Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2012

Dorene Bartholomew HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- Dorene Bartholomew, 93, a Hayes Center native, died Tuesday (June 26, 2012), in Phoenix Arizona. Funeral services will be Saturday in Phoenix and committal services will be Monday, July 2, 2012, at 11 a.m. (CT) at the Hayes Center Cemetery...

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...

OMAHA, Nebraska -- College of Saint Mary congratulates its 286 students named on the Spring 2012 Dean's List. CSM offers over 30 undergraduate and seven graduate programs include nursing, occupational therapy, education, paralegal and business leadership. ...

CRETE, Nebraska - Doane College has announced students named to the Dean's List for Spring 2012. Students must achieve a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.0 scale to qualify for this academic distinction. Doane College is the first private liberal arts and sciences college in Nebraska. Doane has campuses in Crete, Lincoln and Grand Island. Doane also is consistently ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest by Forbes.com, U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- BryanLGH College of Health Sciences announces Mary Spilinek, a freshman nursing student, has made the Dean's list for the fall 2012 term. She graduated from McCook High School and is the daughter of Tony and Bev Spilinek of McCook...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Six Mid-Plains Community College instructors were among those honored with BEST -- Belong, Excel, Study and Travel -- awards during the Nebraska Department of Education's Nebraska Career Education Conference held recently in Kearney...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A Curtis, Nebraska, woman was sentenced to six months probation and ordered to follow the recommendations of a mental health assessment as a result of her arrest in 2010 for passing tobacco to a McCook Work Ethic Camp trustee. The woman, 23-year-old Miranda E. ...

Swimming instructor Jody Crocker tugs her youngest swimmers -- including Delaney Brunswick, on the left, and Jackson Blomstedt -- through the water during lessons in the McCook, Nebraska, city pool Monday afternoon. Bailey Walz learned to put her face in the water by "blowing out a candle under the water." Crocker counts, "One, take a breath, blow. ...

While the nation waited for today's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act -- even the administration has referred to it as "Obamacare" on occasion  -- a report from the Census Bureau points up the broader issue of how fewer and fewer workers will be asked to take care of more and more aged and disabled people...

To paraphrase Garrison Keillor from The Prairie Home Companion, "There is not much news from the sky this week." Oh, there are some events that are worth going outside to look for, but after the recent partial lunar eclipse and the transit of Venus across the sun, there is nothing that exciting in the offing...

So my middle daughter just turned 10 years old this week. I've been stewing for months about what to get her for her birthday. She's a tomboy/girlie girl so it was a tough thing to decide upon. I contemplated some golf clubs, which she's never asked for in her life but I know she would use. ...

Thank you, Eldon Moore, for the most informative Open Forum letter, on June 26, that I have read in a long time. I certainly agree with your analysis of Mr. Trail's line of . Also, thanks to our co-commissioners for their decision to build the jail on Norris Avenue, and not being swayed by a lot of other ...

The Farmers Market will be moved for the year 2012 to the Sears parking lot at Westview Plaza. Harold Pearson will be sponsoring us this year. This location will give us better exposure to the amount of traffic in the area. Many gardeners and farmers have already planned their gardens in preparation for the market...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Anytime drought occurs, times are difficult for livestock producers. However, having a drought management plan will help alleviate some of the stress of decision making when the drought actually occurs. This plan will help producers avoid management practices that would lead to "panic", mass selling of livestock. ...

Testosterone Toro Back in Timber's youth he got a job helpin' gather wild cattle out of the fields of an Arizona cotton farmer. He and his pardner, Jessie tried roping them but were unsuccessful. Number One, the cows only came into the field at night along with the native deer, and Two; the horses were not nocturnally trained and wouldn't get within a rope's length of the stealthy beasts!...

An old combine rusts away in the weeds, remembering the day when it was state-of-the-art harvest technology.

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- As congressional delegates and candidates respond to today's ruling upholding Obamacare, a state official says Nebraska must move quickly to create the state based health insurance market it requires. Omaha Sen. Jeremy Nordquist says Nebraska has time to create the so-called health benefit exchanges, which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in its ruling Thursday. The federal government has imposed a Nov. 16 deadline for state proposals on how they plan to run the exchanges...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners plead with residents to use common sense -- and keep a garden hose or a bucket of water real handy -- if they decide to go ahead with their fireworks this year despite the heat and extremely dry conditions...

Although Matt Sehnert, McCook, Nebraska's premiere baker, could use the honey from the bees in his tree for honey buns at his bakery, two McCook-area beekeepers plan to move the hive to more bee-friendly environs after the queen bee relocates from the tree to the box. ...

Mary V. Waldo OBERLIN, Kansas -- Mary V.Waldo, 83, died Tuesday, June 27, 2012 at Dectur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin, Kansas Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Ira E. Kolsky April 11, 1927 - June 27, 2012 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Ira E. Kolsky, 85, of Oberlin, died June 27, 2012 at Dodge City, Kansas. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Marion A. Teter Feb. 27, 1924 - June 28, 2012 BARTLEY, Nebraska -- Marion A. Teter, 88, of Bartley, died today (June 28, 2012), at Cambridge Memorial Hospital He was born on the family farm north of Bartley on Feb. 27, 1924, to Ora and Hanna (Burton) Teter. He graduated from Bartley High School in 1942. Marion farmed on the family farm. He was also employed by several livestock sale barns: Cambridge, East Sale Barn, and 25 years at the TriState Livestock in McCook, Nebraska...