Stories from Thursday, August 15, 2013

Eugene 'Gene' Glenn Koons July 31, 1928 - Aug. 9, 2013 ATWOOD, Kansas -- Eugene "Gene" Glenn Koons, 85, died Aug. 9, 2013, at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood, Kansas. He was born July 31, 1928, to Harry and Mona Hamilton Koons on a farm south of Watkins, Colorado...

Leona (Bible) Wolfram Aug. 7, 1919-Aug. 10, 2013 ATWOOD, Kansas -- Leona Alta Wolfram, 94, of Atwood, Kansas, passed away Aug. 10, 2013 at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born Aug. 7, 1919, in Hayes County, Kansas, to Emillie Hansen and Orie Otto Bible. She graduated from Savannah High School near Indianola, Nebraska, in 1937. She married Hiram Clapp and to this union two children were born; Virginia and Gary. She married Gerald Wolfram on Aug. 18, 1955, in Herndon, Kansas...

Rose Lee Legates Feb. 25, 1934 - Aug. 13, 2013 KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Rose Lee Legates, 79, of Kearney, died Tuesday, (Aug. 13, 2013), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Feb. 25, 1934, in St. Mary's, West Virginia, to Herman and Mary Farson. She married Charles Legates Jr. in Blair, Nebraska, on July 1, 1957...

Anna P. Vahling July 3, 1920 - Aug. 13, 2013 SALINA, Kansas -- Anna P. Vahling, 93, of Salina, formerly of New Almelo, Kansas, died Tuesday (Aug. 13, 2013), at Salina. She was born July 3, 1920, in Angelus, Kansas to John G. and Frances A. (Swingler) Vahling. She was raised on a farm at New Almelo. She attended school in New Amelo and Salina...

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 -- A free webinar workshop for parents of children with disabilities or special healthcare needs is set for 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. The workshop will include back-to-school tips such as the effects of new diagnoses, behavioral issues that developed over the summer, and medication changes...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- The Middle Republican Natural Resources District board of directors asked director Dan Smith to rewrite his proposed budget for 2013-14 with a tax levy of $.037597. That's approximately $30,000 less than the budget Smith proposes for next year, and $240,000 more than last year's budget...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- At their monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Middle Republican Natural Resources District board members got an update on activities on the Lincoln County farm whose irrigation water eventually will augment flows into the Republican River and on into Kansas...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Encouraging dialogue between soldiers and local communities, while keeping a close eye on budget cuts at the federal level, were among the topics shared by Gen. Daryl L. Bohac during a recent visit to McCook. Gen. Bohac was named adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard in July and visited the Armed Forces Reserve Center in McCook, Tuesday afternoon, as part of a statewide tour of National Guard operations...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Chief Justice Mike Heavican was in the Red Willow County Courthouse in McCook Wednesday for an up-close look at the recently completed fine collection pilot project in the 11th Judicial District. Under the direction of County Court Judge Anne Paine, the 11th Judicial District became the site for testing new procedures that will encourage compliance with financial penalties. ...

Odessa Zadina, 51⁄2 years old and from Enders, Nebraska, left, prepares to show her goat "Angel" during the Chase County fair goat and sheep show Wednesday morning in Imperial. Odessa's cousin, Molly Spicer, shows another of Odessa's goats, "Coconut." Between shows, Odessa turns "artist," creating pictures in the show ring bleachers dust...

Shaylee Heathers of Champion, Nebraska, bathes her Suffolk-cross lambs in preparation of the Chase County fair sheep show in Imperial Wednesday morning. Shandra Johnson, in her last year of 4-H, bathed and trimmed her lamb, and dressed the sheep in zebra's clothing...

Swine show judge Randall Von Krosigk, livestock judge instructor at Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, Colorado, explains to Chase County fair swine showmen Cade Francis, left, and Braden Space Wednsday morning that he wants them to create "a ham sandwich in the showring. ...

IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska is excited to team up with Styx and their ROCK to the Rescue Charitable Foundation. Having played over 1,500 shows in the last 14 years, Styx has been strongly connected with communities across the country. ...

Tenielle Lytle of McCook sits with Barto during a visit to a village near Burkina Faso, Africa. Lytle returned to McCook recently and will be speaking about her experiences along with the director of the Burkina Faso orphanage, Ruth Cox, Saturday at 2 p.m. in museum in Cambridge. The event is open to the public and will be followed by a 6 p.m. open house in McCook at the Lytle residence, 812 W. Fourth Street in McCook...

It's hard for a baby boomer to have much respect for an actor like Ashton Kutcher, with his air-headed role on "That '70s Show" to his marriage to the much older Demi Moore, his mindless "Punk'd" series on MTV or even his seedy character replacing the even seedier Charlie Sheen on "Three and a Half Men."...

In regard to Mr. Garretson's plea for our nation, there is only one answer and it is simple. People, however, don't want to hear it. II Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land...

I could not help but chuckle at Red Willow County Commissioner Vera Dack suggesting that the voters be given a vote on keeping the county health department open or not. It was only two years ago that our commissioners overturned the will of the citizens when we voted against building a new jail. These same commissioners then asked our city attorney to find a loop hole in the law that allowed such an action to occur...

As I mentioned in the past, I have girls. We don't do fist fights and wrestling matches. There are no black eyes or broken arms in my house, nor do we do stitches ... at least until now. This week my youngest decided, against better judgment and her daddy's advice, to run through the newly mowed yard without her shoes on. She claims there was a froggie that needed rescuing but I don't know why running was involved...

Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, has noticed an abudance of chokecherries this year, writing "they must like the drought." She adds that if someone gets in the ditches and picks them, she'll make some jelly. She took this shot along a dirt road south of Wilsonville, using these settings: f/9, 1/125, iso640, 300mm. ...

Doris I. Fletcher July 24, 1922 - Aug. 13, 2013 CAMRIDGE, Nebraska -- Doris I. Fletcher, age 91, of Cambridge, Nebraska, died at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on Aug.13, 2013. She was born on July 24, 1922, at Cambridge to Herman and Sophia (Broeker) ten Bensel. ...