Stories from Thursday, August 13, 2015

Laretta B. 'Lori' Chapin Jan. 11, 1952 - Aug. 12, 2015 LOOMIS, Neb. -- Celebration of Life Services for Laretta B. "Lori" Chapin will be on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the Westmark Evangelical Free Church, northwest of Loomis, Nebraska, with Pastors Jeff Scherer and Rick Smith officiating. Inurnment will be at the Arapahoe Cemetery at Arapahoe, Nebraska, at a later date...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Area housing officials are raffling off a pergola constructed earlier this year by Prairie Gold Homes inaugural class. The archway was beautifully crafted by students and estimated to have a value of $2,500. Raffle tickets are $5 each, or 6 for $25, and available at the MEDC office in the Keystone Business Center on Norris Avenue, as well as from a number of volunteers. MEDC Housing will also be selling tickets in Norris Park during Heritage Days, Sept. 26-27...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Economic Development Corp. announced today that it has successfully completed an audit of its financial statements and procedures by accounting firm McDermott and Miller, P.C. of Kearney Nebraska. Upon completion of the inspection of MEDC books and accounting procedures, McDermott and Miller concluded that the records " ... ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- More students are optioning out of the McCook School District than coming in, but not by much. Ninety-three students from surrounding school districts are optioning into McCook Schools, five added just this week, with 107 students optioning out...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Optimists will be accepting band instrument donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the McCook High School band room. Donors should follow the driveway between the high school and junior high on West Seventh street to the parking lot behind the high school, through the double doors to the band room...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Newly-renovated Brooks Hall on the McCook Community College campus officially opens Monday and the public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m. inside the refurbished lobby. Refreshments will be served and college officials will conduct tours of the $2.082 million project, which included the addition of an elevator and an addition to the cafeteria, which includes more than $200,000 in kitchen upgrades.
College officials say the excitement among students is pretty evident as Brooks Hall will be filled to capacity - 100 percent occupancy -- for the Aug. ...

Open class sheep showman Avery Beemer, 6 years old, visits Wednesday morning with Chase County Fair livestock judge Brad Bennett, a livestock judging coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Helping Avery with her lamb was 4-H'er Lauren Prior. The 4-H and FFA livestock sale is Friday, at 2 p.m., in the show arena; the 4-H exhibit building is open Friday and Saturday from 12:30 p.m. ...

Kaylie Lotspeich shows "Tucker" in the Chase County Fair hog show junior showmanship class Wednesday morning in Imperial. Visiting with Judge Brad Bennett, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock judge coach, during showmanship was Tristan Ferguson. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- There are about 38 substitute teachers on a list for the McCook School District to call when a teacher is sick or cannot be at school, but the number of actual subs is less than that. That's because several on the list are not always available due to other jobs, part time jobs or they live in other districts and prefer to sub several days at a time instead of just one...

Thanks to the Internet smartphones and social media, obtaining a drivers license isn't the milestone it once was. "Dragging main" is no longer the only way to find out what your friends are doing or catching the attention of that boy or girl you have a crush on...

I have been wondering if there is a legal means of retrieving the value of the water being taken out of Lincoln County by N-CORP? They have taken out about 60,000 acre feet of water. About 4 times the amount used for irrigation on N-CORP land in one year. ...

Ernest C. Markwad Aug. 25, 1938 - Aug. 12, 2015 CULBERTSON, Neb. -- Ernest C. Markwad of Culbertson passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at El Dorado Manor in Trenton, Nebraska. He was 76 years old. Ernest was born on Aug. 25, 1938, on a farm near Culbertson to parents, Darwin C. and Laura L. (Abbott) Markwad. He attended grade school at rural District No. 8. He graduated from McCook High School in 1956, which was the very first class to graduate out of the new high school...

Amy Rehm June 12, 1920 - Aug. 3, 2015 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Amy Rehm, 95, died Thursday (Aug. 3, 2015), at Good Samaritan Society-Decatur County in Oberlin. She was born June 12, 1920, in McCook, Nebraska, to Andrew and Chloe (Johnston) Anderson and grew up in McCook and Cedar Bluffs, Kansas. She graduated from Decatur County High School in 193 and from Dague Business College in Wichita, Kansas...