Stories from Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Nebraska boys basketball sub-district tournaments wind down after the second round of games Tuesday night. Two teams will play in each division for the championship on Thursday and move into the district tournament next week. A major D1-11 matchup Thursday at the McCook High School gymnasium will feature No. 1 Wauneta-Palisade vs. Hitchcock County...

Five area girls basketball teams gear up for the district finals on Friday. Southern Valley, Perkins County, Arapahoe, Wauneta-Palisade and Maywood will battle it out for a chance at the State tournament. Southern Valley takes on Bridgeport in Sutherland Friday night. The Eagles are 15-6 and Bridgeport is 18-2. C1-6 district play begins at 7 p.m...

KEARNEY -- The season came to an end for the McCook High School girls basketball team Tuesday night at Kearney with a 59-47 loss to Grand Island Northwest in the first round of the Nebraska Class B-5 district tournament. The Bison girls, who defeated GINW 42-39 in December, finished the season with a 3-21 record...

The 2006-2007 McCook Community College women's basketball team will always be known as the team that knocked perennial favorite Northeast Community College's off the Nebraska Community College Conference perch. During what has become coach Michelle Orton's best team on the court, the Lady Indians became the first team in 12-years to beat Northeast in a conference game downing the Hawks 60-43 on Jan. 27. That ended a 74-game conference winning streak by Northeast...

SHARON SPRINGS, Kan. -- The Rawlins County-Atwood girls basketball team advanced in the Kansas 1A regionals after trumping Weskan 63-42 Tuesday. Cheylin's girls finished their season after dropping to Tribune 67-34. Cheylin and Rawlins County's boys are also done for the season...

Oct. 11, 1945-Feb. 19, 2007 Linda Sharlaine Stevens, age 61, died Monday (Feb. 19, 2007), at her home in McCook. Linda was born Oct. 11, 1945, to Ronald and Lorraine Stevens in McCook.  She grew up with her parents in Indianola and McCook. Linda moved into S.W.A.T.S residence No. 2 in March 2000, where she joined the Swatters 4-H Club and entered in Special Olympics. ...

July 18, 1912 - Feb. 19, 2007 TRENTON -- Berniece Evelyn Buzzell died Monday (Feb. 19, 2007) at the El Dorado Manor Home in Trenton at the age of 94. She was born July 18, 1912, in Adams County, the daughter of the late Benhard and Eva (Spoor) Post, Berniece grew up at Hastings where she received her education...

By DAWN CRIBBS Associate Editor The Red Willow County Ministerial Association will present the annual Community Lenten services beginning Friday, 12:05 p.m., at First Congregational Church, 212 East E Street. The annual series provides an opportunity for people in the community to gather each Friday for a brief lesson about the last week of Christ's earthly ministry followed by a time of fellowship during the luncheon which follows the service. ...

Cheryl Bentley takes a break from chopping channels through ice and frozen mud in an attempt to drain snow-melt from the drive into her home, the Max Guernsey ranch, near Benkelman. "It's a swamp," Cheryl said. "It's impossible to get through without getting stuck." Snow drifts and eight- to 10-foot snow piles on either side of her drive are melting in 40- and 50-degree temperatures, and puddling in the drive. ...

When McCook's 1 cent sales tax was voted in in 2000, with a sunset clause, opponents worried that it would become a permanent tax. Now, six years later, it's almost time to decide whether to renew the sales tax again, and it will be very tempting to do so...

Justice. Fair play. We long for it. Even as small children, watching Mom cut the peanut butter sandwiches in half, we looked to see if either half was more than half or less than half. (The wise mom, once her children are old enough to safely handle a butter knife, allows one child to cut and the other child to choose. The cutter becomes ever so careful to cut as close to even as possible.)...