Stories from Thursday, September 1, 2005

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Bearcats hope to end 3-year losing streak to McCook For the past three seasons, the McCook High School Bison football team has had Scottsbluff's number -- just like they have with so many others. The Bison have posted34-0, 26-0 and 39-0 shutouts. But for several years, the roles were reversed and Scottsbluff seemingly owned McCook...

Eleven McCook Community College athletes have attained Academic All-American status according to the National Junior College Athletic Association and 40 MCC student athletes were named to academic All-Region IX teams. In addition, the MCC baseball team's grade point average is second best in the nation, the men's basketball team is ranked fourth, the women's softball team 11th, and the women's basketball team 27th...

The McCook High School softball team will host a doubleheader Thursday night against Holdrege. The twinbill starts at 5 p.m. at Jaycees Sports Complex. McCook, 6-0, will host its invitational tournament at the Jaycees Complex Saturday. McCook will play Alliace at 9 a.m. on the East field, followed by Cozad vs. Scottsbluff at 10:45 a.m...

GERING -- A Gering woman would like a brick or two from the old Bureau of Reclamation building in McCook when it's torn down this fall. JoAnn Corcoran Duke remembers the building not only as the Bureau, but also as "The Gayway Ballroom and Cafe" run by her father, Jim Corcoran...

HAYES CENTER -- Hayes Center's Lions Club plans its sixth annual "Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23, 24 and 25, at Camp Hayes, near the actual site of the 1872 buffalo hunt hosted by the U.S. Army and Buffalo Bill Cody for the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia...

IMPERIAL -- Hope Fitzgerald, 84, died today (Sept. 1, 2005), at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. Survivors include two daughters, Martha "Marty" and husband, Steve Chartier of Paonia, Colo., and Cathy and husband, George Hoff of Cheyenne, Wyo.; a sister-in-law, Marie Sailors of Benkelman; and five grandchildren...

OMAHA -- Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson provided the following list of telephone numbers and websites for agencies administering relief efforts to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The list was provided to congressional offices by the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Think back to your days in school. Think about your favorite teacher ... or teachers. Think about the difference they have made in your life. Then, whenever the opportunity presents itself, tell others your story. Let them know the importance of a teacher's lessons ... and example ... in shaping the future of students...

**Dear Editor, I would like to reply to Patrick Tolles' letter to the editor of 8-22 A.D. 2005. Patrick, you will never prove the Bible wrong, and you will never prove that evolution is more than a metaphysical research project. So, all you can do is try to change the subject, shift the focus from evolution to my character, and attempt to portray me as a buffoon...