Stories from Friday, April 28, 2006

HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School boys golf team finished fourth in the 12-team Holdrege Invitational Thursday with a 327 score. Holdrege won the team title with a 311 score, followed by Lexington at 314 and Aurora with a 318. The tournament was played at the Holdrege Country Club...

McCook Bison football camp set for June 5-8 The McCook Bison football team will host the annual Championship Football Camp for grades 2-8 (in fall of 2006) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 5-8 at the McCook practice field. Boys and girls are welcome. Cost is $30 and we will accept registrations up until camp starts...

McCook High School senior Joel Arterburn won't have to travel very far to continue his basketball career. Arterburn, a 6-foot senior who was a first team selection on the McCook Daily Gazette's All-Area Team and an all-conference pick by the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference, signed a letter of intent Thursday to play basketball at McCook Community College...

By LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette Clues can be gleaned from virtually everything in a crime scene, from patterns in broken glass to microscopic hair fibers in a bathroom mat. New techniques and equipment used in gathering this evidence were demonstrated at a two-day seminar in McCook, led by FBI agents from evidence recovery units from Omaha and North Platte...

Arbor Day -- it's a frustrating holiday but practical all the same. Frustrating, because it's hard to pin down. Practical, because it works. Where else but Nebraska could such a holiday originate? Do a Google search of Arbor Day, and you may be frustrated to find it observed anywhere from January and February in the southern states, to May in the north. That's because it often coincides with the best time to plant trees in a particular climate, which makes it practical for growing trees...

If a giant hamburger pops into your head upon hearing the word "Mac," then more than likely you're one of those elitist PC users. (For all of my fellow, yet-naive Mac users, a PC is a personal computer.) Those of us computer users who favor Apple's Macintosh computers, we know we are in the minority...

Zach Sivics of Culbertson signals to Tim Sivics in the truck as they and Sid Lampman reposition one of McCook Public Schools's modular classroom on its new lot in the 1400 block of West 15th in McCook. The new owner is Herb Johnson, who will transform the double-wide double-classroom into his home. ...

BEAVER CITY -- Alice Marie Miles, 77, of Beaver City, died Saturday (April 22, 2006) at Beaver City Manor. She was born Dec. 8, 1928, at Arnold, to Fredrick and Fern (Chelsey) Brook. She lived around the Stanford and Wilsonville area while growing up...

CULBERTSON -- Leila S. "Miss T" Herzog, 73, of Culbertson died Thursday (April 27, 2006) at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m., Thursday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Gary Brethour officiating. Inurnment will be at the Culbertson Cemetery.Memorials may be given in her name to the American Cancer Society...