Stories from Thursday, June 10, 2010

Feb. 4, 1918-June 9, 2010 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Vera Faye Lewis, 92, died Wednesday (June 9, 2010) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born Feb. 4, 1918, in Arapahoe to Merle and Ann (Jacobson) Adams. She was a lifelong resident of Arapahoe. She graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of '34. Following graduation she attended Kearney State Teachers College in Kearney. She taught county school for four years at the Dunbar School House...

Oct. 10, 1919-June 8, 2010 SALINA, Kansas -- Don L. Claussen, 91, formerly of Oberlin, died Tuesday (June 8, 2010) at Holiday Resort Nursing Home in Salina. He was born Oct. 10, 1919, to Herman and Lydia (Wagner) Claussen in Smith Center, Kansas. He attended Decatur Community High School and graduated in 1936 followed by Dodge City Business College. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee...

July 11, 1964-June 7, 2010 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Dennis E. Monter, 45, died Monday (June 7, 2010) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska following a two vehicle accident south of Arapahoe. He was born July 11, 1964 in Lexington, Nebraska to Glen and DeLilah (Reese) Monter. He grew up in the Arapahoe area and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of '82. He graduated from Kearney State Teachers College in Kearney, Nebraska in 1986...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- After irrigators sought compensation for having their wells and surface water shut off, the Middle Republican Natural Resources District put off a decision on an agreement between the NRD and state regarding water short years. About 50 people attended a public hearing on revisions to the joint integrated management plan between the Middle Republican NRD and the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Tuesday in Curtis...

Mike Harris was only going to be a teacher for one year -- and that was only because he promised his mother, he'd try it. He was earning a good living in the industrial welding field, but for his mother's sake -- she was a teacher -- he agreed to try it for one year. Now, 39 years later, Harris is a retired teacher...

COLUMBUS, Nebraska -- Midwest Medical Transport has announced the June launch of its new Air Medical Helicopter service out of North Platte. Midwest Medical Transport Co. is a Nebraska-owned company and serves all of Nebraska and Western Iowa with nine stations and a fleet of fully equipped medical ambulances, highly trained and certified personnel, providing all levels of care from wheelchair vans to critical care transfers...

McCook as a community, is of a mixed mind when it comes to historic preservation. We're proud of our heritage -- hence the Hills, Senior Center and Square -- but we also want to be progressive and forward looking. A prime example is the former home of Gov. Ralph Brooks, a former high school superintendent who died in office, and who is honored by the name of one of the McCook Community College dorms...

OK, fellow stargazers, here is the good news I have been waiting to tell you. The extension campus of Mid-Plains Community College in Imperial has asked me to conduct a basic observational astronomy course. The class will begin with an indoor session on Wednesday, June 23, at 7 p.m. at the Imperial campus building located at 1320 Broadway. It will meet once a month through September with the possibility of continuing on for four more months...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson warned in a speech on the Senate floor that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overreach on regulating carbon emissions could substantially raise Nebraskans' electricity rates and damage the state's economy. ...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Johanns today issued the following statement after a bipartisan resolution to disapprove of a recent EPA endangerment finding failed by a vote of 47-53. Had it passed, the resolution would have reversed the EPA's decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Sen. Johanns was a cosponsor of the resolution...