Stories from Thursday, January 24, 2019

BENKELMAN, Neb. — The Wauneta-Palisade Broncos earned an RPAC West title shot with their 60-56 win over No. 2 Dundy County-Stratton in overtime Wednesday night. Dalton Harchelroad scored 15 points and Duncan Rector added 14 for the victorious Broncos (11-3) as they play Paxton Friday night at Paxton to determine a RPAC finalist spot...

Kristi A. Neiman Aug. 29, 1958 - Jan. 18, 2019 WALLACE, Neb. — Kristi A. Neiman, 60, of Wallace, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at her home in Wallace. Kristi was born Aug. 29, 1958, at McCook, Neb., to Lawrence Eugene and Marjorie Ann (Rickard) Redfield. She graduated from Stratton High School...

Phyllis Marie (Gleason) Robertson Gould Nov. 20, 1919 - Jan. 22, 2019 ENGLEWOOD, Ohio — Phyllis Marie (Gleason) Robertson Gould, a long-time resident of McCook, Neb., died Jan. 22, 2019, at Grace Brethren Village in Englewood at the age of 99. For the past 10 years she had made her home in Ohio to be near her daughter, Kathleen (Robertson) Farmer...

McCOOK, Neb. - Two more McCook Community College sophomores are moving on to play volleyball in the fall. Sophomores Brooklyn Evans and Haley Jacobsen will be teammates at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. The duo signed their letters of intent Friday afternoon in a joint ceremony, although the two didn’t realize they were interested in the same college until later in the school search process...

OXFORD, Neb. — Medicine Valley Raiders fought until the final shot of Wednesday’s 65-31 RPAC consolation game against Bertrand at Southern Valley High School. Sam Heapy’s 12 points paced the Raiders (0-13), but Hudson Stout hoined him in double figures with another 10. Stout scored six points during the third quarter...

OXFORD, Neb. — Draeden Best’s seven second-quarter points fueled a pivotal 16-3 Southern Valley run in Wednesday’s 51-37 RPAC tournament win over the Arapahoe Warriors. The Warriors took a quick 13-7 lead on baskets from Colton Hearn, Tristen Abraham and Yordi Gutierrez while appearing ready to avenge last week’s 53-48 home defeat...

OXFORD, Neb. — Cambridge’s Hawaii surfing theme seemed perfect into the fourth quarter until someone should have shouted: Shark! Shark! SHARKS!!!! Suddenly, two rivals trading waves of momentum turned into one feasting on turnovers and smelling victory...

McCOOK, Neb. — Conquerors of Colorado and the Amherst Broncos are among eight teams colliding in Graff Events Center for Friday’s McCook High Wrestling Dual tourney. ‘The tournament has really grown in just one year,” Bison coach Nick Umscheid said as matches will begin at 2 p.m. “We normally have had only five teams but are up to eight. This is a great mixture of teams from all over.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — Two financing agreements with MNB Bank will help the city purchase new equipment. The McCook City Council Monday night approved two loan agreements at the rate of 4.5 percent each for the financing of a street sweeper for the street department and an ambulance for the fire department...

McCOOK, Neb. — Hillcrest Board of Trustees voted unanimously to start the process of hiring international nurses for the facility. It’s an idea the board has been discussing for almost a year now, due to the state-wide scarcity of registered and licensed practical nurses, as well as for certified nursing assistants...

Nursing home elects officers MCCOOK, Neb. — Brian Rokusek has been appointed by the Red Willow County Commissioners as a board member of the Hillcrest Board of Trustees. Rokusek, manager at the McCook Clinic, attended his first meeting Tuesday with other board members. He fills the position of Jim Howard, who resigned last year after serving 20 years on the board...

McCOOK, Neb. — Less than a year ago, the McCook Community Foundation Fund embarked on a fund-raising campaign, known as the Sehnert Challenge. The goal was to raise $400,000 for MCFF’s unrestricted endowment. In return, MCFF would receive $200,000 in matching funds from Susan Sehnert Stuart, in honor of her parents, Walt and Jean Sehnert as well as the importance of arts and culture in McCook and Southwest Nebraska...

If you’re of a certain age, one of your first money-making schemes may have been collecting pop bottles to return for the deposit, so they could be washed, refilled and sold back to you for a dime. A little younger, and you may remember a Seinfeld episode where Newman schemes to profit by collecting 10-cent Michigan refund on 5-cent New York bottles and cans, despite Kramer’s contention he “couldn’t crunch the numbers.”...

A caller this morning pointed out that a caption on a photo on page 3 of Wednesday’s edition is apparently incorrect. Omaha tribe elder Nate Phillips, involved in a video recording of a confrontation with a Catholic boys school student at a demonstration in Washington, has described himself as a Vietnam vet. ...

Our Crock-Pot ran out of juice earlier this week. I put a batch of chili in before I left for work and when my wife checked it later in the day, it was still cold. I visited Knowlen and Yates and first learned that Crock-Pot is a brand name and I was actually looking for a slow cooker. Then, I was shown a multi-cooker that was a slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, and Yogurt Maker. It is fantastic!...

This week three of my bills will be heard by their respective committees. First up is LB 143 in the Judiciary Committee. This is a bill I introduced in response to an incident that occurred in Red Willow County. A member of the crew working on a road became frustrated with the speed of traffic that was traveling past them while working, and in attempt to slow the traffic down slid a rake in front of an oncoming vehicle. ...

As the most recent snowstorm rolled through our area, the question arises: What to do to stay active? Or more importantly, what to do to keep the kids active and yourself sane? Sure, there are a lot of options. One friend used the snowy day as an opportunity to clean herhouse...