By AUSTIN KOELLER, UNK Communications KEARNEY - Meredith Keep knows what the aftermath of a traffic accident can be. After working 33 years as a nurse at Kearney’s Good Samaritan Hospital, including 20 in the recovery room, the retired Elm Creek native regularly saw accident victims come in and out of the hospital. “You would hear of so many traffic deaths,” Keep said. “They weren’t wearing seat belts.” Accident survivors, she said, came in with bruises – a sign … [Read more...] about Elm Creek woman sees need, helps raise funds for town’s driver’s ed students
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Loper softball team helps with Habitat for Humanity
By TODD GOTTULA, UNK Communications They replaced their ball gloves with paint brushes, hammers and drills. Twenty-two members of the University of Nebraska at Kearney softball team gathered in southeast Kearney the past two weekends to work on the three latest Habitat for Humanity homes under construction. “Team bonding with paint,” senior Bailey Backhuus of Bennington said as she painted walls of a storage shed with three of her teammates. Loper … [Read more...] about Loper softball team helps with Habitat for Humanity
