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Military rifle shoot slated for Sunday
(Outdoors ~ 08/09/07)
A military rifle shoot is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday at the shooting range north of the McCook airport. Competition will take place using issue iron sights and others sights. Each shooter will get five shots bench rest and five shots off hand on the issue iron sights and the same for other sights,...
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Francis 'Fran' G. Hatch
(Obituary ~ 08/09/07)
June 4, 1920-Aug. 7, 2007 ATWOOD -- Francis "Fran" G. Hatch, 87, died Tuesday (Aug. 7, 2007). He was born June 4, 1920, at Blakeman, Kan., to Roy and Elva Hatch. He served in the U.S. Army. In 1941, he married Louise Wilkens. She preceded him in death in 1996. In 1998, he married Joan Deeds. He was a retired farmer-stockman who lived in Northwest Kansas most of his life. He had been a resident of the Good Samaritan in Atwood since May 2007...
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Leonard Kerchal
(Obituary ~ 08/09/07)
Feb. 17, 1919-Aug. 7, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Leonard E. Kerchal, 88, died Tuesday (Aug. 7, 2007) at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. He was born Febr. 17, 1919, at Wauneta to Joseph and Opal (Vlasin) Kerchal. He graduated from Wauneta High School and attended Kearney State College...
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Oh, the emotions ...
(Local News ~ 08/09/07)
Pedalin's serious business -- evident on the faces of competitors, clockwise from top left, at the Decatur County fair Wednesday afternoon. Tyler Kinkade, concentrates hard in the five-year-old division. Tyler is the son of Amy and Donald Kinkade of Yuma, Ariz., in Oberlin visiting his grandparents, Gary and Janelle Walter of Oberlin. ...
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Commission considers subdivision
(Local News ~ 08/09/07)
Property needed to complete cell tower triangulation
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Gyroplane grabs a lot of attention
(Local News ~ 08/09/07)
BENKELMAN -- A cute, stubby helicopter-looking aircraft attracted quite a bit of attention in the TimeSaver parking lot in Benkelman Wednesday morning. "It always draws a crowd," Hank Parry, of Salt Lake City, Utah, smiled. "That's half the fun of traveling with this thing."...
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A soaring heart, a lump in the throat
(Column ~ 08/09/07)
I never realized until Wednesday afternoon that your heart can soar with joy at the same time your stomach rolls with disappointment and trepidation. I never realized that you could cheer for someone to win and hope they would lose in the same moment of time...
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Barbara Morgan carries on Christa McAuliffe's mission
(Editorial ~ 08/09/07)
Two brave teachers are priceless inspiration for today's students.
Stories from Thursday, August 9, 2007
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