Stories from Tuesday, September 20, 2011

65th anniversary The family of G. E. (Red) and Irene Traphagan of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 22, 1946 at Memorial Methodist Church in McCook. Their children include Susan Yates of McCook and Jerry (Mary) Traphagan of Chadron. They have three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, Cards of congratulations will reach them at 605 West G, McCook, NE 69001...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners Monday morning awarded a Norfolk firm the bid to build a new bridge over Red Willow Creek north of the former Republican Valley Junior/Senior High School between McCook and Indianola. Norfolk Contracting Inc. will build the precast concrete bridge for $213,285, a bid that is 11 percent below an engineer's estimate of $240,300...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A councilman's comparison of eating vegetables and paying higher water rates raised the hackles of at least one citizen at Monday night's meeting of the City Council. Gene Morris of Apache Drive challenged Councilman Aaron Kircher's comment earlier in the month that "Kids complain when you make them eat their vegetables, too."...

The weather promises to be great and so is the schedule for this year's edition of the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Heritage Days celebration, "Back In The Day ..." But the weather is only one of the factors that promise to make this one of the best Heritage Days in years, kicking off with honor family royalty, grand marshal and parade marshal revelations at the Heritage Days mixer, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at McCook National Bank, 215 W. First...

On a sad note, we have all watched in horror as a beautiful old P-51 dove into the ground at the Reno Air Races. The pilot died and unfortunately, all too many spectators with him. So far, the cause has not been determined but I suspect some sort of structural failure. ...

July 21, 1937 - Sept. 6, 2011 LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Marcia Mae Bartels (Tiller), 74, died Tuesday (Sept. 6, 2011), in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born in McCook, Nebraska to Bill and Myrtle Tiller on July 21, 1937...

June 24, 1927 - Sept. 16, 2011 ATWOOD, Kansas -- Urla "June" Beamgard, 84, died Friday (Sept, 16, 2011), at the Good Samaritan Society in Atwood, Kansas. She was born June 24, 1927, on a farm near McDonald, Kansas to Earl and Jessie Argabright. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County's jail task force will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the courthouse in McCook to discuss the possibility of building a county jail and the option that members feel could meet the county's jail needs. The meeting, with county commissioners and planners from Prochaska & Associates of Omaha, will be in the commissioners' room on the third floor of the courthouse in McCook...

Aug. 26, 1974 - Sept. 18, 2011 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Anthony Paul (Tony) Meguire died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at the St. Elizabeth's Hospital Burn Center in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 37. He was born August 26, 1974, at Watertown, South Dakota, the son of David and Shawna (Janousek) Meguire. Tony grew up in Hitchcock County, Nebraska until the age of 12 when the family moved to Evergreen, Colorado where he graduated from Evergreen Senior High School in 1993...