Stories from Thursday, September 8, 2005

York Dukes come to town Friday night Just how big is the hole created by the season-ending knee injuries suffered by McCook's Brendan Liess and Jeff Klug during last week's game at Scottsbluff? Liess, arguably the top player in the state of Nebraska, and Klug, a top 10 player, are out for the season with torn anterior cruciate ligaments...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Aggies volleyball team began its 2005 season with wins over Barclay College of Haviland, Kan. and Nebraska Christian of Norfolk and a loss to Union College of Lincoln. "We have some fundamental ability that, with time, will allow the team to be very strong," said NCTA coach Del Van Der Werff...

Friday Night Football The Bison invite York down for the Friday night matchup. Dundy Country travels this week to Arapahoe to face off with the Warriors. Chase Country gets on the road to battle it out with Ogallala. Eustis-Farnam meets up with Wauneta-Palisade in Farnam...

Division I players highlight MCC softball clinic Two softball players with Division I experience headline the McCook Community College clinic set for this weekend at the Jaycees Sports Complex. Amy Hanson, a recent University of Washington catcher and Laurie Adkins, a former University of Arkansas assistant coach, will be in McCook Saturday and Sunday to offer their advice to area softball players between the ages of 8-14...

Dec. 23, 1925--Sept. 5, 2005 MAX - L. Elaine Raichart died Monday (Sept. 5, 2005) at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo. She was born to Thomas O. and A. Alice (Laumann) Ballard on Dec. 23, 1925, in Parks. She graduated from Parks High School in 1943. She attended McCook Junior College and graduated from Kearney State College in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education...

Nov. 22, 1935--Sept. 4, 2005 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Mary Ann Casford, 69, died Sunday (Sept. 4, 2005) at her home in Palm Springs. She was born Nov. 22, 1935, to Eino and Anna (Oja) Martila in Mount Iron, Minn. She graduated from Mount Iron High School in 1953. She graduated from Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn., in 1956 and Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, Calif., in 1978...

Aug. 12, 1909--Sept. 6, 2005 LOVELAND, Colo. -- Edna Wood, 96, died Tuesday (Sept. 6, 2005) at the Loveland Good Samaritan Care Center in Loveland. She was born Aug. 12, 1909, in Culbertson to Alexander and Katherine (Leibrecht) Koch. She grew up in Culbertson and graduated from Culbertson High School in 1929...

TRENTON -- "There's a dog in my court." Hitchcock County Judge Cloyd Clark glanced up from some paperwork Wednesday morning, and discovered a small, long-haired black-and-white puppy cradled in the arms of a woman standing in his courtroom. "The dog's the reason we're here," said the woman, as the puppy snuggled against her neck. "His name is Ty."...

A benign fog veils the world beyond trees in Massacre Canyon east of Trenton this morning. A short distance away, on Highway 34, the same fog turns treacherous, hiding oncoming traffic and enshrouding familiar turnoffs and landmarks.

This week's Hi-Line Enterprise in Curtis contains good news about enrollment at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. According to the page one report, total enrollment at NCTA is up 23 percent over the fall term in 2004. That boosts the student total at the college in Curtis to 263, the highest enrollment total since 1997. ...

**Dear Editor, Steve Stramel is right on target ["Like it or move" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1116851.html)]. It is so easy to criticize the energy costs and some of the problems we are currently dealing with. Necessity is the mother of invention, and look at the inventions the U.S. has to its credit. I will expect that inventors will bring energy saving innovations to us when they will benefit not only the U.S., but the world...

**Dear Editor, I am glad at least one city council member still has common sense ["Council votes 3-2 for tennis courts" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1117075.html)]. Mr. Phil Lyons voted to disapprove of the co-sponsoring of $75,000 for construction of 6 new tennis courts. I don't understand how the use of this money does anything but; benefit a small cross-section of the residents of McCook and the school system...

**Dear Editor, I would like to assure Mr. Schneider that I'm neither a lawyer of any sort nor a lawyer for the ACLU ["Reply to replies" (http://www.mc cookgazette.com/story/1116852.html)]. I'm a resident of Nebraska and have read and considered the Bible cover to cover as required for the God and Country Award of the Boy Scouts of America...

**Dear Editor, I would like to comment on George Anderson's Open Forum letter published 9-1-2005. Mr. Anderson was replying to a letter in the Gazette dated, to quote, "8-22 A.D. 2005." Mr. Anderson, I am so glad you referenced "A.D." in the date; otherwise, some of us might have assumed you were replying to a letter in the Gazette dated 8-22 B.C. 2005...

**Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letters. They may be the only opportunity for some people to learn the truth about the metaphysical research project of evolution. Especially the children. There have been some letters submitted to your column by writers (whose whereabouts are unknown) who suggest that I am a buffoon or ignorant because I tell the truth. If I am lying, simply prove it...

After nearly eight years of remodeling houses, I've come to consider myself quite the expert on how couples can survive a remodeling project. My trek into the whole marriage-remodeling journey started about the time Brad and I met. Instead of going on dates, we'd get together and help a friend with his remodeling projects. When we finally decided to cohabitate, times were tough and we knew a guy who knew a guy that would let us live in his house if we "fixed it up" for him...