Stories from Friday, May 18, 2007

McCook Community College has named a new men's basketball coach. Brandon Lenhart from William Penn University will fill the coaching vacancy left with the resignation of Ty Orton. Lenhart, a former William Penn basketball player, concluded his sixth season as assistant men's basketball coach this winter at Oskaloosa, Iowa, after being hired in the fall of 2001...

LINCOLN -- The McCook High School girls tennis team posted four victories and scored 12 points at the Nebraska Class B girls state tennis tournament Thursday. However, McCook did not place any players in the semifinals and a strong 2007 spring season came to a close...

The Kansas State High School track and field regionals will take place today at various sites. The Decatur Community-Oberlin squad was assigned to the Kansas Class 3A meet at Holcomb. St. Francis and Hoxie are competing in the Class 2A meet at WaKeeney...

May 13, 1929-May 17, 2007 Gerald Lee Moody, 78, died Thursday (May 17, 2007), at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born May 13, 1929 to Dwight and Alice Mae (Anderson) Moody in Greeley County, Neb. He attended school in Scotia. He moved to Holdrege and worked for Safeway...

Sept. 2, 1929-May 17, 2007 SHAWNEE, Okla. -- Pauline Christine Mundhenke, 77, formerly of McCook, died Thursday (May 17, 2007), at her home in Shawnee, Okla. She was born Sept. 2, 1929, at Culbertson, to Martin and Marie (Maul) Graf. She was a housewife and homemaker...

Aug. 22, 1922-May 17, 2007 AUGUSTA, Kan. -- George W. Colling, 84, of Augusta, Kan., passed away, Thursday, May 17th, 2007. Viewing will be from 1-5 p.m. Monday at Headley Funeral Chapel. Rosary 7 pm Monday and Mass 10 am Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at St. James Catholic Church, Augusta. Burial will be at CavalryCemetery, Augusta...

Sept. 2, 1911-July 23, 2006 RIFLE, Colo. -- Birdee D. Meyers May, 94, died July 23, 2006. She was born Sept. 2, 1911, in Hendley to Frank L. and Lillie Boop Meyers. She attended school at Hendley and Beaver City. On April 5, 1931, she married Harold I. May. The marriage ended in divorce...

Business is booming at McCook Regional Airport, city officials said, with soaring emplanements and construction on the new landing system. Passengers recorded for the month of May is already at 146, said Kyle Potthoff, Public Works Director. Total number of passengers for April this year topped out at 234, compared with 176 in April 2006...

Feb. 27, 1936-April 26, 2006 RIFLE, Colo. -- Denny Leroy May, 70, died April 26, 2006, at the E.D. Moore Care Center in Rifle, Colo. He was born Feb. 27, 1936, at Alma to Harold and Birdee (Meyers) May. He lived in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, South Dakota and Nevada, working in the energy field. He most recently was a self-employed welder...

A thunderhead over McCook looks ominous, but dumps less than a quarter of an inch of rain. Skies are expected to be sunny and temperatures in the 80s for the weekend, but there's a chance of rain again Monday and Tuesday.

Tick, tock, tick, tock ... That's the sound of springtime slipping by and summer approaching. We've mowed the lawn a few times, most of the garden is in, and Memorial Day is fast approaching. Truly, it's time to get outdoors and enjoy nature while we can. It should be especially pleasant this year because of the cold, snowy winter we've just endured...

May 24, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made a dawn to dusk run from Denver to Chicago. Of course this non-stop run on the C.B.&Q Railroad came thru McCook. This was the beginning of the diesel-electric locomotives in train service and the beginning of the end to the steam locomotives...

Jan. 27, 1969-May 16, 2007 NORTH PLATTE -- William D. Greenlee, 38, died May 16, 2007 in Greeley, Colorado. He was born Jan. 27, 1969, to Kenneth D. and Leona M. (Arent). Greenlee in Omaha. He attended North Platte High School and Mid Plains Community College...

Feb. 14, 1929-May 16, 2007 Donald Wayne Mullanix of McCook died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at his farm in Frontier County. He was 78 years old. Donald was born on Feb. 14, 1929, in Red Willow County, Neb., to Neal and Grace Vesper (Spaulding) Mullanix. He attended rural school and lived most of his life in the Maywood, Quick and McCook area...