Stories from Friday, March 10, 2006

LINCOLN -- The Cambridge Trojans outslugged Wauneta-Palisade 75-74 in overtime Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Nebraska Class D-1 boys state tournament. Brian Ballou's basket with 20 seconds left and Brett Palmer's rebound of a Wauneta-Palisade miss as time expired in overtime gave the Trojans their second overtime win in a row against the Broncos after last week's 72-65 victory in the district final...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Nebraska Wesleyan University's Erin Powell, a senior from Beaver City and an alum of Southern Valley High School, will compete Friday and Saturday at the 2006 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. The NCAA D-III meet will take place at Northfield, Minn...

Jan. 28, 1924--March 7, 2006 WAUNETA -- Anna Marie (Tepley) Cooper, 82, died Tuesday (March 7, 2006) at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. She was born Jan. 28, 1924, to Jack Frank and Mary Catherine (Volzaba) Tepley on the family farm northeast of Wauneta on the Stinking Water Creek...

March 20, 1932--March 9, 2006 Vernon A. Wortman, 73, died Thursday (March 9, 2006) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born March 20, 1932, at Tekamah to Albert John and Margaret Lorraine (Young) Wortman. He grew up on a farm near Walthill and graduated from Walthill High School in 1949. He attended Wayne State College and graduated from the University of Nebraska...

Arrested, arraigned, tried, convicted and sentenced, all in direct violation of the law. This is the charge levied against the Sanhedrin -- the Jewish tribunal -- by the Rev. Steve Bales Friday afternoon at Memorial United Methodist Church. Bales, who is pastor at the First Church of the Nazarene in McCook, detailed the abuse of justice accomplished by Caiphas and the council so that they could achieve their aim of destroying the man called Jesus, during the second in a series of seven Lenten messages sponsored by the Red Willow County Ministerial Association.. ...

A request for a special exception from Viaero Wireless to build a cellular tower at East 13th and C streets will be considered by the McCook Planning Commission at its regular meeting Monday night. The meeting is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. at the City Council chambers in Memorial Auditorium...

Predictably, Dave Nabity's opponents for governor think he has a bad idea. The Omaha businessman said if elected he would seek compensation from the federal government to bring Nebraska into compliance with a multistate water compact, as well as fire the head of the state's Department of Natural Resources and consider diverting water from aquifers to increase stream flows...

Even though I did not participate in the bleacher discussion with the city, I am aware of the lack of cooperation in the city's dealings with the county on the issue. It is my belief that John Bingham was a major source of the problem. The fair board and the county tried on several occasions to talk with Mr. Bingham about what adjustments could be made to bring the bleachers up to code, but the members received no communication until it was too late...

Mr. Trail, you have a very short memory. A city manager is hired to administer the laws that are put into place to protect and serve our communities including assisting in making the decisions that not everyone is going to like. Fortunately, John came at a time when the city needed a lot of help and direction and someone needed to take a stand...

I agree with Dick Trail that our City Council is up to its old tricks again. I couldn't believe they would hire back an individual who left us for a job elsewhere, obviously they didn't want him either, then come crawling back for his old job back. And vote to give him a raise along with that!...

I was very shocked and disappointed when I heard the city council had hired back Mr. Bingham. Before Mr. Bingham came to McCook. I spent a lot of time and money prior to him becoming city manager on economic development and things I felt would better McCook. I had seen McCook spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for water procurement over the years...

A belated hats off to Mayor Berry, Councilmen Longnecker and Kircher who voted on Feb. 21 to pursue a joint safety center with the county. Their vote shows they have a vision and hope for McCook that will be of benefit long beyond the petty personal preferences of some city employees. They acted like a true board of directors...