Stories from Thursday, May 15, 2008

The signs may be subtle, but your future health or that of someone else depends on you being tuned in. The condition is stroke, the No. 3 killer and leading cause of disability in Nebraska and nationwide. The Nebraska Department and Health and Human Services, stroke claims the lives of about 1,100 Nebraskans each year...

It was beautiful! The excruciatingly thin crescent of a moon just hanging there in the evening sky with the bright, splendid dot of the planet Mercury riding just beneath it. Both could be seen in the same binocular field of view. Here the moon was, resplendent with the low-key glow of earthshine--that reflection of sunlight off the surface of the Earth lighting the moon -- offering just a hint of the craters and maria that otherwise would be completely hidden...

OGALLALA -- The McCook Bison boys golf team stubbed its toe at the Nebraska Class B-4 tournament Monday at Ogallala. The Bison finished with a 342 score and did not quailfy for state as a team. Not all of the McCook individual scores were available at press time Tuesday...

The 2008 Bison Volleyball Camp is June 16-18 at the McCook Junior High gym. The camp will be conducted by head coach Krystal Weber, assistant coaches and both current and former high school players. The camp is open to all girls entering grades 2-8 next fall...

The McCook Midget Baseball Association, Inc. will start the season with a free will offering hamburger feed at 5 p.m. at Felling Field. The evening will begin with an infield parade of teams, coaches, prize drawings for the players and two baseball games starting after the prize drawing...

BRASELTON, Ga. -- Every one of the Nebraska Wesleyan University golfers improved their score from day one as the Prairie Wolves moved up five spots to 15th place at the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships at Chateau Elan Resort in Braselton, Ga...

Sept. 26, 1929 - May 9, 2008 BIRD CITY, Kan. -- James D. Anderson, 78, died Friday (May 9, 2008) at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born Sept. 26, 1929, in Long Pine, Neb. He owned and operated Anderson Grocery in Bird City until his retirement...

Jan. 1, 1928 - May 14, 2008 AURORA -- Russel Albin Warren, 80, died Wednesday (May 14, 2008) at Hamilton Manor in Aurora. He was born Jan. 1, 1928, to Harley and Verda (Skinner) Warren of Giltner. He attended rural schools through grade 8 and then Giltner High School. He was baptized in the Giltner Christian Church. He served in the Navy from July 2, 1945 to July 2, 1946...

Feb. 22, 1939 - May 13, 2008 LeRoy G. Ulrich died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at the age of 69 at his home in McCook He was born Feb. 22, 1939, to Louis and Francis (Richards) Ulrich in Oberlin, Kan. He graduated from McCook High School in 1957. LeRoy married Avis L. Sheldon on Oct. 18, 1958, in Oberlin. To this union two children were born, Byron and Shree...

A 1937 graduate of McCook Senior High and 2005 inductee onto the schools' "Wall of Fame" will visit McCook and present a band clinic Tuesday, May 20. Eighty-eight-year-old Stanley Hasty, now of Rochester, N.Y., will fly with his wife, June, into Denver and drive to McCook Monday, May 19. His plans that evening include a supper with Bison alumni newsletter staff members and a tour of the High Plains Museum and the renovated Historic Carnegie Library...

The last time the McCook YMCA embarked on a major fund raising campaign was more than 25 years ago, when the community supported the construction of a new YMCA building on West 7th Street. Not since that building was completed in 1981 has the YMCA embarked on such a large financial undertaking. ...

Pre-Review - Prince Caspian This is a new way of bringing the latest movies to you. I have searched the internet for information and reviews from critics who have already seen the new Chronicles of Narnia flick, Prince Caspian. With these in mind, I intend to form an opinion going into the movie...