Her daughter, Jamie, is battling complex heart defects. Jamie's grandparents, Dan and Bonnie Petersen, and her uncle and aunt, Doug and Keli Petersen, are from Grand Island. The Almost Home program has expanded and moved to the new YWCA location at the former Outer Limits building. Director Denise Hurt projects the program will be able to serve between 120 and 150 people. The Aurora Police Department has formed a Police Chaplain Corps, which includes volunteer time from chaplains from the community.
Pastors actually go out on police calls.
Ray Simmons of the Police Department helped establish the program. Bill Behrens and Gertrude Brester are this year's sweetheart king and queen at the Grand Generation Center. Ken Moderow and Wanda Tesmer have been chosen alternate king and queen. The sod shanty in Comstock also is being featured as one of four restoration projects in Nebraska. Loup City Chamber of Commerce officials are working to salvage the old Burlington Northern depot.