Stories from Friday, May 26, 2006

The McCook National Bank Seniors dropped both ends of their first home doubleheader Thursday night to North Platte. North Platte won the opener 13-3 at the Jaycees Sports Complex and then shut out MNB 8-0 in the second game. The MNB Seniors (0-3) mustered 10 hits in two games against North Platte pitchers Joe Beckman and Sam McGill, who hurled complete games...

Cambridge's Sara Sackett tied for 89th COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Junior Chrissie McArdle fired her best round of the tournament with a three-over-par 75 to lead the Nebraska women's golf team in the third round of the NCAA Championships at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday...

LISLE, Ill. -- The 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships are being hosted by Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. Nebraska Wesleyan University has a total of three women and 13 men competing in the three-day meet. Because of the wet conditions, the men's pole vault was postponed until Friday...

March, 25, 1923 - May 24, 2006 Dresden -- Gerald F. Meitl, 83, died Wednesday (May, 24, 2006) at his farm near Dresden. He was born March 25, 1923, in Decatur County, to John and Bertha (Ypma) Meitl and raised on a farm near Dresden. He attended Leoville Schools, graduated in 1940...

McCook's sixth and seventh grade girls and boys competed in the McCook Junior High Track Day. Mathew Chitwood took home two first place medals in the sixth grade boys division. Chitwood won the 50 meter in heat 3, the 100 in heat 4 and the long jump...

The McCook Optimist club hosted its Junior Olympics qualifying meet on Sunday. Boys and girls placing from the Nebraska area were Kearney, McCook, Benkelman, North Platte, Hayes Center, Wallace, Parks, Max, Stapleton, Wellfleet, Bartley, Imperial, Indianola, Lamar, Cozad, Overton, Palisade, Stockville, Hemingford and Culbertson...

The McCook Midget Baseball Association opened the 2006 summer baseball season May 19 at Felling Field. Here are the games for May 19-24: McCook Midget T-Ball Community Hospital vs Sooners Chandler Witt led Community Hospital in hitting with a single and double. Cliff O'Dell also had a single and a double for the Sooners...

A synchronized parade of heavy-construction loaders opened the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday afternoon for Community Hospital's new rehabilitation center. The "heavy" equipment spoke for itself. Hospital President Gary Bieganski spoke about the "health, healing and hope" represented by the latest expansion on the Community Hospital campus...

Remember family members ... remember the soldiers ... Remember their smiles, their laughter ... their challenges, their sacrifices. Remember with respect those who have gone on before ... That's the purpose of "Memorial Day," to ensure that those who have died are not forgotten...

Balloonists, formation flying and assorted vendors will be part of the 2006 Nebraska State Fly-in at McCook Regional Airport June 16th-18th. Activities will begin Friday night at 7:45 p.m with Diane Bartels from the Nebraska Aviation Council making a Sharpie presentation...

When Gary Bieganski became administrator of Community Hospital 30 years ago, McCook was only a few years removed from relying on the old St. Catherine's Hospital for medical care. The new hospital, on East H Street, covered about 45,000 square feet...

I recently purchased a firearm from Coyote Arms near Hamlet. Today I received a phone call during which Coyote Arms proprietor, Jeff Steinke told me he owed me $20 on the trade and purchase. I wanted to share this example of High Plains honesty in dealings. He could have put the $20 in his pocket and I would have never known the difference. The difference is -- HE would have known, and chose to be honest...

Memorial Day is this weekend. It is hard for many to get a handle on graveyards and stones row on row, that every stone had a person with a life, that did his or her best to make a difference with hopes and dreams that few ever really achieved. So many stories that just fade away...

I am originally from Bartley and I joined the Marines and have obtained the MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) of 3531 Motor Vehicle Operator. I got my first duty station with the 3rd Marine Division 4th Marine Regiment in Okinawa, Japan. After being here for a couple of months now I have gotten to see a lot of the little towns and villages around the base, and each town I have noticed the same thing and that is the towns are dirty and there is trash everywhere and there is a smell that is almost unbearable at times.. ...

Despite gas prices that make you consider a scooter as your primary vehicle, many people will hit the road this weekend for the Memorial Day holiday. This provides a whole new world of opportunity to encounter things you would never see -- day or night -- if you stayed close to home...

June 8, 1923 - May 23, 2006 MARYSVILLE, Kan. -- Georgia L. Johnson, 82, formerly of Oberlin, died Tuesday ( May 23, 2006) at CMH in Marysville, Kan. She was born June 8, 1923, at Dresden, to Milo and Edna (Whartman) Rhodes. On July 16, 1938, she married Robert M. Coleman at Hoxie, Kan. On Oct. 28, 1959, she married Lowell Johnson...

Storytellers known across the country for their knack for spinning a yarn are slated for the Buffalo Commons tenth anniversary Storytelling festival, June 9-10. All the events are free to the public except for two evening shows at the Fox Theater and storytelling college courses at McCook Community College...