Stories from Tuesday, May 26, 2015

James 'Jim' E. Bobinmyer Oct. 26, 1947 - May 24, 2015 CULBERTSON, Neb. -- James "Jim" E. Bobinmyer, age 67, of Culbertson, passed away May 24, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in McCook, Nebraska, on Oct. 26, 1947, to Robert and Vera (Case) Bobinmyer. Jim graduated from Herndon High School in 1965. He then attained a Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hayes State University in Agriculture where he was a member of the FHSU rodeo team...

Most of this treatise and inspiration is taken from the Wakefield Republican article of May 8, 2014. Anything Republican has to be worth while reading , so I decided to write about early Dentists. If your love life is somewhat normal like this Ivies', if you are tired of flying with Col. Trail, and you are exhausted from worrying about the Rapture, maybe enlightening you about 1890s Dentistry is just the thing needed to bolster your spirits...

Being Memorial Day weekend this old veteran, Vietnam, spent considerable time touring a couple cemeteries. As part of a volunteer crew we placed "Old Glory" on every grave that could be identified as belonging to a veteran. I found it poignant to read the gravestones of departed relatives, friends and neighbors no matter their station in life veteran or no. In my view all people are persons of worth and it is well to honor them in life as well as in death...

In 1995, while touring Israel, I visited a museum where shocking photographs of the Holocaust and the conditions in Nazi death camps were displayed. This brought back memories of my classmates at Dora Moore elementary school in Denver. Some of them were children of Jewish families who had escaped from Hitler's domination of Europe. Their stories of relatives in those concentration camps have left a lasting impression on me...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Already more than half of the available seats are booked to enjoy one of the area's great "mysteries" to be uncovered as part of the Buffalo Commons Storytelling tradition this year. The Friday June 12 "History's Mystery" tour will explore the Indianola Prisoner of War Camp...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska is again drawing attention as being home to one of the worst dog breeding facilities in the nation, at least according to the Humane Society of the United States annual "Horrible Hundred" report. The 2015 report was released earlier this month and indicates a dog breeder in Beaver City, Nebraska, Saints4Life owned by Jamie Bailey, is among the 100 problem puppy mills in the nation. ...

How do you get to know someone? It used to be at school, at work, at church or maybe the neighborhood pub. Today you may be better off checking out their Facebook page. A new study by Brunel University in the United Kingdom may cause you to think twice before posting that status update...

Vivian Lerneda Pierce Jan. 20, 1925 - May 22, 2015 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Vivian Lerneda Pierce of Kearney, Nebraska, formerly of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015, at Mt. Carmel Home in Kearney. She was 90 years old. Vivian was born on Jan. 20, 1925, in Stratton, to Clarence and Ora (Miles) Richards. She graduated from Stratton High School in 1942...

McCOOK, Neb. -- What more could go wrong? It was summer 1935 in Nebraska. It was dry, and dirty. There was nothing to stop the wind but the barbed wire. Grasshoppers, descending in swarms of biblical proportions, ate everything in sight. A five-year drought continued its strangle-hold on the Midwest. The heat, even at the end of May, even before summer started, was already just about unbearable...