Stories from Thursday, February 1, 2007

BENKELMAN -- The Wauneta-Palisade Bronco boys hammered Medicine Valley 86-12 Wednesday night in the Golden Plains Activities Conference Tournament. Wauneta-Palisade is the No. 1 seed and Medicine Valley is the No. 9 seed in the GPAC tourney. The Broncos went in a half with a 44-5 lead and came back in the second half and outscored Medicine Valley 42-7...

The Hormel Family Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to McCook Community College and business development in McCook, unveiled plans today to launch a $25,000 cash award business plan competition to attract business to the area. The competition will be held at McCook Community College in June. ...

Those attending the Chamber Legislature Con-ference call this morning gave an overwhelming 'No' vote to Sen. Mark Christ-ensen's bill that would limit the power of cities to regulate the carrying of concealed handguns as allowed by a new state law...

Winter anglers create a "cold camp" on the ice at Swanson Lake west of Trenton. Terry Ginn, owner of Northshore Marina, said anglers are catching good-sized walleye and wiper, with an occasional channel cat and crappie. "We haven't seen ice like this for seven or eight years," Ginn said. "It's good ice -- 15 inches thick out where they're fishing."...

Releasing prisoners just because we don't have enough room for them is a bad idea. But giving prisoners a chance to prove themselves in order to earn an early release may be in order, especially in the face of the state's overcrowded prison system, now standing at 138 percent of capacity...

Imagine ... you are walking through your town, and hear a great groan from one of the buildings on Main Street. A roof buckles and splinters into the inside of the structure. A few moments later, the large front windows blow out with chards of glass flying onto the street and sidewalk, lying in piles everywhere...

[In response to "No shortage of bills on family issues" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1186049.html)] I'm from a very conservative family, and so is my spouse, so our families were thrilled when we decided to make it official in July of 2000. Of course, what was even more exciting was the news that another grandchild would be born into both families in December of 2001...

The McCook United Way board faced some tough decisions at the board meeting Jan. 19, as the financial report indicated that a full month after the close of the 2006-07 fund drive, the agency remained 10 percent below the stated goal of $91,900 in donations and pledges over the coming year...

Oct. 27, 1943-Jan. 31, 2007 CAMBRIDGE -- Mary Reed Wolfe, 63, died Wednesday (Jan. 31, 2007), at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Harrisburg, Pa., to Norman and Margaret (Reed) Culver.  After high school, she attended and graduated from Carlisle Hospital Nursing School as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1964. ...

July 8, 1925 - Jan. 24, 2007 GERING --?Dolores Marie (Jesch) Schick, 81, died Wednesday (Jan. 24, 2007) at Mitchell Care Center in Mitchell. She was born July 18, 1925, to August and Eleanor (Waiss) Jesch in Beardsley, Kan. She graduated from Stratton High School in 1942 and attended and graduated from the Univeristy of Nebraska Teachers College in January 1948. She received her Masters' degree from Chadron State College in 1972...