Stories from Tuesday, October 10, 2006

GRAND ISLAND -- McCook High School junior Justine Hager is tied for 16th place at the Nebraska Class B state girls golf tournament after one round. Hager and Aurora's Emily Larson both shot 93s in the first 18 holes at Grand Island's Riverside Golf Course...

BENKELMAN -- Southwest, Cambridge, Bertrand and Alma moved up to the next round after their wins on Monday in the Republican Valley League volleyball tournament. The second round of tournament action begins Tuesday in Benkelman with Alma and Bertrand starting the tournament off at 3 p.m. (CT)...

The McCook High School junior varsity football team rolled to a 40-6 victory over Ogallala Monday night in the rain at Weiland Field. The Bison JV football team finished the season with a 6-0 record. Matt Berry scored on touchdown runs of 53 and 47 yards and threw a 38-yard TD pass to Chance Unger...

Connor Larson 5th at MoValley tennis tournament TOPEKA, Kan. - Connor Larson of McCook finished fifth in boys 14 singles at the Missouri Valley Segment 3 Fall Futures Tennis Tournament Friday through Sunday. Larson defeated Quinn Dippel of Lindsborg, Kan., 6-0, 6-1, David Gelvin of Kansas City, Mo., 6-4, 6-3, Briggs Westby of Tulsa, Okla., 6-2, 6-3, Chris Frye of Kansas City, Mo., 6-1, 6-3, Daniel Collins of Tulsa, Okla., 6-1, 6-3 and Conner Edwards of Topeka, Kan. 6-4, 6-1...

Norman Hockemeier of Holbrook enjoys watching his antique International stationary engine run at the Mini Sappa Days celebration Saturday in Oberlin. Antique cars and threshers also highlighted the annual event.

Nov. 18, 1980- Oct. 7, 2006 CAMBRIDGE -- Nicholas Dean Mead, 25, died as the result of a traffic accident on Saturday (Oct. 7, 2006).  He was born in Denver, Colo., on Nov. 18, 1980, to David L. and Cynthia D. (Peltier) Mead.  He grew up in the Denver area moving to Holbrook in 1998...

May 15, 1984-July 5, 2006 April Rose Redfield of McCook died Wednesday (July 5, 2006) at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln as a result of a car accident.  She was 22 years old.   She was born May 15, 1984, in Grant, to Mark Eugene and Heather Rose (Gobble) Hamilton.  She grew up and attended school in McCook...

Angry mothers choking on tears and defensive teachers supporting a new reading curriculum and teaching method faced off for two hours Monday evening during the public forum portion of the McCook Public Schools' board of education meeting. The meeting was moved from the conference room to the cafeteria to accommodate the 50 to 60 concerned parents and teachers who came to talk about and listen to concerns with a reading program called "Reading Mastery" and a teaching method called "Direct Instruction.". ...

NORTH PLATTE -- There were good reasons for the apparently excessive expenses uncovered by the state auditor in a review of Class I school district financial reports, a Class Is United official said Monday. George Lauby of North Platte said Dr. Tom Detwiler, principal at Glen School, a former Class I in Sioux County, pointed out that a planned $14,223 field trip to Hawaii never took place...

It's hard for those of us born in the middle of the last century to realize just how fast life is changing. E-mail is for grandma; today's tech-savvy teenager is more likely to keep in touch with her buddies via text mail on her cellular phone, set to ring with a high-pitched tone inaudible to her parents and teachers...

Yesterday I received my gas bill. The customer service charge was raised to $13.50. My old rate was $5. That is a raise of about 170 percent. I called Kinder Morgan to complain, asking why, and they didn't give me a good reason. So, I called the Nebraska Public Service Commission...

A lot of us have been surprised that the recent sex scandal in Congress has been getting so much attention. I don't think it's the pedophilia and cover-up that's really the energizing factor. What I keep hearing is that people have finally just had enough. I hear things like "This has gone way too far."...

July 26, 1916 - Oct. 9, 2006 Naomi Peter died Monday (Oct. 9, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 90. She was born July 26, 1916, at Traer, Kan., the daughter of the late Chester and Stella (Carpenter) Barrett. She grew up in the Traer and Oberlin communities and attended Oberlin High School...