Stories from Wednesday, July 19, 2006

MINDEN -- The First Central Bank Juniors American Legion baseball team from McCook will play for the Class B Area 6 title Wednesday night. The FCB Juniors (20-19) defeated Gothenburg 5-3 Tuesday night in the consolation finals. The Juniors will have to defeat unbeaten Lexington Orange twice to advance to the Class B Juniors State Tournament July 28-Aug. 1 at Crete...

ELVERSON, Pa. -- Former Nebraska Cornhusker golfer Sara Sackett of Cambridge matched her opening-round score with a 77 on Tuesday for an 11th-place tie at the TRANS National Championship. Sackett won the Nebraska Womens Match Play championship last week in Valley...

Chadron State squad features area players CHADRON -- Abel Hinojosa and Jake McDaniel, both of Chase County, are incoming freshman recruits for the 2006 Chadron State College football team. The two join junior John Strand of Chase County and sophomore Jayce Dueland of McCook, who are returning starters...

Keno is one step closer to being back in operation in McCook, as the City Council approved Rockin' Robins Overtime Bar as a sales outlet on the first of three readings Monday night. After the final reading,the application will go to the state for final approval, said Mike Nevrivy, operator of the Keno game. Each additional sales outlet who wishes to operate Keno will need approval from the City Council, he added...

The Colorado man who owns the former West Ward Elementary school property in McCook has the dubious honor of being the first known taxpayer to ask Red Willow County commissioners to increase the valuation of his real estate property. Peter Coulter of Vail, Colo., did not appear before commissioners at a property tax valuation protest hearing scheduled for him Tuesday morning, but indicates, in notes accompanying his protest hearing application, that he wants his current property valuation increased from $127,030 to $385,680.. ...

Eight young women will be vying for the 2007 Miss Southwest Nebraska Rodeo titles this weekend in McCook, five for the Queen crown for those 15 to 19 years of age and three in the Princess division for 14 year olds and under. All of the contestants will compete in Horsemanship, Personality, Appearance and Speech. This is the 14th year for the pageant, which selects young ladies who have the desire and enthusiasm to serve as a goodwill ambassador for the sport of rodeo and Southwest Nebraska...

The full complement of teachers and students will start their first full year in the new McCook Elementary School next month. It was a good, $6 million investment, and the taxpayers should be proud of their vote in the future. They didn't have to vote for it, of course -- they had turned down the project twice before...

A young mother embarked on an 18-month journey of faith Tuesday. And she didn't even have to leave town. Her youngest son donned a National Guard uniform and winged his way far from his home in Brady, to begin an odyssey that will include months of service in Iraq. He's due home in May 2007...

Feb. 22, 1927 - July 18, 2006 OBERLIN -- Mildred D. Fortin, 79, died Tuesday (July 18, 2006) at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Feb. 22, 1927, to Ernest H. and Martha D. (Volker) May in Oberlin. She was raised in the Logan Township in Decatur County. She attended St. John Parochial School, Decatur Community High School and St. John's College in Winfield, Kan...

June 15, 1957 - July 17 , 2006 STERLING, Colo. -- Kenneth H. Vaughn, 49, died Monday (July 17, 2006) at his home in Sterling. He was born June 15, 1957 to Kenneth R. and Helen (Kennedy) Vaughn in McCook. On Aug. 27, 1983, he married Kathy Schilling in Sterling, Colo...