Stories from Tuesday, January 31, 2006

MAYWOOD -- The Southwest High School duo of Landon Ruggles and Brandon Malleck nearly outscored the entire Maywood team Monday night. Ruggles and Malleck scored 42 of No. 9 seed Southwest's 44 points in a 44-43 victory over the No. 8 seed Maywood Tigers in a play-in round or "bunny bracket" game of the Golden Plains Activities Conference tournament Monday night at Maywood...

ARAPAHOE -- Arapahoe's wrestlers took sixth in their own invite Saturday. Elm Creek took first in the invite and Elwood second. Eustis-Farnam took eighth and Hitchcock County 10th. 119 First place Foster Meier EC defeated Eric Kohl EF 125 Third place Blake Sanders EF defeated Jimmy Huffman Axt...

PRATT, Kan. -- The McCook Chiefs Homeschool boys and girls basketball teams went to Pratt, Kan., on Saturday for a triangular tournament. The McCook boys fell to South Central 58-47 and defeated Manhattan 53-43. The Chiefs girls lost to South Central 55-24 and Manhattan 37-36...

PAXTON -- A local APA pool player was among those awarded prize money for placing in an APA 8-Ball Tournament held at Swede's, Ole's and the Windy Gap in Paxton on Saturday. Bev Powers of Trenton tied for third place and collected $100 for her efforts...

Aug. 31, 1904--Jan. 29, 2006 STRATTON -- Helen Beatrice (Tatum) Lorance died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman at the age of 101. She was born Aug. 31, 1904, at Waverly to Joseph Earl and Lena Leota (Hughes) Tatum, and attended school in Waverly before moving with her family, at the age of 14, to her family's farm south of Madrid...

July 19, 1904--Jan. 29, 2006 SUTHERLAND -- Christine K. Emery, 101, died Sunday (Jan. 29, 2006) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born on a farm northwest of Sutherland on July 19, 1904, to Charles and Anna (Krivohlavek) Bussemer. She graduated from Sutherland High School in 1923. She received her teaching certificate from Kearney State College...

June 27, 1935--Jan. 30, 2006 OBERLIN -- Robert J. "Jack" Metcalf, 70, died Monday (Jan. 30, 2006) at the Decatur County Hospital. He was born June 27, 1935, in McCook to Harold E. Metcalf and Dorothy Mousel. He graduated from Decatur Community Hospital in 1953 and attended Fort Hays State University...

Sept. 5, 1930--Jan. 28, 2006 Betty Louise Burton Dack peacefully went to be with her loved ones and Savior, entering eternity on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, while a resident of the Hillcrest Nursing Home, her home for the past 29 years. She was 75. Betty first saw the light of day being born on Sept. ...

McCook Senior High's band director tendered his resignation at a special McCook Public Schools board of education meeting Monday evening. Bryan Regier's last day will coincide with the last day of school this spring. Board members accepted Regier's resignation with gratitude for his service to MHS students...

Sable Carfield wasn't the only one overcome with emotion at the Westroad Mall in Omaha, when she was surprised with a voice activiated laptop computer from Chris Ewing of the Hang on to the Dream Founation "There wasn't a dry eye in the mall," Ewing said of the Jan. 21 presentation...

Red Willow County commission chairman Earl McNutt said Monday morning the county most likely would not use the fairgrounds location to build a new jail, although fellow Commissioner Leigh Hoyt warned against ruling out the possibility altogether. Fair board secretary Deb Lafferty told McNutt and Hoyt (commissioner Steve Downer was absent) at the commissioners' regular meeting that fair board members were surprised that the fairgrounds land was rated No. ...

Looking back over the past year, since the time that board of education members defined goals for McCook Public Schools during board and public meetings, educators Monday evening realized that not a lot on their lists is completely done. Most projects are WIP's -- a "work in progress." Some goals have been refined; some strategies redefined...

CURTIS -- A gift of more than $1 million will make possible the building of the proposed community center in Curtis. George F. Garlick, of Richland, Wash., made the gift to the City of Curtis through the Curtis Community Foundation Fund, an affiliate of the Nebraska Community Foundation, on Friday, Jan. 27. The new center will be called the Curtis Memorial Community Center...

More than one lively discussion begins with the words 'Mountain Lion.'

April 19, 1946--Jan. 28, 2006 STRATTON -- Daniel Lee Brockway, 59, died Saturday (Jan. 28, 2006) at his home in Stratton. He was born April 19, 1946, at Lyons to Marion and Eva (Matson) Brockway. He graduated from Lyons High School in 1964. He married Gladys Schademan on Jan. 22, 1966...