Stories from Tuesday, October 16, 2018

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Don’t blame coach Jessi Thalheim if her feet barely touched the ground while soaring into Southern Valley’s school this morning. The S.V. Eagles had stumbled a bit through their first 21 matches this season. Everything purple really brightened when facing mighty rival Cambridge Monday night...

The snow comes down. Wet, heavy, driven by wind kind of snow the first of the season. Tree limbs bend low laden with leaves green and bright bold fall colors as the first frost is yet to come. The approach of winter in the city of Omaha patch worked with unharvested fields of corn and uncut soybeans. Fields wet from recent rains troubles that the farmers don’t need...

Some steady drinkers like to joke that New Year’s Eve is “amateur night,” when those who don’t imbibe regularly tend to have one too many. Regular lottery players might make the same joke today as they wait in line to buy a Mega Millions ticket, which, after nearly three months without a winner, could be worth $654 million in tonight’s drawing...

McCOOK, Neb. — Charging a fee and requiring a permit to install underground cables beneath city sidewalks, alleys and right-of-ways is a no-brainer. That seemed to be the consensus among the McCook City Council Monday night, in discussing annual fees and a 30-day permit to install, operate, and maintain fiber cable, coaxial cable, or communication cable on, above, or underneath the surface of city streets, alleys, sidewalks, or other public ground. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County’s newest “One- and Six-Year Road Plan” envisions replacing three bridges with tubes or culverts, and someday paving County Road 719 to create a short-cut loop from Highway 83 to Community Hospital in McCook. During a public hearing at the commissioners’ weekly meeting, Monday, commissioners Earl McNutt and Steve Downer (Jacque Riener was absent) and road superintendent Tyson Bardsley discussed the county’s bridge and road plans and explained that several of them are dependent upon “if and when” funding is available.. ...

James E. Powell June 23, 1929 - April 19, 2018 BENKELMAN, Neb. — James Edward Powell was born on June 23, 1929, at St. Francis, Kan., to Roy and Pauline (Dunham) Powell. Later his family moved to Benkelman, where he grew up and attended school. James graduated from Benkelman High School in 1948. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The number of passengers taking Boutique Air flights out of McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport was down in September. A total of 182 passengers flew out of McCook Airport in September on Boutique Air, a decrease of 27.20 percent from last years’ September enplanements at 250...

Matthew James Schluckebier WICHITA, Kan. — Matthew James Schluckebier, infant son of Jacob and Nickia (Auker) Schluckebier of Burdett, Kan., died Saturday (Oct. 6, 2018), at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at 3 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Burdett...

McCOOK, Neb. — “Family Style,” an exhibition of selected artworks from the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska, opens at the Museum of the High Plains in downtown McCook on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The exhibition is part of Sheldon Statewide, an annual program through which works from the museum’s collection travel to venues throughout Nebraska...

Royce F. Cook Aug. 21, 1924 - Oct. 13, 2018 OBERLIN, Kan. — Royce F. Cook, 94, died Saturday (Oct. 13, 2018), in Beloit, Kan., at the Mitchell County Hospital Health System. He was born Aug. 21, 1924, in Logan County, Kan., to Floyd E. And Murttis I. (Farr) Cook. He married Lola M. Derley on June 20, 1947, in Scott City, Kan. He was a farmer/rancher and served in the United States Marine Corp...

Douglass Singer March 4, 1972 - Oct. 9, 2018 BENKELMAN, Neb. — Douglass David James Singer was born March 4, 1972, at Pontiac, Mich., to Robert P. and Kathleen M. (Garrity) Tuttle. As a young man he grew up in a military family, attending school and growing up in several different locations including Miami, Florida and Laramie, Wyo. ...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — McCook’s volleyball team beat Scottsbluff, pushed North Platte to three sets and took on Hastings in GNAC tournament play Saturday. Coach Aubrey Feeney offered these insights as the 25-21, 22-25, 25-22 victory over host Bluffs marked McCook’s 10th win this season...

FARGO, N.D. — For once, it was the women who stole the show. The Mid-Plains Community College rodeo team scored its first women’s championship ever during the North Dakota State University Bison Stampede in Fargo, N.D. on Saturday. Colleges are allowed to put the scores of six of its men and four of its women toward each end-of-rodeo team championship...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Hitchcock County’s feisty Falcons advanced into the RPAC semifinals with a 25-19, 25-18, 25-17 win over West No. 2 Maywood Hayes-Center Monday evening. The No. 3-seed Falcons will get a shot against West No. 1 Dundy County-Stratton today (3 p.m.) in McCook Community College’s Graff Events Center...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — The Dundy County-Stratton Tigers continue coach Bill Wilson’s milestone-winning season in tonight’s RPAC tournament semifinals. Wilson celebrated his 300th coaching victory earlier this season when the Tigers defeated Goodland, Kan., on Sept. 13...