Stories from Thursday, April 11, 2002

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to write in answer to Cliff Lord's article of April 8. How dare Ben Nelson find fault with our faultless one? Actually, I am glad Ben finally mustered enough nerve to stop pretending to be a conservative, in order to keep the Republican vote. I, for one, agree with Ben...

There's nothing like the smell of horse sweat and wet leather. Horses and saddle makers really ought to bottle it. They'd be rich. Smells are haunting, evocative. "Oh, remember ... " Riding every summer evening along the cool, shadowed river. That silly gray mare just followed her head; we wandered here and there and here .....

Dear Editor, Do other people feel as frustrated about the County's business practices as I do? Here are three examples of their dealings: Last spring the County Commissioners issued requests for bids to purchase a new piece of road equipment. They spelled out the exact specifications...

A few days ago, the Gazette's office manager asked a group of us in the newsroom if we would like to join her for a golf tournament. "I'd rather go cow-tipping," I told her when it was my turn. Her look of utter confusion and shock made me realize: 1) that she was not familiar with the unsanctioned sport of cow-tipping and 2) that she has missed three previous columns where I discussed the ancient sport...

Bradley King, 50, of McCook died Tuesday, (April 9, 2002) at Rochester, Minn. He was born March 21, 1952, to Bernard (Bud) and Gertrude (Clapp) King in McCook. Brad graduated from Bartley High School in 1970, and went on to graduate from the Vocational-Technical College of Sidney, Neb. He was employed by the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad for 29 years...

LINCOLN -- Esther Ruth McLeland, 82, died Thursday (April 4, 2002) at the Village Manor Home in Lincoln. She was born Aug. 10, 1919, at Culbertson to Jacob and Katherine (Kissler) Frick. She graduated from Culbertson High School in 1937. On July 17, 1938, she married Lester Roy McLeland at Oberlin. They spent their married lives in McCook where she was employed in retail sales and later as a dental assistant. She moved to Lincoln in 1996...

Carla Ann Solomon, 43, died Wednesday (April 10, 2002) at her home in McCook. She was born June 10, 1958, to Richard and Twyla (Hall) McClung in Anadarko, Okla. She grew up in Nevada and Idaho before graduating from St. Anthony High School at St. Anthony, Idaho in 1976. She graduated from Idaho State University and began teaching elementary education in Culbertson...