Stories from Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Nov. 25, 1924-Aug. 8, 2010 HASTINGS, Nebraska -- Dorothy L. (Anderson) Salmen, 85, passed away Sunday (Aug. 8, 2010) at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village in Hastings. Dorothy was born Nov. 25, 1924 to Leslie and Mattie (Rademacher) Gitt in Phelps County, Nebraska. She attended District 8 elementary school and graduated from the Wilcox High School in Wilcox, Nebraska...

April 8, 1957-Aug. 7, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Rosetta Marie Jensen, 53, died Saturday (Aug. 7, 2010) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born April 8, 1957, in McCook; the daughter of Gerald W. and Rose E. (Howard) Geihsler. Rosetta grew up in McCook where she graduated from McCook High School in 1975, and attended McCook Community College. She was previously married to Jerry Neiman and Joseph Knight and on Dec. 31, 1990 married John C. Jensen...

May 26, 1943-Aug. 8, 2010 KEARNEY, Nebraska -- William "Bill" Lueck, 67, died Sunday (Aug. 8, 2010) at his residence. He was born May 26, 1943 in Cambridge to Fred E. and Minnie L. (Breinig) Lueck. He grew up in McCook and later moved to Kearney; graduating from Kearney High School in 1962...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A two-vehicle accident south of McCook and a victim needing emergency transport to a Kearney hospital Monday evening cut short a training session for McCook emergency personnel with the new Midwest MedAir helicopter based in North Platte...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- By this fall, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should know what to do to repair Red Willow Dam so the contract to make the repairs can be awarded a year later. The agency said that if the necessary requirements are met for the project, Safety of Dams Program funding should be available to complete the necessary repairs after the contract is awarded in late 2011...

INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- The past will come to life Sunday just south of Indianola. Several area draft horses and mule "teamsters" will team up with Griff Malleck to stage the second annual Bum Malleck Memorial Threshing. Griff Malleck's father, Bum Malleck, was a long-time Red Willow County farmer who died in March 2008...

Allan Bishop's high school ride sits on top of unused oilfield storage tanks on Highway 6 near Hamlet. Bishop said that his grandfather, Orville Bishop of California, bought the Oldsmobile brand new in 1947. In the 1950s, he gave it to Allan's folks, and Allan drove it to high school in McCook. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Public Schools' board of education Monday evening approved on a 5-1 vote a 2.08 percent increase in the compensation packages of 13 full- and part-time administrators for the 2010-11 school year. School board president Tom Bredvick explained during the board's August meeting that the increase will add about $15,000 to the budget in progress for the upcoming school year...

It's a hot early August day. Seven teenagers at a family get-together at a park are splashing around a nearby river when one of them steps over a dropoff into 20 to 30 feet of water. He can't swim. Neither can the other six in the river. Nor could any of the adults on the shore, who watched helplessly as six of the teens drowned trying to rescue the first teen. Ironically, he was rescued by a bystander...

Jeff Lyster has spent most of his life involved in football, with many lessons learned that he will carry throughout his adult life. The former McCook High School standout and Chadron State college linebacker is embarking on the next football chapter of his life this fall with a job as as assistant coach on the Mankato (Minnesota) West High School varsity team...

I was relaxing over lunch at home with my wife. "Could you fly to Omaha and bring Amy Speace our featured 'Live at the Bieroc' entertainer back to McCook?" asked Matt. "Well the answer was 'no' as I'm not licensed to transport passengers for pay. But wait a second there is a way. It is permissible to use my airplane for flight instruction. Yes I can have her here in time for your performance," was my answer...