Stories from Thursday, July 30, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. — Spring was in the air with a lot of disinfectant. The hallways were so dark and quiet that hamsters could have ran their wheels all day while rarely being disturbed. Yet McCook’s new YMCA executive director was not running in place at his new desk...

Shirley A. Young July 26, 1943 - July 27, 2020 ORD, Neb. — Shirley A. Young, 77, of Ord, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020, at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 31, 2020, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Ord. Father Mark Maresh will be the Celebrant. Burial will be in the Ord Catholic Cemetery...

Sharon Boley CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Sharon Boley, 70, died June 13, 2020, in Cambridge. She was born in Wichita, Kan., to Howard and Norene (Pierce) Plummer. Memorial services are Friday July 31, 2020, 1 p.m. (CT), at Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge with Jim Jones officiating...

McCOOK, Neb. — The new administrator at Hillcrest Nursing Home is James Foster. Foster started working in healthcare in 1993 as a licensed physical therapy assistant in skilled nursing facilities in the Joplin, Mo., area. He then obtained his bachelor’s degree in 2003 in healthcare administration and has since worked in health care, business and community-related entities...

McCOOK, Neb. — Hillcrest Nursing Home will not reopen to visitors at the end of the month as tentatively planned earlier. The facility has been closed to visitors since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the June Board of Trustee meeting, the interim director and board members had discussed opening the facility at the end of July...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will host commencement ceremonies Friday at campuses in McCook and North Platte. The McCook Community College ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. That will be followed by the North Platte Community College commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on NPCC’s South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd...

Anyone with more than one child knows that none of them are the same. They each have their own characteristics and their own quirks, their own way of learning and their own way of responding to a situation. Just as every child is different, every high school class is different. Ask any teacher who has been teaching a few years about the ebb and flow of classes through a school...

MHS graduation: Masks recommended, mingling is not McCOOK, Neb. — Face masks are highly recommended at the McCook High School commencement ceremony on Friday. The ceremony is 6 p.m. at the indoor Peter and Delores Graff Events Center at the McCook Community College campus. Disposable masks will be available at the door for those who do not have one...

McCOOK, Neb. – TestNebraska, a free COVID-19 testing initiative for Nebraska residents, was so successful for McCook, Curtis and Trenton sites in July, that Community Hospital is adding more testing days as well as expanding each site to accommodate more people. Nearly 100 individuals were tested in McCook, Trenton and Curtis in July. Testing days will continue through October. Community Hospital organizers took over managing the event from the Nebraska National Guard this month...

McCOOK, Neb. — Another glorious Eagles-Rams defensive battle was decided on Mason West’s touchdown pass to Ian Spearman Tuesday night for a 6-0 Eagles victory. The fourth-quarter, five-yard TD strike avenged a 7-0 Rams overtime victory last week. Both teams are now 1-2 as the Eagles play tonight’s fifth-sixth grade season finale against those undefeated Cowboys (3-0 record)...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Heritage Hills Ladies Golf League finished a Four-Lady Scramble Tuesday night as A team and B team played together. The highlights: Low scores Front nine: Susie Townsley, Glenda Fletcher, Melba Rife, Becky Kilpatrick and Donna Stone — 32...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook athletes and teams won four more gold medals at the Cornhusker State Games recently. Caden Edwards captured two powerlifting championships in the Men’s Raw Teen Division. Edwards earned first for both Benchpress and Push Pull among 181-pound competitors...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Football League’s top two teams both scored shutout wins at Weiland Field Wednesday evening. Breck Horner broke loose for two more touchdowns as the Cowboys silenced the Rams, 19-0, in fifth/sixth-grade action. Horner’s first journey started at midfield and he dashed 50 yards to a 6-0 Cowboy lead...

McCOOK, Neb. — Registrations are started for McCook Ed Thomas Family YMCA 2020 Youth Flag Football and Volleyball. The sports are open to both boys and girls entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Registration continues through August 24 with fee being $30 for members and $50 for non-members...

McCOOK, Neb. — San Antonio arena record-setter Levi Tyan’s victory was one of many highlights during the Red Willow County Rodeo last weekend. Tyan joined Dustin Bird in finishing a 3.5-second team roping at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo on Feb. 11...

McCOOK, Neb. — An awesome comeback season featured McCook First Central Bank’s finest rally Tuedsay night. The Juniors fell behind Hastings 6-2 mainly due to a couple of hit batters and dropped fly ball. “They kind of got a talking to,” coach Kaden Sitzman said about his Legion team. “You can’t do that especially against better teams, but we talked about staying in the fight and competing to the finish.”...