Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Parents will probably begin hearing first-hand about a remarkable art experience their school-age children have enjoyed. That should serve as a motive to make plans now to visit Artrain USA -- Artistry of Space, while it is still parked in the BNSF yards in McCook...

Dear Editor, March 20 is Ag Day and the week surrounding it is now known as Ag Week. There are those who presently speak of March as Ag Month. This is in recognition of the farmers and ranchers who produce our food in such remarkable variety. In the U.S. we buy food in clean markets, and the cost amounts to 11-12 percent of our expendable income annually...

Do you remember your high school prom? I remember shopping for a new dress and enjoying a nice dinner. I also remember being amazed at how a little black plastic and some Christmas lights could transform an ordinary gym into a glittering wonderland...

ARAPAHOE -- Roger Gene Felt was born on July 11, 1944, in McCook, Neb., to Glen Edward and Viola Edwina (Deselms) Felt. In August of the following year, his mother passed away and Roger, age 13 months, and two brothers, Walter James, age seven and Edward Eugene, age four, went to live with and be raised by their grandparents, Jim and Cora Felt...

IMPERIAL -- Alan Cleith Wagner, 19, died Saturday (March 16, 2002) of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born on Jan. 1, 1983, to Terry Wagner and Carol (Sines) Brown in Grant. He attended school in Lamar and Imperial. He graduated from Chase County High School in 2001. He had worked for Pribbeno Construction, Scott Neal of Imperial and, most recently, Valmont Industries of McCook...