Stories from Friday, March 30, 2012

50th anniversary The family of Larry and Barbara (Sheldon) Lauer is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married April 1, 1962, at the Peace Lutheran Church in McCook. Their family includes children Kevin Lauer and Brett Lauer, both of McCook, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 902 Missouri Ave., McCook, NE 69001...

40th anniversary The family of William "Dude" and Alice Tines of Venango, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 40th wedding anniversary. They were married April 3, 1972, at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola, Nebraska. ...

Aaliyah Bliss McKinlay Jonathan and Sarah McKinlay of Benkelman,Nebraska, announce the birth of their daughter, Aaliyah Bliss McKinlay, who was born March 5, 2012, at McCook Community Hospital.  She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. ...

WELLINGTON, Kansas --Shala May Parrish and Paul Daniel Reitz were united in marriage on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at the Church of the Nazarene in Wellington, Kansas, with the Rev. Don Cross officiating. Parents of the couple are Eugene and Tammy Parrish and Richard and Diane Reitz, all of Wellington. Grandparents of the bride are Virgle and Fern Stamper of Wellington, Dorothy Shimek of Jennings, Kansas and great-grandmother Florine Vernon of Oberlin, Kansas...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- In observance of National Public Health Week April 2-8, 2012, The Red Willow County Health Department, in partnership with Youth Change Reaction, invites the public to attend a showing of the film From Place to Place, a powerful feature-length documentary about America's foster care system...

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

Revelation is a fascinating book and it is so timely for these troubling days. What a wonderful promise is given to those who delve into it. "Blessed is the one who reads, hears and heeds this book." (Revelation 1:3) Here and in Joshua 1:8 are the only two places in theBible where such a promise is found...

Dear Friend, INTRO There are so many, many reasons, signs given in Bible Prophecy, why we can expect the Rapture at any moment. Like Israel, America has turned her back on the Lord and like Israel we will soon reap a terrible harvest of God's judgment. Christian's may soon become the persecuted, as in other nations. Hopefully, the Rapture will take place BEFORE that takes place. The following article is taken from the Midnight Call magazine, Dr. Ron Bigalke, author...

COLBY, Kansas -- Popular Christian Contemporary music bands the Sidewalk Prophets and Josh Wilson are coming to perform in concert at the Colby Community Building this April 15. The concert, hosted by KGCR, has many in the area excited to not only see a concert of this caliber but also to hear the encouraging and challenging message the music will bring...

While reflecting on the coming Holy Week, I remembered one of my favorite stories. It is a mythical tale written by author, professor, Harley-Davidson rider, and pastor, Robert R. Kopp. As Pastor Robert tells it, a young man named Walter went to work for the largest corporation in the world. The personnel director told Walter he must start at the bottom and work his way up, for that is the way one succeeds...

That bad news is more and more children are being diagnosed with autism. The good news is, more and more children are being diagnosed with autism, at a younger age, when treatment is most effective. The newest estimates from an autism monitoring network shows that one in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 23 percent increase since the last report in 2009 and a 78 percent increase since the first report two years earlier.. ...

A lot of students come into my office to talk about a lot of different things but by far the most popular topic is relationships that have gone bad. And the commonality in those conversations is striking because they all want the same questions answered...

LINCOLN -- This year's legislative session has been so quiet that if it weren't for the little bit of racket over tens of millions of wasted child welfare dollars, and how to stem the flow, you'd hardly know the gang of 49 had been around. But they have been working their will -- moreover, the will of others -- in ways big and small...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A proponent of finding an alternate site for a new Red Willow County jail will make one more pitch to county commissioners Monday, but the official agenda already shows signs that he will be turned down. Dale Dueland is on the agenda at 10:15 a.m., to "review and reaffirm citizens' recommendation to explore alternative jail site."...

BRUCE BAKER City Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council will consider implementing new citizen comment guidelines, Monday evening, 7:30 p.m., during its semi-monthly meeting at Memorial Auditorium. The guidelines limit citizen input to three minutes per topic and require anyone making comments to come to the podium and identify themselves...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sometimes, it's the smallest choices that have the largest impact, something Crista Hudson of McCook knows all about, Sitting in a wheelchair on stage at the McCook High School auditorium, the pretty and vibrant 22-year-old featured speaker didn't mince words at the "Think and Drive Stay Alive" program Thursday...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook was informed that the Nebraska Forestry Service has chosen McCook as one of the 100 communities they will be conducting a full tree inventory of this year. Public Works Director Kyle Potthoff told members of the Tree Advisory Board, Monday afternoon, that it had been approximately 10 years since the last inventory was conducted by the forestry service, which he believed was about average. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook is continuing the Tree Rebate Program for trees purchased between April 1 and June 15, 2012. Rebate requests need to be received by June 22, according to a press release issued earlier this week. The program, designed by the McCook Tree Advisory Board, is intended to encourage property owners to plant trees and does have certain requirements that must be followed...

"It is for this reason that I have come to this hour." And 2,000 years later, men continue to contemplate "this hour" and find in that contemplation the hope that was born in that hour and the hope that continues to live in the resurrected Christ. A game of "burn-out" catch, in a church gymnasium, almost ended in tragedy because a youngster, becoming the man the Rev. Eddie McElhannon would one day be, flipped out the lights, thrusting three young men into utter darkness...