Stories from Wednesday, May 17, 2017

93rd birthday The family of Eddie J. Watt of Park Hill, Okla., is requesting a card shower in honor of his 93rd birthday on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. He was Chief of Police for 33 years in Benkelman, Neb., and owed and operated Daylight Donut in Benkelman. ...

Legalization of marijuana is the most common topic for people taking part in coffee shop debate over drugs, but a more appropriate substance might be right under their noses. Not the coffee, necessarily, but the caffeine it contains is what deserves another look...

Vesta Roth SELDEN, Kan. — Vesta Roth, 86, of Abilene, Kan., formerly of Rexford, Kan., died Tuesday (May 16 2017), at the Village Manor in Abilene. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Selden, Kan.

McCOOK, Neb. — City leaders advanced a proposal earlier this week which would solicit upwards of a half-million dollars in taxpayer funds to help with costs associated with a combined public and private improvement project at the industrial park behind Valmont...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook will be one of the locations featured in a “Six Corners of Nebraska” event. Presented by the Nebraska Writers Guild, “Six Corners of Nebraska” celebrates Nebraska’s 150 years of statehood and consists of six monthly events - one near each of Nebraska’s six corners. ...

Little ones, 8-month-old Breanna Reuber of Stratton and 2-year-old London Blomstedt, inset, enjoy the Legos just as much as the 85-or-so older youngsters who built Lego block creations with inspiration from “Lego Guy,” Curtis Monk of Greeley, Colo., who visited the McCook Public Library Tuesday afternoon. ...

Central Elementary fourth graders create their own wax museum, delivering a short memorized biography, which they researched and wrote, about each historical figure. By depositing a quarter, visitors could hear from Briley Morgan as Albert Einstein, Taylor Earl as Cleopatra, Skyler Parks as Mozart, Josiah Donelan as Abraham Lincoln and Layton Winters as Elvis...

TRIBUNE, Kan. — Decatur Community junior Brittney Wesley won three events whle helping the Red Devils take second overall at Friday’s Northwest Kansas League meet. Wesley won the 100 and 200-meter dashes to go with a career-best 17’6 1/2” for her long jump championship...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Region IX has announced that five McCook Indians have earned All-Region IX honors. Keanu Van Kuren, Dominic Paratore and Jacob Sanford earned first-team honors, while Dylan White and Chase Adams earned second-team honors. The Indians went 29-27 overall and 20-16 in Region IX play; MCC was bounced out of the Region Tournament on day two, going 2-1...

FELLING FIELD — Five runs batted in from Gabe Roberts helped lead the Roberts Farms Grasshoppers past the Golden Plains Realty Lugnuts 16-5 on Tuesday. Roberts drove in runs on a triple in the first, a single in the second, and a single in the third...

FELLING FIELD—The McCook National Bank Rivercats stormed out to an eight-run lead in the first inning and held on for an 8-7 victory over the High Plains Podiatry Clippers on Tuesday. Three consecutive hits by the Rivercats first three batters propelled McCook National Bank to an early lead...

CRAWFORD, Neb. — Freshman Darian Hutto will represent the Hitchock County Falcons at next week’s Class D state golf tournament in North Platte. Hutto earned state with a round of 85 in his first high district tournament on Tuesday. He placed seventh overall among golfers from 15 D-5 teams competing...

OGALLALA, Neb. — More McCook Bison results from Monday’s B-6 district golf tournament that were not available in time for Tuesday’s Gazette: Trevor Oberg’s round of 88 helped the Bison shoot 348 to finish fourth among 12 teams. Oberg delivered a 43 and 45 on the two nines at Ogallala’s West Winds Golf Course...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge sophomore Preston Carbaugh shot 74 to win a fabulous four-golfer race for the C-5 district championship Tuesday afternoon. The top 10 individuals and three teams advance into next week’s Class C state tourney at Kearney’s Meadowlark Golf Course...