Stories from Thursday, May 5, 2005

The McCook Community College women's basketball team has completed a successful recruiting season signing two post players from Colorado and a highly regarded point-guard from Kansas City. MCC Coach Michelle Orton said she has completed her recruiting by signing Kamilla Brown of Kansas City, Sadiyyah Guilford from Aurora, Colo., and Amanda Terpstra from Elizabeth, Colo...

Members of the McCook High School girls tennis team took on each other in the Red-White Scrimmage Wednesday afternoon at the Bison Courts. The matches were played because of rainouts, and McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers wanted to provide his younger players another opportunity to play...

Rawlins County golfers capture Oakley Invite OAKLEY -- The Rawlins County-Atwood boys won the Oakley Invitational golf meet Tuesday with a score of 343. Andy Fiken placed first in the indivual medalist with a 38-35-73, and Cedric Green fifth with 42-42-84...

Dec. 24, 1952-May 2, 2005 ATWOOD -- Gary Martin Mohr, 52, died Monday (May 2, 2005). He was born Dec. 24, 1952, to Martin and Eleanora Mohr in Wakeeney, Kan. He was raised on the family farmstead west of Wakeeney. He attended elementary school in Collyer, Kan. He graduated from Trego Community High School in 1970...

Scott and Shona Carlin of McCook announce the birth of their son, Dylan William Carlin, born on April13, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook. He weighed 6 pounds and 4.4 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has one sibling, 2 year old Casey. Grandparents are Les and Kathy Yoos of Ludell, Jon and Cheri Bodeman of North Platte and Harold and Teresa Carlin of McCook. Great Grandparents are Vila Tjaden of Grant and Curtis Bodeman of Hayes Center...

Lewis and Crystal Fox of Lincoln anounce the birth of their son, Isaiah Sean Fox, on March 11, 2005, at Bryan LGH Memorial Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds and 8.1 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are John and Printha Fox of Culbertson and David and Kathy Lee of Colorado Springs, Colo. Great Grandparents are Sheryl Bobset, Earlham, Iowa., Elvin and Jean Lee Rye of Colorado and Sammy and Karen Alcorn of Gardner Montana...

Luke and Alicia Gonzales of Highlands Ranch, Colo., announce the birth of their son, Ethan Isaac Gonzales, born on March 25. He weighed 9 pounds and 8 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Butch and Mary Gonzales of McCook and Patrick and Jacque Armagost of Yuma Colo. Great Grandparents are Ed Spahn of McCook, Ray Gonzales of McCook, and Roberta Armagost of Yuma, Colo. Great Great Grandmother is Ruby of Hoyt of Yuma, Colo...

The family of Verna Brehm of Culbertson is hosting a card shower in honor of her 87th birthday May 8. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 602 Myrtle Street, Culbertson, NE 69024.

KEARNEY -- McCook Senior High's entry in the annual "OPPD Power Drive" electric vehicle contest placed ninth out of 26 entries in a 23-school rally Saturday in Kearney. McCook finished the "Standard Division" race with 16.75 laps and 625 points. The winner was Elkhorn High School, whose car ran 29.8 laps and scored 888 points. Elkhorn placed second in the "Advanced" division behind Bancroft Rosalie...

Reacting to a recommendation for a new jail facility in Red Willow County, Nebraska Sen. Tom Baker said today, local governments across the state may want to hold off on plans for new jails and Public Service Access Points. Baker said the Legislature will begin working with the Public Service Commission on consolidating the PSAPs, or dispatching centers. At the same time, he said, local entities should also look at consolidating jail facilities...

It would be nice if there really were a pot of gold at the end of the spectacular rainbow that appears to sprout from McCook's east water tower Wednesday evening -- perhaps it could go toward the city's water improvement bill! The tower is due for a much-needed repainting this summer. McCook received about .06 in moisture during the shower that preceded the show...

When it comes to shaping public opinion in Nebraska, no position in Nebraska carries more weight than the editor of the editorial page at the Omaha World-Herald. Every day of the week, the World-Herald goes into more than 190,000 homes and, on Sunday, the World-Herald's coverage soars to above 240,000 homes, with a potential total readership in excess of 500,000 people...

**Dear Editor, I have just in the last few years have learned that I have family connections in Boxelder Cemetery ["Scout troop to clean up cemetery" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1095902.html)]. And, I would be so grateful to these Scouts for all their hard work and sweat to fix the cemetery for all of those buried there...

**Dear Editor, May is National Foster Care Month! It is a time to share the success stories of foster care and to inform policymakers, business leaders and others in our community and across the country of the need to keep those children who are in foster care in their own communities and schools...

It's always hard to face change. For four years I've been sitting next to the same person, literally and figuratively working side-by-side with her to get the news into the paper. When she started working at the Gazette, she took over the Arts and Entertainment portion of the newsroom, which worked out well for everyone considering I can't tell the difference between a Picasso and a Warhol, and I can barely tell the difference between singing the blues or crooning a country tune...