Stories from Monday, April 27, 2015

Dana D. Hlavinka Nov. 18, 1970 - April 19, 2015 SIDNEY, NEB. -- Dana D. Hlavinka, age 44, of Sidney passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 30, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. ...

You can count on it, when people are concerned about their fellow man, it's only a matter of time when some unscrupulous person will find a way to take advantage of that kindness. In the case of Saturday's earthquake, which killed more than 4,000 and counting in Nepal, India and Tibet, it didn't take long. The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce reported that residents were receiving calls purporting to be from the chamber, collecting money to aid earthquake victims...

McCOOK, Neb. -- City officials provided an update to the local property tax landscape and indicated a decreasing trend in the statewide average should lessen concerns surrounding a potential revenue loss for McCook. Mayor Mike Gonzales said city staff learned last week the statewide average for municipalities, pertaining to property tax levy, had decreased...

Tyrel Rieker of Lexington, Nebraska, and Rachael Calvo of Bassett were among the 300-or-so high school students who competed in two Southwest Nebraska High School rodeos Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Kiplinger Arena in McCook. Tyrel's bareback horse came out on top of the horse-rider contest; Rachael tied her goat in 9.63 seconds. Rodeo results will become available later this week...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A 1979 McCook High School graduate has won a daytime Emmy as a producer. John Murphy (formerly Emmett Jones) won the award April 24 for the CBS series, "Henry Ford's Innovation Nation." The show won for "Outstanding Special Class Series."...

HAIGLER, Neb. -- DUNDY ROO! the "First Spring Festival Extraordinaire," is set for 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2 in Haigler, offering the "best darn art and craft, wine and brew." Artists and photographers throughout our tri-state area will be displaying and selling their works of oil painting, watercolors, drawings, sketches, sculpture, stained glass, and photography. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting members and guests to celebrate US Cellular's Grand Opening of Kris' Connections at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at 224 Norris Ave. Come and meet the staff, welcome them and congratulate them on their new business opening!...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Among $157,190 in grants recently awarded by Humanities Nebraska was $3,550 to this year's "Anything But Common" Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival, Jun 12-13 in McCook. Humanities Nebraska awards mini grants (up to $2000) six times a year, major grants twice a year, and media grants (for film, web and other similar projects) twice a year. ...

Today, when it seems we have days to honor all sorts of individuals, and events in our nation's history, it seems appropriate that here in Nebraska we should take a moment to remember a fellow who was born in this month, just 100 years ago. Although he did not invent the game of football, or even introduce it to the University of Nebraska, a case can be made for him as the man who ushered in this second great era of Cornhusker football...