College Sports

Dropping in (04/29/08)
Students from Medicine Valley High School in Curtis gather around the Nebraska Army National Guard Chinook helicopter that landed on the football practice field April 23. Staff Sgt. Adren Uhlig, above left, of Curtis was greeted after the landing by his 8-year-old son, Coby, a Medicine Valley second grader. ...

Fond memories from the old downtown YMCA (04/28/08)
Since we did not come to McCook until 1957, the memories I have of the YMCA, on the corner of Norris Avenue & E Street are those of an adult. I have some good memories of the Y, but nothing like those of fellows who grew up in McCook. For instance, Dr. ...

Relay For Life meeting Tuesday (04/28/08)
A Relay For Life committee meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Nebraska room at Community Hospital. If you are interested in signing up a team it is not too late. Contact Penny Brown (308) 278-3107, Suzanne Abercrombie (308) 345-1644, Cindy Dame (3080 345-6771 for information packets. The local theme this year is Super Heroes for a Cure. The Relay For Life event is scheduled for Aug. 1-2...

Playing the hand we're dealt (04/26/08)
If someone would have told me twenty five years ago that, at this stage in my life, I would be single, living alone in an apartment, and teaching at a community college in McCook, Nebraska, I would have, at the worst, went looking for a gun, and at best, considered myself an abject failure...

Baseball signup Saturday (03/21/08)
McCook Midget Baseball Association opened the 2008 enrollment period and will host a one day enrollment at Sports Shoppe from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Enrollment will be open until April 3rd. Forms have been distributed to local schools. Forms, starting Monday, will be available online at www.mccookbaseball.org and at the Sports Shoppe, and McCook National Bank...