Stories from Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Dateline: Yorba Linda, California Take Interstate 70 west to the end and then turn left! I'd always assumed that I-70 went across the entire United States and terminated on the West Coast. Bad assumption, the end of the road is in the center of polygamy country so one has to go north or south from there. We chose south so as to end up in sunny southern California, land of fruits, nuts and home to our only son and his young family...

Ideally, adoptive parents should know the racial issues their children will face.

HOLDREGE -- The McCook Junior B's baseball team posted a 2-1 record at the Jack Walker Tournament at Holdrege Friday and Saturday and placed third. McCook lost its tournament opener 7-4 to Holdrege Rotary but bounced back with a 14-0 win over Lexington and an 8-6 win over Holdrege Kiwanis...

McCook Elementary School Track Meet results from May 21-22 Kindergarten Girls Bean bag throw Heat 1-- 1. Jaimee Radel, 2. Serenity Marston, 3. Lilian Bjork, 4. Elise Aguilar, 5. Lydia Risenhoover. Heat 2 -- 1. Kori Uerling, 2. Emily Gosch, 3. Hannah Goltl, 4. Emily Loker, 5. Elsie Rodewald...

LINCOLN -- McCook High School seniors J.D. Stone and Sam Frazier are the South roster for the July 26 Nebraska Shrine Bowl football game at Memorial Stadium. Head coaches are Jeff Tomlin of Grand Island for the North and Bob Fuller of Plattsmouth for the South...

HASTINGS -- Tony Hobson has resigned as women's basketball coach at Hastings College to take the same position at Fort Hays State in Hays, Kan. Fort Hays State is a Division II school that competes in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA)...

SARGENT -- The 15th annual and 'final' Central Platte Conference vs Loup Valley Conference boys basketball all-star game was hosted by the Sargent Booster Club Friday night and was staged in the Sargent High School gymnasium. The game featured graduating senior players from each of the two conferences...

Aug. 6, 1966 - May 31, 2008 MAYWOOD -- Arlas Shawn Hazen, 41, of Maywood, died Saturday (May 31, 2008) at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was born on Aug. 6, 1966, at Red Willow County St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook to Alfred Dale and Donna Darlene (Gilliland) Hazen of Curtis...

May 5, 1937 - May 31, 2008 NORCATUR, Kan. -- Lora Linn Leichliter, 71, died Saturday (May 31, 2008) in Denver, Colo. She was born May 5, 1937, in Norcatur, Kan., to K.G. and Irma Jaquetta (Railsback) Ward. She grew up in Norcatur and attended Norcatur grade school and high school...

The family of Keith Boner is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born June 7, 1928. His family includes his wife, Norma; children, Bob and Linda Boner, Linda and Scott McConnell and Sharon and Joel Bedore. He has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 72317 Drive 387, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of LeRoy and Dianna (Zwickle) Meissner of Culbertson is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 40th wedding anniversary. They were married June 1, 1968, at the Methodist Church in McCook. Children of the couple are Sherri Van Pelt and husband, Travis of Indianola and Shauna Meissner of McCook. They have four grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 37796 Road 718, Culbertson Ne 69024...

Moving the local Farmer's Market to Norris Park would be good for the vendors and the buyers, said a representative of the McCook Main Street organization. Sonia Caldwell, a volunteer with McCook Lied Main Street program, asked the McCook City Council at its regular meeting Monday night if the idea was feasible...

There's something good in McCook's water -- naturally-occuring fluoride. Because of this, the city will not have to spend thousands of dollars injecting fluoride into the city's water supply, that other Nebraska communities are looking at doing because of a new state law...

Measures to keep radon levels down in new homes and businesses constructed in McCook are already included in the city's building codes, but will now be enforced. The McCook City Council voted unanimously Monday night at its regular meeting to adopt and enforce "Appendix F" of the International Building code that includes methods of construction that reduce radon in enclosed structures...