Stories from Monday, January 16, 2012

Dorothy F. Nicholson Jan. 14, 1914 - Jan. 14, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska --Dorothy Frances Nicholson died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at the Imperial-Manor Nursing Home in Imperial, Nebraska, on the day of her 98th birthday. She was born on Jan. 14, 1914, to Carol and Hazel (Ball) Fitch in McCook, Nebraska. Dorothy grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1931 and McCook Junior College in 1934...

NORTON, Kansas --Elwood L. Bailey, 86, died Saturday (Jan. 14, 2012) at Andbe Home. He was born Jan. 13, 1926, in Kanona, Kansas, to Elvin and Mabel (Rohan) Bailey. He was raised in Jennings and attended school in Jennings and Kanona. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II...

75th anniversary McCOOK, Nebraska --The family of Robert and Dorothy Baumfalk is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 75th wedding anniversary. They were married Jan. 27, 1937. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 1500 East 11th, No. 103, McCook, NE 69001...

We've already been convinced enough of the danger of texting while driving to outlaw the practice in Nebraska, and there is good reason. According to information gathered by Nationwide insurance: Fortunately, some teens are taking the lead in persuading their peers to shut up, put down the cell phone and pay attention to their driving...

I found it hard to believe that you would support Nebraska State Sen. Christensen and his self-centered legislation giving him and other state senators a $18,000 pay raise and to allow state senators to serve more terms in office. Term limits were put in place to allow new ideas and give individuals other then the political élite a chance to serve in the Legislature. ...

I read the McCook Gazette and am glad that we in Southwest Nebraska have an area newspaper such as yours available. Two recent opinions offended me so much that I decided to tell you how and why. The first criticized the paper, and especially Dawn Cribbs, as trying to force a false religion...

McCook is a typical frontier town -- a hundred wooden buildings, cheaply built, small, many unpainted ... not the slightest pretensions of architectural symmetry ... on the north side of the railroad track. Not a vestige of shade protects them from the sun ... with temperatures this summer many days over 100 degrees, one day 108 degrees...

Back to square one. That was the immediate plans for the McCook High School boys basketball team Friday, Jan. 13, after a 59-47 loss to Hastings in a battle of Class B teams at the McCook Senior High gym. The Bison slipped to 7-6 overall after suffering their third straight loss and fifth setback in the last seven games. ...

Just what the doctor ordered. If McCook girls head basketball coach Jeff Ellis was a physician, he knew the perfect prescription for his team's ills heading into the Friday, Jan. 13 home game against Hastings. Ellis and his team found the right medicine -- a 44-30 win over the Tigers that snapped McCook's six-game losing streak...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- If it had snowed Friday the 13th, many Christmas shoppers in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas would have considered the day very lucky. But, it didn't snow. There wasn't even the threat of snow. In fact, there wasn't even a cloud in the bright blue sky for most of the day...

Water slides over the spillway and past accumulated ice at the Champion Mill in Champion, Nebraska. A bill introduced by Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial would transfer ownership of the state historical park from the state to Chase County.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- It's breaking her heart, and she struggles against the tears that always seem so close to the surface. It's quite possibly the hardest decision Lorie Prestes has ever had to make, but there's probably not much "deciding" left to it. Lorie has to leave her position as director of McCook, Nebraska, Humane Society's animal shelter or continue to suffer with asthma that leaves her with only 15 percent lung capacity at the end of the day...

Most Americans, no matter which party they're in, want Congress to work together. They understand that extreme partisanship has led to gridlock and an inability to solve our problems. A perfect time to put aside partisan differences is during the President's State of the Union address. Instead of sitting by party on different sides of the aisle, we should sit together with no division showing political affiliation...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Two McCook officials will testify on a bill introduced by Sen. Mark Christensen, to change a law that forced two city councilors to forfeit their seats after one was convicted of harboring a potentially vicious dog and the other was convicted of disturbing the peace. City Manager Jeff Hancock and City Councilman Mike Gonzales will address Nebraska legislators in testimony at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the capitol in Lincoln...

Kendall Ray Moon June 8, 1969 - Jan. 15, 2012 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Kendall Ray Moon of North Platte passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 15, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family. He fought a brief courageous battle with an aggressive lung cancer. He was 42 years old...