Stories from Monday, March 12, 2012

Like the British, Soviets, and others before them, we don't belong.

In the first full week of March 2012 the McCook College Indians played their last competitive game of basketball at McCook's True Hall. Next year the MCC cagers will be playing their games in a brand new, state-of-the-art sports complex. Much will be written about the new sports complex in the coming months, but we thought it might be interesting to look back on the man who gave his name to the building, which was built in 1939...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Kids need direction, said the new principal hired for McCook Elementary, something Tim Garcia didn't have a lot of when growing up. Garcia, assistant principal and physical education teacher at Central Elementary, will start his new position as principal of McCook Elementary next year. But it was the school of hard knocks that gave him the drive to get there...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Police Department recently received multiple reports of items stolen from vehicles in the vicinity of McCook Community College. According to a report from City Manager Jeff Hancock investigators are seeking information on a group of four to five males that were reportedly seen wearing dark clothing and walking in the area...

Ruth H. Shackelford Oct. 7, 1911 - March 9, 2012 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Ruth H. Shackelford died Friday, March 9, 2012, at the Holmes Lake Manor in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 100. She was born Oct. 7, 1911, at Holyoke, Colorado, the daughter of the late Charles K. and Agnes W. (Brown) Cooper. She grew up at Lamar, Nebraska and graduated from high school at Imperial, Nebraska in 1929...

Carol A. Gregory Helm Dec. 5, 1926 - March 10, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Carol A. Gregory Helm, 85, of McCook, died Saturday March 10, 2012, at the McCook Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska after a short illness with cancer. She was born Dec. 5, 1926, on a farm near Danbury, Nebraska to Absalom and Isabelle (Ruby) Gregory. ...

JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS -- SSG Anthony B. Eschliman, 31, of Junction City, Kansas, died Friday, March 9, 2012, in Junction City. A funeral service will be Friday, March 16, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, 203 N. Washington St., Junction City, Kansas. Cremation will take place following the service and a private family inurnment will be held at a later date...

Dorothy J. Lawver Jan. 26, 1946 - March 6, 2012 PLAINVILLE, Kansas -- Dorothy J. Lawver, 66, died Tuesday (March 6, 2012), in Ellis County, Kansas. She was born Jan. 26, 1946, in McCook, Nebraska to Jesse and Jean (Lafferty) Hunt. She married Don Lawver on Dec. 24, 1965...

Jimmie 'Jim' G. Bauer Oct. 8, 1939 - Jan. 22, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Jimmie "Jim" Gerald Bauer died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at the Waverly Care Center in Waverly, Nebraska at the age of 72. He was born Oct. 8, 1939, in McCook, Nebraska to Jack and Edna Bauer...

Porter Ross Dec. 12, 1921 - March 10, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Porter Ross died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at the McCook Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska at the age of 90. He was born Dec. 12, 1921, at Jenkinjones, West Virginia, the son of the late Porter and Pauline (Hundley) Ross Sr. He grew up at Jenkinjones where he graduated from high school...

Jeremy Yilk's past seven years have been spent in an understudy role in the McCook boys basketball play. Now Yilk is ready to assume the leading role for the Bison. Yilk has officially been named head coach of the McCook High School boys basketball program. An assistant for the past seven seasons under head coach Tim Garcia, Yilk moved up the ladder to the top rung after Garcia stepped down at the end of the 2011-12 season...