Stories from Tuesday, January 8, 2013

This new year brings to Washington a fresh start. Last week, we welcomed to the 113th Congress many new faces, including my colleague Senator Deb Fischer. I am proud to be joined by such a competent and capable leader who has aptly served Nebraska for years. I am confident Deb will bring the same passion to Capitol Hill, and I look forward to working with her to address the issues facing our state and country...

Fae Lucille Long June 1, 1926 - Jan. 6, 2013 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Fae Lucille Long, 86, of Arapahoe, formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska, died Sunday (Jan. 6, 2013), at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born June 1, 1926, to Carl and Mary (Mues) Mues on the family farm west of Arapahoe...

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...

By Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society MCCOOK, Nebraska -- During the monthly SWNGS meeting, we had a visitor appear, Ben Lashley, and he was trying to research a family member who just happened to be Senator George Norris's first wife, Pluma (Lashley) Norris...

The blues of winter are offset by the setting sun illuminating "Old Glory" Friday afternoon in McCook. Temperatures over the next few days will help the snow to melt before the next round of welcome precipitation, forecast for Saturday night.

Dean's list CURTIS, Nebraska -- Samantha Dawn Yonkers of McCook has been named to the dean's list at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. To qualify for the dean's list, a student must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 on the 4-point scale...

McCook, Nebraska -- St. Patrick School has released the names of those students receiving academic honors for the second quarter and first semester of the 2012-13 academic year. St. Patrick Scholars (Must have an "A" in six core subjects, no grade below 95 percent)...

CHADRON, Nebraska -- Chadron State College has announced the names of 623 students who qualified for the institution's fall 2012 academic honors lists. The president's list, which requires all A's, consists of 239 names. Another 384 students met requirements for the dean's list by earning at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify...

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA -- Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International will award a $300 scholarship to full-time women students who have completed a minimum of two semesters of college and have declared a major in education. Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional organization of key women educators. ...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- Did you know that for every Happy Meal you buy $0.01 gets donated automatically to your local Ronald McDonald House? This is just one of the messages that Regan Garey, Shaylee Schroeder and Kylee Heinzle are sharing with Medicine Valley Students. Their project is to help raise funds and pop tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House in Omaha, Nebraska...

Chuck Hagel wasn't the most popular choice for Secretary of Defense, from either the right or the left. First, he had to disavow some of his remarks in opposition to the nomination of gay-rights advocate James Hormel, heir to the Hormel Foods fortune, as an ambassador, to gain grudging approval from the left...

Hardly a day passes at the Ministry of Propaganda without yet another useful idiot spewing a tirade of fact-free anti-gun bull crap. A reasoned response to Washington's media apparatchik is wanting: Do guns cause crime? While the number of firearms in the U.S. ...

At age 80 he appeared fit as a fiddle and his handshake proved that he was solid as a rock. Al Dugard, Air Force Colonel Retired, the best leader that I ever had the privilege to serve and his lady, Rosemary, met Grannie Annie, our son, Don (Dusty), and me at the restaurant in Southern California exactly on time. It had been 33 years since we worked together and the memories flowed eloquently that evening...

Six-foot, one-inch "Uncle Justin" Randolph boosts 5-year-old Kapri Loop so she can adjust the scarf on the 8 1/2-foot-tall snowman in Grandpa Lynn Randolph's front yard in McCook, Nebraska. Kapri, her 3-year-old brother Keaton, their mom Tyler Sue, Justin and Grandpa crafted the snowman Sunday, after some sunshine finally warmed up what fell last week as very dry, powdery snow...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A 2011 Chevy Impala that was stolen from McCorkle Motors on Christmas Eve was found parked in the Oakview Apartments parking lot on East H Street, Monday afternoon. The auto dealership's owner, Terry McCorkle, said he received a call at noon on Monday from a McCook citizen that said the vehicle had been parked there for some time...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, surveyor Gary Dicenta will mark 11 section corners before construction starts on "Danbury West," on Nebraska Highway 89 from Danbury, Nebraska, west, in March. County commissioners Monday morning complied with a request from the Nebraska Department of Roads that Dicenta tie out 11 corners before the start of the 91⁄2-mile, 125-day federal-aid highway construction project...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Earl McNutt of McCook, Nebraska, this morning started his 13th year as chairman of Red Willow County's board of commissioners. During the board's first meeting of the new year and its annual reorganization Monday morning, the board also approved the reappointment of Steve Downer of rural Bartley as vice chairman...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Prior to the McCook City Council forwarding a claim for damages from the city's contracted trash hauler on to their insurance carrier, Monday evening, city staff explained that a $4,000 monthly rental expense of unused trash hauling trailers by the city was still deemed necessary. Public Works Director Kyle Potthoff explained that although the trailers were not being utilized they were a necessary "insurance policy" that city staff was not taking lightly...

McCook, nebraska -- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department invites area residents to attend radon presentations at numerous senior centers during Radon Action Month. SWNPHD is working with the U.S. Environmental Agency on a nationwide campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of radon exposure. SWNPHD urges area residents to take action by testing their homes for radon during January...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Linda Thieben of the McCook, Nebraska Area Chamber of Commerce told the manager of McCook's Walmart SuperCenter "thank you for always saying yes!" during the presentation of the chamber's "Honor Business" award Tuesday morning. Walmart manager Nate Jenkins accepted the first quarter "Honor Business" banner from the chamber and the McCook Cordials on behalf of the 250 managers and associates that he said "all play an integral part in supporting our store and our community."...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- The McCook High School boys and girls swimming and diving teams competed in a quadrangular meet Saturday, Jan. 5. The competition was held at Cushing Pool on the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus in Kearney. In the combined team scores (boys and girls meets), Lincoln Pius X was first with 1,176 points. Kearney had 1,139 total points, with the Bison third at 684 and North Platte fourth at 670...