Stories from Thursday, May 14, 2009

Name: John Huffman Nickname: Milk Money Car: 2008 Harris IMCA Modified Color: Black Number: 3 Hometown: McCook Employment: Wal Mart Extracurricular activities: McCook High School tennis team, 2008 McCook Senior High School graduate, family dairy business...

The 2009 Bison Tennis Camp is open to all ages and playing levels and is designed to promote a better understanding of the game and strokes of tennis. The camp will be held at the McCook High School Bison Tennis Courts. Tennis fundamentals will be stressed along with match play experience and instruction will be given by MHS coach Matt Wiemers...

Aug. 12, 1940 - May 11, 2009 ELWOOD -- Byron Lee "Barney" Owens, 68, died Monday (May 11, 2009) at Elwood Care Center, after battling liver cancer. He was born in Falls City on Aug. 12, 1940, to Roland and Marie (Miller) Owens. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Marks Lutheran Church. He graduated from Verdon High School at Verdon in 1958...

Jan. 21, 1919 - May 5, 2009 DENISON, Texas -- Maurine Bogart Skoda died peacefully in the home of her daughter on Tuesday evening, May 5, 2009, at the age of 90. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at The United Church of Oberlin in Oberlin on Saturday, May 16, 2009, with services at 2 p.m. Pastor Judith Stricker will conduct the service followed by burial in Oberlin Cemetery...

June 28, 1926 - May 13, 2009 STRATTON -- Richard Charles Pierce of Kearney, formerly of Stratton, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Grand Island. He was 82 years old. Richard was born June 28, 1926, in Stratton to Charles Elkanah and Lucy Belle (Cushing) Pierce. He graduated from Stratton High School...

Look around your house. If you're interested in "going green," Gov. Dave Heineman just gave you an extra room. Heineman and the Legislature just approved "net metering" for Nebraska, meaning people who generate their own electricity get full credit for the extra power they pump into the electrical grid...

Jim Wesch of McCook wins the "Eagle Eye" award of the week for noticing that in the column printed on April 29 I had said we would be having equal day and night on the first day of summer June 21, the summer solstice. In actuality, equal day and night occur at the spring and autumn equinox, not the solstice. Mr. Wesch was kind in mentioning it must have been a typo. No Mr. Wesch, it was no typo, just a case of fingers-not-being-attached-to-brain-while-typing syndrome. I have a chronic case...

As anyone who has picked up a newspaper or turned on the radio or television lately knows, two of the Detroit "Big Three" auto makers have announced plans to drastically reduce the number of dealers in the U.S. Some members of Congress have even suggested that the manufacturers reduce their dealer network to "cut costs." The question is, how will reducing the number of dealers cut expenses?...

McCook Public Schools Superintendent Dave Schley promised "not to barbecue" teachers at the high school by proposing at the board of education meeting Monday to eliminate the built-in early-dismissal heat schedule for the first week of school this fall...

BENKELMAN -- The Medicine Valley girls track team captured the D-10 title for the fifth consecutive year.