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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • A1

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Lincoln, Nebraska
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A1
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4815 S. 14th Street 402.423.2800 lincolnmatterss.com Queen MatterSS Wednesday, June 18, 2014 LInCOLn, neBRasKa HH Ole Miss scores in ninth to knock out Texas Tech. cws -S AT $1 .0 0 COnTaCT us Delivery and subscriptions 877-760-6006 Newsroom 402-473-7301 Classified ads 402-473-7373 Retail ads 402-473-7450 Toll-free 800-742-7315 Copyright 2014 Lee Enterprises Inc. 32 pages Births Business Calendar Classified D7 Comics Crosswords D5, D6 Local B1-6 Lotteries Movies A5, A8 Obituaries B4-5 Opinion Puzzles BusIness Dow 16,808.49 Nasdaq 4,337.23 Page A4 95 72 details, B8 WeaTHeR journalstar.com See pilger, page A2 See STOp, page A2 2 DEATHS REPORTED tornadoes result in the deaths of a 5-year-old girl and 74-year-old man. STRENGTH OF TWISTERS Pilger tornado may have been EF4 yOu cAN HElP Volunteers, donations needed as clean-up begins.

PHOTOS: More images from the devastation in northeast Nebraska. VIDEO: An aerial view of Pilger following tornadoes. Traditional Japanese chocolate comes to Nebraska. the (402) 411 D1sPorts c1 By NANCY HICKS Lincoln Journal Star A Lincoln-based outpatient treatment program that helps keep sex offenders from re-of- fending may end this summer, because there appears to be no money to keep it running. By all accounts, the STOP pro- gram run by Lincoln psychologist Dr.

Mary Paine since 2000 has been successful in reducing the recidivism of people with sexually deviant behavior who are living in the Lincoln area. just have it shut Deputy Lancaster County Public Defender Joe Nigro said, pointing to financial and public safety factors. The program is a mix of group and individual therapy, based on the need of each client, that helps people adapt after being in prison or at the Lincoln Regional Center, and helps them avoid deviant behavior. But there will be no funding for about half of the 50-plus clients after June 30 unless something changes. Without the local program, some clients will have to go back to the Regional Center, or back to prison because they have been ordered by the mental health board to participate in the program.

sTOP has succeeded in limiting repeat offenses. Sex offender program funds to dry up GWYNETH Journal Star With shattered trees in the background, residents walk past debris on Black Hills Trail Road on Tuesday in Pilger. StormChasingVideo.com This frame grab taken from video provided by StormChasingVideo.com shows two tornadoes near Pilger on Monday. The National Weather Service said at least two twisters touched down within roughly a mile of each other. PIckING uP PIlGER Residents begin scavenging among the ruins.

Governor vows Pilger will be rebuilt. Inside Pages a6-7 More online By AlGIS J. lAukAITIS Lincoln Journal Star ILGER They scavenged among the ruins Tuesday morning for a few per-sonal possessions and prepared to leave like refugees fleeing a war zone. Pilger, their proud hometown, looked like a bombed village from World War II. Roofs blown away.

Walls caved in. Trees stripped bare. Homes and businesses 75 percent of the town was left in shambles. Jim Duncan, the chairman of the village board, found a pair of jeans and shorts. He wrapped them in a blanket like a hobo as he made his way through a gauntlet of media ve- hicles stretched along Nebraska 15.

His home was gone taken by monster of a tornado with two tails. Two ban- dages covered the wounds on his forehead left by a floor support in his basement, the place where he, his sister and nephew hid from the EF4 tornado..

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