Stories from Thursday, September 23, 2004

Stingy McCook defense expects test from Bulldogs' spread offense And they call it "The Streak." Opposing football teams haven't crossed the goal line against McCook's defense in four games. The "streak" includes the Bison team's 21-0 win over Omaha Roncalli in the Nebraska Class B state title game, and the first three games of the 2004 season...

Some teams will be looking to stay unbeaten. Some teams will be looking for win No. 1. Gering and Mitchell will be looking to score. Top ranked McCook will be going for its 30th win in a row when they play at Gering on Friday night. The Bison have yet to surrender a point this season. The two-time defending state champs have an impressive defense...

Jan. 10, 1944-Sept. 21, 2004 LINCOLN -- Nancy M. Macfee, 60, died Tuesday (Sept. 21, 2004) in Lincoln. She was born Jan. 10, 1944, to Emerson and Muriel Good in Barnard, Kan. She was a member of the St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Lincoln. She was also a member of the Kansas State University Alumni Association, Liberty Star Club, and was a Star Valley 4-H Club Leader...

Southwest Nebraska spotlighted its business success stories with "mobile workshops" during the three-day 2004 Nebraska Rural Institute. One of the stops Wednesday was GoLight, a rural Culbertson business that designs and distributes remote-control spotlights for agriculture, marine, law enforcement, fire/rescue, automotive and military applications...

Tom Carpenter of Community Hospital of McCook shows a little leg during the tennis ball dunk auction at the annual Heritage Days Mixer at McCook National Bank on Wednesday night. Ernest Weyeneth of Lincoln was named Grand Marshall and Linda Hein was named Parade Marshall. Ervain and Nadine Friehe were named Honor Family and Chris Lyons was given the title of Heritage Days King. Two princesses were chosen this year. They are Alison Wilcox and Ashley Kilgore. (Gloria Masoner/McCook Daily Gazette)...

KEARNEY - Dr. Emmanuel Beyer of Benkelman has been named Outstanding Rural Health Practitioner by the Nebraska Rural Health Association. Each year, the organization solicits nominations for four awards and a fifth award is presented at the discretion of the president...

When the McCook Daily Gazette started the Community Spotlight series two months ago, the staff had no idea how well the idea would work out. We knew the communities of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas were special places deserving of recognition, but we did not fully realize how warm and welcoming the communities' residents would be...

For the last three or four years I've been telling the doctors about the pain in my knees, my back and my hips and for the past three or four years they've been telling me to lose weight. I finally decided to take them up on their advice and put myself on the same kind of diet that has been so successful for my boss -- no starch, no sugar...

Two years ago, I undertook the opportunity to develop a "Mass Vaccination Plan" for Furnas County and surrounding areas should there be a bioterroristic attack on the United States. By attending meetings that included hospital personnel from the area and Health & Human Services representatives from the state of Nebraska, the plan for Furnas, Eastern Red Willow, Southern Frontier Counties of Nebraska and Northern Decatur County of Kansas, was developed...

LINCOLN -- Dawnn Denise Bonebright, 39, died Sunday (Sept. 19, 2004) in Lincoln. Services are Oct. 2, 2004, 10 a.m., at Carpenter Breland Funeral Chapel. More information will be released as it becomes available. Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook is in charge of the arrangements...