Stories from Friday, November 11, 2005

LA JUNTA, Colo. -- The McCook Community College volleyball team opened Region IX South Tournament play Thursday with a 31-29, 28-30, 30-27, 30-28 win over Lamar (Colo.) Junior College. The Region IX South Tournament is being hosted by Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo...

No. 1 Bison host No. 3 Orangemen in state semis Saturday When the McCook High School football team lines up Saturday afternoon at Weiland Field to play the Beatrice Orangemen, the Bison could be looking at a mirror image of themselves. Kickoff for the Nebraska Class B semifinal state playoff is 4 p.m. Gates open at 2:30 p.m...

CURTIS -- Imposing more restrictions on groundwater use will not make up for the projected 2006 water shortage, Middle Republican Natural Resources District directors concluded at their meeting Tuesday in Curtis. The conclusion followed a presentation made by District Manager Dan Smith, who distributed a report generated by the Department of Natural Resources...

If there were a central theme to Jack Olson's short life it was the thrill of discovery. Today, more than 40 years after his death, his legacy of personal discovery continues through this collection of paintings, donated by friends and family to his hometown art gallery. His work is being featured at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Building at McCook Community College...

Veterans Day was proclaimed by Congress in 1926, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to commemorate the end of the "war to end all wars." Except for a few misguided years when it was observed on the fourth Monday in October, Veterans Day has been observed on Nov. 11 ever since...

Although sports are an important aspect of my family's life, we would rather play than watch. I've never understood spending an entire afternoon in front of a television set watching someone else play a game when you could be outside playing the sport yourself. But that's just me...

Jan. 29, 1927--Nov. 9, 2005 CULBERTSON -- Virgil Ayers Wilson died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook. He was 78 years old. Virgil was born on Jan. 29, 1927, in Hayes County to Dorsey and Lulu M. (Gray) Wilson. He graduated from Hayes County High School in 1943. On Jan. 18, 1946, he entered the U.S. Army and served during World War II. He was honorably discharged on April 2, 1947...

LINCOLN -- The stay at state volleyball was a short one for Wauneta-Palisade, Cambridge, Southwest and Chase County-Imperial Friday. All four area teams were knocked out in the first round of their respective state tournaments. The Wauneta-Palisade Broncos lost to perennial power Adams Freeman 25-10, 25-18, 25-22 Friday morning in the first round of the Nebraska Class D-1 state tournament...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture men's basketball team won its opening game at St Marys, Kan., 93-74 on Nov. 3 and lost at home to Hamilton College of Lincoln 109-91 Tuesday. The St. Mary's game was close during the first half as the Aggies led 51-42 at the intermission...

HASTINGS -- The McCook Devil Rays YMCA swim team traveled to Hastings Nov. 5 for its second meet of the season. More than 100 swimmers from Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings and McCook all competed. McCook's individual top finishes were Jake Fahrenbruch in the 11-12 boys 50-yard butterfly, Jessica Hall in the 15-18 girls 100-yard backstroke and Hillary Chvatal in the 11-12 girls 100-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle...

Rebecca Gordine's trumpet reflects off windows at McCook Junior High as her rendition of "Taps" echoes off the school walls during a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m., Friday. Veterans Day -- the day set aside in America to honor members of the military and veterans -- was formerly known as "Armistice Day," marking the day, Nov. ...