Stories from Monday, November 16, 2015

Elwood "Woody" May March 16, 1950 - Nov. 14, 2015 OBERLIN, KAN. -- Elwood "Woody" May, son of Elbert and Wilma (Wurm) May, was born March 16, 1950, in Oberlin, Kansas. He passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society in Oberlin at the age of 65...

Dorothy Emma Tumbleson Sept. 28, 1923 - Nov. 10, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Dorothy Emma Tumbleson, age 92, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Nov. 10, 2015. She was born in Laird, Colorado, on Sept. 28, 1923, to Herbert and Emma O. (Ames) Schafer. Dorothy attended and graduated from Wray High School in Wray, Colorado, in 1941...

Phyllis June Thompson April 4, 1952 - Oct. 30, 2015 LOVELAND, Colo. -- Phyllis June Thompson was born April 4, 1952, in McCook, Nebraska, and died on Oct. 30, 2015, in Loveland, Colorado. Phyllis grew up in the Curtis, Nebraska, area. Phyllis enjoyed playing softball, being with children, had a fun-loving sense of humor, loved fishing, and being in the outdoors...

Robert O. Marshall Aug. 13, 1925 - Nov.12, 2015 BEAVER CITY, Neb.-- Robert O. Marshall, 90, of Beaver City, died Thursday (Nov.12, 2015), at Beaver City Manor and Assisted Living in Beaver City. He was born Aug. 13, 1925, at the family farm north of Beaver City to Earl and Fern (Ventling) Marshall. ...

OBERLIN, Kan. -- The Republican River Restoration Partners (RRRP) plans a meeting Dec. 1 in Oberlin, bringing together water officials for updates on issues affecting those living in the Republican River Basin in Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas. The meeting, at the Gateway in Oberlin, is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Lunch will cost $10 per person; call an RRRP official to make lunch reservations by Tuesday, Nov. 24:...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Norris Institute is working towards selling an approximate five acre section of native grass land to make way for a new storage building. The McCook City Council will coordinate a public hearing Monday evening to consider approval of a special exception authorizing construction of the building in an agricultural zoned district. ...

Using a high-lift, Weiss Construction of McCook, Nebraska, installs new second-floor windows in the front and back exteriors of Knowlen & Yates located on the bricks in the 300 block of Norris Avenue in downtown McCook. Mike Ford, of Knowlen & Yates, said the new windows "look great. The building looks twice as cool as it did before." Mike said that he and his wife, Laura, are "just dressing up downtown McCook. We're all in favor of promoting downtown."...

HAIGLER, Neb. -- The second annual Haigler Gun & Craft Show is this weekend, Nov. 21-22 at the Cornerstone Center for Community Service, 251 East Norman Street. Hours are MST 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday. Banners, signs, vendors, and community volunteers welcome you to make Haigler once again the center of your activities this weekend. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- More details will be announced in an upcoming release from the college, but the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors is set to consider the gift of the former McCook Elks Club property. The agenda for Wednesday's meeting in McCook includes an item to consider acceptance of the property from Perry and Vicky Case and authorizing Mid-Plains President to sign a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the board...

Twelve-year-old Shayli Wilkinson poses with her first deer, shot Saturday in Hayes County. Shayli is the daughter of Keri and Heath Wilkinson.

McCOOK, Neb. -- As the years roll by, the dollars of loving assistance for hospice care continues to grow, reaching a whopping $433,000 in 2014. Now the question is, what will the 2015 "An Evening for Hospice" yield in combined giving? History tells us, on average the hospice supporters in the McCook area have donated more than $24,000 each year at the hospice event. This year it looks like the net income could be even higher...

The French military is bombing ISIS targets in Syria and the U.S. sent aircraft to destroy some 116 trucks hauling oil that generates tens of millions of dollars a month for the terrorists. Which raises the question: Why wasn't that done before now?...

The generation of World War II has been called "The Greatest Generation." This usually refers to the women and men (mostly men) who fought for our country in that war. We said goodbye only a month ago to a man who exemplified that quality of American men (though he would have been the first to refute that claim.) McCook's Willis Jones was a pilot in the Air Force and a Prisoner of War in World War II, and in the years since that conflict served as an inspiration to his family, as well as to countless young men in our area who were fortunate to have known him.. ...

Harold Wayne Yohe May 26, 1922 - Nov. 14, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Harold Wayne Yohe went home to his Lord and Savior and to be with his loving wife on 14 November 2015, whilst at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born 26 May 1922 to Earl Willard and Fern Francilla (Huff) Yohe in Bostwick, Nebraska. The family then moved to a farm near Paxton, Nebraska, when Harold was a young boy. In 1940, Harold graduated from Grainton High School...