Stories from Monday, November 26, 2012

Christine Lee DeOss Nov. 3, 1956 - Oct. 29.2012 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Christine Lee DeOss went "Home" to her Lord on Oct. 29.2012. Chris joined us in this world on Nov. 3, 1956. She was born in Oxford, Nebraska, to Jack and Lola DeOss of Holbrook, Nebraska, where she spent the first 18 years of her life, graduating from FMS with the class of '75...

Fern Marie (Russell) Wills Nov. 22, 1928 - Nov. 12, 2012 CURTIS, Nebraska -- Fern Marie (Russell) Wills, 83 of died Nov. 12, 2012, at Hilltop Estates after a long illness. She was born Nov. 22, 1928, to Benjamin Sr. and Ellen (Jenson) Russell, north of Curtis. ...

Douglas H. Inman Oct. 31, 1950 - Nov. 23, 2012 STAMFORD, Nebraska -- Douglas H. Inman, 62, of Stamford, Nebraska, died Friday (Nov.23, 2012), at the Colonial Villa Good Samaritan Center in Alma, Nebraska after a short battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 31, 1950, in McCook, Nebraska, to Harold C. and Lena M. (Leiding) Inman...

Crooks have had no trouble moving onto the Internet.

Dear Editor, Like many others in McCook, I have been watching the progress of the new city building and it seems like it is coming right along. But I understand there is a snag. It seems as though someone does not like the color of the building and now finds it necessary to repaint to a color more pleasing to their taste. ...

Thanks to efforts of one local historian, the Red Willow County Clerk's office will soon have a fine new, large, easy to read, black on white copy of the Lincoln Land Company's first plat of the Original Town of McCook, supplementing the fragile, white on black, hard to read plat of Original McCook that is presently available for study at the Red Willow County Clerk's office...

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...

Shirley Mae Amack Dec. 2, 1926 -Nov. 22, 2012 BIRD CITY Kansas -- Shirley Mae Amack, 85, died Thursday (Nov. 22, 2012), at the Good Samaritan Society in St. Francis, Kansas. She was born Dec 2, 1926, in Goodland, Kansas. She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her husband, Keith Amack in 2000 and her son, Merlin...

Dennis Fahrenbruch, right, along with Eric, Ronda and Jon Graff of Culbertson's Freedom Run organization present a check for $1,000 to the Wounded Warriors project, accepted by Eric Edmonson of Newburn, North Carolina. Edmonson was seriously wounded in an IED explosion in Iraq in 2005, but has returned to his favorite sport of hunting through the use of adaptive technology. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- This Christmas season, Santa Claus plans two stops at the Museum of the High Plains in downtown McCook -- his first visits in many, many years to the museum complex. Children who want to visit with the jolly old elf can see him on Thursdays, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. each day, in the art room of the museum at 413 Norris Avenue...

Santa arrives at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport Saturday morning, adding to his list of who's naughty and who's nice before serving as Grand Marshall at the annual KFNF Christmas Light Parade Saturday night. (Courtesy photo/McCook Area Chamber of Commerce)...

Sister and brother, from left, Emily and Logan Loker of McCook, carry a welcome banner during the KFNF Christmas Lights Parade, Saturday evening, while Santa rides in style down Norris Avenue. Community Hospital, center bottom, and Video Kingdom, bottom right, brought a touch of winter weather and sparkling lights to the annual parade. ...

Frary Lou (Likens) Rippen Feb. 12, 1922 - Nov. 24, 2012 CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Frary Lou (Likens) Rippen, of Culbertson, passed away Nov. 24, 2012 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 90 years old. Frary was born on Feb. 12, 1922, at Atlanta, Nebraska, to Charles and Harriet (Skewes) Likens. ...

Merle D. Rowland Oct. 7, 1914 - Nov. 23, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Merle D. Rowland died at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on Friday Nov. 23, 2012. Merle was born Oct. 7, 1914, at Walton, Nebraska, to George and Lola Agnes (Oliver) Rowland. In May of 1918, Merle;s mother passed away, and she and her two sisters, (Ruth and Hazel) were raised by her father's sister, Ann Fuhur and her husband, Charles, in Cheney, Nebraska. ...