Stories from Friday, September 10, 2004

COZAD -- McCook High School's Katherine Morell, Justine Hager and Lesley Nelson finished first, second and third at the Cozad/North Platte Dual Thursday. The nine-hole tournament was played at the Cozad Country Club. Morell won her third individual title in four fall tournaments with a 36 -- 11 strokes better than Hager (47) and 12 better than Nelson (48)...

McMurtrey, Lines claim boys, girls individual titles IMPERIAL -- The Chase County boys and McCook girls both placed first at the Chase County Invitational cross country meet. McCook's Shawn McMurtrey was the top runner for the boys, while Chase County's Jamie Lines won top honor in the girls division...

HOLDREDGE -- The McCook High School volleyball team dropped to 1-5 after losing to Holdrege and Grand Island Northwest Thursday night. The Bison lost their opening match to the Dusters 25-19, 25-15. Abbee Haney had two aces for McCook and eight assists...

NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook High School ninth frade football team fought off North Platte's Blue squad 18-12 Thursday at North Platte. McCook's Mitch Green scored the Bison's first touchdown on a 40-yard punt return in the first quarter. North Platte tied the score 6-6 on a 3-yard TD run, and that was the score at halftime...

TORRINGTON, Wyo. -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture men's golf team hit big at their first tournament last weekend in Torrington, Wyo. The team placed fourth overall in the tournament with the low individual score for the entire two-day event going to NCTA golfer Zak Harrington of Ogallala...

SPRINGFIELD, Ky. -- Sister Estelle Kilbane OP, 88, died Sunday (Sept. 4, 2004) at Sansbury Care Center on the grounds of St. Catharine Motherhouse near Springfield, Ky. She is a native of Chicago, Ill. A Dominican of St. Catharine, Ky., for 72 years, she served as a teacher, parish minister, librarian and assistant principal at St. ...

Sept. 3, 1923-Sept. 8, 2004 NORTH PLATTE -- Lavona Mae McClintock, 81, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2004) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born Sept. 3, 1923, to Matthew and Ester Eliason Hawkinson in Holdrege. The family moved to Chase County when she was young and she attended grade school in Lamar. The family moved to Morill in 1939...

Sept. 30, 1910-Sept. 9, 2004 CAMBRIDGE -- Jennie Marie Weatherwax, 93, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 2004) at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. She was born Sept. 30, 1910, to Moses and Mary (Goreley) Richard in Red Willow County. She attended school and graduated from Beaver City High School in 1929. After school she was a teacher and helped care for her parents and sisters...

Oct. 31, 1940-Sept. 8, 2004 IMPERIAL -- Loren Eugene Webster, 63, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2004) at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial. He was born Oct. 31, 1940, to Bert and Doris (Ressiquie) Webster in Cambridge. He grew up in Oxford where he graduated from Oxford High School in 1958. He began working for the Phelps County Dairy Processing Company in Holdrege...

The newest member of the McCook City Council insists the city needs to move forward, quit concentrating on the past and look toward a positive future. "It's time to quit revisiting past decisions and focus on what the city can accomplish in the future," Dennis Berry said...

Plans for the annual McCook Heritage Days celebration are getting into full swing. McCook Chamber of Commerce Director Marie Owen said the plans for the celebration are continuing on schedule and this year promises to be a good one. The event officially kicks off Wednesday, Sept. ...

BARTLEY -- Red Willow County Sheriff's Department officers and the Nebraska State Patrol spent four hours Thursday evening searching the hills and canyons northeast of Bartley for a man who allegedly took a young teen girl from the yard of her rural Bartley home...

The blood supply always seems to be in short supply. On the other hand, the beer supply always seems to be readily available. The connection is obvious: Trade beer for blood. The Red Cross in Cleveland has taken up that idea, offering a pint for a pint. If you donate blood, you'll receive a voucher for a free pint of any beverage. It doesn't have to be a beer -- it could be a latte or a soda -- but beer makes for a better story and more attention, the main purpose of the idea...

It's time for Nebraska's telephone companies to take the lead in establishing a statewide fiber optic network. That was the message which came through loud and clear Thursday when Ralph Armendariz addressed a group of business, education, health care and telecommunications leaders brought together by Pinpoint Communications...

Jan. 9, 1950-Sept. 9, 2004 Robert D. "Bob" Zlomke, 54, of McCook died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Robert was born Jan. 9, 1950, to Dean Harold and Dorothy Evangeline (Goodwin) Zlomke at Grand Island. He grew up in Grand Island and graduated from Grand Island Central Catholic High School in 1968. He also attended Kearney State College...

Aug. 5, 1921-Sept. 8, 2004 IMPERIAL -- Donna Spady, 83, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2004) at Chase County Hospital in Imperial. She was born Aug. 5, 1921, to Harry and Emma Mathews in Imperial. She attended grade school in Champion and later attended high school in Imperial...

March 4, 1914-Sept. 8, 2004 Augusta Crescentia Miller, 90, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Augusta was born March 4, 1914, at St. Ann in Frontier County to Francis Xavier and Crescentia Grace (Mumm) Andrijeski. She was baptized April 19, 1914. She was raised to womanhood on a farm south of St. Ann...

Sarah Strohl (above) of Taylor hangs on for a ride as the ag production team competes in the bed race. The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture hosted its annual Games on Thursday. Students competed in games such as the bed race, water balloon catch, pasture pool, pyramid building, tug-of-war and more. (NCTA)...

BARTLEY -- Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon said Friday afternoon a statement from the victim of the alleged abduction near Bartley Thursday has led officers to decide the incident is unfounded. Sheriff Mahon said this afternoon a pickup accident did occur, but that there was no abduction. "There was one individual involved -- the victim," Mahon said...

Stand proud, Nebraska. It's Patriot Day and the people of the state are to be congratulated for how well they have responded to the threat of terrorism posed by the 9-11 disaster. In the three years since the terrorists struck, Nebraska has improved its response capabilities dramatically. According to Gov. Mike Johanns. "Many people have been working quietly, but with an intense sense of purpose, to protect our citizens and put Nebraska at the front of the pack. I applaud their efforts."...

A phrase I occasionally heard when I was growing up was that someone "was two-faced." It took me a while to realize they were talking about people who were hypocrites. People who said one thing and did something else or people who criticized others for doing the same kinds of things they were doing. It took me even longer to realize that we are all two faced. In Sociology, we call it front stage, back stage behavior...

We are traumatized by interpersonal violence, author Lt. Col. Grossman writes. A tornado destroying our house and possessions and sending our family to the hospital will not have the same evil effect on us as another human breaking into our house, assaulting our family, and burning our house and possessions. The physical result may be the same, but the human against human aggression is traumatizing to us all...