Stories from Friday, September 3, 2010

Declan has finally returned home from his summer visit with his mother and we have spent the last couple weeks working our way back into a daily routine. He has been filling me in regularly in regard to one adventure after another he experienced. I have been doing my best to make being grateful a priority, he is getting time with his mother. ...

Family Features When it comes to holiday entertaining, there is nothing more elegant -- or easy -- than serving a beautiful roast. The elegance factor we can all understand, but easy? It's true. There is no need to be intimidated by a roast ever again...

Sarah Marie Dempewolf and Michael James Sis announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sis of Bellevue, Nebraska, Mrs. Mike Markham of Boise, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ritter and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dempewolf of Colby, Kansas. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Ronald and Adonna Sis of McCook...

Amanda Pollnow and Ahren Hays, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Greg and Kristy Pollnow, Greg and Cindy Hays and Glenda Harmon, all of McCook. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Jan Terbell of Indianola and John and Tonee Gingrich of Craig, Colorado. Grandparents of the prospective bridegroom are Imelda Hays of McCook and Bette Harmon of Maple Plain, Minnesota...

Kimberly Lynn Weber and Gary Wade Kolbo, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Janet Weber and Tilden Weber, both of McCook, Donna Kolbo of Cozad and the late Gary Kolbo. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Ernst and Roslene Weber of McCook, Betty Wilken of Bertrand, the late Leroy Wilken and adopted grandparents, Norma Struempler of Callaway and the late Ted Struempler. ...

The family and friends of Dennis and Donna Irwin is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 11, 1960, at Hays, Kansas. Their family includes their children, Sheila Irwin of Surprise, Arizona, and Carmen Lervold of Surprise; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at PO Box 282, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Don and Laverta Murphy of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of McCook, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 17, 1960, at Liberal, Kansas. Their family includes their children, Stan and Yvonne Murphy of Topeka, Sharla and Bruce Johnson of Valentine, Stuart Murphy of Topeka and Steve and Lara Murphy of Topeka; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. ...

The family of Paul and LeAnn Heumphreus of St. Peters, Missouri, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 7, 1985, in Hastings. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at #18 Apple Court, St. Peters, MO 63376...

Shonda Jacob and Kendall Knight of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, Summer Dawn Knight. She was born July 2, 2010, at McCook Community Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches long. Grandparents of the newborn are Beth Miller, Brian Jacob and Vickie Knight, all of McCook, and Howard Blanton of Culbertson. Great-grandparents are George and Jean Miller of Hayes Center, Milton Tidyman of North Platte, Mary and Sam Jacob of Florida and Rose and Fred Moore of Missouri...

The family of Alden Remington is requesting a card shower in honor of his 85th birthday, Sept. 7, 2010. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 406 E. Second, McCook, NE 69001.

The family and friends of Hazel DeVaughn is requesting a card shower in honor of her 88th birthday, Sept. 8, 2010. Her family includes her children, Chet and Donna DeVaughn, Keith and Lawauna Hardy and Dan and Nancy Schwery. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Hazel DeVaughn, c/o Golden Living Center, 111 W. 36th Street, Room 508A, Scottsbluff, NE 69361...

The family of Lynda Baumbach of Indianola would like to congratulate her on her 60th birthday, Sept. 3, 2010.

As our nation celebrates Labor Day -- a day we honor the American worker -- many will rightly focus on our nation's high unemployment rate and what steps Congress can take to create an environment which help small businesses create jobs, instead of placing more rules and regulations on employers...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Emeritus Senior Living, a Seattle based operator of senior living communities has acquired Willow Ridge Senior Living in McCook. Emeritus operates more than 460 residential and assisted living communities throughout the United States...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Library Commission announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the Library Commission a $2,416, 403 grant to fund Nebraska's public computer center project, Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities...

An army travels on its stomach, the old adage says, with hundreds behind the scenes working hard to supply those on the front line with the food, supplies and weapons they need to carry the fight to the enemy. But not everything can be packaged in plastic like an MRE or parachuted on a pallet out of the back of a transport plane...

I saw her scruffy, ill-tempered husband get into his battered, mud-splashed truck today and wondered what goes through her mind. When I got home, I pulled this week's copy of Newsweek magazine out of the mailbox and the cover said, "THE MAKING OF A TERRORIST-CODDLING, WARMONGERING, WALL STREET-LOVING, SOCIALISTIC, GODLESS, MUSLIM PRESIDENT who isn't actually any of these things."...

In a recent study done by the Center for Social Development, it is reported that when a family has a savings account for college (no matter how big or small the savings may be,) raises a young person's educational expectations. What we can take from this is the importance of having an open discussion with your child about the importance of the future of their education, as well as the financial responsibility that comes along with tuition savings. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council will review a $100,000 claim for damages at Tuesday's semi-monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m. at City Council Chambers. The claim was filed by attorneys for Beverly Spilinek as a result of a September 2009 accident involving her 1993 Ford Taurus, which was backed into by a city garbage truck. ...

Ashley Nicole Fagot of Wichita, Kansas, and Sean Clifford Reimer of Waterbury, Connecticut, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Shane and Pam Fagot of McCook and Ken and Cathy Reimer of Zambia, Africa. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Naomi Fagot of Lexington and Carolyn Jobman of Livonia, Michigan. Grandparent of the prospective bridegroom is Corale Wilcox of Vancouver, Washington...