Stories from Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Three more McCook Community College sophomore basketball players signed letters of intent Monday to play at four-year schools. Staci Moore, a 5-foot-5 guard from Cambridge, signed to play for the Dickinson State (N.D.) women's basketball program. Clint Napoleon, a 6-6 forward from Hilltop Baptist High School in Colorado Springs, will return home to play for NCAA Division II University of Colorado-Colorado Springs...

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School girls tennis team split matches Monday at Kearney. The Bison squad defeated Kearney Catholic 7-2 and lost to Kearney 7-2. "The team improved its season dual record to 9-1, with one dual to play against Lexington Tuesday at home," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers...

ARAPAHOE -- Nine area teams competed in the Great Plains Activity Conference in Arapahoe Monday. Dundy County's boys and Medicine Valley's girls earned the GPAC titles. Heather Wills led the Medicine Valley team with two wins. Wills won the long jump and triple jump...

The McCook Community College baseball team will play a 2 p.m. doubleheader today at Iowa Western. The twinbill is a tune-up for this weekend's four-game series at home at Jaycee Sports Complex against Western Nebraska. The Indians (20-23 overall and 10-16 in Region IX) will play the Cougars at 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday...

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School boys golf team placed 10th out of 14 teams at the Kearney Invitational Monday at the Meadowlark Hills course. The meet was a make-up date from April 5. The Bison golfers posted a 346 score. Lincoln Southwest won the tournament with a 290 score. Norfolk was second at 301, followed by North Platte with 315...

McCook's Tyler Lawson places third for NWU PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Nebraska Wesleyan University placed three men in the top four finishers and won the Fred B. Kravetz Golf Invitational hosted by the University of Rochester. NWU totaled 607 strokes. St. John Fisher, which shot a consistent 309 on both days, finished in second place with a 618, one stroke ahead of Oklahoma Christian University, the defending Kravetz Tournament champion...

By BILLIE COLE Gazette Writer QUINTER, Kan. -- Rawlins County's boys and girls finished second in the Quinter track invitational Friday. St. Francis's girls took sixth and the boys were fifth. Ellis won on the girls side, with Triplains taking third, Hill City fourth and Hoxie fifth...

April 28, 1920 - April 28, 2007 NORTHGLENN, Colo. -- Lela Huff, 87, died Saturday (April 28, 2007) in Northglenn, Colo. She was born April 28, 1920, in Kanona, Kan., to John and Lizzie (Pauley) Frickey. She grew up near Kanona and attended Center School and Kanona High School. She attended North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minn...

The family of May Lawson is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday on May 4. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 209 Nelson Street No. 28, Cambridge, NE 69022.

Mild temperatures and partly cloudy skies are in the forecast for this Saturday, along with sporadic showers of ping pong balls.  The McCook Quasquicen-tennial Committee is planning a "Party on the Bricks" celebration on West C Street between Norris Avenue and West First Street...

Damage discovered at McCook High School April 21 apparently isn't as severe as it first appeared, a school official said today. Jerry Smith, McCook High School principal, said disciplinary action will be taken for students involved with a senior prank that closed the school April 21 for two hours...

University of Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman explains details of the institution's budget during a visit to the Gazette newsroom this morning. He pointed out that the university has made budget cuts of nearly $31 million over the past five years, and warned of more cuts and tuition increases that might have to be imposed under Gov. Dave Heineman's proposed 4 percent state budget increase or even the 4.7 percent increase proposed by the Legislature's appropriations committee...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." After meeting with the National Council of Senior Citizens 44 years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy declared May 1963 as "Senior Citizens Month," asking the nation to pay tribute in some way to older people across the country...

Last Thursday we completed the 71st day of the first regular session of the 100th Legislature. With only 19 legislative days left this year, it seems like the session has gone very quickly. I have appreciated this honor of representing you in the Nebraska Legislature and I will continue to due my best to represent the 44th District...

With the advent of warmer spring evenings it is time to revisit our old friends, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Big and Little Dippers. As I have said before, the pair are not really constellations in the full sense of the word, they are asterisms or star patterns which can be recognized in their own right...