Stories from Friday, December 18, 2015

Mabel 'Jeane' Ruby Aug. 7, 1927 - Dec. 10, 2015 DELTA, Colo. -- Mabel "Jeane" Ruby, 88, formerly of Limon, Colorado, died Dec. 10, 2015, at Delta. She was born Aug. 7, 1927, in McCook, Nebraska, to Ora Austin and Lillian Ethel (Mills) Clopton. She grew up in McCook and north Denver. She graduated from McCook High School in 1945...

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. -- Downtown McCook should have some fresh new attractions by next spring according to a construction bid slated for City Council approval next week. A city parking lot located at the intersection of East First Street and East D Street will be resurfaced and receive landscaping improvements, as well as having a new metal canopy installed, ideal for farmer's market-type events. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A 700-word essay earned a McCook girl an all-expense paid trip to New Orleans. Ariana Van Pelt's essay on World War II airman Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American from Hershey, Nebraska, is on permanent display as part of the "A Salute to Courage" oral histories. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Even Santa would likely be impressed. Nebraska Postal carriers are expecting to deliver hundreds of thousands of packages on Monday, Dec. 21 -- the busiest delivery day of the year. The Postal Service anticipates more than 30 million packages will be delivered nationwide on the peak delivery day alone...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska lawmakers are examining the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and its role in monitoring a salt wastewater injection well in the northwestern corner of the state. Researchers, residents and drilling company representatives testified before the state's Natural Resources Committee at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. Discussion centered on a Colorado company's controversial proposed salt wastewater injection well in Sioux County...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College received two checks totaling $15,600 from the Nebraska Public Power District on Wednesday night. The money will be split equally between McCook Community College and North Platte Community College and used for scholarships for students pursuing careers in the engineering and electrical fields...

Crimes and improper behavior by law enforcement officers are often in the news, resulting in everything from in-house investigations to full-blown protest riots. There are "bad eggs," of course, officers who get into the profession for the wrong reason, who let their emotions overrule training and better judgment, accept bribes and accept unethical behavior...

According to Ezra Klein and Alvin Chang in Vox.com, only 5 percent of Republicans and 4 percent of Democrats said they would be upset if their son or daughter married someone affiliated with the other political party in 1960. Today, 49 percent of Republicans and 33 percent of Democrats say they would be distressed by a politically mixed marriage. ...

90th birthday The family of Allen Rein of Johnstown, Colorado, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday on Saturday, Dec. 26. He was born in 1925 in Bazine, Kansas. Allen retired in 1986 after 38 years of service as the field operation manager of the Gore Oil Company in McCook, Nebraska. ...

80th birthday The family of Mary Duffield of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. Her family includes her husband, Charlie; children, Milton and Sandy Duffield of Bolivar, Missouri, Gregg and Deb Duffield of Kearney, Nebraska, and Janella Hager and Karl Clark of Akron, Iowa; four granddaughters and five great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 911 West 10th Street, McCook, NE 69001...

Siekman, Funk Bailey L. Siekman of Smithfield, Nebraska, and Brenden Funk of McCook, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Brian and Amber Siekman of Smithfield. Grandparents are Gary and Marlene Dahlgren of Bertrand, Nebraska, Darrell and Sue Siekman of Central City, Nebraska, the late Vernon and Mary Dahlgren, Doris Renken of Bertrand and the late Freddie Renken...

Anderson, Trampe Tiffany Marie Anderson of McCook and Brandon Taylor Trampe of Sumner, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Tom and Karen (Berndt) Anderson of McCook and Tom and Jackie Trampe of Sumner. Grandparents of the bride to be are Raymond Berndt of McCook and the late Dorothy Berndt and the late J.D. and Marvel Anderson...

70th anniversary The children of Patrick and Norma Kasson of North Platte, Nebraska, are hosting an open house in celebration of their 70th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, at the Masonic Lodge in North Platte, 1600 West B. The couple grew up in the Wilsonville, Nebraska, community and were married on Christmas Day 1945. ...

Susan Doak Southwest Nebraska Genealogy Society There's one thing about old newspapers that always gets a chuckle out of me, the fact that they didn't need an editorial page because every article of interest had an editorial comment concerning the facts. Readers never had to guess where the newspapers stood on an issue at hand!...

TRENTON, Neb. -- An extensive investigation involving the Hitchcock and Red Willow County Sheriff's Offices and the McCook Police Department working in conjunction with the Nebraska State Patrol has led to two arrests and additional charges against two convicted felons in connection with a series of burglaries in Southwest Nebraska...

Phil E. Rouse June 18, 1946 - Dec. 17, 2015 TRENTON, Neb. -- Phil E. Rouse, age 69, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at his home in Trenton, Nebraska. Phil was born on June 18, 1946, to Lena M. Fausch and Max Y. Rouse in Guide Rock, Nebraska. They later moved to Minden, Nebraska, where he attended and graduated high school in 1964...