Stories from Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The McCook High School boys tennis team lost a home dual to North Platte 7-2 Tuesday at the Bison and Elks Tennis Courts. "It was a tough day on the courts for the guys, as North Platte got the better of us today," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers. "North Platte was a good team, but we just didn't come out and play at the level we needed to be...

NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook High School softball team split a doubleheader at North Platte Tuesday. The Bison won the opener 6-2 and lost the nightcap 6-4. "We planned on only playing one JV game and one varsity game last night, but ended up playing a double header in both," said McCook coach Jason Cochran. "We didn't quite have the numbers to do that, but the kids really battled and played hard...

TORRINGTON, Wyo, -- McCook Community College volleyball team competed in the Wyo-Braska tournament in Torrington last Thursday through Saturday. The Indians went 0-7 in the tournament. "We struggled with serve receive all weekend," said MCC coach Michelle Reiners. "We had too many mental errors at the end of close sets and let them run points...

COZAD -- Three members of the Botsford Tae Kwon Do School in McCook competed in the Mid Platte Valley Championship Saturday. The tournament took place at the Cozad Community Wellness Center. Robert Botsford placed second in weapons, fourth in board breaking and fourth in forms in the Black Belt Division...

HEBRON -- The Southern Valley High School softball team lost 7-1 to Thayer Central Tuesday at Hebron. Thayer Central scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, three in the third and two in the fourth on 13 hits and four errors by the Eagles...

The Southwest Nebraska Rifle and Pistol Club will have a sporting rifle match on Saturday at the range near the McCook airport. The match begins at 1 p.m., with a $1 target fee. The shoot will be 100 yards with 5 shots for score and 5 shots for group with 10x or less scopes and no heavy barrels or bench stocks...

Feb. 11, 1919 - Dec. 3, 2007 GILBERT, Ariz. -- Elaine M. Peters of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Dec. 3, 2007 in Gilbert, Ariz., at the age of 88. She was born Feb. 11, 1919, to Milton and Katie Reynolds in Culbertson, Neb., where she lived most of her life...

Oct. 11, 1939 - Sept. 22, 2008 ARAPAHOE -- Dixie Lee Rask, 68, of Edison, died Monday (Sept. 22, 2008) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born Oct. 11, 1939, in Gosper County to Dale H. and Wilda Mae (Rhodes) Phillips. She grew up north of Arapahoe in Gosper County. She attended Arapahoe High School and graduated with the class of 1957...

Feb. 26, 1918 - Sept. 19, 2008 GILBERT, Ariz. -- Floyd C. Peters of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Sept. 19, 2008, in Gilbert, Ariz., at the age of 90. He was born Feb. 26, 1918, to John and Mina Peters in McCook, Neb., where he lived most of his life. Floyd served in the U.S. Army in World War II and was a retired grain farmer. He always enjoyed spending time with his family and friends...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Wildlife Division plans a meeting in McCook Tuesday, Oct. 7, to discuss reintroducing river otters in Southwest Nebraska. Richard Nelson, wildlife biologist for Game and Parks Commission, said that river otters were once abundant in Nebraska including along the Republican River drainage, and throughout North America . In the early 1900s, river otters were extirpated in Nebraska by unregulated trapping...

Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Doug Petty (center) and Red Willow County Sheriff's Deputies Sgt. Joe Koetter (above) and Lt. Burke Curl investigate a one-vehicle accident that sent a McCook man to Community Hospital in McCook on Tuesday. Trooper Petty's report indicates that at 7:40 p.m., Shane B. ...

The Promotions Committee of the newly reformed Main Street program has announced the availability of a consumer survey on several area Web sites, including the Gazette. The online survey includes 29 multiple choice questions and takes only a few minutes to complete...

A recent Gazette story featured a tiny two-seat smart car one woman is using for her daily commute. We can't blame her for trying to save money -- we also can't believe we're grateful for being able to buy gasoline at less than $4 a gallon. There are signs, however, that technology is on the verge of making the price of gasoline unimportant...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor It was the disease that struck without warning, killing and paralyzing thousands of children in the United States until 1955. And the memories are still vivid for those who lived through those polio epidemics in the 1940s and '50s...

A flea market fair at McCook's former post office in downtown McCook will benefit a McCook couple whose health issues may separate them at a most crucial and inconvenient time. Janine Hall said her worst fear is that her husband, Don, will be in a Denver hospital undergoing a lung transplant while she is in a hospital in Lincoln having thyroid surgery...

Any one of us, who has watched a loved one struggle with chronic disease or battle cancer, using the full arsenal of surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, or who have endured these struggles ourselves, know how relentless pain is. We know how it gnaws at you, how it pursues you when you try to sleep, eat, communicate -- breath...