Stories from Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Emma C. Sanford July 9, 1918 - April 1, 2012 OBERLIN, KANSAS -- Emma C. Sanford, 93, of Oberlin, died Sunday (April 1, 2012), at the Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born July 9, 1918, to Daniel and Minnie (Pears) Sanford in Bloomington,Nebraska...

Myrna Barratt Nov. 26, 1940 - March 29, 2012 LAS VEGAS -- Myrna Barratt, 71, of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012, at home surrounded by her family. Born Myrna Allen on Nov. 26, 1940, in McCook, she graduated from McCook High School in 1958. ...

Beverly Schilz Nov. 13, 1927 - April 1, 2012 DENVER, Colorado -- Beverly Schilz, 84, of Denver, Colorado, passed away on April 1, 2012, peacefully at The Denver Hospice after a courageous battle with cancer. Beverly was born in Otis, Colorado on Nov. 13, 1927, the daughter of Lonnie and Mary Casper. As an infant the Casper family moved to McCook, Nebraska, where Beverly grew up and graduated from McCook Senior High School in 1945...

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Funeral services for Merlin D. Pettit will be 1 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2012, in Tryon, Nebraska, at the McPherson County High School. Area relatives are his brother, Terry Pettit and wife, Evelyn, of Culbertson, Nebraska.

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Good Earth Gardeners journeyed March 13 to Bartley, Nebraska, to visit the home of Jane and Jim Foster. Jim gave the club a lesson on trimming grapes so the grapes will produce as they should. He gave members new branches and showed how to plant the branches to grow new grape vines...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council unanimously approved the implementation of new citizen comment guidelines, Monday evening, during a regularly scheduled meeting at councilor chambers. The guidelines limit only citizen comments during public hearings, council meetings and during public meetings. Councilors and others speaking on specific items will not be limited by the new policy...

Outstanding artists from the Golden Plains of America are making their creations available for auction as a benefit for the historic Fox Theatre of McCook, Nebraska. The second Fox Theatre Benefit Art Show & Auction will take place Saturday night, April 14, on the stage of the Fox, which is beginning its 85th year as a show place for the visual and performing arts,...

BSB Construction of Curtis starts the dirt work that marks the construction of the new Frenchman Valley Coop grain elevator facility and train loop track a mile west of Culbertson, Nebraska. Friday morning, Ronnie Williams of Curtis drove the water truck, following Casey Howard of Wauneta in the tractor pulling the disc. ...

Skills USA GOODLAND, Kansas -- Northwest Tech SkillsUSA hosted an awards assembly on March 30, where the winners of the local skills contests were recognized. These students will represent Northwest Tech in contests at the state level on a variety of dates in April...

Rebekah Huff, left; Whitni Davis, center; and Felicity Petty of Victory Christian Academy, McCook, Nebraska, display the artwork for which they won metals Friday in the annual paint-in and art show at McCook Community College. Rebekah won first place in pottery and Felicity won third in the drawings/scratch board division. Whitni won the "Judge's Choice" in drawings/scratch board, and with her ceramic/mixed media bird whistle, "Best of Show." The girls' art teacher is Ray Walter...

McCook Community College is giving students a free chance to learn about student leadership on two consecutive Tuesdays this month. B.L.A.S.T is an internal student leadership training course which stands for "Believe," 'Lead," "And" "Serve" "Together." The B.L.A.S.T sessions are set for Tuesday April 10 and Tuesday April 17 from 11 a.m.-noon in room 230 of Walsh-Brady Hall...

The deadline for the Great Plains Human Resource Management Association scholarship is April 15. The Great Plains Human Resource Management Association scholarship will award $500 to apply toward tuition, books or other directly related expenses. The recipient will be selected on the basis of the candidate's individual merit and commitment to a career in human resource management or business management. ...

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- A night of music "under the stars" will be presented on Thursday, April 12, in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Bruner Hall of Science planetarium. The recital, which will feature Franziska Nabb's flute studio class, will begin at 7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public...

SEWARD, Neb. -- Concordia University, Nebraska's Symphonic Band will give its final concert of the season on Friday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Seward High School auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. The band will cap off the year and its recent tour by performing tour songs as well as new pieces under the direction of Andrew Schultz, assistant professor of music. Student directors also will lead the ensemble in several numbers...

McCook Community College is sponsoring a CPR/first aid class April 10-11 on campus. Completion of this course will enable participants to be certified in accordance with American Safety & Health Institute standards in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and first aid...

McCook Community College is accepting applications for two June sessions of driver education. The first session is June 4-14, and the class will meet Monday-Thursday from 8-10:30 a.m. and the second session is June 18-28 and the class will meet Monday-Thursday from 8-10:30 a.m...

McCook Economic Development Corporation will hold the next homebuyer education workshop on Saturday, April 14. Class will be held at Keystone Business Center at 402 Norris Avenue, in the third floor training room. Class coordinator is Mary Kircher, Housing Development Director of MEDC. Mary is encouraging anyone that is looking at purchasing a home in the near future to participate in the class before they start the home buying process...

OMAHA, Nebraska -- The Scoular Company hasw announced that it has acquired a grain-handling facility in Atlanta, Nebraska, from an independent producer. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Mark Mossman, who oversees Scoular's Nebraska facilities, says the company plans to use the 770,000 bushel steel upright facility in Atlanta to receive local wheat, soybeans, and corn. ...

Lisa Abbott is in love. She's in love with her fiancee Tyler Ruf, a farmer in Cambridge, and she's in love with her new position as Community Relations Director at Willow Ridge Senior Living. She took the reins of her new position in late January and in the weeks following, has been kept busy acquainting herself with business people in the area and the residents and staff at Willow Ridge...

Every project needs a supervisor. Pretty little blond 7-year-old Gabby Vontz spent all of Saturday at an auction at Barnett Lumber in McCook, Nebraska, and then "directed" the loading of lumber that her dad, Greg, and her grandpa, Steve, purchased.

It's heartening to see public debate like that which has been evident in the recent decision over where to build a new county law enforcement center. Yes, it would have been nice had such passionate arguments been raised earlier in the process, when decisions would have been easier to influence. And, we wish decision-makers would have been open to more public input in a more open way, at an earlier time...

The person who becomes president in 2012 will have a monumental task. Many people think of George Washington as a superhero with a lot of "on the job training." He must have experienced apprehensive, nervous tension and uncertainty on April 30, 1789, when he arrived at Federal Hall in New York City...

I read the editorial last week on autism. It just happened that I was in the middle of a book "Sacred Spark" by Rev. Lisa Sykes, a United Methodist pastor and the mother of an autistic child. I would highly recommend the book for your reading. Our local UMW has a reading program and this book was sent to us through the program. ...

It is the season of renewal. Flowers are smiling at us. Farmers are busy preparing to plant. Winter wheat is a pretty green and seemingly growing an inch a day. Baby calves with their mothers populate our pastures. It is a time of hope and a time for renewal in our corner of paradise. It is also Holy Week the time of renewal for our Christian faith...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Monday morning, Dale Dueland once again approached Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners about locating the county's new jail at a "greenfield" site next to the state's Work Ethic Camp northwest of McCook, insisting "there are better plans" than building a law enforcement center next door to the courthouse...

Dorothy E. Fjelseth July 22, 1927 - April 2, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dorothy E. Fjelseth, 84, died Monday (April 2, 2012), at Community Hospital in McCook. Services are pending at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.