Stories from Monday, July 15, 2013

John A. Jones Sept. 17, 1930 - July 12, 2013 GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- John A. Jones, 82, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Friday, July 12, 2013, at his home, with his family by his side. Services will be Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. ...

Erwin William 'Bill' Johnson Jan. 31, 1930 -- July 7, 2013 DESTIN, Florida -- Bill Johnson died July 7, 2013, after a long battle with kidney disease. Born on Jan. 31, 1930, in Denver, Colorado, he was the son of Erwin A. and Celia (Ricley) Johnson. He married Agnes Jacquetta Barratt on March 25, 1949, in McCook. To this union their son, William R. Johnson and daughter, Debra Kay Johnson, were born...

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...

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- University of Nebraska at Kearney today announced the names of students who have earned a place on the Deans' List for the 2013 spring semester. To earn a place on the Deans' List, UNK students must complete at least 12 credit hours, with a 3.5 or better overall grade point average. ...

At an old-fashioned ice cream social July 11, residents of the McCook, Nebraska neighborhood on and around North Cherokee wished Michele Gill, the outgoing interim vice president of McCook Community College, best of luck with a new job in Norfolk. Vera Hanson, who helped plan the social, said Michele "is our long-time neighbor and friend. ...

FORT MORGAN, Colorado -- Demand for fast, reliable wireless data continues to grow. Sixty one percent of U.S. wireless phone customers now have a smartphone phone, using an average of 4.8 GB of data per month. With this growth it is important that the consumer become educated about their wireless data usage and aware of the costs associated...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Hair Inn, or "The Little Yellow House," in McCook is under new ownership. After long-time owner Ken Allen moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, Lauren Unger, a stylist at the Hair Inn, has purchased the distinctive yellow house at 416 W. First...

The view southeast of Wilsonville looking down onto the Beaver Creek Valley exposes the colors of June. Taken June 28, by Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, summer shows off its brown summer fallow, golden wheat and green corn. Roxy used these settings: f/9, 1/250, iso160,135mm.The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

The H Street paving project is making good progress, judging by this view from Airport Road, where new pavement will end. Old pavement has been removed from the McCook Clinic east, paving the way for the pouring of new concrete.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Recent scientific studies have determined that the human brain does not reach full maturity until at least the mid-20s. Brain systems responsible for logical reasoning mature around age 16, but those involved in self-regulation are still developing well into young adulthood...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Auditions for the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre production of "Steel Magnolias" will be 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 21, and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, at the home of director Janet Hepp, 1506 Parkway Drive in McCook. The play by Robert Harling, which has a cast of six women, takes place in a beauty salon where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Eight members of the McCook Community College Phi Beta Lambda chapter recently brought home six national trophies from the national PBL leadership conference in Anaheim, Calif. The team of Veronica Waddell and Ashley Noltensmeier won second place in Desktop Publishing, while fellow members Kasha Messersmith and Carlos Dominquez earned seventh place...

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)...

Irving Janis, a research psychologist at Yale University, popularized the concept of "groupthink" in the early 1970s, writing a book that contrasted the faulty decision-making that led to the Bay of Pigs invasion with the decisions that saved the world from nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis...

From H.P. Waite's Collection of Early McCook Trumpet Stories McCook Trumpet Dec. 12, 1884: To the Editor: The following communication should have appeared earlier, but was refused publication by the editor of the McCook Tribune, who gave as his reason for not so doing that the article was not of interest to the public. Beg Pardon, Mr. Editor, but we have always supposed that the public were interested in knowing how, and for what the public funds are expended T.B. Stutzman, M.D...