Stories from Monday, August 19, 2013

FOX LAKE, Illinois -- The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and our annual reunion in Columbus, Georgia from September 17 - 21, 2013, contact secretary-treasurer, Bob Haynes, at 2idahq@comcast.net, call 224-225-1202, or log on to www.2ida.org/Events_National.htm...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sen. Deb Fischer will be in McCook from 5 to 6 p.m. today for a constituent listening session. It will be in the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the McCook Community College campus, 402 East M in McCook.

Gladys Gloria Aldrich May 10, 1921 - Aug. 15, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Gladys Gloria Aldrich passed away Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at her home in Willow Ridge, McCook, Nebraska. She was 92 years old. Gladys was born May 10, 1921, at her parent's farm near Edison, Nebraska, to parents, Clyde and Lillian (Bishop) Fleharty. ...

Larry Gooder BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Larry Gooder, 67, longtime resident of Benkelman, died Saturday (Aug. 17, 2013), surrounded by his family at his home after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Irene Louise and his daughters and their families: Dr. ...

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...

Back by popular demand, the Blackwood Legacy Quartet, direct from Nashville, will be presenting a special concert event in McCook on Wednesday, 7 p.m., at Grace Baptist Church, 1010 E. Sixth in McCook. Admission is free and an offering will be received. ...

Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, captured this shot of the moon Thursday, Aug. 15, using these settings f/9, 1/60, iso160, 300mm. The moon rose at 4:56 p.m. and set at 2:44 a.m. Roxy writes that it is "interesting to see the craters and the dark and light of the moon."The McCook Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Art Guild is hosting a pine needle basket class this Saturday at the McCook Arts Center. Mary Ewing is instructing the class, scheduled from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., at the Norris Avenue gallery. For registration information contact Ewing at 345-4816 or Robin Marks at 340-8963...

Kalena Knight serves Ken Ely coffee and breakfast at the "new" Fuller's Family Restaurant at 110 Norris Ave. in downtown McCook, Nebraska, when it reopened at 6 a.m. today -- one month after a fire destroyed the West B location. "It feels longer than that for us," said a smiling manager Linda Thayer of the massive effort to resurrect the restaurant operation after the fire July 20 and 21. ...

One of the big events of the year occurred in McCook today with the opening of the public schools, and kids who aren't already back in school soon will be. Education is one of the biggest expenditures in state and local budgets -- it costs an average of about $10,000 a student to send each student to a public school nationwide, a little more than that in Nebraska, less in adjoining states with the exception of Wyoming, which spends $15,000 to $19,000 per student...

In July 2013 Leo Timmerman and Louis Dinklage were honored, posthumously by being inducted into the National Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. It is quite appropriate that these two "giants" of the Cattle Feeding Industry would enter the Hall of Fame at the same time...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Hayes County District Court Judge David Urbom ordered the release of John Maxwell Montin during a July 12 review hearing in Lincoln, Nebraska. Montin was involved in a 1992 standoff with law enforcement agencies in Hayes County...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A long-awaited electronic sign is being installed on the east side of Norris Avenue and B Street. McCook Area Chamber of Commerce Director Tacie Fawver said that as soon as the electrical hookups are complete, the sign will be used to keep people informed of community events and to recognize chamber partners. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Almost one year after the historic groundbreaking for McCook Community College's Events Center, college officials are inviting members of the public to a Time Capsule Ceremony to commemorate the event and thank the community. The ceremony is set for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Events Center. College officials have been compiling items to place in the time capsule, which will be opened in 2063...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Janssen Kool Honda and Lee and Pat Janssen will host the monthly Chamber of Commerce mixer Saturday with a barn dance. It will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. at Janssens' Mule Tuff Farm, Road 389, four miles east of McCook. The road will be marked...

Maureen Kay O'Neil Jan. 14, 1967 - Aug. 18, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Maureen Kay O'Neil blessed the world with her entrance on January 14, 1967. She was the tenth child of William Patrick and Catherine May (Boehm) O'Neil. She made it an even count of five boys and five girls. She was also the baby of the family and was loved immensely by her siblings. She passed away Aug. 18, 2013, at her home in Grand Island at the age of 46 years...