Stories from Monday, December 12, 2011

Kenneth G. W. Groves Feb. 2, 1922 - Dec. 9, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Kenneth G. W. Groves died Friday (Dec. 9, 2011), at his home north of McCook in Frontier County, Nebraska at the age of 89. He was born Feb. 2, 1922, in the Quick Community of Frontier County, Nebraska. He was the son of the late Frederick S. and Carrie (Anderson) Groves. Kenneth grew up on the family farm and graduated from Red Willow High School in 1940. On Oct. 26, 1940, Kenneth married Madaline Dewane at Oberlin, Kansas...

Frankie A. John May 11, 1940 - Dec. 11, 2011 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Frankie A. John, 71, formerly of Beaver City, died Sunday, (Dec. 11, 2011), at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born May 11, 1940, at Campbellsville, Kentucky, to Frank and Anne (Breeding) Edwards...

60th anniversary The children and grandchildren of Rex and Joyce Remington are requesting a card shower in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple was married Dec. 16, 1951, at the Methodist Church in McCook, Nebraska. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 108 S. Cherokee Road, McCook, NE 69001...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The cast has been selected for "Big River" by Rogers & Hammerstein is the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association 2012 Musical to be held in the spring March 18,23, 24 and 25. Big River" is a musical trip down the Mississippi River with Huck Finn. Along the way we meet a rascally pair of grifters, a grieving heiress and even Tom Sawyer. The musical styles range from Cajun to gospel to blues to country...

It's hard to see how hiring an outside lawyer will provide the final word in an interpretation of state law that calls for the removal of City Council members convicted of a crime. In case you've missed it, council members Aaron Kircher, who was convicted of disturbing the peace, and Shane Hilker, who was convicted of harboring a potentially vicious dog, haven't been voting while the matter is under review...

On May 25, 1883, McCook celebrated its first anniversary. The town had been platted just one year before. In that year it had grown from a population of near zero to nearly 1000 citizens. "It could boast fine new machine shops and a 15 stall roundhouse on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line, and the designation of Division Point between Lincoln, the Capital City of Nebraska and Denver, the Capital City of Colorado...

2011 CATTLE TRAIL INVITATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Tuesday, Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6, 9-10 At McCook GIRLS DIVISION Tuesday, Dec. 6, First-Round Results Hitchcock County 67, Maywood 33 Arapahoe 55, Dundy County-Stratton 53 Hayes Center 46, Decatur Community (Oberlin, Kan.) 40...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- The McCook High School girls basketball team continues to make strides under head coach Jeff Ellis. The Bison girls improved to 3-1 on the season after a third-place finish in last weekend's Topside Tip-Off Tournament at Goodland, Kan. McCook dropped a 65-45 decision to a solid Burlington, Colo. team in last Friday night's tournament semifinals. The Bison girls bounced back to run past Wallace County (Kan.) 63-45 in Saturday's third-place final...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- A sure bet entering this year's Topside Tip-Off Tournament would have been taking odds on McCook playing Ottawa, Kan. in the boys championship finals, and, unfortunately for the Bison, taking the Kansas squad to win. For the fourth consecutive season, the Bison boys and Ottawa advanced to the championship game in the early-season tournament played in Goodland, Kan. For the fourth straight time, McCook finished second in the tournament after another loss to Ottawa...

HOLDREGE, Neb. -- Mother Nature delayed the start of the 2011-12 McCook High School wrestling season by one week. Apparently the late start didn't have much ill effect on the Bison matmen. McCook finally got on the mat for the first meet of the season Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Holdrege Invitational. The Bison finished third in the 11-team varsity field...