Stories from Friday, July 9, 2004

Kent Hardin, Gene Morris bag holes-in-one The 16th hole at McCook's Heritage Hills Golf Course was very, very good for McCook golfers Kent Hardin and Gene Morris. Both shot holes-in-one on the 155-yard 16th hole. Hardin used a 9-iron and Morris used a 7-wood...

Oct. 25, 1920-July 5, 2004 BENKELMAN -- Waldo E. Baney, 83, died Monday (July 5, 2004) at his home in Benkelman. He was born Oct. 25, 1920, to Reverda and Lois (Hardwick) Baney on the family's farm northwest of Benkelman. He attended country school near his home...

For more than a decade, McCook has been in an uproar over water and school buildings. During that time span, few days have passed without conflict or controversy, as a prolonged quarrel raged in the community over what should be done to resolve the issues...

**Dear Editor, There are a couple of things I would like to point out regarding the July 2 column written by Mike Hendricks. 1. Mr. Hendricks' suggestion that Nebraskans have a "blind-eyed allegiance to a particular perspective" because of their consistent conservative bent is not a fair assessment. Undoubtedly some do, but this is true of conservatives and liberals alike and thus it is unimportant. ...

My fondness for the horse and cart over break-down-prone vehicles is no secret. (If there were tie-up posts in front of the grocery store, I'd consider a gallop into town.) The same can be said of my preference for paper over the computer. (Every one of these columns is written long-hand before making its way onto the computer.) I'm obviously in the minority. ...

Recent rainfalls and cooler days may cause an increase in the number of mosquitoes in Southwest Nebraska, but with any luck it won't be the mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus. According to Margaret Swanda of the Red Willow County Health Department the rainfall will increase standing water which will in turn increase the mosquito population. But the culex pipiens, the most common carrier of the disease, prefer warmer temperatures...

LEXINGTON -- McCook pitcher Alex Sughroue settled down after falling behind 5-0 in the first inning, and was rewarded when the First Central Bank Juniors rallied to defeat Lexington 6-5. The Juniors (20-11) scored four runs in the top of the third inning and two in the fifth...

Feb. 20, 1913-July 7, 2004 MEDFORD, Ore. -- Effie Davis, 91, died Wednesday (July 7, 2004) in Medford, Ore. She was born Feb. 20, 1913, to Morton and Marion (Spier) Search in McCook. She graduated from McCook High School in 1931. She worked at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook as a nurses aid. She played organ at the Fox Theater for many years and also played the organ at the former McCook Air Base during the 1940's. She taught classes at McCook Beauty Academy in the late 1950's...

April 21, 1928-July 8, 2004 IMPERIAL -- Edward H. "Ed" Greeley, 76, died Thursday (July 8, 2004) at Chase County Community Hospital. He was born April 21, 1928, on the family farm in Hayes County to Gordon and Ethel (Madison) Greeley. He moved with his family to Chase County where he attended Lone Star School...

I've always liked spontaneous trips better than plan-ned trips and have been that way since college, when nothing was more fun than to take a road trip on the spur of the moment. It seems like when we plan out all the details of a trip, our expectations are raised too high and the trip ends up being a disappointment because reality never matches the dream. I had the opportunity for another spontaneous road trip last weekend...

"Rain, rain come any day. It's been wet and we like it that way." *** Admittedly, the above is a poor attempt at lyric writing, but at least the ditty expresses the overwhelming desire in the Tri-State Region for a continuance of the soaking rains which have fallen in the first part of July...

Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado water officials agree that the water model developed by the three states to calculate the depletion of stream flows in the Republican River Basin caused by ground water pumping is "a decent model" ... "one of the best."...