Stories from Friday, May 25, 2007

Program ready to enter Phase II.

A tractor left wiggly squiggles and a center pivot system casts rolling shadows on a spring-green wheat field just east of the Oxford junction on Highway 6&34. With moderate temperatures and a chance of showers through the Memorial Day weekend, green should be the dominant color on the Golden Plains for some time to come...

Interim superintendent announces changes at Thursday staff meeting.

Library installs new microfilm reader

Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors unanimously approved at their monthly meeting Wednesday at the North Platte campus the purchase of 11 laptop computers for board members, at $9,999.22 "I have stacks and stacks of stuff in my office," said Royce Norman, according to Ron Snell of the North Platte Telegraph. " I just believe that it would be much more efficient for us to be able to communicate quickly and conveniently by computer." Norman, board chair, recommended the purchase...

Nov. 13, 1919 - May 22, 2007 Margaret Ann (Murphy) Fisher died Tuesday (May 22, 2007) at Wheatridge, Colo., at the age of 87. She was born in Red Willow County Nov. 13, 1919, the youngest of four children of James R. Murphy and Amanda F. Campbell. She lived the majority of her life in Danbury, Lebanon and McCook area, graduating from Lebanon High School...

Sept. 27, 1917 - May 22, 2007 OMAHA -- Dorothy Louise (Wolf) Loghry, 89, died Tuesday (May 22 2007) at Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha.   She was born Sept. 27, 1917, in Frontier County to Reece and Ruth (Cathcart) Wolf. She grew up at Quick where her father owned the general store and her mother was the Post Mistress. She attended school in rural Frontier County and graduated from the University Of Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1936. ...

Jack and Betty Hendrix Feb. 24, 1922 - Nov. 25, 2006 Dec. 31, 1924 - March 18, 2007 Jack Hendrix died on Nov. 25, 2006, and Betty Hendrix died on March 18, 2007, both in Denver, Colo. Both lived in the Southwest Nebraska area for over 80 years. Jack was born in Traer, Kan., on Feb. 24, 1922, to Charles and Mary Hendrix. He graduated from Decatur County High School and attended the University of Nebraska where he earned his teaching degree and later his law degree...

I was playing golf this past Thursday with Jim Lemon, a good friend of mine and, as we were preparing to tee off on the second hole at Heritage Hills, a head popped up a couple of hundred yards down our target line and motioned for us to go ahead and hit. ...

Dateline: Fob Liberty, Iraq. May 23, 2007 "Hello Mrs. Trail, I am First Sergeant Chandler. My unit was given a box of goodies from the Chaplain that you and your lovely friends sent to him. I would like to thank you for the gifts of kindness and the support that you give us. ...

Those who know all too well the price of sacrifice are here among us.

The Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook will undergo some changes in July, as the result of LB 83. LB 83 was approved by the Legislature this year and put into effect immediately by emergency passage. It allows inmates currently housed at Nebraska Correctional facilities to earn an earlier release if they successfully complete the program at the Work Ethic Camp...

Dec. 9, 1936-May 23, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Bobbie LeRoy Behlke Sr., 70, died Wednesday (May 23, 2007), at Dundy County Hospital, losing a nine-month battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 9, 1936, in Cheyenne County, Kan., to Leonard and Ethel (Langdale) Behlke.  He attended school in Benkelman until his freshman year then quit school to work and help out on the family farm. ...