Stories from Friday, December 9, 2005

GOODLAND, Kan. -- The McCook boys and girls basketball teams started the Topside Tip-Off basketball tournament Thursday in Goodland. The Bison boys edged out Holyoke, Colo., 66-60. Garrett Rippen and John Swanhorst each tallied 16 points for the Bison...

Frozen water woes plagued McCook Thursday, from a ruptured water main to frozen pipes in homes. McDonald's in McCook was closed the entire day Thursday, as work was done on a ruptured water line. According to owner Richard Stull, a break in a water line to McDonald's caused water to flood the parking lot and stream across the highway Thursday morning, which prompted the city to shut off his water...

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) students, Clarissa Nutt of Curtis, Neb. and Jess Adams of Superior hang on for a wild ride down Castle Hill following the blizzard last week. Time for sledding is running out, with moderating temperatures expected to turn the snow to liquid this weekend...

Love it or loathe it, the recent snow has brought a sense of the holidays to the air. While we can do without the winds and the white-out conditions, waking up to a fresh layer of snow means the holidays are quickly approaching and nothing gets you in the mood like Christmas decorations...

Dec. 24, 1913--Dec. 7, 2005 CAMBRIDGE -- Lester J. Johnson, 91, died Wednesday (Dec. 7, 2005) at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. He was born Dec. 24, 1913, to Alfred and Hilma (Olsen) Johnson in Furnas County on the family farm near Cambridge. He attended country school...

Even now, five years after holding their first event, the founding members of the Cattle Trail sports group have fun talking about how the area high school association came up with its name. "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing," said Dave Hendricks, superintendent of the Southwest Public School District. ...

Nov. 9, 1915--Dec. 2, 2005 GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- Goldie Faye Dorson, 90, died Friday (Dec. 2, 2005) in Orange Park, Fla. She was born Nov. 9, 1915, in Jennings, Kan., to Otto Hanson and Bozena Votapka. She graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1934...

The family of Carol Rempel is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born Dec. 11, 1925. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 37896 Hwy 6, Culbertson, NE 69024.

**Dear Editor, In 2002, the City of McCook abandoned an existing tennis court that was constructed in the 1950s in Kelley Park. The city then purchased and installed skate park equipment in this area. The skate park equipment was manufactured out of a wood by-product. In 2004, the equipment deteriorated to the point of being unsafe. The city determined it would be in the best interest of the skateboarders to remove the equipment rather than risk injury...

LINCOLN--McCook's Kelley Park Trail was awarded $140,886 as part of more than $6 million designated for 21 projects to be funded under the Nebraska Department of Roads Transportation Enhancement Program. The Orleans Flag Creek Bridge Restoration project also was funded to the tune of $5,843 and the Nebraska Lied Main Street Program received $100,000 to be funded on a competitive basis among participants...

April 9, 1929--Dec. 7, 2005 TRENTON -- John Joseph Colling, 76, formerly of rural McCook, died Wednesday (Dec. 7, 2005) at the ElDorado Manor in Trenton. He was born April 9, 1929, at McCook to Bernard N. and Helen (Kennedy) Colling. He attended school through the eighth grade...