Stories from Tuesday, October 2, 2001

Congratulations to the honorees, organizers and everyone else involved in this year's annual Heritage Days Celebration. It turned out to be a beautiful weekend, and a time for pride for everyone who took part. Heritage Days was a reminder of our leaders' exhortations to get back to as normal as possible a life following Sept. ...

Dear Editor, Soon we will be going to the polls to vote on the school bond issue. I am a grandmother of three who go to the McCook schools and I'm retired. The cost of living keeps going up and I could go on and on, and I'm sure there are many people who think it is a waste of money because they aren't directly involved. ...

Dear Editor, The past few months, two new grandchildren have been added to my family. A scrapbooking of each month's development revealed how each baby grew. The ultrasounds, tummy comparison sizes, pictures, showers and the deliveries really brought the support of all my daughters together. ...

Dear Editor, My first reaction upon seeing the picture in the Gazette last week of a workman scraping McCook Community College off a sign in preparation to changing it to Mid-Plains Community College Area McCook Campus was &*#**@. However, upon further reflection, it appears my disgust and anger should not be placed upon the administration or even the board of governors, but with the "One World" premise, or in this case "One College."...

Dear Editor, Phone calls from our dedicated election poll workers in Red Willow County have prompted me to write this letter in hope that questions about the appointments to the election boards for the special school bond election will be answered. Three poll workers for each of the precincts needed for the election have been appointed to work on the receiving boards. ...

Dear Editor, With the school bond issue vote near a lot of information is being put before us to help us vote YES. The new buildings as proposed cause me concern in several areas. 1. East Ward, as proposed will face East Sixth Street, which is a through street. ...

Like all Americans my age I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. It was unusually warm on that Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 . Some of my friends and I had just emerged from a matinee at the Plains Theater in Plainview...

Robert E. Bottrell BEAVER CITY -- Robert E. Bottrell, 66, of Beaver City, died Sunday (Sept. 30, 2001) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born June 25, 1935, at Oxford to Lyle and Edna (Carmean) Bottrell. He was a life long resident of Beaver City. He graduated from Beaver City High School with the class of 1953. At the time of his death he was employed by First State Bank at Beaver City, where he had worked for 46 years. He also drove a school bus for 32 years...

Conner Leach BEAVER CITY -- Conner Leach 80, of Beaver City, died Sunday (Sept. 30, 2001) at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. He was born Nov. 26, 1920, at Beaver City to Clyde Conner and Ethel (Ayars) Leach. He grew up in the Beaver City area, and graduated from Beaver City High School in 1939...