Day's record for Aug. 22, 2008

Hospital notes

Local births

PALU -- To Jeremy and Ellie (Duncan) Palu of Grand Island, a daughter born Aug. 14 at St. Francis Medical Center. Grandparents are Dave and Betty Palu and Ken Duncan, all of Grand Island, and Kim Duncan of Kearney. Great-grandparents are Kenneth and Vera Duncan of Superior, Glenn and Loretta Palensky of Bradshaw and Louie Behnk of Clearwater.

Area births

DELGADO -- To Brian and Nicole (Zeckser) Delgado of Hastings, a daughter born Aug. 16 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.

HALL -- To Russ and Lanae (Merwin) Hall of Hastings, a daughter born Aug. 15 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.



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: 

 Katherine Schutt, 583 E. 19th St., reported terroristic threats at 3501 S. Locust St. A man was arrested.

 An 8-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted in northeast Grand Island. A man was arrested.

Hall County Sheriff

Law enforcement arrested 12 people on warrants in 15 cases. The following felony was reported:

 Starostka Group, 429 Industrial Lane, reported a theft at 4413 E. Highway 30. A trailer was stolen.

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

Hall County Jail

The Hall County Jail has 159 inmates, booked in 24 people and released 14 people.   

Court report

Hall County Court

 Raphael F. Encinger Jr., 63, 410 S. Pine St., was charged with terroristic threats for an Aug. 20 incident involving Katherine Schutt.

 Jonathan M. Miller, 21, Colorado Springs, Colo., was charged with possession of cocaine for an Aug. 20 incident.

 Eric L. Ramirez, 21, 2004 N. Wheeler St., Apt. 1F, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and carrying a concealed knife for an Aug. 20 incident.

 Carlos Morales, 24, 810 E. Seventh St., Apt. D, was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault on a child 12 years old or younger for incidents that occurred between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2007, and on Aug. 19.

Driving under the influence

Angela M. Peinert, 24, 3113 W. North Front St., No. 3, $400, nine months probation, 60 days no driving; Casey T. Campos, 18, 922 E. 12th St., $400, six months probation, 60 days no driving;



Corrections/clarifications

Art show canceled

The August art show at the Plainsman Museum in Aurora listed in the yourTICKET calendar of Thursday's Independent has been canceled.

Vote for city salary increase clarified

Grand Island City Councilman John Gericke clarified Thursday that he voted for a 3.75 percent increase for nonunion workers at a Wednesday night council budget session because he felt the nonunion workers deserved the increase and to maintain comparability with the market. A Thursday budget story said many council members voted for the increase, in part, out of concern that a lower raise may prompt nonunion workers to unionize. Gericke said he did not vote for the raise for that reason.

Prayer service held in chapel

Wednesday's article on the new chapel at Central Catholic should have said that the former chapel functioned as a true chapel. The article also should have said that Central Catholic teachers held a prayer service, not a Mass, in the new chapel before school started.