Stories from Tuesday, July 26, 2011

March 20, 1937-July 24, 2011 GREELEY, Colorado -- Dorothy (Dottie) Jean Wisdom Seybold was born on March 20, 1937, in Wray, Colorado. She was the seventh child of 13 born to Clyde J. and Callie May (Whissen) Wisdom. She was baptized in the Methodist Church in Wray as a child and again at the Methodist Church in Benkelman, Nebraska, with daughter, Julie Jean, granddaughter, Lindsey Jean, and grandson, Cody Lynn DeWester...

Aug. 4, 1946-July 23, 2011 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Larry James Moore, 64, died Saturday (July 23, 2011) at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 4, 1946, to John and Naola (Willcox) Moore in Kingman, Kansas. He graduated high school from Lewiston High School in Lewiston, Nebraska...

The family of Zilah N. Powell of Stratton, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of her 97th birthday, July 27. She was born in 1927, in Trenton, Nebraska. Family includes daughter, Yvonne Powell of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; son, Bill and wife, Darlene Powell of Littleton, Colorado; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Grandview Center, Apt. 2, 905 Bailey Street, Stratton, NE 69043...

The family of Dorothy Harpham of Harvard, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday, July 29. She was born in 1936, in Waycross, Georgia. Family includes her spouse, Kenneth Harpham of Harvard; children, Kathy Walker, Sandy Rathburn, Cherri and Zohn Gering, all of Harvard, Susie and Brad Gregory of Hastings, Nebraska, Cindy and Tony Struck of Holstein, Nebraska, and the late Roger and Eddie Harpham; 18 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. ...

It was a community effort. My wife Ann was the sparkplug and prime mover. Through the past year 130 large flat rate postal boxes containing things GI's like were sent. Destined for the troops she mailed to "her" adopted Chaplain Captain Jared Vineyard and his assistant Sgt. Shane Birdsong in Afghanistan. The Chaplain and his unit are currently in the process of rotating back home. Did Ann and the community's efforts make a difference? Read the following and judge for yourself...

Few Nebraskans favor government regulations of any type, but this, the 21st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, is an appropriate time to look at the role of the disabled in our society. As anyone who has been involved in a building project since July 26, 1990, knows, the ADA is a broad civil rights law that prohibits most discrimination based on disability...

EUSTIS, Nebraska -- Partners broke ground in Eustis, Nebraska, Monday evening on a business incubator building whose first tenant will be "Lone Wolf Wurst Meats." USDA Rural Development joined Dawson Public Power District, Dawson Area Development, FOOI Inc., Congressional representatives, funding partners and community members to turn the first spades of dirt for the incubator building on the west side of Eustis, at the corner of Wright and Railroad streets...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Postal service may close one in 10 of its retail outlets, and its list of post offices being studied for closure has been expanded to include two post offices in Northwest Kansas and five in Southwest Nebraska. An earlier round of possible closings includes Wilsonville, Enders and Edison, for which no final decisions have been made. The postal service closed the Parks post office effective July 16...

Filming has begun for the locally-produced video which will be shown at the Fox Theatre on the tenth anniversary of 9-11. The video production, commissioned by McCook National Bank, will feature veterans of military service and first responders from the McCook Area. ...

GOTHENBURG, Nebraska -- Anyone who has watched the McCook National Bank Seniors Legion baseball squad this season might think the Seniors have switched players since the start of the season. The McCook squad -- basically the same group that started the season -- has looked like an entirely different team in the Class B Area 6 Tournament, especially on defense...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council voted unanimously to approve the guaranteed maximum price for the City of McCook Municipal Building and to loan East Ward Village LLC $105,000 at a special meeting Monday at Memorial Auditorium. The counselors agreed to a Municipal Building GMP of $4,641,556 with Sampson Construction based on the drawings prepared by Prochaska and Associates...

BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- The Furnas County Sheriff's Office said a Beaver City man was flown to a Kearney Hospital by air ambulance after his car rolled into a creek bed during an alleged chase Monday. According to a news release, the office received a report of an assault in progress near Arapahoe, when a subject identified as Ronny Carl Shoemake, 47, Beaver City, had left the residence and fled south on Highway 283 before deputies arrived...

BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- A 42-year-old McCook man was arrested in Cambridge Tuesday after the Furnas County Sheriff's Office received a call from a third party stating that the man had multiple weapons, including a 7-mm Magnum rifle and that he was going to Cambridge to kill his ex-wife and children, who live north of Cambridge...