Stories from Friday, March 18, 2005

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School boys track team opened the season with a second-place finish at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Indoor Meet, and the McCook girls placed seventh. The high school invite took place at Cushing Fieldhouse. The Bison boys scored a school-record 84 points, just missing first-place Gothenburg by 4 points. The McCook girls scored 20 points...

TRINIDAD, Colo. -- The McCook Community College softball team split a doubleheader last Saturday at Trinidad Junior College. The Indians lost the first game 5-4 and won the second game 2-1. Maegan Peterson was the losing pitcher in the opener and the winner in the nightcap. Her season record is 1-7. In 14 innings, she allowed six runs (four earned) on 12 hits, walked four and struck out four...

At a meeting on March 10, the McCook Midget Baseball Association began the process of opening enrollment for the 2005 season. Enrollment forms were delivered to the schools in the McCook area this week and should be coming home with students this week...

June 27, 1924-March 16, 2005 BEATRICE -- Katherine "Barbara" Bergan, 80, died Wednesday ( March 16, 2005) at Parkview Center in Beatrice. She was born June 27, 1924, in Hanover, Kan. She attended country school near Washington, Kan., and St. John's Catholic School in Hanover, Kan. She was a waitress...

Dec. 17, 1939-March 17, 2005 PLEASANTON -- Phyllis A. Durand, 65, of Pleasanton, died March 17, 2005, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born in Farnam on Dec. 17, 1939, to Phill and Mamie (Hanes) Crawford. She graduated from Bartley High School in 1957. She then attended Denver College of Business earning an associate degree in business...

Sept. 5, 1925-March 16, 2005 ST. FRANCIS -- Roberta Rose O'Leary, 79, died Wednesday (March 16, 2005) at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. She was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Indianola. She was a nursing home administrator. She was preceded in death by her son, Jim O'Leary in 2000...

Dec. 23, 1923-March 16, 2005 Norma Ellen (Troxel) Bodeman, 81, died Wednesday (March 16, 2005) in Imperial. She was born Dec. 23, 1923, to Charles Orley and Luella May (Bush) Troxel at their farm home south of Wauneta. She attended Sunny Side School south of Wauneta until the eighth grade and then attended Wauneta High School graduating in 1941. She attended business college at Hastings...

July 14, 1935-Oct. 26, 2004 Raymond C. Teel died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2004, in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born July 14, 1935, in Indianola to Martha and Oscar A. Teel. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of St. Theresa Church in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was owner operator of A Plus Business Products in Phoenix for many years...

Jan. 30, 1917-March 17, 2005 INDIANOLA -- Pete Horkey, 88, died Thursday (March 17, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Jan. 30, 1917, in Indianola to Rudolph and Justina (Vlasin) Horkey. He grew up on the family farm south of Indianola and graduated from rural school...

Track and field competitors are already off and running.

Outstanding production this weekend in McCook; and Living Pictures next week in Curtis.

Dear Editor: In response to Larry Claasen "Keep it up, Mike" (Tuesday, March 15) and his comments on hunting and meat-eating...first he stated there is overwhelming evidence that man is a vegetarian by nature. Since he didn't explain that I'm guessing that might mean a discovered frozen caveman didn't have meat in his stomach so that's evidence early man didn't eat meat. ...

Every year during the month of March, families, church groups, students head out of town for that annual tradition -- spring break. Some come back with souvenirs; some with a treasured photos; some with great stories. For a McCook family, they came back with all of the above -- with the most memorable event ending up as nothing they could have planned...

Everyone remembers Chicken Little's fatalistic admonitions that "The Sky is Falling, the sky is Falling." Sometimes I get the same feeling when I read the editorial page of this and other newspapers. Day after day, we read about how terrible things are and how it's getting worse. ...

An oppussum braves the afternoon sunlight to forage for food near Harry Strunk Lake. 'Possums are normally nocturnal animals, however they often prefer the warm spring sun to the colder spring nights.

Recapping the five preceding Friday Lenten lessons, the Rev. Sam Williams, rector at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, challenged Lenten listeners with the question, "So what?" Reading from the Gospel of Luke, 13:10-17, Williams told the story of a woman who was healed by Jesus of a physical infirmity that had plagued her for 18 years...

After meeting resistance with his first attempt at introducing a code of conduct for city council members, Mayor Dennis Berry will try again with a revised version. Berry's new proposal is titled "City of McCook Standards for Civility Among City Council Members and includes five items to be followed by the Council. Discussion on the amended version will be heard during the regular City Council meeting Monday, 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers at McCook Auditorium...