Stories from Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Two games went into overtime during McCook Football League play at Weiland Field Tuesday night, which means that five of the eight games this season have required extra clock time. In Grades 5-6, the Chiefs shut out the Steelers 8-0 and the Jets edged the Jets 14-12 in overtime...

By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor Red Willow County's roads superintendent recommended during a commissioners' meeting Monday morning that the county create a five-year schedule to fix cracks in its blacktop roads. Roads superintendent Gary Dicenta said the county's armor-coating projects are on a four-year cycle, and he suggested a five-year schedule for crack-sealing that would be in the same price range as armor-coating...

July 8, 1925-July 26, 2005 NORTH PLATTE -- Edwin "Ed" C. Schwartz, 80, died Tuesday (July 26, 2005), at his home in North Platte following a brief battle with cancer. He was born July 8, 1925, on the family farm south of Max to Edwin Clarence and Eda Lena (Mundt) Schwartz. He baptized on Aug. 9, 1925, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Benkelman and confirmed there on Oct. 29, 1939...

The children of Lloyd and Durenda Bley are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th anniversary. They were married July 31, 1980. Cards of congratulation may be sent to 34776 Rd 724, Wauneta, NE 69045.

Take a wondrous trip to Wonderland with Alice, in of the worlds greatest children's stories, as the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) auditions local students for its production of "Alice in Wonderland". Students Kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to join Alice, and her new friends the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the King, Queen and Knave of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Flower Band, Cards and Lobsters...

The family of Leola Alberts is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Aug. 3. Her family includes Byron and Deb Alberts of Palisade; Janiece and Gary Sines of Jefferson City, Mo.; Sherry and Wayne Larson of Lincoln and the late Kirwin Alberts. She has 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach her at PO Box 31, Palisade, NE 69040...

By Connie Jo Discoe Regional Editor JENNINGS -- The new owner of the grocery store in Jennings doesn't see her store's location in a small community, in the middle of the Kansas plains, as a negative. Merle Snyder's store, "Mom's Lil' Market," is the only grocery store for 30 miles in any direction...

Whew, what a relief! After six days in a row of 100 degrees or more -- 109 on Wednesday and a record 105 on Thursday -- Tuesday's 76 degrees was an absolute pleasure. Today promised to be only slightly warmer, but the weekend warmup well into the 90s reminds us that summer is far from over. In fact the hottest days might even be ahead of us, heaven forbid...

Some women take to motherhood like a duck takes to water. It seems as though they were made to have babies. They conceive easily and in due course present healthy, chubby offspring with a minimum of fuss. I write this on the 30th anniversary of the birth of our eldest child, Benjamin. ...

**Dear Editor, McCookites should be pleased with the manner our City Council has handled "our" business recently. Council's majority seems to realize they are the boss, not the city manager nor the department heads. Leading up to, and including decisions made at their July 18 meeting, they have shown they are willing to correct errors (i.e. the MCC parking lots) and they have shown they can make prudent decisions quickly instead of postponing things until the Twelfth of Never...

STOCKTON, Kan. -- As reported on Thursday, minimum custody offender Anthony M. Montana escaped from the East Unit of Norton Correctional Facility at Stockton, Kan., a week ago, on July 20. Montana re-mains at large and, with the assistance of multiple law enforcement agencies, investigation into the escape is continuing, according to officials...