Stories from Friday, June 27, 2014

100th birthday The friends and family of Verna Mackey of McCook are having a party in honor of her 100th birthday. She was born July 4, 1914, in McCook. The party is 6 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Republican River Valley Event Center, 906 E. Seventh Street in McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. Seventh, Room 407, McCook, NE 69001...

50th anniversary The family of William and Marlene Tidyman of McCook, Nebraska, are hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married July 4, 1964, at the Center Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. The open house is July 4, 2014, 2-4 p.m., at the Community Building on the Red Willow Fairgrounds in McCook. ...

Elliot William Lesko Bill and Jade (Fletcher) Lesko of Denver, Colorado, announce the birth of their son, Elliot William Lesko, who was born April 29, 2014, in Denver. He weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 181/2 inches long. Grandparents are Mark and Glenda Fletcher of McCook, Nebraska, and and William and Janice Lesko of Dublin, Ohio. Great-grandparents are Catherine Reiners and Janet Fletcher, both of McCook, Nebraska...

Emery Claire Svoboda Jordan and Sarah (Loecker) Svoboda of LaVista, Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Emery Claire Svoboda, who was born May 28, 2014, at Methodist Women's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She weighed 7 pounds, zero ounces, and measured 19 3/4 inches long. ...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society I love it when I pose a question in a column and immediately get answers from my readers! Well, at least I have one reader, because he responded to my questions concerning Edgar Frank. When I read my email from this gentleman, who worked for Mr. Frank back in the day, memories came flooding back concerning Frank's IGA in Indianola, the corner-post grocery store of my childhood...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society I love it when I pose a question in a column and immediately get answers from my readers! Well, at least I have one reader, because he responded to my questions concerning Edgar Frank. When I read my email from this gentleman, who worked for Mr. Frank back in the day, memories came flooding back concerning Frank's IGA in Indianola, the corner-post grocery store of my childhood...

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...

Sierra Claire Williams Brad and Courtney Williams of McCook, Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Sierra Claire Williams, who was born June 4, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Sierra has one sister, Lexis Jones, 17, and two brothers, Krayten, 9, and Korbin Wylee, 6. Grandparents are Larry Williams of Parks, Nebraska, Tim and Mary Williams of Cambridge, Nebraska, and Robin and Jerry Wonderly of Alliance, Nebraska...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Great March for Climate Action will travel through Southwest Nebraska next week, seeking to change the heart and mind of the American people about climate change. Walking from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., the group plans to reach Max on Tuesday, Swanson Lake on Wednesday, Culbertson Thursday and Friday, McCook on Saturday, July 5, Bartley Sunday, July 6, Holbrook July 7, Arapahoe July 8 and Holdrege July 9-10...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Ricketts fielded questions from area residents on a variety of topics earlier this week during a meet and greet at the Bieroc Cafe. Ricketts' strategy pertaining to road development sounded fairly close to what many McCook business leaders have rallied for in the past, considering economic impact along with safety and traffic counts...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Nine-year-old Madison Barnhart and her little sister, 5-year-old Ashleigh, of Benkelman, Nebraska, check out the soda fountain in the Dundy County Museum 'most every Thursday during the summer. With grandma Judy Aeby in tow, the girls sit on the tall stools, swinging their summer-tanned legs as they spin 'round and wait for their ice cream...

McCOOK, Neb. -- MNB's 16th Annual Hot Summer Nights Concert series will strike all the right chords in McCook this summer with an impressive lineup featuring songwriter sensation Jim Salestrom and long time entertainers The Innocence. Emmy Award Winning artist Jim Salestrom will kick off the series in Norris Park on July 31. ...

There are only six countries in the world that set the minimum age for the legal consumption of alcohol at 21. We all know we're one of those countries but the others might surprise you. They are Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Some pretty strange bedfellows; much like the third-world countries along with the United States that still employ the death penalty...

I am excited to get the Farmer's Market up and running again this year. The market will be located in the Sears parking lot at the Westview Plaza again this year. It was a very successful location last year. Harold Pierson will be sponsoring us. As in the past, there is no charge to bring your product to set up and sell to the public...

Roxanne E. 'Roxie' Arens Sept. 23, 1970 - June 25, 2014 PAPILLION, Neb. -- Roxanne E. "Roxie" Arens of Papillion, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014, near McCook as a result of a vehicle accident. She was 43 years old...

Kenley Ann Schafer Clint and Kayla Schafer of Culbertson announce the birth of their daughter, Kenley Ann Schafer, born March 31, 2014, at North Platte, Nebraska. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. She has one sister, Miley, 1 1/2. Grandparents are Kirt and Cynthia Ross and Joann Schafer of Culbertson and the late Ronald Schafer. Great-grandparents are Phillip and Marilyn Fornoff of Hayes Center, Nebraska, Joylin Ross of Culbertson and the late Paul Ross...