Stories from Friday, August 24, 2012

65th anniversary The family of Howard and Joan Mace are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary Sept. 2. Their family includes children, Thomas Mace of San Diego, California, Jerry Mace of Los Angeles, California, Henry and Karen Mace of Tecumseh, Kansas, Sandy and Rod Lytle of McCook, Nebraska, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 610 E. 14th, A8, Highland Park Retirement, McCook, NE 69001...

Nordhausen, Ruzicka Danielle Alisa Nordhausen and Jerron Lee Ruzicka, both of McCook, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Barb Koetter of Kearney, Nebraska and Heath Nordhausen of Wauneta, Nebraska. Grandparents are are Allan and Judi Nordhausen of Wauneta and Jerome and Eleanor Muths of Palisade, Nebraska...

Kroy Jase Eugene Barger Scott and Tyra Barger of Fort Collins, Colorado, announce the birth of their son, Kroy Jase Eugene Barger, who was born July 14, 2012, at Fort Collins. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long. He has two brothers, Kyson, 6 years old and Kreighton, 4 years old. ...

GRETNA, Nebraska -- Lindsey Dawn Ord and Preston Eugene DeVaughn, both formerly of McCook, Nebraska, and now of Omaha, Nebraska, were united in marriage March 17, 2012, at St. Patrick's Church in Gretna, Nebraska with the Rev. Michael Grewe and Deacon Steve Grandinetti officiating...

Eva James McCarty Tyler and Carrie McCarty of Omaha, Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Eva James McCarty, who was born March 15, 2012, at Lakeside in Omaha. She weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long. She has one brother, Cruz, 3 years old. ...

50th anniversary The family of Ron and Pat Hein of Papillion, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on Aug. 19, 1962, in Valentine, Nebraska. Their family includes children, Pam (Hein) Adams of Blair, Nebraska, Rhonda (Hein) Rood of Lincoln, Nebraska, and three grandchildren. Card of congratulations will reach them at 1255 Limerick Road, Papillion, NE 68046...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society Few families, over the 200+ years that this country has existed, have not had someone serve in the military. Military records abound and are fairly easily researched through a web site called: Fold3.com. Again, many people have exactly the same names and unless you have some background as to when your relative served, it may be difficult to trace...

Gloria Dahlin Sorgatz Hill June 24, 1930 - Aug. 22, 2012 LOVELAND, Colorado -- Gloria Dahlin Sorgatz Hill passed away peacefully on Aug. 22, 2012, at Good Samaritan Village in Loveland, Colorado. Gloria was born on June 24, 1930, to Elmer and Gladys (Anderson) Dahlin on a farm outside of Beresford, South Dakota...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Ladies VFW Auxiliary Post 1652 met August 21, 2012 with eight members and one guest present. President Krystal Downing opened with Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes of the previous meeting and Treasurer's report were approved as read...

Courtesy photo The Oberlin Lions Club welcomed 17-L Vice District Governor Don Keihl of Goodland, at the Aug. 20 club meeting. Members of the Oberlin Lions include, front Row, from left, Sarah Orr, Connie Miller, Vice District Governor Don Keihl, Charlotte Strecker-Baseler, Frank Black. Back row, from left, Gary Orr, Boyd Wilson, Tom Martin, President Brad Marcuson, Gaylen Huntley, Jack Benton and Wayne Goltl...

Family Features Game day is no time to be sidelined in the kitchen. Do a little pre-game planning so you can spend less time cooking and more time cheering on the home team. Keep it simple -- Instead of taking up space with a lot of dishes to hold condiments, use muffin pans. Each well in the pans can hold a different topping for your burgers, hot dogs or chili. Put a spoon in each for easy dipping. It's simple, fun, and you'll have fewer post-game dishes to wash...

As Declan waved to me and waddled his way across the school playground, excitedly beginning his first day of school recently, it occurred to me that not too much had changed since his first day of kindergarten a year ago. He was still the same excitable little guy, shy of two front teeth and maybe an inch taller, but otherwise the same...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Proceeds from a benefit concert Saturday, September 8, will help a McCook, Nebraska, family whose 6-year-old son is fighting a battle against brain cancer. Isaiah Casillas, the son of Emily and Patrick Casillas, was diagnosed with "high grade undifferentiated neoplasm" in March and, although Patrick feels that Isaiah will live beyond the four to six months that his doctors and neurosurgeon have predicted, a cure for the rare, aggressive cancer is not to be found...

WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Food packets unloaded in Wauneta on Monday will end up feeding 6,000 people. Now, to get volunteers to assemble the packets and funds to buy additional packets, said Rev. Greg Stuckwisch, of Mercy Meals of Southwest Nebraska. Mercy Meals has recently renovated a house in Wauneta that will house two production lines to assemble the food. Each line can utilize 10 volunteers that can package 6,000 meals in two and half hours...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg has announced that the Federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned a four-count indictment against 26-year-old Jeffrey A. Anderson of McCook. Anderson was arrested in July on charges of enticement by electronic communications device, child abuse and attempted manufacture of child pornography, stemming from sexually explicit messages and images he sent via Facebook to an 11-year-old girl...

A strange thing happens to my golf game every year. I shoot my best scores the first few weeks of the season and then they start getting progressively worse until, by the end of the summer, I'm totally tired of golf and ready to go back to teaching. And this summer an exclamation point was added...

Dear Editor, This is a message to the young lady who was talking to her child in the back seat, ran the stop sign, and was one second away from running over me on my motorcycle. You looked me right in the eye as you went by andmouthed some words like "I'm so sorry," and drove on. I should have followed you and spoke to you personally. Instead, please heed these words and don't ever forget them...

To the citizens and council of McCook, A couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter that hammered the council and citizens of McCook pretty hard for the direction the council was heading. Some thought I was too hard and some thought I was right on for what I wrote. I just call it like I see it and I am short and to the point with my views and comments. I always try to look at things from the outside looking in and rely on simple common sense to lead the way...

After Friday night football, spend some time in Grand Island for a "grand" time at the fair.

Members of the Red Willow County Ministerial Association, parishioners at Memorial United Methodist Church, and helpful passers-by, helped load the Goodwill truck Tuesday morning, packing and shipping donations above and beyond what can be shared at McCook's second-hand stores. ...

Several years ago, on the courthouse steps of the town in which I lived, there was a rally. A homosexual couple in our community was seeking to become foster parents. You can imagine the kickback that erupted in a small Southern town. But it wasn't just the members of our community who were most vocal in protest. Gathered on the courthouse steps of our fair city were representatives of a religious group from Washington D.C. and points beyond, to speak out in holy fury...

Giving to others is good for us. As human beings it is easy to fall into selfishness and curving our thoughts and actions inward. However, right from the start of time, from the Creation story itself we learn that we were created to be in community. We were created to feel complete when we share with others, rather than holding in our thoughts and feelings and actions...

Dear Friend, INTRO Are you worried about our nations BURGEONING debt? and what it portends? We are about to plunge over the edge of the cliff!! Not only us, the U.S.A. but the rest of the world as well. Many nations have followed our lead, printing fiat(read worthless money with nothing to back it. ...

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 -- A Red Willow County Sheriff's vehicle crashed into the back end of a 1969 Chevy Corvette shortly after pulling the car over for a traffic violation. The accident happened Friday, Aug. 17, in the VK Electronics parking lot. According to the accident report the Red Willow County Sheriff's deputy, 32-year-old Justin Davis of McCook, was driving a 2007 Ford Expedition owned by Red Willow County when he stopped 51-year-old Steven Lee Dietz of Phillipsburg, Kansas. ...