Stories from Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Oct. 12, 1914 -March 24, 2008 HERNDON -- Clarence J. "Kayo" Sattler, 93, died Monday (March 24, 2008) at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. He was born Oct. 12, 1914, in a sod house in Richland Township in Rawlins County, to George J. Sattler Jr., and Elizabeth Kleidosty. He grew up in Herndon and attended country school and graduated from Herndon High School in 1933. He attended one year at Kansas State University of Manhattan, Kan...

June 2, 1923 - March 24, 2008 June (Barger) Spickelmier, age 84, went to be with the Lord Monday, March 24, 2008, at her home north of Culbertson after a six year battle with cancer. She was born on the family farm northeast of Culbertson on June 2, 1923, to Chester and Clara (Seybold) Barger. She grew up on the family farm and attended rural county school near her home. She graduated from Culbertson High School in 1941, and attended McCook College...

April 24, 1914 - March 24, 2008 IMPERIAL -- Mary Barnes, 93, died Monday (March 24, 2008) at Chase County Hospital. She was born April 24, 1914, at Canby Precinct in Chase County to John E. and Jane Ellen (Clark) Edwards. She grew up in the Canby Precinct and attended Chase County school until the eighth grade...

July 23, 1936 - March 23, 2008 HERNDON -- Wynemah M. Cox, passed away Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born July 23, 1936, in Decatur County to George L. and Martha E. (Schrammel) Wurm. Wynemah grew up on the family farm. She graduated from Herndon High School in 1954, then earned her Registered Nurse (RN) diploma in Kansas City...

If Mom and Dad are tired, it's tempting just to take a fussy baby to bed. Family beds are common in other parts of the world, and with more and more families where both parents work, sleep is at a premium. The baby certainly won't object, and although a couple's personal life may suffer, there are other times and places to meet those needs...

During the past two years, Danny and I have planned two vacations home. The first was going to be a family Christmas with everyone from far and wide headed for the home place. I dutifully requested the days off and we pinched our pennies, but as hard as we tried, unexpected expenses (usually car-related), kept the bank account low. We knew that this was God, saying no...

By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor Red Willow County commissioners will forward the results of a railroad crossing traffic count to the Nebraska Department of Roads, as they investigate the possibility of installing automatic gates at a rural crossing between McCook and Indianola, the site of a fatality accident Feb. 19...

--- Heath Colby, five years old, a kindergartner: "I walked three miles. Mom and Dad had to take a car, but I didn't need to take a car today." A fellow student, third-grader Joshua Hanson said, "I walked 150 miles." (Mom Pam Hanson translated: "Eight blocks."...