Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2005

NORTH PLATTE -- The score was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning as the McCook National Bank Seniors were on a thrill ride -- matching North Platte step for step. The ride went for a loop de loop in that inning as North Platte scored four runs on a two-out rally en route to defeating the Seniors 6-3 in nine innings Tuesday night at Bill Wood Field at North Platte...

NORTH PLATTE -- With two days left before their first district game of the season, the First Central Bank American Legion Juniors wanted to contend with North Platte and play fundamental baseball rolling into the tournament. Despite giving up eight early runs in the first inning, the Juniors shut North Platte out the rest of the game...

NU track squad awards athletes; Plas honored as most improved LINCOLN -- Head coach Gary Pepin announced the winners of Nebraska's annual track and field awards for the 2005 season Tuesday. Fifteen athletes laid claim to 11 individual honors, as the competitive awards race featured four ties...

WILSONVILLE -- The Wilsonville town board member threatened with a recall said Tuesday morning it would be hard to resign from a board that does not exist. Kent Chambers, who is serving his first term on the Wilsonville board, said, "It's not possible to resign from a board that is defunct, a board that does not meet bond requirements."...

Breanna Kruger of Holbrook hugs a totem pole on the parade float advertising Holbrook's annual "Holbrook Days," Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The celebration's theme is "Tropical Madness." (Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette)

Jon Bruning knows whereof he speaks. Nebraska's Attorney General has long cautioned consumers to be on guard against identity theft, and for good cause. Last year, Bruning's consumer protection division received 788 complaints from people worried about identity theft and similar issues...

I had an email from my "kid" sister this morning. (Kid being a relative term, she was born in 1962.) She got married on the Fourth of July, with some 15,000 people in attendance. (The wedding was on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.) It's her second marriage and all three of her children attended her during the ceremony with her daughter serving as the maid of honor. Her sons escorted her to her new husband and then served him as best men...