Stories from Thursday, June 11, 2020

Dear Editor, I would like to offer the following oped in response to Mike O”Dell’s piece of June 5. Mike O’Dell brought forward the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) in his OPED June 5th. He said that his conclusions are those of a” fifty-something, white, midwestern guy”. ...

Greg Vapenik Dec. 9, 1957 - June 7, 2020 HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Greg Vapenik, 62, a husband, father and farmer of rural Hayes County, was called to his home in heaven on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Greg was born Dec. 9, 1957, to Leslie and Alice (Kaiser) Vapenik. He was raised alongside his older brother, Daniel, on a farm in northwest Hayes County, Nebraska...

Margaret L. Herbert Nov. 2, 1947 - April 6, 2020 ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Margaret L. Herbert, 72, of Arapahoe, died Monday (April 6, 2020), at her home. She was born Nov. 2, 1947, to Charles C. and Cecil (Staal) Chessmore in North Platte, Neb. She married James Welch and had three children. She married Donald Herbert on March 24, 1979, at the Arapahoe Christian Church. She worked in manufacturing and was a member of the Christian Church in Lexington...

McCOOK, Neb. - Local firefighters and utility crews joined forces Tuesday evening to keep a lethal combination of electricity, fire and natural gas from causing a disaster.  Homeowner Bill Marshall said quick action by his neighbors, Dale and Cindy Fahnholz helped save his house and property after they noticed fire in trees next to his house and called him and the fire department about 5 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook and Southwest Nebraska needs to “tell your story,” says the Director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Anthony Goins, who visited with the McCook Rotary Club and guests via Zoom on Tuesday. Goins suggested that rural Nebraska create video presentations that the NDED could post on their website and include in marketing material to send to potential firms looking to relocate or expand. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — What school will look like this coming year with social distancing restrictions is still not certain yet. That’s because no definite guidelines have been recommended by the governor and Matt Blomstedt, Nebraska Department of Education Commissioner, said McCook Schools Superintendent Grant Norgaard...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Public School System stands to gain in excess of $700,000 in state aid compared to what it received last year. McCook Public Schools received $4,149,219 in state aid for 2019-20 and for 2020-21, $5,713,891 is allocated, a $764,672 increase, according to state aid comparisons by the Nebraska Department of Education School Finance and Organization Services...

There are many variations to the telephone game but everyone has probably played it at some point in their life. It’s the game where the first person whispers a sentence to the person next to them, so that no one else can hear it. That person then turns to the person next to them and whispers what they heard. And so on and so on...