Stories from Friday, December 21, 2018

It was never too early to get a jump (above) on the McCook Dance Camp performance during Thursday’s McCook-Broken Bow basketball games at McCook High. All brought plenty of cheer just five nights before the Christmas holiday.

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s basketball boys will never match the amazing court success coach Jeremy Yilk enjoyed in South Carolina last week. “When my wife and I were dating, we always joked about how we wanted our own basketball team,” Yilk proclaimed following their adoption of a fourth young family member. “It was tough to leave, but South Carolina required for us to finalize the adoption in person. The (Bison) guys know family always comes first.”...

My good friend and fellow columnist Dick Trail flies and I fly but boy, do we fly differently. I’m not a pilot and he is so he almost always flies private with him piloting the plane most of the time and I always fly commercial. Obviously, our experiences are going to be different and sometimes drastically so...

Mynette Marie Roblee Nov. 21, 1943 - Dec. 18, 2018 CURTIS, Neb. — Mynette Marie Roblee, 75, of Curtis, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Nov. 21, 1943, in Wichita, Kan., to Thearle “Parkie” and Fern Elizabeth “Betty” (Chapin) Parkhurst. ...

Claudine Shifflet April 28, 1923 - Sept. 9, 2018 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Claudine Shifflet, age 95, passed away at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge on Sept. 9, 2018. She was born on the family farm in Frontier County, Neb., near Afton, on April 28, 1923, to Claud and Lois (Pyle) Shifflet. ...

80th birthday The family of Roger Goltl of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 38453 Drive 713, McCook, NE 69001.

50th anniversary Paul and Pat Schaffert of Indianola, Neb., are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 71495 Road 397, Indianola, NE 69034.

The 1921 MHS annual contains many advertisements for local business throughout. The first one that caught my eye was for the J.J. Gragg Auto Company which was located on East B Street. Gragg was a distributor for Hupmobile Cars. Now I’ve been to a lot of car museums and shows and I couldn’t remember having seen a Hupmobile, so as you all know, I just had to do some more research!...

WAUNETA, Neb. — They’re 10-0 going into Christmas break after Dundy County-Stratton’s girls delivered a 60-17 win over Wauneta-Palisade Thursday evening. A 1-2 Tiger punch delivered 31 points before intermission as senior Adaelne Krutsinger scored 17 points while sophomre Maggie Lutz finished with 14...

TRENTON, Neb. — Junior Bryan Leslie poured in 25 points to fuel Southwest’s seventh win this season, 53-34, over the Hitchock County Falcons Thursday evening. The Roughriders (7-1) got another 11 points from senior Blake Williams while almost hitting 50 percent of their overall shots (25 for 49)...

OGALLALA, Neb. — McCook High School’s wrestlers were only three points from sweeping a triangular with Ogallala and Sidney Thursday evening. The Bison blasted their Ogallala hosts, 45-21, before falling just short against Sidney’s Red Raiders by a 39-36 final count...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s girls kept pace with 6-1 Broken Bow for better than a half before the Indians pulled away to win 54-35 Thursday evening. The Bison quickly caught those Indians 20-20 on their first shot following halftime. Senior Brooke Stewart took a perfect pass and turned it into the game-tying layup...

McCOOK, Neb. — Even as a little girl, Emily Wood knew she wanted to be an lawyer. McCook’s newest attorney, Emily remembers as a fourth grader that someone asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said recently, “My first response was, ‘I want to be a lawyer, like my dad’.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The base pay for teachers at McCook Public Schools for 2019-20 will increase by 2.86 percent. The McCook Board of Education, at its special meeting Friday morning, approved the negotiated agreement for 2019-20 with the McCook Education Association (MEA), the bargaining representative for certified staff. Base pay will increase by $300, to $35,850...

I hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas Season and is well on their way to completing all their holiday preparations. As we get closer to the start of the 2019 session we are starting to hear more again about changing the way we value agricultural real estate for taxation purposes. ...