Stories from Monday, January 21, 2013

Nellie Jean Trosper Jan. 23, 1926 - Jan. 18, 2013 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Nellie Jean Trosper went to meet her heavenly Father on Jan. 18, 2013, at the age of 86 years. She entered this world on Jan. 23, 1926 ,to Harry and Mabel (Barnhart) Williams on the family farm north of Cambridge...

Evelyn Lemon Jan. 12, 1920 - Jan. 18, 2013 NORTON, Kansas -- Evelyn Lemon, 93, of Norton, formerly of Lenora, Kansas, died Friday (Jan. 18, 2013), at the Andbe Home in Norton, She was born Jan. 12, 1920, to Morret "Mac" and Francis Edinborough Leidig in Graham County, Kansas. She attended Lenora High School and Fort Hays State...

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 Hillcrest Board of Trustees will discuss a contract with the Veterans Association and proposed insurance changes, at its regular meeting Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. at the lower conference room at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Other items the board will consider include updates on and hail damage repair; the progress of electronic charting; the new handbook and election of officers...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A fourth quarter increase of nearly four percent in boarded passengers at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport, when compared to the same October, November, December time period in 2011, reduced the annual percentage decrease to single digits for calendar year 2012. Although the increase may seem minimal, it capped a year which saw decreases of 9.33 percent, 21.47 percent and 11.06 percent, for the first three quarters respectively...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Four candidates for dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis will be interviewed later this month and in February. The interviews will include sessions on NCTA's campus and in North Platte. Candidates for the position are: Peter Camfield, dean of the School of Agriculture at Oklahoma Panhandle State University; Dann Husmann, associate dean of student affairs for UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Ron Rosati, provost of Southeast Missouri State University; and Jack Whittier, professor and extension beef specialist at Colorado State University.. ...

William Polly, the grandson of Karl and Judith Polly of Wauneta, Nebraska, will defend his national, world, and Junior Olympics sport stacking titles at the U.S. National Sport Stacking Championships in Towson, Maryland, in March; the World Sport Stacking Championships in Orlando, Florida, in April; and the AAU Junior Olympics in Detroit, Michigan, in July. ...

McCook, Nebraska, Area Chamber of Commerce president Alan Gunther, top, presents the "State of the Chamber" address during the chamber's annual banquet Saturday evening. Past president Tyler Schmick presented the chamber's annual awards to: John Hubert, "Community Builder"; Kim and Jay Schilling, "Ag Builder"; McCook Cordials, "Community Service" award; and Gunther, "Chamber Volunteer of the Year." Comedian David Ferrell, at right, of Raleigh, North Carolina, joked with the crowd about being "McCook-ians" and about "Indian-ola" and even the Kansas community of "Bird City." Ferrell encouraged Chamber members, "Use your talents. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Southwest Nebraska Unit of the American Cancer Society begins sales today of daffodils -- the first flower of spring and a symbol of life and hope -- for "Daffodil Days 2013." Sales will continue through Monday, Feb. 18, and daffodils will be delivered the week of March 4...

Kelsey Siebrandt gives a powerful performance of "Lida Rose," during rehearsals for '"Memorable Music Moments" that will be presented at the Fox Theatre this Sunday. The free show will feature songs from the 1930s, 40s and 50s and will pay tribute to longtime McCook businessmen Floyd Hershberger and Harold Larmon and their contributions to McCook music. ...

Editor: I met a woman who spent some years retrieving bodies of aborted babies from dumpsters outside abortion clinics and arranging Christian burials for them. Ghastly as this work was, it was nothing compared to what she would find on the loading dock of a pathology clinic outside Chicago. There, in "dozens of cardboard boxes strewn haphazardly on the dock," she was to encounter the bodies of thousands of aborted human beings, sent there for disposal from nine clinics in the U.S...

Essential emergency roadside supplies should be stored in every vehicle's cargo space.

In 1943, McCook, along with the rest of the nation, was consumed by "The War." That was the foremost topic of every conversation and indeed, affected everything we did during that period. In the time between the First World War, which ended in 1918, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on Dec. ...