Stories from Thursday, September 14, 2006

McCook No. 2, Aurora No. 6 in Class B AURORA -- Two of the winningest Nebraska Class B football teams will battle Friday night when McCook plays at Aurora. Kickoff for Aurora's homecoming game is 7 p.m. However, the two teams have not played since McCook defeated Aurora 45-3 in the 2002 state semifinals...

The McCook Daily Gazette coverage area has three ranked teams entering Week 3 of the 2006 football season. The McCook Bison (2-0) are ranked No. 1 in four polls -- Omaha World Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, Huskerland Prep Report and Associated Press...

The McCook Community College volleyball team enters Thursday night's road match at North Platte with a 1-14 record. The match starts at 7 p.m. The Indians, guided by first-year coach Gary Payne, lost to Western Nebraska Tuesday at Scottsbluff 30-12, 30-9, 30-20...

The McCook High School Bison volleyball team will host the McCook Invitational at 11 a.m. Saturday at the MHS and McCook Junior High gyms. In addition to McCook, other schools competing are Oberlin, Southwest, Hayes Center, Chase County, Gothenburg, Cambridge and Sidney...

HILL CITY, Kan. -- Decatur Community (Oberlin) volleyball team won over Hill City and Oakley Tuesday. Oberlin's JV and C teams won their games with Hill City but fell to Oakley. Oberlin's varsity won the Hill City game in two sets. "Hill City is a ranked team, that we did not know much about," said Oberlin coach Pat Dorshorst...

McCook Public Schools board members didn't disagree Wednesday evening about a $45,000 figure in the 2006-07 school district budget -- they just couldn't agree over where to put it in the budget. Historically, the fund for board functions has been about $25,000 to $30,000, and is designed to pay costs for board members to attend conferences and for legal fees...

"McCook's Version of the Andrews Sister" performs during a dress rehearsal at Willow Ridge on Wednesday night for an upcoming Heritage Days performance. Singing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" are, from left, Jeri Lynn Karr, Angi Reiners and Sue Ankersen. ...

A McCook City councilman faces a felony charge in District Court in connection with the alleged theft of oil equipment. James P. Kenny, 49, of 310 Park Ave., has been accused of theft by unlawful taking, a Class IV felony. No date has been set in Red Willow County District Court...

It seems that while Brad may be making his last trip home from Gillette this weekend -- if all goes according to plan -- we'll be making another trip to the Gillette area in the next month or so. It seems antelope season opens Oct. 1. I spent last weekend in Gillette with Brad. He was very animated as he told me about a rancher who had volunteered to put us up and give us all the opportunities at getting antelope we wanted...

May 28, 1918 - Sept. 13, 2006 ARAPAHOE -- Glen V. James, 88, died Wednesday (Sept. 13, 2006) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. He was born May 28, 1918, at Hendley, to Baxter and Jenny (Johnson) James. He grew up in the Hendley area and graduated from Hendley High School in 1935...

Remember pumping the brakes? It's probably something your dad taught you years ago, perhaps even your drivers ed instructor, way back when. It was a skill that could keep you on the road and out of trouble in slippery conditions. It's also the wrong thing to do, unless your car is as old as the advice...

Oct. 29, 1915-Sept. 12, 2006 CURTIS -- Doris V. Phillips, 90, of Cambridge, formerly of Curtis, died Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2006), at the Cambridge Manor. She was born Oct. 29, 1915, in Curtis to William "Bill" F. and Lula E. (Wills) Linnemeyer. She grew up in Curtis and graduated high school from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis. After Normal School Training in Kearney, she taught rural school in the Curtis and Maywood areas...

March 30, 1925 - Sept. 12, 2006 ST. FRANCIS --?Lavern F. Goltl, 80, formerly of McDonald, Kan., died Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2006) at Good Samaritan Village in St. Francis. He was born March 30, 1926, in Ludell, Kan. He married Bethel (Ochaner) Goltl and worked as a farmer...

Maxine Meyers celebrated her 85th birthday on Sept. 6, 2006. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 512 Missouri Avenue, Apt. G. McCook,NE 69001.