Stories from Monday, January 24, 2011

I want to highlight a series of legislative proposals designed to advance business innovation and workforce recruitment efforts in Nebraska. The four legislative bills making up my Talent and Innovation Initiative were introduced in the Nebraska Legislature last week as part of my budget recommendations...

June 8, 1945--Jan. 22, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Lavone Louise Rozmiarek, 65, passed away Saturday (Jan. 22, 2011) at the Cambridge Manor. Lavone was born on June 8, 1945, in Gothenburg, Nebraska. Her parents were Jesse Marvin and Delores Darlene (Ostendorf) Dutcher. She graduated from Culbertson High School in Culbertson, Nebraska in 1963. She later continued her education at McCook Community College in McCook, Nebraska...

March 15, 1934--Jan. 21, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Mildred Marie Buschkoetter, 76, passed away Friday (Jan. 21, 2011) at Community Hospital in McCook. Mildred was born on March 15, 1934, in Bostwick, Nebraska to Alvin V. and Charlotte C. (Schroer) Witte. She attended school at St. Stephen's Parochial School near Lawrence, Nebraska...

Aug. 7, 1924--Jan. 22, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dorothy Irene Loghry, 86, formerly of Maywood, Nebraska, died Saturday (Jan. 22, 2011), at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Arthur County, Nebraska to Howard and Bessie (Crapenhoft) Vaughn. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Kailee Nicole Clapp died at the age of 14. She was born July 2, 1996, in McCook, the daughter of Kelly and Nora (Dale) Clapp. She was a freshman at McCook High School, who enjoyed being with classmates and friends, and playing volleyball in junior high...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Her age didn't slow her down. Knee and hip replacements didn't discourage her. An "Absolutely not" from the doctor didn't stop her. Maxine Logan of McCook, Nebraska -- who turns 91 in May -- went hunting anyway, and bagged a deer that she'll have mounted to hang beside her other deer, a 4x4, and an antelope...

Interesting things happen as the result of this weekly column. Sometimes people share items in their possessions, which they feel might be of general interest. Recently, we were given a copy of the Tribune Extra, Bismarck, Dakota Territory, dated July 6, 1876. ...

Life is a series of choices and consequences. The crazed gunman in Tuscon, Ariz., Jan. 8, 2011, must not have evaluated very carefully what the outcome would be of his actions. Good leaders are valuable. It takes courage and dedication to run for office and to serve. The stress connected with it is very great at times. Every U.S. president has had the need to go to a special location to escape the pressures of the job. Their lives are open to criticism. The Secret Service is always nearby...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Bail for the Bartley, Nebraska, man allegedly involved in the death of a 14-year-old McCook girl has been set at $1 million. Stathis Sebastian Mobley Kirkpatrick of Bartley, 18 years old, has been jailed since Friday in connection with the disappearance late Thursday or early Friday and death of Kailee Nicole Clapp, a freshman at McCook Senior High...

Details of Friday's tragedy are still unfolding, but there are a few lessons to be taken away already. For one, show our family and friends we love them while we can. We never know when our relationships may be broken forever. For another, young people need to know their actions and decisions have consequences. A bad decision can haunt them and their families for the rest of their lives...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The body of a young girl discovered on cemetery property northwest of Bartley, Nebraska, Friday evening has been identified as that of Kailee Nichole Clapp, a 14-year-old McCook girl reported missing early Friday morning. An 18-year-old Bartley, Nebraska, man has been jailed since late Friday in connection with Clapp's disappearance and death. Charges against Stathis Sebastian Mobley Kirkpatrick, 18, of Bartley, are pending the results of an autopsy being conducted in Omaha...