Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Betty Kindschuh - February 27, 2013
Funeral services for Betty Kindschuh, age 73, of Wisner, will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the Minnick Funeral Home in Wisner. Interment will be in the Wisner Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and will continue on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the Minnick Funeral Home in Wisner.Betty passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 at the Wisner Care Center.
Survivors include sisters: Barbara Swaim of Highlands Ranch, CO, Joann Flood of Valley; many nieces and nephews; stepchildren Roxanne and Barry Meyer of Wisner, Randy Kindschuh of Pueblo, CO, Rodney Kindschuh of Denver, CO, Royce Kindschuh of Olathe, KS; stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren also survive her.
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