Stories from Tuesday, March 6, 2012

75th birthday The family of Doris Ruppert of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday March 12. Her children are Donny and Diane Ruppert, Jeff and Angie Ruppert, Patty and Mike Liebrandt, Peggy and Kirk Messinger, all of McCook, Susan and Bruce Hagen of Culbertson, Nebraska, 17 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her 38753 Road 714, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Betty Renner is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday March 15. Her children are Karl Renner of Overland Park, Kansas, Debra Godwin of Lincoln, Nebraska, Teresa Burns of Lewisburg, Kansas and Kevin Renner of Osawatomie,Kansas. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 402 Missouri Circle, Apr. 1, McCook, N...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners worked for about an hour Monday morning on an informational brochure that will explain to voters the importance of approving a tax levy outside the state-mandated levy limit to pay for the construction of a $5.1 million 24-bed jail and law enforcement center...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Lawyers for a 19-year-old Bartley, Nebraska, man accused of killing a 14-year-old McCook girl have filed a notice of intent that they will rely upon the insanity defense at trial. The notice of intent and an additional motion to suppress evidence were filed by the defense counsel for Stathis Kirkpatrick by the March 1 deadline...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Economic Development Corp. announced Friday that it has reached its goal of leasing all of the office space on the first four floors at the Keystone Business Center. "We are excited to announce that we are full, of exactly the kinds of businesses the facility was intended to serve" said Executive Director Rex Nelson...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook received praise from the accounting firm that performed their annual audit of financial statements, Monday evening, during the McCook City Council's semi-monthly meeting at council chambers. Terry Galloway with Almquist Maltzahn Galloway & Luth of Grand Island, Nebraska, said the city had done an excellent job of holding down spending, budgeting and the way they kept costs down...

McCook, Nebraska, High School senior Racheal Winder's cake plate is part of the 2012 McCook High School Art Exhibit. Instructor Steve Clapp said that this year's art exhibit is comprised of 138 art works in a variety of media, from drawings to paintings and ceramics. ...

We heard a speaker recently who used a good object lesson with his children. First, he gave them each a tube of toothpaste, and let them race to see who could squeeze out all of the paste as quickly as possible. Then, he pulled a $20 out of his wallet and offered it to the first child who could put all the toothpaste back in the tube...

We stand at the crossroads of consequence: the confluence of social paths that intersect individual behavior and human freedom. Upon the narrow road walks the moral conscience, unflinching witness to the transcendent principles of the Natural Law -- the VERITAS of Creation that defends the good, protects human life, and sustains ordered liberty...

"No news is good news" or so the old folk saying goes. Unfortunately the adage is not the way things always turn out. The depressing news coming from Afghanistan reports daily rioting and more American killed. Grannie Annie is getting concerned because she hasn't heard from "her" Chaplain's Assistant stationed there in the armpit of the world. ...

Blanche Ellis-Brown Jan. 21, 1932 - March 4, 2012 WRAY, Colorado -- Blanche Ellis - Brown, 80, died March 4, 2012, at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. She was born Jan. 21, 1932, in Haigler, Nebraska to George and Jane (Underhill) Redden. Funeral services will be Friday, March 9, 2012, 2 p.m., at Spellman-Schmidt Funeral Home, 427 Adams Street, Wray, Colorado, with the Rev. Norman Stott officiating. Interment will be in the Eckley Cemetery in Eckley, Colorado...