Stories from Monday, June 8, 2015

Kily Camille Miller March 12, 1990 - June 1, 2015 HAYS, Kan. -- Kily Camille Miller, 25, died June 1, 2015, at Hays, Kansas. She was born March 12, 1990, to Kurt R. and Sherrelle M. (Brunick) Miller in Colby, Kansas. She graduated from Brewster High School in 2008. She attended Colby Community College and worked as a CNA...

Eugene W. Jussel May 27, 1943 - June 4, 2015 LAUREL, Neb. -- Eugene W. Jussel, 72, of Laurel, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Providence Medical Center in Wayne after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services were today at United Lutheran Church in Laurel, Nebraska, with Pastor Lynn Qualm officiating. ...

Gwendolyn Nadine (Wolfe) Lienemann May 14, 1936 - June 3, 2015 OXNARD, Calif. -- Gwendolyn Nadine (Wolfe) Lienemann was born to Byron and Etta (Tate) Wolfe on May 14, 1936, and departed this life on June 3, 2015, in Oxnard after suffering a stroke on May 30. She was 79 years old...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Some of the best storytellers in the nation will be in McCook this week for the 19th annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival. All activities are open to the public. Many of them are free. Friday The festival starts Friday with a "History's Mysteries" bus trip, which will take people to the former Indianola World War II Prisoner of War Camp. Reservations are required...

Two-year-old Carter Nelson of Oberlin, Kansas, checks out the 1949 UTS Minneapolis Moline tractor owned by Norman Wendel of Almena, Kansas, and exhibited in the 35th annual Mini Sappa Antique Club antique tractor and car show Saturday on the Decatur County fairgrounds in Oberlin. ...

Southwest High School drill team members Kaylie Fimple, center, and Kara Nelson smile at the crowds gathered for the "Bartley Days" parade in Bartley, Nebraska, Saturday morning. The rains stopped long enough for Bartley and area residents to celebrate summer with a car and motorcycle show, lunch in the park, a kids' fun slide and games, "cannon ball bingo," horse shoe tournament, a melodrama called "The Pony Expresso" and a street dance...

Justen Nokes of Juniata, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, background, and Travis Goad of Reydon, Oklahoma, compete in the team roping at the 48th annual Wilsonville, Nebraska, Saddle Club rodeo Sunday afternoon. Heavy, toad-stranglin' rains during the week made the arena perimeters sloppy and goopy, but the center of the arena was usable. More pictures will be printed when the rodeo results are available...

South linebacker Colt Sis (43) of McCook battles against North giant offensive lineman Tanner Borchardt of Gothenburg during the 2015 Shrine Bowl all-star prep football game last Saturday in Kearney. Sis was named the defensive Most Valuable Player with 8 total tackles and a fumble recovery, helping his South all-star team claim a 31-26 victory. ...

A different sort of sport takes over the Wauneta football field Saturday as riders and support staff of the 35th annual Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska set up for Sunday morning's departure. Riders stopped overnight in Cambridge, 70.7 miles away, before departing for Eustis, 70.1 miles via Curtis. ...

We've used this space to caution older residents about the pitfalls of taking out a reverse mortgage, pitched by people like former senator Fred Thompson and Henry "The Fonz" Winkler, and now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has chimed in. It's an important issue for our area, where many of us have much, if not most, of our net worth tied up in our homes...

(Note: In 2015, a replica of one of the famous Higgins boats was manufactured and sent to France, as part of a Higgins Boat Memorial, a gift to the people of France by the people of Columbus, NE in time for the annual D-Day memorial celebration at Utah Beach. ...

Zila Jean Anderson Jan. 18, 1934 - June 7, 2015 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Zila Jean Anderson of Kearney passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Jean was born on Jan. 18, 1934, in Trenton, Nebraska, to parents, Paul E. and Thelma L. (Campbell) Davis. She was a graduate of Trenton High School. After graduation Jean taught in rural schools for a brief time...