Stories from Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Courtesy photo Jill Geisler, left, Chapter X, PEO, presents Becca Sehnert, a 2014 graduate of McCook Senior High School, a check to help her with college expenses. Chapter X sponsored Becca in the PEO Star Scholarship application. Courtesy photo

CURTIS, Nebraska -- Students from seven states were among graduates May 8, 2014, from the University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. Degrees and certificates were presented by University of Nebraska Vice President and IANR Harlan Vice Chancellor Ronnie Green and NCTA Dean Ron Rosati...

Larry Ashley LOVELAND, Colo. -- Larry Ashley, 68, of Loveland, formerly of rural Selden, Kansas, died Monday (June 23, 2014.). Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

The City of McCook plans to spray for mosquitos Wednesday, June 24, beginning at sundown.

While two Red Willow County commissioners approved blading and graveling roads in a rural McCook subdivision, a third commissioner envisions requests from other subdivisions for the same treatment.

McCook Community College is holding auditions Sunday for a special 9/11-themed performance of the highly acclaimed play "The Guys" to be performed Sept. 11 at the Fox Theater in McCook.

Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Ricketts, second from left, discusses his priority items if elected during a meet and greet at the Bieroc Cafe this morning. Ricketts said he was excited about the opportunities facing Nebraska and stated "ag [industry] is how we are going to grow it." Ricketts announced Monday he had been selected to receive the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation PAC's "Friend of Agriculture" endorsement. ...

Marjorie Ruth Jeanne Petefish Oct. 27, 1918 - June 20, 2014 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Marjorie Ruth Jeanne Petefish, Lincoln, formerly of Cambridge, died June 20, 1914 at Tabitha Hospice. She was born Oct. 27, 1918, to John E. and Gertrude (Lyman) Jenkins in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. ...

"Karol there is a something that I've been longing to ask. How in the world do you get used to weightlessness? Personally I don't much care for the feeling of weightlessly floating from my seat when I push the nose over in the small general aviation aircraft that I now fly. ...

Say what you will about the social media, but nothing in history has allowed so many people to share their ideas with so many people so effortlessly. A post by our astronomy columnist, Vernon Whetstone, caught our eye on Facebook this week. A former professional photographer, he recalled a seminar where the presenter offered some sage advice:...