Stories from Thursday, June 23, 2005

LEXINGTON -- The McCook National Bank American Legion Seniors baseball team were three outs away from their third victory over a district opponent. Lexington rallied around three hits and one hit batsmen to pull off a 10-9 comeback victory Wednesday night in front of its home crowd...

The First Central Bank American Legion Juniors baseball team felt good about its 6-1 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning. Lexington stormed back with six runs to take the lead and eventually ended up winning 8-6. "Our guys will really learn from this game. We got up on Lexington early and then just got satisfied with our lead," head coach Steve Cochran said...

CULBERTSON -- David Murray Jr. of Oberlin will attempt to tie the all-time national record for victories when he competes in Saturday night's car races at the Hitchcock County Speedway. Murray Jr. took the win in the IMCA Modified main event Sunday evening at Oberlin Speedway, giving him 327 career wins, one shy of the all-time IMCA feature win record which was set in 1977...

Austin, Connor Larson compete at NP tennis tourney NORTH PLATTE -- McCook's Austin and Connor Larson participated in the North Platte tennis tournament on Monday and Tuesday. The results are as follows: Boys 14 Singles First round -- Austin Larson defeated Zachary Bochek 6-3, 6-4...

While some people might not think a town the size of Haigler has a lot to offer, today's special Spotlight could prove them wrong. Despite its size, Haigler, a town of only 211 residents, has taken it upon itself to make sure it remains a vibrant community now and into the future...

Reprinted courtesy/North Platte Telegraph NORTH PLATTE -- A Hotel Pawnee resident, Ryan Blomstedt, 20, has been missing since noon Monday when he walked away from the Great Plains Regional Medical Center after being hospitalized with a drug reaction...

By TOM BREDVICK Special to the Gazette Since 1932 little league baseball has been played in McCook. For the last 30 plus years the scoreboard at Felling Field has watched over those games keeping toll of the wins and loses and the lessons learned by those playing. ...

Telecommunications came to the forefront of discussion between State Sen. Tom Baker, of Trenton, and Jerry Vap, chairman of the Public Service Commission, at the Community Hospital on Thursday morning during the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee wrap-up breakfast...

A new doctor will join the staff at McCook Clinic in August. Following a meeting this morning of the board of directors of Community Hospital of McCook, hospital president Gary Bieganski said the clinic and hospital staff are very excited about the recruitment of Wade Fornander, who is completing a residency in Lincoln...

'Cornerstone of Nebraska' demonstrates the pride, spirit and energy of rural communities'.

Editor, Perhaps you should check the origination of your emails more closely. The letter posted in Wednesday's Gazette came from my son, Michael Hendricks, in Russellville, Ark., not from me. He has his mind. I have mine. Mike Hendricks McCook

For the past four and a half years, I've been keeping my finger on the pulse of the community, reporting on the McCook City Council, the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee, activiities at the McCook Chamber of Commerce, political activites around town and working with the McCook Police Department and Red Willow County Court...

July 26, 1944-June 22, 2005 Nancy Elaine Prosser-Weedin was the first child born July 26, 1944 in Alliance, Nebraska to Helen (Kenagy) and Leonard Prosser. She died Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at her home in McCook. She lived on the family homestead in Sioux County in the sod house built by her Prosser grandparents, father and uncle until the spring of 1949, when the family moved to Crawford...