Stories from Monday, October 4, 2010

March, 12, 1923--Oct. 2, 2010 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Lee D. Waldo, 87, died Saturday (Oct. 2, 2010), at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born March 12, 1923, to Dwight and Emma (Horkey) Waldo in Decatur County, Kansas. He was raised on a Decatur County farm and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1942...

Members of the Tri Valley Health System board of trustees, representatives of the Cambridge, Nebraska, Chamber of Commerce and TVHS CEO Roger Steinkruger, second from the right, use surgical scalpels to cut the ribbon to the new Tri Valley Health System Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Cambridge Medical Clinic Sunday afternoon. ...

U.S. Marine Corp veteran Levi Manzanares performs the "Men's Grass" healing dance during the Mini Sapa celebration at Oberlin Saturday. Manzanares and the Little Sun Drum and Dance Group, of the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, performed at the event honoring Oberlin's 125th anniversary...

Lincoln, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals will honor seven individuals, a corporation and a foundation at its annual National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 17, 2010 at the Embassy Suites Downtown in Lincoln, Nebraska...

MINDEN, Nebraska -- The South Platte United Chambers of Commerce -- comprising Adams, Chase, Clay, Dundy, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hitchcock, Kearney, Keith, Lincoln, Nuckolls, Perkins, Phelps, and Red Willow counties -- began their SPUCC Regional Tours with the eastern region...

We've had a beautiful fall and the weather promises to be unseasonably warm as we head through the first week in October. But the calendar doesn't lie, and it won't be long until Old Man Winter is doing his best to let himself into our homes. There haven't been many hurricanes, the economy is slow and there's plenty of natural gas in storage, so the price is relatively low, but doing everything we can to reduce energy consumption is still a good idea...

Suddenly, in 2010, the electric car is the hot topic, in magazines, newspapers, and on television shows. It would seem that the "Age of Electric Automobiles" is just around the corner. Trouble is, that same excitement has surfaced periodically for the past almost 200 years, only to disappear as a distant memory -- until the next time...

I was reading in the Legion Magazine about the widow's and all of their problems, anxieties, worries and pain of losing their husband in the war. Being a widow has more drawbacks than being a widower -- a widow has all the responsibilities and business to take care of -- money to obtain, if she can some way obtain it; bills to pay, children to feed, clothes to buy, see about school and transportation, rent and etc...

The members of the Farmer Charmer 4-H Club would like to thank McCook and the surrounding communities for their support of Red Willow County 4-H. 4-H has given us many opportunities to learn skills and responsibilities that will be valuable to us all our lives...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County will utilize the CodeRED Emergency Notification System on Wednesday to call the entire county. The calls will be Wednesday morning and will continue until the entire database has been attempted. This call will give Red Willow County emergency personnel the chance to operate the system as if there has been a county-wide disaster or emergency...

Nov. 12, 1930--Oct. 2, 2010 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Iris Belle Nelms, 79, formerly of Hayes Center, Nebraska, passed away Saturday (Oct. 2, 2010), at Linden Court. She was born on Nov. 12, 1930, to George and Minnie (Ward) Pinn. She graduated from Hayes Center High School...

One of my first initiatives as governor in the early 1990's was to create "One Nebraska" which brought people of different backgrounds together to work out their differences and resolve problems facing the state. We were one family that was able to rise to any challenge and it worked well...

SIDNEY, Nebraska -- Practice makes perfect, and the McCook Bison played Friday, Oct. 2, just like they practiced all week leading up to the 61-0 stampede over host Sidney. McCook recorded its second straight shutout as the Bison machine was clicking on all cylinders. The defense added to the point total with senior Cody Goltl's two interception returns for touchdown in a huge second quarter that boosted McCook to a 47-0 halftime lead...

Dec. 22, 1943--Sept. 15, 2010 ELMORE CITY, Oklahoma -- Kenneth Dale Herrod, 66, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior suddenly and without warning from a massive heart attack on Sept. 15, 2010. Services were Sept. 17, 2010 at Abundant Love Fellowship Church in Maysville, Oklahoma with the Rev. Danny Gamble officiating...