Stories from Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Delores Rae Buckley June 10, 1930 - Jan. 28, 2014 MCCOOK, Nebraska -- Delores Rae Buckley age 83, of McCook, died at the Highland Park Retirement Community in McCook on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. She was born in Bayard, Nebraska, on June 10, 1930, to Eugene and Goldie (Clary) Pinske. Delores attended school in Bayard and graduated from Bayard High School in 1948. She attended nursing school in Alliance for one year...

Larry Kramer April 6, 1942 - Jan. 25, 2014 ROSSVILLE, Kansas -- Larry Ronald Kramer, born April 6, 1942, in Austin, Minnesota, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at Rossville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville, Kansas. He was 71. Kramer had been diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and his health had been declining the past eight years...

We've all heard the arguments about legalizing marijuana and made them ourselves. It will lead to the use of harder drugs, it isn't worth the social consequences. It's not as bad as alcohol -- a view shared by President Obama, who definitely inhaled it during his youth, but tells his daughters now that it's a "waste of time."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- It may be too late. There may be no hope. But before the wrecking ball swings, pulverizing the brick walls of the historic St. Catherine's of Siena Hospital, let's take a long, penetrating look at every possibility for saving the large, aged structure in northwestern McCook...

With new moon tomorrow, this will be a great opportunity to follow the moon throughout an entire monthly cycle. We can start after sunset now, but by the end of the 28-day cycle we will need to be looking in the morning. This new moon is the second one for the month of January. Usually we hear about two full moons in one month with the second one being called a "Blue Moon." However, up until recently I had not heard a name for a second new moon...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- District 11 chief probation officer Lonnie Folchert told Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning he's pleased with courtroom space that will be provided for a new juvenile probation officer expected to be on the job in March...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County commissioners, at their weekly meeting Monday morning, gave the county's zoning administrator her first raise since 2002. Darcy Eckhardt of McCook told commissioners she has been paid $15 an hour for the past 12 years and from that hourly wage, she has also paid expenses such as travel, mileage and cell phone...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- As of Tuesday, Hillcrest Nursing Home is at total capacity with 100 residents and between 10 to 12 on a waiting list. The county-owned nursing home seems to have turned a corner from the precarious financial situation it found itself in in July 2012, when it received a $1 million loan from Red Willow County to cover expenses...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- As of Tuesday, Hillcrest Nursing Home is at total capacity with 100 residents and between 10 to 12 on a waiting list. The county-owned nursing home seems to have turned a corner from the precarious financial situation it found itself in in July 2012, when it received a $1 million loan from Red Willow County to cover expenses...

Alexis Martin, a student at the McCook, Nebraska, Beauty Academy, models fellow student and stylist Keatra Fisher's "sugar skull" make-up creation in a fun-for-all theatrical make-up contest at the beauty school Tuesday morning. Students had to research a make-up character, plan its execution and develop a supplies list. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Rev. Dr. Brad Brauer likes being in the middle. Beginning in January, Brauer, an ELCA Lutheran pastor, has been dividing his time as a temporary interim pastor between Our Savior's Lutheran Church and St. Alban's Episcopal Church, both in McCook. He'll stay for at least six months or maybe a year, as both congregations seek a full-time permanent pastor...