Stories from Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Bison record 8th shutout The fourth-ranked McCook Bison softball team recorded its 11th win in a row and eighth shutout of the season with a 5-0 win over Lexington Tuesday night at the Jaycees Sports Complex. Taryn Placzek pitched the first six innings. She allowed four hits, struck out five and walked one...

After Kirstie Hiatt struck out the side in Lexington's half of the first inning, the Bison junior varsity scored nine runs in their half en route to an 11-0 victory Tuesday night at Jaycees Sports Complex. The game ended after five innings because of the run rule...

The McCook High School boys varsity tennis team swept all nine matches from Hershey Tuesday afternoon at the Bison and Elks Courts. "I commend the team for their effort and taking care of business," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers. "We knew Hershey graduated some good people last year and this year they would be down. But the team played our style of tennis and won all nine matches...

McCook High School senior athletes Brendan Liess and Jeff Klug both suffered season-ending knee injuries in last Friday's season-opener at Scottsbluff. McCook football coach Jeff Gross said the Bison medical staff determined both Liess and Klug sustained complete tears in their anerior criciate ligaments or ACLs...

ARAPAHOE -- The Arapahoe girls volleyball team edged out Maywood in a close scoring three sets Tuesday night at Arapahoe. Abbey Breinig led the Warriors in hitting and blocking. Breinig had seven kills, six blocks and three assists. Hollie Thomas was a leading setter and server for Arapahoe, with 12 assists and five aces with 12 good serves...

The McCook High School junior varsity football team opened the season at home Tuesday with a 27-7 victory over Holdrege. After a scoreless first quarter, the Bison opened scoring with a 1-yard run by Justin Spector. David Cappel kicked the first of his three extra points...

The McCook High School freshman volleyball girls improved their record to 4-0 on Tuesday night with a 26-25, 25-22 victory over the North Platte Blue team at home. "The girls served the ball really well for us,"said McCook coach Jon Graff. Athena Parde had 7 aces in the match, including game point in game one, and Audrie Krepsik added two more...

Oct. 20, 1928--Sept. 3, 2005 NORTH PLATTE -- Donald L. Wilson, 76, died Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at Centennial Park Retirement Village of North Platte. He was born Oct. 20, 1928, in Ogallala to Charles and Emma Carse Wilson. He graduated from Palisade High School and served in the U.S. Navy...

McCook Daily Gazette The Kelley Park walking trail project is moving rapidly ahead, although a plan to install a sidewalk on the city property which leads to Wal-Mart has been dumped in the process. Consultants who reviewed the grant application for Phase I of the trail project said that including the sidewalk to Wal-Mart could hurt the chances of winning the grant...

By LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette City Council members voted Tuesday night to find $75,000 in the city budget to help fund six new tennis courts owned by the McCook School District, despite objections from Councilman Phil Lyons that city funds should not be used for a school project...

McCook Daily Gazette The City of McCook hopes to use a temporary disposal method for the wastewater from its new treatment plant until the permanent, deep-well injection system can come online. Greg Wolford of W Design Associates, told the City Council Tuesday night that permits for the deep injection well were not received last spring because of delays from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality...

Not too long ago, it looked like an impossible task for McCook to meet federal and state water standards by the March 2006 deadline. But, since the McCook City Council made the decision to go the water treatment route, the city has been on a strict, efficient schedule, encouraging engineers to believe the deadline will be met...

Fifteen years ago, my flight, the first I'd taken in some years, landed in New Orleans. Four or five thousand school food service workers were converging on the Big Easy for our annual convention, and I was one of them. It was soooo exciting. My best friend, who at the time was also my boss, was my seatmate on the plane, on the tour busses and at each of the memorable meals. New Orleans fills an entire room of memories in my mind...