Stories from Monday, December 19, 2016

75th birthday The family of Dorothy Evans of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 809 E. Second, McCook, NE 69001.

Note: Recently, in a discussion about McCook's Christmas Heritage, there were questions about just who was responsible for Santa Claus Lane. Today we'll look at two of those fellows. From Gazette Archives. Carl Orrin of McCook never considered himself a creative artist, or a trailblazer in the field of commercial art, yet he was a fellow who was able to blend art with new technology to produce some stunning artistic displays, greatly appreciated by the people of our area...

You didn't know that Santa Claus has a dog, did you? Good little boys and girls who visited Santa at the Museum of the High Plains in McCook Saturday afternoon learned that when Santa's reindeer need to stay at the North Pole, he travels with his dog "Luna," named for the night, because that's when Santa does all his Christmas Eve traveling. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The spirit of Christmas giving was much more apparent at a "new-and-improved" McCook "Christmas Toy Box" distribution at Memorial Auditorium on Sunday. Santa's elves on Sunday afternoon witnessed a much more civilized, friendly and relaxed shopping atmosphere than at past Toy Box distributions...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Downtown McCook was alive with holiday cheer and shoppers looking for just the right gift this weekend, despite record low temperatures on both Saturday and Sunday. A record low of 13 below was reached Saturday just before midnight, beating the previous record of 12 below set in 1983, according to the National Weather Service...