Stories from Tuesday, November 23, 2010

March 10, 1927--Nov. 21, 2010 KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Marguerite Louise Massey, 83, formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday (Nov. 21, 2010), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Marguerite was born March 10, 1927, in rural Harlan County, north of Stamford, Nebraska, the daughter of Albert H. ...

July 19, 1936--Nov. 22, 2010 ORD, Nebraska -- Esther J. Sedlacek, 74, died Monday (Nov. 22, 2010), at the Valley County Health System Hospital in Ord. Esther Joanne was born July 19, 1936, in Indianola, Nebraska to Harry Albert "Babe" Schamel and Adelaide Ethel Marie Junker. She grew up in Indianola and graduated from Indianola High School in 1954. She attended Grand Island Business School...

Wally Hampton of McCook loves to fly. His wife, Rachel, loves dogs. Together, they've become involved in an organization that gives dogs, destined for euthanasia, a second chance at life. It began in March 2010, when Rachel watched an episode of "Underdog to Wonder Dog," a TV program on Animal Planet. ...

We see it all the time. Parents work tirelessly to raise funds for their school's extracurricular activities. Citizens organize dinners to help finance new playground equipment in the city park. Volunteers contribute hundreds of hours to make improvements to their churches. Residents offer to serve on boards and committees to provide expertise for community causes they believe in. Hard-earned dollars are donated to non-profit organizations for the benefit of various community groups...

To those who decided my cement donkey would look better in their yard -- the accompanying siesta-taking figure just doesn't look right without his donkey‚ so I ask that you either return my donkey or come get his companion -- but bring reinforcements -- that sucker is heavy!...

America, the time is come to exercise a check on federal power. Not by the ballot, but by the club. It is time to throw a national "blanket party" for federal agencies that make "molestation" of the Constitution in general -- and the fourth Amendment in particular -- their new Standard Operating Procedure. It is time for the "Big Stick."...

Nationally syndicated columnist Dennis Prager wrote recently, "in a lifetime of teaching and writing on Judaism, I have never encountered a single normative statement in 3,000 years of Jewish writing that asserted that man is basically good." Those writings of course include our Bible's Old Testament, which I love...

November 22, 2010 -- Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson said that Nebraska consumers will receive better value for their insurance premiums under new federal rule developed by state insurance departments nationwide requiring that insurers spend most of their customers' premiums on medical care and improving the quality of care...