Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Dec. 18, 1937-May 17, 2004 Darrell Eugene Dow, 66, of Hayes Center died Monday, May 17, 2004, at Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 18, 1937, in Burr Oak, Kan., to Lyle Merritt and Nellie Lucile (Simpson) Dow. He graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1955...

July 30, 1942-May 15, 2004 Dr. Robert L. Baltzell "Dr. Bob", age 61, died May 15, 2004, at Community Hospital in McCook, following a two year battle with cancer. Dr. Baltzell was born July 30, 1942, in Charles City, Iowa to Dr. Winston C. Baltzell and Virginia (Hampton) Baltzell. ...

The family of Diane and Don Ruppert Jr., is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th anniversary, May 19. The couple married in 1979 at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in McCook. They have three children, Adam, Derek and Megan, all of McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 38719 Drive 713, McCook, NE 69001...

OBERLIN -- Decatur County Sheriff Ken Badsky said this morning the man who escaped from his jail down a string of sheets early this morning is dangerous. Sheriff Badsky said Dustin Cole (AKA Dustin Rhodig), 18, of the Norcatur-Oberlin area, has said he doesn't want to go back to jail, and Badsky considers him dangerous...

While engineers begin an environmental study and test well drilling on two wells south of McCook, the search for a third well also will begin. City engineers plan to begin looking for a third site within a seven-mile radius of the current well field south of McCook...

Red Willow County commissioners committed money for 2004-05 to the Cedars Southwest Juvenile Services Aid Program during commissioners' meeting Monday morning. Cedars director Rita Maloley of McCook told commissioners she wants Cedars to take a more proactive role in the community, and expand into preventing risky behaviors and strengthening families...

The McCook City Council agreed unanimously to decline an invitation by Red Willow County to participate in a joint law enforcement center, Monday night. The question raised by the Red Willow County Jail Task Force was whether the city would be interested in moving the police department to a central jail and law enforcement facility...

McCook Public Schools will purchase defibrillators and staff members will be trained to use them using a $6,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The school may have qualified for more money-- if the response time by McCook's ambulance personnel weren't so good...

As we remember Dr. Larry Burns, let's drive through the western part of McCook. On the tour we will see Burns Lab, located on the northeast corner of the intersection of U.S. Highways 6-34 and U.S. 83. Then, farther to the west, we will view the vast expanse of golfing holes that make up the renowned Heritage Hills Golf Course...

OGALLALA -- The similarity between Gering's home course and the district course, West Wind, helped the Bulldogs capture the B4 District golf title with a 295 in Ogallala on Monday. Even though Gering captured the title, both McCook and Scottsbluff were also victors as they filled out the top three in the team category and earned a state tournament berth...

ATWOOD -- Bethany Holste of Atwood set a meet record in the pole vault Friday at the Atwood track invite. She finished with a mark of 9 feet, 7 inches, more than a foot and a half over the nearest competitor. Teammate Emily Wolters swept the hurdling events, winning the 100 meter high hurdles in 15.92 seconds and the 300 meter intermediate hurdles in 47.01...

HOXIE, Kan. -- Oberlin's Matt Mondero and Jonathon Richards both qualified for the Kansas state golf tournament during the Kansas Class 2-1A regional Monday. Mondero, a senior and a four-time state qualifier, posted rounds of 43 and 37 for a score of 80, good for fourth place...

In the McCook Midget League's Cubs Division Thursday, the Associates Service Tech Mets beat the Wilcox and Hager Giants 10-3. The Mets were led by Justin Terry with a single and a double, while Mat Miller had a single. Bryan Cox hit a homerun for the Giants and Jake Fehrenbruch had a single and a double...

Did you ever Google yourself? It might not be what you think, although I've been given similar advice by certain unkind individuals. Because our publication is online as well as hard-copy, going to google.com and typing in "Bruce Crosby" usually brings up several links to previous editions of this column...