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Bison girls track 1st at Broken Bow; McCook boys 3rd
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/09)
BROKEN BOW -- The McCook High School girls track team claimed first place in the Broken Invitational Tuesday. The meet was rescheduled from last Thursday because of weather. The Bison girls edged out Gothenburg 135.3 to 122.3 for the title. Broken Bow clipped Ord 77.3 to 77 for third place. Cozad scored 54 points, followed by Lexington 52, Gothenburg junior varsity 3, Broken Bow JV 2, Cozad JV 2 and Lexington JV 1... -
Bison golfers place sixth at Lex Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/09)
LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School boys golf team placed sixth out of 15 teams at the Lexington Invitational Tuesday. The tournament was played at the Lakeside Golf Course, adjacent to Johnson Lake. Kearney beat Ogallala in the first playoff hole to win the team title. ...
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Bison netters move dual record to 6-0
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/09)
The McCook High School girls tennis team improved its dual record to 6-0 by beating Holdrege 8-1 and Ogallala 7-2 Tuesday at the Bison Courts. The Bison will compete at the Lexington Invitational at 10 a.m. Thursday. McCook 8, Holdrege 1 Varsity Singles... -
Program serves migrant children
(Features ~ 04/15/09)
Seeing students succeed is important to Educational Service Unit No. 15 migrant education program director, Jamie Garner and her teams of educators, who specialize in educating migrant children and their families. The program is for migrant families who live in the ESU15 area which includes six counties in Southwest Nebraska and Wallace and is designed to help migrant children benefit from the same free education provided to other children... -
Last lap -- Long-time Hayes Center starter calls it quits
(Features ~ 04/15/09)
After starting high school track races for 38 years, the final lap is coming up for Kent May of Hayes Center. He's hanging up his gun after the Class B-5 District track meet in Lexington, the last time runners will hear his signature call: "Wait for the gun and you all get to run."... -
Oberlin man fined $10,000, probation in bowling alley arson
(Local News ~ 04/15/09)
OBERLIN,Kan. -- The Oberlin businessman found guilty in February of burning his bowling alley and lounge has been fined $10,000 and ordered to serve two years of probation. Kenneth Morgan was part-owner of the Centennial Bowl and the Red Crown Lounge that burned May 30, 2005...
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Shutting off meth pipeline should be priority
(Editorial ~ 04/15/09)
The number of meth labs in Nebraska has dropped precipitously as the Combat Meth Act made it more difficult to obtain some of the key ingredients to manufacture the drug in clandestine labs. There were 228 meth lab incidents in Nebraska in 2005, but that dropped to only 16 in 2007, one year after the 2006 law was passed...
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Cooler classrooms ahead for Junior High
(Local News ~ 04/15/09)
Over the objections of two board members, McCook Public Schools' board of education Tuesday evening approved a contract with a Kearney company to install air conditioning at the junior high. Concerns about America's economic woes and optimism about maybe getting a lower price later caused Larry Shields and Shane Messersmith to cast "No" votes to the bid from the Siemens Co. to air condition the junior high for $392,886.64...
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DCS girls, Oberlin boys win Rawlins County Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/09)
Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Rawlins County's Jordan Mizer prepares to throw the shot put Tuesday at the Rawlins County Invitational in Atwood. Mizer finished third with a toss of 29 feet, 5 inches and won discus in 99-2 and placed second in the javelin at 92-10. For more photos go to www.mccookgazette.com. -
A starry-eyed bride
(Column ~ 04/15/09)
You'll forgive me if I seem a little starry-eyed these days. Or if I seem to take a little too long with the tweezers in front of the makeup mirror. I'm watching my calories and I'm doing my best to get a good night's sleep every night so that I can look my best every day...
