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LaVonna "Arlene" Fewell (Obituary ~ 06/03/10)
Sept. 2, 1929-June 2, 2010 EDISON, Nebraska -- LaVonna "Arlene" Fewell, age 80, of Rural Edison, Nebraska died Wednesday (June 2, 2010) as a result of car-train accident east of Edison, Nebraska. She was born Sept. 2, 1929 in Phelps County, Nebraska to Leon and Martha (Strom) Shield. She grew up in the Altanta, Nebraska area. She graduated from high school at Mascot, Nebraska with the class of '47... -
John J. Adams (Obituary ~ 06/03/10)
May 30, 1919-May 24, 2010 ATWOOD, Kansas -- John J. Adams, 90, died May 24, 2010. He was born May 30, 1919, to Oscar and Euphemia (Senecal) Adams in Plainville, Kansas. He was educated in Plainville before joining the Army during World War II. He served in the South Pacific... -
Linda Marie Zodrow
(Obituary ~ 06/03/10)
Dec. 22, 1951-May 31, 2010 McCOOK, Nebrask -- Linda Marie Zodrow, 58, died Monday (May 31, 2010), at her home in McCook. She was born on Dec. 22, 1951, in Oberlin, Kansas to Elmer Leonard and Delores Ann (Moeder) Zodrow. She graduated from Decatur County High School in 1970. A few years later, she continued her education at Central Community College in Grand Island...
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Up and down, up and down (Local News ~ 06/03/10)
Crane operator Zach Oliverius, of Nebraska Crane, Kearney, Nebraska, lifts a new elevator motor onto the roof of the Keystone Hotel in downtown McCook, Nebraska. Mark Rome, an elevator remodeling and modernization expert for O'Keefe Elevator, Omaha, said the motor will operate an almost-completely new elevator in the shaft of the hotel's original 1950's-era passenger elevator. ... -
Edison woman killed in car-train collision
(Local News ~ 06/03/10)
EDISON, Nebraska -- An elderly Edison woman was killed when her car was struck by a train east of Edison Wednesday morning. Lavonna A. Fewell, 80, died at the scene, according to the Furnas County Sheriff's Office. The accident occurred about 10:55 a.m. one mile east of Edison at the intersection of Road 431 and Highway 136, when Fewell's car was struck by an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train...
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Extreme stilts (Local News ~ 06/03/10)
Spencer Gillen, right, and Chance Pearson, above, both of McCook, Nebraska, bound across Norris Avenue's bricks on "powerizer" extreme jumping stilts. An advertisement for the stilts -- popular in Japan, Chance said -- explains that the jumping stilts store energy wasted in a normal walking step, running stride or jump, and bounce the user's foot back up into the air on the next step, stride or jump, making the user feel as if he or she has "super-human" power to "run faster and jump higher." The stilts are also called ultra jumpers, fly jumpers, spring stilts, velocity stilts, power runners, powerBocks, power stilts and kangaroo boots. ... -
Check property values carefully
(Editorial ~ 06/03/10)
The Red Willow County assessor's office is busy and neighbors are talking to neighbors once again thanks to new valuation letters that recently went out. "How much did your property go up?" is the most common question, although some have found their valuations actually declined. You can check out your property at http://redwillow.gisworkshop.com/...
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Time for some fabulous conjunctions
(Column ~ 06/03/10)
This is a week for some fabulous conjunctions. Let's start tonight, June 3, at about an hour after sunset facing west. Bright Venus will draw our attention right off. Of the three planets visible in the early evening, Venus is the closest to the horizon. It is located in the middle of Gemini, but isn't going to stay there for long...
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Juniors drop Legion baseball twin-bill to Broken Bow (High School Sports ~ 06/03/10)
Give the McCook Juniors American Legion baseball team credit -- the Juniors did not go down without a fight Wednesday night. The Juniors saw several rallies fall short in the second game of the Wednesday, June 2 double-header against Broken Bow at the Jaycees Sports Complex. The visitors held on for an 18-15 victory in the nightcap. In Wednesday's opening contest, Broken Bow scored three runs in the top of the seventh to claim the 11-8 victory... -
Mullen Pro Am set for this weekend
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/10)
One of the premier charitable golf events in southwest Nebraska is on tap in McCook this weekend. Pro and amateur shooters will compete for cash prizes in the 22nd annual John Mullen Pro-Am Health and Heritage Classic Friday through Sunday, June 4-6, at the challenging Heritage Hills Golf Links in McCook. A total of 28 amateur four-player teams and 28 PGA golf professionals are expected to compete...
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Authors to gather for MHS reunion
(Local News ~ 06/03/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Senior High has produced published writers, many of whom will attend the "Bison Fever 2010" all-class reunion in July. Rounded up by Judy Chinn Wortley, Class of 1958, the authors will present their books at an "Alumni Authors Adventure" on Saturday, July 3, at the High Plains Museum, 413 Norris, in downtown McCook, Nebraska...
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'On My Honor' (Local News ~ 06/03/10)
Bronze statues of the Benjamin Nelson family grace the front lawn of the boyhood home of U.S. Sen. E. Ben Nelson, who earned an Eagle Scout badge as he grew up in McCook, Nebraska. The bronzes, called "On My Honor," depict the day that the younger Nelson was presented the Eagle Scout badge by his mother, Birdella Nelson, in the late 1950's. ...