Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2016

Leo Anthony Micek Dec. 9, 1939 - Aug. 1, 2016 ATWOOD, Kan. -- Leo Anthony Micek, 76, of Atwood, passed away peacefully on Aug.1, 2016 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb. He was born Dec. 9, 1939, to Timothy and Mary (Faimon) Micek and grew up on the family farm 15 miles northwest of Atwood. ...

Karron F. McBee Feb. 26, 1945 - Aug. 2, 2016 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Karron F. McBee, 71, of Kearney, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at Mount Carmel Home Keens Memorial. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, at Countryside Christian Church. The Rev. Chad Laughrey will officiate. Interment will be in the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home...

Marie Gladys Schilz Hampton July 18, 1917 - July 18, 2016 CONCORD, N. C. -- Marie Gladys Schilz Hampton, 99 years of age, of Concord, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at Five Oaks Manor in Concord. Marie was born July 18, 1917, in McCook, Neb., She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob Schilz and Nellie Sturgeon Schilz; husband, Harry Lee Hampton; son, Calvin Hampton; brothers, Leo, Bernard, Bill, Eugene and Richard Schliz; and sisters, Florence Nelson and Margaret Heskett...

The fast-paced racing action was dynamite and better than advertised on Sunday evening at Lexington Raceway as the dirt track stayed tacky for much of the show. Maywood's Casey Workmeister captured a ninth-place finish in the IMCA stock car heat race. The feature was highlighted with Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa, earning an impressive 44th race win this season...

HERITAGE HILLS -- Giving big, the ladies of the Heritage Hills Ladies Golf League pitched in $1,020 Tuesday night to aid the Susan G. Komen Fund's campaign to achieve breast cancer awareness. Called "Rally for the Cure," the ladies' league's gifts will all be contributed to the national awareness campaign...

HERITAGE HILLS -- McCook Lettering -- made up of the Wiemers' family of golfers -- maintained its first place position in A Division play Wednesday evening at Heritage Hills Golf Course. The McCook Lettering team's lead is narrow, however, now just two points -- 105.5 to 103.5 -- over the second place team, First Central #1...

A common phrase in professional and college football is, "offense wins games, but defense wins championships." Does this phrase hold up in high school football? The Gazette researched the area Nebraska schools to find out...

Heritage Days is always a busy weekend, but this weekend promises to challenge its status as the biggest in McCook's yearly calendar. We'd better hope it arrives soon, or someone will add so many events there will be no hope of keeping track of them...

Dear Editor, A special one-dollar gold coin was produced by the U.S. mint in 2000. It had Sacagawea and her baby son on it. I bought a beautiful pendant with that coin and put it on a gold chain. When I wear it, I think of Sacagawea and Merriwether Lewis, who was born in 1774 in Albermarle, Va...

McCOOK, Neb. -- It has been slightly more than 100 days since Kirk Dixon took over as the Executive Director of the McCook Economic Development Corp. His tenure spearheading the bustling business center has flown by thus far and his enthusiasm has grown, he told the McCook City Council Monday evening...

Bruce Piercy, right, of Boys Town, North Platte, mans the seventh- eighth- and ninth-grade table, stuffing a backpack with school supplies, socks and personal hygiene items at the annual Salvation Army backpack giveaway Wednesday at McCook Christian Church in McCook. ...

Anna Carter, a 14-year-old member of the Stick-To-It 4-H Club of Decatur County, explains to Judge Cathy Sherfick the process she used to make "Twisted Cinnamon Rolls" for 4-H baking competition Tuesday morning at the Decatur County Fair in Oberlin. ...