Stories from Friday, September 24, 2010

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Lisa Jo Dusatko of Kearney and Craig Thomas Plummer of Ravenna, Nebraska were united in marriage on July 24, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Rev. Eric Lesher officiating. Parents of the couple are Jim and Maxine Dusatko of McCook, Nebraska and Mary Plummer of Ravenna and Paul and Dee Plummer of Elwood, Nebraska...

The family of Harlow and Sandra Daffer is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 3, 1960, at the Lebanon Presbyterian Church. Their family includes children, Mike and Sally Daffer, Mary and Jay Schluntz, Steve and Shelly Daffer; and 10 grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at P.O. Box 95, Danbury, NE 69026...

The family of Beryl and Sharon Gummere is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 1, 1960 at McCook, Nebraska. Their family includes Vickie Gummere of Lincoln, Nebraska and Kelly and Jennifer Gummere of Memphis, Tennessee. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 35148 Road 707, Stratton, NE 69043...

The family of Jeannine Eisenach is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday, Sept. 27. She was born to Ernest and Edith Wicke in 1930 on a farm south of Wauneta, Nebraska. Her family includes her husband, Robert Eisenach; children, Bruce and Lana Licht and family, Connie Scott, Marybeth and John Roschewski and family, Allen Eisenach and Tom and Patty Eisenach and family. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 402 Henton Road, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Mary Osterman is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday, Oct. 1. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1925. Her family includes daughters, Claralynn and Stan Wudtke of McCook, Nebraska, and Nancy and Brian Harris of McCook; sons, Steve Osterman of McCook, and Jeff and Kathy Osterman of Indianola, Nebraska. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 708 West 14th Street, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Bob Furrow is requesting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday, Sept. 28. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Verne Furrow in Elwood, Nebraska on Sept. 28, 1920. Family includes his wife of 64 years, Eileen; three sons, Mike and wife, Peggy Furrows, Steve and wife, Cindy Furrows, Scott and wife, Susan Furrows; and six grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 401 Crook Avenue, Curtis, NE 69025...

Aug. 4, 1935-Sept. 7, 2010 MEMPHIS, Tennessee - John Thomas Rowberry, 75, died Sept. 7, 2010. He was born Aug. 4, 1935, in Great Falls, Montana to Alice Valeria (Hurley) and Harold Ray Rowberry. He graduated from McCook Senior High School in 1954. He attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for two years where he was in the ROTC program. He went to Memphis, Tennessee while serving in the U.S. Navy to study electronics...

Marcus and Leesa Clapp of Phoenix, Arizona announce the birth of a son, Wyatt James. He was born Aug. 18, 2010, in Scottsdale, weighing 8 pounds, 15 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Grandparents are Jim and Krisiti Clapp of McCook, Nebraska, Steve McCormick of Bakersfield, California and Vicki Norman of Bakersfield. Great-grandparents are Darlene Korf of McCook and LaVonne Clapp of McCook...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook's and Nebraska's ties to rural electrification are being celebrated with the 75th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Association on Sunday and with the New Era Rural Energy Symposium Monday and Tuesday at McCook Community College...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Chairman of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, Bob Phares, visited the McCook, Nebraska, Rotary Club on Tuesday to update members on the work of the university. Phares was appointed to the position of regent by Gov. Dave Heineman in August 2006 to replace impeached former Regent Dave Hergert. ...

Supposedly, at the end of the Constitutional Convention, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin what kind government was being created. "A republic, if you can keep it," Franklin replied. At a press converence earlier this week, Gov. Dave Heineman might have said he was granting the public "a little more freedom, if you can keep it."...

The mission of McCook Public Schools is to equip all students to succeed. To accomplish this mission all students and staff must work in a safe and secure environment. Although lessons were learned, the recent district-wide evacuation drill went very well. ...

We live in a country that has more laws prohibiting more behaviors than any other country in the world and, because of that, we incarcerate more people per capita than any other country in the world too. In a country based on individual liberty and personal freedom, that doesn't make sense...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Once burned in effigy, Sen. George W. Norris was nearly moved to tears when President Roosevelt signed the TVA Act on May 18, 1933. Bob Harris, formerly of McCook, presented a PowerPoint glimpse of the work that consumed George Norris, the "Gentle Knight of Progressive Ideals," Friday morning during the McCook Heritage Days Annual Prayer Breakfast at Heritage Senior Center...

BISON 1960 TEAM TO BE HONORED AT STATE PREP SHRINE FESTIVITIES SEPT. 26 Kids will be kids, and a group of special former McCook High School athletes will have the opportunity to relive some of the glory days of their youth Sunday afternoon in Lincoln...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Invest Nebraska announced today that the 2nd Annual East-2-West Nebraska New Venture Competition will take place at The Old Mattress Factory Bar and Grill in downtown Omaha on Friday, Nov. 19. On that date, a judges' panel comprised of business and community leaders will identify the most promising business plan among submissions. The winning entrepreneur or team will receive a $50,000 equity investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation...

Aug. 6, 1954-Sept. 23, 2010 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Donna Jean Harned, 56, formerly of Indianola, died Thursday (Sept. 23, 2010). She was born Aug. 6, 1954, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Gaylord Harrison and Iona Mae (Schamel) Harned. She worked as a case aide, for the State of Nebraska and at Tier One Bank...

The controversy surrounding our nation's immigration system is just one more example of states and cities taking matters into their own hands due to enforcement failures by the federal government. As a member of the Immigration Reform Caucus, I am committed to promoting legal and safe immigration by discouraging illegal entry. We can do this through border security and removing incentives to break our laws and enter our country...

UNK- The University of Nebraska at Kearney today (Friday, Sept. 24) announced the acceptance of an invitation to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). In a vote held this afternoon by MIAA presidents, UNK and Lindenwood University were both extended invitations. Lindenwood, based in St. Charles, Mo., is a current NAIA member that was recently approved for NCAA Division II membership...