Stories from Wednesday, June 6, 2007

KEARNEY -- The McCook Rebels 14 and under girls fastpitch softball team went 1 and 2 in pool play on Saturday with 50 minute time limits due to rain. Sunday they went 2 and 1 in tournament play to take third place. The Rebels won over the Cozad Classics 9-4. Meagan Carfield, Amanda Einspahr, Brittini Bieker, Jaci Saalfeld and Amberette Burkey all singled...

Dear Editor: McCook school district patrons and taxpayers should thank John Morgan for opening the discussion of the recent actions of the school board. (McCook Daily Gazette, Tuesday, May 29, 2007) While some of their actions have been noted, we need to ask some additional questions to which the public deserves answers...

We finished our last three days of the 2007 Legislative Session last week and I am glad to get back home to a somewhat normal schedule. Again, I want to thank everyone for your support and insight into many issues this session. I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the 44th District and look forward to the next several years...

I drove out to Swanson Lake last summer, part of a two-party caravan prepared for a night of camping in the great outdoors of the Golden Plains. Once our campsite was selected, I carried one load of supplies down to the lakeside, and promptly removed my tennis shoes and socks, immediately immersing my very hot feet in the cool soothing waters. Ahhh. I can still remember the relief...

Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival brings storytime home.

A spring thunderstorm pushing through Southwest Nebraska May 29 with high winds and gusts up to 70 miles an hour upended several spans of a center pivot irrigation system south of Cambridge. High winds were in the forecast today and Thursday, with temperatures dropping into the 70s from today's forecast high of 90 degrees...

Four Southwest Nebraska communities plan town hall meetings to discuss future projects and gather public input on strategic planning. For information on any of the town hall meetings, contact Lory Cappel with West Central Nebraska Development District at 308-289-2231. ...

McCook's Sears store is moving to the spacious, 15,000 square foot corner location in the Westview Plaza. The move -- to one of McCook's most visible retail locations -- was confirmed today by Harold and Lori Dack Pearson, the owners of the Sears Authorized dealer stores in McCook...

March 15, 1907 - June 5, 2007 Elsie Gertrude 'Gertie' Sparks, 100, died Tuesday (June 5, 2007) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born March 15, 1907, at Belden to Eugene and Edna (Yale) Childers. She grew up in Belden, where she graduated from Belden High School...

Aug. 7, 1912 - March 15, 2006 BEAVER CITY -- Ruth Augusta (Andrews) Hopping, 92, died March 15, 2006 at her home in Reno, Nev. She was born on Aug. 7, 1912, in Cambridge to Donald "Dan" and Mary Alice (Clark) Andrews. After completing her schooling in Nebraska and graduating from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, she taught elementary school in Superior, Grand Island and Cambridge. She moved on to teach in Monte Vista, Colo., with her older sister, Mary,...