Stories from Friday, May 30, 2003

LINCOLN -- The McCook High School boys golf team capped off a dream year for Bison athletics by winning its second Class B state championship in three years and seventh overall. McCook followed up a first-round 302 score with a blistering second-round 286 to win the state title by 15 strokes...

Dear Editor: Summer means global warming but as the temp goes up, the souls get ice cold. The other day at a grocery store I was pushing out a cart full of pop. Yep, I hit a hole and the cart turned over dumping 10- 12 packs of pop and busting half of them open making most of 60 cans rolling around the parking lot. As my bad back was picking them up more than a dozen people walked by...

Sometimes, we -- the voting and taxpaying citizens of this state and nation -- make the mistake of thinking that elected leaders are egotistical and unfeeling, entirely motivated by politics and self-promotion. Sure, there are elements of that, otherwise the long-standing stereotype of the glad-handing, pork barrel politician would not be so prevalent...

The lockers are empty, the backpacks have been stored away and everything from the past nine months has been forgotten, which can mean only one thing -- summer vacation is here. Summer vacation meant three free carefree months to frolic outside, swim everyday and avoid doing household chores. ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Eric and Mary Myers of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. announce the birth of a son, Dustin Nokomas, born Tuesday (May 6, 2003). he weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 22 1/4 inches long. Grandparents are Mary Myers of West Union, W. Va., and the late Nokomas Myers; Beverly Goodenberger of Omaha and James Cidlik of Lincoln. Great-grandmother is Mary Ellen Goodenberger of Trenton...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stuart and Shonda Grant, of Los Angeles, Calif.,announce the birth of their first child, Jude Stuart Grant born Friday (April 18, 2003). He weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Bill and Judy Loghry and Wayne and Vonda Doak, all of McCook; and Stuart Grant, Sr. of Billings, Mont. Great-grandmother is Irene Loghry of McCook...

PALISADE -- The Bostock Studio … Who, What, Where, When? Can you help us solve a history mystery? Selected historic photographs from southwest Nebraska will be on display during Palisade Pioneer Days, June 13-15, and your help is needed in figuring out who these people are. ...

Good Samaritan Health Systems of Kearney has a new ambulance service based in McCook for patient transfer to and from Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. Good Samaritan employs nine McCook-area paramedics and EMT's to man the ambulance for long-haul transports from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., seven days a week...

Rachelle Carpenter of Bartley peeks through the center of an innertube at the swimming pool in Cambridge. Temperatures hit the 100-degree mark Thursday, with 101 the official mark in McCook.

The Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity board is planning a construction kick-off ceremony Saturday, 10 a.m., at the site of the Habitat House, 805 West K Street in McCook. "This event will give us the opportunity to express our gratitude to the community and corporate sponsors," explained Habitat chairwoman Ernestine Smith...

In an ongoing effort to provide quality, affordable housing to those in need, Wells Fargo Bank in McCook, through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation, will provide both financial and volunteer support to Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity. Wells Fargo has provided $25,000 and the volunteer support of its team members toward the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home. Construction begins on the home located at 805 West K on Saturday...

A McCook bank and a Stratton bank are merging, according to officials of both institutions. P. Mark Graff, president and CEO of the McCook National Bank, and Bill Zahl, president & CEO of the Commercial Bank of Stratton, have announced that an agreement has been reached for the McCook National Co., parent company of the McCook National Bank, to acquire 100 percent of the stock of the Stratton Agency Inc., parent company of the Commercial Bank of Stratton...

The bronze bison statue keeps watch on Norris Avenue as the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival begins today. The marquee on the Fox Theater welcomes headliners to the event, which includes storytelling, music and poetry tonight at the theater, Saturday at the High Plains Museum, Norris Park, the Bieroc Cafe and High Plains Museum...

Just weeks after winning a victory in Washington for financially-strapped states, U.S. Senator Ben Nelson is picking up the gauntlet for rural communities. Nelson fought earlier this month for nearly $2 million in the federal budget to help bail states out of their financial predicament...

The McCook National Bank Seniors overpowered the Overton Seniors 13-0 Thursday night at the Jaycees Sports Complex. MNB improved its record on the year to 6-2. Jason Eder picked up the duties at the mound for MNB. He picked up the win on his way to striking out eight and walking only one Overton batter in his five innings of work...

KERSEY, Colo. -- Robert Fuhrer, 81, died Wednesday (May 28, 2003) at the Hospice & Palliative Care of Northern Colorado. He was born June 13, 1921, at McCook, to LeRoy and Thelma (Heskett) Fuhrer. He grew up in McCook and attended school in McCook. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a staff sergeant and a flight trainer...