Stories from Thursday, October 31, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — A good few days of practicing in the Kiplinger Fairgrounds arena should have McCook Bison ready to be unleashed at Hastings Friday night. “We worked on everything except the kicking game,” coach Jeff Gross said about being kept indoors due to this year’s unusual late October snow and cold. “We’ll work on that (kicking) some today.”...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook with TJ’s Family Fun moving into first place just ahead of J&L Construction: Men’s Major TJ’s Family Fun 190.5-109.5 J&L Construction 181-117 Wagner’s Ford 166.5-133.5 Maris Gen Cons.155.5-144.5...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The pairings, sites and start times are all set for fiveGazette-area volleyball teams playing district title matches on Saturday. The Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves (25-2 record) are seeded seventh among 16 Class D-1 teams even though they lost their subdistrict final to Overton on Tuesday...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — A cold final night of volleyball in 2019 should only add fuel to McCook’s fired-up vision for 2020. The Bison blasted through two B-7 sets with Holdrege 25-19, 25-21 and were only five points from finishing a sweep in this opening playoff match...

Students at McCook Beauty Academy model makeup creations during their annual theatrical makeup studies. Brittany Jarrett won first place with her design of a sunflower, and Jayda Zuck took second place with her Halloween face. Instructor Jane Carlisle said her cosmetology students research their designs, determine a supplies list and put into practice the dramatic makeup and face paint techniques they study. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- If there is one Big Give McCook organization which needs little introduction, it would have to be the YMCA. Along with its after-school program of Live Y’ers, the YMCA is part of the 2019 Big Give McCook event on Thursday, Nov. 7. With a history in McCook stretching nearly a century, the YMCA offers activities for all ages from fitness classes to swim lessons to organized sports. ...

To achieve property tax relief and limit government, I continue to pursue wasteful spending; the prime example is the NCORPE project and its unnecessary ownership of 19,500 agricultural acres. A recent newspaper guest opinion submitted by an NCORPE official is a case study of a wasteful government entity out of control. I must ask what do the subjects of government paying property taxes, pasture land rental rates, and public hunting lands have to do with groundwater management?...