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Lincoln Journal Star HOMETOWN Saturday, January 3, 2004 3B Hastings boy strong of spirit The teen has survived heart problems even though he wasn't expected to live through his first week. BY LINDA GARCIA Hastings Tribune HASTINGS Taylor Wilson's mom considers him her miracle child. Born with five holes in his heart and an interrupted aortic arch, which means blood wasn't flowing effectively from his the rest of his body, Taylor wasn't expected live out his heartto first full week. Within three days of his birth, he'd been flown to an Omaha hospital for his first surgery. And he did survive.

Today, he's a pretty typical 13-year-old boy. He likes in-line skating; he's wrecked a threewheeler; he loves to ride roller coasters. But he also has a pacemaker, which was inserted last April after a school nurse realized his heart rate had dropped to 44 beats per minute. Valves in his heart continue to leak after being repaired during that surgery, so he tires easily and can sleep for hours. Taylor and Sandi recently paid a visit to Walt Disney World, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska.

It's the trip he was supposed to take in April, but he went through surgery instead, the very week the family would have been riding the Disney roller coasters. The April surgery repaired leakage in the tricuspid valve, the mitral valve and the aortic valve in Taylor's heart. "They decided at the same time that since his heartbeat was so low, they'd put in a pacemaker," Sandi said. "The pacemaker is just a backup. His heart does the beating and the pumping, but if it gets a little slow, the pacemaker picks up the pace." Taylor's friends know about the pacemaker and surgery, but most didn't realize how sick he was until he had the surgery, Sandi said.

His friends are supportive, but he gets teased sometimes, he said. "My friends kind of make fun of me, but they're not making fun of me," he said. Taylor's not allowed to wrestle, play hockey or kwon do, Sandi said. But otherwise, he can do almost a anything he wants. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Taylor Wilson sits with his mother, Sandy, last month in Hastings.

Born with five holes in his heart and an interrupted aortic arch, which means blood wasn't flowing effectively from his heart to the rest of his body, Taylor wasn't expected to live out his first full week. Unfortunately, his heart isn't his only prob- didn't want to let him live in a bubble." lem. He also gastrointestinal Taylor laughed at that, an ornery glint in his has reflux, which causes stomach pain. It also makes him sensitive to motion sickness: If he doesn't take Dramamine before riding on a roller coaster, he'll get sick for sure, Sandi said. Sandi said she's worked hard to make sure Taylor has a normal childhood.

"I let him do dangerous things," she said. "I dark blue eyes. "I still do dangerous things," said, telling how he wrecked his uncle's threewheeler last year. "I never rode a three-wheeler since," he said. But he still climbs trees and uses in-line skates on his paper route, when he has enough energy to do so.

Airport in Norfolk changing its look A new hangar and improved fencing are part of a plan to work with its customers. BY TRISHA THOMPSON Norfolk Daily News NORFOLK You won't find Jerry Adams in his office twiddling his thumbs. The manager of the Karl Stefan' Memorial Airport in Norfolk is a hands-on type of guy. "I've got to be out there doing whatever they're doing, seeing what we can do better or not, or what we need," he said. These days, there's no shortage of things to keep Adams busy.

Concrete was poured recently for a new hangar to house planes, including those used by Great Lakes Aviation, the Wyoming-based company that provides daily commuter flights linking Norfolk and Denver. A new fuel tank for the airline also went into service last month. Those two improvements were aimed at promoting a stronger working relationship between the Norfolk Airport Authority, which manages the Norfolk airport, and Great Lakes, said Dan Geary, airport authority chairman. That's important because earlier in 2003, Norfolk was at risk of losing the Essential Air Service subsidy from the federal government that allows the commuter air service to continue, he said. Why? Because Great Lakes' per passenger cost ha had risen above the statutory maximum of $200.

In other words, passenger numbers had dropped to the point that the flights were in jeopardy. Although the subsidy was temporarily restored in mid-November, it served as a wake-up RECORDS Births Steal Brohman, Jon 34, 2900 S. 72nd, $250. Dec. 31 Driving under suspension Gross, Melissa (Wolverton), and Brad, Lin- Whitehill, Linda 44, 3344 St.

Also: recoin, girl, Saint Elizabeth. fuse to comply. One- year license suspension, seven days jail, $200. Out of Town Driving under the Influence Petracek, Jennae Marie, and Tibbs, William Thanadabouth, Thongpane 40, 100 W. P.

Leonard, Reelsville, boy, Dec. 31. one year probation, $400. Butt, Jeffrey 21, 4931 Gladstone one Marriage licenses year Lefeber, probation, Nicholas $400. 21, 1201 Charleston Stephens, Larry 42, Bennet, and Gage, nine months probation, $400.

Michelle 44, Bennet. 23, 2259 St. Shi, Yuan, 28, 1411 and Qu, Heliang, I Police calls Spale, Jon 40, 5131 Foxglove Circle, and Of the 385 calls received by Lincoln police Baehr, Jean 38, Omaha. Thursday, the following resulted in property loss Brown, Jay J. 32, 5609 Harding Drive, es of $500 or more.

and Martin, Rhonda 27, 5609 Harding Drive. Parde, Micah 24, 1000 and Mencl, Auto thefts Danielle 23, 1000 St. Between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Fanders, Jason 26, 1316 S.

Eighth Thursday, between Calvert, Fifth and Eighth and Manrose, Melisa 25, 1316 S. Eighth St. streets; blue 1994 Lincoln Continental was takMoore, Stephen 3423 S. 40th en; loss: $5,000. 46, and Tucker, Dawn 48, 4135 A St.

Thefts fr from vehicles Ulrich, Bradley 36, 1200 N. 40th and Between 10:45 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Lostroh, Katie 24, 5649 S. 31st St.

Wednesday, 1.400 block of North 19th Street; Snodgrass, Bryan 37, Beatrice, and Kenwood stereo, DVD player, miscellaneous Ahlers, Laura 31, Beatrice. items: $1,195. Mancillas, Reyes 21, 1200 Washington Between 1 and 10 a.m. Thursday, 400 and Falcon, Melisa 17, 2327 S. 13th St.

block of North 44th Street; glucose meters, othA-Burki, Haider 27, 1023 and Kru- er items; $3,945. tak, Lynae 21, 1521 S. 20th St. Between Dec. 29 and 4 p.m.

Tuesday, 2600 block of West Street; rotorooter, ladder, other items; $845. I Divorce decrees Between 9 and 10 Monday, 5000 p.m. Clayton-Reznick, Diane, and Rezick, block of South 19th Street; Rockford Fosgate 10- Stephen inch subwoofer; $600. Craiglow, Crystal L. and John L.

Thefts Between Aug. 18 and Sept. 9, 700 block of I Courts um West cleaner; Washington $796. Street; sewing machine, vacuMinimum sentences for publication, one or Between 1:45 and 2:30 a.m. Thursday, more of the following: 10 days jail, $250 total 900 block of Lakeshore Drive; purse, cash, credit fine, six months probation or license suspension, cards, other items; $700.

probation revocation. Also published: bindovers to District Court. Court costs additional to fines. Vandalism if Correc- Between 10 a.m. Monday and 11:45 a.m.

Age, address, any, from public record. 3900 block of North Ninth Street; damtions will be made only if public record was re- Tuesday, aged vehicles; $500. ported incorrectly, Between 2 and 2:05 a.m. Thursday, 1100 DISTRICT COURT block of Van Dorn Street; vehicle damaged; (Sentencing judge's name in parentheses after $1,000. sentence.) Between Dec.

18 and Dec. 26, Heidelberg's Sexual assault of a child Sports Bar, 4620 Bear damaged windows Wilbur, Steven 49, 31.16 Holdrege, two on vehicle; $3,000, counts, eight to 10 years prison. (McGinn) Between 8 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, HyKazadi, Mutombo 41, 2821 two Vee, 7151 Stacy Lane; damaged vehicle; $500. counts, 10 years prison.

(Burns) Horton, Possession Shelly of 51, controlled 2231 W. substance Millstone I Sex Offender Registry Road, 18 months probation. (McGinn) Information from the sex offender registry Unauthorized use of financial device shall not be used to retaliate against the regisJamison, Latasha 24, Benton Harbor, trants, their families or their employers in any 140 days jail. (Merritt) way, warns the Nebraska State Patrol in its Web Attempted burglary site. Vandalism, verbal or written threats of harm Frizzell, Scott 35, transient, one to three are illegal and will result in arrest and prosecuprison.

(Cheuvront) tion. years Theft by receiving stolen property The Journal Star will run the entire list of reg. istered Level 3 sex offenders in Lincoln and Ewoldt, John 26, 1405 Washington six months jail. (Colborn) Southeast Nebraska in the Daily Record the last Saturday of the month. Changes to the list will COUNTY COURT run Saturdays in the Daily Record.

Sexual assault of a child Counties included are: Butler, Cass, Clay, FillLaschanzky, Loren 20, Douglas, bound to more, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, district court, $25,000 bond. Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Theft by unlawful taking Saunders, Seward, Thayer and York counties. For Gonzales, Victor 1130 N. 29th a complete listing and pictures of the offenders, visit the State Patrol's Web site at: 18, No. 1., $350.

www.nsp.state.ne.us. Violate harassment protection order Changes in the last week: Root, Rebecca 18, 918 Mulder Drive, 10 days jail. LANCASTER COUNTY Speeding Cervantes, Michael, D.0.B. 1121 Carter, Rodney 19, Offutt AFB. Also: fol- N.

29th Lincoln, has moved to a new adlow to closely. $300. dress. sleep i in already-cramped rest areas BULL MESA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ken Funk of Norfolk controls a float on 252 square yards of hardening concrete poured for a new hanger at the Norfolk Airport. call that the airport needs to become more selfsupporting, Geary said.

"In the past, we, as a community, haven't backed the airline at all. So, now we're kind of waking up to the fact that we need to be fairly SUNDAY A.M. Indulge- Arts. Every Sunday in the Lincoln Journal Star It's Easy to Recycle in Your Neighborhood! There are 5 Newspaper Only and 17 Multi-Material Recycling Drop-Off Centers located in Lincoln and 5 Multi-Material Sites in the County. Here's what materials are acceptable at the Multi-Material Recycling Sites: CARDBOARD CANS GLASS BOTTLES PLASTIC RESIDENTIAL NEWSPAPERS BOXES AND JARS CONTAINERS MIXED PAPERS clean, take Place mail, magazines, bica Put newspapers Breakfast Flatten card- Rinse, 'Containers office and clean in paper bag Cereal board and band flatten off lids, separate Rinse school Pastry and by color and place clean, take off with no paperboard and CANS and paper and other Oatmeal place inside tin cans and in separate lids, place in direcrecycling in separate recycling compart- separate recycling tories together in a containers.

recycling compart- compartments. bag. Keep newsments. paper ments. papers separate.

Truckers mann of Lincoln aren't really affected by the new rules. He mostly drives between Lincoln and Kearney, and makes a roughly trip to Wichita, twice a week. So he's not danger of exceeding his hourly limits, but he favors the change, "It's forcing drivers to take time off and get decent rest before heading back on the road," he said. Other truckers, including Elwin Schell of Alda, worry about time wasted waiting. "You might sit there a whole day," said Schell, a driver since 1975.

And Craig Holthus of Otoe wonders where truckers will rest. An extra two hours of mandated downtime will make it harder to find places to park and get some Continued from Page 1B Truckers such as Jeremy Thu- on the traffic-saturated interstate. "There's no place to stop," he said. Semi parking has been a concern this year. In November, officials placed barrier signs along the shoulders of some rest stop entrance and exit areas to stop illegal parking.

But unlike the signs, which offer no flexibility, there will be a learning curve for the new law, Brokaw said. For 60 days, warnings will be issued to truckers who aren't following the rules, and the trucker will have to park his or her truck, he said. And glowing or gloomy predictions aside, everybody better get used to following the law, Hybl said. "Come January 4, the rule is the rule," Hybl said. "And that's the rule we have to live with." Reach Leah Thorsen at 473-7246 or.