Stories from Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The McCook Community College volleyball team dropped a home match to Otero Junior College Tuesday night at True Hall Gymnasium, The Indians lost 30-21, 30-23, 33-31. Kayla Laird had 17 set assists and 4 stuff blocks. Ashley Malleck had 12 kills and 3 stuff blocks. Ashley Burton led in digs with 8 and Jessica Richardson had 6...

McCook CC men's golf team takes 8th HASTINGS -- The McCook Community College golf squad traveled to Hastings on Monday and Tuesday for the Hastings Bronco Invitational.The tournament was played at Southern Hills and Lockland golf courses. The Indians finished in eighth place in the team standings with a team score of 642...

Sept. 21, 1939-Sept. 16, 2004 CAMBRIDGE -- Joyce Irene Newport, 64, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 2004) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. She was born Sept. 21, 1939, to Everett Milton and Irene Eliza (Redtfeldt) Grimes in Lebanon. She graduated from Lebanon High School in 1957...

Aug. 29, 1939-Sept. 20, 2004 MILFORD -- Elmer "Sonny" Lee Sedam, Jr., 65, died Monday (Sept. 20, 2004) in Milford after a long battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 29, 1939, to Elmer Lee and Marguerite (Flowers) Sedam in Lincoln. He attended Lincoln High School...

The family of Marie (Bales) Patton is hosting a card shower in honor of her 89th birthday Sept. 28. She was a longtime resident of McCook. Cards will reach her at El Dorado Manor, PO Box 97, Room 109, Trenton, NE 69004.

A speaker from Chicago came to McCook Tuesday to address a statewide meeting of people from rural communities in Nebraska. Without question, the differences between Chicago and Nebraska are immense, starting with population, which stands at a mind-boggling 7.5 million people in the metropolitan Chicago area, compared to 1.7 million population in the entire state of Nebraska...

I always saw it happening differently. Raised during the duck- and-cover years, I always figured the end would begin with one giant bang, immediately followed by a strangely beautiful mushroom cloud rising blotting out the noonday sun. That giant bang would be only the first of many as millions perished where they stood, vaporized by the intense heat generated by the blast...

By Connie Jo Discoe Regional Editor The guest speaker at the 2004 Nebraska Rural Institute in McCook on Tuesday morning encouraged those gathered for the three-day conference to think positively, to concentrate on what is right and what is good about rural Nebraska...

National recording artist, musician and Nebraska native Jim Salestrom (right) performs with his brother, Chuck Salestrom of North Platte, at a bonus Hot Summer Nights concert, sponsored by McCook National Bank, on Tuesday night, the last night of summer. The concert moved in to the historic Fox Theater due to cold, rainy weather and helped entertain representatives from the Nebraska Rural Institute, in town for the annual event...