Stories from Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Hilma Maxine Flint May 19, 1924 - Jan. 26, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Hilma Maxine Flint, 90, died Monday (Jan. 26, 2015), at Cambridge Manor. She was born on May 19, 1924, at the family home northwest of Cambridge in Red Willow County, to Samuel A. and Georgia Walkington. Hilma was the youngest of nine children. She attended country school through the eighth grade and then Cambridge High School, where she graduated in 1941...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival planning committee will host their First Tuesday event on Feb. 3 at the Bieroc Café. Emcee Lonnie Weyeneth and feature speaker Ginger ten Bensel invite all to join them for musician stories from 7 -- 8 p.m. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- University of Nebraska--Lincoln Extension is offering several lawn and garden programs this spring that are open to the public and part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Master Gardener training program. Feb. 3 -- Waterwise Landscapes and Residential Rain Gardens -- Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn about water-wise landscape practices and about residential rain garden design and plant selection to conserve water, reduce nutrient runoff, and add plant diversity to landscapes -- Presented by Kelly Feehan, Platte County Extension Educator. ...

With a look of determination, Jacquelyn Burns at the McCook Bison Preschool navigates the swings at McCook Elementary Tuesday afternoon during recess. While the east coast was being buffeted by a major blizzard, Southwest Nebraska lived up to its "banana belt" reputation Tuesday, with temperatures topping out at at balmy 75 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. ...

Some of us are fatalistic when it comes to our health, especially "the big C," cancer. Yes, maybe we've quit smoking, or maybe we never did smoke, but a majority of us have anecdotal evidence that non-smokers can get lung cancer, too. Second-hand smoke, other environmental factors, bad genetics or just bad luck may be enough to make a non-smoker another cancer statistic...

I hope you have been having as much fun as I have been having watching the game of "Planetary Tag" each evening with Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Neptune -- and for a couple of days the moon got in on the game. The game continues each evening for the next couple of weeks as Venus gets higher above the horizon each evening chasing after brother planets Neptune and Mars...