Stories from Tuesday, December 12, 2017

McCOOK, Neb. — It took another executive session Monday night before the McCook Board of Education approved the 2018-19 negotiated agreement for teachers’ salaries next year. At the regular meeting Monday night, board president Tom Bredvick made the motion to vote on the agreement, with a 3.58 percent increase in wages. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — An engineering study will determine what work can and cannot be done at McCook Junior High. The study, done by W Designs, will not exceed $750 with results expected back within a couple of weeks, said McCook Schools business manager Rick Haney at the regular McCook Board of Education meeting Monday night. The study will determine, among other matters, the weight-bearing capabilities at the junior high, Haney said, and that will affect what direction the district can take...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Coach Mark Bottoms’ Chase County girls are 3-1 following a 50-39 home win over Ogallala last weekend. Sophomore Mallie McNair netted 15 points and senior Regan Nickless worked inside for another 10. Seniors Lauren Gockley (eight points) and Andrea Page (six) also helped the Longhorns pull away...

McCOOK, Neb. — Medicine Valley showed it was ready for Friday night basketball bright lights with the 51-36 Cattle Trail semifinal win over Wauneta-Palisade. The Broncos (4-1) were blazing into this contest but ran into a Raider team that permitted only 14 first-half points...

McCOOK, Neb. — Drama didn’t get any better than Friday night when Wauneta-Palisade and Hitchcock County met again in girls’ Cattle Trail semifinal action. Most will never forget the Falcons’ last-second win one year earlier on this same Peter & Dolores Graff Event Center floor...

McCOOK, Neb. — Take a look at the McCook YMCA Men’s Basketball League teams lighting up nets during their opening week. First Central Bank 75, Ballin Ballers 52 Pioneer Seed 81, Indians 70 Community Hospital 79, Big Ballers 3 Point Extravaganza 49 The Tribe 90, Coaches Club 77...

A complete recap of all the Gazette-area football players who earned Nebraska All-State recognition from the Omaha World-Herald and/or Lincoln Journal-Star last weekend: All-State First Team The Journal-Star and World Herald Class B McCook: Hunter Hays, offensive lineman...

McCOOK, Neb. — They had to be feeling bubbly on a Friday after McCook swimmers won all three girls’ relays and other races at their annual home invitational. Not only did they break their school 200-medley relay record for a second straight week, Bison girls conquered a 200-freestyle race (1:44.96) by almost five full seconds over Hastings (1:49.49)...

Richard Lee Terrell Jan. 27, 1948 - Nov. 27, 2017 SAN ANTONIA, Texas — Richard Lee Terrell passed away suddenly Nov. 27, 2017, at San Antonio. He was 69 years old. Rich was born on Jan. 27, 1948, at Portland, Ore., to parents, Arlington and Lela (Boyd) Terrell. As a child, the family moved to Trenton, Neb., where Rich graduated from high school. He continued his education at Kearney State College, receiving his master’s in business administration...

Brent Allen Schleeman Aug. 22, 1968 - Dec. 7, 2017 KENESAW, Neb. — Kenesaw resident, Brent Allen Schleeman, 49, passed away Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, at his home. Services will be Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 10:30 a.m. at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Pastor Paul Duffy officiating. Burial will be in Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw. Memorials may be given to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date...

85th birthday The family of Helen Magee of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 71920 Valley View Drive, McCook, NE 69001.

McCOOK, Neb. — Economic development officials are asking McCook residents and visitors to participate in an online research study they hope will shed light on how the community ranks as a destination for newcomers. The survey can be found at the McCook Economic Development Corp. Facebook page, or at http://bit.ly/2BcbtXG...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Fire Department, thanks to the quick thinking of an observant citizen, was able to minimize fire damage to an East 11th Street home Monday morning. “Fortunately, we had observant citizens who saw smoke coming from the house and called 911 right away, probably saving a lot of damage,” said Fire Chief Marc Harpham after the incident. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — An Oberlin, Kan., woman received jail time last week in Red Willow County District Court for violating her probation sentence in a misdemeanor theft case. The woman, 32-year-old Alicia L. Bergling, formerly of McCook, was ordered to serve 90 days in jail with credit given for one day already served during a Dec. ...

If you’re a germaphobe, you might want to change your rubber gloves and turn to another page. If you work in an office and don’t want to catch a cold, the flu or something worse, there follows some information that you might find useful. The folks at Kimberly-Clark Professional pulled out their ATP meter and used it to analyze swabs from nearly 5,000 surfaces in office buildings where 3,000 workers were employed...

They came from Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, and North Carolina. Seven of them. It was the annual “Deer Camp” in your columnist’s airplane hangar. Former Air Force buddies plus current friends. Their camp isn’t exactly roughing as the spacious place is heated, has a bathroom complete with shower, and a rudimentary kitchen. Still they come back year after year in what has evolved from tent city in an open shed on my farm even before the Iraq war started...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s third annual biology research symposium Friday highlighted research being conducted by students, instructors and professionals in the area. “Part of the reason for doing this is to bring attention to the scientific research being done in the area,” MCC Biology Instructor Rob Bogardus said...

Want to join a great group of similar minded people that have a common goal? Want to make a difference in your community and country? Are you interested in politics? If you answered yes to any of these questions then keep reading! Teenage Republicans, founded in 1960, is a youth organization that is an auxiliary of the Republican Party in all 50 states. ...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- The McCook Bison landed three players to the 2017 Topside Tip-Off all-tournament teams...

OXFORD, Neb. -- Two gold-medal performances helped Southern Valley take third at its home invite Friday...

SARGENT, Neb. -- Cambridge took second at Friday's Twin Loup Invitational...