Stories from Thursday, September 25, 2003

It's just the third week of the high school football season, but Friday night at Weiland Field might as well be a playoff game. That's because the No. 3-ranked football team in Nebraska Class B comes calling on the No. 2 McCook Bison. Both teams are 3-0 entering the showdown. Last week, McCook, the defending Class B state champions, defeated Scottsbluff 26-0 and Ogallala blanked Chase County-Imperial 14-0. Kickoff at Weiland Field is 7 p.m. CST...

HASTINGS -- The McCook Community College men's golf team placed eighth at the 10-team Comfort Inn/Hastings Bronco Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament took place Monday and Tuesday at the Southern Hills/Lockland golf courses. The Indians shot a 325 score on the first day and 319 the second day for a 644 total score...

The Wigwam Student Union on the McCook Community College campus has reopened under the name "Common Grounds." While focusing on MCC students, Common Grounds is now becoming the newest community "hot spot" in McCook for refreshments and conversation. A year ago, due to budget restraints, the Student Union was closed, snack bar services were discontinued and the facility was used for offices and a seminar classroom during the McMillen Hall renovation...

This year's Heritage Days festivities took off with a bang Wednesday night with the annual mixer at MNB McCook (formerly McCook National Bank). A host of area Chamber of Commerce supporters attended the kickoff celebration in which this year's Heritage Days honorees were named. ...

WASHINGTON -- A House-Senate Conference Committee has included $1 million for defense-related work to be conducted in McCook. The Department of Defense Appropriations bill funds military projects for the next fiscal year. The bill will now go before both the House and Senate for final passage...

Each week, the McCook Daily Gazette is privileged to print a number of outstanding newspapers from western Nebraska. All of these newspapers are independently owned and operated. The owners and their employees put the newspapers together from scratch -- taking pictures, writing stories, selling ads, taking subscriptions and attending meetings and school events. ...

Other broadband Dear Editor, There was a glaring factual error in the article announcing Pinpoint Communication's plans to use Level 3 facilities to deliver broadband services in rural areas of Nebraska. The article's author states, "... is providing private line and Internet connectivity services from Pinpoint that will enable people throughout rural Nebraska to enjoy services that were previously only available in larger cities such as Omaha and Denver."...