Stories from Thursday, September 29, 2005

Friday night's matchup featuring the No. 1-ranked McCook High School football team at Hastings might be listed as the fifth game on the schedule, but it has a different meaning for Bison coach Jeff Gross. It's the first game of postseason play. The 4-0 Bison play the 0-4 Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hastings in the first game of Nebraska Class B-5 district competition...

OBERLIN -- Decatur Community High School hosted their 38th Annual Cross Country Meet Tuesday. Oberlin placed fifth and sixth in the girls and boys divisions. McCook's girls placed seventh and the boys eighth. The Cambridge boys placed seventh and Southwest girls eighth...

Feb. 28, 1913--Sept. 27, 2005 TRENTON -- Arthur "Art" Duckworth, 92, died Tuesday (Sept. 27, 2005) at the ElDorado Manor Home in Trenton. He was born Feb. 28, 1913, in Saskatchewan, Canada, to Benjamin and Metta (Fry) Duckworth. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1931...

Bill Donze says the photo his wife, Kathy, took in theiryard this week is a sign of good things to come. "An old wives tale speaks of good luck if you can see 6 butterflies on one flower," Bill said. "Take a look. I think McCook, the state and the nation needs it, and now more than ever."...

KEARNEY -- A McCook-area farming and ranching family received one of five "Master of Conservation" awards presented Saturday in Kearney during the annual meeting and banquet of the Nebraska Association of Resource Districts. Don and Aggie Roberts and their son, Bill, farm and ranch northwest of McCook, and received the conservation award from the Omaha World-Herald and the University of Nebraska in recognition of their dedication to soil and water conservation and their wise use of natural resources.. ...

Larry Harvey, a professional trainer at McCook Community College, said today that he is very interested in running for Nebraska's Legislative District 44 -- the seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Baker. Harvey has been talking to people across the district and carefully weighing the demands both of the campaign and of the office of State Senator...

Dear Sis: Brad and I were driving around the countryside Tuesday night as we do every year in the fall, trying to get pictures for the Gazette's upcoming Hunting Edition. As we drove, I heard a song that must have been written just for me. It wasn't vanity -- not really, the words described the way I have felt for the last eight years. The song is performed by Green Day, an alternative rock band (can you imagine, me listening to alternative rock!?):...

Stories show that things are changing in the Golden Plains.