Stories from Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The McCook Midget Baseball Association, Inc. Cubs Division Wal-Mart Championship Tournament was played last Thursday through Sunday at Felling Field. Wal-Mart sponsored the tournament with trophies and medals. For the third time in three years an elimination team has won the tournament playing with one loss in the double-elimination format...

AUBURN -- The McCook Rebels 12 and under girls fastpitch softball team ended up in fifth place out of the 24 teams at the state tournament Friday through Sunday. The Rebels finished with a final record of 33 wins, 10 losses and 1 tie. Coaches Brian Esch, Darrin Samway and Joel Smith complimented the girls on an excellent year for 2007...

Obituary Dec. 28, 1921 - July 6, 2007 LINCOLN --?Eunice E. Kohlmeier, 85, Lincoln, passed away on Friday (July 6, 2007). She was born in Wakefield, on Dec. 28, 1921, to Gustav Oscar Brown and Esther Emelia Sundquist. Attended rural school in Wakefield. She will be remembered by her family and friends as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, loyal friend and a great cook...

Sept. 7, 1920 - July 6, 2007 GRAND?ISLAND -- Albert W. Culton, 86, died Friday (July 6, 2007) at the Grand Island Veterans Home. He was born Sept. 7, 1920, at North Platte, to Albert and Marie (Brodbeck) Culton. He graduated from North Platte High School and attended Midland Lutheran College. He served in the Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946...

The City of McCook has hired local attorney Nate Schneider as the new City Attorney, City Manager Kurt Fritsch announced today. Schneider began work on Monday and will replace outgoing City Attorney Rhonda Vetrovsky. Vetrovsky will leave the City's employ on July 21...

MAX -- Verna Lemon was up a creek without a custom cutter. Her husband, John, is serving in Iraq, and the combines they'd lined up to cut their wheat weren't coming after all. Trying to line up another harvest crew was proving to be very frustrating, until neighbors and friends stepped in...

Plans are moving forward for the sculpture that will be installed at the Sen. George Norris Home. Roger Moreau and Don Hall donated time and materials Thursday and installed a concrete pad in front of the house that the sculpture will rest on, said Duane Tappe, curator at the Norris Home...

After some discussion about set-back requirements for a proposed microwave tower in a residential area, the McCook Planning Commission unanimously advanced a special exception requested by Viaero Wireless. Commission members also approved at a regular meeting Monday night a special exception for a beauty salon on West J...

What at first seems to be a freedom of expression issue with the Nebraska Health and Human Services System might actually be more akin to President Truman's relationship with Gen. Douglas McArthur. When the egotistical World War II general ran afoul of the Missouri haberdasher, it was a question of civilian control over the military...

It is becoming more popular all the time to pin food price increases on higher corn prices. Hardly a day passes without reading or hearing media reports blaming corn prices and ethanol for higher food prices. Expansion of the ethanol industry to meet clean air standards and to reduce dependence on imported oil has certainly boosted demand for corn, which is the primary feedstock for U.S. ethanol. It is true that this increased demand has caused corn prices to rise to levels not seen since 1995...

Dr. Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be in McCook Friday, meeting with community leaders discussing present and future research in Nebraska. The meeting is being held at the Country Kitchen Restaurant at noon Friday...