Stories from Wednesday, February 7, 2007

March 24, 1925-Feb. 5, 2007 ARAPAHOE -- Neva Charline Kanost, 81, died Monday (Feb. 5, 2007), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born on March 24, 1925, in Wauneta, to Charles Robert and Flossie Elisabeth (Earnhardt) Kanost. She grew up in Wauneta and graduated from Wauneta High School with the Class of 1942 and later from McCook Community College...

CURTIS -- The children of Leo and Ruby Hanes are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 59th wedding anniversary Feb. 11. Cards of congratulation will reach the couple at PO Box 140, Curtis, NE 69025.

Last year, Nebraska passed a law that permits people to carry a concealed weapon. However, local firearms ordinances are not consistent in all areas of Nebraska, thus creating a patchwork of laws and ordinances in the state regarding the possession, transport, and the concealed carry of firearms...

Thank you for the terrific article! ["Early radio days in McCook" (http://www.mc cookgazette.com/story/1188231.html)] Interestingly, the Gazette link was sent to me by Steve Lenwell, Roy's son, now living in Houston. I have enjoyed a 40-plus year career in the radio business but it all started at KBRL in the early '60s when I worked "summer relief" for a couple of summers while a student at UNL. ...

I wanted to write you three weeks ago when the article first appeared in this paper telling of McCook's "soft approach" to city clean up. I can tell you it does not work. We've been trying it for three years in Indianola to no avail. What began as an effort by the Indianola City Council to clean up the more unsightly properties in town, has turned into an absolute shambles. It is an embarrassment and a humiliation...

Randy Matheny was a quiet kid, who preferred riding his motorcycle or working on computers to high school sports. He didn't speak out much in class, but was well-liked and was never sent to the principal's office. "Just a sweetheart," Pam Wolford, his freshman English teacher at McCook High School told the Lincoln Journal-Star...

The McCook soldier killed Sunday by a bomb in Baghdad is remembered at McCook Senior High for his perpetual smile and his mischievous laugh. Specialist Randy J. Math-eny, a 2004 MHS graduate, died Feb. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated next to the armored security vehicle in which he served as a gunner. The Nebraska Army National Guard, which Matheny joined on March 28, 2005, has posthumously promoted Matheny to the rank of sergeant...

Melting snow, warmed by two days of 30- and 40-degree temperatures, cuts a stream through tire-packed ice on a street corner in McCook. Snow-melting temperatures may not last for long, as the forecast calls for snow, sleet and freezing rain through the weekend...

Three McCook High School football seniors inked letters of intent this morning during a ceremony in the MHS gymnasium, including the highly-anticipated signing of Josh Cherry to NCAA Division I Kansas State University. Also signing this morning were Sam Sis, University of Nebraska-Kearney; and Nate Berry, Hastings College...

It took me a long time to learn how to properly drive with a standard transmission. I got pretty good pretty fast at improperly driving with one, largely due to a steep hill on my route to work. If I had to stop at the red light -- chanting please don't change, please don't change as I approached -- at the base of the hill, I was a multitasking marvel. ...