Stories from Thursday, November 2, 2006

No. 1 Bison to host Cozad on Monday The McCook Bison will get to stay home for a Monday rematch with the Cozad Haymakers in the quarterfinals of the Nebraska Class B football playoffs. Kickoff at Weiland Field is 7 p.m. The No. 1 Bison blasted Ogallala 35-0 Wednesday in a first-round game at Weiland Field. Cozad did its part by fighting off Aurora 28-22 Wednesday at Cozad...

Dec. 23, 1923 - Nov. 1, 2006 KENNESAW-- Charles W. Fickle 82, formerly of Culbertson, died Wednesday (Nov. 1, 2006) at Haven Home in Kennesaw. He was born Dec. 23, 1923, to James T. and Opal L. (Watt) Fickle at Lima, Ohio. He graduated from Shawnee High School in Lima in 1942...

Aug. 21, 1926 - Oct. 31, 2006 ST. FRANCIS -- Elmer Edwin Walz, 80, died Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2006) at Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. He was born Aug. 21,1926, in Cheyenne County, Kan. He worked as a welder and farmer. He was preceded in death by his brother, Melvin Walz in 1984...

Sept. 23, 1923 - Oct. 31, 2006 ST. FRANCIS --?Deloris Hilda (Neitzel) Schirmer, 83, died Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2006) at Good Samaritan Village in St. Francis. She was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Cheyenne County, Kan. She married Henry Schirmer and worked as a homemaker...

April 22, 1935 - Oct. 30, 2006 George C Garcia, 71, died Monday (Oct. 30, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born at Bexar near San Antonio, Texas, on April 22, 1935. As a teenager he came to McCook in 1948, where he lived and worked on the Leonard Vontz farm...

Lineman Sam Sis and his fellow Bison shout, "We are one!" and count down 35 points after McCook's 35-0 first-round playoff victory over the Ogallala Indians Wednesday evening at Weiland Field in McCook. Sis and seven or so Bison lineman shaved their heads in Mohawks -- fashioned by Mike Simmonds at his BDC Barbershop -- as "a psych thing ... ...

City Council candidates weighed in on the proposed county jail/city safety center, that voters in the area will be asked to approve Nov. 7 The question was part of a written questionnaire mailed to all candidates. Candidates vying for the three, four-year positions are Mayor Dennis Berry, Councilman Phil Lyons, and challengers Lonnie Anderson and Colleen Grant...

City Council candidates responding to a written questionnaire sent by the McCook Daily Gazette agreed that economic growth needs to happen. But their answers varied as to how that will be achieved. A total of four seats are open on the council. Those vying for three, four-year seats are incumbents Mayor Dennis Berry and Councilman Phil Lyons. Other candidates include Lonnie Anderson and Colleen Grant. Councilman Jim Kenney declined to run again...

McCook Public Schools board of education candidates were asked to answer questions prior to an Oct. 27 deadline. Five candidates -- Brenda McMurtrey, Jim Coady, Greg Larson, Larry Shields and Shane Messersmith -- returned answers. A sixth candidate -- Brian Rokusek -- did not return answers...

It seems to be official. The winter cold and flu season is here. It's hit the three of us like a ton of bricks. It started with Jeremy. It snuck up on him like a cat stalking a mouse. One minute he was in the basement collecting shotguns for the long-awaited first day of pheasant hunting and the next minute he was upstairs sneezing every three minutes...