Stories from Thursday, October 13, 2005

McCook squad qualifies for national competition The McCook High School cheerleaders were named Class B champions at the State Cheerleading competition Oct. 1. The event, hosted by Aksarben, took place at the Qwest Center in Omaha, with 11 teams competing for the title...

HAVILAND, Kan. -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture women's volleyball team played a couple of very tight games in Haviland, Kan., on Monday as the Aggies lost to Union College of Lincoln in four sets and came back to win against host Barclay College in five sets...

COLUMBUS -- The McCook Community College volleyball team lost to Central Community College 30-13, 30-18, 30-18 Wednesday night at Columbus. Kayla Laird led the Indians with 13 set assists. Brittany McConville had 6 set assists. Lindsey Hartman had 7 kills and 10 digs. Mary Gohl had 6 kills. Sara Cappel had 9 digs...

The McCook Junior High School volleyball A, B and C teams lost to Ogallala Monday at Ogallala. The A Team lost 25-20, 25-9 and the B team 25-15, 22-25, 15-12. The C team lost 25-18, 25-22, 25-15. The girls came out and played pretty good the first game (of the A team match)," said coach Colleen Olson. "Our serving was consistent and battled the entire game, but really struggled to get into the swing of things the second game. We just missed too many serves and couldn't pass the ball...

Coach Jeff Gross has said repeatedly that the McCook Bison football team will not change its basic philosophy just for one player. But Sidney's talented senior Alex Williams will have the Bison team's attention Friday night when the Red Raiders pay a visit to Weiland Field...

July 6, 1929--Oct. 11, 2005 ATWOOD -- Edward "Ed" Thomas Morton, 76, died Tuesday (Oct. 11, 2005) at the Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. He was born July 6, 1929, to Thomas and Maude (Remmington) Morton on a farm west of Atwood. He graduated from Atwood High School in 1947...

Ella Riepe will be celebrating her 90th birthday with an open house. The open house will be Sunday, Oct. 16, 2-4 p.m., at the Blue Room of Sunshine Village in Arapahoe. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 208 Sixth Street, #20, Arapahoe, NE 68922...

CURTIS -- What do walking trails have to do with natural resources? The Middle Republican Natural Resources District board of directors discussed that question during Tuesday's open forum session of its monthly meeting. Marvin Henry of Maywood expressed concern over the recent community assistance grants offered to McCook and Culbertson trails projects...

The history of Southwest Nebraska is celebrated on the front pages of this week's area newspapers. The Arapahoe Public Mirror, the Benkelman Post & News-Chronicle and the Cambridge Clarion all feature prominent layouts about events which promote the heritage of this region...

Throughout the years, Brad has introduced me to a lot of firsts when it comes to the outdoors. First pheasant hunt. First dove hunt. First deer hunt. First duck hunt. This year was another first for me -- my first antelope hunt. We left for the hunt Friday afternoon, arriving in Kimball at about 9 p.m. -- we had to make a stop in Sidney for supper and shopping -- this time Brad got to do the shopping...

HOLBROOK -- Maxine Brandt Purinton of rural Cambridge remembers the little log cabin as "one destination for playing," as she grew up in the hills northwest of Holbrook. Now, the cabin, sitting on a new concrete pad in the Holbrook City Park, can be a destination for hundreds of children playing in the park and for scores of tourists on historic U.S. Route 6...