Stories from Friday, December 5, 2008

The McCook High School varsity and junior varsity boys and girls basketball teams went 4-0 Thursday night at home against Chase County-Imperial in the 2008-09 season opening games for both schools. The Bison won the varsity boys game 43-18, the varsity girls game 54-51, the JV boys game 50-48 in double overtime and the JV girls won 48-24...

CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge's girls, ranked fourth in Nebraska Class C-2 in the Omaha World-Herald's preseason poll, rolled past Hitchcock County 60-39 in their first home basketball game of the season. Traci Keyser scored 23 points for the Trojans win. Keyser also led in rebounds with 12 and added 2 assists...

LA JUNTA, Colo. -- Thursday night's opening game in the Region IX South Sub Region Tournament was a thriller. Facing an always tough and previously nationally ranked Western Nebraska squad (No. 12), the Indian women's team from McCook Community College put forth a valiant effort before falling 68-56...

Three McCook Community College volleyball players received postseason recognition, announced coach Michelle Reiners. Chelsey Quigley, a sophomore from Indianola and Southwest High School, was named to the Nebraska Community College Activities Conference All-Conference Team, the South D-1 All-Region IX All-Conference Team and South D-1 All-Region IX All-Tournament Team...

Employees of Mid-Plains Community College have stepped up to kick off the college's first-ever major gifts campaign. The first phase of the "Today's Vision … Tomorrow's Reality" campaign involved faculty, staff and administrators of the college. It also included the MPCC Board of Governors and the college's two foundation boards...

United Way donations stay in the community and help provide services year-round, such as daycare for children whose parents are learning English as a second language. Gladiola Cedillo, 31, shown with her children Felix, 31⁄2 and Susan, 7, is on her second year in Shannon Schaben's ESL class at McCook Community College. ...

While one of the presidential candidates said he relied on others to use the Internet, the other embraced the new technology in fund raising and getting his message out. We saw the results on Nov. 4. We've also seen the power of the Internet on the local level, most recently in feedback on actions by the McCook school board. ...

I've noticed something during rehearsals for the McCook Community Choir's annual Christmas concert: the choir loft at the McCook Methodist Church is awfully crowded. But that's the only thing remotely "awful" about it. There are 30-plus of us, standing shoulder to shoulder, four rows deep. ...

The McCook Chamber of Commerce has announced that it has been confirmed that Santa will be flying into the McCook Regional Airport at 11 a.m. Saturday. Be sure to arrive a bit early so you don't miss his arrival. Santa will have treats for the children and also take some time to visit with them at the Airport...

I have been privileged over the last 12 years to represent you in the United States Senate. These have been years of historical significance and global reorientation. An inventory of these times includes: an impeachment and trial of a U.S. President; an American presidential election decided by the Supreme Court; crossing over into the 21st century with an unprecedented attack on the United States on September 11, 2001; the historic changing of majorities in the U.S. ...