Stories from Thursday, October 14, 2010

Jan. 8, 1920--Oct. 14, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Elvin T. Goodson, 90, died Thursday (Oct. 14, 2010), at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born on Jan. 8, 1920, in Reynolds, Nebraska in Jefferson County to Samuel D. and Mary L. (Apel) Goodson. He attended high school in Fairbury, Nebraska...

Aug. 7, 1920--Oct. 12, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Frieda Alta (Yost) Steier, 90, died Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2010), at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 7, 1920, on the family farm in southwest Red Willow County to Everett and Minnie (Weeks) Yost. She attended country school and graduated from Herndon High School in Herndon, Kansas...

Despite the complaints on websites, call-in shows and Open Forum letters, the City of McCook takes a relatively small bite of your property tax bill -- and that's not just spin coming out of city hall. A conservative Nebraska think tank, the Platte Institute, ranks McCook as a pretty good place to live if you don't like paying too much for city services through your property taxes...

My thanks to the editor for allowing me a week off last week so I could attend my 45th high school class reunion. It was a fun weekend for all. It would have been better if there weren't so many "old" people there. (Here I must insert a very large grin)...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- Of two small flood control structures that were build with the wrong type of soil, one has been rebuilt and a second is in the process of being rebuilt, according to a Natural Resource Conservation Service official. The official, Ben Hardin of the NRCS, told the Middle Republican Natural Resources District board of directors at its regular meeting Tuesday night that repair work on the flood control structure North of Maywood (80A) is now complete and work on control structure 32A on the Hayes-Hitchcock County line North of Culbertson is well underway.. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association performed a full dress rehearsal of William Inge's "Bus Stop" Wednesday evening in preparation of this weekend's trio of performances at McCook High School Auditorium. Part of SWNCTA's mission is to offer exceptional theatrical entertainment and Bus Stop is exactly that...

A brilliant high school tennis career will come to an end this week at the Nebraska State Class B Championships in Lincoln. Hopefully that career will see another gold medal hanging from Connor Larson's neck after the final Friday, Oct. 15. The McCook senior is the top seed in No. ...

The Friday night, Oct. 15, Class B high school football contest between McCook and Adams Central is shaping up as a classic battle of power rushing teams, with a few plot twists. The Bison and Patriots will meet on the gridiron for the first time since the 1993 Class B state playoffs, with the winner gaining the upper hand in the battle for the Class B-7 District title. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday on Adams Central's home turf at the high school located just west of Hastings on Highway 6/34...