Stories from Thursday, October 6, 2005

No. 1 Bison 'welcome' Minutemen to Weiland The Kansas City Chiefs refer to their matchups with arch-rival Oakland as "Raider Week." According to McCook football coach Jeff Gross, the Bison team's equivalent is "Lexington Week." Welcome to "Lexington Week" -- it's here...

The McCook Community College volleyball wrapped up a long homestand Wednesday night with a victory. The Indians defeated North Platte 28-30, 27-30, 30-27, 30-19, 15-9 and improved to 4-13. Kayla Laird had 38 set assists and 17 digs. Lindsey Hartman had 13 digs...

Bison volleyball hosts Team Recognition Night Thursday The McCook High School volleyball team will host Team Recognition Night Thursday when the Bison host a triangular against Lexington and Gothenburg. Any participants in the 2005 Bison Volleyball Camp are welcome to attend and will be recognized before the final match of the evening when McCook plays Lexington...

March 10, 1909--Oct. 6, 2005 BEAVER CITY -- Florence E. Cornell, 96, died Thursday (Oct. 6, 2005) at the Beaver City Manor. She was born March 10, 1909, in Beaver City to Walter and Laura (Teeter) Cornell. She graduated from Beaver City High School in 1927. She graduated from Kearney State Teachers College in 1931...

Clarence and Evelyn Frick Lorentz will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, Oct. 9. There will be an open house to honor the couple Sunday, 2 p.m., at St. Mary's Hall in Herndon.

Keep watching! Exciting news is coming about the expansion plans at Community Hospital in McCook. Little has been released to date, but representatives of the news media learned Wednesday afternoon that major announcements are coming a week from today -- on Thursday, Oct. 13 -- and the following Tuesday -- Oct. 18 -- concerning a project which will greatly enhance rehabilitation services at the hospital...

"Guess what, Gloria?" Dawn Kalinski, one of the Gazette's ad staff, asked me as I walked by her office the other day. I stopped, waiting for her revelation. "September was National Menopause Awareness Month." I wasn't sure how to take it. Did she expect me to act more civil now that Sept-ember was over. Was it her way of telling me she understood how I had been feeling. Or was it simply her way of pointing out that we had missed out on a great revenue opportunity...

By Connie Jo Discoe Regional editor OBERLIN -- St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Norcatur hadn't sheltered worshippers or resonated with solemn hymns of praise for many years. That silence came to an end Sunday, after a move to Oberlin, restoration efforts and rededication of the church to the glorification of God...

By GLORIA MASONER McCook Daily Gazette Four Nebraska senators on the Judicial Legislative Committee were in McCook Wednesday for an interim hearing to discuss issues of the parole system and methamphetamine use -- the only problem was no constituents showed up for the meeting...

Dec. 15, 1912--Oct. 2, 2005 MONTROSE, Colo. -- Gladys Cress, 92, died Sunday (Oct. 2, 2005) at the Valley Manor nursing home in Montrose, Colo. She was born Dec. 15, 1912, Louisa County, Iowa, to Miles and Cora Nicholson Latta. She married Merritt Wehmeyer on Aug. ...