Stories from Tuesday, November 28, 2006

May 25, 1924 - Nov. 25, 2006 COLUMBUS, Wis. -- Erma L. Harder, 82, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2006), at Columbus Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Columbus, Wis.  She was born May 5, 1924, in Dundy County to Louis and Emma (Delabar) Damrow.  On June 16, 1942, she married Albert G. Harder at Benkelman...

Oct. 20, 1953 - Nov. 27, 2006 Leonard L. Gonzales, 53 entered peacefully into eternal life on Nov. 27, 2006, at his home in McCook after battling cancer. He was born Oct. 20, 1953, in McCook to Raymond Sr. and Fern (Ridgway) Gonzales. He was a life-long resident of McCook graduating from McCook Senior High in May of 1972. On Feb. 20, 1977, he married Penny L. (Clapp) Gonzales. Through this union three children were born...

Feb. 24, 1922 - Nov. 25, 2006 DENVER, Colo. --Jack H. Hendrix, 84, formerly of McCook and Trenton, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2006) in Denver, Colo. He was born in Traer on Feb.24, 1922. He graduated from Decatur County High School and attended the University of Nebraska where he earned his teaching degree and later his law degree...

Carol Lambert of McCook hugs her daughter, Renae Stuck, as Renae watches firefighters go in and out of her home at 910 E. Fifth, the south wall of whose living room burned around midnight, Monday, when a fire that Carol started in the fireplace spread beyond the firebox and mantle and into the interior wall. ...

Are you just finishing up the last of the Thanksgiving turkey? Has your stomach recovered from holiday overindulgence? Actually, we're in the middle of the holiday eating season, if you consider that it started with all the Halloween candy we took away from our children...

Way to go western Nebraska football fans! Your attendance at the Chadron State vs West Texas NCAA II Football Playoff game at Elliott Field on Saturday was simply amazing. In my 36 years of attending CSC home games, I have never seen a larger or more enthusiastic crowd. After the game, one of the West Texas A&M players told one of our players that, even though their home stadium holds 20,000 people, he has never played in front of a louder crowd than the one at Saturday's game...

You are here. They are there. It happens. A 911 call is made. Within three minutes you are surrounded by highly trained paramedics, volunteer EMTs and police officers. The RIGHT people with the RIGHT training, RIGHT Equipment, and RIGHT attitude have arrived at the RIGHT address at the RIGHT time to provide the RIGHT care...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Southwest Nebraska for their continued support of Evening for Hospice. This yearly fund raiser provides more than financial support for our mission, it also provides opportunities for our staff to gain knowledge and support for our hospice families Our Hospice team consists of Dr. ...

In 1983 the U. S. Government created the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) in Southeast Colorado. At that time the promise was made that the site would never be expanded. This year, that same government announced, through the Army at Fort Carson, expansion plans for the PCMS. Instead of taking 250,000 acres like in 1983, the new proposal would extend the site to 2.5 million acres...