Stories from Monday, November 14, 2011

Raymond Jay Ward July 13, 1949 - Nov. 12, 2011 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Raymond Jay Ward, 62, died Saturday (Nov. 12, 2011). He was born July 13, 1949, in Fairbanks, Alaska to Charles and Gertrude (Miner) Ward. He attended Lathrop High School in Fairbanks and graduated from Bird City High School in 1968...

The family of Adeline Kuhlmann is hosting a open house and card shower in honor of her 90th birthday. She was born Nov. 19, 1921. The open house is Saturday, Nov. 19 from 2-4 p.m. at the Peace Lutheran Fellowship Hall in McCook, 411 East 6th Street. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The coordinator of the "Coat Closet," the yearly effort in McCook, Nebraska, to make sure everyone has warm winter clothing, is saddened by the depth of the need for help. But, on the other hand, Barb Ostrum is awestruck by the generosity of those who reach out to help...

INDIANOLA, Nebraska --As small rural communities struggle to keep their identities intact, Mary Marsh of Indianola is doing her part. For the past 17 years, Marsh, along with her husband, Skip, have published the Indianola News for this town of 600...

The success of the McCook Farm & Ranch Expo should be no surprise, given the importance of agriculture in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, but the fact the event continues to grow by leaps and bounds is evidence of good management, vendor and public support and the availability of the right venue in the form of the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds...

Though the new little city of McCook did not have its beginnings until the summer of 1882, by fall there was already quite an active social schedule, much of which revolved around dancing. The first dances were held in the social hall and outdoor bower of the new Congregational Church (on the site where the present Congregational Church now sits, at the corner of East Second and E), but it was not long before dances were routinely held in one of the new hotels in town, the Commercial Hotel at what is now Norris and C St., or at the original McCook Hotel, which was located at what is now East 1st St. ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- The Hitchcock County girls volleyball team members will take a few lessons from their first trip to the state tournament. The Falcons qualified for the Class D-1 state meet for the first time since Culbertson and Trenton school districts consolidated several years ago. Hitchcock County took a 28-1 record to the D-1 state meet at Grand Island. Unfortunately, the Falcons saw their season come to a close with a straight-set loss to eventual champion Humphrey High...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- There weren't too many surprises across the line of scrimmage Friday night, Nov. 11, for the Hitchcock County High School football team. The Falcons were very familiar with their Arthur County opponent in the Nebraska six-man state championship game at Cope Stadium on the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus. The only losses Hitchcock County's squad suffered in the past two seasons have come at the hands of the Wolves...