Stories from Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Lucille Spaulding Aug. 10, 1912 - Aug. 18, 2013 BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Lucille Josephine (Schutte) Spaulding was born Aug. 10, 1912, in St. Stephens, Nebraska, to Herman and Maria (Grabenschroer) Schutte. Lucille grew up and attended grade school in Indianola, Nebraska...

Rita Ann Shaffer May 17, 1952 - Aug. 30, 2013 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Rita Ann Shaffer passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 61 years old. Rita was born on May 17, 1952, on the family farm in Frontier County to parents, Glen E. and Helen (Halley) Swayne. She was baptized into the Methodist Church as an infant. She graduated from McCook High School in 1970...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Four new full-time staff members at McCook Community College completed their first week of classes this semester. They include: Jon Froelich: Student Success and Retention Coordinator and MCC Women's Basketball coach; Dan Sewell: Area Technology Specialist, Information Services Department, McCook campus; Clay Grizzle: Theater and Speech instructor; and Randy Chambers: welding instructor at the Center for Applied Science and Technology...

McCook High School athletes give students at Central Elementary and McCook Elementary a few pointers about sportsmanship activity while attending games this school year. Respecting other athletes, officials and the opposing team is paramount when attending games, the athletes told the kids. ...

We hope our readers enjoyed the Labor Day holiday, and perhaps took a little time on the extra day off to think about work -- the blessing and the curse, the trivial irritations and the weighty responsibilities. Mike Finders, a musician who has made several appearances in McCook with the Finders & Youngberg folk group, posed the question to his Facebook friends: "Hardest work you ever did?"...

It was a race and I wasn't 100 percent sure that we were going to win. The speed contest was between a thunderstorm, a rather large one, and our steed of the evening, a super nice twin-engine aircraft. The McCook Airport the goal. We won but not by much. Incidentally it was the same thunderstorm that disrupted and delayed the Bison football game...

The 2013 Colorado State Fair Supreme Grand Champion Hog, was exhibited by Austin Vieselmeyer of Holyoke, Colorado. Raised by Wolfe & Sons Show Pigs from Indianola, Nebraska, sired by Wolf Bones, a boar they raised and housed at All-A-MAREK-N-SIRES, this barrow has been named Grand or Reserve at six shows. Wolfe & Sons Show Pigs congratulates the Vieselmeyer family...

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. Activity log These items are taken from reports filed by the McCook Police Department. The locations refer to block numbers, not specific addresses. If you have information about any of these reports, call the police department at (308) 345-3450...

It's hard for the deer to find anything green to eat, according to photographer Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, and the only water to be found is in the cow tanks. Lang took this shot Aug. 29, southeast of Wilsonville, using these settings: f/9, 1/400, iso640, 282mm. ...

Take away two mistakes and McCook's 22-7 loss to Aurora could have been a different story. The Bison dropped the 2013 season-opening high school football game Friday, Aug. 30,at Weiland Field. Aurora capitalized on McCook's miscues to take a 15-0 lead at halftime and prove the difference in the final score...

Russell G. Rhodes May 13, 1917 - Sept. 1, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Russell G. Rhodes, 96, of Dresden, Kansas, died Sunday (Sept. 1, 2013), at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin, Kansas, Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Steven Paul Weskamp Feb. 21, 1976 - Sept. 2, 2013 DENVER, Colorado -- Steven Paul Weskamp, 37, of Denver, Colorado, died on Sept. 2, 2013, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Aurora, Colorado, on Feb. 21, 1976, the son of Lonnie and Barbara (Luther) Weskamp...