Stories from Friday, October 28, 2005

McCook Bison to host Gering in Class B playoff game Wednesday For one half Thursday at Weiland Field, the McCook Bison offense struggled against a Holdrege defense that was using five-man and six-man fronts to stop the run. Holdrege led 7-3 at intermission and would have led 14-3 if a sure touchdown pass had not slipped off the fingers of wide receiver Nathan Smith...

CHASE COUNTY -- Chase County's Longhorns blasted previously unbeaten Chadron 48-22 in football action Thursday. The Longhorns were 6-2 against Chadron's record of 8-0. Chase County now moves up in the Class C1 bracket and play Valentine next Wednesday...

ATWOOD -- The St. Francis Indians handed Rawlins County-Atwood a 44-14 defeat Thursday night at Atwood in the final regular-season football game for both teams. The Indians rolled up 332 yards ruhsing en route to the win and limited the Buffaloes to 218 total yards (113 rushing, 105 passing)...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture volleyball team finished its 2005 season in style on Tuesday night as the Aggies demolished Clubhouse of Maywood 30-9, 30-18, 30-25 and the UNK Club team 30-23, 28-30, 30-26, 30-20. The triangular took place at the Curtis Gym...

With the McCook Community College men's basketball team poised to begin its defense of a conference co-championship Nov. 1, very few players who had a hand in last season's success are still in uniform. Last season's squad relied heavily on contributions from seven sophomores who led MCC to the co-championship of the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference and as the East Sub-region co-champions, with a mark of 18-14...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture rodeo team finished the fall season with a number of riders in the running for all-around titles. The final rodeo of the fall was held in Fargo, N.D. on Oct. 15-17. The NCTA team earned fourth place in the rodeo with Chance Harman of Norcatur, Kan., winning second in the average in the saddle bronc...

CURTIS -- Bonnie D. Davis, 73, died Thursday (Oct. 27, 2005) at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. Services will be Saturday, 2 p.m., at the Maywood Christian Church with the Rev. Dale Heimer officiating. Interment will be in the Maywood Cemetery...

Jan. 11, 1907--Oct. 27, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- John C. Brown, 98, died Thursday (Oct. 27, 2005) at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. He was born in Cambridge on Jan. 11, 1907, to Joseph and Clara (Karash) Brown. He married Ruth O'Brien on June 29, 1933, in Cambridge. She preceded him in death in December 1991. He owned a farm North of Cambridge in Red Willow County and moved to Cambridge in 1990...

BEAVER CITY -- Kathy Wilmot, resident of Beaver City, has announced she is a candidate for the District 44 Legislative seat in southwest Nebraska. Born and raised on a farm in Furnas County, Wilmot said it is "important for our children and grandchildren to have the opportunity to live in communities where family is valued and where they can live wholesome, healthy lives."...

Jillian Bryant and Brendan Liess (center) wear the tiara and crown of McCook Senior High's 2005 homecoming royalty, following their coronation Thursday evening after McCook's 17-7 defeat of the Holdrege Dusters at Weiland Field. Jillian is the daughter of Steve and Cathy Bryant; Brendan is the son of Brenda and Dennis Liess. ...

Korean museum in doubt OXFORD -- The National Korean War Museum in Oxford is closed for the winter, and its reopening in the spring is in question. Curator Kyle Kopitke -- who arranged the transport of the Korean War Museum from Hawaii to Oxford two years ago -- told the Oxford Standard newspaper he expects that by the end of November he will hear from Landis Enterprises of Spearfish, S.D., (which owns the building in which the museum is located), about the transfer of ownership so the museum can remain in Oxford.. ...

As Nebraska looks to the future, we in McCook are honored to be put forth as an example of what not only can -- but is -- happening to uplift the state's communities. Showing that are these words, which appeared this morning in the lead editorial in the Omaha World-Herald:...

If the popularity of a holiday can be determined by the number of plastic storage containers tucked away in a basement, then Halloween comes in a close second only to Christmas at my house. Actually, if the costumes which have mysteriously migrated to the dress-up boxes were counted, Halloween might assume "most items taking up space for one holiday" status...

CURTIS -- Brazil, Morocco, Germany, the U.S. inner city, Native America and China were represented as the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture held its annual Multi-Cultural Night this week. NCTA Faculty member, Del Van Der Werff invites a panel of speakers to share their ethnic history and discuss family life, celebrations, religious beliefs and social aspects of their culture...