Stories from Thursday, July 22, 2004

OBERLIN -- The Decatur Community High School-Oberlin volleyball program has been selected as the Kansas Class 2A Program of the Year for 2003-04. The Kansas Volleyball Association will honor the Red Devils and coach Pat Dorshorst Tuesday between matches at the KVA All-Star Classic at Silver Lake High School, near Topeka...

The Rams improved to 2-0 in McCook Football League action with a 6-0 overtime win over the Ravens Tuesday night at Weiland Field. The Rams' Matt Gohl scored on 3-yard touchdown run in the overtime period. In other games Tuesday, the Steelers blanked the Chiefs 14-0, the Colts defeated the Jets 20-6 and the Cowboys shut out the Redskins 8-0...

LEXINGTON -- The McCook Devil Rays Swim Team competed in their final meet of the season Saturday at Lexington. Previous meets determined who could participate in this meet. More than 500 swimmers from 25 teams qualified to compete on Saturday. McCook's Whitney Korgan and Derek Carriker received Gold High Point honors...

NCTA hosts first Jr./Sr. golf tourney CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture welcomed six golfers from three states to the first Jr./Sr. Golf Tournament. NCTA coach Brad Jakubowski joined the competitors as they teed off at the Curtis Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course...

Dec. 27, 1919-July 20, 2004 Ruth Schnabel, 84, of McCook, died Tuesday (July 20, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Dec. 27, 1919, to August and Sophia (Krausce) Schnabel in Culbertson and she moved with her family at an early age to a home near Trenton, where she attended school...

CAMBRIDGE -- Tim and Dixie Honn of McCook announced the birth of their daughter, Tori Jo, June 16, 2004, at Tri-Valley Health Center in Cambridge. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. She has one sister, Bailey, 4. Grandparents are Larry and Lynda Ruppert of McCook and Ron and Mary Honn of LaCygne, Kan. Great-grandparents are Alice Ruppert of McCook, Harvey and Erma Hinz of McCook and Alta Honn of Garnett, Kan...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Eric and Jenny Petz of Portland, Ore., announce the birth of their daughter, Maile Elizabeth, July 1, 2004, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Her grandparents are Don and Pam Ahlers of McCook and Dieter and Vickie Petz of Omaha...

Law enforcement authorities are tracking down rumors and tracing the last hours of a McCook man whose body was discovered outside his mother's home Sunday morning. County Attorney Paul Wood said this morning there were no new developments in the homicide investigation into the death of David Moreau, 53. Moreau's body was discovered near his mother's home at 402 Missouri Ave. Circle in McCook at 6:10 a.m. Sunday...

NORTH PLATTE -- Cities across Nebraska need to keep a close watch on what is happening with their local Natural Resource Districts in order to protect themselves from new water regulations. "This issue is critically important to the survival of your community," Jordan Ball, Sidney City Attorney, told those attending a North Platte workshop on the state's new water law...

Efforts by Nebraska's U.S. Senators to lessen the impact of EPA's strict drinking water standards are much appreciated by the small communities of Nebraska, but McCook officials fear the legislative proposals may be too little and too late to be of benefit to mid-sized towns like McCook...

It's hard to believe but my youngest son Jeremy has hit the streets driving. Jeremy got his license Tuesday and all my nightmares and worries have been put to rest -- he's nothing like his older brother. About a month after Shane got his license he was ticketed for driving 80 mph in 55 mph zone. A year later, he was in the ditch after a "big ol' truck ran him off the road."...

**Dear Editor, I read with interest all of the Open Forums and try to see what each writer wishes to get across to the readers. From what I've seen, Jesus wouldn't be allowed in the local churches, or at least a majority of them, based on what I read...

Hannah (left) and Madison Hanke of Arapahoe giggle while riding on the merry-go-round at the home-owned carnival at the Furnas County Fair on Wednesday evening. 4-H activities continue through Saturday. The rodeo starts at 8 p.m. today and Friday. The demolition derby is 7:30 p.m. Saturday in front of the grandstand in Beaver City...