Stories from Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Richard Cole of Frenchman Valley Coop at the Perry elevator west of McCook, Nebraska, cleans the elevator pit after a semi truck load of soy beans arrived Tuesday evening. Area elevators are preparing for the fall harvest in Southwest Nebraska. Despite drought conditions area farmers are looking for average crop yields...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Mid-Plains Community College and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture are among 31 Nebraska public and private nonprofit colleges and universities that will share $1.33 million in need-based scholarship funds awarded by EducationQuest Foundation. The funds are designated for undergraduate students from Nebraska who demonstrate financial need. Each college selects the students who will benefit from the scholarships...

Farmers and ranchers affected by drought should visit with NRCS about their conservation plan requirements

CHADRON, Nebraska -- Four families with a tradition of attending Chadron State College will receive special recognition during the institution's annual Family Day celebration Saturday, Sept. 22. The awards are presented annually to families with three or more generations of CSC graduates. The families will be honored during a private luncheon in the Student Center that precedes the Eagles' football game against Western State...

Medicare rehabilitation nurse Sidney Bauman leads a tour through the newly-renovated 100 wing of Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Among those in Sidney's group at the official ribbon-cutting Thursday were Don Harpst, center, a former administrator of Hillcrest, and McCook banker Pete Graff. ...

Dust fills a valley north of McCook, Nebraska as drought conditions continue in Southwest Nebraska. As of midnight Tuesday, McCook's precipitation deficit stood at 11.14 inches. According to NOAA, warm, but not scorching temperatures and dry conditions will persist over the next several days...

As a child, preteen and teenager, when I read, I read rapidly. I never knew when Dad would grow weary of seeing me with my nose in a book and snatch the book out of my hands. Usually, I could pick up where I left off, but if I had been particularly "distanced" the book would disappear and I would never know how it ended...

George R 'Whitey' Meguire Dec. 3, 1933 - Sept. 12, 2012. INGLESIDE, Texas -- George R "Whitey" Meguire, 78, of Ingleside, Texas passed away at home after a long battle with renal/heart disease on Sept. 13, 2012. He was born on Dec. 3, 1933, in Stratton, Nebraska, to George H. ...

Ella Mae (Powell) Hust IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Ella Mae (Powell) Hust, 91, died Tuesday (Sept. 18, 2012), at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant, Nebraska. Survivors include son, Dennis Powell and wife, Karen, of Ogallala, Nebraska; daughter, Phyllis Hettinger and husband, Jerry, of Lakewood, Colorado; step-son, Byron Hust and wife, Marilyn, of Imperial, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Donna Brodbeck and husband, Bob, of Grant; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...

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...

DANBURY, Nebraska -- American Legion Auxiliary McDonald Ryan Unit 276 of Danbury met Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2012, at the home of Pat Redfern in Bartley. The meeting opened in form with five members present and four guests: District 9 Vice President Joyce Petersen of Curtis, and Arlene Newcomb, Charlene Colson and Beverly Smith of the Bartley unit. The minutes were read and approved and a financial report was given by the treasurer...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Nearly six days since the family of Charlie Dowd last had contact with the 69-year-old Californian man, who disappeared from an Amtrak train somewhere between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, a search of portions of railway along the trains route is slowly beginning. ...