Stories from Thursday, August 16, 2007

Remember the International? That was the tournament near Castle Rock, Colo. -- just five hours west of McCook -- which used the Stableford system for golf scoring. Instead of keeping the stroke total, as is usually done in golf, the International awarded points for how golfers did on each hole...

There will be a meeting for all McCook seventh and eighth grade boys interested in playing 7th and eighth grade football. The meeting will be in the Junior High cafeteria at approximately 3:40 on Tuesday. Parental Permission and other important forms will be distributed at this time and a practice schedule will be discussed. ...

There was incorrect information listed in a cutline in Wednesday's McCook Daily Gazette sports section under the Blair Dixon (Wauneta-Palisade) photo on page 10. Wauneta-Palisade did not win its district title and go to state. That honor belonged to the Hayes Center Cardinals...

Nov. 16, 1920 - Aug. 13, 2007 Irvin Henry Wilcox died Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook, at the age of 86. He was born Nov. 16, 1920, at McCook, the son of the late John Sylvester and Lonora Annabelle (Hesterwerth) Wilcox. He grew up on a farm south of McCook. He attended country school and also McCook High School...

June 29, 1931 - Aug. 6, 2007 BENKELMAN -- Jim was called home on Aug. 6, 2007, he was born June 29, 1931, in Palisade to Lester and Viola (Sailors) Elliot. Jim, his mother, Vi and brother, Jack moved to Benkelman in 1939. In 1956, he and his family moved to Denver, Colo...

Nov. 23, 1945-July 30, 2007 PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Andra (McCoy) McDonough, 61, died July 30, 2007, at her home from cancer. She was born Nov. 23, 1945, at Sterling, Colo., to Harold and Virginia McCoy. She attended school at Culbertson and graduated from Culbertson High School...

Statistics show that the number of inpatient days at Community Hospital of McCook increased in 2006-07, and a survey indicates that the care provided there ranks high with patients. Jim Ulrich, hospital president and chief executive office, said Wednesday morning, following a hospital board of directors monthly meeting, that a FY 2007 annual statistical summary shows that the number of inpatient days increased by 8.68 percent. ...

Haigler historians and a crew from Williams Midwest House Movers of Hastings position the "67 South" rural schoolhouse on a new foundation in the heart of Haigler. The 15-ton, 110-year-old building moved 31?2 miles out of a cornfield and along a country road, Highway 34 and Haigler's main street Aug. ...

The state's continuing effort to prime the economic pump seems to be working, according to figures released Monday by Gov. Dave Heineman. Businesses taking advantage of Nebraska's revamped LB775 incentives could invest more than $4 billion over the next few years and create about 10,400 jobs...

Dick Trail's column of Aug. 10 ("Glamour beats gritty in bid for tax dollars") inspired some thought on my part. Not so much about sales taxes, glamour vs. grit, or media personalities, but about the nature of the modern American political machine, and its workings...

When I was a young boy, I used to play around what we called the gas ditch. To the best of my recollection it was located south of McCook. Looking back over the years, it was not a very safe place to play, but boys ... My family moved to McCook around 1944. My father was a fireman with the C.B.& Q. railroad, we moved in 1956...

It appears that we can all look forward to a higher electric bill for the month of August. It takes a lot of electricity to keep a house cooled down to 72 degrees when it's 125 outside. I don't like the heat. If I had to make a choice between the tropics and the Antarctic, I'd have to choose the Antarctic. Face it, you can always put more clothes on to stay warm, but I've never discovered a way to take enough off to get cool...

"My senior year. I don't have to do it again." -- Maggie Sanders --- "Leaving..." -- Max Kugler --- "I don't know... Watching movies on the side of the school." -- J.P. Tapia --- "Showing dedication to the school and music." -- Casey Cobb --- "Seeing people that I haven't seen for a long time." -- Nicole Green...