Stories from Friday, December 24, 2004

St. John's Ash Creek Lutheran Church, southeast of McCook, will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ during its 13th annual live nativity service on Christmas Eve, Friday, at 7 p.m., at the North Sale Barn in McCook. Performing will be the children of Mid-Week School and the adult choir. ...

We've been rushing around so frantically, trying to get all the presents bought and wrapped and all the Christmas goodies made and decorated. But now it's time to slow down, to mellow out. An appropriate turning point came Thursday morning when snow fell, gently blanketing the Great Plains with a glistening cover of white crystals...