Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Jan. 22, 1930-May 16, 2010 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Eugene Clason, 80, died Sunday at his home southeast of Beaver City. He was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Beaver City, Nebraska to Francis and Hazel (Thomas) Clason. He was a life long resident of Furnas County, Nebraska. He attended Beaver City High School...

July 12, 1946-May 15,2010 MIAMI, Oklahoma -- Gerald Leroy McNutt, 63, of Miami, Oklahoma passed away Saturday at his home. He was born July 12, 1946 in McCook, Nebraska to Roy and Lucille (Marcum) McNutt. He graduated from McCook High School in 1964 and attended William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri...

The family of Roger and Florence Parker is hosting an open house Saturday, 1-5 p.m., at the Exposition Building on the Dundy County Fairgrounds in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary.

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School junior varsity girls tennis team turned in a dominating performance last Thursday at the Kearney JV Invitational. The Bison reserves won the Kearney meet title with 42 points. Kearney Blue was second with 30 points. Team X, comprised of players from McCook and Hastings, placed fourth with 18 points...

GOTHENBURG -- Second place wasn't too bad Monday for the McCook High School boys golf team. The Bison finished runner-up to Scottsbluff at the Class B-4 District meet at the Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg. The second-place finish qualifies the McCook team for the Class B state tournament in Kearney...

Many gardeners may have already planted their gardens preparing to harvest the fresh produce that gardeners and farmers are growing this year. McCook Main Street Farmers Market is a social event where you meet friends and neighbors while you shop. This event is not only a growers' market, but open to baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, rolls and fruit pies. ...

Military academies hoping to enforce an honor code have their work cut out for them if a new study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is to be believed. "Students generally understand what constitutes cheating, but they do it anyway," said Kenneth Kiewra, professional of educational psychology at UNL and one of the study's authors...

I don't know if you have noticed, but Southwestern Nebraska is simply beautiful at the moment. The wheat is knee high and dark green, the native grasses are a lighter green, and corn is emerging with its typically yellow straight rows. Look sharp and you might see a mama coyote hunting in the daytime, a sure sign of coyote pups hidden close by. Rooster pheasants are preening for hens alongside the road and in the canyons, tom turkeys are displaying their wares to admiring hens...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council rejected both bids received for the second project of the 2010 Street Improvement Projects and is advertising for new bids. The board set the bid deadline for June 1 at a bimonthly meeting Monday night at the Heritage Senior Center, after bids initially received were vastly different...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Get up in the morning. Drop the kids off at school and rush off to work. Handle plentiful demands from employers, co-workers, staff, and customers. Pick the kids up at daycare, and head home to fix dinner. Complete numerous other household chores. Attend a sporting event or school function. Do it all over again the next day. That is a typical day in the life of many young professionals, and it leaves very little time to network and develop business relationships...