May 2013 – Page 18 – North Platte Post Archive

Frances Emily Long

Posted on May 22, 2013

Frances Emily Long, age 90 of Stapleton, passed away Tuesday May 21, 2013 in North Platte.
Frances was born on December 24, 1922 at a relative’s home near Arnold, NE to Alfred and Anna A. (Patterson) Blevins. During her early years she lived near Stapleton, NE then the family moved to McCook, NE and Oberlin, KS where she attended country schools and her first two years of high school. She finished high school in Stapleton, NE, graduating with the class of 1941. She married Minor P. Miles in North Platte, NE on July 2, 1941 and to this union two sons were born: Dale Rodney and Ray Allen. Minor passed away on August 22, 1943 in Grand Island, NE.
On January 5, 1946 Frances married Emory W. Long in Oberlin, KS. Frances and Emory welcomed Ruth Emily who was born in North Platte, NE. The family settled on a farm in McPherson County, NE and then lived on farms near Gandy, NE. Emory passed away on September 14, 1989 and later that fall Frances moved into her home in Stapleton where she lived until moving to a nursing home in 2009.
Frances enjoyed many crafts, especially crocheting, sewing and quilting. She won several awards at the Logan County Fair. She sewed clothing for the whole family, raised nearly all the family groceries and sold eggs and cream in town to purchase other necessities. Belonging to the First Presbyterian Church, Banner Mother’s Extension Club, Senior Friendship Club, the VFW Women’s Auxiliary and Farm Bureau kept her busy after moving to town. She often played cards with friends and took many sightseeing trips around the United States.
Frances is survived by son Ray (Debbie) Miles of Montrose, CO; daughter Ruth (Dan) Beckius of Stapleton, NE; grandson Rex (Sharon) Miles and great-granddaughters Summer and Erica of Phoenix,AZ; grandson Leroy (Sheri) Beckius and great-grandchildren Emily and James of Santee, CA; and grandson Chad (Lisa) Beckius and great-grandsons Andrew and Caleb of Vermillion, SD; brother Donald (Lyla) Blevins of Stapleton, NE; and sisters in law Esther Blevins of Stapleton and Twyla Kramer of North Platte.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; son Dale Rodney Miles; and brother Byron.
Memorials are suggested to the Stapleton Volunteer Fire Department and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday May 28, 2013 at Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Stapleton with Rev. Bob Anderson and Vicar Chad Beckius officiating. Burial will follow at the Arnold Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday May 25th and 26th noon to 6:00 p.m. and Monday noon to 4:00 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home, and Monday evening 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Stapleton. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Catherine Virginia “Katie” Johnson

Posted on May 22, 2013

Catherine Virginia “Katie” Johnson, 93, of North Platte, NE, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Linden Court in North Platte.

Katie was born February 8, 1920, to Tolliver Posey and Gladys Florence Ervin Black in Daykin, NE. She grew up in the Daykin and Fairbury area and attended school there.

On July 18, 1937, Katie married James Carter Rhoden and to this union three sons were born, James C., Jr., Frank E. and John T. The family later moved to North Platte in 1949. In July 1953, Katie married Carroll O. Johnson at North Platte where they made their home.

Katie was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary #2839. She enjoyed playing cards, knitting and spending time with her grandkids. She also liked to travel, fish and camp.

Survivors include her sons, Frank (Fae) Rhoden, of Sun Tan Valley, AZ and John (Carolyn) Rhoden, of North Platte; eight grandchildren, Joe Rhoden, Mike Rhoden, Chawna Treat, Leah Burke, Maria Vassil, John W. Rhoden, Gina Curtis and Mark Rhoden; 10 great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; a brother, Cecil (Ann) Black, of Redding, CA; many nieces, nephews and other family.

Katie was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll, in 1988; a son, James Rhoden, Jr.; her parents, Gladys and Tolliver Black; two sisters, Joyce Haney and Berniece Wehrli; five brothers, Joe, Warren, Claude, Robert and Ben Black; her granddaughter, Cathy Rhoden; and three great-grandsons, Daniel and Tyler Treat and Joshua Haffner.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore with Gary Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Fort McPherson National Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 6 p.m. Monday at Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore. Condolences may also be shared at odeanchapel.com. Memorials are suggested to the Callahan Cancer Center. Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.

Lincoln Man Who Drove Drunk the Wrong Way on Interstate 180 Sentenced

Posted on May 22, 2013May 22, 2013

(AP) — A 38-year-old Lincoln man who was drunk when he drove the wrong way down an Interstate 180 exit ramp has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for his third DUI.

Chad Faden was sentenced Tuesday in Lancaster County District Court.

A Lincoln police officer stopped Faden in July driving the wrong way on an off-ramp to get onto the interstate.

In issuing the sentence, Judge Jodi Nelson noted that Faden was convicted of drunken driving in 2010 and 2011 before his latest conviction. Faden also was arrested for shoplifting beer in 2011 while his second DUI was pending.

The judge told Faden, “You are dangerous because you drink and you drive.”

Faden’s driver’s license also was suspended for 15 years.

NE Republicans Name New Executive Director

Posted on May 22, 2013

An experienced fundraiser and former executive director of two nonprofit Nebraska foundations has been named the new executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party.

Party officials announced Robert “Bud” Synhorst as the new director. State GOP Chairman J.L. Spray says Synhorst had been active in Republican politics for many years.

Synhorst is a past executive director of the Mary Lanning Healthcare Foundation and formerly was executive director for the Metropolitan Community College foundation in Omaha. He also has served as athletic development officer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Synhorst succeeds Jordan McGrain, who stepped down earlier this year as state Republican executive director.

Central NE Woman Killed in Crash

Posted on May 22, 2013

A Bassett woman has died in a single-vehicle crash in central Nebraska.

Rock County Sheriff James Anderson said 27-year-old Claudia Koenig died in the Monday morning crash.

Anderson says Koenig was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 183 about 25 miles south of Bassett when her Jeep went into a ditch, veered back across the highway and rolled several times.

Anderson says Koenig was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the Jeep. She died at the scene.

Anderson says investigators believe speed played a factor in the crash.

Paxton Residents Told to Boil Drinking Water

Posted on May 22, 2013May 22, 2013

People in Paxton are being told to boil their tap water before drinking it.

The village issued the notice to its residents this week after a water tower well failed to power up, drying up the tower.

Water has been pumped back into the tower, but officials must first receive the results of water samples taken from it before they can be sure the water is safe to drink.

Officials are hoping they have those results later this week.

May 22nd

Posted on May 22, 2013

Singer Charles Aznavour is 89
Actor Michael Constantine (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” ”Room 222″) is 86
Conductor Peter Nero is 79
Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 75
Actor Frank Converse is 75
Actress Barbara Parkins (“Peyton Place,” ”Valley of the Dolls”) is 71
Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 63
Singer Morrissey is 54
Actress Ann Cusack (“Jeff Foxworthy Show,” ”A League of Their Own”) is 52
Bassist Dana Williams of Diamond Rio is 52
Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms is 51
Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence (“Chuck”) is 49
Singer Johnny Gill is 47
Bassist Dan Roberts of Crash Test Dummies is 46
Model Naomi Campbell is 43
Actress Anna Belknap (“CSI: NY”) is 41
Singer Donell Jones is 40
Actor Sean Gunn (“Gilmore Girls”) is 39
Actress Ginnifer Goodwin (“Once Upon A Time”) is 35
Actress Maggie Q is 34.

Entertainment History May 22

Posted on May 22, 2013

On May 22nd, 1955, police in Bridgeport, Connecticut, canceled a dance that featured Fats Domino. Authorities were worried that rock and roll music could cause a riot.

In 1958, reporters at a London airport asked Jerry Lee Lewis about his marriage, and he revealed his wife was his 13-year-old cousin. The ensuing controversy forced Lewis to cancel most of his British tour.

In 1966, Bruce Springsteen began his songwriting career by co-writing two songs with The Castiles, Springsteen’s first band.

In 1967, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” made its premiere on PBS.

In 1974, Ten Years After played their last show, in London. They broke up the next year.

In 1992, Johnny Carson hosted his last “Tonight” show. There were no guests. Carson showed favorite clips from past shows.

In 2002, the members of Alien Ant Farm were hospitalized after their tour bus collided with a truck about 120 miles west of Madrid, Spain. Singer Dryden Mitchell fractured a vertebra, and the bus driver was killed.

Also in 2002, Rosie O’Donnell hosted her last talk show. It had run six years.

In 2010, singer Alanis Morissette married rapper Souleye at her home in Los Angeles.

Toby Keith planning benefit for his hometown of Moore, OK

Posted on May 22, 2013

Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday.

“It’s happened so many times through my life, I’ve been in so many,” Keith said in a phone interview Tuesday. “During my life, probably on average every four or five years, you probably have one that’s devastating. … It affects you, somebody you know, every time.”

This time it affected his sister, Tonni.

Keith flew out of the Moore area at about noon, and said the gathering clouds on the western horizon gave him a bad feeling. After he arrived in his Nashville recording studio Monday afternoon, he watched the storm system on an iPad app. So when he saw the tornado rolling down Fourth Street through his old neighborhood and toward his sister’s house, he picked up the phone to warn her.

“She said, ‘We’re safe. We’re south of it, but we can see it,'” Keith recalled. “She was at my mother’s about a mile away. I said, ‘Well, good.’ Then she got to watch it go right through her neighborhood.”

Keith said he had tornadoes pass a few miles to the north and south of his house on consecutive days.

Sunday’s storm damaged parts of nearby Shawnee, killing two. Monday’s storm killed at least 24 — including nine schoolchildren — in Moore, a suburb of 56,000 southwest of Oklahoma City.

Keith said he didn’t want to downplay the disaster, but that the people of the area are “resilient” and will rebound.

“It’s just devastating but there’s probably nobody better prepared for tornados than Oklahoma, especially the Moore area,” Keith said. “That is known as Tornado Alley, Twister Alley. They’ll rebuild, but it was just awful those kids were in school when it happened.”

During recording breaks, Keith has fielded calls about putting together a benefit for tornado victims and said he’s been in contact with the University of Oklahoma about possibly using the football stadium.

“I know as soon as I start sending out some feelers that I’ll get a lot of people in there,” Keith said. “Hopefully, we can use music to heal some of the money problems right away.”

Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/05/20/country-star-toby-keith-says-tornado-ravaged-okla-hometown-is-strong-and-will/#ixzz2U1OZfAtX

Shugart Sentenced to Prison on Assault and Drug Charges

Posted on May 21, 2013May 21, 2013

A 34-year-old North Platte man is going to prison after being sentenced on multiple drug and assault charges.

Quincey Shugart was sentenced to three to nine years in prison by Lincoln County District Court Judge Richard Birch on Monday.

Shugart was convicted of stabbing a 23-year-old man in the parking lot of La Casa Nueva last November.

A search of Shugart following his arrest also revealed that he was in possession of methamphetamine.

While out on bond, Shugart assaulted his new bride and picked up a domestic assault charge.