Stories from Monday, June 4, 2012

Dale D. Young April 5, 1923 - June 2, 2012 OBERLIN, Nebraska -- Dale D. Young, 88, died Saturday (June 2, 2012) at Dectur County Health Systems in Oberlin. He was born April 5, 1923, in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, to William and Lizzie (Switzer) Young. He was raised in Emlenton, Pennsylvania. He attended Rimersburg Grade School and Emlenton High School. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a member of the Oberlin Methodist Church...

Margaret I. Walker Nov. 28, 1922 - June 2, 2012 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Margaret I. Walker, 89, of Arapahoe, died Saturday (June 2, 2012), at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born Nov. 28, 1922, at the family farm north of Edison, Nebraska, in Furnas County, Nebraska, to Melvin and Mabel (Musik) Fisher...

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

McCOOK,Nebraska--Three $2,000 scholarships and four $500 scholarships to four deserving students were awarded recently. The $2,000 scholarships are funded through donations to the general scholarship fund administered through Community Hospital Health Foundation...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A familiar face will be taking the reins as Executive Director of McCook Area Chamber of Commerce. Tacie Fawver, Assistant Director since last July and Interim Director for the past three months, has been appointed to the leadership position by the chamber Board...

IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Fourteen-year-old Makayla DaMoude of Imperial, Nebraska, plays "Taps" at military funerals, and closed Memorial Day services Monday at Madrid and Elsie and at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell. Hers was also the rendition played on KNOP-TV Monday evening...

Justen Nokes of Juniata, Nebraska, formerly of McCook (right), and Levi Tyan of Wallace, Nebraska, formerly of Hayes Center, stretch their steer in 6.4 seconds, winning first place in the team roping at the 45th annual Wilsonville, Nebraska, rodeo Sunday afternoon. Justen rides Gully; Levi rides M&M. Saturday and Sunday, cowboys and cowgirls competed against each other and against the rough stock of Rodeo Rose Productions of Hershey...

It's all about the story. Whether told by a professional or an amateur, set to music or viewed from the window of a bus, storytelling has been a way of life since mankind first sat around a campfire. The tradition arrived on the western plains long before the European settlers, and gets a boost from this weekend's 16th annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival...

Each year the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival brings interesting, highly talented storytellers and musicians to McCook. This year is no different, with speakers who will tell stories covering a wide spectrum of interests. One of this year's speakers is Steve Berry, who presently practices law in Lincoln, Nebraska...