Stories from Friday, January 31, 2003

TRENTON -- District Judge John Battershell defined a "pusher" Thursday morning for the 42-year-old Trenton man he sentenced to prison on charges of distribution and possession of methamphetamine. "You say you don't consider yourself a pusher," Judge Battershell told Michael Kamery, who pleaded guilty in December to Class III and Class IV felony drug charges. "My definition of a pusher is someone who sells meth, this poison, to others."...

Dear Editor, When are the board members going to learn that we the people control (them) and (they) can be recalled at any time? So wake up and smell the roses, before it is to late as you well know, you also pay taxes. It is time that the schools control their spending (of) the tax payers money. Stop the waste and tell we the people, what, when, where and who is in charge of all the spending and where all the (money) in the past has gone...

As much -- or more -- than any person who ever lived in McCook, Myatt Volentine personified the word "entrepreneur." From the time he arrived in McCook in 1931 until he departed 30 years later, Myatt was a risk-taker, investing heavily in his automobile agency, real estate projects and oil development...

I read with amusement that the Nebraska delegates support Bush's message. It must have taken a lot of courage to come to that decision, kind of like a herd of sheep.

I just wanted to email and tell you thank you for including the column "Everyday Cheapskate" in the Gazette. I really enjoy this column and the many ideas that Mary Hunt shares with her readers! I have actually clipped out quite a few of these to save!...

Enjoys 'Cheapskate' I just wanted to email and tell you thank you for including the column "Everyday Cheapskate" in the Gazette. I really enjoy this column and the many ideas that Mary Hunt shares with her readers! I have actually clipped out quite a few of these to save!...

Dear Editor, When are the board members going to learn that we the people control (them) and (they) can be recalled at any time? So wake up and smell the roses, before it is to late as you well know, you also pay taxes. It is time that the schools control their spending (of) the tax payers money. Stop the waste and tell we the people, what, when, where and who is in charge of all the spending and where all the (money) in the past has gone...

Tina Budke and Jesse Pace of McCook annouce the birth of a daughter, Zoey Ann, born Saturday (Jan. 11, 2003). She weighed 6 pounds, 2.2 ounces. Grandparents are Blaine and Ann Budke of McCook and Robert and Joyce Pace of Cambridge.

Shaun and Cami Hesnault of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, Ava Lynn, born Monday (Jan. 13, 2003). She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents are Mike and Jayne Jonasen of McCook and Bill and Linda Hesnault of Ogallala. Great-grandparents are Willard and Evelyn Busler of Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilma Jonasen of Mitchell, S.D...

Two representatives of the Nebraska Attorney General's office were in McCook today to instruct law enforcement personnel and prosecutors on the correct procedure in search and seizure. Dave Arterburn and George Love of the attorney general's office in Lincoln, stressed the importance of following the letter of the law when it comes to search and seizure procedures...

Seven local entities have split more than $1.5 million from a trust fund, provided by the Myatt and Mary Genevieve Volentine. The organizations on the receiving end of $1,513,670 are Hillcrest Nursing Home, the Ed Thomas YMCA, the McCook Community College Foundation, the Community Hospital Health Foundation, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Memorial Methodist Church and St. Patrick's Catholic Church...

Since the next State of the Union Address is another year away, file this column away until next January. At that point, the following information will come in completely useful. Not surprisingly, two college students at Princeton University developed a drinking game to accompany the president's annual speech to the country...

Excuse me this week while I chop through my writer's block. Quite likely this is a lost cause. I have a blank canvas in front of me and I'm fresh out of fingerpaints. I have the big box of crayons and the crayon sharpener is broken and the only good one in the box is umber...