Stories from Thursday, December 11, 2014

Auctioneers from Heartland Partners, Arapahoe, Nebraska, and Youngs Auction Service, McCook, Nebraska, joined together Sunday to sell the brick building that was once the Lebanon, Nebraska, "Combination School" and contents (some from school years past) owned by a private homeowner. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- "Throuogh the Years" is the theme for this year's McCook Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, set for Feb. 7, recognizing the chamber's 90-year anniversary. The chamber board of directors discussed several other projects and events at its monthly meeting, starting with a review of the holiday kick-off events on Dec. ...

Tacie Fawver, left, of the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce and Matt Sehnert of Sehnert's Bakery and the Bieroc Cafe draw Thursday's winner in the Chamber's Countdown to Christmas promotion -- Michelle Weimer of McCook. Michelle won $120 in gift certificates for use at participating merchants. A grand prize winner will be drawn Dec. 23 for two nights and four meals at Lodge Casino in Blackhawk, Colorado...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Rotary Club presented dictionaries to third grade students at McCook Elementary, St. Patrick's Catholic School, Victory Christian Academy, and Southwest Elementary School. The dictionaries are for school or at home. The books were hand-picked to fit the needs of young students learning to read and write...

Back in the analog age, we would have been amazed to know the amount of computing power most of us carry around in our pockets and purses today. Digital capabilities that would have taken a railroad box car to ship in the 1950s can now be clipped to your belt or, increasingly, strapped to your wrist in the latest wearable technology...

So I read a post online recently that stated that putting your kid's Honor Roll bumper sticker on your vehicle is just bragging to other parents how much smarter your kid is than everyone else and how it "may" hurt other parents or kids feelings. Okay, point taken. ...