Stories from Friday, May 3, 2002

At last, it's happening. After more than two years of dreaming and discussing, the McCook College Foundation and the Mid-Plains Area Board of Governors are joining the Hormel Family Foundation for a $1.5 million renovation and expansion of McMillen Hall...

Congratulations to Ty Orton. The men's basketball coaching position at McCook Community College is his first head coaching job after four years as an assistant at Otero Junior College in LaJunta, Colo. It would be really naive of us to think that Orton -- at the ripe young age of 27 -- will spend his whole coaching career here in McCook...

Winter will always be my favorite season I have to proudly admit The snow and the cold... I can't get enough of it. My philosophy has always been if you are cold, grab a blanket. If you are hot, there's not a lot to do and I don't want to see you naked...

WAUNETA -- Darline Wicke, 68, a longtime resident of Wauneta, died Tuesday (April 30, 2002) at the McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo. She was born Meryl Darline on Aug. 26, 1933, to Perl and Nellie (Borland) Sexson in McCook. She attended country school northeast of Wauneta and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1951. She went to business school in Omaha and spent a short time in Washington, D.C...