Stories from Thursday, March 3, 2011

Dec. 7, 1941--March 1, 2011 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Lynn N. Youngquist, 69, died Tuesday (March 1, 2011), at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha following a brief illness. He was born Dec. 7, 1941, in Oxford, Nebraska to Joseph and Lela (Christian) Youngquist. ...

June 20, 1956--Feb. 5, 2011 STEILACOOM, Washington -- Paula Jo Cumpston Lofgreen, 54, died Feb. 5, 2011, at her home in Steilacoom. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on June 20, 1956. She was preceded in death by her father, Donald Cumpston. Survivors include her husband, Cass of Steilacoom; daughter, Tracia Clark and husband, Tyler of Lakewood, Washington; son, Terrance and fiancee Sarah Harkness of Tacoma, Washington; mother, Barbara Cumpston of Yutan, Nebraska; sisters, Carla Snyder and husband, Robert of Yutan and Sheila Cumpston and Mila Bird of San Jose, California; and two grandchildren.. ...

The family of Bob and Connie Quaduor of Indianola, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married March 5, 1961, at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. Their family includes children, Julie and husband, Bryan Vrbas of Palisade, Nebraska, Rob and wife, Kathy Quaduor of Indianola, and Sheri and husband, Wil Sughroue of Bartley, Nebraska; and seven grandchildren. ...

Most of us think of a couple of options when the family budget gets tight -- begin spending less, finding higher-paying employment, taking on another part-time job or a combination of the three. After that, we'll think about selling off assets -- holding a garage sale, putting a spare car on the market -- even listing our home with the idea of downsizing to a smaller house or apartment...

OK, what is it going to be? Will March come in like a lion or a lamb? Better yet, how will it leave? Weather folklore has it that if March comes in Like a lion, bad or cold, it will exit in just the opposite manner, warm and sunny. Well, really, the whole thing is not so much about weather as it is about astronomy...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Chamber members spoke up about their dislike for a change, announced Monday, to the Red Willow County assessor's property search website, during their weekly conference call with State. Sen. Mark Christensen this morning at the Keystone Business Center...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Morgan Barnhart has her head -- and her heart -- in the clouds. The McCook High School sophomore loves to shoot pictures, especially of clouds -- white clouds, dark clouds, calm or deranged -- clouds themselves or as the background in her pictures. "My favorite thing to shoot is definitely clouds," Morgan said, smiling...

About three months ago, McCook boys basketball fans and the Bison players and coaches probably felt pangs of trepidation about the upcoming season. Head coach Tim Garcia had very few players returning with varsity experience, and not many tall players -- McCook's tallest members among the varsity regulars was just 6-foot 2. The Bison coach went into the season planning to use a handful of sophomores and a freshman as regulars in the varsity lineup, and he did just that all season long...