Stories from Friday, March 12, 2004

LINCOLN -- Low-level nuclear waste dump: Not in my back yard? Not so fast, said Sen. Tom Baker; let's think about it again. Rushing between a reception put on by the Nebraska Medical Association and a final reading on the legislative floor, Sen. Tom Baker took time for his weekly teleconference call to the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday morning...

Trojans advance to Class C-2 state semifinals LINCOLN -- The free throw line was a good friend for the Cambridge Trojans in their come-from-behind 54-47 win over the Sutton Mustangs in the first round of the Nebraska Class C-2 state boys basketball tournament Thursday...

Longhorns fall to Kearney Catholic in first round of C-1 state tourney LINCOLN -- An off-shooting day and turnover problems plagued the Chase County-Imperial Longhorn boys basketball team in their 61-47 loss to the Kearney Catholic Stars in the first round of the Nebraska Class C1 state basketball tournament at Pershing Auditorium on Thursday...

June 21, 1920-Feb. 22, 2004 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Kjell Axelson, 83, died Feb. 22, 2004, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was born June 21, 1920, to Carl and Amanda (Hermansen) Axelson in Oslo, Norway. The family moved to America in 1925 and made their home in McCook. He graduated from McCook High School in 1938...

The Don Reiners family of rural Indianola performs the spring chore of branding and vaccinating new calves, in the warm sunshine Tuesday. "I'm on spring break," Michelle, a student at Chadron State College, laughed. Her brother, Joe, of Omaha, chimed in, "I'm on vacation from my job." Joe branded and Michelle shoved, while their dad, Don, vaccinated and ran the ear-tagger; their grandfather, Howard Roth, tied up the calves' back legs; and their mother, Lois, kept the records. ...

So what do you think? Should a low-level nuclear waste facility be built in Nebraska? The issue has arisen again because Nebraska is facing payment of a $151 million judgment due to its failure to build a nuclear waste dump in the early 1990s. The state had been called upon to build the dump by a multi-state compact of states, but did not do so because of opposition in Boyd County and refusal to do so by then Gov. Ben Nelson...

**Dear Editor, What a shame to destroy such a part of the history of the community of Indianola "Making room: Indianola buildings to give way to community's new fire station." I grew up in Indianola and my dad worked in the old post office building on the corner. I'll miss seeing the "old friends" when we are back to visit!...

Feb. 21, 1942-March 10, 2004 HOLDREGE -- Ethel Louise Bradley, 62, died Wednesday (March 10, 2004) at Holdrege Memorial Home in Holdrege. She was born Feb. 21, 1942, to Reg and Minnie (Kporf) Broome in Perry, Mich. The family made their home in Buffalo, N.Y., where she attended school...

The family of Betty Keating is hosting an open house in honor of her 100th birthday, Sunday, 2-4 p.m., at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born March 17. She has one son and one daughter. Cards of congratulations will reach her at El Dorado Manor, Trenton, NE 69044...

Responses to last week's question about the Church on the Hill came in fast and furious. It turns out that the church, located off of Highway 89 between Lebanon and Wilsonville, is a house church, much like those described in the Book of Acts in the New Testament, located in the home of Pam and Gary Frecks...

March 5, 1929-March 12, 2004 CAMBRIDGE -- Charles J. "Bud" Clapp, 75, died today (March 12, 2004) in Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. He was born March 5, 1929, to Charley and Chrisinthia (Balius) Clapp in McCook. He grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1947...

IMPERIAL -- Goldie Weiss, 97, died Wednesday (March 10, 2004) at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home in Imperial. Survivors include a daughter, Amy Jo Monasmith and husband, Don of Imperial; daughter-in-law, Ann Weiss of Imperial; brother, Richard Sitzman of Lincoln; sister-in-law, Lucille Weiss of Imperial; 10 grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, 12 step-great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren...