Stories from Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Emma L. Sattler Dec. 31, 1934 - July 21, 2013 ATWOOD, Kansas-- Emma L. Sattler, 78, died Sunday (July 21, 2013), at Atwood Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. She was born Dec. 31, 1934, to John and Emma Keplinger Huss on a farm west of Herndon, Kansas. She was raised on the John Huss farmstead five miles west of Herndon. She attended one year of country school, St. Mary's grade school and Herndon High School...

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...

QUNICY, Illinois -- A former McCook, Nebraska, broadcaster has died in Quincy. John Herbert Holm, 84, died June 3, 2013, in Sunset Home. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Feb. 23, 1929. He attended Northwestern University Journalism School and graduated from Columbia Broadcasting College in Chicago...

Hillcrest celebrated National Laundry Week by recognizing its laundry staff. Pictured from left are Sallie McCauley, Judy Stuck, Mary Pierson, Director Evelin Weiss and Betty Warner. Not pictured are Gerry Bales and Barbara Record. "They keep our residents in tip top shape, with pride, passion and purpose," said Colinda Nappa, Hillcrest administrator...

Jamie Garner of Culbertson snapped this photo of her flowers by her Gazebo in the hot summer sun using her IPAD. 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 started in the middle of the 20th century, when California surfers looked for a way to enjoy their sport when they couldn't get to the beach. First it was books strapped to skates, then a piece of pine, then a made-to-order skateboard, albeit closer to the 1950s sidewalk design than today's composite, high-tech models...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- For a third year in a row, Nebraska students say the best future U.S. foreign policy is one that protects the homeland by limiting international involvement. That was the top selection of the more than 80 students taking part in the 15th Capitol Forum on America's Future. Capitol Forum is co-sponsored by the office of Secretary of State John Gale and Humanities Nebraska, a statewide non-profit organization...

"Oh to have been born with a silver spoon in my mouth!" It was an expression that my mother used to express a little envy of people in better inherited financial circumstance. They were thought to be living a life she perceived as "luxury." I'm reminded of the expression each time I read the weekly blog of friends who are currently touring the perimeter of the United States. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Economic development officials believe a former railway roundhouse offers a unique opportunity to draw a spec manufacturing or distribution center to McCook, but finances are putting pressure on the McCook Economic Development Corp. to sell the property...

Runners have a last hurrah, using up the last of the color powder dispensed at the Young Professionals Group's Color Me Crazy 5K fun run/walk, which began at 7 a.m. at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. At four stations, they were doused with combinations of colored powder and cornstarch for a colorful result at the end of the race. ...

Future Hitchcock County livestock producers Byanka Tyan and Chloe Stehno visit with the judge, while Chayse Keith positions her calf just right during the pre-4-H'er Clover Kids division of the beef show Friday afternoon during the Hitchcock County fair in Culbertson. ...

A Beatty Concrete Pumping truck from Kearney, Nebraska, pours concrete in the footings of the new $5.1 million, 24-bed Red Willow County jail and law enforcement center in McCook Wednesday morning. Beckenhauer Construction Inc. of Norfolk started work in April, and officials anticipate 14 months until completion...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Mid Plains Community College board of governors will consider creation of the position of Area Assessment Coordinator, and associated budget, at a regular meeting set for Wednesday. The meeting will be 6:30 p.m. in the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the McCook Community College campus...