Stories from Wednesday, January 11, 2012

McCOOK, Nebraska -- At Tuesday's McCook Community College's Back-To-School campus meeting, Dr. Richard Tubbs, Vice-President and CEO of MCC announced his intention to retire effective Friday, June 29, the end of the college's fiscal year. "The past 12 years working here at McCook Community College have been wonderful because of the people -- the faculty and staff at MCC as well as the extraordinary support from the community of McCook," Tubbs told the faculty and staff...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- "Welcome back and farewell." That was the message of Mid-Plains Community College President Dr. Michael Chipps as he addressed faculty and staff at a campus meeting Tuesday at North Platte Community College. Dr. Chipps submitted his resignation to the MPCC Board of Governors last week after he was offered the presidency position at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. He has served as president and chief executive officer of the college since May of 2003...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Public School teachers are taking steps to create tests that focus on quality, rather than quantity. "Its more than putting grades into a grade book and moving on," said Superintendent Grant Norgaard at Monday's McCook School Board meeting. "The goal is to use the best instructional techniques to get the best possible results from students...

The Gazette staff is gearing up for one of the biggest projects of the year, the annual Progress edition that will be out in a few weeks. There will be no shortage of progress to report in McCook, from the completion of Community Hospital's latest construction and remodeling project, to McCook's new municipal building, a new McDonald's and at least two church construction projects...

"It's my money and I want it now!" is the cry on the television each night as wanna-be opera stars sing the toll free phone line of a company that would be happy to give you your money now, for what I am sure they consider to be a nominal fee. As the credit card bills and department store chits come in from the holiday shopping sprees, certainly there are some who are anxious for a windfall that will allow them to pay off their the green and red debt and are willing to part with that nominal fee in order to get out from under. ...

Ronald L. Myers July 26, 1948 - Jan. 10, 2012 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska --Ronald L. Myers passed away Jan. 10, 2012, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center after a short and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 63. He was born on July 26, 1948, in McCook, Nebraska, to Lloyd and the late Violet Ruzicka Myers. Ron graduated from McCook High School in 1967...

Melvin "Jay" Fisher July 4, 1942 - Jan. 8, 2012 MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- Melvin "Jay" Fisher, 69, died Jan. 8, 2012, following complications from a heart attack in Lincoln, Nebraska. 

 He was born July 4, 1942, in Maywood, the son of Leonard Steel and Ona Evalena (Blake) Fisher. He attended school in Maywood, graduating from Maywood High School in 1962...