Stories from Wednesday, June 8, 2005

MNB Night at ballpark Thursday KEARNEY -- When the McCook National Bank American Legion Seniors crossed the chalk lines, it was not surprising to see another Class A baseball club. The Seniors have squared off with Class A teams for over half of their games, and Tuesday night's matchup with Kearney Thirsty's was no different...

NORTH PLATTE -- The tone of the baseball game is usually set in the first few innings of the game. North Platte sent that message to the First Central Bank American Legion Juniors immediately. The North Platte Juniors scored 11 runs in the first inning of Game 1 and 14 in the first inning of Game 2 and defeated McCook 15-1 and 18-6...

For area golf course superintendents Howard Kester and Bill Bieck any chance of precipitation is a welcome sight. This past week has brought a healthy supply of rainfall to Kester, superintendent of Cross Creek Golf Links in Cambridge, and Bieck, superintendent of Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook, but the storms have brought a mixed bag of needed moisture and damage to the courses...

The family of Mereta Duncan is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday June 11. Cards will reach her at Hillcrest Nursing Home, Box 1087, Room 126, McCook, NE, 69001.

What happens when the well runs dry? Ask anyone who has gone through it, and they will tell you it's a helpless, desperate feeling. There aren't too many options. About all you can do -- in the short term -- is get a big tank and haul water to your home...

**Dear Editor, I want to thank Mike for his eye-opening article (Whatever happened to the truth?) on the lies this administration has told, and also the eloquent responses the paper received from the article. So I thought it would be interesting to quote specific instances where the administration or politician was lying and found the following...

I can't remember how many times I was the "new girl" in school. We moved a lot while I was growing up and it seemed no sooner did I finally get settled in than it was time to move again. I never did the get the hang of being the "new girl." It seems new girls are always looked at with a measure of suspicion and are forced to undergo close scrutiny...