Stories from Thursday, February 22, 2007

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- The Dana College women's basketball team had to travel to Sioux City, Iowa again for the second time in five days. Wednesday night's hard-fought Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament game came down to the final two minutes again...

Lance Wilson scores 30 for Plainsmen; Ruggles 18 for SW GOTHENBURG -- The season came to an end for the Southwest boys basketball team. The Roughriders fell to Perkins County 60-40 Tuesday in the C2-11 sub districts in Gothenburg. The Plainsmen advanced to the finals on Thursday against North Platte St. Pats...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Registration is now open for the Ten Star All Star Summer basketball camp. The Ten Star All Star summer basketball camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls, ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison...

July 6, 1920 - Jan. 26, 2007 SEDALIA, Mo. -- Evelyn Dorlene Ady, 86, died Friday (Jan. 26, 2007) at Tipton Oak Manor. She was born July 6, 1920, in Hayes County, to Clarence and Mabel (Kittle) Bunnell. On Dec. 10, 1942, she married Edward N. Ady. She taught elementary school. She owned The Pumpkin Patch and was a Tupperware saleslady...

The McCook College Foundation has announced the establishment of the Randy J. Matheny Memorial Patriot Scholarship as an enduring pledge to preserve remembrance, and as a recognition to honor, with distinction, respect, and gratitude, the love, devotion and service of Randy J. Matheny to his country...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Bills to restore Class I schools drew an impressive crowd Tuesday, Sen. Mark Christensen said today at the McCook Chamber of Commerce's weekly legislative conference call. Three bills were introduced and heard in the Education committee, with Christensen hearing the most favorable comments on Sen. Cap. Dirks bill LB234...

Those of us who depend on the Internet to do our work everyday can't imagine what it would be like to get along without it -- although we get an idea on those rare occasions when it does break down. And while we've become accustomed to dealing with the downsides of the World Wide Web -- identity theft, spam, pornography -- we're willing to put up with them in order to have a powerful tool for research, communications and business at our disposal...

I have seen a cartoon labeled "Born 40 years too soon;" well, after reading various articles in the Gazette about the new reading program in the McCook School System, I got to thinking back to the little one-room country school where I went and was early on taught to read by learning the sounds of the alphabet in about 15-minute sessions...

According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, "across America landmarks and historic places are being torn down at the alarming rate of 250,000 per year. Yet these historic places tell a story of who we are. They remind us of the values upon which our country and its communities were built."...

We are writing from Mr. Turton's third grade class at Trinity Christian School in Sacramento, Calif. We are writing to ask for your help. We started a letter-writing project in November that we are continuing to work in order to support our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our goal is to collect 2,500 letters from people around the country who want to send messages of hope and encouragement to those defending our country overseas...

I am somewhat amused by all of the people who are so adamantly against cigarette smoking. It seems to me that when the states got their tobacco settlement money, a lot of them reinvested it in tobacco stock. I also seem to remember hearing on the evening news that a lot of 401 K money is invested in said stock. I also understand that the American Cancer Society gets part of its funding from the taxes we smokers pay. Why bite the hand that funds you?...

Under a bright blue sky, in the warm sunshine, Jan Tenbensel nails shingles on the house he's expanding and remodeling in Cambridge. Fifty-five degrees Wednesday afternoon meant he could work outside before another weekend snow storm hits the Golden Plains. Jan and his wife, Jodi, have torn down the west half of one of Cambridge's older homes and are rebuilding kitchen, bath and bedrooms. The project "seems to get bigger and bigger," Jan said, with a chuckle. "It's taking longer, too."...