Stories from Friday, June 29, 2018

OMAHA, Neb. — McCook Bison alum Noah Hofman went all the way from a No. 13 seed to Thursday’s Nebraska State Match Play golf semifinals. Hofman surprised No. 4 Cameron Jones from Lincoln with a 4 & 2 “Sweet 16” round upset on Tuesday. McCook’s two-time Class B state champ then topped Nebraska Cornhusker golfer Tanner Owen, 4& 3, in Wednesday’s quarterfinals of this 32-player showdown at Champions Run...

Virginia I. Restano Oct. 24, 1922 - June 26, 2018 MONTICELLO, Ind. — Virginia I. Restano, 95, of Remington, Ind., passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at I. U. Health White Memorial Hospital, Monticello.  Virginia moved to Remington in 1993, having lived in San Francisco and Sonora, Calif., for many years...

I was going through some of the Southwest Nebraska Genealogy Society's library books the other day and came across “The Red Willow County Bicentennial Hall of Fame,” which was compiled by a committee of Mr. Bob Paschall, Mr. John B. McDowell and Mrs. Wendell P. Cheney in 1976. They had solicited nominations with short bios from the area and ended up with 47 people that they included in the booklet...

Halli Rae Nokes Justen and Ashley Nokes of Juniata, Neb., announce the birth of their daughter, Halli Rae Nokes, who was born June 14, 2018, at Hastings, Neb. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Ray and Pam Nokes of McCook, Neb., Steve and Brenda Morell of McCook, John Coats of Hastings and Renee Coats of Hastings. Great-grandparents are Willa Rundle of Hastings and Marlene Bolen of Sharon Springs, Kan...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will discuss approving $70,000, split with the McCook Economic Development Corp., to pay for a specialist to collect data for the city’s GIS (geographic information system) website. The council’s input on this will be at the regular McCook City Council meeting, Monday, July 2, 6:30 p.m. at the council chambers in the Municipal Building. If a consensus is reached, an action item on this will be placed for the July 16 council meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Economic Development Corp. has launched its Retail Incubator program to help individuals thinking about opening their own retail business in McCook. The program allows individuals to rent the 578 square foot space in the Keystone on the first floor on the corner of Norris and D...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following two weeks of McCook Community College Summer Kid’s Academy theater summer camp, 24 area Kindergarten through eighth graders perform “Honk!” Friday and Saturday on campus. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. each night at the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall, with a free-will donation in lieu of tickets. Limited seating is available...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Attending Mid-Plains Community College is becoming a tradition for the Chavira family of Imperial. Kevin, Jony, Edgar, Brandon and Eric are cousins who represent three families of Chaviras. Kevin and Jony are brothers, and Edgar and Brandon are brothers. All either obtained or are currently pursuing a postsecondary education through MPCC...

The drive to Arkansas and back was uneventful but long and boring. No matter how you split it up or what kind of vehicle you’re in, you’re still driving ten and a half hours by yourself and that’s no fun. On top of that, spending the night going and coming added on to the usual fuel costs and incidentals totaled more than an airline ticket would have so I’m going to have to rethink my travel plans before my next trip down there...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — McCook’s state champion Rebels Pink 18-and-under softball team was set to begin the 2018 Ringneck International Fast Pitch tournament today. Coach Chase Beeby announced last week the Class B ASA state champs would be playing in this elite three-day event...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Royals watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-4 loss to Sports Shoppe Cubs in Thursday’s Majors League tournament elimination round. The Sports Shoppe Cubs scored on a walk by Mitchel Cole, a walk by Colton Sedlacek, a walk by Dylan Knight and a walk by Alexander Nielson in the first inning...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Herrmann-Jones Bison finished their season strong with a 6-4 tournament title-clinching win over Pinnacle Bank Wednesday evening. These two McCook teams met following wins over Gothenburg and Cozad earlier this week. On Wednesday, Adam Dugger doubled while Kalyn Gaston drove home two huge runs to help the H-J Bison take control...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High’s Megan Hodgson won two divisions and teamed with Elsa Wilcox for another championship during the recent Nebraskaland Days tennis tournament. Hodgson swept through three opponents to take home the age 16 and 18 times...

As a teacher, my husband doesn’t like to talk about summer break or how many days until school resumes or how it will be impossible to complete his “honey-do” list by the first day of school. Summer really does seem to fly by fast on its own without talking about it...

ORLANDO, Fla. — McCook High’s Kody Hahn won 10 matches and took home All-American honors from the Disney Scholastic Wrestling Duals last week. Hahn and Bison teammate Landon Towne both competed for a Nebraska War team that finished top five in its division...