Stories from Monday, December 6, 2004

Much has already been written about the late Ron Coleman, by those much closer than we, but Saturday morning's memorial service at the McCook High School gymnasium spotlighted the important positive influence this man was able to have in those around him...

**Dear Editor, Lee Clapp was another city council member for women of the city council. Curt Freeman was the city manager when Lee was on the council. Approx. years 1982-84? **Steve Clapp McCook

**Dear Editor, As a federal taxpayer, I strongly feel Saddam Hussein should immediately be brought to justice. Exactly one year ago, the bad, evil, insane, enemy dictator, crazy, goofy, scum-bag, maggot was captured alive by our troops. Many of his friends, thugs, cronies, flunkies and at least two of his sons have been killed dead...

Friends and family celebrated the life Saturday morning of husband, father, teacher and coach Ron Coleman, who, at age 52, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, after an accident at his home in McCook. During a memorial service in McCook Senior High's gymnasium, about 1,500 people watched a slide show of photographs of Coleman, his friends, his family and his teams, and listened as speakers -- all close friends of Coleman -- tripped over their emotions, choked back their tears, cried, and laughed, and smiled as they remembered the man they called "Coach," "RC," or "Coley." ... ...

Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning approved a "letter of intent" to loan $300,000 to an aviation firm that plans to manufacture personal helicopter kits in McCook. The same "MOU" (memorandum of understanding) with Pawnee Aviation, of Longmont, Colo., has been approved by the board of directors of the McCook Economic Development Corp., which oversees applications to the county's revolving loan fund...