The Day's Record for May 9, 2008

Local births

BOEHLE -- To Jon and Shannon (Schacht) Boehle of Grand Island, a son born May 1 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.



CHRASTIL -- To Chad and Kayla (Buchta) Chrastil of Grand Island, a daughter born April 27 at St. Francis Medical Center. Grandparents are Bill and Nancy Buchta of Grand Island, Chris Lange of Fairbury and Sally Chrastil of Endicott. Great grandparents are Harlan and Mildred Siebrass of Blue Hill, Lavern and Evelyn Specht and Jerry Homolka, all of Endicott.

Area births



DEBRAAL -- To Ed and Pamela DeBraal of North Platte, a daughter born April 23. Grandparents are Jim and Patty DeBraal of Wood River, Steve and Tammie Sanford of North Platte and Colleen Weber of Grand Island. Great-grandparents are Rita DeBraal of Wood River, Marvin Sanford of North Platte and Arden Wood of Weymouth, Mass.



Area birth



HOLLIDAY -- To Matthew and Shayla (Knight) Holliday of Hastings, a son born May 5 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.



Other birth



FAJARDO -- To Mike and Erin (Bartenbach) Fajardo of Arvada, Colo. a son born May 1 at Exempla-Lutheran Medical Center in Denver. Grandparents are George and Marla Bartenbach of Grand Island, John and Marge Fajardo of Broomfield, Colo. and Linda Behrens of Denver. Great-grandparents are Fredda Bartenbach and Donna Madsen of Grand Island and Patricia Carson of Omaha. Great-great- grandmother is Linda Christensen of Omaha.



Police/Sheriff



Anyone with information about any crime in the state may call the Grand Island-Hall County Crime Stoppers, 381-8822. Crime Stoppers guarantees that callers will remain anonymous.



A reward of up to $1,000 will be paid after law enforcement agencies have determined the seriousness of the crime and the usefulness of the information.



Inmate custody status can be obtained by calling the VINE hotline at (877) NE 4 VINE. Information is available 24 hours a day.



If you see a crime happening, call the Grand Island-Hall County Emergency Center --  911.



Grand Island Police



The following felonies were reported: 



 Gary Purvis, 304 W. 12th St., reported a burglary there. A bicycle was stolen from a garage.



 Jessica Palu, 4365 Manchester Road, reported a burglary there. Photos were taken from a residence.



Hall County Sheriff



Law enforcement arrested 11 people on warrants in 14 cases. The following felonies were reported:



 Riverland Auto Sales, Alda, reported a theft at 102 Vine St. in Alda. A 1996 Cadillac was stolen.



 James Perkins, 2505 Sothman Drive, reported a theft at 3275 N. 150th Road in Cairo. Fuel was stolen.



 James McMullen, Alda, reported a burglary at 4017 S. Alda Road in Alda.



 Edith Ogden, Alda, reported an assault at 60 Mockingbird in Alda.



For more information visit www.hallcountyne.gov and click on the sheriff link.



Hall County Jail



  The Hall County Jail has 147 inmates, booked in 19 people and released 12 people.



Court report



Hall County District Court



 Randall H. Harders, 51, Wood River, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a child for an incident that occurred between Aug. 1, 2004, and Feb. 1, 2007. His pretrial is scheduled for June 11.



 Stacey W. Nielsen, 45, 310 N. Ruby Ave., pleaded not guilty to first-degree sexual assault for a Dec. 15, 2007, incident. Nielsen's trial is scheduled for August.



Clarification

An article on the District 41 legislative race in Thursday's Independent (“Five District 41 candidates offer differing backgrounds, views,`` p. 8-A) was unclear about Kate Sullivan's position on roads funding. Sullivan does not support an increased gas tax.



Corrections

Text message cost misstated

The Grand Island/Hall County Emergency Management Department could provide a text message alert system at an overall cost of $4,000 to $5,000 a year. The cost was attributed to a reverse 911 calling system in a Thursday story. No actual cost has been determined for the reverse 911 system.



NTV and Red Cross promoting blood drives

NTV and the American Red Cross are promoting blood drives in Grand Island, Hastings and Kearney, not MTV, as stated in a headline in Thursday's Independent.