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(AP) — Former baseball player, sportscaster and entertainer Bob Uecker will give the next Carson Lecture at the Uni- versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. The talk is set for 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Howell Theatre on cam- pus. It will include an interview-type discussion of Uecker’s 60-year career in sports and entertainment. Uecker played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves in his six-year baseball ca- reer. He just completed his 29th year as an announcer for the Mil- waukee Brewers. Along the way, he also hosted two syndicated TV shows and appeared in commercials and movies. The event is part of a biennial lecture series honoring Nebraska the late comedian Johnny Carson, a Nebraska native. Kraft To Lay Off 40-50 Workers At Mason City MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kraft Foods will lay off 40 to 50 full- time workers at its Mason City plant in December. Corporate spokeswoman Joyce Hodel told the Globe Gazette that the layoffs are the result of external conditions, seasonality and efficiencies at the plant. Hodel says the reduction process will take about eight weeks, with the actual layoffs coming in mid-December. The layoffs are in addition to two plant shutdowns this fall. The plant shut down for a week in October and will be closed for sev- eral days around Thanksgiving. Neb. School Dist. Gets Cash For New Stadium BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — The Beatrice school district has gotten $50,000 more in donations toward the construction of its new ath- letic facility. The Beatrice Daily Sun reports that Exmark Manufacturing and Toro each announced $25,000 donations for the project. The dis- trict previously got $50,000 from the Beatrice Orange Booster Club and $36,000 from Pinnacle Bank. The district is trying to raise $1 million for a new stadium at Beatrice High School. The facility would feature turf field and an eight-lane track. It’s expected to be completed in spring 2012. Family Awaits Answers About Soldier’s Death OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a soldier who died in May after collapsing in his Omaha home continues to seek answers about his death. Tiffany Schlote told the Lincoln Journal Star that she can’t move on until she knows what led to her 26-year-old husband’s demise. Sgt. Bob Schlote was found dead May 14 in his living room, while on leave from service in Afghanistan. He’d been sick for sev- eral weeks. An autopsy found that Schlote died of cardiac arrhythmia and that he had an enlarged heart, spleen and liver when he died. But the report found no explanation for Schlote’s illness or why his heart gave out. The military has been looking into Schlote’s death at the fam- ily’s request. A second review is under way, after the first was inconclusive. Work To Start Soon On Airport Improvements FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Work will begin soon on improvements at the Fremont Municipal Airport. City engineer Clark Boschult told the Fremont Tribune that the north-south taxiway will be extended 300 feet to make room for a new hangar. The cost of the taxiway extension is estimated at $60,000. Con- struction of the new hangar is being handled by A&A Drug Inc., which holds a 20-year lease on the site. Boschult says negotiations are in the works for another new hangar. He says that would probably mean the taxiway would need another 300-foot-extension. Driver’s Ed, Preschool Fees Called Illegal In SD SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The South Dakota Attorney General’s of- fice says public schools that offer fee-based preschool and driver education classes are breaking state law. The Argus Leader reports that Assistant Attorney General Bobbi Rank wrote in an opinion that the law authorizes schools to charge for before- and after-school programs, adult education classes, parking and busing. But no statute gives schools permission to charge resident students for voluntary preschool or driver educa- tion classes. Several school officials say they’ve stopped charging tuition as a result of the decision and might have to eliminate the programs next year unless the law is changed. www.yankton.net Iowans Give $454K To Presidential Candidates DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some 800 Iowa residents have do- nated $454,000 to 2012 presidential candidates so far this election cycle. Campaign finance reports filed in mid-October, cited by the Des Moines Register show President Barack Obama’s campaign has col- lected the most contributions — almost $200,000. His 10 Republican opponents split the rest of the pot. Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney led the Republican candidates in contributions from Iowa. Paul gar- nered more than $77,000, while Romney pulled in more than $67,000. Candidates have raised a com- bined $179 million nationally. On average since 1999, about 820 Iowa residents contribute $600,000 to presidential candi- dates in the year leading up to the caucuses. YOUR NEWS! The Press & Dakotan BY MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge has or- dered settlement talks in a multi-million-dol- lar dispute over bone castings from three famed tyrannosaurus rex specimens. Attorneys say the case is the first of its kind involving a copyright fight over dinosaur castings — fossil replicas often used in mu- seum displays. It pits a South Dakota re- search company against a Montana nonprofit that allegedly made unauthorized copies of castings from two t-rexes, dubbed Stan and Sue. The Black Hills Institute of Geological Re- search claims Fort Peck Paleontology, Inc. of eastern Montana used the castings to fill out incomplete portions of a third tyrannosaurus rex, known as Peck’s Rex, and then profited from sales of replicas. Through a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in federal court in Montana, Black Hills is seeking $7.4 million in damages — a figure that could be tripled to more than $22 million under federal copyright law, said the South Dakota company’s attorney, Luke Santangelo. But Antoinette Tease, a Billings attorney representing Fort Peck Paleontology, says her client made “negligible profits” off the cast- ings and offered to return them but was turned down. U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon in Great Falls last week sent the case to settlement talks at the request of the two parties. The talks will be overseen by U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong and are expected to con- vene in January, attorneys said. Both sides indicated they were hopeful a deal could be reached to resolve the case. Yet they offered sharply different interpretations on whether copyright restrictions were bro- ken and how much damage was done. “The total number of bones we’re talking about, it’s an absolute minuscule percentage of the entire t-rex skeleton,” Tease said. “They want $22 million for not even the real bones but casts of the bones that are inside the skull.” Replicas of Peck’s Rex are in museums in- cluding the Carnegie Museum of Natural His- tory in Pittsburgh, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center and the Maryland Science Center, ac- cording to court documents. Santangelo said Fort Peck Paleontology had taken actions that were “blatantly wrong” and should be held accountable. “They’re not going to get a complete free pass,” he said. “They basically just copied Stan. We don’t own a copyright to the t-rex, but we own a copyright to Stan because we created that. They just used it and tried to hide that fact.” The original Sue is a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, which bought the specimen at auc- tion for almost $8.4 million. The sale came after an ownership dispute in which the fed- eral government took the dinosaur from the Black Hills Institute following its 1990 discov- ery, saying it had been taken from Indian land held under federal trust. Tease says that as a result of losing owner- ship of Sue, Black Hills’ had no right to file for a copyright on the castings it made from the specimen. As for the other castings in ques- tion, from the t-rex Stan, Tease says those were given by Black Hills to a paleontologist who worked with — but not for — Fort Peck Paleontology. Tease said that the employee who used the casts to mold the head of Peck’s Rex did so at the direction of that outside paleontolo- gist. Subsequent profits off Peck’s Rex totaled “five figures, max,” Tease said, adding that her client remained willing to give up the casts still in its possession. John Rabenberg, an eastern Montana wheat and barley farmer and chairman of Fort Peck Paleontology, said the organiza- tion has been shut down until the lawsuit is resolved. Judge Orders Talks In Dinosaur Dispute “They want $22 million for not even the real bones but casts of the bones that are inside the skull.” ANTOINETTE TEASE
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small and large employers. Once quoted, you
will receive an innovative sales tool which lets
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on October 31 3:00-5:00pm
and have your picture taken for
spotted.yankton.net It may also be the featured photo
in Tuesday’s printed edition.
You’ve Been Spotted!
at the Riverfront Event Center
Call (605) 668-8150Schedule your mammogram
at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and get what you deserve.
DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY
When it comes to preventing breast cancer, you need the best technology available.
With Digital Mammography at Avera Sacred Heart, you get that.
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You deserve personal care that makes every appointment about you and you alone.
With Digital Mammography at Avera Sacred Heart, you get that too.
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Uecker To Give Next Carson Lecture At UNLLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Former baseball player, sportscaster and
entertainer Bob Uecker will give the next Carson Lecture at the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The talk is set for 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Howell Theatre on cam-pus. It will include an interview-type discussion of Uecker’s 60-yearcareer in sports and entertainment.
Uecker played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves in his six-year baseball ca-reer. He just completed his 29th year as an announcer for the Mil-waukee Brewers. Along the way, he also hosted two syndicated TVshows and appeared in commercials and movies.
The event is part of a biennial lecture series honoring Nebraskathe late comedian Johnny Carson, a Nebraska native.
Kraft To Lay Off 40-50 Workers At Mason City MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kraft Foods will lay off 40 to 50 full-
time workers at its Mason City plant in December.Corporate spokeswoman Joyce Hodel told the Globe Gazette
that the layoffs are the result of external conditions, seasonalityand efficiencies at the plant.
Hodel says the reduction process will take about eight weeks,with the actual layoffs coming in mid-December.
The layoffs are in addition to two plant shutdowns this fall. Theplant shut down for a week in October and will be closed for sev-eral days around Thanksgiving.
Neb. School Dist. Gets Cash For New StadiumBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — The Beatrice school district has gotten
$50,000 more in donations toward the construction of its new ath-letic facility.
The Beatrice Daily Sun reports that Exmark Manufacturing andToro each announced $25,000 donations for the project. The dis-trict previously got $50,000 from the Beatrice Orange Booster Cluband $36,000 from Pinnacle Bank.
The district is trying to raise $1 million for a new stadium atBeatrice High School. The facility would feature turf field and aneight-lane track. It’s expected to be completed in spring 2012.
Family Awaits Answers About Soldier’s DeathOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a soldier who died in May
after collapsing in his Omaha home continues to seek answersabout his death.
Tiffany Schlote told the Lincoln Journal Star that she can’t moveon until she knows what led to her 26-year-old husband’s demise.
Sgt. Bob Schlote was found dead May 14 in his living room,while on leave from service in Afghanistan. He’d been sick for sev-eral weeks.
An autopsy found that Schlote died of cardiac arrhythmia andthat he had an enlarged heart, spleen and liver when he died. Butthe report found no explanation for Schlote’s illness or why hisheart gave out.
The military has been looking into Schlote’s death at the fam-ily’s request. A second review is under way, after the first wasinconclusive.
Work To Start Soon On Airport ImprovementsFREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Work will begin soon on improvements atthe Fremont Municipal Airport.
City engineer Clark Boschult told the Fremont Tribune that thenorth-south taxiway will be extended 300 feet to make room for anew hangar.
The cost of the taxiway extension is estimated at $60,000. Con-struction of the new hangar is being handled by A&A Drug Inc.,which holds a 20-year lease on the site.
Boschult says negotiations are in the works for another newhangar. He says that would probably mean the taxiway would needanother 300-foot-extension.
Driver’s Ed, Preschool Fees Called Illegal In SDSIOUX FALLS (AP) — The South Dakota Attorney General’s of-
fice says public schools that offer fee-based preschool and drivereducation classes are breaking state law.
The Argus Leader reports that Assistant Attorney General BobbiRank wrote in an opinion that the law authorizes schools to chargefor before- and after-school programs, adult education classes,parking and busing. But no statute gives schools permission tocharge resident students for voluntary preschool or driver educa-tion classes.
Several school officials say they’ve stopped charging tuition as aresult of the decision and might have to eliminate the programsnext year unless the law is changed.
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Iowans Give$454K ToPresidentialCandidatesDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —
Some 800 Iowa residents have do-nated $454,000 to 2012 presidentialcandidates so far this electioncycle.
Campaign finance reports filedin mid-October, cited by the DesMoines Register show PresidentBarack Obama’s campaign has col-lected the most contributions —almost $200,000. His 10 Republicanopponents split the rest of the pot.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul and formerMassachusetts Gov. Mitt Romneyled the Republican candidates incontributions from Iowa. Paul gar-nered more than $77,000, whileRomney pulled in more than$67,000.
Candidates have raised a com-bined $179 million nationally.
On average since 1999, about820 Iowa residents contribute$600,000 to presidential candi-dates in the year leading up to thecaucuses.
YOUR NEWS!The Press &
Dakotan
BY MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge has or-dered settlement talks in a multi-million-dol-lar dispute over bone castings from threefamed tyrannosaurus rex specimens.
Attorneys say the case is the first of itskind involving a copyright fight over dinosaurcastings — fossil replicas often used in mu-seum displays. It pits a South Dakota re-search company against a Montana nonprofitthat allegedly made unauthorized copies ofcastings from two t-rexes, dubbed Stan andSue.
The Black Hills Institute of Geological Re-search claims Fort Peck Paleontology, Inc. ofeastern Montana used the castings to fill outincomplete portions of a third tyrannosaurusrex, known as Peck’s Rex, and then profitedfrom sales of replicas.
Through a copyright infringement lawsuitfiled in federal court in Montana, Black Hillsis seeking $7.4 million in damages — a figurethat could be tripled to more than $22 millionunder federal copyright law, said the SouthDakota company’s attorney, Luke Santangelo.
But Antoinette Tease, a Billings attorneyrepresenting Fort Peck Paleontology, says herclient made “negligible profits” off the cast-ings and offered to return them but wasturned down.
U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon in GreatFalls last week sent the case to settlement
talks at the request of the two parties. Thetalks will be overseen by U.S. MagistrateJudge Keith Strong and are expected to con-vene in January, attorneys said.
Both sides indicated they were hopeful adeal could be reached to resolve the case. Yetthey offered sharply different interpretationson whether copyright restrictions were bro-ken and how much damage was done.
“The total number of bones we’re talkingabout, it’s an absolute minuscule percentageof the entire t-rex skeleton,” Tease said.“They want $22 million for not even the realbones but casts of the bones that are insidethe skull.”
Replicas of Peck’s Rex are in museums in-cluding the Carnegie Museum of Natural His-tory in Pittsburgh, the Wyoming DinosaurCenter and the Maryland Science Center, ac-cording to court documents.
Santangelo said Fort Peck Paleontologyhad taken actions that were “blatantlywrong” and should be held accountable.
“They’re not going to get a complete freepass,” he said. “They basically just copied
Stan. We don’t own a copyright to the t-rex,but we own a copyright to Stan because wecreated that. They just used it and tried tohide that fact.”
The original Sue is a permanent feature atthe Field Museum of Natural History inChicago, which bought the specimen at auc-tion for almost $8.4 million. The sale cameafter an ownership dispute in which the fed-eral government took the dinosaur from theBlack Hills Institute following its 1990 discov-ery, saying it had been taken from Indian landheld under federal trust.
Tease says that as a result of losing owner-ship of Sue, Black Hills’ had no right to file fora copyright on the castings it made from thespecimen. As for the other castings in ques-tion, from the t-rex Stan, Tease says thosewere given by Black Hills to a paleontologistwho worked with — but not for — Fort PeckPaleontology.
Tease said that the employee who usedthe casts to mold the head of Peck’s Rex didso at the direction of that outside paleontolo-gist. Subsequent profits off Peck’s Rex totaled“five figures, max,” Tease said, adding thather client remained willing to give up thecasts still in its possession.
John Rabenberg, an eastern Montanawheat and barley farmer and chairman ofFort Peck Paleontology, said the organiza-tion has been shut down until the lawsuit isresolved.
Judge Orders Talks In Dinosaur Dispute“They want $22 million for noteven the real bones but casts ofthe bones that are inside theskull.”
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