Mt. McLoughlin and Agency Lake

Our Mt. McLoughlin with Agency Lake in foreground.  Picture taken from Modoc RD. Snow pack is very low this year. Getting some rain today. Could be a long hot/dry summer.

~Russ Hoover

Edith Zweygardt

Edith Zweygardt passed away Monday, May 13 in Colorado.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Zuege-Stute, Stockmyer, Waterworth etc. family reunion in Haigler

Hey family,
Just a reminder that the Family reunion is just 16 days and a wake up.

Hope to see a whole bunch of ya'll there.

Sunday, May 12, 2013, 10:30 or 11:00 or so at the Park in Haigler, Nebr., also is a pot-luck lunch.

Thanks,  Joey Waterworth

PS: Please feel free to contact and invite other family members.  If you didn't get an email from me, send me a note so I can add you to my list; bigjoeyw@comcast.net

Dundy County Stratton took First Place

Congratulations to Dundy County Stratton students who scored high in the MCCs Inter-High Day.  Scoring high in 28 categories won them scholarships and free courses at McCook Community College.

Read the story in the McCook Daily Gazette

-- Editor

Today in Nebraska - April

Follow this link for a list of things that happened in Nebraska through the years beginning in 1860 during the month April .

Today-in-Nebraska-April

-- Editor

Torsten Anderson Max, Nebraska - YouTube

An interesting interview with Torsten Anderson of Max Nebraska.

Torsten Anderson Max, Nebraska - YouTube

Do you qualify for Renovation Loan Money?

Follow the link below to find out more about application for a "forgivable loan" to do home renovation.

People in the southwest area of Nebraska can qualify.

Follow this link: http://www.imperialrepublican.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5429:qualifying-homeowners-can-make-application-for-renovation-loan-money&catid=36:news&Itemid=76

-- Editor

Tressa (Darby) Downs

Tressa D. Downs

January 1, 1916 - March 2, 2013 

Resided in Newport, KY

Tressa D. Downs, 97, of Newport, passed away on March 2, 2013 at Baptist Convalescent Center Newport, KY. She was a Sales Clerk with S.S. Kresge CO.. She was the President of the Golden Age Club, and the Financial Secretary for the Womens Fellowship at St. John's UCC and the Treasurer for the Monday Club at Grand Towers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Downs, her parents Theadore & Elizabeth Darby, a brother Raymond (Jack) Darby, sisters Martha Walter & Mary Stute , a nephew Royce Stute and a niece Donna Pursley. Tressa is survived by a sister Esther Cline, brother in law John F. ( Doc) Doherty, a nephew John Doherty, nieces Alfreda (Freddie) Schroeder, Kathryn Edeal, Shirley Gooder and Bonnie Hansen and many great nieces & nephews. No visitation. Funeral Ceremony will be held 10:00 am Saturday, March 9, 2013, at the St. John's United Church of Christ, Newport, Kentucky. Burial will take place in the Vesper Cemetery, Neville, OH . Memorials are suggested to the St. John's United Church of Christ 415 Park Avenue Newport, KY 41071. 

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Online condolences can be given in the guest book at Dobbling Muehlenkamp Erschell Funeral Home in Ft. Thomas, KY http://www.dmefuneral.com/obituary/Tressa-D.-Downs/Newport-KY/1185128#obit-memories

~Alfreda (Freddie) Stute Schroeder