Stories from Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Mary Louise (Winn) Purvis Aug. 2, 1920 - Aug. 22,2013 LAGRANGE,Georgia -- Mary Louise (Winn) Purvis, formerly of Bartley, Nebraska, died in LaGrange, Georgia, Aug. 22, 2013. She was born Aug. 2, 1920, to George and Nellie Winn in Richmond, Virginia. She married Clinton "Pete" Purvis in Bartley in 1944...

Jerry W. Bennett March 19, 1934 - Aug. 26, 2013 COZAD, Nebraska -- Jerry Bennett, age 79, of Cozad, formerly of Lexington, passed away Aug. 26, 2013, at his home in Cozad. Jerry was born March 19, 1934, to Harold and Hazelle (Broomfield) Bennett in Red Willow County, Nebraska. ...

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...

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...

A yellow leaf catches on the "front porch" of a decorative birdhouse in a yard in McCook, Nebraska. The leaf's fall is premature -- autumn doesn't start until Sept. 22. Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Gazette

One of the top wrestlers in McCook High School history is trying to make his mark on the top collegiate programs in the nation. Nate Morgan, a 2010 McCook High School graduate, is entering his fourth year as a member of the Penn State University mat team. ...

GOTHENBURG, Nebraska -- Kyle Fornoff, has joined McMeen Physical Therapy, P.C. as a physical therapist in the Gothenburg location. Fornoff graduated from Hayes Center High School in 2006. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and studied athletic training. He then was accepted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he obtained his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2013 and a bachelor's of medical science...

Kayla (Sanders) Pritchard, the daughter of Mike and Marla Sanders of McCook, and granddaughter of Verda Wegener, also of McCook, the late Milton Wegener and the late Mary Walker, received her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Sociology with a Doctoral Specialization in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Aug. 16. She will be teaching sociology as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Andrew Baumgartner, an fourth-year medical student at UNMC and formerly of McCook, Nebraska, has been awarded a scholarship to the Netherlands in Philosophy. According to the University of Nebraska Medical Center News, Baumgartner is one of more than 1,700 U.S. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Community College kicked off the start of fall classes Monday with a summer bash orientation. "Our mission is to help these students feel welcome and familiarize them with as many people and services as we can," said Jon Froelich, member of the MCC orientation committee...

The searing temperatures seem to have no ill-effect on this canna in Jamie Garner's flower garden outside of Culbertson, Nebraska. She took the photo with her phone and wrote, "The hot windy weather did not deter the canna from showing its beautiful colors." The McCook Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- It's a juggling act of plusses and minuses ... of increases and reductions. It's a complex game of strategy that challenges Red Willow County commissioners every summer, to write a new budget that pays for services to citizens without hurting their checkbooks too terribly...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Composite ACT scores of McCook Senior High students scored higher than state and national averages. The ACT is a national college admissions test that scores students in English, reading, science and math. The highest score possible is 36...

It's just too doggone hot -- the high Monday in McCook was 103. And the forecast is for more triple-digit temps. Rufus P.'s water is inside his boat, making for a cool spot in the backyard. Rufus the chocolate Lab belongs to Nolan Brown of McCook.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook students recently returned from a seven-day science trip to Baja, Mexico. Katie Elder, Haley Hudson, Whitney Loos, Amanda Slattery and Syd Wier and seven Cambridge students along with their sponsors, Cathy Jones and Karen Gottsch, spent a week on the island of La Partida approximately 26 miles east of La Paz...

Thanks to air conditioning, McCook students aren't getting time off from school that they did in years past when temperatures reached the triple digits. We wrote about keeping people safe in the current heat wave, but with kids back in school and Mom and Dad at work, it's important that other members of the family -- our pets -- are safe until their people return...

I recently chatted with a young fellow working at a nearby airport. He shared a perplexing problem. Seems that he and girlfriend in the modern vogue live together. He was excited to announce that she is now pregnant. My comment, old fogey that I am in such matters, suggested that marriage be in order. ...