Stories from Tuesday, July 5, 2011

March 14, 1945-July 2, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Lucille Ruby Martinez, 66, of McCook, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Community Hospital. Lucille was born on March 14, 1945, to Coral Archie and Hazel Mary (Weskamp) Matson. She was married to Alejandro Sifuentes Martinez Sr. Lucille was a busy mother of eight children. She worked for Country Kitchen...

NORCATUR, Kansas -- Keith Edward Mannie, 33, died Saturday, July 2, 2011. He was a total cowboy from the minute he was born to when he left us as he was always wearing a hat, hangin' with cows and ridin' horses. He lived and worked in the Norcatur, Kansas and Danbury, Nebraska area and acquired more than just friends - additional adopted family. ...

April 30, 1926-July 3, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Hazel L. Arterburn was born in rural Phelps County, Nebraska on April 30, 1926, to Lars and Marie (Rasmussen) Ibsen. She died July 3, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska -- just one month shy of her 60th wedding anniversary...

July 1, 2011-Sept. 1, 1964 INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- James Jonathon "Jimmy" Sughroue, 46, was born Sept. 1, 1964, and died on July 1, 2011, in an automobile accident. He was born in McCook, Nebraska to James F. and Leah (Allen) Sughroue. Jimmy attended Chase County Schools until 1981, and continued on to graduate from Republican Valley High School in 1983. ...

Aug. 23, 1943-July 1, 2011 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Daughn A. Heller, 67, died Friday (July 1, 2011) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was born Aug. 23, 1943, to Glenn and Lora (Hunsaker) Heller in Oberlin, Kansas. He graduated from Decatur High School in Oberlin and then served in the U.S. Navy from June 2, 1961, until his honorable discharge on July 31, 1964...

Jan. 2, 1929-July 2, 2011 HERNDON, Kansas -- Eugene Walter Wurm, 82, died Saturday (July 2, 2011) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Decatur County, Kansas, to Walter and Elsie (Humes) Wurm. He was raised on a farm in Logan Township in Decatur County. He received his education at Herndon High School. He served in the U.S. Army...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Accidents over the long Fourth of July weekend proved deadly for two men, one from Indianola, Nebraska, another from Norcatur, Kansas. James "Jimmy" Sughroue of Indianola died in a three-vehicle accident east of McCook at 6:45 p.m., Friday, July 1. Just seven hours later, Keith Edward Mannie of Norcatur was killed in a one-vehicle roll-over accident southeast of Danbury, Nebraska...

There were the usual complaints as Independence Day revelers took advantage of new, liberalized fireworks rules, bringing Nebraska more in line with adjoining states. There didn't seem to be an unusual number of emergency fire calls connected with the holiday, which was good, considering that the weekend started with two tragic traffic deaths in the county Friday evening and early Saturday...

It is a strange world here in California listening to my friend "Jim the Democrat" attribute all the ills of America today to being the fault of the Republicans. I guess turnabout is fair play as pretty much all the people I normally associate with in Nebraska are somewhat conservative in their political leanings and tend to attribute our ills to President Obama. ...

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- The McCook National Bank Seniors has struggled to put notches in the win column this season. The older McCook Legion baseball team, comprised of players ages 17 and 18 years old, won just one of three games in round-robin tournament play over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. But head coach Greg Larson was pleased with his team's effort...

The McCook First Central Bank Juniors Legion baseball team has found the right gear early in recent games, and that has keyed a successful stretch for the McCook 15- and 16-year-old squad. The FCB Juniors scored six runs in the opening inning and cruised to a 12-4 win in six innings over Grant Sunday afternoon, July 3. The single game was contested at the Jaycees Sports Complex in McCook...

Kyle Craw's love of flying has taken him to dizzying heights, both in the cockpit of a single-engine airplane and at the end of a fiberglass pole. The 2011 McCook High School graduate plans to take another giant leap next year when he joins the University of Nebraska-Lincoln track and field program...

April 13, 1913-July 1, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Viela June Eskew, the second daughter of Clemet Samuel and Eliza Alice (Dewey) Fleming, was born April 13, 1913, in Morgan County, Colorado, and departed this life Friday, July 1, 2011, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She was 98 years old...