Stories from Friday, November 10, 2006

Class B showdown features top-rated offenses, defenses The Nebraska Class B semifinal (or West Bracket final) between No. 1 McCook and No. 5 Crete could be described on paper as a classic matchup. The Bison (11-0) host the Cardinals (10-1) at 4 p.m. central time Saturday at Weiland Field in McCook...

OVERTON -- Wauneta-Palisade will take its 9-2 record to No. 4 Overton 10-1 for the class D-1 semifinal game Saturday at 5 p.m. CT, 4 p.m. MDT. "Overton has alot of size and they are very physical, their defense has played excellent all season long," coach Randy Geier said. "It's going to be our speed against their size, hopefully we will come out on top."...

SOUTHWEST -- The McCook and Southwest eighth grade girls squared off in the first basketball games of the season. Southwest's A team won their game 17-15, while the B team fell to the Bison 26-8. McCook also won the C team game 14-0. "We saw a lot of improvement from the first half to the second half of our first game and we will see improvement from our first game to our second game," said Bison coaches Steve Clapp and Tom Lentz...

May 11, 1925 - Nov. 6, 2006 ST. FRANCIS -- Alberta R. Chance, 81, formerly of St. Francis and Trenton, died Wednesday (Nov. 8, 2006) in Greeley, Colo. She was born May 11, 1925, in St. Francis. She married Ralph Chance and worked as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph in 1991...

Nov. 23, 1913 - Nov. 6, 2006 SPRINGFIELD, MO. -- Ruth Alta Lyon, 92, died Monday (Nov. 6, 2006) at Maranatha Village in Springfield, Mo. She was born Nov. 23, 1913, to Eugene C. and Hazel Rough Lyon. She worked for many years at the Assembly of God Publishing House in Springfield, Mo. She was a member of the Central Assembly of God Church in Springfield...

Jan. 22, 1938-Nov. 8, 2006  KENNESAW -- Kenneth A. "Kenny" Hoerle, 68, died Wednesday (Nov. 8, 2006) near Kennesaw as a result of a pickup-train accident. He was born Jan. 22, 1938, at Chambers, to Lloyd and Delma (Cady) Hoerle. He was raised and received his education near Chambers...

LINCOLN -- Four McCook Daily Gazette area volleyball teams competed in first-round matches Friday at the Nebraska state volleyball tournaments. The Cambridge Trojans and Hayes Center Cardinals competed in the Class D-1 tournament at Pershing Auditorium...

July 4, 1921-Nov. 9, 2006 PARKER, Colo. -- Donald Lee Spence, 85, died Thursday (Nov. 9, 2006), at Castle Rock, Colo. He was born July 4, 1921, at Cambridge to Walter and Pauline (Lehman) Spence. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On June 9, 1946, he married Evelyn May Clapp in McCook...

Nov. 7, 1924-Nov. 9, 2006 COZAD -- Lawrence "Larry" Martin, 82, died Thursday (Nov. 9, 2006) at his home in Cozad. He was born Nov. 7, 1924, at Beaver City to Harry and Marie Lomax Martin. He graduated from Beaver City High School in 1942. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, with duty at Normandy, Rhineland and Eastern Europe. He earned three Bronze Stars and the Good Conduct Medal...

By Brent L. Cobb McCook Community College News Bureau Coordinator In the late 1940s, Colorado high school student Joe O'Donnell spent his summers working the wheat harvests near Oakley, Kan. Then a quirk of fate brought him to McCook where well-meaning McCook residents delivered him to his ultimate legacy -- one of the military's most highly decorated civil engineers...

Reality has begun to sink in as Republicans prepare to assume the role of loyal opposition, watching the Democrats control of the House and Senate. Conservative talk radio will have no shortage of targets as people like U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Ted Kennedy and U.S. Rep. Barney Frank take over leadership of Congress, controlling debate and determining what laws will be sent to President Bush's desk and what issues will stay on the back burner until the next change in power...

For those who aren't glued to the ABC network on Sunday nights, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is remodeling/rebuilding a house in all 50 states. The crew from the show descended upon Nebraska last week, remodeling a house in Lincoln for an upcoming show...

An American soldier stands just inside the front door of the Museum of the High Plains on Norris Avenue in downtown McCook, awaiting visitors to the museum on Veterans Day Saturday. The fiberglass figure, a World War II foot soldier, was created by Cambridge sculptor Gary Ginther as a temporary display at a cemetery at Oxford. ...

May 2, 1915 - Nov. 10, 2006 Gladys Gloria Godtel, 91, died Friday (Nov. 10, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born May 2, 1915, on a farm south of Culbertson in Hitchcock County to Chester O. and Arada E. (Rakestraw) Roberts. She grew on the family farm north of Culbertson...