Stories from Tuesday, August 28, 2007

In the eventuality of an attack utilizing nuclear weapons, everyone should know minimum basic planning, action, and reaction, necessary to reduce harm to self, family, and neighbors. Nuclear bursts have the following basic factors associated with a detonation:...

Keith and Cheryl (Hartman) Moreland will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 2, 1967, in Bird City. Their children are Lori Rios of Burlington, Colo., Dean and Deanna Moreland of Illinois and Jeff and Felicia Moreland of Hugoton, Kan. They have six grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 503 West M, McCook, NE 69001...

Nov. 7, 1923 - Aug. 27, 2007 OBERLIN -- LeRoy Hurst Schmidt, 83, died Monday (Aug. 27, 2007) at his home south of Achilles, Kan. He was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Achilles, to Albert and Leota (Hurst) Schmidt. He grew up on a farm in the Achilles Township in Decatur County. He attended rural grade school and Decatur Community High School, graduating in 1941. He attended Kansas State University...

Aug. 28, 1911 - Aug. 22, 2007 ATWOOD?-- Jarrold "Jerry" D. Bell, 95, died Wednesday (Aug. 22, 2007) at Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born to Ora Gem and Nellie Mae (Dowling) Bell on Aug. 28, 1911, near Norcatur, Kan. He attended country school and Norcatur High School, graduating in 1929. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

Sept. 20, 1906 - Aug. 26, 2007 BIRD?CITY?-- Velta Katherine Johnson, 100, died Sunday (Aug. 26, 2007) at Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born Sept. 20, 1906, in Sherman County. She married Harold T. Johnson and worked as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold in 1975 and three grandchildren, Christine Johnson in 1955, Rick Johnson in 1992 and Betty Mansfield in 2005...

Aug. 21, 1931 - Aug. 25, 2007 ST. FRANCIS?-- Jerdene Bruce Barnhart, 76, died Saturday (Aug. 25, 2007) at Swedish Hospital in Englewood, Colo. He was born Aug. 21, 1931, in Cheyenne County. He married Barbara Clouse and worked as a farmer-rancher...

June 29, 1936 - Aug. 26, 2007 TRENTON -- Raymond Walker was called to his heavenly home Aug. 26, 2007, at El Dorado Manor Home in Trenton, at the age of 71. He was born June 29, 1936, in San Diego, Calif., the son of the late Earl R. and Katherine (Allen) Walker. In 1953, Ray joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served his country,...

Anyone who is out before sunrise has seen them; droves of "walkers" getting their exercise before breakfast. And now that the days are getting shorter, they're out after sundown, plying the streets in sweats and cross-trainers, chatting with their walking partner or tuned in to their iPods...

Kind of hard to get up after being up until the wee hours watching the total lunar eclipse. I haven't seen the Moon that red since I was a lad. I am usually not an early morning astronomer. However, there is occasionally something worth watching or looking for at that hour, and this eclipse certainly qualified. ...

A fire truck drives through heat waves generated by burning bales and pasture grass between Oberlin and Cedar Bluffs Monday afternoon. Firefighters from Decatur County in Kansas and Beaver Valley and Red Willow Western in Nebraska fought the fire from about 3 p.m. ...

Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning seemed satisfied, or at least resigned, with cuts and compromises made in several county budgets, although Chairman Earl McNutt joked, "Oh, it's never enough ... " Commissioners and budget clerk Shirley Volz plan a public hearing to approve the final budget Monday, Sept. 10, at 9:30 a.m...

Officials are blaming a candle which destroyed a mobile home on Saturday. According to a report, the McCook Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at approximately 2:13 a.m. on Saturday at 1604 West 4th Lot 75. Upon arrival of the fire department, heavy smoke was coming from the rear of a trailer house...

ATWOOD -- People who are fanatic about cooking, as well as eating barbequed foods, are invited to be in Atwood Saturday, Sept. 29 to participate in the community's fourth annual, "Smokin' on the Beaver" barbeque contest. This year's contest will once again be produced and directed by Gary Worthy and Linda Vap, who are spearheading the annual event...

Sept. 12, 1948 - Aug. 27, 2007 John David Case died Monday Aug. 27, 2007, at his home in Riverton, Wyo., at the age of 58. He was born Sept.12, 1948, at McCook, the son of Joseph and Jean (Prosser) Case. He grew up on the family farm west of Culbertson and attended District 75 grade school. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1966. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1971, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity...