Stories from Tuesday, November 15, 2005

LA JUNTA, Colo. -- The season ended for the McCook Community College volleyball team with losses to Western Nebraska and Trinidad State in the Region IX South Regional. The tournament was played Thursday and Friday at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo...

NSAA Football Championship Dates Thursday: Class D2 Championship Final, 11 a.m.; Class D1 Championship Final, 7 p.m. Friday: Class C2 Championship Final, 11 a.m.; Class A Championship Final, 7 p.m. Saturday: Class C1 Championship Final, 11 a.m.; Class B Championship Final, 7 p.m...

McPHERSON, Kan. -- The McCook Community College women's basketball defeated the McPherson College junior varsity 61-55 Monday night at McPherson, Kan. Kamilia Brown, a freshman guard from Kansas City, scored 13 points for the Indians. Amanda Terpstra, a freshman center from Colorado Springs, scored 13 points and grabbed 6 rebounds...

OBERLIN -- Decatur Community-Oberlin volleyball players Lydia Karnopp, Tricia Dorshorst and Heather Williams were selected to the all Northwest Kansas League volleyball team last week. Emmie Pauls was selected as honorable mention. Lydia Karnopp tied with Lissa Mazanec from Colby as the top player in the league...

By CONNIE JO DISCOE McCook Daily Gazette It's official -- again. The name of McCook's new single-site elementary is "McCook Elementary School." Board of education members admitted during a regular meeting Monday evening that the new school's name apparently became "McCook Elementary" when parent-student handbooks were printed last summer...

School board to be more involved in budget process By CONNIE JO DISCOE McCook Daily Gazette Using a new process, every member of McCook public schools' board of education will participate in the creation of the district's budget each year. Board finance committee member Tom Bredvick told fellow board members, ad-ministrators, teachers and the public at a regular board meeting Monday evening, "We're making a transition from reactive approval to pro-active design."...

Aug. 8, 1939--Nov. 13, 2005 Chester W. Rima, 66, died Sunday (Nov. 13, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Aug. 8, 1939, in Brush, Colo., to Fred Wyman and Peggy (Coleman) Rima. He attended McCook Public Schools. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1956 and served in the National Guard. He was honorably discharged on July 18, 1957...

Jan. 31, 1941--Nov.11, 2005 Larry Dale Seligman, age 64, died Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln. Larry was born on Jan. 31, 1941, in Lincoln to Dale August and Margarett "Maxine" (Bullock) Seligman. He graduated from McCook High School in 1959 and attended McCook Junior College...

April 21, 1923--Sept. 25, 2005 GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Robert L. Williams, 82, died Sept. 25, 2005, at his home in Garden Grove, Calif., from cancer. He was born April 21, 1923, south of Curtis to Robert "Rob" and Elsie Williams. He attended grade school in Frontier County and graduated in 1940 from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis...

It's time for the people of McCook to unite in support of the 2005 United Way campaign. It's urgent, because the fate of 18 essential community programs depends upon all of us, together, doing our part. The drive, now in its final weeks, needs a strong finish to reach the goal of $87,000. That sounds like a lot of money, but when you spread it among the 8,000 people who live in and around McCook, it amounts to just a little over $10 per person...

**Dear Editor, As an alum of McCook High ('79), I wish it were true that McCook is the first team in the history of Nebraska 11-man football to reach the title game 4 straight years [as stated in this article "Bison reach state title game for fourth straight season."...

A football game delay for a tornado? My sister and her family live north of Ames, Iowa, where Saturday's Iowa State-Colorado game was delayed by a sure-enough twister. I checked out a map, and sure enough, two towns that were devastated by tornadoes were near my sister's home at Gilbert. One was northwest of town and the other southeast, so I knew they probably had some bad weather...

The family of Les and Nancy Yeager, formerly of McCook, is requesting a card shower in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple was married Nov. 17, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nev. Their children are Bart Yeager and Dylan Yeager, both of Kearney, Mo. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 15905 Sugar Plum Road, Kearney, MO 64060.

Nov. 28, 1947--Nov. 13, 2005 Larry Eugene Colby, 57, died Sunday (Nov. 13, 2005) at his home in McCook. He was born Nov. 28, 1947, at Phillipsburg, Kan., to Benjamin and Geneva (Arment) Colby. He attended Phillipsburg High School. He married Faye Harrison on Sept. 17, 1981, in Oberlin. They made their home in McCook...

**Second in a series. NORTH PLATTE -- The superintendent of the Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park in North Platte says that labor provided by offenders from the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook was invaluable when the park started the restoration of Buffalo Bill's massive red board-and-batten barn two years ago...