Stories from Friday, July 11, 2003

Tyler Bieck: When did you begin to play baseball? Al Shiers: T-ball when my brothers and dad taught me. TB: You are the youngest of three guys, all of whom played Legion ball. What makes you a different player from your older brothers? AS: They were both right-handed and I'm a lefty. Brandon was a better pitcher than Leeland or I...

We have a job for someone. Here's the deal. Each year in McCook and the surrounding area, individuals and organizations do thousands upon thousands of good deeds. Some involve hundreds of hours of volunteer service; others are spontaneous acts of good will...

Few things in life make people more nervous than a pregnant woman. Whether its carrying a large object to tripping over her own two feet, people get antsier as the woman grows larger. If a pregnant woman takes to the dance floor at a wedding, the groom's parents can be found hovering on the sidelines, waiting for her to go into labor and take away the spotlight from the newlyweds...

WAUNETA -- The owner of Sinner's Paint and Body Shop and wrecker service in Wauneta is recovering in a Colorado hospital after an accident in his shop July 4. Lloyd Sinner suffered massive head and face injuries, including a broken jaw and cheek bones, after a drive shaft on a truck he was working under dislodged and hit him in the face and head, the Wauneta Breeze reported...

According to the American Red Cross, the blood supply for West and Southwest Nebraska is at critical low and the Red Cross is struggling to maintain adequate blood reserves. Some blood types have been reduced to as little as a 12-hour supply. The Red Cross needs to have a 3 to 5-day supply in order to assure that blood is available when needed. All blood types are needed, but Type O and Type A are most critical at this time...

The Atwood drive-in theater screen, just after wheat harvest 2002. Savage winds July 3 tore down the 50-year-old drive-in theater screen west of Atwood. The Rawlins County Square Deal reports the screen and its iron framework toppled in winds that gusted to 75 miles an hour. The theater's first movie was "Robin Hood," shown Aug. 20, 1953. The theater hasn't been used in many years, and the parking area is now farmed by Don Argabright...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska Humanities Council and the Frontier County Historical Society will host a presentation of the one-woman show, "The Orphan Train," Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Curtis Legion Hall. The presenter will be Pippa White of Omaha, who will tell the tale of the 200,000 orphans who found new families and homes in the Midwest between 1814 and 1930...

Soldiers in the 1013th Quartermaster Company, North Platte are coming home. More than 60 soldiers, including those from the McCook company will be honored with a wlecome home ceremony in North Platte Saturday at 10 a.m. The 1013th is part of the 89th Regional Readiness Command, headquartered in Wichita, which is comprised of nearly 150 units with 12,000 soldiers scattered throughout the four states of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska...

CULBERTSON -- Love, a bouquet of flowers and an engagement ring delayed hobby stock racing action at the Hitchcock County Speedway July 3 in Culbertson. Jerry Janousek of Trenton proposed marriage to Jaynee Simon, also of Trenton, and presented her with a ring and flowers between the mini trucks and the hobby stocks...

A case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in a horse in Hitchcock County. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced Thursday that the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed a positive case of West Nile Virus in a 12 to15-year-old horse...

Darrell Barnes, center, was honored for his years of service to the Arapahoe school district. Barnes, who served as wrestling coach for the Warriors, began coaching and teaching at Arapahoe in the fall of 1978. He will be moving to Stanton for the next school term. Ted Gill, left, presented Barnes with a plaque from members of the Arapahoe Wrestling Club. Brad Schutz, vice president of the Arapahoe School Board, presented Barnes with a desk set...

Every single one of us is guilty of it -- tossing something out the window as we drive down the road. Yes, it's just a little, tiny gum wrapper. But, can you imagine the massive pile of twisted, glinting gum wrappers if everyone in the world threw out their little, tiny gum wrappers?...