Stories from Tuesday, February 5, 2002

Bureaucrats vs. business. It's a story as old as government. But is that all there is to the story of the Australian couple operating a doughnut shop in McCook? When friends and customers of the Oz-Tex coffee shop learned that owners Joy and Clive Curtis might have to close the shop and leave the country, they were outraged...

Dear Editor, I see some of the local wealthy head south every winter to get away from the cold and snow. Those of us on the bottom of the pay scale are not able to buy second homes on the Texas coast nor even own a motor home that can easily run tens of thousands of dollars. ...

I always considered opera the "spinach" of the arts. It was supposed to be good for me, but it was hard to choke down. Then one day I found myself driving along the highway, listening to public radio, liking opera. Not just liking it--enjoying it, savoring it, fully inhabiting the performance of it. How could such a miracle happen?...

Wilmer E. 'Will' Teel ASHLAND, Ky. -- Wilmer E. "Will" Teel, 58, died Tuesday (Jan. 22, 2002) at his home in Ashland, Ky. He was born May 20, 1943, to Earl F. and Clara (Hakel) Teel in McCook. He graduated from McCook High School in 1961. He attended McCook Junior College and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln...

Harley Jones CAMBRIDGE -- Harley Jones, 80, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at his home in Cambridge. He was born Nov. 22, 1921, to Arthur and Garnett (Moore) Jones in Weeping Water. He moved to the Cambridge area in 1941. On September 6, 1943, he married Marjorie Campbell...

Russel V. Vise BEAVER CITY -- Russel Vise, 94, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. He was born Nov. 9, 1907, to Samuel Lewis and Nancy Ann (Jones) Wise in Wilsonville. He went to country school. On Feb. 19, 1930, he married Helen Wiggens. He farmed south of Cambridge before moving to Cambridge in 1991. He moved to the Beaver City Manor in January...