Stories from Friday, July 12, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — Not even players hitting college age could cool down the McCook First Central Bank Juniors before they begin their playoff push. McCook never trailed the Post 63 Seniors from Norton, Kan., where Bluejay athletic teams are always competitive...

Gary Lee Barth Oct. 11, 1947 - July 11, 2019 CULBERTSON, Neb. — Gary Lee Barth of Culbertson passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Kearney Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 71 years old. Gary was born on Oct. 11, 1947, at McCook, Neb., to parents, Willis and Florence (Redmer) Barth. He graduated from Culbertson High School with the Class of 1966. He continued his education at Kearney State College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business education...

Arthur Gene Goodenberger Wade and McKinsey Goodenberger of Rochester, Minn., announce the birth of their son, Arthur Gene Goodenberger, who was born April 19, 2019, in Rochester. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. He has one sister, Edith, 3. Grandparents are Gene and Deb Goodenberger of McCook, Neb., and Warren and Lin Peterson of Milaca, Minn. ...

PALISADE, Neb. — The Mobile Pantry truck from the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha plans a stop Saturday, July 13, in downtown Palisade. Shoppers can come by between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT (notice the earlier time), and bring their own bags and boxes, and wagons or carts to carry it all...

McCOOK, Neb. — Main routes through McCook will begin receiving a facelift Monday, but officials hope to keep disruptions to a minimum. Weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin July 15 on US-83 in
McCook, from the BNSF Viaduct to the end of the concrete north of McCook and on US-6/34, from approximately the west corporate limit in McCook to the east corporate limit in McCook, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sheri Ord hopes she killed the mosquito responsible for her battle with West Nile disease. "One stupid mosquito … " Sheri said recently. " … little booger anyway." Sheri doesn't know which mosquito was responsible for her contracting West Nile fever, so she really has no idea if she killed that one particular mosquito. She says, "I don't know that I did, but I sure hope I swatted him and killed him."...

McCOOK, Neb. — The regular McCook City Council meeting will be relatively short Monday night, with the heavy lifting coming afterwards in the closed session when the council will evaluate the job performance of the city manager. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the City Council chambers at the McCook Municipal Building, with a public hearing for a special exception, followed by the consent agenda and one action item...

McCook, Neb. — Weather permitting, a chip seal project will begin July 22 on N-23, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Chip seal is an application of an asphalt binder to the roadway surface followed by an application of aggregate. State maintenance forces will be performing the chip seal from Reference Post 84.05 to Reference Post 103.44, Maywood to Moorefield...

For centuries, parents raised their children essentially the same way. This was accomplished because change in society occurred so slowly. Parents knew their children were going to grow up and experience the same kind of world the parents had so it was easy to give instruction on how to do that. ...

OSHAWA, Ontario - Coach Tony Clarke and the Durham College women’s volleyball team will travel to the heart of college volleyball country in Nebraska August 18-25 for a pre-season training trip at McCook Community College. Training, exhibition matches, community interaction and a pre-season tourney are part of the plan...

NORFOLK, Neb. — Northeast Community College Head Baseball Coach and McCook High alum Marcus Clapp orchestrated one of the best seasons in college baseball. And, it all came together in just the second year of the Hawks baseball program. For his efforts, Clapp was named the Midlands College Men’s Coach of the Year, it was announced by the Omaha-World Herald recently...

ROKEN BOW, Neb. — The schedule for this week’s B-6 area baseball tournament: Today No. 5 Minden vs. No. 4 O’Neill, 2 p.m. No. 3 Broken Bow vs. No. 6 Gothenburg, 4:30 p.m. No. 2 Holdrege vs. No. 7 Gothenburg, 4:30 p.m. Saturday No. 1 McCook vs. Minden-O’Neill winner, 2:30 p.m...

OMAHA, Neb. — A super six McCook baseball players from age 11-and-under traveling teams have been selected to play in the 2019 Nebraska USSSA All-State Showcase on Saturday, July 20. Brody Graham, Bryson Gullion, Trenton Raile, Miles Pollmann, Gabe Roberts and Tristan Campbell were nominated during All-State Showcase events throughout this past season...