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The Nuckolls County Road Department will host a scrap tire recycling event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 31. The tires will be collected at the county yard which is located at 251 S. Park which is near the eastern edge of Nelson. For county residents unfamiliar with Nelson, the county yard can be reached by turning off Highway 14 at the Commercial Bank corner and continuing east to the dead end. All types of tires will be collected but they must be removed from the rims. Tires will be accepted from anyone living in Nuckolls County but...
Most residents of rural Nebraska learned years ago not to take anything for granted. Like rain fall amounts. This year of 2020 is a prime example. Most folks will remember 2019 as a “very wet” year. For many of us living in southcentral Nebraska, 2020 looked like it would be listed as a “very dry” year as much of southern Nebraska was being included in the University of Nebraska’s “Drought Monitoring Program” as being in a drought area. Along comes this week. On Sunday night, Hebron, Neb., recorded more than four inches of rain, most of the r...
Little Halsey Kapri Karmazin didn't think much of her "due date" and decided to rob her parents of a good night's sleep last week. After a quick trip to the Mary Lanning hospital in Hastings early in the morning of Tuesday, July 14, 2020, she was born with a weight of six pounds, 8 ozs., and was 19.5 inches long. Parents are Nick and Jalee Karmazin of Lawrence; grandparents are Ken and Pam Karmazin of Lawrence and Leon and Debbie Zimmerman of Broken Bow; great-grandparents are Lee and Beverly...
Marion Ostdiek (Lt. Col. USAF Retired) affectionately known as "Red" died on July 17, 2020, at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, Florida due to complications from Parkinson's and COVID -19 at the age of 88. A Memorial Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, July 24 at St Mary's Cathedral with Fr. Jim Golka officiating. This service will be live streamed at YouTube: St. Mary's Cathedral Grand Island and on Facebook.com/stmarysgi. A Celebration of Life Mass will occur in Sun City Center, Florida,...
Alberta L. Diamond, 88, formerly of Mankato died Tuesday, July 14, at The Pines in Holton. She was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Jewell County, to Clifton and Lillie (Howell) Dunn. Alberta attended Steuben Elementary School and was a 1949 graduate of Mankato High School. She was a 1950 graduate of Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina. She married Hank Henry Diamond on Aug. 15, 1951, at the Mankato Christian Church. He preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 1992. Alberta worked from 1950 to 1951 at...
Diane Elizabeth Ayers, 81, died in Frisco, Texas, July 14, 2020. Born to Laurence and Vesta Leece on May 20, 1939, in Superior, she lived in Superior, Grand Island and Bloomfield, Neb.; Manhattan, Kan.; and Amarillo, Texas before settling in Frisco, Texas. Trained as a teacher of home economics at Kansas State University, she also worked as a realtor before returning to Kansas State University to obtain a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. She served as clinical director at Family...
John Wayne Brandt, 76, a longtime Ogallala resident and KOGA Radio broadcaster and salesman, died Tuesday, July 14, 2020. For the past year, John waged a courageous battle with stage-four pancreatic cancer, maintaining his signature optimism throughout. John was born on July 11, 1944, in Hays, Kan., to John B. and Laverna Brandt, the eldest of three children. Since childhood, John was fascinated with radio and liked being around people and talking with them. His mother remembered him bringing...
Jerome Donald Mazour, 91, the son of Lester and Mary (Faimon) Mazour, was born May 12, 1929, in Fairfield, Neb. He died July 19, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society facility at Superior, after staying the last 14 months there. Jerome lived in Nuckolls County his entire life. He was baptized and confirmed at the Assumption Church in Deweese. While growing up on the farm, he attended country school at Shiloh District 12 through the eighth grade, and Nelson Public Schools, graduating from Nelson...
Donald Gene Vorce was born June 13, 1931, in Tobias, to Clarence Marion Vorce and Maude Amy (Eastman) Vorce. He attended Tobias Public Schools, played basketball for the Tobias High School Tigers, and graduated high school (at age 16) with the Class of 1948. Following graduation, Don worked on the railroad before enlisting in the United States Navy in January 1951. His Korean War experiences in the Pacific theater with the Navy’s 7th Fleet included assignments aboard the USS New Jersey, USS Wisconsin and USS Iowa battleships. Portions of his Na...
Wesley E. Alexander, 63, died Sunday, July 19, in Clay County, Kan. He was born on Oct. 31, 1956, to Newell and Doris (Sloan) Alexander at Red Cloud, Neb. Services are pending with Melby Mortuary....
