McCook Daily Gazette: Features

Movie Review - Iron Man
Reviewed by Cody Dame
Movie Review - Iron Man Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrance Howard, and Jeff Bridges. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and brief suggestive content. Run time of 126 minutes. "IT WAS INTENSE!" was the first words uttered by Brady Dame after watching Iron Man. ... More > >

Oberlin family showing gratitude by gardening in Greensburg (05/05/08)
OBERLIN -- Members of an Oberlin family who know first-hand what it's like to lose their home and all their belongings want to pass on the spirit of generosity that their friends and neighbors exhibited after a fire destroyed everything they owned and left them homeless...

Retired teacher creating retirement home in retired rural school house (05/01/08)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional editor A little "dinking" here. A little "paint and putty" there. "A little bit of cosmetics," and Ray and Jeanette Walter will have a new home southeast of McCook. Ray, with help from Rich Hauxwell, is putting the finishing touches on a remodeling project in the two-story red-brick home that once was the Red Willow County District 31 school house...

Movie Review - The Forbidden Kingdom (04/28/08)
Movie Review - The Forbidden Kingdom Starring Jackie Chan & Jet Li Rated PG-13 for sequences of martial arts and some violence. The Forbidden Kingdom is the story of an American teenager named Jason who is obsessed with Kung-Fu. He is trapped into using his influence with an elder pawn shop keeper to let a few bad teenagers break in to steal money. ...

Movie Review - 21 (04/21/08)
Movie Review - 21 Starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, and Laurence Fishburne. Rated PG-13 for violence and sexual content including partial nudity. Run Time of 2 hours and 3 minutes. First off, let's get the facts straight. This is a movie based on a book written by the guy that did it all, so yes, this is a true story. ...

Movie Review - Nim's Island (04/07/08)
Movie Review - Nim's Island Starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler Rated PG with a running time of 1 hour and 35 minutes. Nim's Island is the story of Nim(Abigail Breslin), who has lost her mother at sea and lives on an island with her father(Gerard Butler). ...

Lenten Lesson -- Believers asked to share the joy they have inside (03/15/08)
By DAWN CRIBBS Associate Editor Born-again believers choose the greeting that awaits them when they meet Jesus face-to-face warned the Rev. Eddie Wright, pastor at First Assembly of God Church, Friday afternoon. "I don't want to hear 'wicked servant'," Wright admitted. "I want to hear 'well done.'"...

Movie Review - 10,000 B.C. (03/10/08)
Movie Review - 10,000 B.C. Starring Steven Strait and Camilla Bell and Directed by Roland Emmerich(Independance Day, Day after Tommorrow). Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence. Run Time of 1 hour and 49 minutes. 10,000 BC is the latest film from Director Roland Emmerich who likes the big-budget action/adventure film. ...

Lenten Lessons -- Persistence, humility key ingredients (03/08/08)
Persistence and a healthy dose of humility are the key ingredients of acceptable prayer while arrogance and self-reliance are a recipe for disaster according to the Rev. Steve Bales, pastor at First Congregational Church in McCook. Reading from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verses 1-15, Bales made some key observations about people and the reasons they attend church Friday at the Community Lenten service at Memorial United Methodist Church...

Leap Day baby born at home (03/06/08)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor PALISADE -- Not only was Krystall Rayne Witt born on Leap Day, but the little dark-haired charmer was also born at home -- as her older sister hosted a horror-fest movie night for her friends -- half-a-dozen 13-year-old boys and girls...

Movie Review - Semi-Pro (03/03/08)
Movie Review - Semi-Pro Starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, and Will Arnett. Rated R for language and some sexual content. Run time of 85 minutes. Semi-Pro is the latest in a string of Will Ferrell movies that place him in the world of sports. ...

Lenten Lesson: Learning from Ferris Bueller (02/29/08)
Ferris Bueller paid an unexpected call Friday afternoon to Memorial United Meth-odist Church Friday afternoon for the Community Lenten service. The Rev. Gary Brethour, pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, recalled a scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" that showed the principal at Bueller's school ringing the doorbell at the Bueller home, only to hear Bueller's raspy, coughing explanation that he was "simply too sick to even come to the door." Of course, the recording was a ruse, Bueller was simply playing hooky and had implemented several elaborate cover stories to escape detection.. ...

It all adds up -- Work Ethic Camp saves area more than $1 million (02/29/08)
By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Work crews at the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook camp have saved area communities a total of more than $1 million -- and counting. Non-profit agencies in Southwest Nebraska communities, who have used WEC work crews since the facility's inception in 2001, have netted a total cost savings at $1.3 million, based on a $5.85 minimum wage...

Lenten Lesson -- Missing the point of the prodigal son (02/23/08)
By DAWN CRIBBS Associate Editor A father's love is a remarkable thing. The Rev. Emmanuel Reinbold, pastor at First Church of the Nazarene, began to plumb the depths of his father's love when he was 18, coming home from his first year of college for the Easter break...

Beware the chair -- 25 years later, new lifestyle includes endurance races (02/22/08)
Randy Andrews of McCook walked and ran for 26 hours and 45 minutes, covered 100 miles of trails and plank bridges, and fell flat on his face once. All this for a belt buckle ... ? Andrews has run 15 100-mile and two 50-mile marathons and 35 or 36 traditional (26 miles, 385 yards) marathons. ...

Community pitches in for couple's new home (02/20/08)
BENKELMAN -- Hardy midwesterners look out for each other. When someone needs help, everyone pitches in, never expecting anything in return but knowing that, if the tables ever turn, the favor will be returned. Residents of Benkelman, in 2007, helped one of their own, when Janet (Pursley) and Chester Smith needed a more substantial home...

Movie Review - The Spiderwick Chronicles (02/18/08)
Movie Review - The Spiderwick Chronicles Starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathaim, and Nick Nolte. Rated PG for scary creature action and violence, peril, and some thematic elements. Run time of 97 minutes. The Spiderwick Chronicles is based on the best selling book series of the same name by authors Tony DeTerlizzi and Holly Black. ...

Lenten Lesson -- Warnings often unheeded (02/16/08)
Displaying wisdom beyond his years, a young Mike Larson, pastor at Seventh Day Adventist Church, brought a word of warning to the gathering of 128 at Friday's community Lenten service at Memorial United Methodist Church. According to Luke's Gospel, Chapter 14: 15-24 a great feast had been prepared. Invitations had gone out to many guests and now the day of the banquet had arrived...

Movie Review - Jumper (02/14/08)
Movie Review - Jumper Starring Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, and Jamie Bell. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language, and brief sexuality. Run time of 90 minutes. Jumper is a sci-fi movie based on the book by Steven Gould. ...

Parable drives home message of 'Amazing Grace' (02/12/08)
It is only because God is holy and compassionate that we can sing "Amazing Grace," according to the Rev. Allan Jackson, pastor at First Baptist Church and inaugural speaker at this year's first in a series of six Lenten lessons Friday at Memorial United Methodist Church...

Movie Review - Fool's Gold (02/11/08)
Movie Review - Fool's Gold Starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, and Alexis Dziena. Directed by Andy Tennant. Rated PG-13 for action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity, and language. 113 Minute Run Time. Let me start this review by explaining a few things you have to do before watching Fool's Gold. ...

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