Stories from Monday, May 4, 2009

BERTRAND -- Legendary Hayes Center boys track coach Dale Bubak made an appearance at the Republican Plains Activities Conference track meet to watch the Cardinal boys win the conference meet at Bertrand Friday. Bubak coached the Cardinals to five consecutive Class D state track titles 1968-72.

Jan. 19, 1915 - April 30, 2009 HAYES CENTER -- Lavina M. Palic died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. She was 94 years old. On Jan. 19, 1915, in Lincoln County, Lavina was born to Walter and Fannie (Hruza) Buzzell. She graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1934 and lived all her life in the Hayes Center and Wallace area...

Aug. 17, 1940 - April 30, 2009 Richard S. Fisher died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was 68 years old. On Aug. 17, 1940, he was born in Maywood to Leonard S. and Ona Evalena (Blake) Fisher. He received his GED in 1959. He lived most of his life in southwest Nebraska and Northern Kansas...

July 7, 1926 - April 30, 2009 BEAVER CITY -- Elma Elsie Noel, 82, died Thursday (April 30, 2009) at Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. She was born July 7, 1926, in Culbertson to Carl and Dora (Perkins) Carlson. She grew up in Trenton and graduated from Trenton High School in 1945...

The Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights should restore some sanity.

In the early 1920s an extraordinary engineer/salesman, William Stout had an idea, which he believed would revolutionize the aircraft industry. Using some of the ideas of the German engineer, Hugo Junkers (the manufacturer of many of the World War I German war planes), Stout thought that his plane could be used, not only for transporting goods, but also for hauling passengers across the country...

From high notes to low notes and everything in between, vocal harmonies rang out at the "Just Plain Barbershop Show" Saturday night at Memorial Auditorium. The Prairie Statesmen sponsored the show and also sang a few numbers, including barbershop favorites and old-time gospel tunes...