Stories from Friday, May 12, 2006

GRAND ISLAND --, 81, died Tuesday ( May 9, 2006) at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Wanda was born in McCloud, Okla. on Dec. 26, 1924. She never forgave her mother's d0ctor for administering medications that would delay her labor until after Christmas. ...

Jan. 20, 1921 - May 10, 2006 Ruthella Theda Jones, 85, died Wednesday (May 10, 2006) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born January 30, 1921, to George and Theda (Poore) Carter in Red Willow County. She attended Red Willow School, McCook Junior College and Kearney State College...

Tory, Shane Judd compete in powerlifting championships BATON ROUGE, La. -- Tory and Shane Judd, who grew up in McCook and currently reside in Omaha,  competed in the AAPF (drug free) national powerlifting championships in Baton Rouge, La., April 7. Tory Judd lifted in the 198-pound  submaster division (ages 33-39) and claimed a national title...

SCOTTSBLUFF -- The McCook High School boys track team took a big win in the Nebraska Class B6 District track meet in Scottsbluff Thursday. McCook was in second place behind Scottsbluff and needed to beat the Bearcats in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. The Bison won both events and tallied 105 points to Scottsbluff's 99.5...

ELM CREEK -- Southern Valley's girls track team finished second in the C10 district meet in Elm Creek Thursday. The boys finished in fourth. Southwest's girls took fifth and the boys were eighth. Mallory Murdoch and Christine Bohl led the Southern Valley girls. Murdoch qualified for three events, taking the win in the high jump, 100 high hurdles and 300 low hurdles...

CHAPPELL -- Perkins County's boys won the C11 District track meet in Chappel Thursday. The Perkins County girls finished the day in third. Lance Wilson will compete in three State events for Perkins County. Wilson took the gold in the 110 high hurdles and second in the shot put, and 300 intermediate hurdles...

2006 NSAA - CLASS B6 District Track Results Individual Event Data is given by Place, Performance, Name, Grade, School. Relay Event Data is given by Place, Performance, School, Relay Participants and Grades. GIRLS TEAM SCORE 122 Scottsbluff 72 Gering...

June 27, 1910 - May 10, 2006 OBERLIN -- Vivian Laurene Bishop, 96 died Wednesday (May 10, 2006) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. She was born June 27, 1910, in rural Jennings, Kan., to John and Marie (Hess) Cilek. She was raised on a farm northwest of Jennings. She attended school at Plain View, Big Timber and Pleasant Ridge rural schools and graduated from Jennings in 1929...

Aug. 2, 1962 - May 3, 2006 GARDEN CITY, Kan. -- Sarah Lou McIver, 43, of Garden City, formerly of Sublette, died unexpectedly Wednesday (May 3, 2006) at her home. She was born Aug. 2, 1962 in Santanta to George and Marilyn (Dunham) McIver. She was a lifetime resident of the Garden City and Sublette area and a member of the Christian Church of Sublette...

The District 44 legislative race is still up in the air, with canvassing boards busy counting votes to determine which two candidates will advance to the November election. Frank Shoemaker and Jeff Tidyman are on the bubble with Shoemaker leading by half a dozen votes on the way to an expected automatic recount...

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but has our current school board gone insane? My facts may not be exactly correct but I believe they are close.   Two weeks ago the board voted to purchase a computer program at a cost of nearly $100,000 so the parents of students could keep a closer look on the development and achievements of their children. What happened to parents meeting with teachers every 6 weeks? Diane Lyons was the only member who voted against this...

I had a nightmare last night. Bill Gates asked the City Council for approval to give $100 and Mom's apple pie to everyone in McCook who had a mother. Phil Lyons voted against the free money and apple pie. His reason was that Gates' offer did not provide for the money to be paid by "certified check" and in all the books he had read about his heroes, he could find no evidence that Sen. Norris or JFK ever ate Mom's apple pie...

Ten items or less: While I fully support the removal of pop from schools, I have to wonder if it's going to create a desire for something they can't have. For example, I don't forbid pop in my house. We simply don't have it around because there are better, cheaper things to drink -- such as water. We occasionally have a 12-pack of root beer in the basement in case of root beer float emergencies, but that's only when the pop is on sale...

Pat Bellamy of Max puts a fresh coat of paint on her elephant -- an uncommon lawn ornament on the Golden Plains of Nebraska. Pat said the elephant "just got left here" when her step-granddaughter moved from Benkelman. Now, as Pat and her husband, Bob, plan to move to Valley to be closer to their children in Omaha and Elkhorn, Pat said she has to decide whether to take the elephant with them, sell it at their auction or "just leave it" for someone else to repaint in a couple years...