Stories from Wednesday, February 6, 2013

McCook, Nebraska --Adults who have experienced a recent loss of a loved one are invited to join Community Hospital's grief support group, which begins Feb. 26. The support group meets for eight weeks on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sessions are Feb. ...

Olive Grace Summers Dec. 29, 1911 - Feb. 4, 2013 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Olive Grace Summers, 101, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2013), at Centennial Park Retirement Village She was born Olive Grace Summers on Dec. 29, 1911, at Belgrade, Nebraska, to John and Blanche (Ford) McClatchey, one of eight children. She graduated from Palisade in 1931. In 1941, Olive graduated from Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Hastings...

Elaine Carol Meeks Dec. 26, 1932 - Feb. 4, 2013 CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Elaine Carol Meeks, age 80, formally from Worland, Wyoming, passed away Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Elaine recently moved to Culbertson, Nebraska to be near her family...

Dennis William Stewart March 14, 1960 - Feb. 3, 2013 KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Dennis William Stewart, 52, died Sunday (Feb. 3, 2013), from injuries sustained from a fall. He was born March 14, 1960, in Alliance, Nebraska, one of five sons born to William and Bettye Stewart. He attended school in McCook and graduated in 1979...

Stephen H. Kelsey Dec. 2, 1920 - Feb. 4, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Stephen H. Kelsey, age 92, of McCook, died at the Community Hospital on Feb.4, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on Dec. 2, 1920, in Norwood, Massachusetts, to George and Vivian (McGregor) Cleaves. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- For those who don't want to manically bounce around or run a marathon, but still want to get some exercise, there's hope. The American Heart Association says the practice of yoga can improve heart health -- and you don't have to break a sweat to do it...

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 American Heart Assocation's June 2012 study found that regular, moderate, coffee drinking may reduce heart failure risk. If you drink coffee regularly in moderation, you could reduce your risk of heart failure, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation Heart Failure...

The old sale barn in Bartley becomes the focus of Roxy Lang's photo taken at sunrise on Feb. 1, the almost red sky that morning giving way to a high of 53 degrees with only a trace amount of precipitation recorded at the McCook weather station. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

Having trouble paying off that last credit card bill from Christmas? Like to get a start on the savings account for next year's holiday? You might check with the government. You may as well; the state or federal government is earning interest on money that is rightfully yours, or holding property that you should enjoy...

It has now been 40 years since the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion at all stages of a mother's pregnancy. Since that time over 55 million innocent children's lives have been snuffed out by brutal means. This holocaust continues to occur at the rate of 3,000 murders of innocents per day...

I was just getting ready to heat leftovers for dinner last week when LilBit pranced into the living room, tail wagging, eyes smiling, a bright yellow tennis ball in his mouth, and Danny and I looked at each other and exclaimed in unison, "He's a dog!"...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The MCC Indians Boosters plan their annual "Dick Driml Memorial Chili Cook-off" on Saturday, February 9, in the new McCook Community College Events Center on the McCook Community College campus. The MCC Indians will be playing Trinidad State Junior College with the ladies' game at 5 p.m. and the men's game at 7 p.m. Chili will be served during the games in the Auxiliary Gym...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Discussing what the future should look like for Nebraska's tax structure is not an easy conversation to have and one you only want to have about every 50 years, according to Gov. Dave Heineman. He told members of the McCook Rotary Club the time for that discussion was now and he hoped that by the end of this legislative session Nebraska would have a positive proactive solution...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Enthused by the editorial endorsement of the Omaha World-Herald, four backers of the REA Eternal Light Display appealed to the Rural Electric Association board of directors Tuesday to join in support of the creation of a proposed, always-illuminated light display in McCook...

A drop box on the new municipal facility is an improvement over the one on the old building, but it's at the wrong height and too difficult to reach from many vehicles, so the city is exploring ways to improve it, according to Utility Director Jesse Dutcher. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- School superintendents would no longer be required to have two years of classroom experience if the Education Committee passes a bill it heard Tuesday. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha presented this bill (LB539) that would allow potential superintendent candidates to be hired without any teaching experience. Nobody else testified in favor of the bill, and three testified against it...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- If you or a family member is brought to Community Hospital by McCook ambulance on a coming Tuesday, you may be surprised to find yourself wearing a tag, according to officials. Community Hospital in McCook and the McCook City Fire Department are teaming up for an education experience known as "Triage Tuesday." On every Tuesday, all patients being transported to the hospital by McCook ambulance will be "tagged" in a manner normally used in mass casualty incidents...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A local automotive repair shop, that was one of several area businesses burglarized on Christmas Eve, was broken into again this week. According to Det. Larry Kinne with the McCook Police Department Rowe's Repair on East B Street was burglarized sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- More droughts in the Southern plains and floods in the Northern plains are among the scenarios described in new a national climate change draft report. After record high water flowing from the Colorado Rockies to the Missouri River in 2011, the U.S. experienced a significant decline in water flow in 2012, with nearly 65 percent affected by drought, said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln...