Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2013

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Saying the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation doesn't have a workable plan for meeting Kansas' demands under the Republican River Compact, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources has ordered the release of all water stored in Nebraska reservoirs along the river since Jan. 1, 2013...

High Plains Museum board member Dorothy Henton straightens "the kitchen" of the dollhouse that Bonnie Monzon of McCook, Nebraska, has donated to the museum. Bonnie, a well-known crafter and wheat weaver, made much of the furniture herself. As Beatrix McKillip of Lincoln, front left, discovered Friday, "The dollhouse has a dollhouse!" Five-year-old Beatrix and her sister, 7-year-old Lillias, were visiting their grandparents, Carey and Don Harrison of Stratton, for the Easter Weekend and stopped at the museum in McCook. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Quite possibly the newest headstone in McCook, Nebraska's Memorial Park Cemetery sits over one of the cemetery's oldest graves. It took 118 years, and a small, but heart-felt, fund-raising project for the grave of a formerly "unknown female" to be appropriately identified and marked...

There's been an ongoing debate since the Wright Brothers over what actually makes an airplane fly. The traditional textbook view is that Bernoulli's principle causes lift because the air that is forced to move faster over the curved top of the wing has less pressure than the slower air passing under the flat bottom of the wing...

There is a dangerous possibility that the U.S. will no longer have its famous penny with Abe Lincoln on it. "Waiting for Change" on p.p. 37-40 in the Feb. 4, 2013 Time Magazine points this out. The penny was important to the monetary system of Great Britain. During the time of King Edward I, it was stamped with a cross. It was broken into four parts to make change...

Most people don't know that I have quite a temper. I do my level best to stay on an even keel, with family, with co-workers, with store clerks and even with telephone solicitors. My dad, you see, had a terrible temper. And we never knew what would set him off. ...

Like many of his Sandhills neighbors, freshman State Senator Al Davis of Hyannis watched last summer as wildfires consumed acres of some of Nebraska's most scenic countryside, areas of rugged forested land which are home to once secluded cabins. Likewise, similar fires consumed hundreds of thousands of acres from the Panhandle to Northeast Nebraska and a lot of places in between. ...

Red Willow County courthouse maintenance supervisor Greg Holthus backs down one of four flights of stairs at the courthouse in McCook, Nebraska, as he and High Plains Museum board members Harvey Hinz, front left, John Hubert, back left and Duane Tappe (partially hidden) transfer an attorney's table from the courthouse to the museum. ...

Eli Lester Tirrill McCOOK, Nebraska -- Eli Lester Tirrill, infant son of Dusty and Bobbi (Wieseler) Tirrill, died Saturday (March 30, 2013), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He is survived by his parents, Dusty and Bobbi Tirrill of McCook, paternal grandparents, Tom (Kelly) Tirrill of McCook; maternal grandparents, Richard (Joella) Wieseler of Ireton, Iowa; uncles, Matt Tirrill of McCook and Steven Wieseler of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as well as his Aunt Becky (John) Medeck and cousins, Ian, Lauren and Addison, all of Papillion, Nebraska.. ...

Loraine McCartney BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Loraine McCartney, 92, longtime resident of Benkelman, died March 28, 2013 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Survivors include children, Robert McCartney and wife, Bonnie of St. Thomas, North Dakota, Nancy Frances of North Potomac, Maryland and five grandchildren...

Ray M. League Nov. 11. 1925 - March 20, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- Ray M. League, 87, died suddenly on March 20, 2013. He was born Nov. 11, 1925, on a farm near Haigler, Nebraska, to Ray E. League and Anna Sophia Hawkinson League. Ray was one of 13 brothers and sisters...

Ronald Lee Brown April 1, 1936- April 1, 2013 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- Ron Brown, currently of Springfield, Colorado, formerly of Culbertson, Nebraska, and Salix, Iowa died on April 1, 2013, in Colorado Springs. Ron was born April 1, 1936, in St. ...

Beautiful marshmallow clouds glide over McCook March 18, but as Mary Pate of McCook observes, "It may be cold and windy, but there is beauty outside if you take the time to look up! She used these settings: 1/250; 38mm; F/10.0; ISO 100. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

Lorri Sughroue/McCook Daily Gazette Three fourth graders at McCook Central Elementary were essay winners in the "What Were Sen. George Norris' Greatest Accomplisments" essay contest. The contest was sponsored by the George W. Norris Foundation. Winners were, first row, from left, Kira Keslin, second place, student of Dr. ...

LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska --Travi Rambali likes to push the limits -- of herself. The self-avowed exercise devotee bikes about 400 miles per month in the summer and runs two to four times a week. She also likes to do weight training, plays volleyball and tries fits in at least one exercise class a week at the YMCA...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- The Tri Valley Health System Mammography Department at Cambridge Memorial Hospital recently underwent their annual FDA inspection. The FDA inspector thoroughly inspects the quality control records and ensures that the facility is in compliance with all FDA and MQSA (Mammography Quality Standards Act) regulations. Once again, the mammography department received no deficiencies...

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...

The McCook Community College men's baseball team played well last weekend but dropped three of four league games against Otero (Colo.) Junior College. The Indians played even better Monday, April 1, and the result was a double-header sweep over the Concordia University junior varsity...

The McCook High School girls tennis team has been dominant early in the 2013 season. The Bison girls cruised to a pair of easy victories again Tuesday, April 2, in competition at the Bison Courts. The McCook varsity lost just one match all day, with an 8-1 victory over Holdrege and a 9-0 win over Adams Central...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The McCook High School boys golf team carded good scores in a dual meet at North Platte Tuesday, April 2. Unfortunately for the Bison, the host Bulldogs were a little bit better. North Platte had a low team score of 155 strokes to top the Bison by 10 strokes in the nine-hole competition at the Maloney Lakeside Golf Course...