Stories from Friday, July 12, 2013

Lolita M. Biehl March 26, 1927 - July 11, 2013 LEXINGTON, Nebraska -- Lolita M. Biehl, 86, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday (July 11, 2013), at the Golden Living Center in Cozad. She was born March 26, 1927, to L W.E. "Edd" Riley and Grace Harriett Davis at Trenton, Nebraska. ...

Elizabeth Jane Hayward Aug. 29, 1921 -June 19, 2013 STEVENSVILLE, Montana -- Elizabeth Jane Hayward, 91, of Stevensville, Montana, died June 19, 2013, in Stevensville. She was born in Palisade, Nebraska, on Aug. 29, 1921, to Floyd and Mabel Miller. She lived in Palisade and then in McCook until 1966, moving to Boulder, Colorado, residing also in Longmont, Colorado and subsequently in Stevensville. She married Kenneth Glen Hayward on Nov. 28, 1938, near Palisade...

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...

From left, Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon and McDonald's Restaurant owner Richard Stull visit during the July Coffee with a Cop meeting. Several Sheriff's deputies joined McCook police officers for the July meeting and visited with citizens while enjoying coffee compliments of McDonald's. Bruce Baker/McCook Daily Gazette...

BRUCE BAKER CITY EDITOR McCOOK, Nebraska -- The community room at the recently completed East Ward Village senior housing development was dedicated in memory of Colleen S. Grant, Thursday morning, during an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony. Grant was a McCook City Councilor at the time of her death and was known for her extensive volunteer work and efforts to improve the local housing situation...

By SUSAN DOAK SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Nebraska -- When researching one of our great-great grandfathers, Charles Ferdinand Smith, my cousin Sherri came across the notation on the Internet of a Timber Claim in his name. She was excited because it seemed it still existed these 100 years later ....but in whose name?...

80th birthday The family of Wayne Pick of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born July 21, 1933, in Quick, Nebraska. His family includes wife, Donna Pick; children, Karen and Curtis Rounsborg, Steven Pick and Kevin Pick of Phoenix, Arizona, Keith Pick of Baltimore, Maryland, John Pick, Joann and Dave Barenberg, Nancy Pick and Linda Pick of McCook, Gloria and Chris Paisley of Cambridge, Nebraska, Dennis and Molly Pick of Lincoln, Nebraska; and 12 grandchildren: Hunter Rounsborg, Emma and Amelia Pick of Phoenix, Arizona, Ashley and Jordan Pick of McCook, Danielle, Justin, and Logan Barenberg of McCook and Audrey, Joshua, Trey, and Savannah Paisley of Cambridge, Nebraska. ...

Reeve Lucas Linn Beau and Brianne Linn of Bellevue, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Reeve Lucas Linn, born June 7, 2013 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. ...

100th birthday The family of Florence Phillips of McCook is hosting a celebration of her 100th birthday Saturday, July 20, 2013, 204 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 214 E. Second in McCook. Please consider this your invitation to help her celebrate this milestone birthday! Florence was born in North Platte, Nebraska, on July 21, 1913. ...

Verna Mackey, 99, of McCook, Nebraska, holds her great-great-granddaughter, Jordyn Lacey of Hayes Center, Nebraska, while Peggy Messersmith of Palisade, Nebraska, her grandmother, looks on from behind. Jordyn's mother, Dove Lacey of Hayes Center, is on the left, and Peggy's mother, Jane Korell of Culbertson is on the right. Verna is living at Willow Ridge in McCook, where she enjoys hearing from friends.Courtesy photo...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Police Department received a report, Wednesday morning at 11:40 a.m., of a missing rural McCook resident, identified as 18-year-old Reed Wilcox. Wilcox's vehicle was discovered abandoned on West M Street in McCook. Wilcox last spoke with family members by telephone at approximately 10 p.m., Tuesday evening. He is described as a white male, 6 ft. 3 in. tall, weighing 155 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes...

The Cozad Juniors will have a huge target on their backs in the 2013 Class B Area 6 Juniors Legion Baseball Tournament. The McCook First Central Bank Juniors (ages 15-16 years old) hope to get at least one more chance at Cozad in the area tournament that starts Friday, July 12, at Muny Field in Cozad. ...

Happy Hour. A time of day renowned the world over for relaxing just before dinner with small bites and small pours. To create your own happy hour at home for family and friends, try a bite-sized menu like this one that pairs light, flavorful dishes with food-friendly wines, such as Mirassou Winery's new red blend, Sunset Red. ...

Summer is winding down, although the temperature surely isn't, which means Walmart is putting out school supplies, my daughter is shopping for next seasons' basketball shoes and Declan will return from his summer abroad in a few days. Technically he wasn't "abroad," but I am certain the differences between his life with his mother and the one he will return to with me, feel quite similar to the experience of visiting a foreign country...

Dear Friend, INTRO Revived Roman Empire, Islamic Alliance, The Mark of the Beast, The Sixth Seal, The Ten Horns, Gog and Magog, The Twelfth Imam, The Antichrist, The Abomination of Desolation, The New World Order, 666. Does all of this confuse you? This article is taken from JEWISH VOICE MINISTRIES magazine, whose President, Johnathan Bernis, a Messianic Jew says, "The more I look at the condition of the world around me, the more I am convinced we are getting closer and closer to the End of the Age. ...

"Be sure your sins will find you out." That's what the Good Book says, and my mother quoted those words to me a lot while I was growing up. In fact, she once arranged for the public demonstration of this proverb. I'm just glad I wasn't on the receiving end of her righteous indignation...

A bigoted and blatant attack on First Amendment rights

Community Action of Nebraska will be mailing 10,000 surveys to residents all across Nebraska. The survey aims to discover the most pressing challenges Nebraskans face so that the Community Action agencies across the state will be better equipped to address those challenges...

It's the kind of weather that separates the men from the boys, so to speak. In bitterly cold winter weather, it's car batteries and furnaces that fail when they're not up to snuff. In weather like this, it's air conditioners and car cooling systems that give up the ghost...

The prosecuting attorney for this area, Paul Wood, comes in for frequent criticism because of his extensive use of plea bargaining. Plea bargaining is accomplished when a reduction in charges and/or a lesser sentence is offered by the prosecutor in exchange for a guilty plea by the defendant. ...

A blackhawk military helicopter from the U.S. Army made a brief stop at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport Thursday, as part of an instructional navigation flight. The flight was made with a crew of four plus four West Point cadets, headed by CW3 JP Emmons, UH60 instruction pilot, third from left. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A crowd of more than 50 gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony, Thursday morning, celebrating the official opening of the East Ward Village senior housing project. The $3.9 million housing project provides 15 apartment units in the main building, located on East Fifth Street, and an additional 12 duplex units with private garages. Occupants began moving into the units in February and 15 of the 27 units already have residents...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The future of city trash hauling will be discussed Monday evening as city staff present the McCook City Council with spreadsheets outlining cost scenarios of the city taking over hauling and comparing them to the historical expense of hauling via private contractors...

In the blistering summer heat of Nebraska -- feel the humidity, listen to the cicadas -- a windmill stands motionless behind a weathered barn at Culbertson.

I am writing this in regard to the recent false articles that have been printed in this newspaper about my mother, Lana Egle. With the verdict of the hearing that happened on the 11th of June to decide whether the school board would retain or release my mother just recently getting to the public, it appears to me that there are several misinformed citizens...

The United States Senate recently passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill. However, the House will not 'rubber stamp' the Senate bill. Our founders intentionally designed the House and Senate differently, and intended each chamber to act its will. We have the right and responsibility to consider all issues, including immigration, using a different approach...

Last week, with the Senate out of session for Independence Day, I joined a small group of senators on an official fact-finding mission to the Middle East. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, it is especially important for me to visit with other policy and military leaders in this volatile region, including United States commanders. ...