Stories from Tuesday, December 4, 2007

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Trojans' girls basketball coach has reached a milestone that many don't get the opportunity to reach.

TORRINGTON, Wyo. -- The McCook Community College men's basketball team lost to Eastern Wyoming 73-58 in a Region IX game at Torrington, Wyo., Monday night. Luvonte Rhines led MCC in scoring with 17 points. Trey Mosby added 10, Javoun Martin 6, Trevor Ridlen 5, Ronnell Grant 5, Lionel Robinson 4, Josh Fanslow 4, Nate Lark 4 and Russell Ridlen 3...

RAVENNA -- Southwest's wrestling team finished eighth in the Ravenna Invitational Friday. Sargent/Burwell won the tournament, with Amherst following in second and Wood River third. Team scores: Sargent/Burwell 182.5, Amherst 144, Wood River 120, Franklin 111.5, Elm Creek 93, Loomis/Bertrand 71, Ravenna 56.5, Southwest 43, Loup City 42.5, Centura 34, Greeley/Wolbach/Cedar Rapids 27.5, Hershey 19, Unattached 14...

HOXIE -- Hoxie hosted the Hoxie Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday. Hoxie finished fifth behind Decatur Community. Norton won the invite with Oakley taking second, Plainville third and Oberlin fourth. Oberlin's Everett Urban finished in the championship round after defeating Josh Darnell of Plainville...

MAYWOOD -- The McCook St. Patrick's boys basketball team defeated Maywood Tuesday. The Knights A team won 40-12 and the B team won 5-0 in a shortened two quarter game. Kyle Gaston made 14 points for the Knights win and William Burkert followed with 10...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor A project worth about $9 million may be in the near future for McCook, if property near the airport is selected for a new joint National Guard Center and Reserves facility. City Manager Kurt Fritsch told the McCook City Council Monday night at its regular meeting that he and Mayor Dennis Berry have recently discussed options with State National Guard officials, who are interested in locating a new joint facility for the National Guard and Army Reserves in the city...

Despite the deluge of cold medicine advertising that we are subject to this time of year, usually the best treatment is the simplest. First it was cold medicines intended for children younger than 2. Those drugs were voluntarily removed by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association after they were deemed prone to "misuse by overdose."...

I was asked the other day, "How far can you see with your telescope?" To answer that question I need to deal with it on two levels. One, distance in miles (or kilometers); and two, in time. For the first we need to realize that when we look up into the night sky we are seeing objects that are, in some cases, millions to hundreds of millions of miles away. Often the vastness of space is hard to comprehend when dealing with numbers of that kind...