Stories from Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Oct. 15, 1933-Aug. 13, 2004 Maria Feliz Dimas-Mendoza was born to Zenon Mendoza and Anastacia Ortiz on Oct. 15, 1933, at Zacatecas, Mexico. She passed away Aug. 13, 2004, at the Jefferson Health Center in Fairbury at the age of 70 years, 9 months and 28 days. She was one of eight children in the family...

While leafing through newspapers from other states, Gazette General Manager Shary Skiles came across an idea which captured her attention. The inspiration came from the N'West Iowa Review, an award-winning newspaper based in Sheldon, Iowa. Specifically, what impressed Shary were a series of special sections in the Review focusing attention on communities in Northwest Iowa. ...

When we lived in Ainsworth, in north-central Nebraska, a friend was incredulous over one state official's plan for medical care. "Helicopters!" She scoffed. And I had to agree at the time. In that neck of the woods -- make that neck of the rolling, stubby-grass covered hills -- we used to drive an hour to get to the nearest discount store. And, it wasn't a super-megastore, either...

By GLORIA MASONER City Editor Anyone who wants to fill the remaining two years left open by the resignation of City Councilman Jerry Reitz will have until 4 p.m. Sept. 10 to make the decision. The McCook City Council voted 3-0, Monday night to give candidates 10 days more than city staff had recommended. Councilman Jim Kenny was absent...

An employee of the Nebraska Work Ethic Camp in McCook was arraigned Monday in Red Willow County Court on charges of sexually assaulting one of the camp's offenders. Cpl. Darwin Lee Sagel, 40, of Herndon, was charged with second degree sexual assault of a prisoner or inmate and unlawful acts by a corrections employee, both Class IV felonies...