Stories from Friday, May 10, 2019

OGALLALA, Neb. — All those other fastest 400-meter relays in Class B should be quiet on social media this week. The McCook Bison returned to full speed and no four sprinters ran a full lap around any track faster than Thursday’s B-6 district championship meet...

60th anniversary The family of Patrick J. and Joyce B. (Cross) Kennedy of Florida is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary on June 6, 2019. They were married at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Indianola, Neb., in 1959. ...

Shades of Russian interference, you can’t believe everything you read! For as long as I’ve done this column, I’ve said: “ Documentation, always get documentation!” Aunt Mae may remember it one way, Uncle John another, and neither may be right! So, of all things, even though a little voice in my head (and I have lots of those voices) was harping at me to not take everything as the truth in that little book that Lois and Bob wrote, I went ahead and wrote that Stonewall Jackson’s daughter lived briefly in McCook. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook church has donated enough funds to pay off the negative lunch accounts of 26 students at McCook Public Schools. The McCook Board of Education will be asked to approve the donation, at the regular board meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Because today's new structures contain "fuels" that burn hotter and faster, firefighters have to employ new tactics and think differently to fight today's fires. In April, in Indianapolis, City of McCook firefighters attended intensive Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) training to keep them current on new "enemies" and new strategies to conquer them...

McCOOK, Neb. — This year’s winner of the Dr. Gene A. Budig award for outstanding faculty was awarded posthumously to Clay Grizzle, speech and theater instructor. The award was announced this morning at McCook Community College graduation ceremonies in the Graff Events Center...

There has been a long standing debate among the experts (psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, etc.) as to the difference between addiction and dependence. Many within the same field even disagree on the meaning but the meanings have always had a clear difference to me. Simply put, addiction is a physical craving for something that has addictive qualities whereas dependence is a psychological need for something that doesn’t possess addictive qualities...

Mom killed a rattlesnake with a curtain rod, my sister used a metal fence post to slaughter a rabid coon, and I smashed a spider with my bare hands. We became killers, we did what we needed to do to save the children - we are mothers. Although she couldn't swim, my mother plunged into the deep end of a swimming pool to save my baby brother, my sister became a human shield – placing herself between a mad cow and her daughter. ...

U.S. Marine veteran Brian Geerts of Davenport, Iowa, (left) strides 29.83 miles Friday, from Culbertson to Bartley, on an 11-day, 369.82-mile walk from Denver, Colo., to Omaha, Neb., to increase awareness of veterans suffering from post traumatic stress and to help prevent veteran suicide. ...

OXFORD, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans crushed it with many personal bests and top performances while placing second among boys teams at Thursday’s C-8 district meet. Results speak for themselves below as Trojans deliverd superb efforts whether it was Kyle Eubanks (200 meters) Kyle Borland (shot put), Lucas tenBensel (discus), Quintin Shaner (triple jump) Paxton Ross (300 hurdles), Zion Moyer (300 hurdles) or Cambridge relays...

OXFORD, Neb. — Cambridge junior Korynn Clason won both the long jump and triple jump to highlight area girls who competed in Thursday’s C-8 district meet at Southern Valley. Chase County’s girls dominated the C-9 meet with 212.5 points and more results will be seen in Monday’s Gazette...

BAYARD, Neb. — Chase County’s 226.5 points topped the next four teams combined while running away with the C-9 district/track field team title Thursday. The other Longhorns from Kimball were a distant second, totaling 64 points. Chase County high placers were literally everywhere and they won 10 of the 16 events...

MCCOOK, Neb. — The brilliant smell from a nearby charcoal grill signaled McCook’s tennis girls were making burgers of their final two dual foes Thursday afternoon. They didn’t leave even a crumb for Holdrege or Hastings Adams Central, sweeping both 9-0 to complete the delicious 13-0 dual season...

OGALLALA, Neb. — McCook High’s girls qualified three for state and earned plenty of high places while placing sixth among 10 B-6 district teams on Thursday. Complete Bison results will appear in an upcoming Gazette. Coach Brent May provided these remarks:...

McCOOK, Neb. — Trying to duplicate success is never easy. But thanks to the tremendous support of the McCook St. Patrick Church parish and the entire McCook community, the second annual St. Patrick GIFT Gala surpassed the inaugural event. With the final numbers in, the 2019 GIFT (Giving Investments For Tomorrow) Gala on March 16 raised more than $86,000, which will go toward St. Patrick Elementary School. The event sold out weeks in advance with 280 people in attendance...

Students can sign up for any of them throughout the first week the classes are offered. On-site, online and distance learning options are all available. The classes include: College Prep Reading and Writing, English Composition I, Input Keyboard Technology I, Comparative Religions, Intro to Sociology, Microbiology, Genre Survey: Poetry, American History I to 1877, General Physics I, Intro to Psychology, Human Relations: People Skills, Nursing Assistant and Medication Aide...