Stories from Tuesday, February 12, 2019

OMAHA, Neb. — Pairings have been set for all 32 Gazette-area state wrestling qualifiers representing nine high schools this weekend. Competition begins at 9:30 a.m. with Class A and D first-round matches followed immediately by quarterfinals. Southwest’s five qualifiers lead the Class D area with Hitchcock County sending four to those HCI Health Center arena mats...

Here is a rhetorical question. Have you noticed that when a school acquires a fleet of busses they all too often cancel, or declare a late start, school when the weather goes bad? It has been some 60 years since I attended public school but I cannot ever remember school being delayed or canceled due to weather. ...

Kathy Wilmot recently submitted a letter to the editor regarding Senator Steve Halloran's Legislative Resolution 7 (LR7) that is misleading and full of errors. LR7 uses Article V of the Constitution to propose amendments to restrain federal spending, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and impose term limits on Congress and other federal officials...

We’ve long been a fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s 2000 book, “The Tipping Point,” which contends that minor changes can have big results. Perhaps some Nebraska lawmakers have read the book as well. Or, maybe the proposal, LB103, isn’t such a minor change after all...

McCOOK, Neb. — If there are voluntary resignations or retirements, the “Reduction in Force” resolution the McCook Board of Education approved Monday night will not go into effect. “We hope attrition takes care of it,” said McCook Public School Superintendent Grant Norgaard at the regular meeting Monday night...

Duff K. Wilson Aug. 11, 1954 - Feb. 10, 2019 McCOOK, Neb. — Duff K. Wilson, age 64, of McCook, passed away at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. He was born in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 11, 1954, to Harry and Irene (Williamson) Wilson. He attended and graduated from Alameda High School in Lakewood, Colo...

Clifford Anthony Martin April 14, 1947 - Feb. 7, 2019 CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Clifford Anthony Martin, 71, died Feb. 7, 2019, at the Castle Rock Adventist Hospital in Castle Rock. He was born in McCook, Neb., on April 14, 1947, to Fred and Helen E. (Colling) Martin...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County commissioners approved proposals for two new subdivisions on the northwest edge of the City of McCook at their weekly meeting Monday morning. The two subdivision are Jerry Gohl's "Heritage Pointe Addition" and Mark Bishop's "Bishop Acres Second Subdivision." Both were recommended for commissioners' approval by the county's zoning commission, which met Feb. 7...

McCook Senior High junior Luke Roberts learns this morning about a pentatonic scale (a musical scale with five notes per octave) from guitar instructor Jeff Gleason, while Isabelle Beasley, right, Becca Tietz, center, and Mackenzie Smith experience the pure joy of "acrylic paint pouring," during the first-ever "Bison Days" throughout McCook Senior High and the community of McCook. ...

CURTIS, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s six-girl team showed its great tenacity again with a 42-35 win over Brady to finish regular-season play Friday evening. The Raiders earned five wins (5-15) including two of their last three games going into subdistrict tourneys this weekend...

McCOOK, Neb. — The MCC Indians Boosters, Inc. are sponsoring a youth volleyball tournament April 6 and 7 at the Peter and Dolores Graff Event’s Center on the McCook Community College campus. There are four divisions or this tournament: 12-and under; 14-and under; 16-and under; and 18-and under. Cost is $120 per team...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Drama filled the first McCook-Lexingtonbattle this year from two black eyes on sophomore Liviya Wier to classmate Tiara Matson’s two tie-breaking free throws. The Bison won a 41-39 thriller and now — not quite one month later — these familiar foes play again in tonight’s B-7 subdistrict semifinal...