Stories from Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Bison to play rematch against Holdrege in Class B semifinals HOLDREGE -- The McCook Bison will get to face Holdrege again -- this time at home. The Nebraska Class B state football playoff semifinal game will be a rematch of the No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown of Week 9 Oct. 30 at Holdrege, won by the Bison 31-21...

Arapahoe falls to Overton 58-14 in D1 quarterfinals; Chase County tripped by Gordon ARAPAHOE -- Arapahoe looked to stay unbeaten and move on to the semifinals of the Class D1 state football playoffs last night as the Warriors hosted Overton. Overton entered the game having allowed no points this postseason...

May 24, 1912-Nov. 7, 2004 Eva E. Relph, 92, died Sunday (Nov. 7, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born May 24, 1912, in Hebron to Alonzo P. and Nina (Snider) Iler. She attended rural school north of McCook. On July 13, 1933, she married James W. Relph. Eva worked many years for Ideal Laundry until her retirement. She then worked at Electric Hose and Rubber Plant for several years...

The family of Maxine Ele is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday, Nov. 10. Her children are Mary Vontz and husband, Tom of McCook, Patricia Mitchem and husband, Gerald of McCook, Robert Ele of Lincoln and Ned Ele of Scottsbluff. Cards will reach her at 702 West Second, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Manota Daniels is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Nov. 13. Her family includes Byron and Peggy Daniels of Trenton. Cards will reach her at RR1, Stratton, NE 69043.

Even though the weather has been warm and gorgeous these last few days, I can tell you that cold winter weather is on its way. I didn't learn this by reading the Farmer's Almanac, watching the Weather Channel, or observing how wooly the caterpillars were this fall. But by being a life-long Nebraskan, I can guarantee you that the cold, the sleet, and the snow aren't too far away...

Red-state public radio general managers must have blanched Saturday night when Garrison Keillor started his annual joke show. Let's hope right-wing public radio listeners have a sense of humor. Wait a minute -- you'd have to have a sense of humor to be a right-wing public radio listener, so I guess I'm being redundant...

In the primary and general elections of 2004, Red Willow County was one of the test sites in Nebraska for the counting of ballots by scanner. So how did it go? "It was wonderful," said Pauletta Gerver, the Red Willow county clerk. "There were no glitches and the last of the 17 precincts came in at 10:15 p.m., just two and a half hours after the polls closed."...

**Dear Editor, After being exposed to weeks of political brouhaha, one fact is very clear. There seems to be a Fifth Column at work in the mainstream news copy writers. Their goal is to ridicule the established institutions of our country with lies and misrepresentations...

By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor Red Willow County commissioners and County Attorney Paul Wood agreed during a regular commissioners' meeting Monday morning to work with the city of McCook to resolve questions regarding building code compliance for the bleachers at the Kiplinger Arena on the county fairgrounds...

FORT WORTH -- Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet will acquire two rail lines consisting of nearly 89 miles of track from The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. in Southwest Nebraska. The two rail lines being acquired by NKCR are between Oxford and Franklin and between Culbertson and Imperial...

McCook fans on the Ogallala sidelines, all sixth graders, include: (above, front, from left) Kelsey Gillen, Kristen Green and Elise Polly. (Back) Kimberly Holthus, Kaitlyn Unger, Morgan Schaeffer and Jaci Saalfeld. McCook,which won 57-0, will host Holdrege on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the semifinals...