Stories from Monday, October 14, 2013

Betty J. Harmon June 16, 1919 - Oct. 11, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Betty J. Harmon, 94, died Friday (Oct. 11, 2013), at Hillcrest Nusing Home in McCook. Services are tentatively set for Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. Carpenter Breland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments...

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...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man sentenced to jail time for the brutal assault of his girlfriend in 2012, which left the woman with a broken nose, badly swollen face and struggling to remember the attack, could be back on the street in less than 90 days. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- October is a busy month, with sporting events, fall lawn/garden work, Halloween preparations, and more. So many things make claims on our time, and the kitchen stove sits and mocks us! "What's for dinner?" the family asks and who has time to think about it? Prairie Land Food, that's who. They've packed a box full of nutritious and versatile food that can be prepared lots of ways quickly...

Future cheerleaders show some team spirit at halftime of the Friday night Bison football game, demonstrating skills they learned through the week at the McCook High School Mini Cheer Camp. McCook High School cheerleaders were instructors for the week-long workshop...

Monica Harvey, a chaplain from Stapleton, Nebraska, hands a heart-shaped lapel pin to Don Lafferty of McCook as they visited the Vietnam War traveling memorial wall in McCook in May. Harvey will make a presentation called "Welcome Home, Veterans," at a meeting of the Culbertson Women's Club on Thursday, Nov. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Recent rains and even snow storms in the western part of the state are helping to recharge soil moisture, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln state climatologist says. Last week's two-day precipitation event gave many areas of the state a month's worth of precipitation. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has awarded $2.325 million as part of the 2013 Nebraska Affordable Housing Program to nine communities to pursue owner-occupied rehab housing projects. They included the Village of Stratton, which will receive $186,000 to rehab six homes for Stratton homeowners earning at or below 80 percent of the AMFI, and the Village of Wauneta, $186,000 to rehab six homes for Wauneta homeowners earning at or below 80 percent of the AMFI...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The motion made at the McCook School Board June 11 hearing concerning a teacher who allegedly allowed underage drinking at her home, was to retain the teacher along with a reprimand and corrective plan of action. There was a split vote, with three voting for the motion and three against. There was not a motion to terminate the teacher, as previously stated...

The government is shut down, and the U.S. is on the verge of defaulting on its debt obligations, but what difference would that make? One needs look no farther than your credit card statement to find out. Miss a payment or two, and you may find yourself paying a higher rate of interest, and required make a larger minimum payment...

There were two Native Indian dances of which the settlers on the Great Plains, including Southwestern Nebraska, were familiar. One was the Sun Dance, as practiced by the Sioux. Gradually, it was accepted as a religious ceremony of the Indians by the settlers. While they were appalled by the stories of torture endured by the dancers, they were not especially fearful of that the Sun Dance would lead to trouble for the white man...

I found the brief article, "Mere Dogma," in Tuesday's edition of the Gazette most interesting as an example of the modern liberal attitude toward the authority of the magisterium, which has a long history of fighting heresy and has laid down principles of morality that will lead its church members down that "narrow path" that Christ, himself indicated would lead to heaven. ...

Lecia LaVonne Potthoff Oct. 26, 1939 - Oct. 11, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Lecia LaVonne Potthoff age 73,was born on Oct. 26, 1939, and passed away on Oct. 11, 2013, at Hillcrest Nursing Home after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Omaha and came to McCook at the age of seven to live with her parents, John A. (Jack) and Gladys (Hein) Kidd...