Stories from Wednesday, December 1, 2010

July 10, 1949--Nov. 30, 2010 EUSTIS, Nebraska -- Von Amos Jurjens, 61, passed away Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2010), at his home, surrounded by his family after a short but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born July 10, 1949, in Lexington to Amos and Emma (Koch) Jurjens. He graduated from Eustis High School in 1967. He attended college at University of Nebraska at Lincoln and University of Nebraska School of Techinical Agriculture at Curtis...

IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Norma Ohrmund, 80, died Monday (Nov. 29, 2010), at Chase County Hospital in Imperial. She is survived by her two daughters, Brenda Cahow of Imperial, and Lisa Kerchal and husband, Rory of Wauneta, Nebraska; and four grandchildren...

It's that time of year when everything gets a workout, from our lungs to the old battery in our car to the heater in our homes. Unfortunately, the cold lets us know when we're out of shape by our wheezing, by the failure of our car to start -- or more seriously, the failure of our home heating equipment...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- The following letter was recently sent to Mike Hendricks, writer of the weekend edition's "Mike at Night" column: Mike: Jerry and I want to commend you on your articles that you write for the McCook Gazette. We always look forward to reading them. ...

I want to thank the community for supporting my Adopt-a-Chaplain project in sending boxes for our troops in Afghanistan. I received many many bags and boxes of wonderful items plus donations of money. Last Tuesday, Nov. 23 I sent our 91st box. This year my boxes were the large priority flat-rate boxes so they held a lot more goodies. Most touching were the large number of cards and letters that were included in the boxes...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- For the first time in many years, the Keystone in McCook will be hosting the public at a holiday event. The Christmas season function will take place Saturday, starting at 10 a.m. and lasting until after the Light Parade down Norris Avenue...

McCook, Nebraska, firefighters inspect the damage after fire spread just after midnight today from an RV motor home to the south wall of a garage at 1006 East B. Fire Chief Marc Harpham estimated damage to the mobile home and the garage, owned by Kenneth Yeager, at $10,000. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook, Nebraska, Toy Box elves plan a raffle to fund Toy Box activities and to buy batteries for toys that will be distributed during the annual gift give-away scheduled Sunday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m., in the Nebraska Army National Guard armory at 404 W. Seventh...

I'm afraid I fell victim to an unrealistic idealization of what love was in my younger years. Too many romance novels, no doubt. I really wanted to be someone's reason for living, I wanted someone to be absolutely consumed by the want of me. Wow. The power. To have someone wrapped around my little finger, ready to leap to accomplish my every whim...