Stories from Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Bison sophomore finishes sixth; Cook places 20th LINCOLN -- Question. How do you finish up a swim season that included breaking your school's 6-dive record twice and the 11-dive record three times, two invitational wins and a conference championship?...

ATWOOD -- The Rawlins County-Atwood girls jumped out to a 22-8 first-quarter lead against Wakeeney-Trego Monday night at Atwood and sprinted to a 71-56 victory in the first round of the Kansas Class 1A Ellis sub-state. The Buffaloes (13-8) advanced to Thursday's semifinal round at Ellis and will play Ellis (15-5) at 7:30 p.m. Ellis defeated Hill City 52-38...

CRETE -- Scott Ohlson of Imperial will be running cross country for Doane College next year. Ohlson has gathered an impressive list of cross country honors during his high school career, including the North Platte Telegraph cross country Runner of the Year, Chase County High School Outstanding Track Athlete, All-State cross country for two years and a state championship in the Nebraska Class C cross country meet...

An inexplicable fundamentalist group endangers freedom for all of us.

Dear Editor, I hope that as your readers were planning the week's entertainment, while reading the entertainment section of the Gazette this weekend, they took the time to read the Humane Society of the United States article that was also printed in it...

Dear Editor, Recently, I read with interest an editorial in the February 20, 2006 edition of the Omaha World Herald titled "An Academic Doozy". The "doozy" described is the ninth grade year of high school where 14- and 15-year olds "grapple with increased responsibility, in new settings, all the while navigating the oddities of puberty and the pressures of a superficial social hierarchy."...

Jeri Lynn Karr rehearses one of her numbers as Maria in The Sound of Music, with performances scheduled for March 16-19. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at Kool Honda and Hershberger's Music Company, at $10 for adults and $7 for children under 12. A matinee performance is scheduled for Sunday, March 19, at 2:30 p.m...

McCook's water is safe to drink, although it may not look like it, Jesse Dutcher said, McCook Utility Director. Sediments of manganese and iron deposits have been loosened in the city's water pipes, he said, and are causing the water to appear discolored...

The director of the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department told Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning that their county has a higher arrest rate and higher cancer death rate than overall rates for Nebraska. Red Willow County's suicide rate is more than double the state rate, and three times higher than the state's target rate for 2010...

Jan. 12, 1925--Feb. 24, 2006 BEAVER CITY -- James Arthur Embrey, 81, died Friday (Feb. 24, 2006) at Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kan. He was born Jan. 12, 1925, in Maywood to Charles and Addie (Cowman) Embrey. He graduated from Maywood High School in 1941...

April 12, 1941--Feb. 27, 2006 OBERLIN -- Charlotte Hart, 64, died Monday (Feb. 27, 2006) in Hays, Kan. She was born April 12, 1941, in Waukesha, Wis., to William Cooper and Florence Starr. She attended Bayview High School in Milwaukee, Wis., and Respiratory School in Pueblo, Colo...

Jan. 22, 1915--Feb. 25, 2006 WASHINGTON, Iowa -- Ava Hix, 91, died Saturday (Feb. 25, 2006) at Halcyon House in Washington, Iowa. She was born Jan. 22, 1915, in Marion to Jacob Ernest and Grace Relph Weyeneth. She graduated from McCook High School in 1932. She graduated from Evangelical Covenant Hospital School of Nursing in Omaha in 1938...

John Hanson, Republican candidate for the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives, will be in McCook on Wednesday as part of his Strengthening Rural Nebraska tour across Nebraska. Hansen's tour, which began today in Grand Island and includes 20 cities across the state, will introduce his ideas of stengthening rural Nebraska with his Action Plan...