Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Charles Cline Dec. 3, 1938 - March 15, 2013 CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Charles Cline, 74, of Culbertson, Nebraska, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Center in Ravenna. Private graveside services will be at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska. Rasmusssen Funeral Home in Ravenna is in charge of arrangements...

McCook Daily Gazette Karlie Sines, from left, Megan Siebrandt, Emily Karr and Rachel Gordine rehearse a song from "South Pacific," that will be presented this weekend by the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association. Perfomances are Friday and Saturday night, 7 p.m. ...

They say you are what you eat, and that's true to one extent or another. Unfortunately, for 87 people every day in the United States, what they are is dead as a result of poison they have eaten or otherwise ingested. We don't want to be alarmist and most of us are generally safe for most of the time, but it pays to be careful concerning ourselves and our children, when it comes to the potential for being poisoned. That's the point of National Poison Prevention Week, March 17-23...

It was great privilege to attend a dress rehearsal for the upcoming musical, "South Pacific." I would like to express both my thanks to be invited and my delight over the musical. It was performed with great expertise and the talent displayed in the direction of the play, the music, the sets, and the dancing were done with excellence...

Four freedoms Dear Editor, Memories of my old elementary school in Denver in the 1940s keep popping into my mind. Dora Moore School consisted of two buildings located at Ninth and Corona Streets. The oldest of the two buildings was built in 1883 and had Victorian style architecture...

Twenty-some bright, eager rambunctious but well-behaved fourth graders arriving to explore, touch, feel and learn about airplanes. It has become an annual ritual. Mary Dueland, English teacher extraordinaire at Central, brings her class to my hangar to experience real airplanes...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A local welding company is enjoying a growth spurt thanks to some innovative thinking and a niche market that has become popular with several groups. The production of steel benches, donated to civic entities and funded by advertising dollars, started out as an activity to fill slow time between commercial welding jobs for JLB Welding, but has quickly evolved into much more...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Public Service Commission applauded action by the Federal Communications Commission after receiving word the FCC's Enforcement Bureau had taken steps to improve telephone service in rural parts of the country, including Nebraska...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- While they wait for clarification of one bid package and the rebidding of another package, Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners also wait for a guaranteed maximum price -- GMP -- on the county's new $5.1 million 24-bed jail and law enforcement center...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council received annual auditors report of the city's financial statements, assets and financial activity, which indicated exceptional cost control measures by city staff and offered comparisons to other Nebraska cities of similar size...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- When the Prairie Statesmen's Barbershop Chorus takes the stage Friday and Saturday nights in McCook and Colby, the singers will be under the direction of a lady who has spent her life studying, teaching and performing vocal and instrumental music...

Dan Stevens of Stevens Hearing Center received a Lifetime Membership Award from the Nebraska Hearing Society at a continuing education seminar in Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Stevens is past president and has been a member of the NHS since August 1980. ...

Misty (Warburton) Montano, a 1996 graduate of McCook High School, has received the "Rising Star Award," from the Gannett Board of Governors. She was nominated by her peers for her work and dedication in digital and social media. She is the digital content manager for 9News in Denver, and is the daughter of Galen and Dorothea Warburton of McCook...

Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, shares this photo taken March 4, south of Wilsonville, writing "I don't know if this fits anywhere, but thought it had a nice feeling." The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dylan Lepper, a seventh grader at St. Patrick School, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2013 Nebraska Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek. This is the 25th anniversary of the Bee...

CHADRON, Nebraska -- "Awesome, exciting," are reactions from surrounding states' high school guidance professionals to Chadron State College's new, lower tuition rate for out-of-state students. Beginning with the fall 2013 semester, all incoming and returning out-of-state undergraduate CSC students will pay only $1 more per credit hour than their fellow students who are Nebraska residents...

LAWRENCE, Kansas -- Dr. Jordan Bass, a 2004 McCook High School graduate, has accepted a faculty position in the Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences department at the University of Kansas. In May, he will be awarded a Ph.D in sports management from Florida State University. ...

Merlin Eugene Hoyt Aug.4, 1931 - Oct. 10, 2012 SAN JOSE, California -- Merlin Eugene Hoyt, 81, died Oct. 10, 2012 in San Jose, California. He was born Aug. 4, 1931, to Dean W. and Emma (George) Hoyt in McCook, Nebraska. He had two older sisters, Nadine and Betty. After the death of his mother in 1943, Merlin's father later married Sylvia Bailey. She had two children, Bruce and Dorsey, who also joined the family...

Every calendar in Mike Shoff's South Dakota State University dorm room probably has Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 highlighted. In Big Red ink. Shoff is the former Cambridge High School star who has achieved a lifelong dream to play college football. While the Cambridge gentle giant didn't get the chance to fulfill his dream of gridiron glory playing for his home state Nebraska Cornhuskers, Mike will likely make a big name for himself at the Division II football program in Brookings, S.D...

OBERLIN, Kansas — Anything you say or text can be used against you in a court of law. Text messages that indicate escalating anger appear to contradict recollections of and testimony regarding an evening in October 2011 when an Oberlin, Kansas, man was killed as he and his girlfriend slept off a night of drinking in a rural Decatur County home...

Stephen Ronny Bede Williams May 12, 1937 - March 18, 2013 ATWOOD, Kansas -- S. Ron B. Williams departed this life suddenly on March 18, 2013, at his home in Atwood, Kansas. He was the oldest of six children born to Bede and E. Marie (Bratt) Williams. ...