Stories from Monday, January 17, 2011

I want to share with you details of the budget recommendations for FY 2012 and 13. I recently proposed a balanced budget without raising taxes. Additionally, I've proposed several job and education-related investments aimed at enhancing Nebraska's economic momentum...

Sept. 19, 1920--Jan. 16, 2011 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Hubert Mumm, 90, died Sunday (Jan. 16, 2011), at Good Samaritan Society-Decatur County in Oberlin. He was born Sept. 19, 1920, northwest of Selden, Kansas in Sheridan County, Kansas, to Gottfried and Sarah (McDonald) Mumm. He was raised on a farm northwest of Selden and graduated from Selden Rural High School in 1929...

April 5, 1945--Jan. 15, 2011 SALINA, Kansas -- Sharon Faye Goscha, 65, died Saturday (Jan. 15, 2011), at Hospice of Salina. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on April 5, 1945, the daughter of the late Robert R. "Whitey" and Edith Mae (Mitchem) Wright...

Dec. 21, 1920--Jan. 3, 2011 DENVER, Colorado -- Morris L. Cook, 90, former resident of McCook, Nebraska, passed away on Jan 3, 2011, at his home in Denver. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on Dec. 21, 1920, the son of the late W.L. "Lafe" and Carolyn "Cookie" (Blair) Cook. ...

The family of Faye Korell of McCook, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday, Jan. 19. Family includes her children, Brad and Dianna Korell of Lincoln, Nebraska, Kerry and Mike Chrisman of North Platte, Nebraska, and Kip and Kristi Korell of McCook; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at #7 Parkview, McCook, NE 69001...

A bill introduced into the Nebraska legislature will create more headaches for public and private schools and youth sports organizations, but that's OK. Whatever the inconvenience and expense, it will be a bargain compared to long term consequences of failing to prevent head injuries...

No matter how many winning seasons the NU football team has, or how many championships are achieved, the 1940 season, culminating with a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena -- Nebraska's first bowl game, will have a special place in Husker history. The members of that pre-World War II team were very close -- like brothers, as one member of that team described it, led by a true "father figure," Biff Jones. ...

HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- A Hayes Center, Nebraska, farmer died Sunday in a farm accident. Hayes County Sheriff Tom Dow reported this morning that Jesse Korell, 27, died after getting caught in a feed wagon. Sheriff's officers and the Hayes Center fire department and ambulance personnel responded to the Bob Korell farm near Highway 17 and Road 729 about noon...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Classes resumed today at McCook Community College and for the first time in several years, Homecoming is coming back on campus. Homecoming activities -- sponsored by the MCC Student senate -- begin just one week into the Spring semester with a variety of attire-themed dates and a competition between the freshmen and sophomore classes...

HASTINGS, Nebraska -- McCook High School's boys basketball Young Guns aren't afraid to launch 3-point shots. But the Bison also won't hesitate to make adjustments when those long-range shots aren't falling. That's what head coach Tim Garcia's crew did Friday night, Jan. 14, in a 57-43 victory at Hastings...

HASTINGS, Nebraska -- The McCook High School girls basketball team is learning how to win games. The Bison girls held off a second-half Hastings charge to claim a 52-47 win over the host Tigers Friday, Jan. 14. McCook turned in a strong first. The Bison stretched a 14-6 first-quarter cushion to 23-8 in the second period after a free throw by Morgan Schaeffer and two more charity shots by Laura Brooks. McCook led 26-13 at intermission...

OBERLIN, Kansas -- The McCook High School wrestling team batted 1.000 Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Decatur Community Invitational in Oberlin, Kansas. The Bison entered just seven varsity wrestlers in the tough Kansas meet, and all seven McCook matmen earned medals. The Bison finished third in the nine-team field, with the host Oberlin Red Devils fifth...