Stories from Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Aug. 7, 1927 - Dec. 29, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- Donald C. Hambidge, 81, of Arapahoe, died Monday (Dec. 29, 2008) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Aug. 7, 1927, on the family farm north of Arapahoe in Gosper County to Archie L. and Bertha F. (Hoffman) Hambidge. He attended country school at Snyder School in Gosper County and graduated in 1944, from Arapahoe High School...

HAYES CENTER -- Hayes Center's girls and boys basketball team hosted Maywood Tuesday. The Cardinals won the boys game 59-31. The girls lost to Maywood 70-15. No details or stats were available on the boys game. Makayla Gardner put in 16 points for Maywood's girls. Gardner also led in rebounds...

A building originally known as the East Ward Elementary School, along with 158.60 acres of property in and around Prairie View Addition and Henton's First Addition north of McCook, are in foreclosure with the First National Bank of North Platte. The entire amount of unpaid loans is $830,615.15...

BRADY -- The Wauneta-Palisade girls basketball team captured the championship at the Brady Holiday Tournament with a 2-0 record. The Broncos defeated Paxton 48-39 Monday night and Brady 50-31 Tuesday night. Tori Adams led the Broncos against Paxton with 12 points. Tia Simpson and Blair Dixon each scored 10...

A column about a legendary Nebraska football coach was the single most popular story in 2008 on www.mccook gazette.com According to the number of times the page was viewed on the Gazette's Web site, "The Amazing Ed Weir," written by Gazette columnist Walt Sehnert July 7, was the most-read story with 6,253 page views. ...

Thanks to a coordinated effort among area law enforcement, an attempted abduction of two children was halted Monday. The McCook Police Department received a call about 1:45 p.m. from a staff member at a local church concerning a woman asking for money, according to McCook Police Chief Ike Brown. ...

NORFOLK -- One more win and the Norfolk High boys basketball team can celebrate the New Year and a conference championship at the same time. The Panthers advanced to the title game by whipping Class B No. 7-rated (Omaha World-Herald) McCook 76-36 Tuesday night in the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference tournament here Tuesday night...

It's been a long year. Literally. You can tell a lot has gone on around McCook, with City Editor Lorri Sughroue's wrap-up of 2008 covering parts of the first three pages in today's edition. Then there was the presidential election and the financial meltdown...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Nebraska football team wrapped up the majority of its preparations for Thursday's Konica Minolta Gator Bowl with a two-hour workout Tuesday morning at North Florida. The Gator Bowl game starts at noon central time Thursday and will be televised by CBS...

May 27, 1918-Dec. 30, 2008 OBERLIN -- Dorothy Bell, 90, died Tuesday (Dec. 30, 2008), at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born May 27, 1918, to Jess and Chelsie (Vaughn) Bell at rural Selden and was raised on a farm south of Selden. She received her education at Selden Rural High School, and lived in rural Selden, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Oberlin. She was a homemaker...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- P'Allen Stinnett scored 22 points and Booker Woodfox added 17 as Creighton held off Indiana State in a 79-61 victory Wednesday in the Missouri Valley Conference. Harry Marshall led Indiana State (3-10, 1-1 MVC) with 15 points while Rashad Reed had 11 points for the Sycamores...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When Dabo Swinney was named Clemson's interim coach in mid-October, the Tigers had lost three games, longtime head coach Tommy Bowden and just about every bit of confidence the program had coming into the season. Thoughts of making a bowl game were nearly gone, too...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES All times central Tuesday, Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Maryland 42, Nevada 35 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Oregon 42, Oklahoma State 31 Texas Bowl At Houston Rice 38, Western Michigan 14 Wednesday, Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl...

In every ordinary life, an extraordinary God reveals himself in large and small ways. This is nothing new. Paul wrote long ago, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Romans 1:20...