at New Mexico Highlands Saturday, after playing close in the 3 prior matches…Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis, and Colorado Mesa.
CSC is just 2-8 in the conference and 4-15 overall, but Pueblo is only 2-9 in the RMAC…although the Thunderwolves are 11-11 on the season…and Western State is winless in 11 conference matches and 1-18 for the season.
Adams State should be the biggest challenge. #24 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, the Grizzlies lead the RMAC West at 8-3 and have a 15-4 season record.
Chadron State has a balanced offensive attack. Mallory Irvine leads the team with 180 kills and a .237 hitting percentage and 79 total blocks. Three others have at least 138 kills: Erika Roybal, Mollie Jones and Jessica Jester.
Libero Kristina Harter paces the squad with 305 digs, averaging nearly five a set.
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CSC’S LEAK ALL-RMAC PRE-SEASON WRESTLING PICK
CHADRON – Chadron State’s Chris Leak has been named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Preseason Wrestling All-Conference team at 197 pounds.
Leak, a senior from Omaha, Neb., was a unanimous selection. He finished last season with an 11-13 record and was sixth at the RMAC/Super Region Four tournament.
The RMAC Preseason Wrestler of the Year is Grand Canyon’s Kyle McCrite, the defending national champion at 125 pounds.
Grand Canyon received eight first place votes and is picked to finish first in the preseason coaches poll.
Chadron is picked to finish seventh.
Last season, the Eagles finished ninth at the regional tourney. In addition to Leak, Chadron State returns several veteran grapplers.
Jordan Debus, a junior from Mitchell, is a two-time national qualifier.
Four other starters had winning records in 2011-12. They are Leandro Arias, Dustin Stodola, Mike Hill and Bret Klopp.
The Eagles, who began practice last week will open their season Saturday, Oct. 27 with a public practice scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.
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DUBRAY GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
An Alliance man has been found guilty of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of using a weapon to commit a felony.
A six-man and six-woman jury deliberated the case of 26-year-old Dominick Dubray for two-and-a-half hours Monday afternoon before returning the verdict.
Dubray was convicted of stabbing to death 22-year-old Cathy Chavez of Alliance and her step-father, 42-year-old Michael Loutzenhiser of Scottsbluff, who were found dead in Dubray’s home near Eighth and Flack in Alliance during the early morning of February 11, 2012.
The trial began October 9 in Box Butte County District Court in Alliance.
During closing arguments Monday morning, Matt Lierman of the Nebraska Attorney General’s office, the lead prosecutor for the state, described the case as an act of rage that erupted from a domestic dispute between Dubray and Chevez, who had a child together.
Lierman stated that Dubray savagely stabbed Chevez 19 times and Loutzenhiser 22 times. He told the jury that Dubray grabbed a kitchen knife with a six-and-a-half inch blade and lunged it into his victims with such force that their wounds were up to eight inches deep.
Lierman also stated that Dubray’s knife wounds were self inflicted, and that he told friends shortly after the incident that he wanted to die and not go to prison.
Dubray was transported to a Denver hospital where he recovered from his wounds.
Defense counsel Thomas Sonntag of Scottsbluff told the jury that Dubray was acting in self defense. He stated that Dubray had been stabbed in the abdomen, neck and chest and was fighting back.
Dubray was the recipient of 17 stab wounds, which prosecutors say were self-inflicted and, for the most part, superficial.
The trio had been consuming alcohol prior to the deaths of Chavez and Loutzenhiser. Sonntag said the deceased parties had blood alcohol levels of roughly twice the legal limit and that Dubray’s was nearly three times that of the legal limit.
District Court Judge Travis O’Gorman set sentencing for Monday, December 10, at 9 a.m.
Dubray will remain in custody in the Box Butte County Jail.
WENTY’S TWO CENTS: WHO’S MOVING MY CHEESE?
WENTY’S TWO CENTS
The caffeine-addled ramblings of KCOW “Wakeup Show” host Jason Wentworth
October 17, 2012
I have a friend named Mark who is crazy about motivational books…one that he recommended quite highly was “Who Moved My Cheese?”
From Amazon.com:
Who Moved My Cheese? takes the fear and anxiety out of managing the future and shows people a simple way to successfully deal with the changing times, providing them with a method for moving ahead with their work and lives safely and effectively.
Don’t worry…I’m not gonna get all deep and thoughtful on you. That’s for Terri (as in “Thoughts From”). I just think it’s a good time to talk about the Big Change going on here at KCOW. For the most part, this isn’t an on-air change–we’re not going all-polka or anything. Unless nobody’s told me.
The change is in this building–we’re basically doing a switcheroo. All of the sales offices are going to the front of the building, and all of the on-air studios and production facilities are going to the back.
Now, just as an abstract thought, that doesn’t seem like too big a deal. But the pounding, whirring, and other harrowing sounds coming from the next room beg to differ. It’s not so much “Who Moved My Cheese?” as it is “Who ripped my cheese into crumbly bits, melted it in the microwave, cooled it on the counter, shredded it and put it on a pizza?”
This is all good, of course. Our sales team, John and Helen, get nice new offices and meeting rooms that are conveniently located up front. And my radio pals Kevin Horn and Mike Glesinger are as happy as I am at the thought of new equipment; a brand new layout that keeps the studios isolated and soundproofed; and a whole new on air control room from which I can sit and play Beatles records and make semi-humorous remarks.
But what of the room that I sit in and do those things now? Now that’s moving the cheese! I did some very sketchy math and I think it’s safe to say that since 1998, I have spent more than 25,000 hours in our current AM control room. That’s a lot of Paul Harvey introductions, Harris Sales commercials and discussions with Kevin Horn about seemingly every topic imaginable.
I do feel some nostalgia as I host my final months of Wakeup Shows in the existing control room. But, like The Jeffersons, we’re a’movin’ on up!
