Stories from Thursday, April 6, 2017

Guess what? It’s Spring time again and in our house, that means track season! And this year I get the pleasure of watching my two older girls participate together, sometimes in the same event and so far I’m loving it! Not only do I get my monies worth but it makes all those hours of being outside worth it, getting to see two of my kids in multiple events...

Smile, you’re on camera! We won’t say “Candid” Camera like the old television, because there’s nothing unusual about being photographed at any time or any place, from walking along the street, to shopping to our own homes. And these days, that image is just as likely to be broadcast over the Internet as stored away for later viewing by a few people...

Geraldine  Wilson Feb. 3, 1921 - April 4, 2017 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Geraldine  Wilson, 96, of North Platte, died April 4, 2017, in North Platte.   Geraldine Virginia Perks - Wilson was born Feb. 3, 1921, at Wichita, Kan., to Samuel and Elma (Hinton) Perks. ...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Hitchcock County’s girls and Wauneta-Palisade’s boys both placed among the top three of about 20 teams competing at the Sutherland Track-Field Invitational on Saturday. The Falcons tallied 73 points to win a great battle for second featuring four other schools: Hershey (73), Hyannis (65), Sutherland (63) and Wallace (62)...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Longhorn power was everywhere as both Chase County track and field teams took home Ogallala Invitational titles recently. Nobody could outscore the Chase girls with their 153 points which nearly doubled closest contender Mitchell (81)...

McCOOK, Neb. — How could a weekend be complete this spring without the McCook Community College scoring one big “walkoff” win? The Indaians did it again actually on Monday, plating a final at-bat run to beat Northeastern (Colo.) Community College, 2-1...

Modern Woodmen of America members in McCook met on April 2 for an educational event on Tennis. The program featured instruction from McCook High School tennis coach, Matt Wiemers, on the rules of the game and then a chance to play with instruction. This event is one of many educational experiences arranged for Modern Woodmen members nationwide. The events are designed to provide members with information about health, safety, finances and other important topics...

With most New Year’s Resolutions long forgotten, spring is the perfect time to make the transition to a healthier lifestyle with regular exercise, to try something new like a triathlon, or to plant that garden with high hopes of bountiful vegetables, which will be overrun by weeds by Memorial Day…wait, that’s my garden...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In the first year of the Doane University shotgun sports team, the Tigers brought home the national championship in the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Division 4 collegiate clay target event. At the contest March 29-April 2 in San Antonio, Texas, Doane finished with a score of 1,972 in six categories, winning by 200 targets...

McCOOK, Neb. — Seven finalists have been selected to present their business plan and a chance at the $25,000 up for grabs in the Ben Hormel Business Plan Competition through McCook Community College’s Business and Community Education. This year’s bi-annual competition received 23 entries representing nine different communities in the area. ...

Amy Seiler, left, a community forestry specialist with the Nebraska Forest Service, presents the “Nebraska Community Forestry Media Award” to the McCook Gazette, represented at an awards ceremony at the State Capitol Building in Lincoln Wednesday by regional editor Connie Jo Discoe. The Gazette was honored for its ongoing coverage of tree care education, tree-planting events and Arbor Day celebrations, and for supporting and promoting the importance and impact of trees in the community...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department has confirmed the second positive rabies case in our health district for the year. “We are an area of elevated concern for rabies in Nebraska,” states Melissa Propp, RN, Surveillance Coordinator at SWNPHD. “Southwest Nebraska had the first positive rabies case for 2017 and has had numerous reported cases since 2015.”...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Kattie Sadd of Beaver City was among three University of Nebraska at Kearney students who received recognition at the Midwest Journalism Conference March 31-April 1 in Minneapolis. A senior journalism and mass communication major, she joined Andrew Hanson of Kearney, a 2016 sports management graduate, to help broadcast the Nebraska vs. ...

Editors note: This is the first in a series on the TeamMates Mentoring program at McCook Public Schools. In this segment, a mentor and mentee describe how their friendship developed. McCOOK, Neb. — Six years ago, Annika Johnson moved to McCook with her family and was trying to navigate the often cut-throat social world of middle school...