Stories from Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Cleo Denker WAUNETA, Neb. -- Cleo Denker, 84, longtime resident of Wauneta, died Saturday (May 21, 2016), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Survivors include children, Kerry Denker of Wauneta, Debbie Sandman and husband, Bill of Utica, Neb., and Shelly Yoder and husband, Randy of Wauneta; sisters-in-law, DeLores Taylor of Wauneta, Diann Widger and husband, Dean of Fort Morgan, Colo., and Vera Fosbinder of North Platte, Neb.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Bryson Sechrist of Apache, Okla., won $2500 in calf roping and Ceri McCaffery of Wayne, Okla., took home $2300 in breakaway roping during the 11th annual Wayne Boyer Memorial Saturday and Sunday in the Kiplinger Arena in McCook. The Boyer Memorial is coordinated each year by McCook cowboy Garrett Nokes to memorialize his late uncle Wayne Boyer (Sept. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Chile native Patty Keene of McCook promises no homework, no tests and no stress in her annual summer classes in conversational Spanish for beginners. Keene plans classes on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m., June 7, 14, 21 and 28, and July 5, 12, 19 and 26, in the historic Carnegie Library at the High Plains Museum at 413 Norris Ave. in downtown McCook. The cost is $50 per month, per person; fees must be paid in advance...

Doug Ryan of Henderson, Colo., floors his '63 Nova off the line during the drag races Saturday at the 34th annual three-day Atwood Early Rod Run. The little Chevy beat the Mustang all the way down the quarter-mile strip. No rain, no hail, cool and cloudy, but overall, the Atwood Ambassadors were pleased with the weekend for the yearly car show that attracts hundreds of cars and thousands of spectators year after year...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Fox Theatre is announcing auditions for a play to be presented this summer with performance dates to be announced. The show will be a humorous murder mystery with audience participation. The show calls for a cast of 8 female and 3 male roles and will be directed by MCC Theater Instructor Clay Grizzle...

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, at 2 p.m., Carl Heath Post No. 95 of the American Legion will dedicate the post's new memorial monument to U.S. veterans erected in the Curtis City Park. Speakers at the dedication will be Beth Linn, Department vice commander; Richard Colson, area vice commander; JoAnn Ward, part department Auxiliary president; and Liz Lielsen, Nebraska Army National Guard. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Four disabled vehicles and several volunteers posing as accident victims littered West D Street Monday evening as part of a training exercise highlighting the dangers of texting and driving. The event provided area emergency responders with a unique training opportunity encompassing several aspects of accident response, including patient treatment, vehicle extrication and air-transfer protocol, among others. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Country rockers Tim Zach & Whiskey Bent are performing in Cambridge in support of its album "That's How We Roll." The five-man band from central Nebraska will play at 8 p.m. Friday for the Tri Valley Medical Foundation fundraiser, Rockin' on the Medicine, at Patterson Arena, near the golf course...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Public Pool opens for the summer season Friday with free swimming from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The pool will be open 1-5 p.m. through June 5 and begin regular hours of operations on June 6. Regular hours include 1-7 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 1-6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; and 1-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday...

The city of Lincoln is planning on putting its sanitary sewer system to work hauling residents around town. Actually, methane gas from sewers is at work in Lincoln, running generators to produce 40 to 60 percent of a digester plant's electric power...

Grannie Annie and I had the pleasure of dining with one of McCook's treasures last week. The lady was Linda Aldrich, Col. USAF Retired. Linda's dad Ray worked as an engineer at the Bureau of Reclamation. Her mother, Gladys, a stay-at-home mom, raised Linda and her sister as they were educated in the McCook Schools. Good people...

HASTINGS, Neb. -- About 250 new and returning students have received scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year at Central Community College-Hastings. They include: Bernard and Oriel Kinley Scholarship: CAMBRIDGE: Brianna Huxoll. CCC Employee Donations Scholarship:ARAPAHOE: Garrett Monie;...

CHADRON, Neb. -- The following area students were among the 293 students named to the Chadron State College president's list for the spring 2016 semester. The Chadron State College president's list, which requires a 4.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, consists of 258 students. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook American Legion Post 203 plans 2016 Memorial Day services, 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Veteran's Memorial Monument near the north section of Memorial park Cemetery in McCook. MAYWOOD, Neb. -- Maywood's annual Memorial Day service will be Sunday at 11 a.m., at the Maywood Cemetery...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Masonic Lodge No. 135 AF & AM of McCook, Neb., presented college scholarships during the lodge's annual scholarship banquet the evening of May 23. Scholarship recipients for 2016 are graduates of McCook, Maywood, Alma, Medicine Valley, Hitchcock County, Southern Valley and Arapahoe high schools...