Stories from Tuesday, October 4, 2016

In 1961, Dick Cabela started selling fishing flies by mail from his kitchen table in Sidney, Neb., with the help of his wife, Mary and brother, Jim. Today, the company he founded has 85 retail stores, primarily in the western United States and Canada...

This weekend I was privileged to attend a workshop of a charismatic Christian group called Walk to Emmaus. An interesting discussion of the state of the future of the organization. It seems that interest in the program is slowly decreasing in today's society. Fewer people are willing to participate in its long-standing intensive exploration of faith weekend programs. Not only the local program is affected, it is reported that interest is decreasing across our nation...

Recently I visited the exhibition of the Nebraska Art Teachers Association at the Wrightstone Art Gallery, McCook Community College. Expecting the usual academic drivel, I was thunderstruck to see a blockbuster of a show: many first-rate works and no less than a half-dozen major masterpieces!...

SIDNEY, Neb. -- McCook may have missed out on the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference title last week, but the Lady Bison got an even better prize on Monday...

Turkeys jaywalk across a farm drive southwest of Maywood. They're lucky they're close to a farmhouse ... it's turkey season in Nebraska through January 31.

OGALLALA, Neb. -- Dundy County-Stratton didn't record a team score at Monday's C-5 District meet, but that didn't stop the Tigers from sending two golfers to next week's state meet...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. -- A former McCook, Neb., physician was killed in a fall on Longs Peak, Colo., on Saturday. Authorities released the identity of Dr. Scott Corliss, 61, Monday. He practiced in McCook in the 1990s...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Proponents for expanding U.S. Highway 83 between McCook and North Platte won a major victory recently with the Nebraska Department of Roads announcing it would be upgrading the roadway to a "Super 2" standards Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts flew into the McCook airport this morning to discuss the project and other upcoming infrastructure priorities for the state. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook teacher has been named elementary art educator of the year. The Nebraska Art Teacher's Association presented the award to Deb Goodenberger, art teacher at McCook Schools, at the conclusion of the two-day NATA conference in McCook over the weekend...