Stories from Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Alexia 'Lexi' Johnston Oct. 15, 1921 - March 17, 2012 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Alexia "Lexi" Johnston, 90, of North Platte, formally of Curtis, died March 17, 2012, at Centennial Retirement Village in North Platte. Alexia "Lexi" Marie Tanberg was born Oct. ...

Wayne T. Einspahr Nov. 22, 1923 - March 8, 2012 SUTHERLAND, Nebraska -- Wayne T. Einspahr, 88, of Sutherland, died March 8, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1923, at Hamlet, Nebraska to Theodore and Susie (Herbert) Einspahr. He grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1943...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Helen Goodson of McCook, Nebraska, is recuperating at Madonna Rehabilitation Center. Cards of encouragement will reach her at 5401 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68506

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dan Stevens who owns and operates Stevens Hearing Center on East B in McCook attended a continuing educational seminar March 16-17 in Lincoln. The speakers, including Barry A. Freeman PHD, shared about upcoming technology that will greatly benefit hearing loss. ...

MNB Student of the Month Scholarship finalists and their families were recognized at the second annual MNB Scholarship Banquet and Ceremony March 13 in McCook. The $500 tuition scholarships were awarded to Betsy Hardin of McCook High School and Ben Fox of Dundy County-Stratton High School...

Mid-Plains Community College and the Great Plains Human Resource Management Association have announced they are accepting scholarship applications for the GPHRMA scholarship. This scholarship will award $500 and will be paid directly to the college to apply toward tuition, books or other directly related expenses...

The Davis/Chambers Scholarship recognizes academically promising students from diverse backgrounds who often find that the financial requirements of postsecondary education are a major obstacle. Applicants can be for students who will be a freshman in the fall of 2012 or returning students to Mid-Plains Community College...

CHADRON, Nebraska -- Thirty-four Nebraska high school students have been selected to enroll in the Rural Health Opportunities Program at Chadron State College beginning this fall. The selections for students seeking careers in nine health sciences were based on college entrance examination scores, academic success and leadership exhibited in high school and personal interviews...

GOODLAND, Kansas --Northwest Kansas Technical College is pleased to honor the fourteen candidates for the Northwest Tech Student of the Year. To be nominated for Student of the Year a student must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0, complete a program of study at Northwest Tech after Jan. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The annual Caring for Children Conference will be Saturday, on the McCook Community College campus from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Caring for Children Conference is for anyone who is interested in children. Many child care providers, preschool teachers, Head Start staff, and foster parents use the conference to obtain their required continuing education hours. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- In February, the three Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners unanimously passed a resolution to build a new 24-bed county jail and sheriff's office, and to build the facility next to the courthouse in the 500 block of Norris Avenue...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- On Wednesday, the McCook Daily Gazette will join hundreds of newspapers across the country in charging for access to online content. Current print subscribers will maintain access as part of their basic subscription, but online-only users will be asked to pay after surpassing a limited number of story views per month. In addition to launching online subscriptions, the McCook Daily Gazette will soon also unveil a mobile application for the iPhone and other mobile platforms...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council coordinated a public hearing, Monday evening, to discuss whether the majority of the downtown business district should be declared "blighted" and "substandard." The designations, as defined by Nebraska Statute 18-2103, will declare the area conducive to ill health, the transmission of disease and crime and detrimental to public health and welfare, and were described as being sought to increase eligibility for additional future grants for downtown infrastructure, specifically Tax Increment Financing.. ...

Emergency responders carry a victim up the hill at the Strunk Rest Area east of McCook, part of a two-day rope rescue training session conducted by Ralph Maul and Roby Tobiasson of the training division of the State Fire Marshal's office. Eighteen firefighters from the Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department took part, as well as two from Cozad...

Try as they might, journalists at all levels sometimes fail to get every fact right in every story. At this newspaper, we run corrections as soon as we discover they are needed, and correct online stories in a timely manner. Not all news outlets are as diligent about correcting their errors. Some stories, we've noticed, simply disappear when it becomes apparent they contain errors, lies or blatant bias...

Something is happening in McCook. Something very special. I'd like you to think about what I have to say and see if you agree. OK, here's my point. I believe over the years -- especially in the dozen years since the turn of the century -- McCook has become the live entertainment center for a wide area that includes Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas and even parts of Northeast Colorado...

This community received an unmatched honor last week. Tyler Neff, on the behalf of his DUSTOFF unit in Afghanistan, presented Grannie Annie an American Flag that he had flown Dec. 13, 2011, on an actual medical evacuation "MEDEVAC" mission Afghanistan. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A Culbertson, Nebraska, man that was ordered to serve 12 months probation in September 2011 after being convicted of drunk driving was sentenced to an additional 10 days in jail, Jan. 31, 2012, in Red Willow County Court. The jail sentence stemmed from probation violations against the offender, 44-year-old Robert D. ...

Flooding of historic proportions struck parts of Nebraska last year and while it's been dry so far this year and upstream runoff doesn't seem to be a problem, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association urge us to be prepared, just in case...

ALMA, Nebraska -- Funeral services for Norma J. Trenchard will be conducted from the First Baptist Church in Oxford, Nebraska, on Friday, March 23, 2012, at 10:30 a.m., with Pastor Paul Sowden officiating. Interment will be in the Oxford Cemetery. Norma J. ...

Carol M. Borgman Dec. 4, 1920 - March 20, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Carol M. Borgman of McCook passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Community Hospital. She was 91 years old. Carol was born on a farm southeast of McCook to Merle Edgar and Ruth (Daugherty) Masters on Dec. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- For 16-year-old Mikayla Packard of McCook, her integrity is too costly to compromise. After attending homecoming this year and being dismayed with the suggestive dancing and skimpy outfits, Mikayla recognized something about herself...