Stories from Friday, October 31, 2014

Hulda Christina Frick June 5, 1918 - Oct. 30, 2014 INDIANOLA, Neb. -- Hulda Christina Frick of Indianola passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at the Cambridge Manor. She was 96 years old. Hulda was born to parents, Kolman and Elizabeth (Grill) Nemeth at Ludell, Kansas, on June 5, 1918. She attended rural school near Ludell...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Neb. -- In the McCook Tribune's Friday Evening edition, May 11, 1906, the headline proclaims: "McCook Junior State Normal -- Fourth Annual Summer Session to Open June 11- Teachers Will Be Here Until August 17 -- Prospect Excellent for Greatly Increased Attendance Over Former Years...

Zaelece Amelia Schmit Matt and Cinda Schmit of Columbus. Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Zaelece Amelia Schmit, born Oct. 1, 2014, at Columbus Community Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long. She has two brothers, Gavin, 5, and Benson, 2. Grandparents are Charles and Christina Coleman of McCook, Nebraska, and Harry and Sharon Schmit of Bellwood, Nebraska. Great-grandparents are John and Eileen Hubert and Lillie Coleman, all of McCook...

Noah Jacob Wawrzynkiewicz Jake and Kate (Wolford) Wawrzynkiewicz of North Platte, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Noah Jacob Wawrzynkiewicz, born on Aug. 23, 2014, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 22 inches long. Grandparents are Greg and Pam Wolford of McCook and Jack and Patty Wawrzynkiewicz of Papillion. Great-grandparents are Linda Linke and Wayne Wolford of Cozad, Nebraska...

Meyer, Lemmert Becky Meyer and Dan Lemmert of Concordia, Missouri, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Shelley Goodloe of Alma, Missouri, and Scott W. Meyer of Concordia. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Linda Lemmert of McCook, Nebraska, and Randy Lemmert of Lemoyne, Nebraska...

60th birthday The family of DeLynn Gohl of Elsie, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 60th birthday Nov. 10. His family includes sister, Deb Gohl of Lincoln, Nebraska; brother, DeWayne and wife, Terri Gohl of Kearney, Nebraska; mother, Delores Gohl of McCook, Nebraska; children, Tim and wife, Heidi Gohl of Hays, Kansas, Lori and husband Dan Closs of Littleton, Colorado and Shaina Gohl of Ulysses, Kansas; grandchildren, Kierstyn, Nyla, Cameron and Ryleigh and several nieces and nephews. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Three of the four McCook City Council candidates attended the High Plains Radio Candidate's Forum at the Bieroc Cafe recently, offering their reasons for running for office and areas they would focus on if elected. Incumbent Mike Gonzales said he was born in McCook and graduated from both McCook High School and McCook Community College. Gonzales has been a City Councilman since 2009 and employed by the Ed Thomas YMCA since 1975, serving as executive director since 1982...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook is looking to raise revenue by way of increasing the annual occupation tax on liquor licenses. According to city staff each community may collect an amount equal to double the state fees and McCook is currently a mixture ranging from none at all, to one-and-a-half times the state fees. City staff is proposing the fees be increased on all categories to one-and-a-half times the state liquor license fees...

Charlie Collins wipes out Turn Two of the stock car race track on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook, Nebraska, performing early dirt work for the new "Alice Kiplinger Building," a warm-up arena and multi-purpose building that will complete a triangle of horse arenas given to the county by McCook-area rancher Tom Kiplinger. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Water has long been a contentious topic for Southwest Nebraskans and voters will likely have their work cutout for them Tuesday when they choose from a field of 11 candidates, vying for six seats, on the Middle Republican Natural Resource District Board of Directors. Seven of the candidates attended the High Plains Radio Candidate's Forum at the Bieroc Cafe last week and provided some insight into who they were and what they hoped to accomplish...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local burglar sentenced to 18-36 months in state prison in June was released from custody Thursday after serving a little more than four months. The offender, 26-year-old Jesse L. Morrison, was given credit at sentencing for 128 days already served, approximately four-and-a-half months. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A former McCook man who was initially facing 30 felony offenses, by far the most filed against any single offender in Red Willow County in at least recent history, was sentenced to prison time Wednesday in Red Willow County District Court and will likely serve less than two years...

McCook, Nebraska--Community Hospital was one of 50 Nebraska employers receiving the 2014 Governor's Wellness Award last week. Sarah Wolford, Community Hospital Wellness Coordinator and Karen Kliment Thompson, Vice President of Ancillary Services received the Grower Award from Gov. Dave Heineman in September...

Halloween will be different in McCook tonight, with the Bison in a football playoff game in town and, no, no one has officially decided to move trick-or-treating to Saturday night as some rumors have contended. Church youth groups are collecting food for the McCook Pantry, and we encourage everyone to do what they can to meet that growing need...

I thought it was a good time to address this talking point with our off-year elections only a few days away. Voter ID laws ARE partisan but not for the reason many people suspect. Since 2011, 13 mostly Republican-controlled states, including Texas and Wisconsin, have introduced laws demanding voters provide a photo ID, such as a driver's license or a passport. ...

George Huff shows off the Master Angler 16 1/2-pound channel catfish, and a 13-pound, 3-ounce flathead cat he landed at Swanson Lake near Trenton, Nebraska, on Saturday.

The Gazette has received numerous calls asking whether we were aware that a lawsuit had been filed against District 44 Legislative Candidate Steve Stroup. When contacted, Stroup told us "Mr. Martin (the person filing the lawsuit) and I have done business together over the years. ...

"St. Vincent," is the kind of movie that makes you appreciate what an underappreciated actor can do when he (or she, for that matter) is given the right role. In this case, it's one Bill Murray. Murray is infamous -- and rightfully so -- for playing wiseacres. He seems naturally good at it, like it's a skill that he was gifted with at birth, not one that he has to constantly sharpen...