Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2013

KBRL will carry live games throughout the season

Southern Valley, Arapahoe and Wauneta-Palisade all playing first-round games Thursday

Lady Indians now one win away from finals

65th anniversary The family of Martin and Lois Leibbrandt of Imperial, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary. They were married March 7, 1948, in Oberlin, Kansas. Cards of congratulations will reach them at P.O. Box 996, Imperial, NE 69033...

Patricia 'Patty' Ruth McBrien McIlmoyle May 18, 1932 - Febr. 28, 2013 VENICE, Florida -- Patricia "Patty" Ruth McBrien McIlmoyle, 80, passed away Thursday, February 28th, 2013, at Venice Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Patty was born May 18, 1932, in McCook, Nebraska, to Lawrence Ivan McBrien and Augusta Diana Hampton McBrien and graduated in 1950 from McCook High School...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County commissioners plan a public hearing on Monday, March 25, to decide whether to terminate or retain the county health department. The meeting begins at 7 p.m., in the Community Building on the county fairgrounds. The public is encouraged to attend...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook will proceed with recruiting tenants to rent commercial space, in what was previously the home to city administration offices and council chambers. The McCook City Council directed city staff to develop a letter of interest Monday evening, intended to assist with soliciting tenants at the Memorial Auditorium building on West Fifth Street...

Mayor Dennis Berry and City Clerk Lea Ann Doak hoist the ceremonial wooden scissors during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Municipal Center, Tuesday afternoon. Berry and Doak are surrounded by McCook Cordials, City of McCook department heads and city councilors. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will be able to meet with a representative of Congressman Smith's Grand Island office for a "mobile office" on Monday, March 25, from 10 to 11 a.m. CDT in McCook. A "mobile office" allows constituents to meet directly with one of Smith's staff members about federal issues and take advantage of the constituent services available through his office, such as assisting individuals with challenges they face while working with a federal agency, ordering flags flown over the U.S. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Community College has done its part in preserving a piece of history. The logo of McCook Community College on the gym floor at True Hall, the college's original gymnasium, has a place of honor in the lobby at the new, state-of-the-art, $10 million MCC Event Center. Darin Morgan, director of physical resources at MCC, said he and his staff spent about 45 days dismantling the gym floor piece by piece to preserve the logo...

We aren't whisked to work in flying cars like George Jetson, and we've long given up on strapping on our jetpacks, but some of us -- 4.3 percent do work from home via a computer, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That trend is no certain thing, with news this week that struggling companies Yahoo and Best Buy have forbidden it, requiring employees to physically show up at their workplaces, even if the work could have been accomplished at home...

The return of Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers from his four-year term-limit-driven exile has also meant a return of discussions about the death penalty. A couple of Chambers' bills deal with the way Nebraska courts decide whether to execute someone (LB542) as well as an outright repeal of the death penalty (LB543) and replacement with mandatory life in prison without parole...

BooBoo Kitty was crestfallen Sunday to see that his position as comforter had been usurped by LilBit, when I fell victim to a stomach flu. I seldom nap on the sofa in the living room -- bedrooms are made for sleeping, not sofas. But when I'm ailing, I'll grab a pillow and blanket, and tuck in. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Panelists at a gun violence discussion at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln agreed that a lack of access to mental health care and family dysfunction are the roots of American gun crime. "Point Blank: A Conversation About Gun Violence in America" featured seven experts in law enforcement, psychology, constitutional law and policy to address issues involved in gun violence Tuesday...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning authorized the issuance of $5.1 million in building bonds to pay for the construction of the county's new 24-bed jail and law enforcement center. Commission chairman Earl McNutt said he hopes construction will start in April. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook is coordinating a public meeting on Thursday, 7 p.m., at the Heritage Senior Center pertaining to a 2014 street improvement project on several McCook streets. Areas effected by the project include East Seventh Street, Country Club Drive, East Fifth Street and Seminole Drive...

TRENTON, Nebraska -- Reservations must be made by Monday, March 11 for the T-bone steak supper prior to the meeting of the Nebraska Great Western Cattle Trail Association meeting Wednesday, March 13. Supper starts at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m., both at the North Shore Marina west of Trenton, Nebraska, on Highway 34...

Button up your overcoat is sage advice when winter winds blow. Creators of this snowman saw to it that he was not only well-buttoned, but well-nourished as well. Clara Heumphreus of Cambridge was out and about the morning of Feb. 28, to capture this shot.The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its dean's list for the fall 2012 semester for the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry and the radiation science technology and clinical laboratory science programs at the School of Allied Health Professions...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Public Library added these new items in February 2013 ADULT FICTION Two graves -- Preston ADULT NON-FICTION Historic National Road Yard Sale Cook book Pillsbury Annual Recipes 2013 One Nebraska One Nation -- Nelson Proof of Heaven --Alexander...

McCook High School students Veronica Bair (left) and Cash Bortner (right) take Analytical Geometry & Calculus II at McCook Community College and recently invited MCC Instructor Michael Jonckheere to speak to their MHS Math club, of which Bair is president. ...

Wallace G. 'Wally' Gummere Jan. 20, 1949- March 4, 2013 STRATTON, Nebraska -- Wallace G. "Wally" Gummere, of Stratton, Nebraska went to be with our Lord and Savior on March 4, 2013. Wallace was born in McCook, Nebraska on Jan. 20, 1949, to Ralph and Iris (McNiece) Gummere. He graduated from Stratton High School in 1967 and from McCook Community College in 1969...

Nada Louise Boyer Nokes July 26, 1927 - March 5, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Nada Louise Boyer Nokes was born July 26, 1927, in Danbury, Nebraska to Ben and Retha Puelz Boyer. Nada spent her childhood years on the farm northwest of Danbury, and graduated from Danbury High School in 1944. 
 
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