Stories from Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The family of Kenneth L. Fegley is requesting a card shower in honor of his 95th birthday. He was born Oct. 27, 1916 on a farm near Norden, Nebraska. His family includes Sharon and Ron Deutsch of Rapid City, South Dakota and Richard and Carol Fegley of Indianola, Nebraska. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 224 E. Minnesota Street, #107, Rapid City, SD 57701...

Maurice James 'Jim' Hess July 2, 1945 - Oct. 24, 2011 GREENFIELD, Wisconsin -- Maurice James "Jim" Hess passed away Monday (Oct. 24, 2011), at the age of 66 years. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 2, 1945. He was the dear father of Michelle (Will) Boettcher, Staci Carper, Dawn (Todd) Foster, Heidi Hess and Wendy (Jason) Brown, the loving grandfather of Bryson, Trevor, Tyler, Brooke, Kendell, Cameron, Jason and Daniel; great-grandfather of eight; brother of Pam (Alan) Heston; and former husband of Beverly (Lee) Robinson. ...

Norma Schultz IMPERIAL, Nebraska --Norma Schultz, 80, died Tuesday (Oct. 5, 2011), at the Chase County Community Hospital. Survivors include husband, Joe of Wauneta, Nebraska; sisters, Beulah Purdy of Wauneta, Delores Cappel and husband, Claude, of McCook, Nebraska; brothers, Wayne Einspahr and wife, Shirley, of Sutherland, Nebraska, Donald Einspahr and wife, Pat, of McCook, Alvin Einspahr and wife, Kaye, of Enders, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Marty Einspahr of Indianola, Nebraska; and numerous nephews.. ...

Wayne Reiners April 14, 1931 - Oct. 26, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Wayne Reinders, 8-, died today (Oct. 26, 2011) at his home in rural McCook. Services are pending with Carpenter Breland Home in McCook.

Martha Margaret 'Peg' Frack Sept. 29, 1925 - Oct. 7, 2011 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Martha Margaret "Peg" Frack, 86, of Holdrege, Nebraska died Friday, (Oct. 7, 2011), at Mary Lanning Hospital at Hastings, Nebraska, after a year and half battle with lung cancer...

Barb Ostrum can see the problem first hand. As local community service coordinator for Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, she's often the first to get the call when someone has nowhere else to go. As she told regional editor Connie Jo Discoe, she's helped a mother with two children, living in a car, young men with jobs but no place to live, and many others...

It looks evident that TransCanada will get its preferred route for the Keystone XL project, despite all threats to take their ball and go home. But any such threat from TransCanada or their proponents is an empty one. It's doubtful that TransCanada will leave--by their own estimation--somewhere on the order of $4 billion in annual profits to rot on the drawing board. Essentially, that $7 billion project will pay for itself about three years after it goes on line...

This is the time of year that gave me fits as a young mother. With three children requiring costumes for the traditional Halloween party at school, costumes that could also be worn while they trekked up and down the streets of our neighborhood, the stress of Halloween was nearly my undoing each year...

It was the face of a Haitian infant that stole the heart of Dawna Bates and set her on a course to make sure that he and children like him around the world have access to life-saving and life-giving meals. That baby's face, cheeks now plump with health, continues to inspire Dawna to press for a way for her community to support the work of the Feed My Starving Children non-profit organization that prepared, packaged and sent 110 million meals in 2010...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Photographs and more information have been released about an armed robbery of a Cambridge liquor store on Monday. According to the Furnas County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 4:15 p.m. two suspects entered Bailey's Liquor in Cambridge, brandished handguns and demanded money from the owner...

Creepy hillbillies set up camp on the front lawn of a home in Cambridge, Nebraska. Hmmm ... hope they go away after Halloween.

Unfortunately for the McCook High School varsity volleyball squad, this season has been deja vu nearly every match. The Bison can't stay away from passing and serving miscues, and North Platte capitalized Monday , Oct. 24, with a 25-17, 25-17, 25-10 win over McCook. Monday's match at the Senior High gym was postponed from Oct. 13...

McCook High School head volleyball coach Krystal Weber has been consistently pleading this fall for a more consistent effort from her Bison squad. McCook couldn't get momentum on its side long enough to sustain rallies Tuesday, Oct. 25, as Chase County claimed a straight-set win over the Bison. The Longhorns from Imperial took home a 25-13, 25-18, 25-15 decision in the varsity match at the Senior High gym...

Gazette area high school football fans will have plenty to cheer about in the 2011 Nebraska state high football championship playoffs. In addition to the McCook Bison, six other area teams have qualified for the state playoffs in their respective classes...