Stories from Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Roxie Ann Pomeroy July 21, 1942 - Oct. 15, 2012 OBERLIN, Kansas - Roxie Ann Pomeroy, 70, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2012,) at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center. She was born July 21, 1942, in McCook, Nebraska, to Louis and Donna (Boggs) Pachner. She was raised in Oberlin and attended Oberlin Elementary School and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1960...

Yvonne 'Vonnie' Underwood April 17, 1931 - Oct. 16, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Yvonne "Vonnie" Underwood, age 81, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Vonnie was born on April 17, 1931, in Atwood, Kansas, to parents RE and Nadia Orell (Koskie) Purvis. She was one of three children. Vonnie graduated from high school in Bird City, Kansas with the class of 1949. She then went on to attend Fort Hays State University in Fort Hays, Kansas...

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...

80th birthday The family of Donna Ruppert is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Oct. 18. Her family includes Duane and Jane Ruppert of Ogallala, Nebraska; David and Darla Ruppert of McCook; and one grandson. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 700 West 14th, McCook, NE 69001...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Southwest Nebraska Genealogical Society will host "Leaves of Your Tree" workshop, Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers include Linda Booth Hein, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, who will talk about how to use the Nebraska State Historical Society website and resources available; Thomas Corey, local SWNGS member, who will speak on links for Native American ancestry searches and Sherrie Dack, local SWNGS member, who will speak on how to use the SW Nebraska Genealogy Society website and other available resources.. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A new visiting nephrologist, Ronald Asher, M.D. from North Platte, will begin seeing patients at Community Hospital this month. He will see patients at Community Hospital's Medical Specialists Center on the first Wednesday of the month...

The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce, along with the McCook Cordials, welcome Nick Nothnagel and Nick's Distribution, 801 East B Street, during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.

Registration is brisk Saturday morning for the 2012 Memory Walk at the upper shelter house in Kelley Park. While the adults filled out registration form, three young girls, from left, Brooke Evans, a fourth grader, Abigail Johnson, a second grader, and Chayse Johnson, a first grader, make a new friend. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The annual "Share the Heat" fundraiser is Sunday, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at the Community Building on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. Everyone is invited to enjoy soups and desserts for a free will donation that will be used to help area folks with heating bills this winter. The Rep Valley Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, the sponsoring agency, will supplement the funds raised...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The voter registration deadline for the November General Election is rapidly approaching, the last day to register is Friday Oct. 26, 2012, at 6 p.m. in the office of the County Clerk. The Nov. 6, 2012, General Election will have voters determining whether a former McCook City Councilman returns to replace one of two incumbents, however the most hotly contested local race may be the Middle Republican Natural Resources District Board of Governors, at least according to McCook Mayor Dennis Berry.. ...

LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- Roofing is hard work, not for the weak or faint of heart. But for seven Jamaicans here on temporary visas, it's the only way to go. In fact, according to Robert Downey, foreman for 18 years at Weathercraft Roofing, it's hard to find better employees than the Jamaicans he has working now...

HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- The Hayes County community plans a medical expenses fund raiser Sunday, Oct. 28, for 28-year-old Justin Hamilton of rural Palisade, Nebraska, as he battles a congenital skin condition and seeks treatment. Proceeds from a sloppy joe supper and an auction will help Hamilton as he checks out treatment options for a condition called CEP, or congenital erythropoietic porphyria, at the UTMB Porphyria Center in Galveston, Texas. ...

Bill Stewart (aka "Santa Bill"), and his wife, Bettye, have spent the better part of the past year in and out of the hospital and nursing homes following serious injury and illnesses. The community is eager to do what can be done to lighten the load. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Boy Scout Troop 147 will be delivering the McCook Community Housing Needs and Wants Survey to McCook residents on Monday evening Oct. 22. Surveys can be returned to Keystone Business Center (Lobby), 402 Norris Ave., City Hall, 302 West 5th Street and Coldwell Banker Kircher and Associates, 512 East B Street by Nov. 9...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Red Willow County Sheriff's Department is seeking information pertaining to the burglary of a Bartley area storage unit building last weekend. According to the burglary report on file with the Sheriff's Department, during the late evening hours of Saturday, Oct. 13, or early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 14, a person or persons broke into and entered the storage unit building...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Village of Haigler in Dundy County was awarded $350,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding that will be used to address water quality source issues, according to an announcement Monday from the office of Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy...

McCOOK, Nebraska--The Red Willow and Furnas County Sheriff's departments and local Game and Parks Commission conservation officers are reminding the public that dry beds of streams are private property, including the Republican River in Barnett Park...

Friends and neighbors cut Rick Cook's milo in three fields northwest of Culbertson, Nebraska, Thursday. Cook, battling leukemia, "needed some help," said Dan Steinke, and six combines, tractors, grain carts, semis and operators showed up. "The elevator had trouble keeping up," Steinke said. " ... all that milo. Three semis waiting, and one unloading." It was a "good turnout" of help, he said, " ... like we expected."...

One side of the voter registration debate doesn't see any problem asking voters for identification to prove their eligibility. The other sees it as a manipulative move to discourage voting by certain constituencies, based on a largely nonexistant problem of voter fraud...

On behalf of "Flo-Jo" the German shepherd that officers were "forced" to shoot, I want to share the truth about what actually happened to the innocent dog. I witnessed the entire ordeal and found the experience to be traumatic and distasteful. As a proud dog owner, watching the tragic event was heartbreaking and I hope no one has to experience what my colleague, her young daughter, and I did...

The view from my desk has improved dramatically. No, they still don't let me sit near a window. I'm too easily enthralled by nature's daily dance -- whether sun-drenched, rain-swept, or covered in a thick layer of God's pristine white -- that I would never get each day's myriad tasks completed in time for the press run if they did...

The McCook High School football team is building quite an arsenal of weapons this fall. The Bison have been able to strike from all angles, scoring multiple touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams. All three phases of the McCook attack were in high gear Friday, Oct. 12, as the Bison blanked Holdrege, 40-0, in front of a partisan home crowd at Weiland Field...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- The McCook High School girls varsity volleyball team came out on the short end of two matches Saturday, Oct. 13, in a trip to the Nebraska panhandle. The Bison lost twice at the Scottsbluff triangular meet. McCook dropped a 25-20, 25-19 decision to Scottsbluff, followed by a 25-19, 25-15 loss to Ogallala...

A stellar high school golf career ended Oct. 9 with a gold medal for a McCook High School senior. Kaylee Samway capped a brilliant prep career when she won the individual title at the Class B State Championships at Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln. Samway topped the field in the two-day, 36-hole event to help pace the Bison girls to a runner-up finish in the final Class B state meet team standings...