Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2013

50th anniversary The family of Barb and Gary Wiemers of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married July 6, 1963, in Denver,Colorado. Their family includes children, Sara and husband, Jerry Rippen of Culbertson, Nebraska, Amy and husband, Neal Randel of Beatrice, Nebraska, Matt and wife, Traci Wiemers of McCook, T.J. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Forty-five incoming first-year students, including one from Arapahoe, Nebraska, have accepted invitations to join the inaugural cohort of the College of Business Administration Honors Academy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...

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...

By Peggy Everitt, RN Staff Nurse, Red Willow County Health Department McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County Health Department will have additional monthly blood pressure clinics at new sites beginning in July. Changes will also be made in clinic times...

Kelsey Kilpatrick, from left, of the McCook High School Bison cross country team, Tom Sughroue, Bison cross country coach, and Mark Phillips, manager of Brown's Shoe Fit Co. in McCook, will be part of the Brown's Shoe Fit Co. Bison 5K Fun on July 27. ...

Laurie Sutton helps her 6-year-old daughter, Leeya, light a smoke bomb. Laurie says there are certain rules Leeya follows when lighting fireworks, such as not touching the punk with her fingers and pointing the punk away from her face. Halie Peterson, also 6, Leeya's cousin, has fun drawing on the sidewalk with a smokebomb. Both girls said smokeballs and parachutes were their favorite fireworks...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Steve Benzel, technician at Janssen Kool Honda of McCook, has been awarded master technician status by American Honda Motor Company. To be given this award, a technician must be fully competent in 15 areas, some of which include air conditioning, brakes, electrical, emissions, restraints, steering/suspension and transmissions. They must also have completed 103 classroom hours and 234 online courses...

These weeds along the side of a country road are pretty," writes photographer Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska. "But" she adds, "they are WEEDS!" The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...

It's a day that should be remembered in American history, John Adams noted in 1776, with fireworks and celebrations. The day? July 2, according to the man who would become the second president of the new United States of America. While it was dated July 4, 1776, nothing actually happened that day, according to popular historian David McCullough...

As we approach the 237th birthday of our republic; a day which was predicted to be remembered and celebrated with "...bonfires, fireworks, parties, and solemn gatherings," let's add one more aspect to the observance of the birthday of our country--a quick gaze at the "solemn displays" in our sky...

Indianola, Nebraska -- Firefighters will once again light up the sky to kick off the Fourth of July, this evening, starting at dusk on the ball fields on the west edge of town. Firefighters will accept freewill donations, to help fund next year's fireworks. Culbertson always celebrates big on the Fourth, with, among lots of other activities Thursday, "Freedom Run" registration and breakfast at 6:30 a.m.; the parade takes off at 10 a.m...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Most rural Nebraskans have health insurance and a majority think the nation will be worse off under the new health care law, though many also acknowledge they don't sufficiently understand the law, according to the 2013 Nebraska Rural Poll...

Local firework stands were packed with customers Tuesday night, as fountains, artillery shells and the like were scooped up for July Fourth. Coming from Wauneta, Nebraska, to buy fireworks with their mom were, above, Emma Acton, from left, 4-years-old, Sydnee Acton, 8 and Aiden Acton, 6, while Logan Hicks, 8, right, searches for that perfect rocket. Logan said that he and his brother only had $5 to spend, but that didn't stop him from checking out the hundreds of fireworks available...

Joan Rita Scovill April 24, 1933 - July 2, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Joan Rita Scovill, age 80, formally of Otis, Colorado, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at McCook Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. Joan had just recently moved to McCook to be closer to her family...