Stories from Monday, February 27, 2006

Southern Valley, Perkins County, Wauneta-Palisade, Cambridge headed for the 'Big Dance' in Lincoln LINCOLN -- Nebraska girls state basketball tournament begins Thursday at varius sites in Lincoln. Area teams gearing up for the action are Southern Valley and Perkins County in Class C1 and Wauneta-Palisade and Cambridge in D1...

KEARNEY -- The McCook Bison boys basketball team finished its season after falling to Lexington 66-43 Saturday in a first-round game at the Nebraska Class B-5 district tournament. The game was played at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Health and Sports Center...

HAYS, Kan. -- The St. Francis wrestling team placed third at the Kansas Class 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament in Hays, Kan., Saturday. The tournament took place at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the Fort Hays State University campus. St. Francis' team score was 108...

Nebraska Girls State Basketball Tournament All Times Central All championship games at Devaney Sports Center By The Associated Press CLASS A At Devaney Sports Center Games Thursday Bellevue West (23-2) vs. Lincoln Southeast (14-9), 1:30 p.m. Lincoln Southwest (18-5) vs. Bellevue East (21-2), 5 p.m...

The McCook Economic Development Corp. is recommending approval of the loan application for a new business in the McCook area, and Red Willow County commissioners will discuss it at a public hearing March 13 before releasing the loan funds from the county's revolving loan program...

Wauneta Palisade's Brittany O'Neil cuts down the net after the Broncos defeated Eustis-Farnam Friday night in the Nebraska Class D1-6 district championship game at the McCook High School gymnasium. The Broncos (20-3) will play Cambridge (16-5) in a first-round game at 9 p.m. ...

Water treatment pumps running The pumping equipment at the new water treatment plant that was damaged by an early morning fire on Friday was back in operation later that day, Jesse Dutcher said, McCook Utility Director. Duplicate pumps that had been ordered as spares were used to replace the damaged equipment, he said, and new pumps have been reordered as backups...

In a recent column, which dealt with World War I, the name Chateau Thierry stirred the memory of Grace Carmody, of Trenton. Mrs. Carmody was a girl of five, living in Grand Island when the war broke out in 1914. She remembers that her father's youngest brother, George Palmer and her mother's nephew, "Brudie" Roeser were both drafted together in the Army in 1917...

One of the most rewarding charitable gifts both for the charity and the benefactor, are those given to commemorate loved ones. Terri Shipshock, Director of Community Hospital Health Foundation is pleased to announce the receipt of one such gift to the Foundation...

Today's beautiful weather arrived just in time for more of us to get outside and exercise instead of sitting in front of the television watching the Winter Olympics. But the games were a welcome diversion from the ordinary, and a reminder of the power of hard work, determination and talents. Good lessons for all of us...

I'm starting a new column and I need your help. Here's the deal. During my years in the newspaper business, starting as a reporter for the Gazette in 1961, I've come to greatly admire and respect people with Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas roots...

As the weather warms and the old guy walks the canyons of south west Nebraska. (As) I hunt out-of-the-way garden spots, I have stumbled onto a number of caves. This cave got me banged up good as I am too old to enjoy enjoy sliding down a steep cliff, but a second try got me there, West of McCook...

June 6, 1942--Feb. 23, 2006 HUDSON, N.H. -- Marvin D. Loshbaugh, 63, died Thursday (Feb. 23, 2006) at the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. He was born June 6, 1942, in Brush, Colo., to Howard and Opal (McCracken) Loshbaugh. He married Rita Bourre...

July 16, 1927--Feb. 25, 2006 CAMBRIDGE -- Robert P. Miller, 78, died Saturday (Feb. 25, 2006) at his home in Cambridge. He was born July 16, 1927, near Cambridge to Palmer G. and O. Mildred (Cotton) Miller. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1945...

Jan. 30, 1968--Feb. 25, 2006 HAYES CENTER -- LeAnn Christy Johnson, 38, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, near Hayes Center, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. LeAnn was born Jan. 30, 1968, to Gilbert D. and Patricia A. (McKinley) Stasser, at Burlington, Colo. She graduated from high school in St. Francis in 1986 and attended the Northwest Kansas Area Vocational Tech School in Goodland, Kan., receiving a degree in electronics...

Jan. 3, 1925--Feb. 25, 2006 OBERLIN -- Kenneth H. Rydquist, 81, died Saturday (Feb. 25, 2006) at the Decatur County Hospital. He was born Jan. 3, 1925, in Decatur County. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1943. He married Ellenette Anderson on April 12, 1949...