Stories from Friday, May 24, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — Golf is so important to Chris Nix, retired McCook dentist, he has played in or supported every Community Hospital Pro-Am at Heritage Hills in McCook but one. “Golf is important to me,” he says. “It’s one of my passions—to be able to play at a high level.”...

When I was a kid growing up in Atkins, Arkansas, there were two state newspapers operating daily, both from Little Rock. The Arkansas Gazette ran in the morning and the Arkansas Democrat ran in the afternoon. We only subscribed to the morning paper and I remember reading it was the first thing I did after I got up in the morning. ...

50th anniversary Bill and Carrol Bortner of McCook will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 1, 2019. They were married at the Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook in 1969. An open house is Saturday, June 1, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the 4-H Building at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. ...

The McCook Daily Gazette produced a 50th Anniversary Souvenir Edition in 1932 entitled “The Pioneer’s Dream in 1882”. SWNGS library has both an original and a photocopy of the book which is 82 pages packed full of pictures and stories from the early days. None of us were around to see it, but the original town, Fairview, sat on the bank of the Republican River. I’m going to excerpt the early story of McCook’s development in this column...

McCOOK, Neb. — Rosters and coaches for the 2019 McCook Community College Wild West all-star volleyball classic have been announced and include four players who will begin their Lady Indian careers at the game in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

Just a reminder the annual Cambridge CSO All-Star basketball games will be played tonight at Cambridge High School. Many area players will be featured along with some familiar foes during recent seasons. Girls are set to tip at 6 p.m. with boys around 8 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — A controversial provision included in the Nebraska state budget passed by lawmakers last week concerned nursing homes. In the mainline budget bill, senators debated $174,000 that was included for the study of nursing homes by an outside consulting firm, Dist. 44 Sen. Dan Hughes said Thursday morning at the McCook Chamber of Commerce conference call...

The final area boys track and field leaders, according to athletic.net official results. 100 dash 2. Morgan Fawver, McCook, 10.91 3. Alec Bunger, McCook, 10.94 110-hurdles 4. Evan Fisher, Chase County, 16.02 5. Bradyn Hutto, Hitchcock County, 16.04...

McCOOK, Neb. — Another glorious sports year is now history and the McCook Gazette gives a final look at area track-field leaders this spring according to athletic.net’s official results. Class C state runner-up Chase County topped many of the events:...

Allison Sandman of Wauneta and Char Wallin of Imperial, both representing the Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska, join Jim Lewis, owner of Lewis Motor Sports in McCook, to show off the 2019 Pearl White Polaris Ranger 1000 XP EPS which will be raffled off at the 2019 Cattleman’s Ball on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Krausnick Ranch near Enders Reservoir west of Wauneta. ...

My first job out of college was teaching social studies at South Platte High School in Big Springs. The job came open when the former social studies teacher, Virginia Krajewski, was killed in a car accident. From looking through her notes and visiting with the other teachers and students it was easy to see she was an amazing teacher. I learned more from her notes than I did from my undergraduate studies...

Dear Editor, I always enjoy both Dick Trail's column and Mike Hendrick's column. Dick mentioned that not many people know Robin Stevens, our state school board representative. Robin and his wife Lynette were employed at the Benkelman school system in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many people here remember them and their involvement in our community...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook High School senior will attend the Summer Leadership Experience (SLE) at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and the Summer Seminar at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Colton Craig has been selected for the week-long sessions designed to allow cadet candidates to experience academic, military/naval and athletic programs at each academy. ...

U.S. Navy veteran Steve Bales left McCook last Thursday morning to ride in the 10-day, 4,000-mile “Run for the Wall” to Washington, D.C., the largest and longest organized cross-country motorcycle ride and event of its kind in the world. The ride calls for an accounting of all prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA), honors the memory of those killed in action (KIA) from all wars, and supports veterans and current military personnel stationed all over the world...