Stories from Monday, December 22, 2014

William D. Ladehoff Aug. 11, 1940 - Dec. 14, 2014 OBERLIN, Kan. -- William D. Ladehoff, 74, passed away Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born Aug. 11, 1940, in North Bend, Nebraska, to Landers and Para Ladehoff and was raised on the family farm...

Esther Mae Meyers March 25, 1917 - Dec. 19, 2014 ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Esther Mae Meyers, 97, of Arapahoe, died Friday (Dec. 19, 2014), at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born on March 25, 1917, in Pierce County northwest of Meadow Grove, Nebraska, to Edward and Mary (Schutt) Duhachek. Before marriage, she worked in Norfolk, Nebraska, Denver, Colorado, and several years at Brandeis in Omaha, Nebraska...

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...

60th anniversary The family of John and Phyllis Goodenberger of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 28. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 70677 Road 387, McCook, NE 69001.

BARTLEY, Neb. -- Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon said the Southwest Public School junior-senion high school building in Bartley was on lockdown today after a threatening letter was received, but no one is in danger and authorities were expected to be on scene investigating the incident today and Tuesday...

Staff and volunteers at the McCook Humane Society know a lot about missing pets, but that's usually because they are on the receiving end of them. What's different this time is that the dogs aren't wating at the shelter on South Street in McCook to be returned to their owners...

Carl Orrin of McCook never considered himself a creative artist, or a trailblazer in the field of commercial art, yet he was a fellow who was able to blend art with new technology to produce some stunningly beautiful artistic displays, which were greatly appreciated by the people of our area...

Friends and familymembers tell me that "Silent Night" is one of their favorite Christmas carols. According to Bill Egan, an expert on historic Christmas facts, it was first performed on Christmas eve in 1818. A church named St. Nicholas, after the ancient bishop, was holding Midnight Mass. It was located in a small village known as Oberndorf in Austira...

McCOOK, Neb. -- More auditions for "Annie Get Your Gun" are set for 7-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at the McCook elementary commons Area. The show has a cast of 40, ages 12 and older. The Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Production is set for the Fox Theatre March 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners this morning accepted the recommendation of its health board advisory committee and approved the hiring of a McCook woman as the new director of the county health department. During their weekly meeting today, commissioners accepted the health board's recommendation that Pamela Harsh take over as full-time health department director when the current director, Patricia Powers, retires Feb. 1, 2015...

Koy Dircksen of North Platte, Nebraska, peers through the window of McCook, Nebraska's Memorial Auditorium, sneaking a peak before the community's 34th annual "Toy Box Giveaway" opens its doors Sunday afternoon. After the countdown, hoards of shoppers poured through the doors and pored over the toys, bikes, trikes, games, dolls, puzzles and books available for Christmas gift-giving. ...

LONDON -- The "Slow Road to Brownsville," includes stops that will be very familiar to Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas readers. Subtitled "A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West," David Reynolds' book chronicles a trip the full length of U.S. Highway 83, from Swan River, Manitoba, to the Mexican border at Brownsville, Texas...

Howard and David Bellamy -- the Bellamy Brothers, deliver hit after hit at a Christmas Concert for Cancer Care Sunday. Doug Rogers filled in for his ailing daughter, Amber, joining her sister Erin as the Scenic Roots, left, an opening act sure to be invited back. The Community Hospital Health Foundation event sold out McCook's Fox Theatre...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- At least four Nebraska agencies have pledged to help some of the thousands of refugees expected to come to America as a result of persecution and genocide in Syria. Anne C. Richard of the U.S. State Department said the United States had resettled nearly 70,000 refugees from nearly 70 countries around the world last year, is reviewing some 9,000 recent referrals from the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, and receives about a thousand new ones each month. ...

Dorothy Dack Lawrence Eisenbarth Nielsen May 17, 1915 - Dec. 22, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- On Dec. 22, 2014, Dorothy Lucille Eisenbarth, at the age of 99, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was born on May 17, 1915, to John W. and Frances Elizabeth (Albrecht) Dack and was the second of seven children. Dorothy grew up on the family farm and attended rural school district No. 61 near McCook...