Stories from Friday, September 4, 2009

Journalist and Nebraska native Stew Magnuson will read and discuss his new book, The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns, at the McCook City Library on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Magnuson will also talk about a new book-length project, in which McCook will be featured...

An appeal of a decision that abandoned buildings needed to be torn down is on the McCook City Council agenda for its regular meeting, set Tuesday (because of Monday's Labor Day holiday), 7:30 p.m. at City Council Chambers in Memorial Auditorium. The council also will consider an appeal by Dotti D. Park of the City of McCook board of health decision regarding the demolition of abandoned structures including a mobile home, garage and house at 305 East 12th...

NORTH PLATTE -- An 18-year-old McCook woman died in a one-vehicle roll-over accident at 10:50 p.m. Thursday south of North Platte near Lake Maloney. Amy J. Stone of McCook was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Shannon Fune, 19, of McCook, one of two passengers, is listed in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney...

If only that intelligence, creativity and ingenuity could be channeled into something good. We're talking about scams, specifically those targeting older people. Any business marketing its product or service to the public would be at a distinct advantage if it could adapt to human nature and social concerns the way scammers do...

The McCook High School Bison volleyball team has opened their season with a bang, going on the road and knocking off Hastings in a back-and-forth 5-set thriller, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 22-25 and 15-11. Morgan Chitwood topped Bison scoring with 7 aces serves and 12 kills, while Katie Latta had a whopping 32 assists and 19 digs on the night and Kelsey Pohl had 23 digs and 9 kills...

MAYWOOD -- Southwest High School girls volleyball team started the season 2-0 after their first triangular of the season in Maywood on Thursday. Southwest won the triangular defeating Maywood 25-6, 25-14 and Rawlins County 25-21, 25-9. Maywood also came up short to Rawlins County 26-28, 25-18, 17-25...

NORTON, Kan. -- The Decatur Community-Oberlin High School cross country team kicked off the season in Norton Thursday. The Red Devils finished third in the boys division with Dalton Jones and Tyler Shields leading the team. Jones finished sixth for the day with a time of 19 minutes and 8 seconds and Shields was seventh with 19:10. ...

The Bison girls softball team picked up a 9-7 win over Holdrege Thursday at the Jaycee Sports Complex. Kelsey Gillen pitched a complete game, facing 35 batters, giving up 12 hits and seven runs with five strikeouts. 'We came out and played a solid 4 innings," said coach Jason Cochran...

The McCook High School Bison boys tennis team was defeated 5-4 in duals play by visiting Hastings Thursday afternoon. Head coach Matt Wiemers had a lot of positive words for his squad after the competition. "Coming into the meet, we knew we would match up with Hastings pretty well," he said, adding, "The effort was excellent and the team played pretty well, but we came up one match short today."...

KEARNEY -- Sandy Buelow and Daniel Ramlo of Lemoore, Calif., were united in marriage on May 30, 2009, at Yanney Heritage Park in Kearney with the Rev. Rob Kuefner officiating. Parents of the couple are Willard and Linda Buelow of Truman, Minn., and Courtney and Joyce Ramlo of Canby, Minn...

GENEVA -- Kelly Norrie and Tim Sladek were united in marriage on May 30, 2009, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Geneva with the Rev. Mike Morin officiating. The bride is the daughter of Shari Lovegrove and Rod and Donna Norrie, all of Geneva. The bridegroom is the son of Dean and Ann Sladek of Bartley...

Friends and family of Dale Corder of McCook are requesting a card shower in honor of his 87th birthday Sept. 9. He is staying with his son, Larry Corder, in Kearney, while he undergoes radiation therapy. Cards of encouragement and congratulations will reach him in care of Larry Corder, 7130 W. 70th St., Kearney, NE 68845...

The children and grandchildren of Howard and Lila Runge are requesting a card shower to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 12, 1959. Cards will reach the couple at 1310 Arizona St., Culbertson, NE 69024.

Sara Lynn Vontz and Joseph Dane Awtry, both of Lincoln, announce their engagment and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Ed and Sally Vontz, formerly of McCook, now of North Platte, Donna Awtrey of North Platte and the late Dennis Awtry. The bride-to-be is a graduate of North Platte High School and is a nurse at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln...

CHAPPELL -- Dundy County-Stratton's girls golf team finished third in the Creek Valley invitational Thursday in Chappell. The Tigers team score was 455 just three points under second place finisher Hershey. Chelsey Elwell earned third place for DCS in the individual scores shooting a 100. Teammate Brianne Shillington took eighth place firing a 112 for the day. Matty Lutz of Garden County won the tournament title with a 95 and Courtney Brown of Mullen was second with 100...

June 28, 1991-Sept. 3, 2009 AmyJo Stone, age 18, of McCook died Thursday, September 3, 2009 near North Platte as a result of a motor vehicle accident. AmyJo was born to Roger and Donna (Roberts) Stone in McCook on June 28, 1991. She attended St. Patrick's Elementary and graduated from McCook High School with the class of 2009, where she played tennis. She was currently enrolled at McCook Community College at the time of her death. She was employed by Chief Restaurant...

Summit County, Colo., musician Jim Salestrom, has published on YouTube a video response another musician's video, "United Breaks Guitars." While the first video decried the airline's failure to replace a broken Taylor guitar, Salestrom's response praised the airline for replacing his broken Martin instrument...

I would like to remind all my constituents of the Interim Studies that will be taking place over the next few months. These are studies sponsored by committees, other senators and myself and are in need of open discussions and input before they are made into bills for the upcoming session...

Energy is the lifeblood of the American economy. Our country is fortunate to have energy resources ranging from underground deposits of oil and natural gas to wind, hydro, and solar power. The question is how we can make the best use of every form of domestic energy. Recently, I toured areas of the Gulf Coast to take a first-hand look at our nation's offshore drilling infrastructure...

More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. This is true for both men and women. The most recent statistics show that in 2005 lung cancer accounted for more deaths than breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer combined. In that year, more than 90 thousand men and 69 thousand women died from this terrible disease...

The broadcast networks will trot out new hour-long dramatic fare this fall. Is there another hit in the bunch? The networks hope so -- and each of them hopes they are the one to have it. Last year's strike-recovery season was a disappointing one on so many fronts, but the drama field was perhaps the most affected. ...

The title of today's column is taken from one of the greatest love songs ever and sung by Bonnie Raitt. It's something that a lot of people never think about and most people simply don't believe but it's true. I tell my students this every single semester in the love and family section of my sociology classes and more than once in my Sociology of Love and Relationships class and I'm absolutely certain it goes right over the top of most of their heads...