Stories from Tuesday, September 20, 2005

The McCook Community College junior varsity volleyball team claimed three matches from Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Monday night at MCC's True Hall Gymnasium. The Indians defeated the Aggies' JV squad 30-17, 30-15, 30-19. MCC's Hannah Schlosser had 10 kills and 7 digs. Candace Smith had 4 kills and 6 digs. Heather Morris had 5 kills and 5 digs...

OGALLALA -- The McCook High School girls golf team placed seventh at the Ogallala Invitational Monday with a season-best 404 score. The tournament was played at the West Wind Golf Club. Bison sophomore Justine Hager posted a season-best 90 and captured the seventh-place medal...

The McCook High School junior varsity football team improved to 3-0 with a 38-0 romp over the North Platte sophomores Monday night at Weiland Field. David Cappel, who was 5-for-5 in extra points, opened scoring the first half with a 27-yard field goal...

June 9, 1987--Sept. 13, 2005 RED OAK, Iowa --Trevor James Lipson, 18, died Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2005) as the result of an automobile accident near New Sharon, Iowa. He was born June 9, 1987, to Randall S. and Julie A. (Sawin) Lipson in Red Oak, Iowa. He was a home school graduate and was attending the Vennard Bible College in University Park, Iowa...

Nov. 2, 1959--Sept. 17, 2005 HAYES CENTER -- Mark E. Griffiths, 45, died Saturday (Sept. 17, 2005) at his home. He was born Nov. 2, 1959, to James and Evelyn Palmer Griffiths in North Platte. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1978. He married Judy Bell on May 9, 1992, in Hayes Center. She preceded him in death in 1995. He married Chris Johnson on Aug. 22, 1998...

OMAHA -- Maxine M. (Talley) Cornelius Riley, 70, died. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ennis and Wilhelmina Talley; first husband, Wayne Cornelius; and brother, Stanley Talley. Survivors include her husband, Eric Riley; a son, Michael C. and wife, Sharon Cornelius; daughters, Kimberly and husband, Terry O'Neal, Camille McNerney and Linea and husband, Jerry Bentley; stepdaughter, Audra Riley; stepson, Austin Riley; mother-in-law, Doris Riley Rudicel; a sister, Eileen and husband, Marvin Porter; brothers, Harold Talley and Linda Nitsch of McCook and Paul and wife, Roseanne Talley; and sister-in-law, Omadean Talley.. ...

July 28, 1910--Sept. 16, 2005 Eleska Irene Mishler, 95, died Friday (Sept. 16, 2005) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born July 28, 1910, to Gottfried and Emma Rose (Ummel) Rufenacht in Ransom, Kan. She was educated in Kansas. She married John G. Mishler in Ransom. She became an elementary school teacher and taught piano lessons...

Dec. 4, 1916--Sept. 18, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- Geneva Grace Fuller, 88, died Sunday (Sept. 18, 2005) at the Cambridge Manor. She was born north of Cambridge on the family farm Dec. 4, 1916, to Orva B. and Josephine (Heitmann) Trosper. The family moved south of Cambridge, where she attended rural school...

Jan. 13, 1927--Sept. 17, 2005 TRENTON -- Erma Leona Owens, 78, died Saturday (Sept. 17, 2005) at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. She was born Jan. 13, 1927, in Trenton to Howard and Bertha (Riley) Keller. She graduated from Trenton High School...

About four hours after a state official received assurances that McCook's wastewater treatment plant has been trouble-free, a main component broke, requiring thousands of dollars in repairs. Public Works Director Jesse Dutcher told City Council members that the shaft ran through the front treatment discs at the plant, which do the most work. He estimated the cost of repairs at $25,000 to $30,000...

By LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette The McCook City Council approved plans and specifications for the water treatment plant waste collection and delivery system during its regular meeting at City Council Chambers. Greg Wolford of W Design explained that this project would involve two waste lines to be installed from the drinking water treatment plant to the wastewater treatment facility, pumps to pump the wastes between the two plants, and two concrete tanks to hold waste during a breakdown or for maintenance procedures.. ...

While viewing a "Mission of Mercy" video from Kansas, Dr. Bill Graves of McCook became excited about the possibility of a free dental clinic in this area. "There were hundreds of people taking part. I immediately saw how much good could be done if dental professionals and community volunteers worked together."...

**Dear Editor, Professor Garth Fungus of the University of Eastern West Virginia, in his recent book "Christain Fundalmentalism and Feeble-mindedness" writes coherently some of the time and gibberish most of the time. In Chapter 3 he discards the theory of evolution because monkeys have been known to have letters published in the Gazette. Concerning the Holy Bible is the word of God, because somewhere in the Bible it says so...

**Dear Editor, Do ye wonder what the fuit stickers cost? Consider, if them and animal IDs from calf to grill, efforts been used to tag aliens; (911 might not have happened). A cow had twins; one sold as a nurse calf, then grower, weaner, feeder and feedlot; the other stayed in the herd 'til slaughter. Taxing any animal more than once is unfair and unjust!...

No sooner did I finish up my second or third reading of "Lost Moon," Jim Lovell's book which was turned into the movie "Apollo 13," than NASA announced it was going to do it again. This time, I think they're doing it right. As someone who remembers listening to John Glenn's first flight via an AM radio on the window sill of my first grade classroom, I feel I have as much of a right to an opinion as any other taxpayer...

Beaver City celebrates the community's annual "Eager Beaver Days" with a parade Saturday morning. Shalyn (left) and Katherine Boteler of Beaver City rode a float with their snakes, a corn snake (front) and an African boa. Lindsey DeVries of the Arapahoe High School Warrior Band and flag corps marches before the high-lift of the Kaufman Trailer Co., a new trailer-manufacturing business under construction across the street west of the Furnas County fairgrounds in Beaver City. ...