Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 2009

NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook High School girls tennis team handed North Platte a 6-3 loss Tuesday afternoon. The Bison varsity squad improved its dual record to 8-0. McCook competes at Hershey at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. McCook 6, North Platte 3 Varsity singles...

OMAHA -- Jeff Tezak's RBI double in the top of the 12th inning broke a 1-1 tie and sparked a three-run inning, as Nebraska evened the season series with Creighton with a 4-3 victory Tuesday night at Rosenblatt Stadium. The Huskers (18-21-1) had just five hits over the first 11 innings, but strung together four hits in the 12th, including run-scoring hits from Tezak and Cade Thompson...

HOLDREGE -- The McCook Junior High School girls and boys track teams competed in the Holdrege Middle School Quad on April 14 and at home on Monday. The Bison competed against teams from Holdrege, Gothenburg and Broken Bow at the Holdrege meet. Molly Sughroue led McCook's girls with two first place finishes. Sughroue took the 400 in 1 minute and 4.68 seconds and won the long jump with 14-04...

HASTINGS -- Seven members of the Botsford's Tae Kwon Do program in McCook brought home seven first-place finishes from the 20th annual South Central Regional Championships Saturday. The tournament took place at the Dawson Multi-Purpose Building on the Hastings campus of Central Community College...

The McCook High School Red Team captured second place at the Ron Coleman Invitational Tuesday at Heritage Hills. Kearney won the team title with a 317 score, followed by McCook Red 334, Colby 343, York 357, Ogallala 365, North Platte 370, McCook White 376, Lexington 379, Minden 381, Holdrege 381, Cozad 393, Oberlin 409 and McCook Black 418...

March 2, 1962 - April 14, 2009 BENKELMAN -- Mark Gregory Glasco, 47, formerly of Benkelman, died Tuesday (April 14, 2009) at his home in Denver, Colo.
 He was born March 2, 1962, at McCook to Harold and Mary (O'Brien) Glasco and grew up in the Benkelman area. He graduated from Benkelman High School in 1980 and went on to receive his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Denver University...

A block-long,vacant commercial building in the city is coming under renewed scrutiny. As a regular agenda item, members of the McCook Leadership Institute urged the McCook City Council Monday night to prioritize the demolition of the vacant Romanoff building at 204 Norris Ave., when the city applies for grants from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program...

Improvements to city recreational areas continue, with new sidewalks to be constructed at the end of summer at the Jaycees Ball Complex. The McCook City Council approved Monday night the $115,585 bid from TL Sund of Lexington as the lowest responsible bid, for furnishing and installing pavement replacement between the ball fields. ...

The McCook City Council approved Monday night a contract with Miller and Associates to serve as the general administrator of the Community Development Block Grants, Program Stabilization Program. Miller and Associates will prepare the grant application for the City and the McCook Economic Development Corp. The grants will be funded by the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...

Bolles Canyon Road along Kelley Park will be closed in the near future so city staff will have ample time to prepare the area for the next phase of the Kelley Park Walking Trail. The McCook City Council received and filed the consent agenda item that notified the council of the closure, at its regular meeting Monday night...

The architect chosen to help Community Hospital of McCook implement Phases I and II of its 2007 Facility Master Plan visited with hospital personnel, healthcare providers, directors and members of the public last week to develop the concept of improvements to the hospital's patient rooms and surgery area...

Today's 39th annual Earth Day is as much about politics as it was in 1970. There are those who use the threat of global warming to push unrelated social agendas, just as there are those who dismiss any evidence of climate change as propaganda. In the end, we need to look beyond politics to find the truth...

A long, long overdue conversation with my best friend, my "heart's twin," meandered down the roads of shared memories recently, and visited future hopes and praises and prayers for those we love together and those we love independently of one another...

Clem, from the little town of Rock Comfort, Mo., was a renowned coon hunter years ago who took great pride in his blue tick hound, Bell. Clem was impervious to any insult headed his way, deserving as he was of some of them. But, say a demeaning word, even so slight about old Bell, and you had an angry raazor-back on your hands!...

The case of the City of McCook vs. the big yellow house goes to trial, a date set during an appearance in Red Willow County court Tuesday afternoon of the house's owner, Terry Jessen of Scottsbluff/Gering. Jessen pleaded not guilty to one count of violating a city ordinance by allowing the large Victorian house at 301 E. ...