Stories from Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Debra 'Deb' G. Schoup July 23, 1956 -Aug. 12, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Debra "Deb" G. Schoup, 58, died Tuesday (Aug. 12, 2014), at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook after a two-year battle with bone cancer. She was born July 23, 1956, in McCook to Cliff and Carol (Klooz) Schoup the eldest of four children. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Peace Lutheran Church on Aug. 19, of 1956. She was confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church on May 25,1969...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Police Department saw a much appreciated decrease in burglary activity last year, which may have given officers and investigators the ability to return their focus to lesser crimes and contributed to an increase in arrests and citations issued throughout the year...

McCOOK, Neb. -- It's time again for the Annual Bison Boosters Hamburger Feed, Thursday, Aug. 21, just before the football scrimmage. On the menu are hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, chips, cookies and drinks available from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for a free-will donation to support the McCook High School athletic programs. The scrimmage begins 7 p.m. at Weiland Field...

Scraps of Fourth of July fireworks probably had to be swept away to clean the pavement so crosswalks could be repainted in preparation for the reopening of school this week. "Time flies like an arrow" according to an old Chinese saying, and we all need to be aware of the changing tempo of life as students return to school...

One difficult thing about writing a weekly newspaper column is I have to write well before an event takes place so I often don't know what really happened on any particular day. I am thinking about the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower which was between Aug. 12 and 13 specifically. I won't know what the weather was like or if the sky was cloudy or not...

When you're the underdog -- read that Democrat in a Republican state -- you want to take advantage of public exposure. When you're underfunded, you want all the media coverage possible. One way to get both is by debating your opponent as many times in as many places as possible...

McCOOK, Neb.-- A total of 13 students are optioning into the McCook School district from other districts. The enrollment option program was established in 1989 by then-Gov. Kay A. Orr and allows any kindergarten through 12th grade Nebraska student to attend a school in a Nebraska public school district in which the student does not reside, subject to certain limitations...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Substitute teachers are sometimes hard to find but extremely valuable to the district, said McCook School Superintendent Grant Norgaard. Speaking to the McCook School Board Monday night at the regular meeting, Norgaard said it's sometimes a struggle to get substitute teachers to come in within a short amount of time. ...

HERNDON, Kan. -- Aug. 7 was an important day for the past, present and future of Herndon, Kansas. On that day, in downtown Herndon, Herndon Alumni officials signed the purchase agreement and accepted the keys to the building that will become the depository of the community's history...

Cathy M. Heskett May 13, 1951 - Aug. 12, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Cathy M. Heskett of McCook passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 63 years old. Cathy was born on May 13, 1951, to parents, Adair A. and Maxine E. (Davidson) Myers. She graduated from McCook High School in 1969...