Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2018

ALLIANCE, Neb. — They’ve buried the Beetdiggers and ran through Longhorns during these past two football weekends. Anyone who hasn’t noticed Alliance Bulldogs recently should not forget names like Mason and Kysen Friday evening. They’ve led a charge past the Brush (Colo.) Beetdiggers, 35-26, and 28-0 over Chase County’s Longhorns to reach 3-2...

The 2018 election is upon us. You can submit a request to your County Clerk for a mail-in ballot. Beginning on Oct. 9, and until Election Day, you can stop by your courthouse and vote. Elections are exciting to me. I have not missed many opportunities to vote in my lifetime. ...

Their parents and grandparents worried about their children watching too much television, but today’s young parents are dealing with an entirely new phenomenon. The glowing television screen replaced the fireplace hearth in the 1950s, but today’s homes may contain a dozen glowing screens accompanying children everywhere they go...

Every tax system creates winners and losers. The 2017 Trump tax reform gave 83% of the tax cuts to the richest 1% of the people. This number has not been challenged by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the General Accounting Office (GAO), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the non-partisan Tax Foundation. The American population is 330 million people...

Matthew and Jonah Traphagan Sept. 21, 2018 ~ Sept. 21, 2018 BENNETT, Iowa — Matthew Thomas Traphagan and Jonah Levi Traphagan, infant twins of Rev. William and Stephanie Traphagan of Bennett, died Friday (Sept. 21, 2018), at Genesis Medical Center – East Campus, Davenport, Iowa. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The 2018 Heritage Days Parade Marshals do not have deep roots in the area. Nonetheless, their impact in the community is immeasurable. Bruce and Cathy McDowell happened upon McCook when they were passing through on their way from Denver to Illinois. A spring snowstorm stalled them in the area for a few days. They decided to take a look around and they liked what they saw. They were most impressed by the affordability of housing and the friendliness of the people...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College volleyball players were among Region IX Division I’s best even before they clinched a Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference title this week. Sophomore Ryan Maddera (Greeley, Colo.) leads the division in kills per set with 3.79 – a total that ranks 11th in the nation. Her 220 kills on the season is the third best Region IX total and her 0.45 service aces per set rank seventh...

Latest results from league action at TJ’s Family Fun Center: Men’s Major Pivotal Bowling 94.5-54.5 J&L Construction 93.5-52.5 Stockman’s Feed 74-76 Family Issues 66.5-72.5 Maris General Const. 66-84 Top scores: Teams Scratch games: Wagner’s Ford 1031, Maris General Construction 949, Family Issues 942. ...

Big games featuring familiar area foes kick off tonight with the 3-1 Arapahoe Warriors visiting 3-1 Dundy County-Stratton. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CDT in Benkelman. The clash matches two teams fresh off terrific wins. Arapahoe tallied 22 points late to stun neighbor Cambridge, 36-34, on those Trojans’ home turf. The Tigers unleashed two 200-yard rushers in sophomore Serbando Diaz (227) and freshman quarterback Quade Myers (201) during a 54-28 triumph at Alma...

A crew positions the new “Strunk memorial” monument at the corner of Norris Avenue and H Street in McCook Wednesday afternoon. The memorial will be officially unveiled during McCook’s Heritage Days celebration, at 1:30 p.m., Saturday. The Georgia gray and India black granite memorial measures 10 feet by 5 feet and weighs 6,400 pounds. ...

To prepare for a 65-mile bike ride to benefit the MS Society last Saturday, my friends and I determined our best course of action was not to take it easy the day before. Instead, we decided that a workout in the YMCA’s Spinning Class would really get our legs primed...

Robert Botsford (right) and his McCook Taekwondo class brought home several medals from the 32nd annual Mid Platte Valley TKD Championship by Master Larry Allen, held in Cozad recently. From left: Kathleen Fielding took fourth in sparring and fourth in forms; Ruby Stone wassecond in forms and third in sparring; Max Stone placed third in forms; and Botsford earned first in weapons, first in forms and grand champion in forms. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Bison football greatness tends to repeat itself in so many ways including McCook’s all-time varsity tackles record. Just one season after Zach Schlager set a new school mark with 257, current senior DJ Gross broke it again on his first stop against the Lexington Minutemen...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Dundy County-Stratton junior Sable Lambley won Monday’s Class D race featuring 208 runners at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Invitational. Lambley conquered the Kearney Country Club state course where all four class titles are decided in 20:25.92...