Stories from Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Flat roofs should be criminal, so says an astute friend of ours. Here we have it though with McCook's Hillcrest Nursing Home built forty some years ago. State-of-the art then, a covering of beaver board, then a nice layer of tar to waterproof it and then a layer of coarse gravel on top to counter pounding droplets of rain or hail. ...

MCCOOK, Neb. -- Calling it a "bare bones" budget, the McCook School board unanimously approved the 2016-17 budget with a $1.043245 property tax levy, up by nine-tenths of a cent from last years' tax levy of $1.034109. The total property tax request this year is $7.352 million, an increase of about $200,000 from last year's request...

If you haven't detected a trend in recent budget stories, here it is. They're all going up. After approving a 1.5 percent sales tax for 15 years, with part of that for economic development, local voters were rewarded with increases in the city, county and school levies in recent weeks...

Stanley E. Lawver May 14, 1926 -Sept. 10, 2016 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Stanley E. Lawver, 90, of Kearney, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at New Life Assembly of God Church in Kearney. ...

John Paul Stansbury, Jr. TRENTON, Neb. -- John Paul Stansbury, Jr., 81, formerly of McCook, died Friday (Sept. 2, 2016), at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Memorial services are Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, 11 a.m. at Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel with his son, Joshua Stansbury, a captain in the Salvation Army, officiating. A private family inurnment will be later...

Rev. Richard W. Ingle May 14, 1923 - Sept. 10, 2016 PROPHETSTOWN, Ill. - The Rev. Richard W. Ingle, 93, died Saturday (Sept. 10, 2016), at Prophetstown. He was born May 14, 1923, to George and Alma (Peterson) Ingle. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa and a bachelor of divinity degree from Hartford Theological Seminary in Hartford, Conn...

McCook lost tennis duels against Kearney Catholic and Grand Island Central Catholic on Monday in Kearney...

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the 11th day of 
September, 2016, eleven golfing foursomes gathered at Heritage Hills Golf
 Course in McCook for the dual purpose of friendly competition and generous
 giving.

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Nebraska senior safety Nathan Gerry was honored for his performance against Wyoming, as he was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Monday morning...

Little time had passed after Mike Riley agreed to become Nebraska's next football coach when somebody pointed him to the Huskers' 2016 and 2017 schedules. Oregon. Great, just great.

McCOOK, Neb. -- If a Sept. 27 special election is successful, Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook will use the $254,480 raised to repair a roof plagued by roaming leaks and migrating drips, officials said. "When it's not raining, we don't have a problem with the roof," nursing home administrator Colinda Nappa told a crowd of about 40 at the senior center Monday afternoon...

McCook Senior High's 2016 homecoming royalty candidates -- all MHS seniors dressed in 1980s garb -- are: front row, Katie Kjendal, daughter of Sarah and Nate Schneider; and Mary Kain, daughter of Fritz and Tama Kain. Second row: Allison Tolliver, daughter of Rick and Mary Tolliver; Emmerie Roth, daughter of Kevin and Shawna Michaelis and Matthew and Jessica Roth; Erin Werkmeister, daughter of Travis and Sheila Werkmeister; and Lexi Gross, daughter of Jeff and Diana Gross. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- September is National Preparedness Month and Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is working with area Senior Centers to distribute disaster kits to homebound seniors. In partnership with the West Central Nebraska Area Agency on Aging, home meal delivery recipients residing within SWNPHD's nine-county health district, will receive a disaster kit through their regular delivery...

I am sure many of you have heard that the Executive Board sent a letter to Senator Kintner asking him to resign, and giving him a deadline to do so. Of course that deadline passed, and Senator Kintner has responded with a letter which said that he will not resign. ...