Stories from Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Beavers still undefeated in league play HERNDON -- The Herndon High School boys basketball team improved to 17-1 with an 86-39 blowout victory over Winona-Triplains Tuesday night at Herndon. The Beavers won their 16th game of the year Monday night by defeating the Kensington Goldbugs 62-58 on the road...

Bison 9th boys win final game The McCook High School ninth grade boys basketball team won their season finale Tuesday by posting a 50-38 decision against Hershey. The visiting Panthers brought just seven players, so no B team game was played. The Bison finished the season with a 5-3 record...

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80th birthday

CAMBRIDGE -- Roger and Beck Jo Emigh of Danbury announce the birth of their son, Taten John, Feb. 3, 2004, at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. He weighed 8 pounds and was 22 inches long. Grandparents are Johnny and Brenda Herrman of Cimarron, Kan., and Gary and Shirley Emigh of Selden. Great-grandparents are Lee and Wanda Berger of Jetmore, Kan., W.A. and Tressie Rogers of Selden and Emanuel Herrman of Dodge City, Kan., and the late Wilma Herrman...

WASHINGTON -- McCook would have to pay 10 percent of the cost of having air service under the White House 2005 fiscal year budget, while other small Nebraska airports would have to pay 25 percent. More than 100 small airports nationwide are facing federal budget cuts that could ground commuter flights and strip rural communities of a crucial connection to airline hubs...

A former Culbertson man who received a ticket on Aug. 20, 1990, has finally come clean and paid up. Rick Lalan, of Horn Lake, Miss., was ticketed for no valid registration, no operator's permit and no proof of insurance in 1990. Lalan failed to appear for his court date on Sept. 6 of that year and a notice to suspend his license was issued on Oct. 18. 1990. The total fine for the violations was $100 and court costs of $21...

Red Willow County commissioners declined Monday morning to take any action now on the use of remote control locomotive in the county. Sue Roth of McCook, speaking for the state legislative board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, relayed her concerns for safety when remote control locomotives are used on trains, especially for those transporting hazardous materials...

Three months from today -- on May 11, 2004 -- the voters of McCook School District 17 will decide whether to create a $5.8 million, single-site elementary school on the North Ward property. Less than 90 days are left until that election, so the McCook school board is stepping up the pace, preparing to let the people of District 17 know why the need for a new school is so urgent...

My penchant for procrastination has once again caught up to me and I find myself in a decided time crunch. In fact, I have begun lobbying my co-workers to sign a petition to make 28 hours in each day, even though I know we'll sacrifice days in the long run to keep in time...

Bryan Regier directed the Junior High Concert Band in the McCook Junior Senior High Instrumental Music Department's Mid-Winter Concert on Tuesday night, which also featured (from left) Brett Ricley, Neal Dueland, Jack Latta, Mike Garretson and Lesley Nelson as part of the High School Jazz Band. ...

Experts from a consulting firm in Fairfax, Va., and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency are helping Red Willow County's emergency responders and decision makers prepare for the unthinkable by thinking about it before it happens. Lynn Mariano, William Vocke and Sarah Sutton of ICF Consulting, Fairfax, and Nathan Swanson of NEMA were in McCook Tuesday evening to develop a tabletop exercise with local law enforcement officers; fire, rescue and hazardous materials response personnel; and representatives of Red Cross, emergency preparedness, medicine, transportation, schools and media.. ...