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After three delays in sentencing, Stan-ley D. Colby finally learned his fate on Thursday, Feb. 16.Colby was sen-

tenced to 18 months probation by Judge Ricky A. Schreiner, for a charge of domestic assault, stemming from an incident on Sept. 18, 2015. Colby was tried and found guilty Sept. 28, 2016. Sentencing was originally set for Nov. 17 but Colby

asked for more time to complete a Pre-Sentence Investiga-tion (PSI). Additional time was granted and sentencing was continued until Dec. 15. Sentencing would be continued again on Jan. 17, 2017, in order to give the defendant time to complete a psychological as-sessment. That assessment has now been completed.Noting the num-

ber of delays, Judge Schreiner said from the bench, ““We've been her about four times on this and that's not my habit.”

When asked by the Judge if he was will-ing to abide by the terms of probation, including mental health treatment, Colby replied, “I don't have a prob-lem with that. If any breakthroughs are to be made, they'll most likely be made in counseling ses-sions.”While Colby repre-

sented himself, he had standby coun-sel present in the person of Joseph M. Casson.The Judge said, “At

that time, in Decem-ber, the probation officer's opinion was

that probation had nothing to offer Mr. Colby and a straight sentence was rec-ommended. You were reluctant to engage in, or partici-pate in, a psycho-logical assessment. That has changed and you complied with my order that you do get a psycho-logical assessment. And there's been some progression in your attitude as well.”“You are at least

indicating to me today that you are willing to comply with the terms of probation,” the

Judge continued. “ If I put you on probation, it's going to require you to immediately seek mental health treat-ment related to the diagnoses contained in Dr. Schroeder's evaluation, that includes medication, therapy and indi-vidual counseling and it would also require that you take all prescribed medications as they are prescribed.”The judge then

pointed out that, “Probation is not a free ride. Probation is not a slap on the wrist.”

The Judge added one more condition to Colby's sentence. “Sir, I am gong to ask you to write a letter of apology to Joyce Stewart (the victim) and that should be approved by the probation officer prior to mail-ing.”“I think that will be

good for both of you. She was the victim in this matter and I think she has some concerns about what's going to happen,” the Judge explained. “I have to consider everything and she is one of the things I considered.”

COLBY RECEIVES PROBATION

BENEFIT FOR BROCK MELTONThere will be a benefit for Brock Melton on Sunday, Feb. 26 from

11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at the Ruskin Community Center.Brock is the 25 year old son of John and Deb Melton of Oak and

was injured in a hunting accident on Nov. 20 and has been hospi-talized in Lincoln since that time. The meal served will be for free will donations. There will also be a silent auction which closes at 1:30 p.m. Members of the community are putting the benefit on to help defray medical costs for Brock and his family. Monetary dona-tions can also be sent to: Brock Melton Fund % Bethany Lutheran Church, PO Box 68, Ruskin, NE 68974

DAY ONE STATE WRESTLING - CLASS B, FAIRBURY

The Jeffs secured two medals, with Dami-an Green and Jacob Johnson going 2-0 on the day. All others are in the wrestle-backs for Friday.

-STATE WRESTLING UPDATE-

Seven Schools Rep-resented at JCH&L-Hosted Career Acad-emy EventThirty-two excited

(and maybe slightly nervous) high school students tried their hand at suturing and giving shots to oranges, taking blood pressures, and taking blood samples on Tuesday at the Southeast Commu-nity College Career Academy event at Jefferson Commu-nity Health & Life in Fairbury on Tues-day.“We are always

pleased for oppor-tunities for Health Career Academy stu-dents to learn about the many health care careers, and have the opportunity to

try hands-on activi-ties,” said Adam Nie-derklein, SCC Career Academy Coordina-tor for the Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partner-ship (SENCAP.)While at JCH&L,

students tried health care techniques themselves, and also learned about doing body composition analysis and other fitness skills; had a tour of the facil-ity; learned about a range of health care careers; and learned the importance of anatomy, physiology, and medical termi-nology.SENCAP is a part-

nership between Southeast Com-munity College and 38 school districts,

offering high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to enroll in college level courses in fields in their area of interest: agri-culture, business, criminal justice, education, health sciences, informa-tion technology, and manufacturing. Besides taking dual credit high school/college courses, the students have the opportunity to explore their career in a hands-on ap-proach through job shadowing, field trips, professional speakers and annual events highlighting resume building, mock interviews and other career-related activities.

Jefferson Commu-nity Health & Life has worked with the SENCAP program in a variety of ways, including career exploration, tours, and shadowing. On Tuesday, they hosted 32 students and 3 educators from Fair-bury, Fillmore Cen-tral, Thayer Central, Bruning-Davenport, Shickley, Norris and Meridian.“This is a partner-

ship which benefits not only the stu-dents, but also our community, as it encourages young people to consider career opportunities in health care,” said Lana Likens, JCH&L director of public relations.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Students take part in techniques used in the medical profes-sion. JCH&L hosted a career academy event on Tuesday.

DAY 2, STATE WRESTLING CLASS B & C RESULTS

1st Round Consolations, followed by 2nd Round Consolations - Semifinals, 3rd Round ConsolationsFairbury:Austin Barnts - win, 4-1Logan Slater - Anthony Moyer - loss, 3-4Damian Green - Jacob Johnson - Patrick Ondrak - win, fallZach Reikofski - win, 6-1Paul Mach - win, 3-2Wilber-Clatonia:Riley Wehrer - win, fallCooper Bates - Riley Homolka -

DAY 2, STATE WRESTLING CLASS D RESULTS

1st Round Consolations, followed by 2nd Round Consolations - Semifinals, 3rd Round ConsolationsTri County:Cole Reedy - loss, 1-13Ethan Paxton - loss, 1-10Colby Ensz - win, 5-2 - 2nd Rd Cons - loss,

0-10Cooper Smith - 2nd Rd Cons - win, 7-0Travis Likens - win, fall - 2nd Rd Cons -

loss, fallChase Barnts - loss, 3-4Benton Gustafson - loss, fallThayer Central:Keegan Casey - 2nd Rd Cons - win, 13-3Damian Stewart - win, fall - 2nd Rd Cons -

loss, 10-18Elliot Epstein - win, 8-5 - 2nd Rd Cons -

loss, 0-6Dietric Kenning - win, 5-3 - 2nd Rd Cons -

loss, fallHank Harris -2nd Rd Cons - win, injury

State Wrestling in Omaha-left, Fairbury Jeffs head coach Derek Garfield picks up Jacob Johnson after winning his quarter final match Thursday evening in the Class B 170 pound weight class against Bryant Wilson of Alliance. Johnson won by decision over Wilson 9-7. Right, Damien Green is congratulated by his head coach Derek Garfield after his thrilling 3-2 decision over Jacob Pinkerton of Beatrice of the 160 pound class quarterfinal. Photos by Trevor Gill/fairburyjournalnews.com

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Sports2 The Fairbury Journal-News Friday, February 17, 2017

Photos by Jim Phelps/fairburyjournalnews.comScoring Inside—Diller-Odell senior Madison Jurgens, No. 14, prepares to put up a shot while being defended by HTRS’S Breanna Reyes, No. 22 in Tuesday’s C2-1 Subdistrict Tourney opener played at Fairbury Jr. Sr. High School.

By Jim PhelpsSports Writerfjnsports@gmail.com

After a slow start in the game, the top seed Diller-Odell Lady Griffins relied on potent shooting from the outside, and a stellar inside game to pull away for a 65-51 opening round win against fourth seed Hum-boldt-Table Rock-Steinauer Tuesday evening in the C2-1 Girls Subdistrict Basketball Tourna-ment played at Fair-bury Jr.-Sr. High School.The action was

back-and-forth in the first quarter with Diller-Odell jumping out to a 4-0 lead.HTRS fought back

stringing together an 8-0 run, highlighted by treys from Logan Standerford and Breanna Reyes.One of two free

throws by Kirsten Bures followed by a three-point hoop from Madison Hajek knotted the score at 8.Diller-Odell upped

its lead to 13-8 on an old-fashioned three-point play by Paige Vitosh and a layup by Hajek.The Lady Titans'

Reyes and Amber Blank dropped in consecutive three-point baskets to conclude the scoring in the quarter put-ting HTRS ahead, 14-13.Diller-Odell took

charge in the second quarter scoring at will from both in the paint and from the perimeter.

The Lady Griffins outscored the Lady Titans, 15-4, by go-ing 6-6 at the free throw line, along with burying a trio of three-point baskets, spearheaded by back-to-back treys from Alexis Collins and a buzzer-beater by Paige Vitosh which increased Diller-Odell's lead at half to 28-18.HTRS scored first

in the third quarter with a two-point field goal, but Diller-Odell answered back with its strong play in the paint, as Madison Jurgens scored on a pair of three-point plays, while Hajek and Col-lins knocked down long range threes.On its final posses-

sion of the quarter, Jurgens scored a two-point bucket from short range in the paint expanding the Lady Griffins' lead to 47-31.Diller-Odell's of-

fense continued to click from long range and in the paint in the fourth quarter seizing its largest lead at 55-36 off a two-point basket from Hajek.HTRS clawed back

within 11 points at 60-49, but could get no closer, as Diller-Odell fin-ished out the final 0:53 seconds of the contest on a 5-2 run sparked by Jurgens nailing 3-4 free throws, and fresh-man Haley Jones scoring the last two points on a last sec-ond layup.Diller-Odell Lady

Grififns head bas-

ketball coach John Mohr felt the team played well both in the paint along with its shooting from three-point range“After a slow start

in the first quarter our offense awoke outscoring HTRS, 15-4.In the second half I thought Alexis Collins shot the ball well from the pe-rimeter, and Madi-son Jurgens did a good job inside the lane for us against their man-to-man defense. Madison had a really good game offensively for us,”remarked Mohr.“Paige Vitosh

played well in the game scoring nine points. Her buzzer-beating three to end the first half gave us some needed momentum,”said Mohr.“Give credit to

HTRS they played really well. They shot the ball really well from the perimeter hitting 10 threes, as they just wouldn't go away. We didn't play

great defense sur-rendering 51 points, but our offense re-ally shined which carried us in the game,”replied Mohr.Jurgens topped the

(18-4) Lady Grif-fins in scoring with a game-high 25 points, including hitting 9-10 shots at the line, Collins, 12 points, Hajek, 10 points, Paige Vitosh, nine points, Ka-tie Zarybnicky, six points, Jones, two points, and Bures contributed one point.

INSIDE OUTSIDE GAME PROPELS LADY GRIFFINS IN SUBDISTRICT OPENER

The stakes were higher this time when Southern and Thayer Central matched up in open-ing round play in the C2-1 Girls Sub-district Basketball Tournament played Tuesday at Fairbury High School.Southern used a

solid offense coupled with an aggressive zone and man-to-man defenses to come away with a 42-30 victory.Last Friday, the

two teams concluded their regular season of play with South-ern earning a 62-43 home win over Thayer Central.In the first three

minutes it was anyone's contest, as both squads matched each other point for point forg-ing a 4-all tie.The momentum

swung to Southern in last 3:30 of the first quarter, as the

Lady Raiders went on a 6-0 run to open a 10-4 lead after eight minutes of ac-tion.Two minutes into

the second quar-ter, Southern put together a 9-0 scor-ing spree for a 22-6 lead.A trio of two-

point hoops by the Lady Titans' Grace Souerdyke, Sydny Havel, and Bailey Kiburz cut the deficit to 22-10 at half.Thayer Central's

offense came to life in the third quar-ter chalking up 13 points against the Lady Raiders' de-fense.Stephanie Meyer's

two-point field goal with :36 seconds on the clock drew Thayer Central with in seven points at 30-23.Cheyenne Leach

answered back for the Lady Raiders on a two-point basket with :10 seconds remaining to extend Southern's lead to 32-23 advancing to the fourth quarter.

A three-point bucket by the Lady Titans' Souerdyke trimmed the deficit to 33-26 with 6:41 left in the game.That would be as

close, as Thayer Central would get to the Lady Raiders with Southern fin-ishing out the quar-ter on a 9-4 run.Both teams con-

nected on 10 two-point field goals, while Southern hit three three's, and Thayer Central made two threes.At the free throw

line, the Lady Raid-ers sank 13-23 attempts, and the Lady Titans hit on just 4-13 tosses.Havel and

Souerdyke paced the Lady Titans in scor-ing with nine points apiece, Emily Welch, six points, and two points each were chipped in by Meyer, Kiburz, and Katelyn Richardson.Thayer Central

finishes its 2016-17 basketball season with a mark of 4-17.

SOUTHERN KNOCKS OFF THAYER CENTRAL

By Jim PhelpsSports Writerfjnsports@gmail.com

Early on fourth seed Tri County hung around against top seed Lourdes Central Catholic in semi-final play Tuesday evening in the D1-1 Subdistrict Basket-ball Tournament played at Freeman High School.However, defen-

sive pressure by the Lady Knights proved too much for the Lady Trojans in the following three quarters, as Lourdes Central Catholic coasted to a 48-27 win.Tri County trailed

by six points, 14-8 after one quarter of action, but they

were unable to close the gap in the second quarter, as the Lady Knights stretched their lead to 27-16 at intermis-sion.Lourdes Central

Catholic's defensive pressure took con-trol in the second half limiting Tri County's offense to

single digit scoring in each quarter.Following three

quarters of play, the Lady Knights increased their lead on Tri County to 39-22.The Lady Knights

despite scoring just nine fourth quar-ter points kept up their strong defen-

sive pressure on the Lady Trojans' ball handlers which re-sulted in Tri County being able to tally only five points.Haydyn Weise

paced the Lady Tro-jans in scoring with six points, Brianna Connelly and Kailey Weichel, five points each, Madison

Freese, four points, Haley Staroscik, three points, while Sloane Holtmeier and Shaylee Nie-meyer tallied two points apiece.With its subdistrict

loss, Tri County concludes its 2016-17 basketball sea-son with a record of 11-13.

LOURDES DEFENSIVE PRESSURE ENDS TRI COUNTY’S SEASON

Photos by Jim Phelps/fairburyjournalnews.com

Attacking The Defense—Diller-Odell senior guard Madison Hajek, No. 20, maneuvers around HTRS’S Camille Svoboda, No. 21 in first half action in Tuesday’s C2-1 Subdistrict Basketball Tourney played at Fairbury’s Jr-Sr. High School.

SUB DISTRICT BASKETBALLON TUESDAY

Photos by Jim Phelps/fairburyjournalnews.comOn The Move—Thayer Central guard Sydny Havel, No. 12, races past Southern’s Kambree Singleton, No. 42 on a first half fastbreak to the basket in Tuesday’s C2-1 Subdistrict Basketball Tournament opener played at Fairbury’s Jr-Sr. High School.

Sports 3Friday, February 17, 2017 The Fairbury Journal-News

Photos by Jim Phelps/fairburyjournalnews.comTight Space-Meridian junior Hailey Schafer, No.11, prepares to maneuver in the lane for a shot attempt while being defended by Friend’s Raeleigh Menke in Thursday’s D2-1 Subdis-trict Final played at Tri County High School. Schafer drained a baseline trey at the buzzer to propel Meridian to a 49-46 win.

By Jim PhelpsSports Writerfjnsports@gmail.com

It was a game where whoever had the last possession was going to decide the game.There is nothing

like a vast amount of pressure to deter-mine a competitive contest between two Class D-1 state-rat-ed teams.That was the case

Thursday evening, as Meridian held the basketball for nearly the final minute of the fourth quarter before calling its fi-nal timeout with 6.2 seconds on the clock to set up the winning play.Following the time-

out with the score tied at 46, Meridian junior Hailey Schafer received a perfect pass from guard Erin Johnson catching the ball in her hands as she went up to release a game win-ning baseline three-point shot lifting the Lady Mustangs to a thrilling, 49-46 win over Friend in the D1-2 Subdistrict Basketball Final played at Tri County High School.Behind five players

scoring in the first quarter, top seed Meridian jumped out to a 21-15 first quar-ter lead.Meridian main-

tained a 33-28 lead at half, despite being outscored by one point in the second

quarter.Points were tough

to come by in the third quarter, as the two squads each tossed in eight points leaving Merid-ian with a 41-36 lead heading to the fourth quarter.Third seed Friend

had the hot hand in first two minutes of the final quarter, scoring six straight points to grab its first and only lead of the second half at 42-41.A three-point hoop

by Jaicee Sobotka bumped Meridian ahead, 44-42 with 4:30 on the clock.Friend's Bridgette

Baugh answered back with a two-point basket knot-ting the game at 44.Allison Klipp put

Meridian back in the lead at 46-44 on a two-point field goal only to have Friend answer back to tie at the contest at 46 on a two-point hoop from Baugh.After that the Lady

Mustangs held the ball for nearly a minute before calling timeout to draw up the play for Schafer's game-winning three-point hoop.Just a week earlier,

Friend had defeated Meridian, 57-47 in the season finale for both teams.Meridian Lady

Mustangs head basketball coach Robert Schropfer felt the good start in the game was a huge

factor in the game.“Our girls shot the

ball extremely well, and executed our defense to a tee in the first quarter. I thought Erin, Jaicee, and Allison did a great job on play-ing our inverted triangle-and-two. Friend didn't quite know how to attack that defense,”stated Schropfer.“Hailey Schafer is

very comfortable shooting the three-point shot. She is probably our best three-point base-line shooter. I'm so happy for her hitting that big three-point shot,”replied Schrop-fer.Klipp led the (19-

6) Lady Mustangs with a double-double of 15 points along with grabbing 11 rebounds, Schafer, 10 points, Jaicee So-botka, nine points, Josiee Sobotka, eight points, and Johnson chalked up seven points.Tuesday evening,

Meridian opened D1-2 Subdistrict play earning a 61-40 win over fourth seed Deshler.Johnson paced

Meridian in scor-ing with 16 points, Jaicee Sobotka, 13 points, Breanna Miller and Josiee Sobotka, nine points each, Klipp, eight points, while two points apiece were tallied by Schafer, Halle Pribyl, and Adeline Beals.

SCHAFER’S BUZZER BEATER SEALS WIN

Diller-Odell's Lady Griffins bas-ketball team put forth a strong second half of play to rally for a 47-37 win Thursday night over Southern in the C2-1 Subdis-trict Basketball Final played at Fairbury Jr.-Sr. High School.Second seed Southern out-

played top seed Diller-Odell in the first half walking off the court at half with a 19-14 lead.The Lady Griffins bounced

back in the second half outscor-

ing the Lady Raiders, 33-18, including 17-9 in the decisive fourth quarter to advance to next Friday's C2-1 District Final versus Elmwood-Murdock.Madison Hajek led the way for

the (19-4) Lady Griffins with a game-high 17 points, Madison Jurgens tallied 10 points, Katie Zarybnicky added 10 points, Paige Vitosh tallied six points, and Kirsten Bures chipped in two points.

LADY GRIFFINS ADVANCE TO DISTRICT

STATE WRESTLING HIGHLIGHTS

STATE WRESTLING HIGHLIGHTSThe Wolverines Riley Wehrer competes in Thursdays’ Class C 126-pound weight class at Century Link Center in Omaha.

Thayer Central’s Keegan Casey in his Quarterfinal match on Thursday.

Tri County’s Cooper Smith in Thursdays matchup.

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THE BIG FAKE OUTBoy, you people

never learn. I can’t believe you fell for this again.A year ago, the un-

thinkable happened. The powers that be at Playboy Maga-zine announced the publication would no longer feature naked ladies. It seemed insane. Wasn’t na-ked ladies the whole point of Playboy? It was like McDonald’s suddenly deciding it would no longer sell hamburgers. It was like Gordon Ramsay being polite. What’s the point?Well, there actu-

ally is a point. The reason given at the time was that bete noire of modern life, the internet. After all, images online are so unsavory they make your average centerfold look like a nun. They couldn’t possibly compete, so the decision was made to dump the nudes altogether. The internet had succeeded where the Moral Majority, churches, feminists, politicians, censors, J. Edgar Hoover and all manor of prudes had failed. So this makes

sense, until you actually think about for a few minutes. Then you realize, okay, the internet is certainly making the nudie magazine biz a lot harder, but what does taking the nudes away actually accomplish?Well, what it ac-

complished was hype. The announce-ment generated a lot of press along with some genuine tears from a certain seg-ment of the popula-tion. By and large, it

wasn’t the average consumer of nudity who was upset, of course, since most of them had pretty much abandoned magazines by this point anyway. No, the folks who were truly saddened were men “of a certain age,” as they say, who have fond memories of sneak-ing into their father’s secret stash of nudie mags hidden in the

garage behind cans of motor oil.For the record,

my father was a painter and while landscapes were his primary form, he did paint the occasional nude and, therefore, had a legitimate rea-son for having those magazines. Not that I ever sneaked a peek. I was far too high-minded a lad to be involved in such shenanigans (cough, cough).So the real driver

of the uproar was nostalgia. Playboy was one of those things that we could just assume would always be there, like McDonald’s.To be fair, there

was always more to Playboy than just naked ladies. “I only read Playboy for the articles” is a long-standing gag and, yet, from its earliest days, the pajama-clad proprietor had always claimed his periodical wasn’t simply selling sex. It was selling a life-style. The lifestyle of the kind of guy who reads John Updike and wears turtlenecks. The same kind of lifestyle idealized in James Bond movies and Travis McGee mys-teries. It was the lifestyle of the six-ties and seventies most men wanted and few (if any) ever achieved. Aspira-tions to that kind of lifestyle became impossible by the eighties but Playboy continued to keep the memory alive.I don’t want to

seem like I’m bash-ing the magazine, not too much any-way. The pages of Playboy has pub-lished fiction by some of the best writers out there: Ray Bradbury, Nor-man Mailer, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Joseph Hell-er, Gabriel García Márquez, Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. Playboy was at its height during the rise of “New Journalism” and published such practitioners as Norman Mailer, Gay

Talese, Tom Wolfe and even Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. There was real writing to be found along with all that airbrushed flesh.So was the whole of

ditching the nudes intended to reinvent Playboy, to make it more relevant for the 21st century? Or was something more devious going one? Shortly after Play-boy became PG13, another manor an-nouncement about the magazine came over the wire: Play-boy was up for sale.Hmmm. Coinci-

dence? Doubtful. Any person with a memory longer than a mayfly’s, which is sadly few these days, can figure out what’s really going on be-cause we’ve seen it before. Many, many times before.In 1992, DC Com-

ics killed off Super-man. Superman died and we never, ever saw him again. Wait. It didn’t hap-

pen like that, did it? Comic books are always killing off its heroes, only to bring them back. Batman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, all the big names have done the big fake out, dy-ing and coming back to life. Superman, himself, has done it numerous times since he first ap-peared way back in 1938.“The Death of Su-

perman” story line was heavily promot-ed and the media be-came convinced this time was the real deal, despite Supe’s long history of dy-ing and not staying dead. DC was seri-ously killing off its second most popular character and major cash cow. Yeah, right. Hard-

core comics fans, who should have known better, fell for it too, spending a fortune buying

not only the entire run of “The Death of Superman” but all the variant covers and storing them in those poly bags to keep them in mint condition, thinking they would someday be worth a fortune.Then, without

missing a beat, Superman was back from the dead. And you fell for it.Perhaps even more

dramatic than the death of Superman was the death of Coke. In 1985, the Coca-Cola company, makers of the single most popular soft drink on the planet, decided it would be a great idea to change the recipe. The result was

world wide panic. The entire popula-tion of the third planet from the sun held an international period of mourn-ing, greater than that seen for a Pope or Elvis. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Clubs were formed by people trying to replicate the formula for themselves. Ce-lebrities and politi-cians were forgotten as New Coke, as it was called, became the biggest media story of the day, revealing a rather unpretty truth about America’s priorities.Then, faster than

you can say, “Tastes like Pepsi,” it was all over. Coca-Cola Classic was intro-duce and the world could once again have a Coke and a smile.Starting to see the

pattern here?So earlier this week

the inevitable hap-pened. Playboy announced

naked ladies were back and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. I sure the decision

was purely artistic and not at all a cyni-cal marketing play.

GORDONHOPKINS

Special Contributor

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GETTING BUREAUCRACY OFF YOUR BACK

By Rep. Adrian SmithA common request I receive from Nebras-

kans is for help getting bureaucracy off their backs. Especially over the past eight years, federal agencies have far too often violated the separation of powers and legislated through red tape. A study by the American Action Forum

found the cost to our economy of the Obama administration’s midnight regulations, or regulations passed after the election of Pres-ident Trump, totaled $157 billion. With 99 regulations issued in December alone, the Obama administration’s monthly regulatory churn more than doubled in its final weeks. The House has spent the first few weeks of

the new Congress focused on undoing this regulatory damage. We are working rule by rule to get rid of as many onerous, job-killing regulations as possible. President Trump has joined us in this effort, requiring agencies to kill two major regulations for every new one implemented. An important tool Congress can use to

reduce regulatory burdens is called the Congressional Review Act, or CRA. In order to maintain Congress’s constitutional role in setting federal law, the CRA provides a streamlined process, including expedited Senate consideration, to overturn newly finalized rules by the executive branch. A CRA resolution only requires 51 votes to pass in the Senate rather than the usual 60. When the Obama administration final-

ized its Waters of the U.S. rule, or WOTUS, in 2015, I introduced a resolution to block it using the CRA. The Senate version of my resolution passed both chambers but was vetoed by President Obama, along with all the other CRA bills passed by the last Con-gress. Thankfully, President Trump has expressed his desire to sign these CRA reso-lutions when they reach his desk.Many of the Obama administration’s mid-

night rules targeted domestic energy pro-duction. The Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Rule has been estimated to cost the industry anywhere from $110 million to more than $1 billion per year while provid-ing little environmental benefit. Despite rapid growth in oil and natural gas produc-tion, methane emissions have already de-clined significantly in recent decades. The Stream Protection Rule, a duplicative regu-lation with a new flowery name, would cost tens of thousands of mining jobs and put up to 64 percent of U.S. coal reserves off limits. The House has used the CRA to block

both of these damaging regulations. To achieve U.S. energy independence, we should be embracing all forms of American energy rather than strangling them with the heavy hand of the federal government. Another midnight regulation by the

Obama administration threatened the con-stitutional rights of millions of Americans. In December, the Social Security Admin-istration finalized a rule to automatically add Social Security beneficiaries with rep-resentative payees to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Approximately 4.2 million Americans have representative payees, and as the Ways and Means Committee explored in a recent hear-ing, there are numerous concerns about how beneficiaries end up on the representa-tive payee rolls in the first place. Receiving help to manage one’s Social

Security benefits does not correlate with the capacity to own or judiciously use firearms. However, under this rule, these law-abiding Americans would be reported to the NICS list with no judicial review and forced to go through an appeals process to be removed. The House used the CRA to block this rule and protect Americans’ Second Amendment and due process rights. We have many more CRA bills to work

through in the coming weeks, as the Obama administration’s regulatory labyrinth will take time to dismantle. To strengthen our economy and ensure greater opportunity for Americans, cutting regulations must remain a top priority.

AGRICULTURE 5Friday, February 17, 2017 The Fairbury Journal-News

Fertilizer recommendations are based on soil test correlations and calibration studies. In short, these studies answer the questions: What does this chemical test on this soil mean in terms of plant growth? How does the crop respond to specific types and amounts of fertilizer applications. There are fertilizer dealers who recommend fertilizers on a differ-ent basis, that is, if we put enough of everything there the crop will grow and so will my sales!

Efficient Nebraska farmers have reached the management level where routine soil tests are part of the overall profitable management of the farm busi-ness. They manage the details of their operation, like soil testing and profit-able fertilizer recommendations, in an efficient and profitable manner. If you are not one of them, I hope you have other management methods to keep you operation sound. I would be happy to schedule time to review fertilizer recom-mendations with any producer interested in reviewing their management deci-sions. I have been successful in the past in helping producers focus on the key issues of fertility and solve problems in a financially sound matter.

Grid sampling fields on a five-year ro-tation and focusing applications of lime, phosphorous, manure, nitrogen, and seeding rates on grid sample maps and yield maps has been a real sound invest-ment for producers. Using the variable rate equipment available today on fertil-izer equipment and planters allows full utilization of this kind of information. It is more profitable to improve fertility on better areas of the field rather than spend money on radical treatments on poor areas. Doubling yields from 30 to 60 on alkali spots or rocky outcrop areas

are poor investments when compared to increasing 5 bushels per acre on the other 95% of the field. A number of farmers have reported that these poor spots are improving on their own to some extent with the adoption of no-till farming systems.

Manure applications have the added benefit of increasing crop yields for five years by 7 bushels of corn per acre per year and 2 bushels of soybeans. This is a benefit above the value of the nitro-gen, phosphorus, sulfur and zinc in the manure.

The tight margins in crop production mean you should focus on timely and efficient fertilizer applications. You want to maintain or grow yields without the expense of excess fertilizer. Here are a couple of examples. This is not the time to spend extra money on building soil test phosphorus. Band application of high phosphorus starter with or near the seedcorn is very efficient and will give you a high percentage of the yield re-sponse. Lime applications are long term investments is soil condition. They are profitable, but since they do not yield im-mediate responses, they can be delayed to reduce expenses.

Precision agriculture and soil testing can be very successful in helping farmers improve management for profit. Precision agriculture is not a one-shot patch for average to poor management. Precision agriculture is a more intense management tool for those operations which have been working on the details of farm management for some time.

For more information e-mail Paul C Hay at phay1@unl.edu, call 402-223-1384, or visit the News Column Univer-sity of Nebraska Extension local Website: gage.unl.edu, Twitter:@Cloverhay

A college sophomore with the Ne-braska College of Technical Agriculture earned two fifth-place awards in livestock judging last week at the Iowa Beef Expo.

Emilye Vales, an agricultural education major from DeWitt, Neb., placed fifth overall individual and also was fifth in oral reasons among 126 students from 2-year colleges.

The Expo drew 22 teams from the 2-year college category. Aggies who judged were:

Eleanor Aufdenkamp, North PlatteJoe Calvo, BassettWyatt Duskie, Ionia, KansasDean Fleer, PierceNathan Lashley, CurtisMax Melvin, AdamsKatharine Schudel, Loup City

Sam Seberger, LexingtonEmilye Vales, DeWittBraden Wilke, Columbus Overall, the NCTA teams placed 13th

and 18th at the contest. The Aggie Livestock Judging team is

coached by Doug Smith, chairman of the NCTA Animal Science and Agricultural Education Division. He said the team will compete next on Feb. 25 at the Ne-braska Cattlemen Classic at Kearney.

Assistant coaches are former NCTA livestock judges Bailey Hinrichs of Ayr and Wade Vallery of Plattsmouth.

Further information about NCTA livestock judging or animal science programs is available at ncta.unl.edu or 1-800-3CURTIS.

The Iowa Beef Expo drew 22 teams from 10 colleges in the 2-year category, including the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.Emilye Vales (pink blouse) of DeWitt, Neb., placed 5th high individual judge and 5th in oral reasons. (Hinrichs/NCTA Photos)

DUAL HUNTER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION OFFERED

FOR WOMENWomen and girls can attain certification in both

firearm and bowhunter education in a single women’s-only class offered in Lincoln by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The four classes are held at the Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, located at 4703 N. 44th St. Class dates and times are: March 7, 6-9 p.m.; March 9, 6-9 p.m.; March 11, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; March 12, 8 a.m.-noon.

The classes, which include several female instructors, focus on safety, firearm training, archery, hands-on demonstrations, live fire and field experiences.

To register, visit: https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/94533. For more information, call Christy Chris-tiansen at 402-471-5547.

FARM SUCCESSION PLAN SEMINAR A University of Nebraska Extension free workshop on business succession and es-

tate planning for farm and ranch owners, families and beginners is planned for March 1, 2017. Workshop will be held in Beatrice at the Extension Office meeting Room on Wednesday March 1 from 10:00 AM until 2:30 PM. All farmers from Southeast Nebraska and Northeast Kansas are welcome.

The workshop is about farm and ranch business succession and family estate plan-ning. It will include a discussion of beginning farmer programs that can aid in succes-sion planning. The workshop should be useful for established farm and ranch owners, for their successors, and for interested persons.

Lunch is sponsored by Southeast Nebraska Area Businesses and the program is supported by the Nebraska Network for Beginning Farmers & Ranchers, the Farm and Ranch Project of Legal Aid of Nebraska, USDA-FSA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture’s Next Gen, Nebraska Farmers Union Foundation, University of Nebraska Extension in Gage County. Pre-registration is not required. For more information call Extension Office in Beatrice at 402-223-1384 (or1386) or Rural Response Hotline at 1-800-464-0258.

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NCTA Livestock Team competes in Iowa Expo

JEFFERSON CO. AGRICULTURE

AWARD 2017

CROP FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS

Nominations are now being accepted for the "Jefferson County Agriculture Award", which was created to recog-nize those individuals who have contributed to agricul-ture in Jefferson County. Many individuals work many years serving agricultural interest in many ways. We would like to give recognition to some of those individu-als. The presentation of the award will be made at the 2017 Annual Agri-Business Banquet on March 17th at the Fairbury High School.

Nomination forms are available at the following Jef-ferson County offices: Farm Service Agency (FSA), UNL Extension--Jefferson County, and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Deadline for nominations is March 3, 2017.

Recipe6 The Fairbury Journal-News Friday, February 17, 2017

Start with one whole brisket – 7-10 lbs. Use Choice grade instead of Select (Standard) so that the meat gets tender without being flaky and dry.Trim the fat cap to ¼” thick. Then, score the fat in 3/8” squares, like

a waffle. This allows the rub, heat, and smoke to penetrate into the meat. Rub with your choice of commercial dry rub such as Montreal Steak seasoning with added pepper, Prime Rib seasoning with added pepper, or Lawry’s with some onion powder. Or make your own with salt, pepper, season salt, onion powder. Massage the rub thoroughly into the meat. Refrigerate for 6-8 hours or overnight. Return the bris-ket to room temperature before you begin to cook it.Cook the brisket on your Green Mountain grill at 185°, fat side up, for

5 hours. Spritz with an apple juice/Worcestershire mix every hour or so. After five hours, turn it over and cook for 2 more hours. After that, turn it back over to fat side up and cook until the brisket’s internal temperature (check with a meat thermometer!) reaches 165°, usually about another 4 hours. Next, remove the brisket from the grill. Now, mix about ½ cup of apple juice plus 3 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce. Wrap the brisket completely in aluminum foil and drizzle the apple juice mix inside the foil onto the meat.Turn the grill up to 225°. Cook until the internal temperature of the

meat reaches 198-201° (2-6 hours). Lay newspaper or paper towels in a cooler and lay the meat, still wrapped up in the aluminum foil, on the paper. Close the cooler and let the meat rest for about an hour and a half.Drain the juices and cut the meat in 1/8” slices across the grain. You

will be able to cut this with a plastic fork. You may also wish to cool the drained juices in the refrigerator, skim the fat from the surface of the liquid, and then reheat for an au jus dip.

SMOKED BRISKET

PELLET GRILL FRIED CHICKEN

SMOKED RIBSPELLET GRILL CORN

PELLET GRILL SALMON PELLET GRILL

BAKED BEANS

Ingredients:1 cut-up frying chicken1 egg1 tablespoon baking powder1 tablespoon paprika1/2 teaspoon pepper1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt1/3 cup evaporated milk3/4 AP FlourDirections:Beat egg in small bowl. Add evaporated milk and stir thoroughly.Mix flour, paprika, baking powder, salts, and pepper in a bowl.Use a small bowl to melt butter in microwave and then pour into

shallow metal baking pan large enough to hold the chicken pieces.Dip chicken pieces in egg/milk mixture and then roll in flour mix.

Place into metal baking pan.Set the grill to 375° and wait until this temperature stabilizes. Cook

the chicken for 25 minutes. Then, reduce the heat to 325°, turn the chicken pieces over, and cook for 30 more minutes or until done.

Leave 6-12 pieces of corn in the husk. Depending on how big your grill is. Soak in water for about an hour.Place on the grill at about 350°F (177°C) for about an hour.When you peel the husk, the silk magically disappears!

Ingredients:1 Cup Soy Sauce1 tablespoon brown sugar1 teaspoon onion powder1/2 teaspoon Tabasco1/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup wine (red or white) optional2 tablespoons red wine vinegar2 teaspoons black pepper2-3 Racks Baby Back Ribs5 cloves garlicYour Favorite BBQ Sauce

Directions: Peel off membrane from shiny side of the ribs. Marinade for 2-3

hours. Smoke at about 165° for 4-6 hours, turning racks occasionally. Then, turn temperature up to 225° and finish for another 2-4 hours.

Ingredients:1/4 - 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper1/4 - 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar1/4 cup brown sugar1/4 tsp fresh minced ginger3 tsp minced fresh Parsley4 Salmon Steaks5 Garlic clovesSauce:1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar1/4 cup Chili Sauce1/4 cup Brown Sugar5 Garlic cloves, minced3 tsp minced fresh Parsley1/4 teaspoon fresh minced gin-

ger or ginger powder1/4 – 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1/4 – 1/2 tsp crushed red pep-per flakes, optionalDirections: In a small bowl com-

bine the sauce ingredients.Rinse and pat dry the salmon.Let the salmon come to room

temperature, about 15 minutes.Apply sauce liberally to both

sides of the salmon.Set the grill at 400°.Lay the salmon with the sauced

side (skin) down on the grill.Brush the exposed side of the

salmon with sauce and continue basting with sauce while cooking.Cook for 4 – 5 minutes per side

until the salmon flakes easily with a fork.

Ingredients:1 ¼ cups of navy beans1 Onion1 teaspoon of dry mustard1/2 teaspoon of salt¼ cup of dark brown sugar¼ cup of BBQ Sauce¼ lb. of bacon2 tablespoons of molasses8 oz. can of crushed pineappleDirections:Soak 1 ¼ cups of navy beans

overnight in cold water. In the morning, cook the beans in the same water for about an hour or

more until the beans are tender. In the meantime, fry about ¼ lb. of bacon (or cook it on your grill at 275 for about 20 minutes). Drain the beans, but keep the liquid. Mix the bacon into the beans.Stir in an 8 oz. can of crushed

pineapple, including the liquid. Pour this into a disposable alu-minum pan. Add the water you saved, making sure the beans are immersed.Bake in your grill at 165 for an

hour, and then turn up to 325 for an additional hour.

Comics 7Friday, February 17, 2017 The Fairbury Journal-News

• It was world-renowned American photographer Ansel Adams who made the following sage observation: “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environ-ment.”

• You might be surprised to learn that the blood of a grasshopper is white.

• Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, is notorious for its over-crowded conditions: 3,500 inmates are crowded into a space designed for half that number, and many of them sleep on cardboard directly on the floor. One inmate, however, until recently enjoyed amenities that many outside the prison walls would love to have. Drug trafficker Chimenes Pavao bribed officials to look the other way, then set up a fully furnished, tastefully decorated three-room suite, complete with air conditioning, a refrigerator, a library, a flat-screen TV, a DVD play-er and a treadmill. The luxury cell was discovered when a bomb threat caused \police to search the entire prison.

• If you’ve ever been the victim of a purse-snatching, here’s a discouraging bit of information: Those who study such things say that four out of five perpetrators get away.

• In 1804 our planet hit a milestone: a population of 1 billion people. It took 123 years to add another billion, then only 33 more to get to 3 billion, in 1960. We crossed the 4 billion mark in 1974, hit 5 billion in 1987, and got to 6 billion in 1999. In 2011 (or ear-ly 2012, depending on who’s doing the estimating, the earth’s population passed 7 billion, and those who study such things expect us to get to 8 billion sometime in the mid- to late 2020s.

***Thought for the Day: “Justice will

not be served until those who are unaf-fected are as outraged as those who are.” — Benjamin Franklin

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1. In 2015, the New York Mets’ Michael Conforto became the third-youngest player (22) in World Series history to have a multiple-ho-mer game. Who was younger?

2. Who was the last Chicago White Sox pitcher to win 20 games in a sea-son?

3. In 2016, TCU tied a record for biggest comeback in a bowl game (31 points). Who else did it?

4. The Los Angeles Lakers (33 games) and Golden State Warriors (28) have the two longest winning streaks in NBA history. Which team is third?

5. Name the last NHL defensem-an before Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson in 2015-16 to have an 80-point season?

6. Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco, in 2016, recorded the fourth hat trick in Major League Soccer playoff histo-ry. Name two of the first three to do it.

7. Whom did Evander Holyfield beat to win the undisputed heavyweight boxing crown for the first time?

Answers1. Andruw Jones was 19 when he

did it for Atlanta in 1996, while Tony Kubek was 21 when he did it for the New York Yankees in 1957.

2. Esteban Loaiza won 21 games in 2003.

3. Texas Tech, in 2006 versus Min-nesota.

4. The Miami Heat won 27 games in a row in 2013.

5. Nicklas Lidstrom had 80 points for Detroit in 2005-06.

6. Raul Diaz Arce (1996), Stern John (1999) and Landon Donovan (2014).

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1. What group released “Macho Man”?

2. Who wrote and released “So Long, Marianne”?

3. Name Simon and Garfunkel’s first three U.S. No. 1 hits.

4. Who wrote and released “I’ll Be Good to You”?

5. Name the 1980 song that contains this lyric: “So I’ve learned that love’s not possession, and I’ve learned that love won’t wait, Now I’ve learned that love needs expression, but I learned too late.”

Answers1. The Village People, in 1978. The

song has been widely covered, includ-ing a “Saturday Night Live” parody, “Matzo Man.”

2. Leonard Cohen, in 1967. Mar-ianne was Cohen’s muse until her death in 2016. Cohen died three months later.

3. “Sounds of Silence” (1965), “Mrs. Robinson” (1968) and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970).

4. The Brothers Johnson, a Motown R&B band, in 1976. The song was lat-er covered by Vanessa Williams.

5. “She’s Out of My Life,” by Michael Jackson. Jackson netted four Top 10 hits from his “Off the Wall” album, including this song, one of his slowest ever. His tears at the end of the song were genuine. Every one of the multiple takes included tears, so they produced the song just that way.

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