Stories from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Melvin Anthiny 'Tony' Tucker ATWOOD, Kansas -- Melvin Anthiny "Tony" Tucker. 88, died Saturday (Jan. 14, 2012), at the Sherman County Cood Samaritan in Goodland, Kansas. He was a resident of Atwood. Funeral services are pending with Williams Funeral Home in Atwood...

OMAHA, Nebraska -- A moving wall of memorials -- and memories -- paying tribute to Nebraska soldiers killed in "The War on Terror" will come to McCook in July. The "Remembering the Fallen" memorial wall honors those who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars against terrorism and those who have died of wounds suffered in a war zone, while in uniform, since Sept. 11, 2001...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The red-tail hawk hit on Highway 83 near Wellfleet, Nebraska, on Jan. 11 and turned over to Lorie Prestes' raptor rescue service at McCook has been released. "He was just knocked silly," Lorie said Monday. "He was doing really, really well, so he was ready to go."...

The modern highway system is a wonderful thing. Hop in your car, pump a dozen gallons of (high-priced) gasoline into the tank and drive anywhere you want. As you travel, you'll meet all sorts of other vehicles; trucks loaded with hay headed for Oklahoma and Texas, cars full of families, buses of high school athletic teams...

As a child I dutifully stood with my classmates and, hand over my heart, recited the Pledge of Allegiance with patriotic fervor. In fact, watching the fifth graders paint a mural based on "America the Beautiful" earned me the ire of my third-grade teacher who grew weary of me constantly ignoring her at the front of the classroom so I could look over my shoulder and watch in wonder as purple mountains and amber waves of grain appeared from the mixed tempura paints reserved for the upper-classmen. ...

The McCook Community College men's basketball team split a pair of road games last weekend. The Indians opened the trip with a huge 94-92 win at Northeast Community College in Norfolk Saturday, Jan. 14. MCC then dropped a 102-79 decision at Central C.C. in Columbus Sunday, Jan. 15.g...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- McCook High School is considered the smallest fish in the big pond of Nebraska state high school swimming and diving. But the Bison made a little splash at the Gene Cotter Invitational Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, at the Lincoln HIgh School pool...

27th ANNUAL ORANGE & BLACK TOURNAMENT Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 19-21 at Colby, Kansas All Times CST GIRLS DIVISION Thursday, Jan. 19 First-Round Games At Colby Community Building Blue Valley Northwest (Kan.) vs. Hugoton (Kan.), 3 p.m. Colby (Kan.) vs. Liberal (Kan.), 6:30 p.m...

Robert Gerald Ambrosek April 22, 1940 - Jan. 17, 2012 BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Robert Gerald Ambrosek, age 71, passed away on Jan. 17, 2012, at the Dundy County Hospital, only 30 days after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Robert was born on April 22, 1940, the second of a set of identical twin boys at Imperial, Nebraska, to Gerald Andrew Ambrosek and Eva Emma Tepley Ambrosek. ...

Bernice Annette Jensen July 9, 1940 - Jan. 17, 2012 BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Bernice Annette Jensen of Benkelman died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha. She was 71 years old. Bernice was born on July 9, 1940 in Benkelman to John Benjamin and Karen Hancina (Hoff) Foster. She graduated from Benkelman High School in 1958 and attended Kearney State Teachers College where she received her teaching certificate. She taught school for a number of years...