Stories from Friday, August 26, 2016

Rosed Charlamae Shuler Sept. 8, 1959 - Aug. 23, 2016 ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Rosed Charlamae Shuler, 57, of Arapahoe, died at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. She was born in Minot, N.D., to Robert and Rosemary (Gustafson) Hayes on Sept. 8, 1959. She attended and graduated from Minot, N.D. high school and attended one year of college...

Nancy Kay Krotter David Jan. 10, 1935 - Aug. 18, 2016 TUCUMCARI, N.M., -- Nancy Kay Krotter David, known to many as "Kay," but also as Mom, Nama, Grandma Kay and Aunt Kay, passed to her eternal home on Aug. 18, 2016. She will be missed and forever remembered by all who had the good fortune to know her. Her legacy will live on...

Henrickson, Sheehey Kaylee Henrickson and Ben Sheehey of Lincoln, Neb., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Scott and Michelle Henrickson of Lincoln. Grandparents are Dennis and Charlene Chancellor of Lincoln, Charles and Judy Hughes of Brownsville, Ind., Gene Geihsler of Hoskins, Neb., and the late Dixie Geihsler...

105th birthday The family of Mildred L. Zink of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 105th birthday that was Aug. 21, 2016. She was born in 1911 and graduated from Red Willow High School. She then graduated from nurses training in Denver, Colo., and worked at the U.S. ...

65th anniversary The family of Milton and Florence Hegwood of Culbertson, Neb. is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary Friday, Sept. 2. They were married in 1951 in Wauneta, Neb. Their family includes children, Jim Hegwood and Jeanette Peters of McCook, Neb., and Jerry and Janet Hegwood of Aurora, Colo.; nine grandchildren, six with spouses and 17 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at P.O. Box 336, Culbertson, NE 69024...

Eislee Alene Scott Bronson and Kara Scott of Salina, Kan., announce the birth of their daughter, Eislee Alene Scott, who was born July 14, 2016, at Salina Regional Health Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches long. She has one sister, Taelynn. ...

60th anniversary The family of Dale and Norma Crocker of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, Sept. 1. They were married in 1956 at St. Catherine's Church in Indianola, Neb. They were both born and raised in the McCook area, with Dale a 1953 graduate of Red Willow High School and Norma a 1953 graduate of McCook High School and a 1955 graduate of McCook Community College. ...

Timid freshmen were nowhere to be found on the home side once McCook High's C football team took over Weiland Field Thursday afternoon. Steam should have been rising during a 22-0 first-quarter scoring spree, and these Bison never lost control of a 22-14 victory over visiting Grand Island Northwest...

75th birthday The family of Lorine Bauguess of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 808 E. Fourth, McCook, NE 69001.

The apple butter is "in the books" as they say, seven gallons of apples, two days of cooking and a frantic push to get it all canned before Friday night turned into Saturday morning! Again, it is not my mother's apple butter but then how do you make something just like someone else does anyway?...

"Why," you wonder, "did you guys pick 'Capital of the Buffalo Commons' as the brand for the McCook area?" Good question. As a guy who has lived through McCook's ups and downs during the past quarter of a century, let me do my best to explain. It all started in the early 1990s in the McCook High School Auditorium. A big crowd gathered there to hear from the Poppers -- Frank and Deborah -- a pair of professors from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey...

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. Activity log These items are taken from reports filed by the McCook Police Department. The locations refer to block numbers, not specific addresses. If you have information about any of these reports, call the police department at (308) 345-3450...

Farmers are the experts when it comes to enjoying the fruits of the land in the best way possible. Learn to eat like a farmer, and your taste buds will be sure to thank you later. Across the United States, farmers are working hard to bring high-quality foods from their fields and groves to grocery store shelves and, ultimately, to your pantry. Sometimes foods you may not even think about coming from a farm have been grown with the most tender, loving care...

Southern Valley/Alma completed a 3-game sweep of Chase County with two wins over the Longhorns on Thursday...

The McCook Bison know better than let an 0-for-4 week in Hastings bother them during this early softball season. "All four games we had were against some of the top competition. We held our own and went toe to to toe with them," coach Jason Cochran said after the Bison dropped an 8-7 battle to Omaha Gross before fall- ing 15-6 against Omaha Skutt on Thursday...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Thursday afternoon, Jason Leever bought a 1997 Pontiac Firebird. For the second time. After paying $1,900 for the fire-engine-red muscle car at the City of McCook surplus auction Thursday, Jason said he's going to restore it. Sure, a Firebird's powerful. Sure, it's classy. And that red makes it look fast even when it's sitting still. But why restore the 19-year-old car?...

Logan Hunter, whose grandparents are Ruthann and Marvin Klooz of rural McCook, offers "Hunter & May Pottery" at Keystone Floral in downtown McCook. Logan's website indicates that he and Hannah May met as students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and now share a studio where they display their wood fired and electric fired ceramic work. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- City leadership is leaning towards increasing McCook's property tax levy for the first time since 2002, while also indicating reducing the levy in two years would be considered. The levy increase is being described as the preferred option to cover a $118,000 budgeted shortfall and reducing the levy back down was described as a possibility once debt from the multi-million dollar Municipal Center is retired in 2018. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Blood donations are especially needed this time of year because of summertime demands and shortage of donors, according to Red Cross officials. All types of blood are needed and welcome at next week's drives in McCook. They will be 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Red Willow County Community building, 1412 W. Fifth, and again 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday...

HOLDREGE, Neb. -- McCook artist Deb Goodenberger has been selected as one of 10 artists featured in the magazine Nebraska Rural Living's new online art gallery. Deb has been an artist all her life. She teaches art for students in first through eighth grade in three buildings in McCook. ...

I only had enough space last week to write about the very end of my trip which ended unpleasantly with a cancelled flight in Denver. Actually the rest of the trip was pretty pleasant. Except for my flight to Denver and back to McCook on Boutique Airlines, the rest of the journey was made on Delta. ...

MANHATTAN, KS -- Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska established an agreement this week in the longstanding conflict over water from the Republican River basin, as the Republican River Compact Administration signed two resolutions. Representatives from the three states have been meeting monthly for over two years, in an effort to change the approach and improve how they manage interstate water matters. ...

Call him Thor or Zeus. Surely, McCook running back Dunncan Fassler won't mind either moniker...

80th birthday The family of Don Farley of Lincoln, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday Saturday, Sept. 3. He lived in Indianola, Neb. for many years and was principal at the high school in Indianola. His family includes wife, Carol Farley of Lincoln; children, Shannon and Mike Denny of Valley, Neb., Susan and Don Partridge of Wahoo, Neb., Ross and Jennifer Farley of Lincoln; 12 grandkids and six great-grandkids. ...