Stories from Wednesday, March 12, 2008

May 11, 1925 - March 9, 2008 ST. FRANCIS -- Mary Elizabeth (Weaver) Shahan, 82, of Bird City died Sunday (March 9, 2008) at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. She was born May 11, 1925, in Cheyenne County, Kan. She married Demi Shahan. They lived in Bird City. She was a homemaker...

The family of Loren Baxter of Holdrege is hosting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday on March 19, 2008. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 620 Garfield, Holdrege, NE 68949.

Famed Nebraska historian Dr. Robert Manley remembered doing an interview with the widow of Sen. George W. Norris, but the trouble was, nobody else remembered him doing it. Duane Tappe, former attendant of the George W. Norris House in McCook, came to his rescue, complete with a newly digitized copy of the 1970 interview...

A club-level, high school coed soccer team is being formed in McCook. Games will be played against other area high school teams, with games and practices scheduled around all other school sport activities. Tryouts will take place on Monday, March 17 and Tuesday, March 18, at 7:15 p.m., at Barnett Park soccer fields. An informational meeting will be Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in the McCook High School commons area, for both parents and players...

Residents and patrons of the McCook Public Schools wasted no time in raising the funds for new uniforms for the band program. That should send a clear signal to administrators and policy makers that the performing arts are important to the taxpayers of this community...