Stories from Monday, January 13, 2014

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...

By Gene O. Morris McCook Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- Ulkar Turabova, who grew up in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan, fell in love with America six years ago after moving to Texas to attend college. In the years since then, Ulkar's life has changed dramatically. She fell in love and married John Lanier, then came to McCook with him when he accepted employment in this area...

OBERLIN, Kansas -- Oberlin Arts and Humanities Commission will be presenting Eli Barsi-Canada's Cowgirl Sweetheart Dinner Theater on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. This is a season ticket event or $32.50 or $15 for children under 12 years of age. Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. with the show to begin at 7:30 p.m. The dinner is a Surf and Turf meal (Rib eye steaks and shrimp). Complimentary wine or sparkling beverages will be available before the meal...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- In light of recent weather, the Nebraska Public Service Commission is reminding customers about its cold weather rule, which applies to the state's three investor-owned natural gas utilities -- SourceGas, Black Hills, and NorthWestern. From Nov. 1 through March 31, these natural gas utilities must give customers an additional 30 days to pay their bills prior to disconnection for non-payment...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- For the past six semesters, enrollment numbers at McCook Community College have been near record levels and this semester officials expect that trend to continue as the spring semester begins today. During the 2012-13 fiscal year, MPCC recorded its second highest enrollment in history and numbers for the Spring 2014 semester are at or near those levels according to Kelly Rippen, Area Dean of Enrollment Management. ...

McCook, Nebraska woke up to a blaze-red sky Sunday morning, a forewarning of clouds and wind. The first line of the centuries-old saying, "Red sun in the morning, sailors take warning," indicates the possibility of approaching storms and wind throughout the day. The second line, "Red sun at night, sailors delight," means the storms are moving away. Not many working sailors around here -- maybe the line in Southwest Nebraska can be changed to "farmers," or "roughnecks."...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- The South Platte United Chambers of Commerce invites all rural Nebraskans interested in attracting graduates of rural high schools back to their communities to dinner and a presentation Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Town Talk Restaurant in Cambridge, Nebraska...

Gov. Dave Heineman is probably right when he says that many Nebraskans don't understand the state's "good time" laws. "They believe that when a judge sentences someone to 20 years that means the person would serve 20 years, not 10 years, which is the reality under current law," he said in a joint release with Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning. "It's time to change the 'good time' to 'earned time' law."...

During World War II there were shortages of just about everything. There was rationing of sugar, gasoline, fats (butter, lard, etc.), which we usually think of, but there were shortages beyond that. Automobiles and farm machinery that were in use when the war began were made to last until the war was done. ...

Vera M. Gates Aug. 22, 1922 - Jan. 12, 2014 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Vera M. Gates, 91, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 2014) at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born on Aug. 22, 1922, in Frontier County, Nebraska to Henry and Anna (Yorges) Puls...

Frank Earl Gerih March 21, 1929 - Jan. 11, 2014 WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Frank Earl Gerih, age 84, of Wauneta passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. Frank was born March 21, 1929, in Eckley, Colorado, to parents Mike and Barbara (Sohnlein) Gerih. He was one of eight children...