Stories from Monday, June 27, 2011

The family of Opal Dack of McCook, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday, June 29. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Willow Ridge, 1500 East 11th Apt. 40, McCook, NE 69001.

Sept. 23, 1939-June 25, 2011 NORCATUR, Kansas -- Alberta J. Daniels, 68, died Saturday (June 25, 2011) at Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas. She was born Sept. 23, 1939, in Kremmling, Colorado, to Albert and Hester (Pierce) Pierce. She was raised in Denver, Colorado, and attended West High School and Denver University...

April 14, 1960-June 25, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Michael Edward Hoberty, 51, died Saturday (June 25, 2011) at his home in Cambridge. He was born April 14, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio, to Robert Franklin and Virginia Joyce (Corwin) Hoberty. He grew up in the Springfield area graduating from Vandelia Butler High School in 1979...

The family of Leila Fries of Culbertson, Nebraska is hosting an open house and card shower in honor of her 90th birthday, July 19. The open house is July 3, 2-4 p.m., 708 Kleven Ave., Culbertson. Family includes children, Vivian and Dean Land of Culbertson, Larry and Ginger Fries of Parker, Colorado, and Bonnie Glasco of Colorado Spring, Colorado; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Cards can reach her at P.O. Box 393 Culbertson, NE 69024. No gifts...

HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- Southwest Nebraska continues cleaning up and drying out from powerful storms, which dumped more than 5 inches of water in some areas earlier this week. Although there are many people personally affected by flood damages, flooding could have been much worse if not for the watershed control structures in Hayes and Hitchcock counties, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Moving trucks that were spotted loading equipment at the Keystone Business Center in McCook, last week raised questions about the stability of their anchor tenant, 21st Century Systems Inc. Executive Director of the McCook Economic Development Corporation, Rex Nelson, confirmed that 21st CSI had reduced the number of employees and that their programming functions were not taking place in McCook...

Gavilon Grain's new 800,000-bushel grain elevator goes up on the southwest edge of Benkelman, Nebraska. The site of the new elevator includes an additional 4 million bushels of bunker storage capacity and a new state-of-the-art, 110-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad shuttle facility that will allow trucks to unload 60,000 bushels of grain per hour. ...

Fireworks went on sale today in McCook, three days later than the state law allows but in line with the new regulations adopted by the City Council last December. The statute now allows fireworks to be sold from 8 a.m. June 28 until 10 p.m. July 4, and discharged between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. June 23 through July 3, and between 8 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. July 4 and between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. July 5...

The market will be moved for the year 2011 to the Senior Center parking lot. The address is 1312 W. Fifth Street in McCook. The entrance for the vendors is the west entrance east of the state yards on West M Street. We will park the vehicles facing east and west in the first entrance and place them where they will fit in well...

The years of the 1920s have been called "The Lawless Years," coinciding with the years of Prohibition, when gangs operated on a national scale, but the forces that attempted to control these crimes were largely local in their authority. At that time, the FBI organization was just the Bureau of Investigation. Officers were not well trained; they carried arms only in very restricted circumstances, and information was not shared between local police forces and the Bureau...

The rains stayed away, the Rebels 18's ended a storied softball history, and three team champions were crowned in a successful McCook State Prep Fast-pitch Softball Tournament at the Jaycees Sports Complex. A total of 18 youth girls softball teams competed in the tournament Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, playing in nearly 50 games on the three diamonds at the Jaycees Complex. ...

June 29, 1925-June 24, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Nancy Ellen Mortimore, 85, died Friday (June 24, 2011) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born June 29, 1925, near Lebanon, Nebraska in Red Willow County, to Cyrus W. and Lillian Ruth (Baker) Thomas. Nancy attended country school graduating from Danbury High School...

June 9, 1923-June 24, 2011 STRATTON, Nebraska -- John Charles Diehl was born June 9, 1923, in Denver, Colorado to Norval and Florence (Hertz) Diehl. He went to his Heavenly Father on Friday, June 24, 2011, surrounded by his loving wife and family at his home in Stratton, Nebraska at the age of 88...

Sept. 12, 1928-June 26, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Alice Marie Siebrandt, 82, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Alice was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Pender, Nebraska, to Jerome and Cecelia Leona (Beargeon) Novak. She graduated from Pender High School in 1945...