Stories from Thursday, January 9, 2014

Gene Harold Smith Oct. 6, 1927 - Jan. 7, 2014 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraka -- Gene Harold Smith, 86, of North Platte, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Linden Court in North Platte. Gene was born Oct. 6, 1927, to Harold Vincent and Alma Agnes McCauley Smith at Chadron, Nebraska, and grew up on the family farm. ...

Kenneth Lealand Fegley Oct. 27, 1916 - Jan. 7, 2014 RAPID CITY, South Dakota --Kenneth Lealand Fegley died Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2014), at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City. He was born Oct. 27, 1916, to Lynn and Lucy (Childs) Fegley at home near Norden, Nebraska...

Alice G. (Johnson) Capps DENVER, Colorado -- Alice G. (Johnson) Capps, 82, formerly of Oberlin, Kansas, died Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2014), at Denver. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Wayne Clark BENKELMAN, Nebraska --Wayne Clark, 76, a longtime resident of Benkelman, died Wednesday (Jan. 8, 2014), at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Clark of Benkelman; children, Mike Clark and wife, Jann of Benkelman, Sherri Pospisil and husband, Alan of Geneva, Nebraska and Doug Clark and wife, Judy of North Platte, Nebraska; sister, Betty Wilkens of Atwood, Kansas; brothers, Bob Clark and wife, Judy and Gary Clark, all of Benkelman and Glenn Clark and wife, Carol of Broken Bow, Nebraska; mother-in-law, Velma Hiatt of Benkelman; brothers-in-law, Charlie and Toby Hiatt of Benkelman and Bob Smith of St. ...

Farris Bernard IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Farris Bernard, 81, died Tuesday (Jan. 7 , 2014), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Survivors include children, Vickie Beard and husband, Burton, of Champion, Nebraska and Elaine Nelson and husband, Craig, of Hayes Center, Nebraska; brother, Stanley Davison and wife, Betty, of Garden City, Missouri; brother-in-law, Dwayne Newman of Holdrege, Nebraska; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

McCOOK, Nebraska-The diabetic support group will meet Thursday, Jan. 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Community Hospital in the Prairie View A conference room. Monica Wacker, RN, Certified Diabetic Educator will facilitate the meeting. Attendees will learn about medications diabetics take to lower their blood sugar, including insulin...

You may have noticed an interesting trend if you shop many garage sales or listen to the local call-in radio show. The supply of certain items, it seems, is outstripping the demand, and you can thank technology for the change. Entertainment centers, computer desks and even book cases seem to be in abundance...

I had a supervisor at work awhile back, who'd never ventured into the world of motherhood herself, tell me in my evaluation that she thought I struggled with change and that I didn't like it when my plan didn't go exactly the way I wanted it to. As I heard her say the words to me, I struggled alright, struggled to hold back my laughter. Not know how to handle changes in my plans? Hmmm???...

My family and I live in Indianola, Nebraska, just a small town with about 700 people. A town where we thought our children and family pets could be safe in our own yard. Dec. 31, 2013, made us rethink everything. We had our min-pin dog outside on his chain enjoying the nice weather because Duke loved the outdoors. Duke was in his own yard when he was killed by two dogs. One was a pit bull; the other was mixed...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The quarter section of farm land that McCook-area farmer-rancher Tom Kiplinger gifted to Red Willow County in 2013 sold for $616,000 in a public auction Wednesday morning. The buyer is Caleb Trail of rural McCook, who, with his wife, Joy, owns land near the Kiplinger land located about five miles southwest of McCook. They plan to farm the land themselves, Caleb said following the sale...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- There's still time to donate prom dresses to McCook's first-ever "Prom Shop." Just in time for the upcoming high school spring prom season, the one-of-a-kind, limited-time-only shop in downtown McCook will offer gently-worn prom dresses -- most of them worn just that one time -- for $25 or less...

Fred Robert Campbell Oct. 17, 1918 -- Jan. 7, 2014 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Fred Robert Campbell, age 95, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at the Equinox facility in Gualala, California, where he had been in elder care for the past five years. He was born Oct. 17, 1918, in Gretna, Nebraska, to William Lewis and Emma (Pahmeyer) Campbell. His family moved to the Trenton community in 1930, when they took up residency on the former Britton place on Old Highway 34...