Stories from Monday, October 24, 2016

If you're one of those who can't resist posting a picture of your lunch on Facebook or your cat on YouTube, you might be surprised to learn you might be subject to a fine for taking a selfie during a patriotic activity. Until this year, you could have been fined $100 for sharing a photo of your market ballot in Nebraska...

(Note: A scapegoat was a goat upon which the Hebrews placed the sins of the people in a biblical ceremony. Then, the goat was driven into the wilderness, to the great relief of the people.) From 1876 to 1945 the Chicago Cubs were probably the most successful baseball franchise in the country. ...

Dear Editor, In its first days of existence, McCook was a railhead where steam engines were refueled with coal and water. Trains carried passengers and freight to Denver. I have taken the train to Denver from mcCook many times. In the 1990s, the passengers were taken to Brighton, 39 miles from downtown Denver. (This was very inconvenient.)...

Leonard Dale Hofman April 17, 1942 - Oct. 21, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Leonard Dale Hofman, age 74, passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home on Oct. 21, 2016. He was born in Omaha, Neb., on April 17, 1942, to Henry Jacob and Letha Katherine (Wegener) Hofman...

Ronald Dean McDougal April 5, 1944 - Oct. 22, 2016 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Ronald Dean McDougal, 72, died Saturday (Oct. 22, 2016), at his home in Oberlin. He was born April 5, 1944, in Colby, Kan., to Lyndon and Kathryn (Huss) McDougal. He attended school in Atwood, Kan. He lived and worked in Atwood, then moved to Oberlin, where he worked at the Decatur Feed Yard, then Decatur Co-Op Association...

Maxine P. Ridgway May 24, 1919 - Oct. 21, 2016 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Maxine P. Ridgway, 97, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at the Mother Hull Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at Horner Lieske McBride and Kuhl Funeral Chapel in Kearney with Pastor Robert Perry officiating. ...

Bill C. Witt Sept. 7, 1929 - Oct. 22, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Bill C. Witt, 87, of McCook, passed away Thursday, Oct. 22, 2016, at McCook Community Hospital. He was born on Sept. 7, 1929, in Omaha, Neb. In 1932, Bill and his twin brother, Don, were living in the Hattie Monroe Children's Home in Omaha when Omer and Marcella Witt of Elsie, Neb., adopted the boys. ...

Myrna Lou (England) Musgrave April 30, 1936 - Oct. 23, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Myrna Lou (England) Musgrave, 80, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. Myrna was born April 30, 1936, in Red Willow County to Leonard D. and Ida Winifred (Taylor) England. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1954. Myrna excelled in music and was offered a college scholarship, but chose to marry and start her family...

Delma Harlene Teel Aug. 23, 1926 - Oct. 21, 2016 OMAHA, Neb. -- Delma Harlene Teel, 90, of Maywood, Neb., passed away Oct. 21, 2016, at Brookstone Village in Omaha. Delma Harlene Hoschouer was born on Aug. 23, 1926, in Maywood to Del and Leila Barton Hoschouer. She and her family were raised in Maywood and she graduated from Maywood High School in 1942. She then worked in McCook and married Oral (Bud) Teel on Dec. 19, 1944, in Oberlin, Kan...

Gerald Dean Thomas Oct. 25, 1948 - Oct. 22, 2016 ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Gerald Dean Thomas, 67, of Arapahoe, died Saturday (Oct. 22, 2016), at C.E. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. He was born on Oct. 25, 1948, in Norton, Kan., to Thomas and Marie (Kratz) Thomas. ...

A recap of area football games...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. -- McCook High's volleyball team did not go down without a good fight against top Southwest Conference tourney seeds Ogallala and Minden on Saturday...

McCOOK, Neb. -- No punts, no points allowed and nothing but problems for upcoming opponents if the McCook Bison play like Friday's 56-0 win over Lexington...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Dedicated on Sunday, Jan. 10, 1926 in what is now the Landmark Apartments at 424 Norris, and moved to its current location, 901 West E on Sunday, June 14, 1981, the McCook YMCA has a full slate of activities planned to celebrate next week...

TRENTON, Neb. -- Trenton's city park and ball park will be shaded in the future by 10 new trees planted Oct. 20, 2016. Amy Seiler and Jessica Kelling of the Nebraska Forest Service helped a Trenton crew of John Rundel, Aaron Leggott and Jared Vrbas plant bur-live oaks and chinkopin oaks, with an eye on low maintenance and natural settings...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- A top-five team performance and five individual medalists were among the highlights for Gazette-area runners at Friday's State Cross Country Meet...

Faith Macfee, right, and Rachel Witt, left, run Rachel's Maltese dogs "Joey" and "Ace" through the obstacle course set up in McCook's Kelley Park for "Dog Day in the Park" hosted by the McCook Humane Society and animal shelter Saturday. Shelter director Lorie Prestes was pleased with the turnout of pets and pet-owners. "It was a perfect day, the weather was great, and everyone was having fun," she said. The annual event raised almost $700 for shelter operations...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Area youth groups are hitting the streets this week seeking non-perishable food item donations to support the McCook Pantry. "Treating for the Pantry" will take place now through Sunday. The project is part of a collective effort from churches within the Red Willow County Ministerial Association to collect non-perishable food items for the community pantry and to assist those in need...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A folding party for the 49th issue of the McCook Bison Alumni Newsletter will be 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Junior High Cafeteria. All alumni and friends are welcome and encouraged to attend.

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community Blood Drive will be 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Building on the Red Willow County Courthouse. For an appointment, call Cathy Carman at (308) 345-4473, visit redcrossblood.org or download the blood donor app...

Washington, D.C. -- Constituents of 3rd District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) who need assistance dealing with a federal agency are invited to attend Caseworker in Your Community events on Tuesday, November 1, in Imperial, Hayes Center and McCook...