Stories from Monday, August 31, 2009

Oct 24, 1927 -- Aug 26, 2009 PAPILLION -- The Rev. A. Harold Farrington, 81, died Wednesday (Aug. 26, 2009). He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley J. Farrington. He is survived by sons, Allen Farrington (Brenda) and Steven Farrington; daughters, Karen Farrington and Diane Daniels (Mike); grandchildren: Nikole, Ramona, Philip, Candice, Matthew and Nathaniel; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brothers, Louis Farrington and Jim Farrington; and extended family in the Southwest Nebraska area.. ...

Sept. 22, 1992 - Aug. 28, 2009 PIERCE -- Isaac A. Stamp, 16, died Friday (Aug. 28, 2009) as a result of an automobile accident near Pierce. Isaac was born Sept. 22, 1992, in Norfolk. He attended Pierce Elementary School and was a junior at Pierce High School. He worked part-time at Jerry's Campers in Norfolk...

Sept. 27, 1933 - Aug. 29, 2009 OBERLIN --Arlo Wurm, 75, died Saturday (Aug. 29, 2009) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born Sept. 27, 1933, in Traer to John and Lydia (Unger) Wurm. He grew up on a farm near Traer and attended Decatur Community High School, graduating in 1952. He entered the U.S. Army...

Nov. 24, 1926 - Aug. 25, 2009 BARTLEY -- Athol M. Callan, 82, of Cambridge, died Tuesday (Aug. 25, 2009) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wheeler, Kan., on Nov. 24, 1926, to Ralph C. and May A.(Duncan) Black. She attended school in Wheeler and St. Francis...

Sept. 3, 1926 - Aug. 28, 2009 NORTH PLATTE -- Mariann Ogorzolka, 82, died Friday (Aug. 28, 2009) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born Sept. 3, 1926, at Palisade to Roy and Olive (Ritchie) Marquissee. She attended and graduated from Stratton High School. After graduation she went to business college and later graduated from the McCook Beauty School...

McCook High School's football program has a number of traditions that have been embraced and nurtured by the players, coaches and fans over the decades. One of the newer ones, it now appears, is a yearly thrashing of the Sidney Red Raiders. The Bison steamrolled their overmatched opening night visitor 42-7 on the Weiland Field gridiron Friday night. ...

The McCook Bison girls golf team won the McCook Invitational golf meet at Heritage Hills in McCook Friday. Allie Exstrom of Minden won top individual honors with a 47-45-92. "I knew that we had a bunch of skills and we are so young that I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to utlize them," said McCook head coach Randy Ryser...

"R.C.," Red Willow County's newest sheriff's officer, makes her debut at the office in McCook Monday morning. She has stops at the veterinarian's office and an introduction to trainer Mark Stokey of the Nebraska State Patrol before heading off to five-eight weeks of training in drug detection and tracking in Grand Island starting Oct. 12. R.C.'s handler will be Sheriff's deputy Sgt. Joe Koetter...

The classic sights and sounds of 1930s radio will share the spotlight with the Oberlin Area Concert Band at the historic Fox Theatre during McCook's 2009 Heritage Days celebration. Thanks to the efforts of singers and musicians from Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, the theatre will host "Saturday Night at the Fox" on Saturday night, Sept. 26, beginning at 7:30 p.m...

Most of us don't like to be nosy neighbors, and we certainly don't like to have them, but they have their place. It's unfortunate that neighbors and customers of Phillip Craig Garrido weren't a little nosier when it cam to his "daughter," who turned out to be Jaycee Lee Dugard, who he kidnapped 18 years ago and with whom he had two children...

The political discussions surrounding the proper usage of water, both surface and ground, seems to carefully avoid the core issue. We, as water users, no matter for what purpose, need to use management tools that have but one goal; to maintain sustainability of the water supplies nature provides...

A 1967 Chevy Chevelle that will be raffled off Sept. 12, restored and modified by the Transportation Division of Mid-Plains Community College, was showcased at Westview Plaza recently in McCook and brought out custom car enthusiasts from all over. We asked them, besides car parts, what was the one thing they splurged on these days...

After meeting with several thousand Nebraskans statewide during a half dozen public meetings in August, I came away with a number of thoughts that I will take back to Washington with me, not the least of which is Nebraskans are on the edge of their seats over health care reform...