Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2002

TRUKEE, Calif. -- Dale and Rose (Weskamp) Sunnergren of Trukee, Calif., announce the birth of their daughter, Deanna Rosalie, on Tuesday (April 9, 2002). She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Grandparents are Ed and Gini Sunnergren of Sparks, Nev., and Rosalie Weskamp of McCook...

You won't find many of us complaining about a thunderstorm -- especially when its accompanied by a significant rain. McCook is still more than three inches below normal in precipitation for this year alone, not to mention leftover shortages from the past three years...

Dear Editor, When did Judge Cheney pass away? I knew him when I lived in McCook and always visited with him when I would return for a visit with family and friends. How long will his name headline your Web site? I enjoy "reading" the Gazette every morning. I don't know if there are many left who knew me when I shined shoes at Bert Pouch - Fred Schneider barber shop in the very early '30s...

Dear Editor, In my weekly raids on the trash dumpsters, I have found a new use for paper. Mixing 16 pounds of dirt and eight pounds of paper with a gallon of water, using a power drill and a one-inch wood drill bit, mixes the goo in about five minutes. ...

If you have ever had this happen to you in real life, you can see how those kids reacted as they did. It is horrible. If respected people like a policeman and a teacher and principal told you this, you could never trust them again. Death is something that is real and final. It should not be used in this manner. You made a lasting impression on these kids...

To measure the pulse of any company, large or small, don't go to the board room. Bypass the president's office, the reception desk, and the fancy front lobby. The heartbeat of any workplace is the employee break room. Over the past 25 years, I've sat in quite a few. Most share some common features...