Stories from Friday, May 22, 2020

Last week my final note was about an advertisement I found for the McCook General Hospital created by Dr. Reid and located one block west of the courthouse. Lo and behold, Ron Allen contacted me with a complete booklet on the McCook General Hospital that was in a scrapbook from one of his Grandmother Allen’s sisters! What a find. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — More grade school track-field champions who delivered in the good old days with victories at McCook’s annual Elementary Invitational. The 2019 second/third grade flight winners appeared Thursday: KINDERGARTEN Girls Bean bag throw: 1. Kerene Barber...

McCOOK, Neb. — The race is on to get season schedules filled and ready for McCook’s four Legion baseball teams featuring about 50 players this summer. McCook Junior B coach Greg Larson confirmed all these facts this morning following a meeting with city officials Thursday evening...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The coronavirus pandemic has made itself felt throughout the region, with changes ranging from social distancing restrictions to ceremonies replaced with a virtual observance. While there will be no traditional service in McCook, residents are asked to observe Memorial Day virtually at veterans.nebraska.gov {https://bit.ly/36ibAOE} from 8 a.m. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A local tattoo artist, sidelined by the coronavirus, has switched from decorating the body to decorating sidewalks and walls. Ginny Anderson, who co-owns with Thomas Adams The Tattoo Shop of McCook, has been a tattoo artist for 24 years and is a walking billboard of her craft. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid Plains Community College governors got a virtual, preliminary look at an upcoming budget that will take a $250,000 reduction in state aid into effect. The board extended President Ryan Purdy’s contract for three years at the same compensation level as 2019-20, as he declined an increase in this year’s package. Health care expenditures were increased for administrative and non-negotiated staff, but compensation was not increased...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kyle Kunkee was asked to write the following in lieu of a traditional Memorial Day address. He is an Iraq war veteran with the U.S. Marine Corps., and was recently activated with the 734th Combat Service Support Battalion, Nebraska National Guard unit out of Kearney and is now assisting with the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a police officer with the City of McCook...

Somewhere in my formal education, I’m not sure exactly when or where, I was exposed to what is perhaps the most poorly named, yet critical behavioral concept. It’s called “Fundamental Attribution Error.” With a handle like that, it could be anything, right?...