Stories from Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hobo Sherry Lytle, McCook "A hobo. I came from South McCook so I'd just get Grandpa's overalls, blacken my face and then come up to town where nobody me." Witch Cami Wheeler, McCook "I'm always a witch. It works for me because I have long dark hair."...

Jan. 10, 1907-Oct. 16, 2007 HAYES CENTER �" Etta E. Nelms, 100, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2007), at the Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 10, 1907, to John Henry and Melissa J. (Mulford) Lawson in Cambridge. She graduated from Bartley High School in 1926...

March 9, 1925-Oct. 17, 2007 LEXINGTON �" Elmer R. Frerichs, 82, died Wednesday, (Oct. 17, 2007), at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born March 9, 1925, at Culbertson, to William H. and Mabel (Christensen) Frerichs. He grew up in the Culbertson area where he attended school...

Aug. 5, 1928-Oct. 16, 2007 GRAND ISLAND �" Anthony “Tony” Calvo, 79, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2007), at St. Francis Medical Center after battling cancer. He was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Newark, N.J. He joined the Merchant Marines at age 17, becoming the youngest chief cook during his term of service. He later joined the Air Force and then the Navy...

The McCook Public Power District board of directors approved a 2.2 percent increase for MPPD’s retail customers, to offset a proposed 12 percent increase in wholesale rates from the Nebraska Public Power District. MPPD is a wholesale customer of NPPD...

The city is preparing for the winter storm season and for the first time this year, will implement a new procedure, compliments of the water treatment plant. Before a winter storm, city crews will pre-treat streets with salt brine solution, a by-product of the water treatment plant...

CULBERTSON �" Culbertson and Trenton school districts may dissolve their individual school boundaries and merge into a new school district. Members of both boards of education will discuss a legal agreement to accomplish that plan at a meeting Tuesday, Nov. 13...

It’s sad, but it’s a fact that it often takes a tragedy for things to get done. It is good, however, when we can learn from the misfortune of others in time to do something about it. Such is the case at the University of Nebraska, which is putting to work the power of the electronic communications revolution to keep faculty, students and staff safe...

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of sitting back and watching seven men cook dinner. It was an absolutely amazing display of differing opinions working into a dinner of perfect harmony and contentment. Brad and I were on our annual antelope-hunting trip in the hills of Wyoming about 50 miles east of Gillette...

Forget about scrambled eggs or pancakes. Megumi Hamrick just wants a decent plate of smelt. She misses eating the small, coastline fish she often had for breakfast, but can’t find anywhere in McCook. Still, she continues to haunts stores for whatever Japanese food she can track down...

Sept. 17, 1919-Oct. 15, 2007 ATWOOD �" Martin E. Waterman Sr., 88, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2007) at the Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born Sept. 17, 1919, in Steinauer to Herman and Clara (Siske) Waterman. He was baptized Oct. 26, 1919, and was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ludell in 1933.