Stories from Tuesday, April 19, 2016

80th birthday The family of Norbert Klumpe of Maywood, Neb. is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday Sunday, April 24. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 411 West Oak, Maywood, NE 69038.

Samuel Milton Hall CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Samuel Milton Hall, infant baby of Jacob Reece and Shelbi Lindsey (Neighbors) Hall of McCook entered the arms of Jesus on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Samuel was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandfathers, Mac Alred and Don Milton Neighbors and paternal great-grandmother, Kathy Tuller...

Willis Wilson Jan. 26, 1937 - April 16, 2016 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Willis Wilson, 79, of Maywood, Neb., passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Willie was born to Walt and Mabel (Hayden) Wilson on Jan. 26, 1937, on a farm south of Maywood...

Alice Lindekugel IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Alice Lindekugel, 74, longtime resident of Imperial and former resident of Hayes Center, died Monday (April 18, 2016), at Imperial Manor Nursing Home. Survivors include her husband, Ray Lindekugel of Imperial; children, John Lindekugel and wife, Gail of Gretna, Neb., and Julie Nelson and husband, Dennis of Lincoln, Neb.; sisters, June Sharp and husband, Bill of Imperial and Gwen Vogler and husband, Larry of Colorado Springs, Colo.; brother, Guy Curtis and wife, Ruth of Fort Collins, Colo.; sister-in-law, Dorothy Curtis of Arvada, Colo.; brother-in-law, Robert Bartels of Imperial; six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.. ...

Iris Irene Rowley Sept. 11, 1931 - April 16, 2016 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Iris Rowley, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on April 16, 2016, surrounded by her wonderful family. She was a mother, homemaker, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and trusted friend who also, years ago, had retired from Hewlett Packard...

Mary Louise Bradney April 15, 1934 - April 15, 2016 BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Mary Louise Grace Bradney, the daughter of George M. and Catherine C. (Schlautman) Ebbers, was born April 15, 1934, in Sterling, Colo. She passed away at Dundy County Hospital on April 15, 2016, in Benkelman. She was 82 years of age...

Ivalee G. Balderston Jan. 26, 1929 - April 14, 2016 NORTON, Kan. -- Ivalee G. Balderston, 87, died Thursday (April 14, 2016), at her home in Norton. She was also from Wilsonville, Neb. She was born Jan. 26, 1929, in Norton to Clyde and Anna Elizabeth (Shick) Minshall. She married Elvin Balderston on Oct. 2, 1946; he passed away June 21, 2000. She was a farmer and farmer's wife...

Shakespeare's exact line "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'" was stated by Dick the Butcher in "Henry VI," Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73." Every once in awhile, I get reminded that Shakespeare was right on. The bard was commenting about an unscrupulous leader, Henry the 6th of his time, but it still may ring true for the politicians of today...

Wednesday saved for vetoes Last week was the beginning of the end of the 104th session of the Nebraska Legislature. Tuesday and Wednesday were the 58th and 59th days of this 60 day session, and Wednesday the 20th is the 60th day -- reserved for voting on veto overrides after the office of the governor is given the required 5 days, excluding Sundays. Several bills had a lot of attention on them in that short week...

Red Willow County doesn't have any bridges in dire need of repair, and a four-lane highway from McCook to North Platte isn't in the plan, but a bill signed by Gov. Pete Ricketts paves the way for those types of improvements elsewhere in the state. LB960 creates an "infrastructure bank" to provide a framework for infrastructure improvement that should be considered for similar efforts at all levels of government...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook Tree Rebate Program is now offering rebates for the 2016 spring season. Tp be eligible for the program trees must be purchased between March 28 and June 10, 2016. Rebate requests must be received by June 24 and only trees planted on property within McCook city limits qualify...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Crime continues to decline in McCook as 2015 represented the second consecutive year with a 2 percent overall decrease to the crime rate, according to law enforcement officials. Police calls, damage due to vandalism and even accident reports declined for the year, prompting Chief of Police Isaac Brown to praise citizens and law enforcement officials alike during Monday's meeting of the McCook City Council...

CURTIS, Neb. -- The Curtis newspaper may be a day or two late this week, but cut the owners some slack. Their building burned to the ground Sunday morning. Like a true reporter, co-owner Tori Willis took pictures of the blaze. Tori and her husband, Bob Willis, don't know yet the cause of the fire that destroyed their Frontier County Enterprise newspaper building and its contents. The fire was discovered about 3 a.m., by a teenager headed home after the Maywood high school prom...

McCook, Neb. --The public is invited to attend a "Presidential Chat with the Community" at Community Hospital on Tuesday, April 26 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Prairie View Meeting Room just off the front lobby. The Presidential Chat, facilitated by Community Hospital President & CEO Jim Ulrich, will include information and discussion about the hospital's Patient and Family Advisory Council, Specialists offering care at Community Hospital's Medical Specialists Center, and CAHPS, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A paving project near Smoker's Outlet is underway and city leaders hope to have it completed within the next couple weeks. Public Works Director Kyle Potthoff said last week weather would be the determining factor on when the project was finished...

MCCOOK, Neb. -- The Young Professionals Group of McCook began a fundraising event in 2013, the "Color Me Crazy Fun Run/Walk." This event was established to encourage graduating seniors to continue their schooling right here in McCook, by offering scholarships to Mid-Plains Community College, McCook Beauty Academy and Nebraska College of Technical Agricultural in Curtis...

McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- Fourth and fifth graders at Central Elementary took a walk to the future this past month. Under the direction of art teacher Deb Goodenberger, the students imagined what a city would be like 200 years from now, creating buildings individually or with partners. It meant using lots of chipboard, which is a studier version of cardboard and plenty of glue...

MCCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Senior High students named to the third quarter Honor / Merit Roll are: 12th Grade MERIT Roll Elisha Bair Corinne Bortner Dustin Bredvick Dawson Brunswick Wyatt Burkert Jodi Dominguez Holly Kinne Corinne Maestas Kylie Messersmith...