Stories from Monday, August 6, 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...

Jack Graham WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Jack Graham, 75, of Wauneta died Thursday (Aug. 2, 2012), at the Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie of Wauneta; son, Glenn Graham and wife, Tammy, of Goleta, California; two step-children, Sheri Pless and husband, Dennis, of Littleton, Colorado and Tony Borgman and wife, Holly, of Benson, Arizona; 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter...

Scot German IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Scot German, 54, died Saturday (Aug. 4, 2012), in an aircraft accident near Imperial. Preceding him in death was his mother, Genevieve German. Survivors include his parents, Cal and Barbara German of Imperial, Nebraska; wife, Linda of Imperial; daughters, Sara German of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jilanne German of Imperial and Cindy German of Imperial; sons, Shane German of the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado and Kevin German of Imperial; brothers, Eric German and wife, Brenda of Imperial and David German and wife, Andrea of Milton, Vermont; sisters, Andrea Roberson and husband, Kent of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Sue Lynn Blackmon and husband, Ramico of Colorado Springs; numerous nieces and nephews. ...

Rosella M. Noden April 10, 1927 - Aug. 3, 2012 
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Rosella M. Noden, 85, of Grand Island, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at St.
Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. ...

65th anniversary Dell and Marylou Delano will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 7, 1945. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 1106 E. Fifth, McCook, NE 69001

Gayle Fish March 13, 1945 - Aug. 2, 2012 IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO --Gayle Jeannene Hedke Fish, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away, after a 4 ½ year struggle with cancer, on Aug. 2, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. She was born on March 13, 1945, in McCook, Nebraska to Floyd Albert Hedke and Wauneta Beth Preecs Hedke. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Trenton High School...

Construction equipment is busy moving earth as part of a major expansion project at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in northeast McCook.

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Craig Derickson, State Conservationist of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced today that NRCS is available to provide assistance to farmers and ranchers through the Drought Relief Special Initiative. Producers may apply for assistance August 6 - 15, 2012...

You've probably noticed them around your office or workplace. You know the ones I mean, bleary-eyed, hanging around the coffee maker, nodding off at their stations. They're the ones who can't tear themselves away from the television and go to bed without watching the latest Olympic event...

... And he came upon the (College football) world, bursting like a comet in a long, very dark night, and the people (Nebraskans) were filled with awe and wonderment. Almost as quickly as he had appeared he was gone. The people were sad, but at the same time were filled with hope and dared dream of better times ahead...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- City Manager Jeff Hancock intends to clarify the ballot language of the two individual McCook sales taxes during tonight's McCook City Council meeting at Memorial Auditorium. Hancock said in his City Manager Newsletter released Friday that he will attempt to put the explanation in writing and provide councilors with some options to assist in the funding of the city's much needed capital equipment...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Junior High School will present an orientation program for students who will be attending the junior high for the first time in the fall of 2012: Thursday, Aug. 9 -- 9 a.m., all sixth-graders with last names beginning with A through G; 10:30 a.m., all sixth-graders with last names beginning with H through M...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Several Southwest Nebraska citizens attended the recent 2012 Republican Party State Convention in Grand Island. Those in attendance as delegates or alternates included Mayor Dennis Berry. Also, representing Red Willow County were Rex and Tammy Solomon and John Smith. Kathy Wilmot and Tom Patterson from Furnas County also attended. Bruce Desautels represented Hitchcock County and Rod Cornelius and Jon Holzfater represented Perkins County...

Crowds gather for the annual "Best Dam Car Show" Friday, at the Good Life Marina on the dam at Swanson Lake west of Trenton, Nebraska. The car show, part of Trenton's annual "Harvest Festival," attracted Rod Mollring of Cambridge, who drove the 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille he inherited from his aunt, Mary Donna Mollring, who inherited it from her parents, the Bill Quinns of Oxford, who bought it new. ...

Go west, young chicken, go west! Not north -- that's McDonald's! This white chicken was spotted this morning wandering her way through the ATV's and shipping boxes at Lewis Motor Sports in McCook, Nebraska -- located immediately south of McDonald's.

Gray skies and sprinkles couldn't dampen the bright colors shown at the 2012 Trenton Harvest parade Saturday, with the theme "Tuff enough to wear pink." Clockwise from upper left, Aaron Oberg shows his new hair-do with the 'Panhandlers Club," while Easton Vrbas peers from the Trenton Rural Fire Department truck. ...

Earl D. Ommert Sept. 17, 1920 - Aug. 5, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Earl D. Ommert age 91, of Cambridge died at the Cambridge Manor on Sunday Aug. 5, 2012. He was born on the family farm near Orafino, Nebraska on Sept. 17, 1920, to Carl P. and Leila J. (Nickerson) Ommert. He spent his school days and graduated from Orafino High School in 1938. As a youth he worked on many area farms and spent six months working for the Civilian Conservation Corp in the Black Hills of South Dakota...

Mark Edward Cox Feb. 1, 1959 - Aug. 5, 2012 PALISADE, Nebraska -- Mark Edward Cox, 53, died Sunday (Aug. 5, 2012) at his home in Palisade. Services are Wednesday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook. Visitation is Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1-8 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home...