Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Dillon Goltl breaks 33-year-old pole vault mark GOTHENBURG -- The McCook Junior High boys and girls track teams broke school records in the Dutch Zorn Junior High Relays in Gothenburg Monday. Dillon Goltl broke a 33-year-old record when he cleared 10 feet, 10 inches in the pole vault...

NCTA to host 1st Junior High School rodeo CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) will host Nebraska's first ever Junior High School Rodeo on May 21. The Wrangler Division is a new division of the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association open to Grades 6-8...

By working together to provide their residents with a substantial supply of safe drinking water, the communities of Arapahoe, Bartley, Cambridge, Holbrook and Indianola have set an example which should inspire a new era of cooperative projects in Southwest Nebraska...

**Dear Editor, In the first place, the law providing funding by the State of Nebraska for an elective office is wrong. Ask any taxpayer if his taxes should be used in this manner and I am certain they would agree. Dr. Blank, University Regent Hergert, Clark Anderson all sought and received Nebraska funds for their campaigns...

**Dear Editor, I enjoyed Ronda Graff's article on mushroom hunting, and certainly agree with her premise of a (nearly) free and profitable pursuit in lieu of paying for exercise. One minor detail -- please note that one should NOT use plastic bags for gathering morels...

**Dear Editor, Hats off to the City of McCook crew for the outstanding response to repairing the fence at Felling Field. It was knocked down after an automobile accident. The accident happened during the night one night last week. I noticed the damage the next morning, by that evening the city crews had already repaired the fence and other damage done...

McCook Public Schools' board of education will have a vacancy when board member Dawn Andersen leaves McCook to move with her husband and children to central Iowa. Andersen's resignation becomes effective June 12. Andersen told fellow board members during a regular board meeting Monday evening that her husband has accepted a position as instructional technology consultant with Heartland Area Education Agency 11...

McCook Public Schools' board of education will have a vacancy when board member Dawn Andersen leaves McCook to move with her husband and children to central Iowa. Andersen's resignation becomes effective June 12. Andersen told fellow board members during a regular board meeting Monday evening that her husband has accepted a position as instructional technology consultant with Heartland Area Education Agency 11...

McCook Public Schools lost 98 years of teaching and management experience with the resignation and retirement of four teachers and its business manager during a regular board meeting Monday evening. Board members accepted letters of retirement from Nancy Buresh, third grade teacher at North Ward; Rose Mary Datus, English teacher at McCook Senior High; and Randall Datus, business manager in Superintendent Dr. ...

NORTH PLATTE -- A Southwest Nebraska artist, Jon Leitner, has been selected as the Featured Artist for the 2005 Governor's Western & Wild Life Exhibition in North Platte. As the Featured Artist, Leitner will be in the spotlight June 17, 18 and 19 during the exhibition at the Sandhills Convention Center...

When two new computer labs are completed this summer, McCook's public school district will have 780 computers online. With these latest state-of-the-art technological improvements and plans for updates, board of education member Dawn Andersen encouraged the district to take the lead and bring all of Nebraska up to speed in technology usage and education...

Sept. 19, 1908 - May 9, 2005 BEAVER CITY -- Merle Skiles, 96, died Monday, (May 9, 2005) at Beaver City Manor and Assisted Living in Beaver City. She was born Sept. 19, 1908 to Arthur and Edna (Bristow) Hahn in Norton, Kan. She grew up in Norton County and graduated from Norton High School with the class of 1928...

Nov. 10, 1916 - May 2, 2005 STERLING, COLO. -- Evelyn Mefford, 88, died May 2, 2005, in Sterling, Colo. She was born Nov. 10, 1916, to Earl and Ethel (Uptagrafft) Crosier in Burr Oak, Kan. On Dec. 6, 1934, she married Harry Mefford. She worked as a tour guide in Mesa, Ariz. for 10 years...

Andy and Jo Shipshock of Thornton, Colo., announce the birth of twin sons on March 22, 2005. Patrick Wayne weighed 6 pounds and was 20 inches long, Jackson Thomas weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 17 inches long. The twins have two older brothers, Hayden, 18 months and Hunter, 4 1/2. Paternal grandparents are Bruce and Terri Shipshock of McCook...