Stories from Friday, October 4, 2013

FAMILY FEATURES --Brisk autumn evenings call for warm, homemade meals that bring the family together around the dinner table. Dishes that deliver savory flavors are sure to win over their hearts, as well as warm them. If your taste buds call for a fall classic, cuddle up with a piping hot bowl of chili. ...

BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Steve Stroup, a Benkelman farmer and cow/calf operator of 35 years, today announced that he will be a candidate for State Legislature in District 44, in southwest Nebraska. "Nebraskans are a special people, and together, we have made a Nebraska a special place," said Stroup. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Property west of Orscheln Farm and Home where several small businesses have recently relocated will be recommended by city staff to remain zoned for agriculture while a review of costs associated with annexation is completed. The future land use of the area bordering Drive 716 has been under scrutiny since property owners requested a proposed Comprehensive Plan be amended to change the area from residential to light industrial. ...

INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- New playground equipment in Indianola's city park would benefit not only the community's residents and their visitors, but the after-school day care program, the neighboring St. Catherine's Catholic Church and the Southwest Public Schools' grade school in Indianola...

Modern medicine can perform many miracles, from heart transplant to artificial joints, vision-restoring eye surgery and electronic implants. On the horizon are extraordinary developments such as artificially grown organs, exoskeletons to help the wheelchair bound to walk again and a wide range of developing technologies...

A lot of dissension is reaped in the real world because none of us ever have the full story. We've seen it going on for the past five years in our government and by our people because we don't want to acknowledge that there even is another side, much less listen to it...

Participants in the 2012 Life Chain pause for prayer before lining B Street in McCook, Nebraska, in a peaceful and prayerful public witness praying for the nation and for an end to abortion. The 2013 Life Chain will form Sunday, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Participants will gather in the JC Penney parking lot to pick up signs that proclaim, "Abortion Kills Children," "Adoption - the Loving Option," "Jesus Forgives & Heals," "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation" and others, beginning at 2 p.m. ...

Alzheimer's not only affect the person with the disease, but the lives of entire families are altered with a diagnosis. Each person connected to someone with Alzheimer's has his or her own personal reasons for walking to end Alzheimer's. This is the reason behind the Alzheimer's Association's new hands-on mission which calls for participants to come together, making a commitment to fulfill their promise to remember, to honor, to care and to fight Alzheimer's disease. ...

McCOOK, Nebrska -- Census records are built on a 10-year schedule. Some states held mid-decade enumerations of their own, which can hold important clues when researching relatives, but the real workhorses of information are city directories! Most cover only the 20th century and up, though in some larger cities, you may find some pre-1900' records...

The family of Lucille Jones of McCook is hosting an open house in honor of her 90th birthday. She was born Oct. 23, in Concordia, Kansas. to Lindley and Rae Overfield. The open house is Saturday, Oct. 19, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Heritage Senior Center in McCook. ...

Stephanie Conroy of McCook, Nebraska, and Kyle Quaduor of Indianola, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Steve and Sharon Conroy of Indianola, Nebraska. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Rob and Kathy Quaduor of Indianola, Nebraska...

Jesse (Toby) Hayden and Christina Lee of McCook, Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Sawyer Lynn Hayden, who was born Aug. 9, 2013 at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 7 pounds, 11.9 ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches long. Grandparents are Darryl and Carolyn Lee of McCook, Joe and Valarie Hayden of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kathy and Doug Bradley of McCook. Great-grandparents are Jim and Gwen Lee of McCook and the late Griff and Carol Helm...

Five generations of the Violet Blume family recently gathered together. Shown first row, from left, are Hailey Jones and great-great-grandmother Violet Blume holding Izais Jones. Back row, from left, are Mischa Jones and Pauline Jones.

Annette Gruhn of McCook captures the final sunset of the Summer of 2013 on Sept. 21, as she enjoyed the weather while taking a ride in a convertible between McCook and Indianola, Nebraska. She used these settings: ISO 400, f/4.0, 1/8000 sec, 138.0 mm. ...

Kalie Jebens, from left, Mya Sutton and Chloe Dixon, members of the "Cat Pack" who have adopted the McCook Humane Society, raising funds to help them provide food and shelter for abandoned and unwanted pets until new forever homes can be found, rescue a little lost dog Saturday at Norris Park during the Heritage Days celebration in McCook, Nebraska. ...

Dear Friend, INTRO When you look at today's world situation in light of Bible Prophecy, you can't help but see how accurate the prophecies given by the God of Heaven, are. "He is the One who never had a beginning and will never have an end.....eternal, the One who's presence fills Heaven and earth, the one who knows the beginning from the end, the One who created all things by the word of His power, the SOVEREIGN of the universe, the One who loved us so much that He gave His only begotten Son to die for our sins so that we might be redeemed from our sins and share eternity future with Him, in brand new bodies that will never get sick, grow old or die (no more funerals or cemetaries or poor health or hospitals, doctors or nurses, no pharmacies)." Astronomers have identified over one BILLION galaxies, no wonder the saying, "World without end." Our infinite God created ALL of them. ...

Years ago my sister traveled to the Ukraine on a mission trip. She worked among the indigenous Christians on a number of worthy projects, and when her time ran up, she returned home with a heart full of joy, a head full of memories, and bags full of strange and wonderful souvenirs...

Many parents have embraced the great teachings of a cartoon rabbit from the 1942 Disney's "Bambi." I remember growing up there were times that my mother taught my brother and me that if we couldn't say something nice that we shouldn't say anything at all. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Alden"Skelly" Vern Remington was born Sept. 7, 1925, in Danbury, Nebraska, to George and Anna Catherine (Ward) Remington. He passed away Oct. 3, 2013, in McCook, Nebraska, at the age of 88. After finishing his senior year of high school, he was drafted into the Navy where he served as a Radioman Third Class on the USS Lansdowne (also called the Lucky L) from 1944 until 1946. ...

Bernard Henry Koetter March 3, 1935 - Oct. 3, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Bernard Henry Koetter, age 78, of McCook, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at home in McCook, Bernard Henry Koetter was born on March 3, 1935, at the family farmhouse north of McCook, Nebraska, to Arthur and Mary (Lepper) Koetter and was confirmed at St. ...