Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2005

Postseason honors for the McCook Community College men's basketball team continue pouring in and one player has received offers from more than 40 colleges to come play basketball for them next season. MCC sophomores Brandon Butler, Andre Goldberg and Craig Wamsley, along with coach Ty Orton have all garnered postseason awards...

Three of the four sophomores on the McCook Community College women's basketball team have received postseason honors. Taryn Guerrero was named to the All-Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference team while Shawna Quevedo and Susan Pachek received honorable mention...

Waid Vontz top medalist CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge High School boys golf team captured its home invitational Wednesday, and Trojan junior Waid Vontz claimed first-place medalist honors. The Cambridge boys posted a 353 score, edging out Medicine Valley by 11 strokes for the team title...

LINCOLN -- The Husker Stars Diving Club and the Bob Devaney Sports Center were the hosts for the US Diving's Region IV Springboard Diving Championships last weekend. McCook's Jessica Hall returned to the home of the Husker women's swim team four weeks after placing sixth in the state championships...

PERU -- Three Peru State College senior basketball players were recently recognized as 2005 Daktronics-NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Chris Lindner, Rochelle Davitt and Theresa Dolan each earned their honors for the second straight year. To be considered as a scholar-athlete, a candidate must have contributed significantly to their team's success on the court...

Associated Press all-state high school boys basketball teams COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Associated Press All-State Boys Basketball Teams for all six classes. Listings include name, school, height and grade: CLASS A First Team -- Andrew Bridger, Lincoln Northeast, 6-0, Jr. Matt Culliver, Omaha Bryan, 6-1, Sr. Josh Dotzler, Bellevue West, 6-0, Sr. Matt Hill, Lincoln Southeast, 6-10, Jr. Zach Potter, Omaha Creighton Prep, 6-7, Sr...

Nov. 7, 1924-March 28, 2005 IMPERIAL -- Lela M. (Wonderly) Snyder, 80, died Monday (March 28, 2005) at her home in Imperial. She was born Nov. 7, 1924, in Oberlin to Ellsworth and Hazel (Ellis) Wonderly. She grew up and attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1942. After graduation, she was employed in Sidney...

Senators on both sides of a bill that would decide the future of Nebraska's Class I school districts will most likely debate the issue on the legislative floor, according to Nebraska Sen. Tom Baker. Baker told the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee this morning that he will not support a proposed compromise drawn up by Sen. Adrian Smith that would allow elementary schools to operate outside the state curriculum and accreditation requirements...

Dave Murray Jr. of Oberlin will face off again against his arch rival Ronny Wallace during the 2005 season at McCook Speedway. Races start Friday at 8 p.m., (depending now upon the weather and the condition of the track after Tuesday evening's heavy rains)...

I've always considered myself a pretty independent woman. However through the years, Brad has gained complete control of the TV remote control which means I'm often subjected to several hours of "man shows." I've been unwillingly introduced to the sport of boxing; the bad acting routines exhibited in professional wrestling and chauvinistic comedy shows...

It's time for those who love their communities to take matters into their own hands. It's time for them to look at their pluses and minuses; to develop action plans; and to move forward, together, with unity and determination. The overwhelming majority of people in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas agree with this uplifting philosophy. That has been the case since settlement days, and, if anything, the desire for positive community change is growing in intensity...

Where can you find penny-pinching misers, a conceited Emperor, a duckling that doesn't fit in, a bouquet of magical flowers and a girl no taller than your thumb? In the tales written nearly 200 years ago by the Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen...