Stories from Wednesday, December 20, 2006

CAMBRIDGE -- The Wauneta-Palisade boys basketball team coasted past Hitchcock County 65-33 in the Cambridge Tournament championship games Tuesday. Both teams went into the contest undefeated. The Broncos had four players in double figures with Andrew Isom scoring 14 points, Marc Klima 14...

HAYES CENTER -- Due to some miscommunication, five Hayes Center football players should have been included on the McCook Daily Gazette's All-Area Football Team. The Gazetteland team was released on Dec. 8 and the players were omitted. First team selections from Hayes Center are Evan Richter, C/NG, sr.; Levi Tyan, RB/S, jr.; Matt Gohl, E/LB, so.; Jake Rowley, K, jr.; and Buck Richards, DE, sr...

LINCOLN -- The 2nd-ranked Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team began its 2006-07 dual season by beating Division I Wyoming 23-13 and falling to 18th-ranked Nebraska 30-18 Saturday afternoon in Lincoln. The win this morning over the Cowboys is just the third ever for UNK over a Division I school. The Lopers previous D1wins came against Northwestern (2001-02/20-17) and Portland State (2005-06/40-10)...

NORTH PLATTE -- McCook High School Bison swimmers competed in North Platte on Friday in their last meet before Christmas. They swam against North Platte and Scottsbluff in a double dual. Both boys and girls came up short in the team standings but many improved their times...

Last Friday night the McCook High School junior varsity wrestling team hosted the McCook 9-10 Open and did an excellent job, said coach Nick Umscheid. "It was great to see the improvement these young men have shown in the last few weeks," Umscheid said. "We have a solid group of underclassmen who push our varsity wrestlers everyday in the practice room...

CURTIS -- Citing fewer residents and increasing costs, the board has announced that the skilled care portion of the Sunset Haven and Hillside Estates facilities will be closed on Jan. 31. Residents living in that area will need to be placed in other homes, although some who qualify will be able to live in the assisted living portion of the facility...

Tree limbs came down across the region and schools and meetings were canceled today as a slow-moving storm system moved through the area with freezing rain mixed with sleet. Residents in Southwest Nebraska may see a white Christmas after all, as the winter storm is expected to bring up to eight inches of snow to the area...

Tree limbs came down across the region and schools and meetings were canceled today as a slow-moving storm system moved through the area with freezing rain mixed with sleet. Residents in Southwest Nebraska may see a white Christmas after all, as the winter storm is expected to bring up to eight inches of snow to the area...

Within an hour of the picture of traffic on Norris Avenue, a large limb in front of the stucco fence at Jan and Van Korell's home at 602 Norris Ave. crashed to the sidewalk. Weather forecasters predict up to 10 inches of snow on top of the ice, which forced the closures of schools and the cancellation of activities for today. And, Thursday's forecast doesn't look much better...

June 24, 1926-Dec. 14, 2006   Eleanor Marie Callan, 80, formerly of Stockville, died Thursday (Dec. 14, 2006), at her home in McCook. She was born June 24, 1926 to Carl I. and Martha (Herrick) Stinman south of Curtis.  She attended school at Moorefield and lived the majority of her life in Frontier County...

April 24, 1929-Dec. 18, 2006 HERNDON -- Kenneth O. Sattler, 77, died Monday (Dec. 18, 2006), at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born April 24, 1929, in rural Herndon, to Otto and Elizabeth (Kircher) Sattler. He was raised on the family farm and attended country schools, St. Mary's and Herndon High School...

Most of us were able to stay safely inside today, hoping the ice doesn't bring down power lines and that no emergency arises to force us to travel. And snow was expected to follow this morning's ice, with a foot or more possible before it's over. Perhaps you're even reading this online or a day late because the storm has interfered with newspaper delivery...

I have a changeable personality. While I can be as gentle as a lamb, I am also known for my bulldog tenacity in certain circles. Like wind and water on granite, I just wear things -- and sometimes people -- down. Or I'll push against a perceived obstacle until one of us falls...

Yep, it finally arrived, our annual real estate tax bill, and we were not disappointed in our prediction that there would be a substantial increase in the school portion of the bill. As you know, we were dragged, kicking and screaming, into the K-12 complex. I am sure the K-12 officials are licking their chops for all the extra cash they now have to cast into the bottomless pit...