Stories from Monday, May 21, 2018

LINCOLN, Neb. — She went from being almost too sick to offering some final words coach Matt Wiemers will never forget. “Haley Potthoff’s last words as we headed to the court were ‘I got this coach, I’m not losing!”,” Wiemers said about last weekend’s Class B state tennis tournament. “And she totally outplayed the No. 2 seed from start to finish.”...

Thelma "Myrt" Burtch Dunn-Howard Aug. 29, 1925 - May 4, 2018 LINCOLN, Neb. — Thelma “Myrt” Geraldine Burtch Dunn-Howard passed away peacefully on May 4, 2018, in her home with her family by her side.  Thelma was born Aug. 29, 1925, to Orvill and Anna Burtch in Frontier County, Neb.  She attended the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, Neb., where she received her high school diploma in 1942.  She attended one year of college where she received her teacher’s certificate and taught in a country school.  In 1944, she married Clayton I. ...

Whitford H. “Whit” Gill June 8, 1959 - Oct. 16, 2017 WAUNETA, Neb. — Whitford H. “Whit” Gill of Wauneta passed away Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 58 years old. Whit was born on Monday, June 8, 1959, at the Brush, Colo., Hospital to Harold Barton and Evelyn Jean (Simmons) Gill. ...

Lee Don Scott March 26, 1955 - May 19, 2018 OBERLIN, Kan. — Lee Don Scott, 63, of Oberlin, died Saturday (May 19, 2018), at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. He was born March 26, 1955, in Oberlin to Donald and Alene (Krizek) Scott. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1973. He worked as a soil conservation technician for the NRCS and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church...

Dennis Lee Mizell July 24, 1948 - Sept. 25, 2017 ANGLETON, Texas — Dennis Lee Mizell died Sept. 25, 2017. He was born July 24, 1948, to Kenneth and Elaine Mizell in McCook, Neb. He grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook Senior High School in 1966...

OMAHA, Neb. -- McCook had numbers, but it didn’t have the horses...

UBBOCK, Texas – The McCook Community College golf team posted its best score of the week Friday to end the season at the National Junior College championships. The Indians shot a 319 Friday to finish the week with a four-round score of 1,282. “This was not the ending of our season we were hoping for but that’s golf,” MCC coach Tyler Loop said. “These guys accomplished a lot this year and this was a great learning experience for them and myself as well.”...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Enjoy it for now, No. 1 singles, because McCook junior Kassidy Michaelis will be back for another Class B tennis season next spring. “Kassidy has nothing to hang her head about,” coach Matt Wiemers said after Michaelis dropped her final two matches of 2018...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Faith Simpson is a state champion...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Battling through tie-breakers and tough final matches, McCook’s No. 1 doubles team took home a strong runner-up finish at the Class B state tennis tournament. “I was so pleased with Cassiddy and Syd,” Wiemers said as Beeby played No. 1 singles last year while Thompson took on No. 2 doubles. “Their style of play complemented each other and they learned each other’s tendencies quickly.”...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Phalen Sanford capped his high school career a perfect 4-for-4...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Contracts for non-negotiated staff and the college president are on the agenda for the Mid-Plains Board of Governors meeting this week. It is set for Wednesday at the North Campus of North Platte Community College, Room 200 of the W.W. Wood Building. A work session is set for 4:30 p.m. and the regular meeting follows at 6:30 p.m...

The “Snakes,” who were really the pagan Druids, who reigned supreme among the Irish people, until St. Patrick arrived and converted the simple, pagan Irish by introducing them to Christianity and its “Gospel of “Life,” as opposed to the “Gospel of Death.”...

I have worked some sort of road work for approximately 50 years. I have seen people drive through roadblocks; some have to get out of their vehicles to do so. Where were the signs and on this particular road and flagmen? Or do they not realize that other people travel that road?...