Stories from Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Marjorie L. West Aug. 28, 1926 - April 28, 2014 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- Marjorie L. West, 87, died Monday (April 28, 2014), at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born Aug. 28, 1926, at Norton, Kansas, to Forest and Doris (Reed) Sapp. She attended high school in California and Wilsonville, Nebraska. After her schooling, she married Wendell West on Aug. 28, 1944, at Norton. They moved to Beaver City, Nebraska, and farmed until the early 1960s...

Maxine Jones-Fuller July 9, 1930 - April 28, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Maxine Jones-Fuller, age 83 of McCook, died April 28, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born in Lead, South Dakota, on July 9, 1930 to Charlie and Goldie (Ayers) Chilston. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Rebecca Goodenberger of McCook was among 45 University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration students who were honored with awards for academic achievement at the CBA Honors Ceremony on April 13. Goodenberger, a senior marketing major, received the LeRossignol Scholar Award. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Linda Maiden's State Farm Insurance office in McCook hosted its 25th annual bike rodeo for McCook first and third graders this spring. Linda, her staff and volunteers use a State Farm program designed to promote bike safety and stress the use of helmets...

IMPERIAL, Neb. -- "One of the greatest things we can do to support our military is give back to the foundations that support our military families." -- Joggin' for Frogmen Team The Joggin' for Frogmen 5K mission is "to bring men, women and children together to jog in honor of our Navy SEALs (Frogmen) and all military heroes who have sacrificed their lives for us while protecting our country."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival committee will wrap up their First Tuesday series with Peter, Chuck and Job at the Bieroc Café Tuesday, May 6. Voted the number one band in their hometown of North Platte, Nebraska, Peter Rogers, Chuck Salestrom and Job Vigil focus on light rock and pop hits from the '60s and '70s, and they have fun doing it...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Four individuals are each facing a felony possession of methamphetamine charge after several law enforcement agencies raided a West Third Street residence earlier this month. Twenty-nine-year-old Thomas R. Ortiz, 34-year-old Kevin M. Gerih, 37-year-old Christina F. Lopez and 27-year-old Colette F. Burns are each facing one Class IV felony for possession of methamphetamine and an infraction for possession of drug paraphernalia, as a result of the early morning raid...

TRENTON, Neb. -- A Palisade, Neb., family farm has been awarded a $1,260,000 judgement in a decision by Hitchcock County District Court Judge David W. Urbom. In an order dated April 29, Judge Urbom awarded Lapp Family Farm Inc. the million-dollar judgement, and interest, after Lloyd and Karen Lapp sued Nathan Hoyt, of Culbertson, Neb. and Oshkosh, Neb., for breach of a cow-calf lease contract...

BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- The boys have tweaked the standard gear ratios, and they've figured out how to get the throttle to work better. "It's going 30 miles an hour now," says a smiling Bill Wilson, sponsor of Dundy County-Stratton High School's first-ever electric vehicle competition team...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Deb Bauerle of Walnut Creek, California, will be featured speaker at the Piecemakers Quilt Guild Spring Luncheon Guest Day, 10:30 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 312 Seminole Drive in McCook. She specializes in hand applique, as well as embroidery...

Death penalty opponents will have a field day with Tuesday's botched execution in Oklahoma. Clayton Lockett's vein "blew out," lethal drugs weren't delivered properly, he writhed in pain, uttered "something's wrong," curtains were drawn so witnesses couldn't tell what was happening and the physician ordered a halt to the execution...

Happy Beltane! That would have been the traditional greeting in Ireland and Scotland centuries ago. Beltane, or May 1, is a cross-quarter day, or a day that is about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. In many of those cultures it was observed as the start of the summer season and was observed by lighting large bonfires on hilltops around the countryside...

With all the technological advances of the last decade irrigation systems have seen their share of improvements and several new technologies are emerging that can help increase the efficiency of your irrigation and make the energy you expend to apply water more effective...

Ruth Ann Fickle Jan. 3, 1924 - April 29, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Ruth Ann Fickle, 90, of McCook, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Ruth was born on Jan. 3, 1924, to Harley and Eulalia (Weiss) Meyer in Rushville, Indiana. She grew up in Lima, Ohio. She graduated high school in Lima...

Darwin L. Jumps Jan. 19, 1940 - April 29, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Darwin L. Jumps, 74, died Tuesday (April 29, 2014), at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born Jan. 19, 1940, to Benjamin Harrison and Freda (Behrendsen) Jumps. He worked as an iron worker for Local No. 24 in Denver, Colorado, before retiring to Nebraska...