Stories from Monday, August 30, 2004

HOLDREGE -- McCook won two out of three games at the Holdredge Tournament, defeating Gering and Cozad. The Bison, now 2-3 on the season. lost to Lexington in the championship game. McCook defeated Gering 11-1 behind a one hitter from Taryn Placzek. She struck out three while walking none...

LAMAR, Colo. -- The McCook Community College volleyball opened the 2003-04 season by winning one of five matches at the Lamar, Colo., Invitational Saturday. The Indians won just one match during the 2002-03 season. In the first match, MCC lost to Trinidad 30-28, 24-30, 15-9...

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School boys tennis team took on Kearney and Kearney Catholic in a season-opening triangular Friday at Kearney. The Bison defeated Kearney Catholic 7-2 and lost to Kearney 6-3. "The team opened the season against Kearney Catholic with a great showing," said coach Matt Wiemers...

OBERLIN -- The Oberlin volleyball team split games against Wheatland and Hoxie on Friday. The Red Devils defeated Wheatland 25-19, 25-23. Then Oberlin lost to the Hoxie Indians 25-22, 18-25, 23-25 "We played very good at the net against Wheatland," said Oberlin coach Pat Dorshorst. Trina Shields, Tricia Dorshorst and Emmie Pauls had 2 point blocks apiece in the win against Wheatland...

July 30, 1931-Aug. 28, 2004 IMPERIAL -- Beverly K. Gleason, 73, of Palisade, died Saturday (Aug. 28, 2004) at Chase County Hospital in Imperial. She was born July 30, 1931, to Velma and Aaron Shook in Marion County, Ill. She grew up in Centralia, Ill., and then relocated to Arvada, Colo...

Dec. 30, 1925-Aug. 28, 2004 KEARNEY -- Billie W. "Billie" Hill, 78, died Saturday (Aug. 28, 2004) at his residence in Kearney. He was born Dec. 30, 1925, to Owen and Ferdella (Reed) Hill in Arapahoe. He graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln where he played football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers until he entered the service on March 30, 1944...

Nov. 15, 1925-Aug. 28, 2004 ARAPAHOE -- Betty L. Murphy, 78, died Saturday (Aug. 28, 2004) at the Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born Nov. 15, 1925, to Everett and Mabel (Kraay) DeMoss near Wilsonville. She graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1942. She attended Hastings Beauty School where she received her beauty operator's license...

"To say that she will be thoroughly missed would be an understatement." The feeling expressed by long-time McCook Chamber of Commerce member, Larry Eisenmenger, was the collective sentiment of the McCook business community when it learned of the pending resignation of Marie Owen, executive director of the McCook Chamber of Commerce...

**Dear Editor, I whole heartedly agree with Writer Ray's letter to open forum and have also wondered why the biblical letters haven't been run in the religious section. To your letter Mr. Ray, I add: Amen, **C.D. Wehrhheim Red Willow County

**Dear Editor, I agree with this person ("McCook in trouble"). McCook used to be an inexpensive place to live one of the reason I moved back to this community, but as what is said I think McCook is spending way to much money all at one time. We all need to live on a budget in this time of age. Many people live on a fixed budget and can't afford to do all that the city wants to do, so please let's all learn to live a little bit cheaper, so we all don't go hungry...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture welcomed 214 new and old faces back to campus last week, including a 53 percent increase in the freshmen class. This year's freshman class, 121 compared to 79 last year, is the largest since 1998, according to officials...

Marie Owen, Executive Director of the McCook Chamber of Commerce, has announced her resignation. Owen has been the director at the Chamber for nine years. In a letter, hand delivered to the Gazette this morning, Owen said she and her husband Don have accepted an offer on their house in McCook and will be moving to Texas to be close to their family...