Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2007

Wauneta-Palisade twins to play basketball for Lenhart, Indians Brandon Lenhart has yet to coach a game for the McCook Community College men's basketball program, but he has already made a bit of a splash. Lenhart, who was named MCC men's coach in May, signed twin brothers Russell and Trevor Ridlen Wednesday to letters of intent to play basketball for the 2007-08 season...

HASTINGS -- The McCook Rebels 14 and under Black girls fastpitch softball team captured first place at the Hastings Flames tournament this past weekend. The Rebels won all five of their games in Hastings. On Saturday in pool play the girls beat the Columbus Bullets, Hastings Flames in three innings and the Colby Sweet Thunder...

July 15, 1913 - June 12, 2007 ARAPAHOE?-- Esther Doris Johanna Miller, 93, died Tuesday (June 12, 2007) at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born July 15, 1913, at Arapahoe to Herman and Minnie (Stillman) Leising. She attended school at Arapahoe and graduated in 1933...

June 26, 1936 - June 12, 2007 NORTH?PLATTE?-- Coralee M. Knepp, 70, formerly of Curtis, died Tuesday (June 12, 2007) her home in North Platte. She was born June 26, 1936, at Bazine, Kan., to Fred and Lydia (Stieben) Schlegel. She attended and graduated from Bazine High School...

The Hormel Family Foundation announced today that it will receive a $25,500 Rural Business Enterprise Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The grant will be earmarked for the Foundation's most recent project: the Hormel Business Plan Competition. ...

Some are afraid of McCook changing but in reality, McCook is changing already -- by shrinking in size through the years, City Manager Kurt Fritsch said Wednesday. Fritsch presented a short program, to about 50 seniors at the Heritage Senior Center, about the advantages to continuing the city sales tax and said that growth of the city could be fueled by sales tax revenue...

McCook runner Jessica Battreall passes the "Nebraska Cornhusker State Games" torch to Troy Swartz, also of McCook, early Wednesday evening west of McCook. The Cornhusker State Games Torch Run, sponsored by the Nebraska National Guard and U.S. Cellular, started June 8 at the Wyoming border west of Kimball and will end June 22 in Lincoln, signifying the border-to-border appeal of the annual amateur sports festival scheduled for July 20-29 in Lincoln. ...

Despite objections from a nearby property owner, the McCook Planning Commission approved the request Monday night for a dog kennel to be placed about two miles outside of city limits. Daniel and Lizann Miller, 71363 Road 385, sought a special exception from the Commission to place a 10 by 20 foot dog kennel on their property, zoned Agricultural. The Miller's, who have 30 dogs, plan to use the kennel to breed and board small dogs, such as Pomeranians...

Most of us don't know how good we have it. We can walk to work, or get in our car and be there in a few minutes. Traffic jams? When school's out, there aren't any. Some of us do spend a lot of time commuting, but many workers in big cities, who spend a good chunk of their day traveling, would be envious of even an hours' drive to Benkelman...

It continues to amaze me. My mind keeps telling me I'm still a young kid, but my body lets me know in no uncertain terms that I am no longer 25 years old, but a 45-year-old mature (some may beg to differ) adult. I proved it to myself last weekend after spending an afternoon on the lake with my son one day and my husband the next...

An old sign saved by Lyle Moskal of McCook, brought back many memories for Russ Dowling. Dowling, president of the High Plains Historical Society board of directors, worked at Pastime Park as a young man. "The park was the main entertainment center in Southwest Nebraska from the mid-1920s until it was destroyed by the Flood of 1935," Russ said...