Stories from Friday, April 27, 2012

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Whitney Korte and Michael Schoenemann, both of McCook, Nebraska, were united in marriage Sept. 2, 2011, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook, with the Rev. Gary Brethour officiating. Parents of the bride are Dave and Deb Korte of McCook. Grandparents are Bill Sitzman of Culbertson, Nebraska and the late Sharon Sitzman...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Kayla Ranae Laird of Hayes Center, Nebraska and Jarrod Arron Thompson of Morton, Illinois, were united in marriage Sept.17, 2011, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in North Platte, Nebraska, with the Rev. Jim Golka officiating...

60th anniversary The children of Ed and Joyce Dean of Oberlin, Kansas, are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. They were married May 4, 1952, in Colby, Kansas. Their children include Valerie and Ed Poe of Sharon Springs, Kansas, Vickie and Mike Bailey of Jennings, Kansas, Velda and Dennis Billenwillms of Canadian, Texas, nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 506 East Oak, Oberlin, KS 67749...

90th birthday The family of May Lawson is requesting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday May 4. Cards of congratulations will reach her at PO Box 488, Cambridge, NE 69022.

Reagan Jo Schilling Nicholas and Sarah Schilling of McCook, Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Reagan Jo Schilling, who was born Feb. 3, 2012, at McCook Community Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 14.2 ounces and measured 19.75 inches long. Grandparents are Rick and Lisa Wilcox and Jay and Kim Schilling, all of McCook. Great-grandparents are Roland and Jeannette Miller and Phyllis Wilcox, of McCook and Robert Schilling and Helen Koll of Pawnee City, Nebraska...

Wasson, Emert Anne Marie Wasson of Marion, Kansas and John Franklin Emert of Mission, Kansas, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Dan and Carol Wasson of Selden, Kansas. Grandparents are the late Charles and Marjorie Clinkenbeard and the late Donald and Maxine Wasson...

Casper, Clapper Amy Jo Casper and Kelly Joe Clapper, both of Lincoln, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the bride-to-be are Ron and Kathy Casper of McCook, Nebraska. Grandmother is Delores Schlienz of Lincoln. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Sunny and Beverly Clapper of Pickrell, Nebraska...

Dennis Alfred Page April 26, 1926 - April 23, 2012 BIRD CITY, Kansas -- Dennis Alfred Page, 86, died Monday (April 23, 2012) at his residence in Bird City. He was born April 26, 1926, in Bird City. He was a painter/handy man. Survivors include his daughters, Shela Reilley of Aurora, Colorado, and Sherri Cork of Wichita, Kansas, and four grandchildren...

Douglas Henry Hempler May 10, 1949 - April 24, 2012 BIRD CITY, Kansas -- Douglas Henry Hempler, 62, died Tuesday, (April 24, 2012), at Bird City. He was born May 10, 1949, in St. Francis, Kansas. He was a farmer. Survivors include his sisters, Marsha Batt of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, and Sharon Hempler of Redman, Washington...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Area Retired Teachers met at the McCook Senior Center for their April meeting. Nine members and one visitor, Roberta Loescher, were present. The program consisted of Walt Sehnert telling how different persons lives have touched the progress of the city of McCook and the people who lived here...

In recognition of "Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day," which encourages community service, the children of Farm Credit Services employees in McCook, Nebraska, deliver food to the McCook Pantry. Pantry volunteer Dorothy Henton said the Pantry fed 883 people in January, 785 in February and 644 in March. "That's a lot of people," one of the children commented. "With food from the Pantry, that's a lot of people who haven't gone to bed hungry," Henton replied...

LEBANON, Nebraska -- Nine members of the Beaver Valley Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7719 met at Karen Brown's home in Lebanon, Nebraska, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2012. President Karen Brown led the group in the pledge of allegiance to our flag to begin the informal meeting...

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

YCR (Youth Change Reaction) members take a breather from picking up trash on Highway 6 and 34 near the Wal-Mart SuperCenter and Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook, Nebraska, on "Earth Day," April 22. For several weeks prior to the highway clean-up, the 13 YRC members also collected aluminum cans for recycling. ...

Family Features There's nothing quite like the taste of fresh berries and crisp, juicy apples. And when those mouthwatering flavors get paired with just the right spices in some delicious dessert favorites, it's even better. You can enjoy fresh fruit flavors any time when you preserve your favorite fruits. ...

As Declan was readying his toothbrush this morning I asked him if he slept good last night. "No," he grumbled flatly. "You didn't, how come?" I asked. "Because you kept waking me up," he said in a matter-of-factly tone. I had to giggle a little because as he said it he bobbed his head to his left and pointed his toothbrush at me, unknowingly flapping his erect morning-hair in perfect sync...

St. Patrick's Catholic School teacher Amanda Feilen center, receives the 2012 McCook, Nebraska, Area "Educator of the Year" award Thursday evening. "I'm stunned, I'm so new at teaching," said Feilen. "We have a remarkable group of students. They all bring something special to the class." Feilen teaches fifth grade through eighth grade social studies and fifth grade religion. ...

The 2012 Southwest Nebraska High School Rodeo in the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook starts Friday with cutting at 6 p.m.; admission is free for this event only. Timed events Saturday and Sunday start at 9 a.m.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A company that has been in McCook for 71 years is expanding and moving to Omaha. 
The C.T. Jewell Company, that started in McCook in 1941, is moving to Omaha and joining a distribution system that currently serves the greater Omaha, Nebraska market. It will serve locations in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Kansas City and St Louis, Missouri, as well as the Chicago, Illinois area, according to John Nothnagel, President and CEO of C. T. Jewell Company.
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Under a hot and hazy sky on Wednesday afternoon, workers reveal the long-hidden sign above the doors of McCook's former Brown McDonald Co. store, perhaps better known as J.M. McDonald's. The now-defunct department store chain -- which at its peak had 82 locations in Nebraska and other states -- closed its doors in the early 1980s...

Randy Boehmer of Arizona drives his Belgian mules and covered wagon north of U.S. Highway 83 Thursday afternoon. Boehmer says he's been on the road "winning souls to God," since 2008, starting in Indiana and criss-crossing across the United States. He tries to cover as many miles as possible each day and spends the night at local fairgrounds or with anyone offering shelter. ...

On Sundays you will usually find me in a church somewhere talking about issues of Christian faith. What I talk about, while the details change, is usually along the same theme: God's love is inexhaustible and that love -- demonstrated in Jesus -- is the crux of our faith, not all the stuff that has been added to it...

Adam Spanier, left, station manager at KNGN 1360 AM, and the Rev. Derek Brown, pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Curtis, Nebraska, are on the air Wednesday, during the listener-supported radio station's spring Share-A-Thon, "A Labor of Love," based on 1 Corinthians 15:58. The event closes tonight at 7 p.m...

Dear Friend, INTRO As we rapidly move to the closing days of this age (The Endtimes), we know there will be millions of homes across America left empty. The real estate market will go to zero as people exercise "Squatters Rights." However, the Rapture will bring people to stone cold soberness as people realize that, those CRAZY Christians that talked and preached about the Rapture weren't crazy after all...

MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- The Maywood Youth Club, which met at the Maywood Christian Church, concluded its program for this year on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. A total of 17 different elementary students attended sometime during the year with two having perfect attendance including: Austin & Jaden Wolfe. Four only missed once including: Alexis Wood, Bryce Wolfe, Paige Wood and Jordan Wiles. Only two meetings were missed by Teegan Rice. The average attendance was 11 and there were 26 meetings...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Officials have high hopes for a revamped Fire Science program at McCook Community College that could label the campus as a regional provider. The changes would allow the college to offer new firefighter certifications and the plans have received a high level of local support, reducing amount of money the college will have to provide...

McCook Police officers and rescue personnel respond to a two-vehicle accident on North Highway 83 about 4:30 p.m., Thursday, at the turn-off to McDonald's Restaurant and Lewis Motors Sports on the east, and Sears and Schmick's Market on the west. While the van remained on the highway, the car ended up in Schmick's parking lot. Information about the accident will be released when the police investigation is completed...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- One of the three men responsible for the 2010 burglary of the McCook JCPenney's, Loren Hamlin, was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama. Hamlin already is serving a 3-5 year sentence in state prison for the 2010 burglary of the McCook store...

INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioner Steve Downer spent about 10 minutes Thursday evening explaining his stand on the bond levy to finance a new county jail, and about 50 more minutes deflecting attacks from a determined and disgruntled McCook resident about the commissioners' decision process to build the jail...

Brogan Hunter, the almost-two-year-old son of Deann and Gerry Hunter of McCook, Nebraska, can't resist stirring the puddle left by a recent rain. Brogan may have more puddles to play in, as forecasters expected rain to continue today and return Sunday...

The Department of Labor's plan was well intended, and probably would not have been as draconian as critics contended, but withdrawal of proposed farm youth labor regulations is welcome news. The agency announced that it would not pursue the matter for the rest of the Obama administration, but instead would work with groups such as the American Farm Bureau Federation and Future Farmers of America to reduce accidents involving young people...

Commissioner McNutt recently submitted an opinion article for this forum titled "The Whole Story..." on the jail project. As someone who has done a ridiculous amount of research on this project, I am disappointed and qualified to say the commissioner came up way short of meeting his goal. "The Whole Story..." on this issue simply cannot be told in the number of words he devoted to the article...

Keeping Our Commitment to Israel This past week marked the 64th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. From day one, the United States and Israel have enjoyed a strategic partnership based on shared democratic values, friendship, and respect. With the escalating instability in the Middle East and the threat of a nuclear Iran, it is as important as ever we stand firmly with our most important ally in the region...

Peter, Job and Chuck will perform at a May Day Party Tuesday, May 1, at the Bieroc Cafe in downtown McCook. Food is served at 6:30 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. or whenever the band finishes their hamburgers and hot dogs. This will be the last First Tuesday event of the season. The annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling festival will be June 8-9...

I grew up in a place much like the small towns in Nebraska. Football was king and the whole town supported it. On Friday night, every business was locked up tight because practically everybody in town was at the high school football game. Everyone from the owners and the entrepreneurs to the working man shared a common bond for two and a half hours a week and that was Atkins Red Devil Football. ...

Cody Fanning WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Cody Fanning, 20, a student and football player for Doane College and who made his home in Wauneta, died Wednesday (April 25, 2012), at Bryan LGH Hospital in Lincoln from an auto accident. Survivors include his parents, Craig and Jo Fanning of Wauneta; brother and sister, Bo and Abbie Fanning, at home in Wauneta; grandparents, Clint and Betty McCallum of Wauneta and Dorothea Fanning of Wauneta; aunts and uncles, DeWayne and Patty Fanning of Wauneta, Vicki and Bill Baker of Palisade, Nebraska, Kelly and Dee McCallum of Wauneta, Carla Herley and husband, Greg of O'Neil, Nebraska, and Shelly Meyer and husband, David, of Hastings, Nebraska.. ...