Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2016

A recap of Tuesday's area games...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Dundy County-Stratton may have had a dessert raffle at halftime, but the Tigers weren't leaving their fortunes to chance...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Feisty defense was fun to watch as McCook's girls kept Cozad within striking distance for awhile Tuesday night...

Arwid H. "Bud" Carey Aug. 30, 1920 - Dec. 11, 2016 CLEARFIELD, Utah -- Arwid H. "Bud" Carey, age 96, died Dec. 11, 2016, following a brief illness, at his home surrounded by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Carey was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Dorean...

In our list of things to look at with your new telescope, one of the best is the Great Nebula in Orion, listed by French astronomer, Charles Messier, as number 42 on his list of things that are not comets. It is very easy to find and makes a great object for viewing in binoculars or a telescope, but with the scope, you can see so much more in fine detail...

LINCOLN, Neb. --Christmas is coming; can the next session of the Nebraska Legislature be far behind? Would you believe January 3, 2017? The Governor has done his pre-legislative shopping. He spent something in the neighborhood of $70,000 of his own money directly on legislative seats and another $130,000 or so on the Republican Party to use on legislative races. Then there's the $300,000 he paid for a referendum that ultimately put the death penalty back on the books...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The first year out, the McCook High School Unified Bowling team placed second at the district competition. School Board member Brian Esch commended the MHS team at the regular McCook School Board meeting Monday night.The top team at the district level went on to compete at the state competition. Winning the state championship was Grand Island Northwest...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Because of "food insecurity" and "food deficiency," more and more people are turning to community food Pantries for help with their grocery needs. But where does a Pantry turn when it's experiencing a "food insecurity" of its own because more people are coming to it for help? And, it seems, fewer people are helping the Pantry?...

On Tuesday, bike repairman and "elf" Tom Buresh of McCook rolls a tiny bike into Memorial Auditorium, one of the 145 bikes that Santa's elves have repaired and renovated this year for the McCook Toy Box. Below, early Monday morning, Nebraska Work Ethic Camp inmates, left to right, Mayik Deng, Joseph Gihon and James Vega unload toys from a truck loaned by Whitaker Furniture for the setup of the Toy Box Christmas gift giveaway. ...

Volunteers at the set-up of the McCook Toy Box Giveaway Tuesday morning included these students from a McCook Senior High ag class -- all of whom donned "Hats by Margaret," fashionable, warm-weather chapeaus crocheted for many years for the McCook Coat Closet and McCook Toy Box by McCook native Margaret Trail Nielsen of Papillion. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Maris General Construction owners Gerald Maris and his son, Chris, believe fully in the quality of garage doors built by Raynor: they might just know a little on the topic too, between the two of them they have 50+ years of experience with Raynor doors...

Katie Kjendal of McCook bops to "Jingle Bell Rock," or was it "a reindeer game" of charades? Katie and other members of McCook Public Library's junior and senior high Teen Advisory Board read to and entertained young readers up to age 13 during a special holiday-season story time Monday afternoon. Katie read "The Three Bears' Christmas." Other stories were "The Pirates' Night Before Christmas," "Click Clack Ho-Ho-Ho" and "Turkey Claus."...

Elaine L. (Meyer) Bedore Jan. 13, 1931 - Dec. 14, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Elaine L. Bedore died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, at Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 85. She was born Jan. 13, 1931, in Gosper County, Neb., where she grew up on the family farm north of Arapahoe, Neb...

Laura M. Fraser Dec. 9, 1941 - Dec. 11, 2016 NORFOLK, Neb. -- Laura M. Fraser, 75, of Norfolk, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at Faith Regional Hospital, Norfolk. She was born Dec. 9, 1941, in Roy, N.M. to parents, George W. and Laura V. (Case) Payton. She attended grade school in Roy and graduated from Roy High School in New Mexico...