Stories from Thursday, May 23, 2019

KEARNEY, Neb. — Tied through 13 holes, Cambridge senior Preston Harbaugh finished strong and scored 74 to win the Class C boys' state championship at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course on Wednesday. Harbaugh captured a two-stroke victory to go with both district and RPAC titles earlier this season...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Sharper than a Fox and never losing focus, Cambridge senior Preston Carbaugh made his final five high school golf holes unforgettable Wednesday afternoon. Carbaugh broke from a pressure-packed tie for the Class C state lead through 13 holes at Meadowlark Country Club...

Tanner Gray Alstrom McCOOK, Neb. — Tanner Gray Alstrom, infant son of Jaxen and Cheyenne (Gerih) Alstrom, passed away unexpectedly at Community Hospital in McCook on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Tanner was preceded in death by his two great-grandfathers, Forrest Brownlee and Steve Gerih; great-great-grandmother, Rowena Cathcart; and great-great-uncle, Keith Alstrom...

Alyce Margaret Avery Jan. 1, 1925 - May 8, 2019 OBERIN, Kan. — Alyce Margaret Avery, 94, of Oberlin, died May 8, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society of Decatur County in Oberlin. She was born in Red Willow County, Neb., to Andrew E. and Chloe Marie (Johnston) Anderson on Jan. 1, 1925. She attended elementary school in Red Willow County and graduated from Decatur County High School in 1942...

McCOOK, Neb. — The top four placers in each event during last week’s McCook Grade School track and field meet. KINDERGARTEN Girls Bean bag throw: 1. Kerene Barber, 2. Ashlyn Felker, 3. Alice Wetton, 4. Tenlee Werkmeister. Triple jump: 1. Brooklyn Felzien, 2. Miley Schafer, 3. Kailee Allen, 4. Mackenzie Francis...

FELLING FIELD — Even though My Family Vision Clinic Lug Nuts collected four hits to Sports Shoppe Iron Birds’s three, they still fell 11-2 on Wednesday. The My Family Vision Clinic Lug Nuts struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Sports Shoppe Iron Birds, giving up 11 runs...

McCOOK, Neb. — Heritage Hill Men’s League standings following a nice dry Wednesday night on the course: A League Samway/Michaelis 82.5 McCook Lettering 80 Gary Thompson Agcy 77 Studio 205 77 Coppermill/Loop 76 Deveny Motors 75.5...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Hitchcock County’s golfers finished a great season with junior Darian Hutto placing 11th overall at the Class D state tournament on Wednesday. Hutto rolled a solid round of 85 through breezy and still chilly conditions as temperatures barely hit 60 degrees...

COLUMBUS, Neb. — The McCook High golfers capped coach Joe Vetrovsky’s first season as head coach with their entire varsity lineup reaching Class B state. Vetrovsky provided this report from the Elks Country Club where McCook totaled a 369 score to finish 11th overall...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College board approved bids for furniture, parking construction and extended the college president’s contract through the 2021-22 year. President Ryan Purdy now has a contract that calls for a salary of $239,200 for the 2019-20 school year, with a 4% increase each year, plus an addition 1% contribution to the president’s retirement fund...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook farmer is caught between several bureaucracies when it comes to seeking relief from flooding on his property. Every time it rains, run-off water from the city drains back into his property south of McCook, Bob Wilcox said. Because of this, Wilcox said he’s unable to grow hay or grass for grazing because of the repeated flooding. He alleges the cause of the back flow is from a city-owned drainage ditch that directly abuts his 135-acre property...

McCOOK, Neb. — Organizers are busy gearing up the the Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Musical Festival which begins next weekend Headliners performing Friday night, May 31, dinner cabaret at the Bieroc Café and the Saturday night “How the West Has Fun” stage show include cowboy poets and storytellers Jake Riley and R.P. ...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Beauty Academy starts its 201st class of students in June. The academy, founded by Evelyn and Collins Grubb, is the oldest privately-owned beauty school in Nebraska. Since opening in 1952, it has graduated close to 1,800 professional hair dressers...

This past week, we’ve been working on the budget which is very contentious as I expected it to be. Normally budgets pass with a simple majority and do not generate as much discussion as the one this year. Specifically, there were concerns with one provision of the mainline budget bill. ...

Nebraska lawmakers balked at raising the smoking or vaping age to 21, then considered raising it to 19. The feds, meanwhile may make the whole question moot by setting the national minimum to 21. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the bill, which would apply to e-cigarettes and vapor products as well as tobacco, would be one of his highest priorities...