Stories from Tuesday, December 28, 2010

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The planned McCook Community College Events Center has received the support of the local McCook Sertoma Club, which has pledged its support to provide funds for the installation of state-of-the-art assisted-listening technology in the Center's main gymnasium...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Crista Hudson's life-changing car accident two years ago was preceded by years of turbulent teen life made worse by family struggles and peer pressure. In this second installment, Crista picks up the story with a new structured life with foster parents in Imperial...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Nothing's permanent forever ... not a meeting schedule that's been this way forever, nor a big white house that's been there for 98 years. Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners at their meeting Monday morning decided not to change their schedule of meeting four times a month, and will pay a McCook construction company to tear down a county-owned apartment house...

May 11, 1917--Dec. 27, 2010 OBERLIN, Kansas -- James W. Plotts, 93, died Monday (Dec. 27, 2010), at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. He was born May 11, 1917, in rural Oberlin, to Leroy C. and Mary E. (Dees) Plotts. He was raised on the family farm northeast of Oberlin and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1939...

Feb. 2, 1923--Dec. 26, 2010 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Clara M. Fringer, 87, died Sunday (Dec. 26, 2010), at Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas. She was born Feb. 2, 1923 in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas, to Archie and Laura (Bryan) Pryor. She was raised in Decatur County and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1940...

Sept. 19, 1949--Dec. 26, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Clarence Joseph "Topper" Fossen, 61, passed away on Sunday (Dec. 26, 2010) at Community Hospital in McCook. Topper was born on Sept. 19, 1949, in McCook to Henry Mathias "Hank" and Pauline Barbara (Stritt) Fossen. ...

June 23, 1917--Dec. 26, 2010 CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Merlin Elda Nichols, 93, passed away Sunday (Dec. 26, 2010), at the McCook Community Hospital. He was born June 23, 1917, on a farm near Concordia, Kansas, to Lewis Elda and Edith Evelyn (Anderson) Nichols. Merlin spent his early years near Concordia. He attended grade school in Menlo, Kansas, high school in Brownsville, Kansas, and post graduate in Colby, Kansas...

July 2, 1933-Dec. 25, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Carolyn Jane Christie, 77, passed away Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2010, at Community Hospital in McCook. Carolyn was born on July 2, 1933, in Oberlin, Kansas to Ralph Edward and Phyllis Ruth (Mousel) King. She moved to the Cambridge community as a small child where she received her education graduating from high school in 1951...

Sept. 15, 1937--Dec. 27, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Raymond E. Bruner, 73, passed away Monday (Dec. 27, 2010), in Hastings, Nebraska. Ray was born in Holyoke, Colorado Sept. 15, 1937, to Forest E. and Aletha L. (Daniels) Bruner. While growing up, Ray attended school in Holyoke. ...

If you were lucky enough to take part in last year's First Night celebration in McCook, you know what a fun way it was to bring in the New Year. If you were there, you've probably already purchased your First Night button (at Brown's Shoe Fit, El Puerto, First Central Bank, McCook Art Guild, the Keystone Business Center, Longnecker Jewelry, McCook National Bank, Sehnert's Bakery or the Sports Shoppe) and are ready to go...

Military families, officially due to the "exigencies of the service," sometimes end up living in the darndest places. So it was that we found ourselves abiding in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The base was named K.I. Sawyer AFB located about fifteen miles south of Marquette, a seaport on the shore of Lake Superior...

NEW YORK CITY -- A former McCook High School standout athlete is enjoying the time of his life in the Big Apple. But Josh Cherry's trip to New York City isn't all fun and games. The former Bison three-sport star is a senior at Kansas State University and the starting place kicker for the KSU football team. Cherry and his Kansas State teammates are scheduled to face Syracuse University in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl at Yankees Stadium...