Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Lloyd Edward Romine Sept. 11, 1926 - June 21, 2013 GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Lloyd Edward Romine, 86, of Grand Island, passed Friday, June 21, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home in Grand Island with the Reverend Jack Sample officiating. ...

Roy Nealiegh Cole Oct. 22, 1929 - June 25, 2013 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Roy Nealiegh Cole, age 83, of Trenton, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on Tuesday June 25, 2013. He was born south of Trenton on Oct. 22, 1929, to Jasper and Blanche (Nealiegh) Cole. He graduated Trenton School in 1947...

Lorri Sughroue/McCook Daily Gazette Two McCook girls eschew the typical lemonade stand and instead set up their table Monday to sell hand-made lotions, with proceeds going to the Wings of Hope Christian support group. Sage Graves, from left, 10-years-old and Carley Peters, 9, of McCook, are selling "Sugar Scrubs," an exfoliant made of olive oil, sugar, and vanilla extract and the lotions "Coco Butter Rose" and "Wintergreen Frost." The lotions are favorites with Sage's mother, Karey Graves, who said the Sugar Scrub helped when her hands become extremely dry due to chemotherapy. ...

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...

I must have received this email titled "Air Force Academy Commencement 2013" at least a dozen times. Usually I attempted to correct the record based on my own experience. The account off the iIternet invariably goes like this: Friday, May 31, 2013 Good friends of ours from here in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, just got back home from a visit to the Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs where they attended the commencement exercises of the graduating class of 2013...

What goes around, comes around. That bit of wisdom is more than a cliché, as more of us are discovering as the "me generation" of baby boomers transition into a needier stage of life. Getting involved and thinking about others is better than any pharmaceutical, and volunteering for the less fortunate can put one's problems into perspective better than many expensive hours of counseling...

McCook, Nebraska -- On Saturday, July 6, a team of cyclists participating in the 26th Journey of Hope, presented by KRG Capital, will arrive in McCook as part of a nine-week, 4,000-mile cycling event across the country to raise funds and awareness for people with disabilities...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A former McCook man has been charged with 30 felonies in connection with a laundry list of local burglaries, spanning as far back as September 2011 and as recent as April of this year. The accused, 38-year-old Tim D. McMains, is in custody on a $150,000 bond after the McCook Police Department sought public assistance in capturing him last month...

McCook, Nebraska--During the Community Hospital Board of Directors meeting on June 19, directors approved the fiscal year 2014 budget, received Phase 2B and Radiation Oncology building updates and were presented a variety of reports. The board approved the 2014 operating and capital budgets during the meeting. ...

McCook, Nebraska -- Be aware of extreme heat and take measures to prevent heat stress recommends Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department. Anyone can suffer from heat stress, including young and healthy individuals if they are very active during hot weather or the heat index is very high. Following are those typically at greatest risk:...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology students Shelby Allen, interdisciplinary sciences -- atmospheric sciences, geological engineering, and Stephen Smock, mechanical engineering, both of McCook, Nebraska, were named to the Dean's List for the 2013 spring semester...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has invited graduates who were scheduled to receive diplomas in UNL's May 4 baccalaureate degree ceremony to participate in its Aug. 17 commencement ceremony at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The May 4 ceremony was scheduled to be held outdoors in Memorial Stadium due to the unavailability of the Bob Devaney Sports Center and Pinnacle Bank Arena. ...

Lyndsay Rose McLaren, a 2009 McCook High School graduate, graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 18, with a major in psychology and minor in criminal justice. She is working as an intern with Turning Point in Fort Collins. She is the daughter of Mike and Bonnie Brown of McCook and Lyn McLaren of Denver. Grandparents are Eugene and Marilyn Anderson of McCook and Dorothy McLaren of Minnesota...

McCook, Nebraska, Walmart associates and family members run 16 miles of a 65-mile stretch of the "Cornhusker State Games" this morning. Pat Hagedorn, director of communications and development of the Nebraska Sports Council, which hosts the state games, lit the torch for Sherry Henning, who passed it off for the first stretch to her 11-year-old daughter, Skyla. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook High School has released the fourth quarter merit and honor rolls. Merit Roll Seniors: Riley Allen, Sean Backer, Veronica Bair, Allison Been, Javier Beltran, Danial Best, Cashous Bortner, Drew Bredvick, Austin Cherry, Hollie Eiler, Marisa Esch, Joshua Escher, Karie Funk, Rachel Goltl, Megan Gray, Gavin Harsh, Nicole Helm, Khyla Krepcik, Sara Larington, Mikayla Packard, Dawn Pinkal, Mariah Poore, Lucas Post, Jacob Riemann, Megan Ruppert, Kaylee Samway, Morgan Schilling, Jakob Schlager, Brettani Schmidt, Kelsey Siebrandt and Brooklynn Trew.. ...

OMAHA, Nebraska -- First National Bank of Omaha and Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg have announced the third annual "NEST on the Farm" scholarship contest for children of Nebraska farm families. Three winners will each receive a $3,500 contribution and three runners-up will each receive a $1,000 contribution to a NEST Direct College Savings Plan account to be presented on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island...

McCook, Nebraska, Walmart associates and their family members pose for a photograph before running a 16-mile stretch of the 2013 Nebraska State Games Torch Run Tuesday, June 25. Runners were, front row from left, Jordan May and Jessica Porter. Back row, Alisha Lucero, Bonnie Dominguez, Michael Long, Mandy Latta, Lisa Suda, Caleb Suda, Jessica Meyer, Skyla Henning, Martha Roe and Sherry Henning...

Lattice work on a McCook porch provides a safe haven for a feathered friend. 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. Include the photographer's name and where and when the photo was taken and the camera settings used to get the shot (optional)...