Stories from Thursday, November 29, 2007

May 18, 1920 - Nov. 28, 2007 INDIANOLA -- Lillian P. Schaffert of Indianola, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 87 years old. On May 18, 1920, she was born at Zalma, Mo., to James and Nellie (Umfleet) Ladd. She attended Ladd School District 78, through the 8th grade. She enjoyed working outdoors on their family farm helping her dad and brothers...

May 21, 1916-Nov. 23, 2007 Lena V. Mihm, 91 of Palisade died Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook. Lena was born on the 21st day of May 1916, in Harrison County, Mo., to Sanford Ramer and Zella H. (Ballard) Tucker. The Tucker family moved to Southwest Nebraska when she was a young child and she attended school in Hayes Center...

Oct. 11, 1915 - Nov. 25, 2007 ARAPAHOE -- Ella Mae Riepe, 92, of Arapahoe died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2007) at Good Samaritan Society in Arapahoe. She was born Oct. 11, 1915, at Hannibal, Mo., to Charles E. and Edith (Bowen) Fletcher. She moved with her family to Peoria, Ill., before moving to Edison. ...

Several McCook High School fall sports athletes were recognized by the Greater Nebraska Activity Conference today. GNAC All-Conference selections Fall 2007 Football: Matt Berry, junior quarterback; Colton Cochran, senior wide receiver; Sam Frazier, senior fullback; Mitch Green, senior defensive back; Andrew Reitz, senior defensive back; Chris Schleeman, junior linebacker; Tyrone Sellers, junior defensive end; J.D. Stone, senior defensive end...

The McCook St. Patrick's boys basketball team fell short to Atwood Monday at home. Atwood won the A game 40-31 and the B game 35-25. Marcus Portschy posted 19 points for Atwood's A team. Blake Bergling followed with 15 points. Kyle Gaston scored 13 points for St. Pats A team. Alex Broadfoot added 7 and William Burkert had 6...

The McCook Junior High School eighth grade girls basketball team played Ogallala Tuesday at home. McCook fell in the A game 40-11 but posted a 16-14 win in the B team game. "In the A game, Ogallala's 1-3-1 trapping defense created many problems for us in making a pass to start our offense," said Bison coaches Steve Clapp and Tom Lentz. "Ogallala had a quality team with a definite size advantage and we did not play up to our potential...

Vocational training and college classes at McCook Community College could be part of the future for offenders and correctional inmates at the Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook, officials said Tuesday. Larry Wayne, Deputy Director of Program and Community Services with the Nebraska Department Correctional Services, discussed MCC's possible expanding role with officials of Mid Plains Community College -- MCC at the work ethic camp's Community Involvement meeting...

There's an apocryphal story about a Vietnam veteran in Montana who welcomed Ted Turner into his steakhouse, but turned away his then-wife, Jane Fonda for her anti-war activities. Ted and Jane have long parted ways, but now some westerners are wondering how welcome Ted Turner should be...

Are we really thinking through the economic consequences of the very real possibility of increased state or federal regulation if we do not have the right local funding mechanisms in place in LB701? We need to step back and look at the whole picture...

Now that Thanksgiving is finally over, it's time to start getting ready for Christmas. If you haven't already started cleaning up and getting ready to put up all the Christmas decorations, most of you will be soon. I tried doing my annual before-Thanksgiving cleaning a couple of weeks before the holiday -- by cleaning my self-cleaning oven...