Stories from Thursday, November 2, 2017

CURTIS, Neb. -- Hemingford found out early that it was in a Heapy of trouble...

McCOOK, Neb. — An Aurora High School graduate and small business owner, Kirk Penner, plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith next year. Penner shared his vision for Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District during a visit with the Gazette Wednesday. At the top of his priority list is leveling the playing field for small business when it comes to taxes and getting rid of the oversized mega-bills he says provide all the opportunity needed for Washington D.C. corruption...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will feature bakery stories in a continuation of the Sehnert’s celebration of 60 years in McCook. The First Tuesday event will be November 7 from 7-8 pm in the Museum of the High Plains. Please note the different location...

What is in a name? With just one week until Big Give McCook, the question was asked why the 24-hour fund-raiser is called “Big Give McCook” rather than “Give Big McCook”. After all, don’t organizers want everyone to give big to the 21 local non-profit organizations involved on Thursday, Nov. 9?...

“Are you goin to the store today?” That’s the question that comes out of my teenagers' mouths at least once a week. “Why?” is usually the response I give them, instead of a yes or no, because inevitably, either they want something or they forget to tell me they need something for school. ...

We’ve just come off a celebration of empty calories with Halloween and we’re headed for the season of gluttony called Thanksgiving. Still, in the middle of one of the most productive aras of the world, there are still people who go hungry. Volunteers at the McCook Pantry can attest to that sad fact, with people from 19 communties in Southwest Nebraska from Arapahoe to Beaver City, Stratton and Wauneta depend on the Pantry to feed their families...

In response to Mr. Pope’s most recent letter regarding the 345kV R-Project I would like to thank him for reiterating my point that the R-Project according to Southwest Power Pool documents from 2012 “…has been proposed chiefly to provide access for wind development in Cherry CO…” From the Cherry County Wind LLC website, we see that as early as February of 2011 the Cherry County Wind Energy Committee met with NPPD COO Pat Pope “to discuss the potential for wind energy in the county … Mr. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — It’s official: McCook tackling leader DJ Gross will return to be a “door jam” aiming at closing down Omaha Skutt’s vaunted rush attack on Friday. “He’s cleared to play and ready to go,” coach Jeff Gross declared about the junior who’s made 98 tackles, 67 solos and 14 for loss — all easily Bison bests...