Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2009

May 7, 1918 - Sept. 7, 2009 CAMBRIDGE -- Leatha M. Colson, 91, died Monday (Sept. 7, 2009) at Cambridge Manor. She was born in Wauneta on May 7, 1918, to Chester C. and Bessie (Ough) Stock. She went to country school and later graduated from Wauneta High School in 1936. She took normal training and taught school on the south divide at Wauneta...

Nov. 26, 1922 - Sept. 5, 2009 BEAVER CITY -- Vona Mae Hardenbrook, 86, of Beaver City died Saturday (Sept. 5, 2009) at Harlan County Hospital in Alma. She was born Nov. 26, 1922, at Beaver City to Clem and Adie J. (Thompson) Harman. She was raised in Arapahoe...

March 31, 1931 - Sept. 7, 2009 BIRD CITY, Kan. -- Ruby L. (Allen) Eggers, 78, formerly of Bird City, Kan., of Goodland, Kan., died Monday (Sept. 7, 2009) at Good Samaritan Center in Goodland. She was born March 31, 1931, in Rawlins County. She married Ed Downing and he preceded her in death in 1984...

Feb. 27, 1922 - Sept. 5, 2009 OBERLIN -- Audra Nadeane Haag passed away Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin at the age of 87. She was born Audra Nadeane Pattison on Feb. 27, 1922, in Wilsonville to George and Emma (Pearson) Pattison. Nadeane and her brother, Lovell, were reared on the family farm near Wilsonville. She attended a country school named Sunflower School and graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1939...

ALLIANCE -- Sometimes a football game's final score is deceptive, even when the game looks to be a cut-and-dried shutout, like at Alliance on Friday night. Sure, the score at the final gun was 28-0 in favor of the McCook High School Bison, but make no mistake about it, the Alliance Bulldogs gave their visitors all they could handle Friday night...

Ron Raikes wasn't looking for a fight, but he wasn't afraid of the consequences if he was doing what he thought best. "Nebraska has lost one of its best," University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken said in a press release following Raikes death in a farm accident Saturday night. "I know of no one who conducted himself with more dignity, integrity and intelligence in both public and private life than Ron Raikes."...

LEXINGTON -- McCook High School's volleyball team won 2 of three matches at the Lexington Invitational Tournament Saturday, finishing in 3rd place at the competition. "Overall, we were pleased to come out of the tournament 2-1 on the day," said head volleyball coach Krystal Weber. "It was a disappointing loss to Lexington in the semifinals. We fought off match point 2 or 3 times, then had opportunities for set point 3 times."...

Third in a series Pumping data used by the Modelers was three times more than actual pumping. The input data for the Model that determines Nebraska and Colorado compliance with the Republican River Compact is critical. In 2005, WaterClaim requested all Excel worksheets used by the Department of Natural Resources regarding the Republican River Basin. ...

NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook girls team captured second place at the North Platte Invitational Friday at the Iron Eagle Municipal Golf Course in North Platte. Makenzie O'Connell of Sidney led the Red Raiders for the best team score of 370 and top individual honors with a round of 80...

This year has been a very successful market with baked goods, fresh grown produce, fruit, eggs with many other goodies. Again, jars of honey; this honey is from the McCook area and very sweet and pure. It is not diluted like the imported honey, which is diluted 15 to 18 percent with water or sweet syrup...

OGALLALA -- A McCook couple was injured in a two-motorcycle accident on Labor Day Monday near Lake McConaughy at Ogallala. The Keith County Sheriff's Office reported that Janet and Greg Hepp were injured at 11:45 a.m. MT near the Martin Bay entrance of Kingsley Dam on Highway 61...

TRENTON ­-- Hitchcock County High School's second year of six-man football kicked off on their home turf in Trenton Friday afternoon. While the visiting Sioux County Warriors left the field victorious after a 42-27 decision, Falcons' coach Jarod Albers said he saw quite a bit of improvement in his still-young team from last year to this one...

WALLACE -- Wallace High School's volleyball team hosted the Maywood Tigers for their opening match of the season Friday night and won in 3 sets, 25-7, 25-7 and 25-13. The Wildcats' Laura O'Brien had 13 points and 3 service aces on the match, along with 16 assists. Teammate Shanice Harris pounded out 10 kills, while Katie West had 5 ace blocks...

CAMBRIDGE -- The Chase County High School boys and Eustis-Farnam girls cross-country teams won their respective sides of the Cambridge Invitational on Friday. Cambridge's Brian Custer topped the boys individual results with a time of 17:57, followed by a duo of Chase County Longhorns - Tyler Talbott and Kyle Bottom - who finished the course in 18:01 and 18:04, respectively...

It was no contest. Don asked me to fly to Davenport, Iowa, to pick him up. About an hour after I departed in his airplane, he and his boss also left McCook riding in a brand new Beechcraft Premier Jet. The Premier (technically a Hawker 400XP) is a wonder of modern technology as it has a fuselage spun in one piece from carbon fiber materials. ...

Late last month, the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its annual mid-year review of the federal budget. We all knew it would report a record-setting deficit--$1.6 trillion for 2009--but the review further revealed the challenges we will face as a country if the current track of fiscal irresponsibility continues. The report revealed the deficit over the next ten years would be $2 trillion more than previously estimated by OMB...