Stories from Thursday, November 20, 2008

The McCook Community College men's basketball team improved to 6-3 with an 83-70 win over Colby Community College Tuesday night at True Hall Gymnasium in McCook. Four Indians scored in double figures, led by Trey Mosby with 15 points. Myron Mingo scored 12, Alonzo Loius 11 and Keenan Gaskin 10...

Feb. 11, 1933 - Nov. 18, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- H. Wayne McCoy, 75, died Tuesday (Nov. 18, 2008) at his home in Arapahoe from complications due to congestive heart failure. He was born Feb. 11, 1933, to Harley W. and Hazel (Elston) McCoy on the family farm south of Arapahoe...

Dec. 10, 1931 - Nov. 18, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- Dorothy L. Dickmeyer, 76, of Arapahoe, died Tuesday (Nov. 18, 2008) at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood. She was born Dec. 10, 1931, in Gosper County to Frank W. and Margaret (Monter) Petermann. She graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1949. After school she worked for Kerr Plastics in Hastings...

An attorney for two Hayes County family farmers charged with defamation by owners of a large-scale hog operation who wanted to build in Hayes County calls the farmers' vindication "a wake-up call to corporate bullies who think that they can sue to intimidate people."...

When the curtain goes up on the McCook Community College production of "A Christmas Carol," the audience will be treated to a visually spectacular sight, according to MCC Theater Instructor Sue Watts. Dr. Richard Tubbs, Vice-President of McCook Community College, has designed and built the sets for the play. Tubbs is an accomplished set designer and set builder, and has worked with over a dozen students in Watts' Introduction to Theatre class to build the flats necessary for the play...

HAYES CENTER -- Someone may be facing misdemeanor charges of joy riding when Hayes County Sheriff Tom Dow completes his investigation into the taking of a Hayes Center school bus early Monday morning. Dow said Wednesday afternoon that the bus was taken from its parking place on school property before 5 a.m., Monday, and later returned, with damage to the door and door frame. Dow said he has no cost estimate of damages yet...

"If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" goes the old put-down. Watching the recent goings-on in Washington, a better question might be, "If you're so rich, why aren't you smart?" You'd think some of the Big Three auto executives would have heard the axiom "perception is reality," or at least to not have had the gall to fly in their top-of-the-line private jets to the capital to ask for a handout from the taxpayers...

All of you fellow hardworking Nebraska voters should feel very guilty. GM and Fords CEOs were on ABC News today, highlighted for taking corporate jets to Washington D.C. to meet with Congress. Each trip cost $20,000 a piece round trip. A similar flight, from the same Detroit airport with Northwest, from Detroit to Washington cost $288 round-trip...

The view to the southwest 45 minutes to an hour after sunset on these recent clear evenings is nothing short of fabulous. The two bright beacons of Jupiter (to the left) and Venus (to the lower right) are absolutely splendid. Both of them hanging there in the darkened sky looking for all the world like two bright stars blazing their glory for all the world to see...