Stories from Tuesday, August 9, 2011

July 28, 1932-Aug. 6, 2011 CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Harold Daniel "Dan" Vogel, the son of the late George W. Vogel and Elizabeth (Spahn), was born on July 28, 1932, in Hayes County, Nebraska. He departed this life on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at Imperial Manor in Imperial, Nebraska at the age of 79...

Dec. 19, 1957-Aug. 7, 2011 IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Richard Dean Gardner, 53, died Sunday (Aug. 7, 2011) at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. He was born Dec. 19, 1957, in Sterling, Colorado, to Edward and Patsy Lee (Owens) Gardner. He grew up and attended school in Curtis, Nebraska. He received his degree in Agribusiness from Curtis Tech School...

The commercial is funny, the one about the guy with the slow cell phone who starts his own "flash mob" performance a half-hour too early, but recent Wall Street trading sessions point up the dangers of a mob mentality. Now the technology that made the flash mob possible is showing its darker side as well...

It was a year of drought and depression and the President said "Let us dip into the government till and pay people to make work. Farmers are hurting so let's buy their produce and destroy it and they will be happy." The New Deal worked wonderfully well and the farmers and WPA workers were happy to vote Democrat...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The five-member board of education of McCook Public Schools elected a mother of two and an office manager to fill a vacancy created in June by the resignation of a board member found guilty of driving while intoxicated. Teresa Thomas, who manages the University of Nebraska Extension office in Red Willow County and McCook, was elected on a 3-2 vote to fill the seat of Maury Green. ...

The officials end of the summer sports season in McCook rolled in Monday morning, Aug. 8, as several Bison fall sports teams began official preparations for their respective 2011 campaigns. Monday marked the first day of practices for McCook High School football, girls softball and girls golf teams. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Golf-ball sized hail damaged cars and homes throughout west McCook Tuesday evening, stripping trees, leaving Heritage Hills Golf Course looking like it had received a snowstorm, and breaking out skylights at Walmart, injuring one person and forcing the store to close...