Stories from Thursday, June 12, 2008

The McCook Midget Baseball Association, Inc. (MMBA) would like to announce a change in schedule due to rain issues. A make-up game is scheduled for Father's Day evening. There will be two Father's Day games Sunday at Felling Field. Parker will play B&M Drywall Cubs at 7 p.m., followed by Janssen-Kool Honda versus Community Hospital (Sluggers) at 8:30 p.m...

The family of Karen Lieske of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her birthday on June 16, 2008. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 420 Seminole Drive, McCook NE 69001.

By all accounts, campers and staff at the Boy Scout camp in western Iowa did their best to live up to the motto, "Be Prepared." The tragic fact that four boys were killed is a reminder of how capricious the powerful summertime storms can be. The storm struck with little warning, but Scouts and leaders reacted as quickly as they could, just as they practiced only a few hours earlier. ...

What is so rare as a day in June ... and with the recent vagaries in the weather in this part of the world that is a very true statement. When we start the morning with a comfortable 65 degrees, extend to a warmish 85 to 90 by 2 p.m. and end the evening with the clashing and bashing fireworks of lightning and thunder accompanied by high winds and large hail what else could be so rare...