Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2018

LINCOLN, Neb. — Today’s weather has improved and the McCook High tennis players are celebrating with Class B state tournament wins. Junior Zion Moyer (29-5 record) showed why he’s a top nine seed at No. 1 singles as he swept past Omaha Brownell-Talbot/Concordia’s Conner Crosby 6-3, 6-1...

Thanks to the recent change in temperature and endless amounts of precipitation, I was blessed to have some free time last Sunday to spend with my family that didn’t include freezing at a ballpark. My middle daughter asked me if I wanted to watch scary movies with her and as gloomy and dark as the day was, I thought that was a perfect idea! So, we shut the blinds, got the fireplace going, grabbed a blanket and were ready to be scared!...

Over the interim months, the Legislature continues to hold several hearings on Legislative Resolutions which are used to study issues that may lead to bills in the next legislative session and impact our state. Sometimes special committees are formed to study current issues facing the state. I sit on a special committee that was created via LR127, which was introduced last year...

If you have any money in a savings account, you know the interest you earn is in the low single digits. The stock market is an attractive alternative — earning an annual interest rate of 11.69 percent from 1973 to 2016, but higher returns are always accompanied by higher risks...

McCOOK, Neb. — Corrections from the yearly “Rule 10” state audit for accreditation at the McCook School District were minor. Calling the recommendations more as “best practices,” McCook School Board member Brian Esch commented that they were “not terribly egregious…legitimate but easy to correct,” at the McCook Board of Education meeting Monday night...

McCOOK, Neb. — Swedish immigrant and McCook businessman Otto Nilsson would approve of what Josh and Kristen Cherry have done with his automotive sales and service building. Otto loved a clean car — inside and out. And the Cherrys have transformed Nilsson’s former automotive site into a mega carwash that caters to drivers of all sizes of dirty vehicles. And also to drivers whose dog passengers help make their vehicles dirty...

Latest results from league action at TJ’s Family Fun Center: Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 121-89 Diamond Vogel 119-89 Maris General Const. 117-93 Five Loners 107.5-95.5 Pivotal Bowling 107.5-98.5 J&LConstruction 103.5-102.5...

Last weekend, I ran a half-marathon in North Platte. Along with being under-trained, I also started the race under prepared…or so I thought. I didn’t have a single piece of electronic equipment on me. No iPod or headphones to pass the time with music...

LINCOLN, Neb. — All-class gold Benkelman High athlete Danis (Richards) Willet was recently inducted into Nebraska’s High School of Fame. Willet joined other greats like Cambridge High’s Christina (Houghtelling) Hudson and Kansas City Royal World Series champ Alex Gordon (Lincoln Southeas)...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans and Dundy County-Stratton Tigers will be top seeds when RPAC volleyball tournament action begins on Monday. Cambridge (18-3) has won 20 consecutive sets while the DC-S Tigers own a strong 14-6 record so far this season...

Coach Lyle Calvert (left) saw his entire Cambridge girls’ golf lineup earn a top five Class C state finish at North Platte this week. Play was cancelled on Tuesday due to cold, wet weather so Cambridge’s fifth place among 15 teams became final. From left are Calvert, Karinne Jurey, Taylor Sayer, Lexie Sines, Ryann Lewis and Maria Jauken. Trojan scores and other Class C results were included in Tuesday’s Gazette sports pages. They can also be seen on nsaahome.org...

McCOOK, Neb. —The McCook Bison have been taking a good look at themselves all week while preparing for Gering’s invasion of Weiland Field Friday night. “They (Gering) do a lot of the same stuff we’ve seen a bunch this year,” coach Jeff Gross said this morning. “So what we’d done this week is focus on individual technique, reading our keys, a lot of other things to make us better. It’s been a really good week of practice.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — Every year is unique at St. Patrick Elementary School in McCook. But the 2018-19 school year is extra special because it is also the school’s 100th anniversary. Already this year, the kids received snow cones on the first day of the school, new centennial t-shirts have been printed and alumni have been returning for tours of the school...