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MCC volleyball squad signs two players
(College Sports ~ 05/11/06)
The McCook Community College Volleyball program has announced the signing of two area athletes to play volleyball for the 2006 fall campaign, MCC's interim volleyball coaches Kelly Rippen and Kasey Warner have announced the signing of Allyson Reichert of St. Francis and Kelsey Kathman of Lawrence-Nelson...
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MCC softball team signs three recruits
(College Sports ~ 05/11/06)
McCook Community College softball coach Della Mitchel has announced the signing of a pair of Colorado recruits and one Nebraska signing for the 2006-2007 softball season. Infielder Natasha Kraus of Grant, infielder Tyne Willert of Lafayette, Colo. and outfielder Miranda Mosher of Windsor, Colo., have all accepted softball scholarships to attend MCC...
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Wauneta-Palisade's Blair Dixon takes 4 golds at D-10 district track
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/06)
Med Valley girls, Dundy County boys capture team titles CAMBRIDGE -- Wauneta-Palisade freshman Blair Dixon won four first-place medals Wednesday afternoon at the Nebraska Class D-10 district track meet. The meet was hosted by Cambridge High School. Dixon captured the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.8 seconds, the 400 in 1:01.9 and 300 hurdles in 49.7...
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Bison netters clip Hershey
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/06)
HERSHEY -- The McCook High School Bison varsity tennis team captured 5-of-9 matches at Hershey Tuesday and improved its dual record to 6-2. McCook plays at 2 p.m. Thursday at Holdrege to wrap up the regular season. "We opened play taking two of the three doubles matches," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers...
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Art show
(Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Art by McCook Elementary second and third graders is on display through Friday at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery on the McCook Community College campus. Exhibits include many multicultural works of art, including African batik, Mexican metal relief, Japanese silk painting, torans from India, mandalas from many eastern cultures, Japanese fish printing (also known as Gyotoku), adinkra cloths and face masks from Africa, and two types of far-eastern lanterns. ...
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Funds committed to walking trail
(Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Two daughters of a longtime McCook businessman have committed $36,000 for the new McCook Community Trail System. MarySue Harris and Anabeth Cox of Lincoln said the money is being given in memory of their father Ben Hormel and his Rotarian Leadership...
- Let's make good use of the latest generous gift (Editorial ~ 05/11/06)
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Resignation letter
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/11/06)
To the Culbertson School District Patrons: On Monday evening, the Culbertson School Board voted 4-1 to accept the interlocal agreement with the Hitchcock County Unified School District. As the dissenting voter, I would like to explain to you my reasons for voting against the agreement as written...
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What was he supposed to do?
(Column ~ 05/11/06)
It's funny how things get turned around as you get older. It used to be if my kids were having trouble going to sleep, I'd simply stick them in their car seat and go for a 15-minute ride. They were out like a light. Now when I start getting a little grumpy they stick me in the car and take me for a 15-minute ride and I'm asleep within five...
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Hornswoggled again?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/11/06)
Thank you Diane (Lyons) for standing up for the taxpayers and patrons of this district. Your courage and conscience are appreciated. This poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars is every bit as egregious, if not more, than a similar situation from which we are still stinging...
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Roll up the windows -- quick
(Local News ~ 05/11/06)
A white SUV -- with its headlights on -- pops out of the gritty dust cloud that obscured the river road southwest of McCook Wednesday evening. The weather was expected to be calmer and warmer for the weekend.
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Kenneth L. Brown
(Obituary ~ 05/11/06)
February 1936 - May 5, 2006 LINN CREEK, Minn., -- Kenneth Leroy Brown, 70, died Friday (May 5, 2006) near his home in the Linn Creek, Mo. area. He was born in February 1936 to Lawrence J. and Gertrude (Clouse) Brown in Bartley. He was raised in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School. ...
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Elsie M. Gipe
(Obituary ~ 05/11/06)
Aug. 30, 1918 - May 9, 2006 ARAPAHOE -- Elsie M. Gipe, 87, died at her home, Tuesday (May 9, 2006). She was born in Beverly, Kan. on Aug. 30, 1918, to Isaac and Bertha Edith (Wright) Conley. She attended rural school. On July 27, 1941 she married Leonard Gipe Sr. ...
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Marlene Ann Nealeigh
(Obituary ~ 05/11/06)
Nov. 15, 1934 - April 25, 2006 Buffalo, Wyo. -- Marlene Ann Nealeigh, 71, of Buffalo, Wyo., died of cancer, Tuesday (April 25, 2006), at her home. She was born Nov. 15, 1934, in Trenton, to Harry and Vadna (Cohrs) Buhler. She was raised and educated in Trenton, graduating in May 1952...
- School board member resigns over unification agreement (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
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