Stories from Thursday, January 18, 2007

North Platte dumps Indians To relieve tension during games, McCook Community College men's basketball coach Ty Orton squeezes a stress ball. During Wednesday night's home game against rival North Platte Community College at True Hall Gymnasium, the stress ball was placed on the permanent disabled list after Orton squeezed the life out of it...

Brown, Moore, Terpstra go for 61 Led by the trio of Kamillia Brown, Cambridge sophomore Staci Moore and Amandra Terpstra, the McCook Community College women's basketball team lit up North Platte CC 90-65 Wednesday night at True Hall Gymnasium. Brown, Moore and Terpstra combined for 61 points to lead the Indians' rout of the Knights...

ELWOOD -- Eustis-Farnam had a hard time slowing down hot Elwood team, losing a makeup game 65-39 Tuesday night. Elwood's Bryson Mahlberg and Stephen Schults combined for 45 of Elwood's 65 points. Mahlberg scoring 26 and Schultz 19. Derek Williams scored 12 points for the Knights and Drew Wetovick added 10...

HASTINGS -- The McCook High School wrestling team struggled Tuesday night against the Hasting Tigers. Hastings won the dual 48-16. "I really felt that the score would have been much closer than what it ended up," said McCook coach Nick Umscheid. "Going into the dual we were giving up 18 points because of three open weight classes...

Jan. 19, 1906 - Jan. 17, 2007 Beatrice "Artie" Marie Blake of McCook died in her home at Highland Park on Wednesday (Jan. 17, 2007).  She was 100 years old. She was born Jan. 19, 1906, in Indianola to Henry Theodore and Anna Marie (Jensen) Lang.  She attended rural school south of Indianola...

Aug. 30, 1921 - Jan. 15, 2007 ELWOOD?-- Wilma Louise Sergel, 85, died Monday (Jan. 15, 2007) at Elwood Care Center. She was born Aug. 30, 1921, in Frontier County to William A. and Louise M. (Seikjost) Schneider. She attended Elwood High School and graduated with the class of 1940...

The passenger side of a car shows the violence involved in an injury accident that happened at 3:42 p.m., Wednesday, on U.S. Highway 83 approximately five miles south of McCook. Jeremy Latta of Lebanon, the driver of the car involved in the collision with a Nebraska Department of Roads sand truck-snow plow, was transported from Community Hospital of McCook to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, where he is listed in critical condition this morning. ...

"We used to look at environmentalism as a hobby for the high-minded," writes Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist. "But conserving energy and living a 'green' lifestyle is actually the most patriotic thing you can do today. It fights global warming, protects nature, shrinks our dependence on foreign oil and makes America a model others want to follow. Green is the color of patriotism. Green is the new red, white and blue," Friedman writes...

Words of promise and hope. The promise, however, as well as the hope, are sometimes elusive, even for those who believe. Dr. Neil T. Anderson, noted Christian author, is bringing "Living Free in Christ" to McCook Wednesday through Satur-day, Jan. 31 through Feb. 3. Based on Anderson's books "Victory Over the Darkness"...

Sen. Mark Christensen explained more of the comprehensive water bill he introduced to the Legislature Wednesday, which would include shifting responsibility from the state onto local taxes. Christensen admitted that the bill, LB 701, would be a tough battle and controversial to some...

After being denied the first time and subsequently taking their argument to court, McCook Public Power District will again try to get approval from the city to build a new communications tower. The McCook Board of Zoning Adjustment will hear MPPD's request Monday at 5:15 p.m., at the City Council Chambers in Memorial Auditorium. The decision is final and will not have to be approved by the City Council...