Stories from Monday, December 20, 2010

The family of Russell Marks is hosting an open house celebration of his 80th birthday Sunday, 2-5 p.m., at Family Life Center, just east of the Church of God in Trenton. He was born Dec. 14, 1930, just south of Culbertson and has lived and worked around Hitchcock County all of his life. ...

July 15, 1964-Dec. 15, 2010 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Lisa Dawn Ohrman, 46, died Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2010), west of Bartley, Nebraska as a result of a car accident. She was born on July 15, 1964 at Holdrege, Nebraska to John A. and Edith Mae (Palmer) Whitbeck...

April 23, 1919-Dec. 18, 2010 NORCATUR, Kansas -- Forrest D. Jackson, 91, died Saturday (Dec. 18, 2010), at his residence north of Norcatur. He was born April 23, 1919, on a farm northeast of Norcatur in Norton County, Kansas, to Arthur Raymond and Viola (Wertenberger) Jackson. He was raised in Norcatur...

Oct. 5, 1925-Dec. 17, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- B. Joyce Stear, 85, died Friday (Dec. 17, 2010), at the Tri Valley Health System Long Term Care Facility. She was born Oct. 5, 1925, in Otis, Colorado to Harold Gideon and Grace Inez (Clark) Rorabaugh. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- It goes without saying that conservatives and liberals don't see the world in the same way. Now, research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests that is exactly, and quite literally, the case. In a new study, UNL researchers measured both liberals' and conservatives' reaction to "gaze cues" -- a person's tendency to shift attention in a direction consistent with another person's eye movements, even if it's irrelevant to their current task -- and found big differences between the two groups.. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Would residents attend county commissioners' meetings if they were scheduled in the evening? Would they attend meetings if commissioners met twice a month, rather than four times a month? Would Tuesdays, or even Wednesdays, work better than Mondays?...

One of the joys of the holidays is getting together with family and friends, but too often, the safety of children is overlooked during the celebration. The Nebraska Regional Poison Center reports that poisoning incidents involving children increase over the holidays, while children are spending extra time at home amid potential dangers...

It was 1951 -- our first Christmas as a married couple. The problem was that we weren't together. Jean was in Nebraska. I was in Korea; so far away from home that if I went any further I'd be coming back again -- in a land where they didn't celebrate Christmas anyway. And to top off the whole situation I was working the bakery graveyard shift on -- Christmas Day! I was having a bad case of homesickness...

"Quiet on the Set!" The room in the basement of the McCook Public Library becomes silent. Well, more silent than it was before the command. The dozen or so participants gathered in Joy Farr's 6-7-8 Club observe Joy reading from the TelePrompter. As Joy finishes her lines, she slips out of the set, and the next participant nervously takes her place in front of the green screen. ...

Every year at this time my thoughts go back to Christmas past when our kids were growing up and how wonderful they made the holidays for Diane and me. And now with grand children it reminds us even more just how much fun it is when children are around to enjoy Christmas with us...

HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- Holdrege's girls basketball program will serve as an example of where the McCook girls want to be. The Dusters jumped all over the Bison girls Saturday, Dec. 18, in a 67-32 romp at the Holdrege High School gym. Holdrege led 26-0 after one quarter as McCook struggled to get the ball upcourt against a tough Dusters pressure defense...

HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- McCook High School's boys basketball team ended a two-game losing streak and brightened what could have been a miserable weekend with a huge 57-54 win at Holdrege Saturday, Dec. 18. The Bison boys suffered a cold start Friday, Dec. 17, in a 59-49 loss to Class A North Platte in action at the McCook Senior High gym...