Stories from Friday, March 4, 2011

Brandon and Sarah Wheeler of McCook, Nebraska announce the birth of a twin sons, Bryson Christopher and Walker Dean Wheeler. They were born Feb. 1, 2011 at Community Hospital in McCook. Bryson was born at 8:20 a.m., weighing 5 pounds, 1.2 ounces and measuring 17.5 inches long. ...

Matt and Laura Clause of McCook, Nebraska announce the birth of a son, Joel Matthew Clause. He was born Oct. 26, 2010, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long. He has two siblings, Isabelle, 3, and Noah, 1. Grandparents are Mark and Betty Wilcox of McCook and Mark and Joyce Clause of Gering, Nebraska...

The family of Stanley and Mitty (Huggins) Quigley is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary. They were married March 1, 1946, in Fort Worth, Texas. Their family includes children Jacque Baker of Lincoln, Nebraska, Scott Quigley and Steve Quigley, both of rural Indianola; seven grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 39276 Road 720 Indianola, NE 69034...

The family of Ramona Fisher of North Platte, Nebraska is having a celebration in honor of her 80th birthday, March 8. She was born in Cambridge, Nebraska in 1931 to Henry and Mary Ruff. Family includes her late husband, LeRoy Fisher; children, Linda Mueller of North Platte, Stan and wife, Sandy Fisher of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Allen and wife, Linda Fisher of North Platte, the late Dale Fisher, and the late Connie Fisher; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. ...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Stephanie Ann Cahoj of Atwood, Kansas and Mark Thomas Dozler of Albion, Nebraska were united in marriage on Oct. 23, 2010, at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island with the Rev. Jonathan Soresen officiating. Parents of the bride are Greg and Julie Cahoj and David and Loretta Studer, all of Atwood. ...

Family Features New Orleans may be the official home of Mardi Gras, but you don't have to live in the Big Easy to enjoy the party. Mardi Gras, or literally, "Fat Tuesday," is the final day of the Carnival celebration, the festive season that occurs before Lent...

Time continues to fly by at New Life Christian Bookstore at 212 Norris Ave., as Lisa Wilcox prepares to mark her one year anniversary of ownership. "It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year already," Wilcox said. It has been a busy year for Wilcox as she expanded the clothing and jewelry lines at the store and set up bookstores at various conferences throughout the year. Her sister, Gloria Tinkham also set up a gourmet tea shop within the store...

Nebraska has nearly four times as many cattle as people, so it's ironic that while we have no trouble feeding the cows, one in six people have had trouble feeding themselves in the last year. That's the news from a new report released by the Food Research and Action Center, which showed the rate was even worse nationally -- one in five respondents...

I grew up in an extended family, as did many children from my generation. I lived almost all of the first 17 years of my life with my mom, dad, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and uncle in a big, two-story, six-bedroom house in a small town in Arkansas...

This week I joined with farmers, ranchers, agribusiness leaders, and policy makers to celebrate the accomplishments and future outlook for Nebraska agriculture. The Governor's Ag Conference is one of my favorite annual agriculture events because it serves as a venue for frank discussion and dialogue about how our state's number one industry has fared in the past year and what we can look forward to in the coming year...

Surface water transfers...A taboo phrase for some, prudent management for others. I do not say this to put others down, but to express the political reality regarding water transfers from one river basin to another river basin. As most of you know I fall in the camp that believes that these types of transfers can be used to prudently manage Nebraska's water resources. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook and Nebraska could have had two houses designed by American architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright, the creator of "Prairie Style" designs. The "Sutton House," designed by Wright (1867--1959) and built from 1905 through 1908 for Harvey P. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- With the possibility of losing essential air service at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport in October, city staff unsuccessfully explored the possibility of avoiding the expense of the new wildlife fence it was directed to construct earlier this year. The estimated $970,344 fence project was the result of an FAA required wildlife assessment of the airport and is planned to be primarily funded by grants, with the city responsible for $43,083...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- A rural Cambridge, Nebraska, family lost their home and all their belongings in a fire that leveled their home Thursday afternoon. Danette Buckley got safely out of the house, located five miles north of the Cambridge Lake. Her fiance, Kenneth Weaver, and his 13-year-old son, Kenny, were not home at the time, according to Kenneth's daughter, Deatta...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Doug Joyce headed up an initiative that worked with several area groups, reviewing proposals for a design to be implemented on the vacant lot, at Norris Avenue and B Street, formerly the site of the Romanoff building. Joyce will present a recommendation to the McCook City Council Monday, 7:30 p.m., during their semi-monthly meeting at Memorial Auditorium...