Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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...

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...

CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- The Ladies Auxiliary of Moorhous, Steffen & Propp, Post #6219 met Monday evening, June 11, in the Culbertson Fire Hall with seven members present. President Norma Wilson called the meeting to order. The meeting opened with roll call, followed with prayer and the pledge of allegiance. The minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Public Library will host a workshop for anyone thinking of getting an e-reader or who has one and needs some help downloading books from Nebraska Overdrive. The workshop will be Monday, June 25, 2 p.m. at the library. Denise Harders with the Republican Valley Library Systems will be here to guide participants through the process and answer any questions. She will demonstrate the IPad, Nook and Kindle...

80th birthday The family of Don Schamel of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born June 20, 1932. His family includes wife, Joan, of McCook; children, Donnie of Indianola, Debi and Rich Cappel of McCook, Susan and Garry Malmberg of Papillion and five grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at No. 6 Wedgewood, McCook, NE 69001...

Licensed massage therapist Shari Dixon cuts the ribbon held by her husband, Tim, left, and her father-in-law, Wes, when about 30 representatives of the McCook, Nebraska, Area Chamber of Commerce and the McCook Cordials welcomed her new business, "Healing Hands Message Therapy," to the McCook business community Tuesday morning. ...

LINCOLN -- In Fourteen Hundred and 92, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Chances are pretty good that you may have used that little rhyme as you prepped for a social studies test in a Nebraska school during your childhood. Names and dates, once deemed as important as knowing the circumstances surrounding a particular historical event, are losing popularity in the classroom. ...

Dear Editor: As you know the week of June 11 was quite a week for Culbertson Fire, Frenchman Valley Mutual Aid and Rawlins County Mutual Aid. The fire south of Culbertson was a large fire in rough terrain. It took everything available to bring it under control. ...

Serving on a public board can be a thankless job.

Our recent heat wave is reminiscent of 2002, a broiling summer that saw temperatures in the high 90s most days, and for 34 days, in excess of 100 degrees.That figure tied the record for the most days over 100 degrees in a season, set in the early 1930s. (Some records should never be broken.) Couple the high temperatures with the dearth of precipitation and we may be looking at a summer-long storm that will exhaust community resources and test the mettle of every man...

To illustrate the team approach that made possible the major improvements at the Fox Theatre, a dozen board members and volunteers recently gathered in front of McCook's 85-year-old show place. Representing the board and the Fox Operations and Event Committee are, front, from left, Michelle Lytle, Elizabeth Benjamin, Christy Stevens, Christina Coleman, Kay Neuhaus, Jean Hallowell and Julie Sloggett. Back: Lloyd Benjamin, Charles Coleman, Joseph McCarty, Jerry Beckenhauer and John Hubert...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook office of Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska has free fans available to low-income individuals and families. Barb Ostrum, community service coordinator of Mid-Nebraska's McCook office, distributed 118 fans last year, the first year of the fan distribution program through the McCook Mid-Nebraska office...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, may adopt a permit process and fees for contractors and utility companies working or digging in the county's right-of-way. County commissioners Monday morning discussed other counties' permit processes, most of which include a written request to use the right-of-way, a permit fee scale, a description of the work to be done and a map. The permit process would also apply to houses and/or other structures being moved over county roads...

LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- Hillcrest Nursing Home Board of Trustees would like a little bit of input on the hiring or firing of department heads. Trustee board members met Tuesday morning at Hillcrest for its regular meeting and unanimously passed a motion that gives them the opportunity for brief interviews with potential new hires of key employees or with department heads being dismissed...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- When summer officially begins today, the McCook, Nebraska, City Pool will help take the "hot, hot, hot" out of officially hot summer days. Daily admission is $1 for the baby pool; $1 for children 12 and under; and $2.50 for anyone 13 and over...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- After the majority of property owners that would have footed the bill for proposed street improvements on West 14th Street voiced their opposition to the project, the McCook City Council unanimously voted against it proceeding. The decision came Monday evening during their regularly scheduled meeting at council chambers...

McCook First Central Bank Junior baseball player Darius Williams slides under Cozad third baseman Brandon Molden during Legion Juniors action on a sunny and hot tuesday afternoon at the Jaycee Sports Complex. Despite their efforts, however, Cozad stunned the host squad 22-9. ...