Stories from Friday, May 17, 2019

80th birthday The family of Vaunda Hyde of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on Thursday, May 23, 2019. She was born in Wauneta, Neb. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1405 E. Fairacres Drive, McCook, NE 69001...

65th anniversary Densel and Barbara O’Dea of McCook will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. They were married in McCook in 1954. They have four children: Ken and Kristy O’Dea of Hubbard Lake, Mich., Jim and Kim O’Dea of McCook, Patty and David Fulton of Pleasanton, Neb., and Pam and Doug Adams of Fort Worth, Texas; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. If you see this couple, please wish them a happy 65th wedding anniversary!...

Last year over Memorial Day my cousin and aunt came from Colorado to be joined with my father’s cousin and myself to decorate somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 graves throughout southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. It was a special day, mapped out so that we could visit as many gravesites as possible in one day. ...

Lillian Wagner Kugler June 16, 1921 - April 28, 2019 TUSTIN, Calif. — Lillian Wagner Kugler was born on June 16, 1921, to Dan and Mollie Wagner on the family farm north of Culbertson, Neb. She was the eldest of five children. Lilian, along with her siblings, attended District 6 rural school through the eighth grade, then finished her general education at Culbertson Public School, graduating with the Class of 1938. ...

LENEXA, Kan. — Hayes Center and three other Nebraska schools will share a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to replace five older diesel school buses with cleaner models. Schools in Hayes Center, Tecumseh and Palmer will receive $20,000 for one bus each, and Big Springs will receive $40,000 for two...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — While some public libraries are going "all tech," the director of the City of McCook Public Library doesn't envision that happening in McCook. Head librarian Jody Crocker feels that McCook's library is a vital service to the rural community, and by instilling a love of reading in youngsters who grow up to be adults who love to read, the library will remain a mainstay in McCook for generations to come...

Lincoln, Neb. – A number of area eighth-graders were among those honored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for their academic excellence, leadership and perseverance May 15 at the Nebraska Union. They include Dylan Bahe and Emerson Swanson of Araphaoe, Keira Wasenius of Oxford, Payton Vrbas of Palisade and Chloe Stehno of Wauneta...