Stories from Thursday, March 25, 2004

Feb. 3, 1921-March 23, 2004 ATWOOD -- Irene M. (Fleischaker) Buk, 83, died Tuesday (March 23, 2004) at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born Feb. 3, 1921, to Matthias and Martha (Holle) Fleischacker in Ludell. On Dec. 27, 1949, she married George Weston Buk at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ludell. She was a resident of Atwood since 1954, moving from rural Herndon...

SCOTTSBLUFF -- The McCook Community College softball dropped both ends of a doubeleheader Wednesday to Western Nebraska. The twinbill was played at Scottsbluff. The Cougars defeated the Indians 8-0 in six innings in the opener and 15-7 in five innings in the nightcap...

NORTH PLATTE -- No more free tuition for people over 60, and younger people will pay more for their education as well, according to action by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors Wednesday night. The college is still competitive with other community colleges in the state, according to information supplied to the governors...

Family, friends and Nebraska dignitaries gathered Thursday afternoon to celebrate the life of Nebraska's former First Lady Maxine E. Morrison. During funeral services at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook, Mrs. Morrison was remembered for having the strength of steel and the softness of silk...

A move to transfer $260 million from the Highway Trust Fund to the state's general fund will most likely be blocked on the legislative floor. Nebraska Sen. Tom Baker told a group of McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee members this morning an amendment made by Sen. Kermit Brashear would take the money from the trust fund and the state would then issue 4 percent tax-free bonds for 15 years for interest totaling around $100 million...

Maury Green models his "Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (right photo) during dress rehearsal for the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association production of the same name, set to go on stage this weekend. The production has some of the most elaborate costumes and sets ever used by the group, and certainly the most colorful. ...

In this era of easy-to-get entertainment -- with radio and television only a click away -- it's refreshing to see the people of the McCook area combine their time and talents to produce a show as elaborate as "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."...

**Dear Editor: I would like to thank the parents of the ward PTO's and school officials for inviting my office to provide voter registration sites at Parent-Teacher Conferences last week. With the help of Martha Roe and Tom Bredvick arrangements were made for Deputy County Clerk Tami Teel and Brenda Hayes, along with the help of parent volunteers, to register voters at Central Elementary and the Junior High School on Thursday evening and Friday morning...

It came as quite a surprise to me a couple of weeks ago when I arrived home from Lincoln to see three little batches of crocuses popping up in my front yard. Spring is here -- and with it comes the spring yard cleanup and improvements. With that in mind, Brad, Jeremy and I decided to spend Sunday working in the yard...