Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Joan 'Jody' Purczinsky April 26, 1930 - Sept. 6, 2015 McGREGOR, Texas -- Joan "Jody" Golding Purczinsky, 85, formerly of McCook, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco, with interment to follow at Lorena Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 6-8p.m...

Lorin Kay Mackey Nov. 7, 1936 - Aug. 23, 2015 KEENSBURG, Colo. -- Lorin Kay Mackey, born Nov. 7, 1936, in McCook, Nebraska, to Woodson and Elma (Stapp) Mackey passed peacefully on Aug. 23, 2015 at home in Keenesburg, Colorado. He retired in 1998 from the city and county of Denver, where he last worked as a heavy equipment operator at Denver International Airport...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Ongoing negotiations with police and firefighters didn't prevent the McCook City Council from passing an annual budget Tuesday night. While details remain to be settled on union contracts that expire at the end of the month, numbers were firm enough that the 2015-16 budget could be passed on third and final reading...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Promoter Sam Jaeger plans his 2015 clean-up demolition derby during McCook's Heritage Days weekend, Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., in front of the grandstand on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in the 1500 block of West Fifth. Admission will be $10 for adults and $5 for those 12 and under...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Local organizations and individuals have just a few more weeks to apply for a grant from the McCook Community Foundation Fund during the semi-annual grant process. The deadline for the fall grants are due by 5 p.m. on Oct. 1. A few groups which received grants last spring include the McCook Public Library for new furniture, allowing greater use of the lower level meeting room; the TeamMates mentoring program for scholarship endowment; and Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity, as the organization prepares for new construction. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Let's set the record straight: The McCook Community Foundation Fund blatantly "borrowed" the idea for a "Penny Jar Coin Harvest" from the Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund. But both communities have benefitted greatly from the idea, pushing each other to levels neither imagined in the beginning...

We have entered the ninth month of the year and I find myself wondering, what happened to the other eight; anymore they seem to fly by so quickly. Be that as it may, September will be a very exciting month astronomically speaking. There is a lot going on, all the way from watching a very slender crescent moon dancing with some planets in the morning, to the autumnal equinox, the return of the Zodiacal Light, the closest moon of the year, and a total lunar eclipse, and an opportunity to get out and just look at the moon.. ...

Look at the person to your right. Unless he or she has diabetes or high blood sugar, guess what -- you need to be concerned. The Journal of the American Medical Association has published online a study showing that half of the adults living in the United States have diabetes or pre-diabetes, a condition where a person has high blood sugar and is at risk of developing diabetes...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Yes, there is need in McCook for housing, but not always for the high-end, $200,000 range, said a long-time real estate broker in McCook. One of the needs right now for Melanie Goodenberger of Golden Plains Realty is what she calls the "bread and butter" of the industry, homes for middle-income families that sell in the McCook area for between $80,000 to $100,000...

McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- A new massage therapist at a McCook salon will be a win-win, said the owner. "We wanted to recruit a local girl, that was a high priority for us, said Cindy Hughes, owner of The Haircut Co. and Day Spa, of Bonnie Dominguez, certified licensed massage therapist. "We need to continue to empower young girls, mentor them, so they can be what they want to be."...

Garry Lee Tuller Jan. 3, 1946 - Sept. 6, 2015 HILL CITY, Kan. -- Garry Lee Tuller, 69, passed away Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. He was born Jan. 3, 1946, at Oberlin, Kansas, to Dane and Roxie (Heller) Tuller. He grew up in McCook, Nebraska, graduatng from McCook schools in 1964...

Services are pending with Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.