Stories from Monday, May 14, 2018

Auretta Marilyn Parker (nee Welborn) Oct. 16, 1924 - May 3, 2018 LITTLETON, Colo. —Auretta Marilyn Parker (nee Welborn), known to family and friends as Retta, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2018, at the age of 93. Retta was born in Lebanon, Neb., on Oct. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Public Schools Superintendent Grant Norgaard called McCook High School’s latest seniors “a quality group of young men and women … a class that has set the standard for classes to follow.” Senior High Principal Jeff Gross described the MHS Class of 2018 as “a positive, passionate class that has had an incredible impact on the school and the community.”...

ST. FRANCIS, Kan. -- Rawlins County came away with a girls runner-up finish in Thursday’s Northwest Kansas League Track and Field Meet in St. Francis, Kan. The Lady Buffs won five events and scored 100 team points. They were headlined by sophomores Kristen Beckman and Brea Lankas...

Despite the headline, there will be some drama during Tuesday’s election, notably District 3 Red Willow County Commissioner in McCook. That Republican ballot will list incumbent Jacqueline Riener, challengers Cayla Richards and Andrea Wolfe, with Charles Fritsche mounting a write-in campaign...

FELLING FIELD — The Community Hospital Timber Rattlers watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 5-3 loss to the Schmick’s Market Blue Rocks on Friday. The Schmick’s Market Blue Rocks scored on a double by Miles Pollmann and a double by Hayden Uerling in the first inning...

It must have been in the fall of 1941, just before the start of World War II. I was in Mrs. Chase’s 8th-grade government class. The subject concerned ways in which individual citizens could affect the workings of government and make themselves heard. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Kailee White Jr of Rochester, New York has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and basketball career at McCook Community College for the 2018-19 school year. White, a 6’3 combo uuard, attended Rush-Henrietta High School under Coach Chris Reed...

LUBBOCK, Texas –The McCook Community College golf team made its final preparations Monday for the Tuesday start of the four-day National Junior College championships. After practice rounds Sunday and Monday, the team will attend the championship banquet Monday night where the team will be recognized as the Region IX champions – the first for MCC since 1973...

BERTRAND, Neb. — Southern Valley and Cambridge’s Preston Carbaugh were champions of the Bertrand Golf Invitational Thursday. Carbaugh shot a super par-72 to win the invididual title race by seven strokes over Loomis’ Drew Lauby (79). Meanwhile, Southern Valley’s 346 finished 15 strokes better than Loomis (361) for the team title...

OGALLALA, Neb. — If McCook can match Thursday’s performance at the B-6 district today, the Bison golfers will likely be going to next week’s Class B state tournament as a team. McCook placed second overall in the Ogallala Invite Thursday with Brady Esch firing a team and season-best 78...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Bison will be hosting the annual Championship Football Camp. The camp will feature many of the players that helped McCook reach the playoffs 18 straight years. This camp is designed to be for grades through eight this fall...

McCOOK, Neb. — The undefeated preliminaries are all done and now McCook’s tennis girls can really have fun. Because starting Thursday, the Bison aim for a “repeat” Class B state team title at Lincon’s Woods Tennis Center. Official seeds and pairings were not obtained before today’s press deadline...