Stories from Monday, January 20, 2014

Marvin Maris IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Marvin Maris, 83, died Friday (Jan. 17, 2014), at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. Survivors include his wife, Mary Maris of Imperial; children, Janeen Hlavka and husband, Rod of Gregory, South Dakota and Roger Maris and wife, Elizabeth of Wauneta, Nebraska; sister, Ilo Mosiman and husband, Wayne of Valley Center, Kansas; brother, Leyland Maris and wife, Sharon of Wauneta; brother-in-law, John Pursley of Stratton, Nebraska; sisters-in-law, Evelyn Rowley of Imperial, Marsleen Wilkinson of North Platte, Nebraska and Lila Schwarts of Ogallala, Nebraska, five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.. ...

Jerome Andrew Warner Oct.22, 1933 - Jan.16, 2014 DENVER, Colorado -- Jerome Andrew Warner, 80, of Denver, Colorado, died Thursday (Jan. 16, 2014). He was born Oct. 22, 1933, in Holbrook, Nebraska, to Robert and Rose Warner. He spent his childhood and early family life in Holbrook and McCook, Nebraska. He married Phyllis Ann Stewart of Arapahoe, Nebraska. He and his wife moved to Denver in the 1970s...

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...

MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- Students named to the regular honor roll, with all grades 85 percent to 92 percent, include: Tate Hartley, Austin Wolfe, Paige Wood,7th grade; Von Fritsche,Grace Koubek, Ethan Plummer, Hope Stone, Paul White, Connor Williams, 8th grade; Bryar Gerlach, Gage Seiler, Chase Lenz-Schurr, 9th grade; Darbe Dodson, Austin Phillips, Jon Snider, 11th grade; Jacob Dibbern, Breanna Phillps, 12th grade...

TRENTON, Nebraska -- While teaching in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cliff Bach happened upon a hobby that has not only given him many hours of enjoyment, but has also brought sweet tastes, bright smiles and lifetime lessons to his students, friends and neighbors in Nebraska and Alaska...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- At its first meeting of the year, the Middle Republican NRD voted to set a hearing on a proposal to restrict ground water pumping to 15" for any year that is declared a compact call year. This will not affect the 5 year allocation and irrigation may resume with normal restrictions during regular allocation years. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Memorial Auditorium may receive its first tenant since being made available for commercial and public use in May 2013. The McCook City Council will consider approval of a lease with the Southwest Nebraska Theater Association during their regularly scheduled meeting Monday evening...

Gene O. Morris McCook Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- The exact spot has not been marked, but Marcia Kuiper of the Historic Route 6 Tourist Association revealed Sunday that the halfway point on America's longest transcontinental highway is somewhere in Nebraska...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A plea agreement has been reached with another of the five men arrested in connection with a slew of local burglaries dating back several years, bringing the total number awaiting sentencing to three, with one already sentenced to probation and one scheduled for jury trial in April...

Vapor trails -- or "airplane tails," as the kids call 'em -- could hang in the air over McCook, Nebraska, mid-morning Saturday. But they won't stand a chance today, as forecasters predict high winds -- again, like a couple of days last week -- up to 40 miles an hour...

Martin Luther King Day is given only passing acknowledgement in racially homogeneous Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, but it shouldn't be that way. The late civil rights leader risked his life in an effort to achieve changes that people of all ethnic backgrounds take for granted today...

Who says you can't go home again? I just had a wonderful visit to my old home town -- Plainview, NE -- via the silver screen, in the new movie, "Nebraska." I had heard that parts of the movie were filmed in Plainview (Hawthorne in the movie), but I was really surprised, and delighted to find that so many of the scenes took place on the main street (Locust Street) of Plainview. It was a vicarious stroll through the streets where I grew up -- in Plain View...

Brian Paul Walz April 7, 1982 - Jan. 19, 2014 DANBURY, Nebraska -- Brian Paul Walz, age 31, passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at his home near Danbury. He was born on April 7, 1982, in Hastings and came to live with the Bernard and Paula (Meader) Walz family in Indianola. His older sister Brenda greeted him with much jubilation. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Catherine's Catholic Church...