Stories from Monday, January 9, 2012

Eola Stanton June 22, 1917 - Jan. 8, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Eola Stanton, 94, died Sunday (Jan. 8, 2012), at the Colonial Village Nursing Home in Alma, Nebraska. She was born June 22, 1917 at Cambridge. A privant family graveside service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Cambridge Cemetery with the Rev.. Richard Karr officiating...

The family of Jerome and Judy Jones, formerly of Stratton, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of Jerome's 87th birthday and the couple's 13th wedding anniversary, Jerome was born on Jan,. 19 and the couple was married on the same date. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 85 Sunflower Road, No. 118, Colorado Springs, CO 80907-3103...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Mid Plains Community College is expected to begin the search process soon to replace Dr. Michael R. Chipps, who has accepted the position of president of Northeast Community College. Chipps, who has been president of the Mid-Plains area for nearly nine years, will become the eighth president to lead NCC and its predecessor institutions no later than July 1...

Those of us who grew up in McCook think nothing of driving down Norris Avenue, enjoying a summertime concert in Norris Park or, for the past few years, walking by the statue of George W. Norris, gazing across the street, seated in the bronze park bench in front of his home, copies of a couple of newspapers in his lap...

Wow! Two guys with an identical thought. Is this a coincidence or what? On Oct. 28, the Gazette published my letter on page 4. It said I suggested the county consider the northwest corner of the block south of the courthouse for a new jail. I outlined the properties that would need to be acquired, etc...

I feel compelled to respond to a Mr. Andy Hutchins who sent you an e-mail on 12/30 A.D. 2011. I would like to echo the words of Cmdr. Jeremiah Denton as he spoke to a group of Americans and Filipinos at Clark Air Force Base. He had just stepped off a C-141 that had brought him and his fellow prisoners of war from their prison in North Vietnam. Cmdr. Denton had spent 71/2 years as a POW, and was chosen to be the spokesman. He finished his brief, humble speech, with "God Bless America."...

I am curious why Dawn Cribbs' Christian preaching articles appear on the Opinion page instead of the Religion pages with all the other Christian preaching articles. If I want to be preached at, I'll turn to the religion page. If I'm not on the religion page, then I want to see other stuff besides religion. How about some actual news?...

January is cervical cancer awareness month. In the U.S. more than 12,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and more than 4,000 women died from cervical cancer. High-risk HPV -- human papillomavirus -- types are directly related to cervical cancer, yet many women are unaware of what HPV is or the relationship it has to cervical cancer. ...

Alexander McCook, our town's namesake, was a very interesting historical figure. Nine months after the war began he became the youngest Brigadier General in the Union Army. Some called him the Union's the most colorful General. To others, he was the most controversial...

With this final year in the Senate I intend to make every day count, focusing on the future of the country and working vigorously on a bipartisan basis to solve problems. It won't all be done in a year but I will re-double my efforts of the last 11 years hoping to make progress...

Jean Louise Madsen Aug. 25 1942 -- Jan. 6, 2012 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Jean Louise (Wray) Madsen passed away on Jan. 6, 2012, at Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado. She was 69 years old. Jean was born in Garden City, Kansas to the late Jim Wray and Vera (Carlson) Wray. She moved to the Carlson family farm southwest of Trenton in 1944. Jean and sister Jan attended country schools through junior high, and graduated from Trenton High School in 1960...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- At the end of the day, casualties from the 2010 roll-over accident that injured four, including paralyzing injuries to a 26-year-old Bartley man, were far greater than anyone could have imagined. Eric Sides, also 26, was sentenced to a combined 11-15 years in prison and his father, 52-year-old Leslie J. Sides, was sentenced to a combined 6-9 years in prison...

Douglas Clifford Shadley Nov. 19, 1950 - Jan. 8, 2012 INDIANAOLA, Nebraska -- Douglas Clifford Shadley, 61, departed this life on Jan. 8, 2012, at his home in Indianola, Nebraska. Doug was born in McCook, Nebraska on Nov. 19, 1950, to Glenn Clifford Shadley and Donna Mae (Bacon) Shadley. He grew up in McCook and attended high school there. He graduated in 1969. Doug went on to college in Denver, Colorado, where he was then drafted into the armed forces...