Stories from Tuesday, November 4, 2003

What do you get when you start with several hundred truckloads of Platte Valley gravel; add dozens of loads of crushed limestone; mix in generous helpings of cement and fly ash; and mold into place over a seven-month period? An all-new through-town highway, that's what!...

Marilyn McGahan of North Platte is enthusiastic about change and likes challenges. McGahan was available in a forum Tuesday as the first candidate vying for the new vice president position of North Platte Community College, a division of the Mid-Plains Community College Area...

Dave and Kerri Unger of McCook announce the birth of their son, Ryan Stanley, Sept. 22, at Community Hospital of McCook. He weighed 7 pounds and 3.4 ounces. He was 20 inches long. He has two sisters, Lauren, 14, and Kaitlyn, 10. The grandparents are June Davis of McCook, the late Stan Davis, Tom and Mary Vontz of McCook and David Unger, Sr., of Culbertson. Great-grandparents are Wilma Benjamin of McCook and W.L. "Pat" and Maxine Ele of McCook...

WASHINGTON -- Edward Louis Andrijeski, 87, died Friday (Oct. 24, 2003), after a 14-year battle with prostate cancer. He was born May 7, 1916, to Frank and Cresenctia Andrijeski in McCook. He spent his early years helping on the family farm. In 1941, he enlisted in the Navy and fought in World War II. He was discharged in 1946 at Turret Captain First Class...

PHOENIZ, Ariz. -- Jeanette Ann Hindman, 69, died Saturday (Oct. 18, 2003) at Glendale, Ariz. She was born at McCook, Nov. 22, 1933, to Ralph and Winifred Shepherd. She was a member of the McCook graduating class of 1951. On July 22, 1951, she married Kenneth Hindman and to this union three children were born, Ken Lee, Kim William and Kendra Jean...

McCook water users will pay about 25 percent more for their water after a decision made by the McCook City Council at its regular meeting Monday night. The council approved an ordinance on first reading which will increase the ready-to-serve fee by $2 and increase the per unit cost by 25 percent...

I accept full responsibility as the human behind the camera who deleted the pictures of the cat in the Pets of The Week column and substituted, what I thought was an amusing, picture in its place. I apologize for offending the reader who took it seriously...

I read in your paper of Oct. 29 that Bush's campaign theme will be that the world is more peaceful and more free under his leadership. He has got to be kidding. I think he is tooting his own horn a little prematurely. Must have forgotten about Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea and Iraq, where it is so dangerous that the UN is pulling out its aid groups. Maybe he hopes we have forgotten...

We have just gone through one tradition with Halloween and it's already time to start on another one or two. My wife has just returned from a shopping trip she makes every year, and although none of her purchases will end up under our tree, it's one of our happiest traditions...

Neither Brooks Snyder nor Allan Shiers would have or could have dreamt this season. Neither of the seniors thought that one year after the McCook Bison football team rolled through its opposition en route to a state title that this year's team would be in a similar position...

The McCook Community College men's basketball team finished with a record of 18-13 last year. The McCook men open the season Tuesday at home against Northeastern Junior College. Tip-off at True Hall Gymnasium is 7:30 p.m. The MCC women play NJC at 5:30 p.m...

The 2003-04 McCook Community College women's basketball season tipped off with a bang Saturday as the Indians dominated Lincoln School of Commerce 72-42. Ten players scored for McCook, which never trailed in the game. LeeAnn Sperling topped the score column with 16 points. Wendi Hopkins and Taryn Guerrero also finished in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively...

CRETE -- Kirby Schmidt and Jarred Royal have been named Doane College Athletes-of-the-Week for their performances Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Schmidt, a sophomore right-side hitter from Indianola (Republican Valley), helped the NAIA No. 14 Tigers to three conference wins and a No. 2 spot in the GPAC tournament...

Cambridge will face Sutherland tonight in the finals of the C2-11 sub-district volleyball tournament at the McCook High School gymnasium. The Trojans (17-10) advanced with a 15-4, 15-0 win over Southern Valley and a 15-8, 15-11 win over top-seed Overton (16-5)...

Melvyn R. Chrisman, 88, died Sunday (Nov. 2, 2003) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Feb. 7, 1915, at McCook to James R. and Mary (Kehl) Chrisman. He grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1933. On June 26, 1937, he married Constance "Connie" Malcolm at McCook. He was employed by the Fox Theater before entering the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II...