Stories from Thursday, July 19, 2007

Obituary Robert 'B.A.W.B.' Anthony Hammond Feb. 2, 1980 - July 14, 2007 WEST?VIRGINIA -- Robert "B.A.W.B." Anthony Hammond, age 27, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, in West Virginia. He was born on Feb. 24, 1980, to John E. Hammond and Carol Ann Bybee in Omaha.  He graduated from McCook High School in 1998. ...

Matt Thayer belts homer in top of the 9th to win game for FCB HOLDREGE -- The McCook First Central Bank American Legion Juniors pull off another win to take the Zone 6 district championship title Wednesday night in Holdredge. The Juniors A team beat Cozad 9-8 in nine innings of play...

Anna Christenson, a 17-year-old senior-to-be at Lincoln East High School, defeated J.C. Stevenson 1 up to win the Nebraska Women's Amateur Golf Association match play championship today at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook. After Christenson putted to within inches of the cup on the 18th hole, Stevenson conceded the victory...

Sales of several commercial properties in downtown McCook prompted the re-assessment of similar properties for the 2007 tax year. Several property owners protested increased tax valuations at tax hearings recently before Red Willow County commissioners...

Life's fun, and funny, for "Joker Blue," a one-month-old registered Paint colt owned by Barbara Bartels of Max.

There's no free lunch when it comes to energy. While there is some talk in Washington of restoring the nuclear power industry, Monday's 6.8-magnitude quake in Japan and the subsequent leak of low-level radioactive material won't do the industry's cause much good...

It never fails. I've spent the last eight years getting up at 5:30 every morning. I don't even need an alarm clock anymore. At least I didn't used to -- I'd be up and running, getting ready for work, before the clock made its first annoying ring. Now, the only time I wake up at 5:30 is on my days off...