Stories from Wednesday, May 20, 2009

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge High School boys golf team qualified for the Nebraska Class D state tournament by placing second in the D-4 district tournament Tuesday at Cross Creek Golf Links at Cambridge. The top three teams and top individuals qualified for the state tournament next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Kearney Country Club...

CAMBRIDGE -- The 2009 Cambridge School Organization All-Star Basketball games will take place Friday, May 29 at Cambridge High School. The girls game starts at at 6 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m. These contests will feature boy and girl athletes from Class B, C, and D schools in Southwest Nebraska against each other in a East-West divisional game. The players for the games are nominated by their coaches and selected by the coaches of the all star teams...

McCook Bison youth football camp June 1-4 The McCook Bison Football Team will be hosting its annual Championship Football Camp from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 1-4 (Monday through Thursday). The camp, which will take place at the McCook Senior high practice field directly behind McCook High School, will feature many of the players that helped McCook reach five out of the last eight state football championship games and the last seven state semifinals...

Friday, May 16 Teams -- Mrs. Doyle, Ms. Roberts, Ms. Fries, Mr. Lentz, Mr. Bednar Girls results 4x100 -- 1.Doyle team, 1:13, 2.Roberts, 3.Fries , 4.Bednar , 5.Lentz . 800 -- 1.Raquel Gauna 3:18 Shot put -- 1.Taylor Dicenta 18-8.25; 2.Taylor Geisler; 3.Chase Hurdle; 4.Lexis Jones; 5.3Michaela Hoyt; 6.Marlys Brenning...

April 22, 1917 - May 18, 2009 Dorothy B. Geihsler died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Holdrege. She was 92 years old. Dorothy was born near Maywood to Winfred A. and Mary Agnus (Trotter) Parker. She graduated from Curtis High School in 1936...

The family of Tommy Joe and Lana La Rae (Snyder) Lashley is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 40th anniversary. They were married May 23, 1969, at Oberlin. Children of the couple are Marty and wife, Cheri Lashley of McCook and Rusty and wife, Casey Lashley of Lincoln. They have five grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 38448 Rd 728, McCook NE 69001...

The city needs air -- at least around McCook Regional Airport. Four public hearings were conducted Monday night at the regular McCook City Council meeting concerning avigation easements necessary to complete improvement at the airport. Once these are obtained, the construction of the proposed eight-plex hangar at the airport can proceed...

HAYES CENTER -- The estate of a Hayes County farming/ranching couple described as "genuinely hard-working people" has helped Hayes County Rescue buy a new ambulance. Hayes County Rescue purchased the new 2009 Ford F450 four-wheel-drive Super Duty Power Stroke V8 walk-through ambulance with $167,900 bequeathed by the estate of Walter and Bertha Kutz. The new ambulance replaces a 1973 Chevy van, said ambulance chief Tom Dow...

Four bands will be featured at the McCook Youth League's Memorial Day Concert and Cookout. The event will take place Monday night at the McCook Community College Student Union. Tickets, costing $5 each, will be available at the door. The cookout begins at 6:30 p.m. with band music to follow...

The historic Danbury Depot will show off its new renovations with an open house Sunday, May 24, and Monday, Memorial Day, May 25, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. each day. Supporters of the depot have financed and completed a new roof, new siding and new windows over the past couple years...

The Legislature is close to rectifying one of those "well, duh ..." situations with the Work Ethic Camp. We're sure there was some good reason, or at least a politically expedient reason, for prohibiting the Department of Correctional Services from entering into a work arrangement with educational institutions, although it escapes us for now, pardon the pun...

McCook-Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department will kick off its annual Walk to Health walking program at the walking trails in McCook on June 1 and in Wauneta on June 2. Additionally, Cambridge will kick off on May 30 at the women's health fair...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Proposed new and revised ordinances will put more bite into current animal control laws. The changes are a work in progress, Mayor Dennis Berry said Monday night at the regular council meeting. The McCook City Council took its first look Monday night at the suggestions recommended by the McCook Animal Control Review Committee but took no action...

When Ben was just a baby, times were tough. I had a great babysitter lined up and decided to go to work part-time to help out with the family finances. I worked for Jon's IGA in Worland, Wyo., and enjoyed the work a lot. I was out among people and found their grocery selections to be very interesting. ...