Stories from Monday, October 19, 2015

Lois 'Eileen' Messersmith Feb. 5, 1921 - Oct. 17, 2015 HASTINGS, Neb. -- Lois "Eileen" Messersmith of Hastings, formerly of Cambridge, passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at the Perkins Good Samaritan Village in Hastings. She was 94 years old. Eileen was born on Feb. 5, 1921, at Orafino, Nebraska, to Dick and Mae Hayes, Sr. She graduated from Orafino High School in 1939...

Berniece Ellen (Gausman) McNeice Feb. 4, 1918 - Oct. 15, 2015 SUN CITY, Ariz. -- Berniece Ellen (Gausman) McNeice, 97, passed away Oct. 15, 2015, at Sun City. She was born Feb. 4, 1918, to parents, Henry and Anna Gausman in Orono, Kansas. She lived and attended school in many small towns in Nebraska, including Hubble and O'Dell. She married Berwin N. "Jack" McNeice in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Feb. 6, 1943...

Wayne Sigal Melton May 3, 1948 - Oct. 15, 2015 WALLACE, Neb. -- Wayne Sigal Melton, age 67, of Wallace, passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at his rural home near Wallace. Wayne was born May 3, 1948, at North Platte, Nebraska, to Don and Veva (Washburn) Melton. He grew up on the Melton Ranch southeast of Wallace. He graduated from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis...

Lillian D. Brown June 26, 1930 - Oct. 16, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Lillian D. Brown, age 85, passed away Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. Lillian was born June 26, 1930, in Seattle, Washington, to George Henry Tuttle and Dorothy Ada Vossler. ...

Winifred Lucille Dolph Nov. 20, 1947 - Oct. 14, 2015 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Winifred Lucille Dolph, 67, of North Platte, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at Great Plains Health. Winnie was born Nov. 20, 1947, at Turlock, California, then adopted by Virgil Edmund and Lucille Rose Rivera Dolph. ...

Things are looking up in rural Nebraska, and no, it has nothing to do with Saturday's defeat of the Minnesota Golden Gophers by the Nebraska Cornhuskers. People in larger small towns think they can make things better in the coming years, but people in smaller towns say they're less likely to leave...

In the United States some of the most popular tours for Travel Companies are the New England "Fall Foliage" Tours. We have taken a tour of New England in the fall, and to be sure it is a spectacular show. They have so many hard wood trees in the northeast, and that blaze of reds and orange is a sight to behold. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Bolles Canyon Skatepark officially opened Friday evening in McCook and quickly became a bustling hub for skateboarding and bicycling activity. More than a 100 supporters turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony and to be among the first to maneuver the various mini ramps and in-ground bowl feature at the park...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Old Faith, Hope & Charity Dinner Theatre will be presented by the McCook Evangelical Free Church on Nov. 13 and 14. This 10 member cast has been rehearsing since September and will be an evening you will not want to miss! When a country doctor and resident curmudgeon Peter Farraday (Dan Stevens) is faced with retirement, he begins to search for his replacement...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A retail sporting goods store in downtown McCook has a fresh new look after completing store front renovations recently. The Sports Shoppe and Big Red Etc. is the fifth business this year to benefit from the McCook Economic Development Corp. facade improvement program and two other prominent businesses are slated to follow suit...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The board of directors of the Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement Project will meet 10 a.m. Wednesday in room 213 of McMillen Hall, 1205 East Third Street, on the McCook Community College campus. NCORPE is a joint entity organized and existing under the Nebraska Interlocal Cooperation Act...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Area cowboys and cowgirls will have the opportunity to show off their skills and help the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team in the process later this month. It's the second year the team has hosted a timed event fundraiser at the Kiplinger Arena in McCook. This year, the fundraiser will be broken up into two days...

It's that time of year to clean out your closets, and donate what doesn't fit or you're not going to wear to the McCook, Nebraska, Coat Closet and Winter Clothing Giveaway. Clean, gently-used coats, jackets, overalls, snow boots, hats, mittens and warm winter clothing (sweaters!) of every size can be donated Monday and Tuesday, Oct. ...

Alan M. Rucker March 1, 1952 - Oct. 17, 2015 MARSHFIELD, Wis. -- Alan M. Rucker, age 63, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Marshfield. Alan was born on March 1, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois. He spent a great deal of his early life on the farm with his grandparents, Dave and Gladys Alexander. ...