Stories from Wednesday, June 26, 2013

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sara Larington, of McCook, was recently awarded a $500 scholarship from the Community Hospital Auxiliary. This is the first scholarship the auxiliary has awarded which they plan to continue to award as long as their fundraising efforts allow...

MANHATTAN, Kansas -- More than 3,350 Kansas State University students have earned semester honors for their academic performance in the spring 2013 semester. Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 credit hours receive semester honors along with commendations from their deans. The honors also are recorded on their permanent academic records...

Courtesy photo Hillcrest honored the following employees for their years of service during the Educational Day presentation on June 20. Front row: Morgan Hackenkamp, C.N.A. 2 years; Friday Reiners, AP, 1 year; Pam Harsh, Foundation, 1 year; Mindy Propp, C.N.A. ...

GARDEN CITY, Kansas -- Garden City Community College has released honor rolls for the recent spring semester of 2013, including the President's Honor Roll, for degree-seeking students earning perfect grade point averages of 4.0 on a four-point scale; the Dean's Honor Roll, including students earning GPAs of 3.2 to 3.999; and the Honorable Mention List, for students earning GPAs ranging from 3.0 to 3.199...

Courtesy photo Community Hospital auxiliary members were recognized for their volunteer hours recently at a volunteer luncheon. Those receiving pins for their volunteer hours were Jan Mahon 100 hours, Geneva Eckhardt 1900 hours, Jean Hardy 1200 hours, Julia Sloggett 100 hours and Joanne Brand 1200 hours...

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...

"There's no reason to reinvent the wheel," or so goes the old saying. When it comes to voting, however, we do it every two years -- more often, in the case of special elections. The "wheel" is the system we use to collect information from voters -- the candidates and issues they favor and oppose -- and its function is safely collecting that information and getting it to election officials...

Several Colorado counties say they want to form a new state called North (or Northern) Colorado. Officials in the eight counties say they strongly oppose increased regulations in the oil and gas industry as well as some agricultural laws recently passed...

Well, here it is. Summer has begun and we are almost halfway through our year. Have you noticed how the sky has changed from our observations in January? Well, for one thing we have a whole new set of constellations to look at, and for another the weather is sure a lot warmer...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Hillcrest Nursing Home appears to be in better financial shape than a year ago. To help with cash flow problems, in July 2012, Red Willow County Commissioners authorized a $1 million bank loan to Hillcrest, from McCook National Bank for five years at an interest rate of 3.55 percent. The nursing home will make annual payments to pay back the loan. The nursing home is owned by the county but is operated on its own revenue...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Jeff Green of CBM Managed Services of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, told Red Willow County, Nebraska commissioners Monday morning that CBM cooks for one jail that houses up to 400 inmates, and can prepare meals for inmates in the county's new 30-bed jail when it's completed next year...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners split gravel bids for 2013-14 between the two suppliers who submitted bids by Monday morning's deadline, and accepted the bid of the only company to bid on the county's 2013 armor coating projects...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Planning Commission will coordinate a public hearing Thursday to review the North Pointe Properties subdivision north of R Street. Commissioners are scheduled to review the developer's request for a preliminary replat of Clary Subdivision, as well as their redevelopment plan...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The public is invited to join the McCook Community College Wellness Walker program. For a yearly student fee of $49, you can walk your way to wellness at the MCC Event Center track and receive wellness tips along the way. Walkers will receive a lanyard to wear while walking to identify them as an MCC Wellness Walker, allowing them access to walk during Event Center public hours (excluding holidays, public events, college events, and college closings)...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Four young horsewomen will compete for the titles of 2013 Miss Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen and Junior Rodeo Queen during a competition Saturday, June 29, in McCook. Miss Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen 2012 Matisyn Humphrey of Grant and Junior Queen Joeli Walrath of Ashton will welcome contestants, preparing to pass on their crowns to the new rodeo royalty at the county fair rodeo in July...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook, Nebraska, businessman wants to start an auto wrecking/salvage yard business northeast of McCook, if he can get approval from the Red Willow County commissioners and from the State of Nebraska. Terry Sides, owner also of TJ's Family Fun Center in McCook, told commissioners during a public hearing Monday morning that there is a need for used car parts and for some place for derelict cars to go. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Details released Tuesday by the McCook Police Department indicate that the former McCook man facing 30 felonies, 38-year-old Tim D. McMains, turned himself in voluntarily to the Frontier County Sheriff's Department on May 17, 2013...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County commissioners agreed to contribute money in 2013-14 to two organizations that help families going through stressful times. BRIDGE OF HOPE The county will donate $2,000 to the Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center in North Platte. ...

Gary Grose June 23, 1940 - June 17, 2013. BERTHOUD, Colorado -- Gary Grose, 72, died June 17, 2013. He was born June 23, 1940, in Norton, Kansas, to Wayne and Eileene (Taylor) Grose. He graduated from high school in 1959 from Oberlin, Kansas. On June 24, 1962, he married Deanna Laaker...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Economic Development Corporation will hold the next homebuyer education workshop Friday July 12, 2013. Attendance is required both evening to fulfill the 8 hour class requirement. Classes will be held at Keystone Business Center at 402 Norris Avenue, 3rd floor training room. Class starts at 9 a.m. and will finish up at 5 p.m...

As hot, dry conditions persist in Southwest Nebraska, birds flock to Roxy Lang's Wilsonville, Nebraska, yard to take advantage of the lawn sprinkler for a welcome shower. Roxy writes, "The birds were really enjoying the sprinkler. We have not had any rain around here so the sprinkler really attracted several different type of birds. ...