Stories from Friday, July 7, 2017

Kathleen (Magrath) Boyce Sept. 29, 1933 - July 3, 2017 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Services for Kathleen (Magrath) Boyce, 83, will be Saturday (July 15, 2017), at La Resolana Apartments, 1025 Chelwood Park N.E. in Albuquerque. She died July 3, 2017, in Albuquerque...

Eula Marie (Holtze) Brown Dec. 31, 1927 - July 6, 2017 BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Eula Marie (Holtze) Brown, 89, of Beaver City, died Thursday (July 6, 2017), at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. She was born on the family farm on Dec. 31, 1927, to Jens ‘Jim’ Rasmussen and Pearl Geneva (Parks) Holtze...

60th anniversary The family of Harlan and Fran Drain of Sidney, Neb., would like to invite you to help celebrate Fran’s 80th birthday on July 16, 2017 and the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 24, 2017. They were both born in Trenton, Neb., where they grew up and they lived for many years in Benkelman, Neb. Cards and notes of congratulations can be mailed to: 2550 Craig Avenue No. 54, Sidney, NE 69162...

90th birthdays The family of Warren and Wayne Harrison is hosting a potluck in honor of their 90th birthdays. The potluck is Saturday, July 15, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lakeview Lodge, (Old Girl Scout camp), two miles east of Stratton, Neb. Meat will be provided, please bring salads or desserts. All family and friends are welcome to attend...

60th anniversary The family of Larry and Betty Sargent of Benkelman, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary on Friday, July 21, 2017. They were married in Oberlin, Kan., in 1957. They owned/operated Larry’s Grocery in Selden Kan., and Larry worked with Old Home Bread Company in McCook, Neb. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A Red Willow County District Court civil suit filed by neighbors of a McCook dog kennel may not be over yet, despite a recent ruling. District Court Judge Donald E. Rowland ordered the kennel owners, Daniel and LizAnne Miller, to pay $10,000 in compensation and limit the number of dogs on the property to 40 in a June 13 ruling...

McCOOK, Neb. — Three cowgirls will compete Saturday for the 2017 titles of Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen and Junior Queen. The new royalty will take over the reigns of 2016 Queen Halee Kohmetscher of Lawrence and Junior Queen Danielle Forster of Smithfield...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Board of Education will be asked to approve the superintendents’ contract and compensation, at the regular McCook School Board meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. Last year, the board approved a three-year contract beginning July 2016 for Grant Norgaard at a salary of $157,000, paid in 12 equal installments. ...

he Mr. Basketball & Miss Basketball Kearney Senior All-Star Games will feature the area’s top seniors from last winter. and both games will be played on Sunday night. The girl’s game will be tip off at 6 p.m. at the UNK Health & Sports Center with the boys’ game to follow around 7:00 p.m...

IBBON, Neb. — Even their own skeptics now have to believe in McCook National Bank’s Mid-Nebraska League baseball champions. “We are really young, and just staying above .500 was our goal coming into the season,” coach Scott Smalley admitted Thursday night. “I’m not sure I ever believed we would be 22-6.”...

As we get closer to the end than the beginning, we begin to think about how we want our end to be. It’s even often the topic of conversations we have with friends. And what I hear is pretty consistent. We don’t want to be warehoused; put in a nursing home by relatives and forgotten about. ...

A Texas mother was told other patrons at an indoor trampoline park were bothered by her breastfeeding her daughter in public, but that isn’t what raised her ire. That came from another mother, whom soon got an earful about the subject. Kayla Martinez said after she was finished, she was politely informed by a manager that other customers had complained to staff about her breastfeeding...

Five-year-old Wyatt Gohl adjusts the “carburetor” on the battery-powered toy truck he plans to drive in the kids’ demolition derby at the Red Willow County Fair in McCook on Thursday, July 20. Little sister Oakley, 2, is her big brother’s “right hand” mechanic. ...

CURTIS, Neb. – A new undergraduate certificate in agriculture has been approved by a state education commission for the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. The certificate which offers 16 hours of college credits was officially approved June 15 by Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education at its meeting in Lincoln...

There’s no denying that brunch is a popular favorite, but you don’t have to leave the com­fort of your own home to enjoy a delicious spread with family and friends. Enjoy this weekend luxury every day and bring brunch home with premium ingredients like Smithfield’s Hometown Original Bacon, Anytime Favorites Diced Ham and Fresh Breakfast Sausage...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With the start of next week’s McCook Football League, Southwest Nebraska will see a familiar face leading McCook’s summer youth football program...

Hudson Dean Schutte Alex and Kristen Schutte of Omaha, Neb., announce the birth of their son, Hudson Dean Schutte, born April 20, 2017. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long. He has one sister, Maguire, 8. Grandparents are Mike and Leota Schutte of Seward, Neb. Great-grandparents are Pat Redden of Palisade, Neb., and the late Bernice Redden and DeAnna Schutte of Palisade and the late Bernie Schutte...