Stories from Monday, October 3, 2011

Dennis Marine Green Aug. 13, 1944 - Sept. 29, 2011 McCOOK -- Dennis Marine Green passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 at Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 67. Dennis was born on Aug. 13, 1944, at Colby, Kansas to Roy Major and Ethel E. (Lanning) Green. He graduated from Atwood High School with the class of 1964...

Cloyd R. Peters Dec. 22, 1918 - Sept. 2, 2011 McCOOK -- Cloyd R. Peters died Sunday October 2, 2011 at the Hillcrest Nursing home in McCook, Nebraska at the age of 92. He was born Dec. 22, 1918, in Red Willow County, Nebraska, the son of Ernest and Maggie (Woods) Peters. Cloyd lived his entire life on a farm southwest of McCook. Cloyd graduated from the 8th grade at Banksville one-room rural school...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Hillcrest Nursing Home Board of Trustees recommended on Friday to approve a bid package worth $587,843, part of the $2.7 million upgrade/renovation project scheduled for the facility. The trustees also recommended raising rates by $2 per day and increasing some of the ancillary charges...

LAKEWOOD, Colorado -- SourceGas Distribution LLC ("SourceGas") today announced it has filed a request with the Nebraska Public Service Commission to increase the non-gas component of its rates $8.28 million to cover the increased costs associated with providing natural gas service to approximately 87,000 customers across Nebraska...

A Gerih Construction crew pours a new, decorative sidewalk in the mini-park at Norris and B in McCook. The park was the site of the old Romanoff building, which was torn down with Community Development Block Grant funding.

Approximately 130 people, spanning the generations, prepare to stand in silent protest against abortion Sunday as part of the McCook Life Chain. Newborn Ellie Sensenig, held by her grandmother, Tracy Adams of Trenton, and Patricia Hackert of Palisade were part of the protest. ...

Residents of "greater" Nebraska like to complain about the attitude of our friends in Lincoln and Omaha, who seem to think of Grand Island as "out west." We can only image what they think about traveling to a meeting or hearing in McCook, Scottsbluff or Chadron...

Donald Trump's interview with Mitt Romney seemed to go well. I'm sure they discussed our country's debt crisis. Their conversation was not televised. Just the pictures. If they discussed the future of Social Security, I'm sure Romney would have responded with a statement found on page 58 of his book "No Apology." In it, he says "Social benefits are proportional with what an individual has paid into the system. ...

Each year, at the Outland Trophy Dinner, a Nebraska Cornhusker football player is presented with the "Tom Novak Award," an honor which best exemplifies the courage and determination despite all odds in the manner of NU's great All-American Fullback, Linebacker, Center (or as one sportswriter described it, "The Toughest Son of a Gun on the team")...

Sen. Ben Nelson When I'm home on weekends people talk to me about their jobs, their families and, often these days, what Washington should do to bring down the national debt. One thing I don't hear them telling me to do is raise their taxes. Nebraskans tell me Washington should cut spending first and I always keep that in mind when I'm at work in the U.S. Senate...

Mary E. (Phelps) Lehl Aug. 3, 1918 - Oct. 2, 2011 McCOOK -- Mary E. Lehl, 93, died Sunday, (Oct. 2, 2011) at Community Hospital. Services well be Wednesday, 10 a.m., at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook. Visitation will be Tuesday, 1 - 8 p.m., at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home...