Stories from Wednesday, December 10, 2008

McCook High School student-athletes were named to the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference in football, volleyball, softball and earned all academic. honors Bison football players Matt Berry, Tyler Brown, Dillon Goltl, Aaron Ruppert, Seth Schaeffer, Chris Schleeman, Tyrone Sellers and Joe Vetrovsky made football selections...

COZAD -- The McCook High School freshman boys basketball team rolled to a 45-27 win over Cozad Monday night at Cozad. It was the season opener for the Bison. The Bison led 15-6 after one quarter, 29-10 at halftime and 36-17 after three quarters. Kyle Gaston paced the Bison with 17 points and Joel Baker poured in 12...

ALMA -- The McCook Junior Hight School wrestling team competed in a Triangular with Southwest and Alma Tuesday at Alma. "Our kids wrestled very well," said coach Zane Engelbert. "Darius Bolli, Cory Engler, T.J. Monzon, Clayton Korus, and Kyle Stewart all went undefeated at the triangular, going 2-0...

The McCook St. Patrick's Knights boys basketball A and B teams started the season with a 1-2 record. The Knights A team lost to Oberlin 40-21. Josh Escher led McCook with 11 points, followed by James Kain with 8 and Bryce Dame 2. The St. Pat's B team lost 32-6...

The family of Ardis Vukas is having a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday on Dec. 16. Cards will reach her at 209 West M, McCook NE 69001.

Welding and machining classes for juniors and seniors at McCook High School will be moved to a facility on B Street, into the new "Center for Applied Science and Technology" -- C.A.S.T. C.A.S.T. is a cooperative effort by McCook Public School, the Mid-Plains Community College Area, the Nebraska Department of Corrections/Work Ethic Camp, Valmont Industries and Phoenix Transitional Services to provide training in welding and machine shop skills and the opportunity to earn college credit.. ...

Heavy equipment makes quick work of the old Mirastar gas station on the Walmart Super Center parking lot Tuesday. The Tesoro company, which opened 76 Mirastar stations as a joint venture with Walmart in 2000, shut down 42 of them in August, including the one in McCook...

Danny and I are frequent visitors at the local library. We don't even have to show our cards anymore and they can tell just by looking at my face whether or not the little overdue bell is going to ring before I can check out my latest finds. I love to read, as frequent readers know, and enjoy a wide variety of authors, mostly fiction because I get enough of the current events on the job, and I need a break -- a few storybook endings rarely read in the real world, please...