Stories from Thursday, April 21, 2005

The McCook Daily Gazette's All-Area Girls Player of the Year has signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year at McCook Community College. Staci Moore of Cambridge has already enrolled in classes according to MCC women's basketball coach Michelle Orton...

HASTINGS -- The McCook Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Hastings College junior varsity Wednesday at Hastings. The Indians beat Hastings 5-4 in the first game and 8-1 in the second game. In Game 1, Dan Palmer was the winning pitcher and Tyler Luehring got the save. Julio Gomez went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and Jak Kid was 2-for-4...

HASTINGS -- The McCook Community College softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader Wednesday to the Hastings College junior varsity at Hastings. The Indians lost the first game 14-12 and the second game 13-11. Jessica Blair and Felicia Wilkins both went 4-for-5 for MCC. Jordann Hoyt went 3-for-4 with a double. Maegan Peterson went 3-for-3...

The McCook junior varsity boys and the Medicine Valley girls captured the team titles Wednesday at the Hayes Center Invitational track and field meet. The meet took place at the McCook High School track. The McCook Bison JV boys overpowered the competition with 186 points...

State Sen. Tom Baker defended his position on a bill that would repeal the state's motorcycle helmet law this morning during his weekly McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee teleconferecnce call. Nebraska has a flawed law, Baker told the group. "When was the last time there was a ticket written for riding without a helmet? Baker queried...

Between now and Memorial Day, McCook's new director of public works hopes to complete a review and come up with recommendations for Riverview and Memorial Park cemeteries. Kyle Potthoff, who became public works director in October 2004, says he will focus on two questions in the study: (1) How many remaining spaces are available in the cemeteries?; and (2) How many low stones and how many high stones can the cemeteries accommodate?...

Through the years, Brad and I have been putting our change away to go toward the purchase of our toys and vacations. We funded a trip to New Jersey to see my son complete his Coast Guard training. We funded a couple of trips to the Comstock Rock Festival. We purchased Brad a new rifle and most recently, the money went toward the purchase of a used boat...

**Dear Editor, Through the many years of experience I have in my profession, I know something about risk management, and freedom of choice. ["Don't repeal helmet law" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1094509.html)]Whether law or not, I'll wear a helmet...

GOODLAND -- Radar's good, but nothing beats the human eye when it comes to watching the weather. David Floyd, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Goodland, conducted a severe weather identification class in McCook Tuesday evening, and encouraged people to become "storm spotters" for the Goodland weather station...