Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2007

McCook High School's Samantha Brown has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball this fall at McCook Community College. Brown, 5 foot-10, is expected to play middle or right side for the Indians, according to MCC coach Gary Payne. "She is a pretty good blocker and that is something that we really didn't do a good job at last year," Payne said, adding that blocking is one area the team will be focusing on in practice this next season...

June 4, 1926 - May 19, 2007 OBERLIN?-- June Harold, 80, died Saturday (May 19, 2007) at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born June 4, 1926, on a farm north of Selden, Kan., in Decatur County to Elmer and Rosa (Baxter) Jaderborg. She grew up on the farm and attended Bellview rural school, Decatur Community High School graduating in 1943 and Fort Hays State...

March 28, 1910 - April 18, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. -- Bessie Pickel, 97, formerly of McCook died April 18, 2007, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kan.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Lena Newbrough; two husbands, Thomas Knotts and Alva Pickel; one granddaughter-in-law, Carrie Gallington; and all seven of her brothers and sisters...

Being a judge can be demanding. Being a judge in a small town presents its own special challenges. Just ask Judge Cloyd Clark, who is retiring at the end of the month as 11th Judicial District county court judge after 34 years on the bench...

Too many of us "enjoy"?complaining about problems in the Golden Plains, whether it's the price of gasoline, the cost of city water, taxes or the weather. But we have a lot going for us in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas, and today's Golden Plains Golf Guide is just one indicator...

I am writing in regard to what Dick Trail wrote about the Senior Center. He stated that he thought the Senior Center was competing against the local restaurants for eating meals. Where in town could you get a good balanced meal for $2.50, which includes vegetables and dessert? You could stop on Norris Avenue and get a cup of coffee and large roll and pay almost as much as the seniors pay for a good meal...

Hello, from the State Capitol! First, I would like to let everyone know how much I have enjoyed meeting many of you and your children as they have come to tour the Capitol and or the Governor's Mansion on field trips. It has been fun to talk to the kids and interact with them about the process down here. I hope they enjoyed it and have learned a little more about their state government...

It's probably time for a new eyeglass prescription. I find myself taking my glasses off numerous times a day and laying them aside, preferring to squint rather than to wear them. It's time, taking its inevitable toll. These old peepers take in a lot of information on any given day, from the first glance at the digital readout on the alarm clock to the final word on the printed page fading as I drift off to sleep, more often than not, the book still propped up in front of me...