Stories from Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The McCook Midget Baseball Association, Inc., will hold a one-day sign-up event for summer baseball Saturday at The Sports Shoppe in McCook. Children registered on Saturday will receive a $5 discount in an effort to get parents to sign-up their in a timely manner...

By CONNIE?JO?DISCOE Regional Editor McCook Public Schools board of education voted unanimously at its monthly meeting Monday evening to make changes in its reading program for kindergartners. Board members agreed that changes are in store for other elementary grades because the current reading and language programs appear to be changes in curriculum that should have been discussed/approved by the board...

It was a storybook year for the Wauneta-Palisade boys basketball team. No, make that a storybook career, at least for the graduating seniors, who have been playing together since at least junior high. "We have eight seniors and they laid everything on the line," Coach Dave Kuhlen said after their 71-60 defeat of the Leigh Panthers in the Nebraska Class D-1 state tournament. "What a great bunch. I love coaching them and wish I could keep coaching them."...

After days of build up and speculation, Sen. Chuck Hagel announced Monday ... that he'll announce his intentions later this year. We'll stand by our contention that he has something beyond a return to the Senate up his sleeve -- hours of screen time as a prominent Republican opponent of the Bush Administration's policies in Iraq, the presidential exploratory committee, that book deal...

The McCook Public Schools board of education decided at its monthly meeting Monday evening not to operate the Fitch (the former District 8) attendance center for the 2007-08 school year and beyond. The wording of the board's motion means that the Fitch center could reopen if the Nebraska Legislature reverses the closing of the state's Class I schools...

Clay Richardson, 16, of McCook, tees off on one of the "holes" on Kelley Park's disc golf course, which is becoming popular with the advent of nice weather. Richardson said the game can be played with one disc, but he uses driver, mid-range and "putter" discs adapted to the different ranges needed. Richardson was one of a half-dozen disc golfers on the course Monday evening...

Jan. 15, 1932 - March 12, 2007 TRENTON -- Virginia Augustine Hawkins, 75, died Monday (March 12, 2007) at her home in Trenton. She was born Jan. 15, 1932, at Paintersville, Ky., to Henry and Greta (Bailey) Fyffe. She grew up in Michigan and lived in several states before coming to Trenton in 1997...

July 21, 1918 - March 12, 2007 Marian Annamarie (Buzzell) Woodman died Monday (March 12, 2007) at Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 88. She was born July 21, 1918, at Loveland, Colo., the daughter of the late George and Katherine (Trautman) Fahrenbruch. The family moved to Culbertson in 1921, where Marian grew up and graduated from Culbertson High School...

Dec. 9, 1939 - March 1, 2007 BENKELMAN -- John Henry Frenzen died Thursday (March 1, 2007) in his home at 1820 South Yank Court, Lakewood, Colo., at the age of 67. A memorial service was at the Horan & McConaty Family Chapel in Lakewood on March 10, 2007...

Oct. 17, 1940 - March 11, 2007 BARTLEY?-- Gary Leon Lang, 66, died Sunday (March 11, 2007) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born in Bartley on Oct. 17, 1940, to George Clifford and Elsie May (Hann) Lang.  He graduated from Bartley High School in 1958.  He then went to Sidney, where he studied auto body and fender repair...