Stories from Friday, October 16, 2020

OGALLALA, Neb. — Nearly blowing a “tire” couldn’t even knock the McCook High girls off their course to an amazing B-4 district championship on Thursday. Team leader Sami Rodewald was zooming ahead like usual when she almost went halfway to becoming another barefoot runner like classic Olympian runner Zola Budd...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook senior Mason Michaelis lost only four games in four Class B state tournament wins capped with Friday's 6-1, 6-1 sweep of No. 2 singles foe Connor Barrett from Omaha Skutt Catholic. Michaelis finished 37-1 for the season while giving Barrett only his fifth defeat compared to 40 victories...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook senior Mason Michaelis mowed through this morning’s Class B semifinal just like his first two state tennis opponents on Thursday. The No. 1-seed Michaelis (36-1 record) knocked out Lincoln Christian No. 4 seed Daniel Bernhardson 6-1, 6-1, at Lincoln’s Woods Tennis Center...

91st birthday The family of Don Hein of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of his 91st birthday on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. You can send birthday wishes to 1603 West 3rd, McCook, NE 69001.

Oakland Collins Kennedy Tyler and Krista Kennedy of Indianola, Neb., announce the birth of their son, Oakland Collins Kennedy, who was born Sept. 21, 2020, in McCook, Neb. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long. He has two brothers, Sutton, 6 and Creighton, 4. Grandparents are Steve and Kerry McConville and Marsha and Mike Sides, all of Bartley, Neb., and Fred and Holly Kennedy of Indianola...

One of the best parts of writing this little column is the people I get to meet and the stories I get to share with my readers. Bette Rice touched base with me about a pioneer story by Ethel Lawton Cole, Pete Rice’s grandmother, which was printed in the Palisade Times, September 24, 1937. Bette gave me a copy of the story to share...

A look at the RPAC volleyball matches leading to Tuesday night’s championship at Southwest High School in Bartley: Monday EAST DIVISION At Cambridge Cambridge vs. Arapahoe, 4 p.m.; Southern Valley vs. Alma, 5:30 p.m.; winners meet at approximately7 p.m...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Sophomore Kiley Hejtmanek served 27 points while the 22-0 Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves swept through Sutherland 25-8, 25-10, 25-11 Tuesday evening. The Wolves’ awesome trio of Hejtmanek, Ashlin Broz and Lexi Wood — all sophomores did not miss one of their 53 serves during these three sets...

STAMFORD, Neb. — Southern Valley’s Clayton Berry and Brody Yant both caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Carter Bose in a 72-44 win over the Arapahoe Warriors Thursday night. However, it was a 3-0 turnover advantage which really broke open this battle between 4-3 area rivals...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Dundy County-Stratton Tigers left no doubt about being ready for playoffs with a 54-8 victory at Cambridge Thursday evening. DC-S finished the 7-0 regular season which featured nothing but dominant performances. The Tigers avenged their lone regular-season loss in 2019 against a talented Cambridge (3-3) team which was playing its first game in three weeks...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge’s Brenna Deterding won a top five place at the D-5 meet while Chase County’s Jordan Jablonski and Hitchcock County’s Chayse Keith also earned Class D state spots on Thursday. Deterding finished the Cross Creek course in 22:33.6 which secured her trip to Kearney Country Club next week...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Southwest will send two runners but the RPAC champion boys finished one spot from sending their lineup to state during Thursday’s tough D-5 district meet. Senior Jacob O’Dea placed second overall (17:45.31) behind North Platte St. Patrick champion Jarrett Miles (17:31), who’s a freshman...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to approve a daycare in a residential neighborhood, at the regular council meeting Monday, 5:30 p.m., at city council chambers at the McCook Municipal Building. The meeting Monday night will begin with a public hearing for a special exception sought by Lexis Jones and Courtney Williams (Project Sponsor) who want to open Chickadees Childcare at 910 West L. ...

In the midst of all the COVID-19 madness and the several false narratives circulating around the upcoming election, I have been reading that aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (AKA China) have been making increasingly provocative incursions into Taiwan’s airspace. ...

The McCook City Council has some important items on its agenda for Monday, but one item should be a slam-dunk. There should be no debate about supporting the McCook Chamber of Commerce’s proclamation urging citizens to follow public health recommendations to help keep our schools and businesses open...

Dennis Arp of Culbertson recently placed third in the Oklahoma Duck Stamp contest and won the Delaware Trout Stamp contest as well as taking honorable mention in the California Duck Stamp contest. Arp was a taxidermist for 30 years before selling his business, and only recently took up painting again...

McCOOK, Neb. — It was a family vacation in the 1950s that spurred the creation of the famous jiffy burger recipe. Gordon Sloggett of Stillwater, Okla., gets a kick out of the enduring legacy of the lowly jiffy burger, a secret sauce of mustard/mayonnaise/chopped dill pickle (?)served on top of seasoned hamburger in a bun. That’s because it was originally created at the Dairy Creme that his parents owned in McCook from 1950-57...