Stories from Thursday, October 31, 2002

Rawlins County residents will decide whether to approve a 14-cent mill levy to finance their hospital and Rawlins County and Decatur County voters will vote yes or no to allow liquor by the drink, when they go to the polls Tuesday. In a state-wide race, Connie Morris of St. ...

Dear Editor: There have been some concerns expressed relating to the elimination of the Agriculture Mechanics Technology Major at NCTA. The State-wide Advisory Council consisting of approximately 55 members, agricultural leaders across the State of Nebraska, feel responsible to address some concerns expressed about NCTA and its leadership...

When Legislative Bill 108 passed in the mid-1990s, hopes rose for resolving many of the water issues in Nebraska. But -- very quickly -- it became apparent that wasn't going to happen. "The problem was that there were too many 'should do's" instead of 'must do's' in the law," said Claude Cappel of McCook, an irrigator with a long-standing interest in water matters...

EDISON - Ag Valley Co-op, of Edison, has been named Nebraska's CyberDealer Award winner for 2002. Winners were selected Oct. 1 in Maple Park, Ill., at Hintzsche Fertilizer, winner of the 2001 National CyberDealer Award. In its second year, the CyberDealer Awards, sponsored by Syngenta and CyberDealer Magazine, seek to honor farm supply retailers that use e-business technology to better serve their customers and the industry. ...

Pam Logsdon of Trenton is searching for her son and asks for the help of Southwest Nebraska in locating him. Jesse Golding, 17, was last seen at his home in Trenton on Aug. 13, 2002. He left in a green, 1994 Pontiac Grand Am with the Nebraska license plates of 67-A468. He may be in the Ravensdale, Wash., area...

Gov. Mike Johanns, Sen. Chuck Hagel and other Republican candidates will visit McCook on noon Monday as part of a two-day, 14-city campaign fly-around of the state. Constitution officer candidates John Gale, Kate Witek, Lorelee Byrd and Jon Bruning will also participate in the campaign swing...

A Hixson Construction crane lifts rafters into place at the America Recycles Day project house at 902 Norris in McCook. Contractor Tim Gilpin said the rafters are manufactured by Louis-iana Pacific, a company that maintains certified sustainable forests, which means when one tree is harvested, many more trees are planted. ...

NORTH PLATTE -- The Mid-Plains Community College Area Board of Governors will hold its next Board Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Wigwam Student Union on the McCook Campus beginning at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will serve as both the October and November meetings, after the Oct. 23 meeting was postponed due to inclement weather...

A stack of laughing Halloween pumpkins decorates a yard in Hayes Center. Halloween oranges and yellows complement fall colors on trees and bushes and flowers for today's spooky holiday.

While the two candidates for Mid Plains Board of Governors agree on several issues, Roger Wilson and incumbent Dale Poore disagree on one point. The two have different view points on the management techniques they'd like to see employed by the Board...

My husband often says I come off as a "tough old broad," but the fact is I'm a real scaredy-cat. Ever since I was six and my sister, Linda, walked me past an abandoned house in Cambridge and told me the story of the young woman who had been murdered and beheaded in that very house, I've been afraid of my own shadow...

It's not official yet, but our local institute of higher learning will change its name back to a much simpler and much more logical "McCook College." The name change will be voted on Nov. 13. The reason behind this change is because the school offers four-year school credit...

PALISADE -- Dale A. Pugh, 83, died Wednesday (Oct. 30, 2002) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was born Dec. 2, 1918, at Madison, to Blaine Albert and Grace Lucinda (Young) Pugh. He attended rural school near Palisade. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1945, and served during World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1946...