Stories from Monday, March 7, 2016

Robert William Uerling Jan. 4, 1930 - March 4, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Robert William Uerling, age 86, of Indianola, Neb., passed away Friday, March 4, 2016, at Community Hospital in McCook. Robert was born Jan. 4, 1930, at the family home in Red Willow County to parents, Paul Mathias and Josephine Marie (Goodenkauf) Uerling. Growing up, Robert attended school at Red Willow, graduating with the class of 1947. Following high school, Robert started farming...

Avon L. Arms HASTINGS, Neb. -- Avon L. Arms, 76, of Cozad, died Thursday (March 3, 2016), at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. A memorial service is Tuesday, March 8, 2016,10 a.m. at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel in Cozad with the Rev. Doug Smith officiating. Inurnment will be at the Arapahoe Cemetery. Cremation was chosen...

The McCook High School Dance team will have a fundraiser Tuesday, March 8, from 5-8 p.m. at McDonalds. Called "McDance Night," a portion of proceeds sold that night will fund a trip the dance team is hoping to take to Disneyland in May with the McCook High School Band. ...

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...

80th birthday The family of Janeice Jumps of Culbertson, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Thursday, March 10. She was born in Hitchcock County in 1936, where she has been a life-long resident with many family and friends. Her family includes her husband, Robert Jumps; four children; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 72081 Road 374, Culbertson, NE 69024...

ISIS is doomed to failure, according to one expert, who should know. None other than Osama Bin Laden warned his followers that creating an Islamic state too soon would be a disaster, according to letters captured in the raid on the compound in Pakistan where he was killed in 2011...

Recently, at the urging of a young friend of mine, who seems to be addicted to the Pool Games on ESPN since football season is over, I watched a Championship Match of 9-Ball, at one of the opulent new pool halls in the Catskills. This experience brought back memories of the Plainview (Homer's) Pool Hall of the 1940s, where I spent considerable time as a teenager...

Several important and noteworthy bills were advanced or stopped this past week. I am glad that LB 710, the bill which I introduced to protect younger Nebraskans from hazing, was advanced unanimously by the Legislature from General to Select File. LR 378 CA, a resolution by Sen. John Kuehn of Heartwell, would place a question on this November's ballot to add an amendment to the Nebraska state constitution recognizing and protecting our right to farm...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook airport boarded more commercial airline passengers in the first two months of this year than it did during the entire first quarter last year, representing what could be the first hints of a positive trend in several years...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The 2016 Red Willow County Democratic Caucus started out with a full parking lot at the Heritage Senior Center on Saturday. One participant mentioned that although it wasn't as many as the first Nebraska Caucus which took place in 2008, it was significantly more than 2012...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Jason Davis is a small town boy with a deep-rooted agricultural background. The new McCook Tractor Supply Co. manager grew up in Alvo, Neb., (population 150), where his family farmed and raised racehorses. Growing up, he showed livestock in 4-H and FFA, starting with rabbits, sheep, hogs, on up to cattle. He often accompanied his family to the horse track, where he would help out wherever he was needed...

Cobblestone Inn and Suites No. 66 opened its doors for business in Oberlin, Kansas, with a ribbon cutting at noon Friday. Scissor-wielding Paul Shields, president of Gateway Investments, owner of the hotel, thanked hotel investors for believing in their community and the City of Oberlin for the site near "The Gateway" civic center. ...

Peyton Heffner helps unload the "Food Bank for the Heartland" truck from Omaha prior to a "Mobile Pantry" in Trenton Saturday. Peyton and fellow students at Hitchcock County Schools hauled food, helped set up and distribute foods and offered to be "box boys" for shoppers. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- On Friday March 11 at 8:15 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Jim Bertrand, who is an affiliate of the Turin Shroud Center, will give a presentation using a life-sized replica of the Shroud of Turin. The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- As part of the largest single-day, private-sector pay increase ever, more than 1.2 million Walmart and Sam's Club associates in the U.S., including more than 10,700 in the state of Nebraska will receive a pay raise in their March 10 paycheck. The increases are part of the company's two-year, $2.7 billion investment in higher pay, better training, clearer career paths and additional educational opportunities for its workers...

Pansy D. Price June 8, 1925 - March 6, 2016 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Pansy D. Price, 90, died Sunday (March 6, 2016), at Smith Center Health and Rehab in Smith Center. She was born June 8, 1925, in Oronoque, Kan. to Floyd and Ruth (Butler) Wiltfong. She grew up in Norton County and graduated from Norcatur Rural High School in 1943. She resided on a farm near Clayton, then at Whispering Pines in Norton before moving to Smith Center...

Richard 'Dick' Alan Rima May 29, 1947 - March 6, 2016 MCCOOK, Neb. -- Richard "Dick" Alan Rima was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Community Hospital. He was 68 years old. Dick was born on May 29, 1947, in McCook to Fred and Peggy (Coleman) Rima. ...

Mabel I. Zimmerman June 24, 1919 - March 6, 2016 MCCOOK, Neb. -- Mabel Irene (Wurm) Zimmerman was born June 24, 1919, at the farm of Andrew M. and Elizabeth (Schiessler) Wurm. She passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Brookdale in McCook, Nebraska, at the age of 96...