McCook, Nebraska · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Medical miracle baby celebrates 60th birthday (01/26/10)
Every year, when Pat was little, her parents made a big splash for her birthday, even though it came right after Christmas. "The folks always made a big to-do about my birthday. I always felt so special," Pat Powers, of McCook, said recently, smiling with the memories. "I guess they thought it was really something that I made it."...
Welding program offers new chance at life (12/29/09)
By his own account, Casey Stewart of Fremont kind of drifted along in life. Getting a job was never a top priority, the 24-year old recently admitted. "I worked at a telemarkerting company once," he said, "but I had no direction. Finding a job was hard."...
Keeping it simple with a 'Night Tree' (12/24/09)
Birds, squirrels and other outdoor animals will be making a bee-line to Marti and Roger Siebrandt's backyard this winter. A giant blue spruce in their backyard is covered with about 110 necklaces made from rings of fruit-flavored cereal strung on yarn, thanks to the efforts of kindergartners at McCook Elementary and Marti's annual reading of "Night Tree."...
Chamber Santa Cash Auction Saturday (12/16/09)
The value of the dollar has taken a beating in recent months, but Chamber Santa Cash is still a strong currency at the McCook Chamber of Commerce. Only a few days remain for shoppers to exchange their receipts from participating local businesses for the unusual-looking greenbacks. After Saturday's Chamber Santa Cash auction, they will become worthless...
Hillcrest resident, 99, stays involved with current events (12/14/09)
Some people become apathetic to the ways of the world as they get older. Not 99-year-old Esther Wissbaum of McCook. Wissbaum keeps busy on her 1977 manual Smith Corona typewriter, pounding out letters to newspapers about a variety of issues, such as the decline of common courtesy ("What's wrong with saying 'You're welcome?'" "Nowadays people say 'No problem.' What does that mean, exactly?'") to legalizing industrial hemp...
Director wanted library to be a welcoming place (12/10/09)
Patty Hall was never a big one for "shushing." Retiring last week after 24 years with the McCook Public Library, the past nine as Library Director, Hall said she used to get flack now and then about noisy kids who stay at the library after school. But for Hall, the library should be a place kids -- and adults -- feel welcomed...
Basket full of Naughty (12/03/09)
Kittens Cali and Stormy enjoy a rest in a bread basket.
The first Thanksgiving -- Pumpkin pie was probably beyond first American feast (11/25/09)
Third grader Gabe Sehnert shared his family's bakery and his grandpa Walt Sehnert's gift of storytelling when he and his fellow students and teachers Linda Brewster and Lara Stewart stopped by for stories, pumpkin dessert and a session of singing Thanksgiving songs...
'The Kloset' Hormel winner open for business (11/23/09)
Only five months after winning the Hormel Business Plan Competition, clothing retailer "The Kloset" opened the doors of its much-anticipated boutique at 217 Norris Ave. in McCook this morning. "Our motto is trendy yet affordable," said co-owner and McCook native Stephanie Dusatko, who founded the Kloset together with her husband, Jeffrey Dusatko, and her sister, Ashley Hagan...
Classical guitars soothe audience (11/06/09)
Of all the concerts given in McCook's historic Fox Theatre, the performance Thursday night by the Gothenburg Combo may have been the most delicate and serene ever. You could hear a pin drop as Thomas Hansy and David Hansson of Gothenburg, Sweden blended smooth, gently played strokes on their acoustical guitars...
Enjoying life (10/30/09)
CRUISING YELLOWSTONE WITH MY MECHANICAL HORSE
Optimism after fire as dealership looks to the future (10/30/09)
IMPERIAL -- Gratitude, mixed with frustration. Discouragement combined with optimism. Determination and pride. Those are only some of the roller coaster emotions that Sid Harchelroad, owner of Harchelroad Motors, expressed when discussing the Oct. 17 fire that consumed the 150 x 150 foot facility at 316 Broadway in Imperial that housed much of his business...
Encounter at McCook college inspired 40-year career in education (10/16/09)
As a Bartley High school senior, he thought his future might be that of a place kicker on a college football team. When he wasn't kicking field goals in McCook at college a year later, he believed he'd become a mortician. As a sophomore he'd lost interest in the mortuary sciences and was on target to get his associate's degree, but Jon Burkey didn't really know what he was going to do -- until a teacher reached out and inspired a career...