Stories from Thursday, September 30, 2004

Bison, Tigers hook up in first game of district play Don't look for the McCook Bison football team to overlook any opponents this season, starting with Friday's contest at home against Hastings. Kickoff at Weiland Field is 7 p.m. CT. The Tigers bring an 0-4 record into the first Nebraska Class B-5 district game, but Hastings lost a 10-6 heartbreaker to Scottsbluff last week...

As many of you know, McCook hosts Hastings in high school football action Friday night. The Bison go for consecutive win number 31. The Bison defense showed signs of being mortal when Gering lit them up for 7 points. There are other games around the area that should prove to be a little more interesting...

The McCook Community College volleyball team dropped three games to Central Community College-Columbus 30-21, 30-26, 30-19 Wednesday night at True Hall Gymnasium. Ashley Malleck and Ashley Burton had 7 kills apiece for the host Indians. Malleck also had 6 stuff blocks...

Nov. 17, 1932-Sept. 29, 2004 Darlene Lois Patton, of Longmont, Colo., died Sept. 29, 2004, at Applewood Living Center. She was 71. Darlene was born Nov. 17, 1932, in Harvard to Lester Charles Trautman and Evelyn Irene Evans Trautman. She grew up in Nebraska, attending McCook High School. In 1953, she moved to Longmont with her family...

The family of Elithe Little is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Oct. 6. Cards will reach her at 1008 East Fourth, McCook, NE 69001.

One of the most difficult things to deal with in this world is the death of a loved one. Whether their death is an unexpected shock or a desired end to their suffering, it is still a time that can be very overwhelming to those left behind. The last thing the family wants to think about are all the details that must be handled...

When Brad came home from work yesterday, he was beaming from ear to ear. "Guess what?" he asked. "You won the lottery," I replied. "Nope. Guess again." "We're going to see Shane in California," I said. "Nope. Guess again." "You got a job that pays $100,000 a year," I speculated...

It took a while, but the Kiplinger Arena at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in McCook is starting to be noticed by horse enthusiasts from throughout the United States. A major step in that direction was taken this past weekend when more than 200 horses and their owners and riders descended upon McCook for the Sunrise Futurity, a barrel racing and pole bending event sponsored and promoted by Rhonda and Shane Hilker of Elwood...

Right on schedule, Harold Davidson (left) and Ivan Schmid are picking the first grapes from the new vineyard on Ravenswood Road on the southeast edge of McCook. "We have picked about 60 pounds of Seyval Blanc white grapes," said Davidson, who made the first plantings three years ago. ...

The McCook Police Department has experienced a case of extremes in the last few days -- one subject who can avoid the police at every turn and another who'll do anything to spend the night in jail. On Monday, police received an E-911 call at 7:53 p.m., when an unidentified man told the dispatcher there was a "bum with a gun" preparing to rob Fuller's Restaurant at 218 West B...

Time is of the essence to volunteer and make a difference for a youth in our community. CEDARS Southwest Nebraska is now coordinating the TeamMates Mentoring Program in McCook. TeamMates Mentoring Program was started by Dr. Tom and Nancy Osborne in 1991 as a program that matches adult volunteers with students in middle and junior high schools...

The McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department is accepting applications for volunteer firefighter/EMS providers. The department will conduct a testing session beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Fire Department, 526 West B, to fill current and future vacancies within the volunteer fire department...

NORTH PLATTE -- The Western Nebraska Taxpayer's Association will sponsor a forum for candidates running for a seat on the Mid-Plains Community College Area board of governors at 7 p.m. Monday, at the McKinley Education Center, 301 West F, North Platte...

TRENTON -- The director of the Southwest Public Health Department has resigned after receiving a state letter critical of the district's quarterly reports. Shanan Pollmann gave her resignation during the September meeting of the board, according to an Associated Press story...