Stories from Tuesday, March 6, 2007

CASPER, Wyo. -- Even though the outcome was not desired, the McCook Community College women's basketball team put up a fight against the eighth Western Nebraska Cougars Sunday at the Region IX Yournament at Casper, Wyo. The Indians came up on the short end of a 79-55 score, but coach Michelle Orton said her squad gave everything they had...

McCook High junior places third at 2007 championships LINCOLN -- Matt Hall keeps climbing the state diving ladder. His latest opportunity was at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Devaney Center Feb. 22. Hall has competed in the state meet all three years of his high school career. He placed 22nd as a freshman and sixth as a sophomore...

Matt Hall 3rd in state diving LINCOLN -- McCook High School junior Matt Hall placed third in the Nebraska State Diving Championships Thursday at the Devaney Center in Lincoln. Hall scored 366.60 points in 11 dives. Lincoln Southeast's Katie Torske repeated as girls state diving champion and Lincoln Southeast's Rob Babcock repeated as boys state diving champion...

McCook's drinking water made the federal spotlight again, this time as an award winner. McCook was chosen as the 2006 winner for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Award for Sustainable Health Protection, out of hundreds in Region VII, that includes Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa...

Feb. 13, 1934-March 5, 2007 CULBERTSON -- Norma M. (Hagemann) McKee, 73, died Monday (March 5, 2007) at her rural Culbertson home.   She was born on Feb. 13, 1934, at Culbertson to William F. and Pauline (Bauer) Hagemann. She graduated from Culbertson High School in 1952. She worked for Hinky Dinky and Nebraska Department of Roads during high school and after graduation.  She moved to California and was employed by Ryan Aircraft for 35 years...

June 16, 1930-March 5, 2007 MAX -- Phyllis Jean Rickard, of Max, died Monday (March 5, 2007), at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman at the age of 76. She was born June 16, 1930, at Trenton, to Claude and Susie (Newport) Adamson, and spent her early years on a farm southwest of Trenton.  After graduating from Trenton High School, Phyllis continued her education at McCook College and Kearney State College...

Judge Cloyd Clark, County Judge for Nebraska's 11th Judicial District in Southwest Nebraska, has announced his retirement effective June 1, 2007. Originally elected to the bench in 1972, prior to the implementation of Nebraska's merit selection system for county judges, Judge Clark began his service on the county court bench in 1973 and has been retained by the voters in every election since...

If a city sales tax is not continued, property owners would see a major jump in their taxes and bring future street improvements and other projects to a virtual standstill, the McCook City Council was told Monday night. The council agreed that the tax has brought in significant property tax relief, to the tune of $668,223, close to 40 percent of the total $923,415 paid to the city in property taxes...

We're running out of oil, and too much of the oil we do have comes from foreign sources in unstable parts of the world. The oil we use is adding too much carbon to the environment and leading to global warming. We need to find another source of energy...

Last week was a busy and stressful week, but also one that solidified in our minds what great friends and support we have as well as what happens when the district turns out on important issues. Thank you so much to all of you who traveled so far to be here in Lincoln for the water bill hearing. Thank you to everyone who supports my efforts here, in both seen and unseen ways...

A power pole structure swings behind a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter, Sunday. The structure will replace poles broken in the New Year's Eve ice storm near Kearney.

Dec. 6, 1924-March 3, 2007 Lloyd Ivan Redmer, 82, died Saturday (March 3, 2007), at Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 6, 1924, in Trenton to Herman Otto and Rosa Henrietta Augusta (Steinke) Redmer.  He graduated from Trenton High School in 1942. On June 2, 1943, he entered the U.S. ...