Stories from Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Nov. 22, 1945 - May 2, 2009 Phyllis D. Kelsey died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Cambridge Manor. She was 63 years old. Phyllis was born Nov. 22, 1945, at Richmond, Calif., to Ralph and Nola (Smith) Hammack. On June 22, 1997, she married Kent Kelsey in Virginia City, Nev. They moved to the McCook Community in 2003. Phyllis was a cosmetologist as well as a licensed vocational nurse where she worked for a number of years in skilled nursing facilities. She enjoyed painting, knitting and cooking...

July 26, 1929 - April 30, 2009 Homer J. "Whitey" Troxell Jr. died at his home on Thursday, April 30, 2009. He was 79 years old. He was born in McCook on July 26, 1929, one of six children born to Homer Ira and Myrtle Ellesta (Barnes) Troxell. On April 28, 1952, he married Martha Jane Anderson in Wauneta...

May 23, 1932 - May 2, 2009 BERTRAND -- Dorothy A. Vise, 76, died Saturday (May 2, 2009) at Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand. She was born in Naponee on May 23, 1932, to Carl and Florance (Geen) Klinzmann. She attended country school. On July 30, 1948, she married Robert A. ...

Bob and Wauneta Halsey will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 9, 2009. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 612 West F Street, McCook, NE 69001.

A firm from Omaha has been chosen to design a city fire station at the former West Ward School property. The McCook City Council Monday night at its regular meeting unanimously approved city staff's recommendation of Prochaska and Associates and directed staff to negotiate an agreement with the firm...

Three residential properties, two commercial buildings and a vacant school would be torn down if the city is awarded the full amount requested in a demolition grant. After the public hearing Monday night at the regular McCook City Council meeting, the council unanimously approved a resolution that authorized Mayor Dennis Berry to sign all grant-related documents for a Community Development Block Grant, distributed by the Department of Economic Development through the Neighborhood Stabilization program.. ...

What's in a name? If it's something called "swine flu," it's quite a lot, according to the U.S. pork industry. According to Chris Hurt, ag economist at Purdue University, 25 to 33 percent of the nation's hog producers may have to take a serious look at whether to stay in the industry...

Today I am taking a final exam in the college class that Ann and I enrolled last winter. SOCI 2990. MC 01 "Sociology of Love and Relationships" said the Catalogue. Designed and taught by Professor Mike Hendricks PhD. Mike may be better known to you readers as "Mike at Night" from his Friday columns in the McCook Daily Gazette...

On Wednesday, March 29, I attended Michael Clancy's presentation of the controversial photograph at the Fox Theatre, which caught a snapshot (during an emergency surgery) of the hand of a fetus reaching out from the woman's womb, grasping with its 21-week-0ld hand, the hand of the surgeon...

A light, misty rain fell on shiny paint and gleaming chrome during the 10th annual Barnett Park Car Show in McCook Saturday and Sunday. Organizer Terry Sitzman of McCook said that his show attracted about 55 cars, despite a weather forecast -- and the reality -- of rain...

Red Willow County commissioners, at their weekly meeting Monday morning, unanimously approved a $70,000 county loan to the walk-in medical clinic under construction on North Highway 83 in McCook. The loan to High Plains Urgent Care P.C., from the county's revolving use loan program, will be repaid at 4 percent interest, over five years, with monthly payments of $1,289.16...