Stories from Saturday, October 15, 2005

McCook Daily Gazette City Council members will consider an emergency item to purchase polyethylene piping for the waste collection and transfer system, at their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Council Chambers. Because the resins used in the plastic pipe come from Houston, and recent hurricanes have disrupted that supply, the plastic pipe market has become unstable...

John Hanson, one of seven candidates for Nebraska's 3rd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, stopped in McCook on Friday and outlined key issues of his campaign, which centered on agriculture reform, revitalization of rural communities, and entrepreneurship opportunities...

Modern medicine is one of the success stories of the 21st century, and medications are the treatment of choice. Symptoms of many maladies which once required surgery or were untreatable can now be improved through modern drugs. Read modern, expensive drugs, which many older Americans are unable to afford...

This hasn't been the best of years for the current national political leadership. In fact, it's been a very bad year. The President completely misread the public in regards to revamping Social Security and yet continued to press forward with his proposals because no one in his inner circle dared confront him with the truth, even though all the polls indicated a lack of support for his proposal. ...