Stories from Monday, April 29, 2013

Clyde E. Raburn Feb. 22, 1937 - April 27, 2013 MCCOOK, Nebraska -- Clyde E. Raburn, age 76, died at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska, on April 27, 2013. He was born in Lebanon, Nebraska, on Feb. 22, 1937, to Harry and Pearl (Sutherland) Raburn. He attended school in Lebanon. In 1948, his family moved to McCook, where Clyde remained as lifelong resident...

Susan Kay Whatley July 1, 1953 - April 27, 2013 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Susan Kay Whatley, age 59, of Trenton, died at the El Dorado Manor on April 27, 2013. She was born in McCook, Nebraska, on July 1, 1953, to James and Dorothy (Campbell) Shaffer. Susan grew up in the Culbertson area and attended school at Culbertson...

Evelyn Elizabeth Balderston Jan. 7, 1918 - April 25, 2013 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Evelyn Elizabeth Balderston, 95, of Beaver City, died Thursday (April 25, 2013), at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on Jan.7, 1918, at Manzanola, Colorado, to William and Clara (Johann) Torney...

Dr. Bruce B. Snyder, DDS Jan. 5, 1927 - April 22, 2013 SUN CITY, Arizona -- Dr. Bruce B. Snyder, DDS, MS born Jan. 5, 1927, to the late Ralph D. and Esther C. Snyder in Fairbury, Nebraska, passed away in his home peacefully surrounded by his family on April 22, 2013, in Sun City, Arizona...

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...

75th birthday The family of Lila Johnson of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday April 29. Her family includes husband, Richard Johnson, children, Teresa Slaby of McCook, Joanie and Mike Eastman of Lincoln, Nebraska, Rick and Kim Johnson of McCook and 11 grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 304 East 5th McCook, NE 69001...

The Legislature finished Day 67 of the 1st Regular Session of the 103 Legislature last week. Only 23 legislative days left in the long 90-Day session scheduled to end June 5. This week the Legislature will be discussing the budget bills and making the tough decision on appropriating funds for the operation of state government. This week though, I would like to discuss Legislative Bill 407, the school funding bill...

These deer, digitally captured Feb. 23, in Roxy Lang's backyard in Wilsonville, Nebraska, are finding forage more easily now that spring has come. Roxy used these settings: f/19; 1/1000; iso 100; 300 mm. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

Ground stations are receiving signals from three new NASA satellites that were launched over the weekend. They have 100 times the computing power of previous satellites, high-resolution cameras, multiple sensors, GPS receivers and radios, and are expected to remain in orbit for about two weeks...

From the H.P. Waite Collection of McCook Tribune Stories March 20, 1884: The streets and alleys present a wretched appearance. The space around the town pump is the favorite resort for hogs -- which, in spite of the ordinances prohibiting the running of animals at large, still have free range of the streets. ...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- A "Century of Ag Education" will be celebrated in Curtis on August 9-11, 2013, at the University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) with festivities for alumni, students, staff and agricultural friends, said NCTA Interim Dean Scott Mickelsen...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- When asked by a 95-year-old how to make it to 100, Clara Breaker, a native of Cambridge, Nebraska, replied, "Take everyone out of your address book that's not a happy person." She must have taken her own advice: Breaker was 106 when she passed away April 8 in Denver, Colorado...

Jaden Clark of Wellfleet, Nebraska, and Kylie Odenbach of Taylor, Nebraska, compete in the barebacks and breakaway roping during the fifth annual Southwest Nebraska High School Rodeo Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Kiplinger Arena in McCook, Nebraska. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Red Willow County Ministerial Association would like to invite the community to share in the observance of the 62nd National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 2. The association is hosting a prayer breakfast at McCook Christian Church, 507 West B Street, beginning at 6:45 a.m., and concluding by 7:45 a.m. A breakfast meal will be provided...

MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- Karlie Gerlach thought of her grandparents' farmstead and the pipelines and wires running under it when she designed a poster that won one of 10 awards this spring from Diggers Hotline of Nebraska. Karlie's poster promotes underground and digging safety -- and yes, she and her fellow students and school officials called "811" before they planted the new brandywine maple tree awarded to Karlie and Maywood Public Schools on Friday, Arbor Day...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook area construction project costs for the first quarter of 2013 came in well below the same time period in 2012, however, they reflected a significant increase over the same three month time period in 2011. January, February and March 2013 combined for $893,933 in construction activity and $2,889 in subsequent building permit fees received, according to information released by city staff...