Stories from Thursday, January 3, 2002

Like many Internet sites, McCook Daily Gazette's Web site, http://mccookgazette.com, features an instant poll. There's nothing scientific about it, other than visitors can vote only one time per day. While some of the questions concern important issues, many of the questions are designed as much for fun as to provoke thought...

Dear Editor, One morning my wife and I were standing in our living room, looking out through our picture window into the field across the road. Suddenly she said, what is that animal over there? Being blessed with farsightedness I looked and I said, its a lion. ...

That hacking you hear coming from my work space here at the McCook Daily Gazette means I'm not immune to the flu and all the nasty stuff that accompanies it (and no I don't have anthrax). That also means I'm highly susceptible to "Big Red Fever." Since I'm from Kansas, I was worried about this...

If there's one thing I really enjoy about this job, it's the opportunity to spread my wings and expand my horizons. I know I've done a little complaining about the sports desk, but I have found an occasion or two to actually enjoy it. One such occasion was watching the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Day...

Pansy I. Milleson LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Pansy I. Milleson, 88, formerly of McCook, died Dec. 13, 2001. She was born Feb. 18, 1913, at Oberlin to James and Myrtle (Baugher) Milleson. She was raised in the Oberlin and McCook area, and graduated from McCook High School in 1932...