Stories from Wednesday, May 26, 2010

KEARNEY -- McCook High School head golf coach Rick Haney figured freshman Sean Backer would turn into a pretty solid shooter sometime in his Bison prep career. But Haney probably wasn't expecting Backer's performance Tuesday, May 25, at the Class B state golf tournament...

July 6, 1925-May 24, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Cleora Ellen Cox, 84, died Monday May 24, 2010, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She was born July 6, 1925, in Best, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Ernest and Mary E. (Young) Cox. Cleora grew up in McCook where she graduated from McCook High School...

CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- Maureen Wilkins, 49, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She is the daughter of Frederick Cyril and Catherine Jane (Chinn) Casey. Maureen grew up in Australia where she received her high school education...

Memorial Day is the traditional first day of the summer season, but before heading to the lake or barbecue grill, we hope you'll take time to pay homage to those who gave their all to give you that right. With its roots in the bloody American Civil War, Decoration Day, which didn't officially become Memorial Day until 1967, was first observed at the Washington Race Course in Charleston, South Carolina by formerly enslaved black people...

Summer vacation is almost here. And I'm so excited, I can barely stand it. It's been many years since the advent of summer vacation has mattered. But this year, I find myself daydreaming of those first few days of freedom, the days stretching out before me, with routine thrown to the four winds and the whim of the moment claiming each day...

MCCOOK, Nebraska -- Members of Community Hospital board of directors heard about a "very busy" third quarter at their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 19, including updates on the facility's construction project, good news about the financial health of the hospital and a new specialist joining the staff...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook man who is stockpiling inoperable vehicles and appliances, computers, tanks and oil filters on 30 acres of land that he owns southwest of McCook is complying with county officials who have asked him to clean up his property...

Nancy Knuth of Oxford grew up listening to stories of the Republican River Flood of 1935. Nancy's father helped build sandbag walls against advancing flood waters. "He went into the water that night to help a family," Nancy said. "Living in a small community of Oxford, we all heard the stories," Nancy said. ...