Stories from Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Erick Erickson Editor of Red State Morning Briefing and radio talk show host, recently said it best, "There is more to life than politics!" Grannie Annie at our house agrees so when she gets filled to the gag response level, she mans the clicker and switches TV to the food channel...

Erma LuEmma Hall Feb. 21, 1919 - July 16, 2013 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Erma LuEmma Hall, 94, of Beaver City, died Tuesday (July 16, 2013), at the Beaver City Manor, in Beaver City. She was born on Feb. 21, 1919, to Osa (Mulford) Robeson, several months after her father, Andrew Earl Robeson had died of influenza in the fall of 1918. She was born southeast of Holbrook, Nebraska, on a farmstead...

Larry Earl Jones July 4, 1940 - July 16, 2013 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Larry Earl Jones, age 73, of Cambridge, died at the Cambridge Manor on July 16, 2013. He was born in Cambridge on July 4, 1940, to Marion and Helen (Johnson) Jones. Larry went to school in Cambridge graduating in 1958 from Cambridge High School. Larry was an outstanding athlete and was the Butch Luther Award winner in 1958...

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...

After a long afternoon of swimming, Jackson Dellevoet, from left, 7-years-old, Payton Dellevoet, 9 and Collin Werkmeister, also 9, straggle to "Mr. Bill's" candy truck for a treat. The boys ending up buying snowcones and pop tarts, before heading back to the pool. Bill Donze has been selling 25 cent snow cones for the past 30 years, along with "Dead Cows," (beef jerky), gum, licorice and other kid-approved snacks...

Peggy Everitt, RN Staff Nurse RED WILLOW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT McCOOK, Nebraska -- The 4th of July, swimming, summer camp and vacations bring many happy and busy times to you and your children each summer. Hot weather with a scorching sun go hand in hand. Sunburn and skin damage then follow. According to Dr. Andrea Cambio, MD Board-Certified Pediatric Dermatologist, "It only takes one severe sunburn to potentially double your child's chances of getting melanoma later in life."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Community Hospital invites the public to an open house of the completed Phase 2B of the facility master plan on Friday from 2-4 p.m. The project consisted of the remodeled space vacated after the surgery department was moved to the new surgery wing. The public will be touring Radiology, employee lounge/locker rooms, the Sleep Center, Laboratory, Chapel, areas of the Emergency Department, Respiratory Care, and the new Infusion Center, where chemotherapy is provided...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- What do a leisure suit, bargain prices, beautiful works of art, entertaining performances, and a rainbow of colors have in common? They will all be sights you are likely to see in McCook businesses at the annual Crazy Days event sponsored by the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Area Chamber of Commerce members who plan on dressing up on Thursday for the Disco Discount Days costume contest should contact the Gazette so a judge can be sure to visit your store. Please call Kenneth by 9 a.m. On Thursday at 345-4500 to be entered into the contest...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Turning 100 years old is no big deal to Florence Phillips of McCook. In fact, "It's hard to put my mind around what 100 years old means," she admitted. "I don't feel that old. Gee whiz, if it wasn't for my knees, I'd be dancing."...

Judge Randy Butterfield of Ericson, Nebraska, foreground, deems "Babe" a purple-ribbon-quality mare. Tom Percival of Oxford showed 5-year-old Babe Tuesday morning in her first-ever horse show, at the 2013 Furnas County Fair 4-H horse show in Beaver City. ...

OMAHA -- The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donors of all types, especially O negative, A negative and B negative, as fewer donations than expected were given in the first half of the summer. Upcoming blood donation opportunities are set for noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Curtis Community Building, 201 Garlick Ave. in Curtis, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 108 W. F in McCook...

It won't be just another shopping trip. Sure, there will be plenty of bargains -- some prices will even match those charged 40 years ago -- but there will be lots of entertainment as well. Stop in at a participating business, and you may see a demonstration of wood carving, stained glass, photography or print making...

Have you noticed that sunlight is creeping back into your south-facing windows? Now that we have passed the summer solstice, the sun is moving southward and more and more sunlight is spilling into your south-facing windows and onto the floor. It means you can move your sun-loving plants back there in preparation for winter...

Sporting a straw fedora, this cow is ready for the heat to return to McCook, Nebraska. Temperatures are predicted to climb into the high 90s later this week. However, he (or she) seemed quite comfortable in Lewis and LaVeda McFarland's backyard when this picture was taken. ...