Stories from Saturday, October 22, 2005

An undercover investigator with the North Platte State Patrol office gave an insider's view of polygraph testing to a group of students at the McCook Public Library, and told them, "It doesn't matter how good a liar you are on the outside -- you can't control the changes on the inside."...

Searching for ways to keep their towns competitive, several towns in Southwest Nebraska are turning to sales taxes of 1 percent or less to finance their economic development efforts. The movement started in Curtis, with approval of a half-cent sales tax, and Beaver City, where a 1 percent sales tax won support. Now, a third Southwest Nebraska community, Cambridge, is going to the polls to decide whether to enact a 1 percent sales tax...

On behalf of the Fraternal Order of Eagles' 1.1 million members, I'm speaking out against atheist Michael Newdow's challenge to our nation's Pledge of Allegiance and am encouraging all Americans to stand together on this issue. Newdow seeks to exclude the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's numerous rulings that such an official acknowledgment of our nation's religious heritage, foundation and character is constitutional...

KEARNEY (AP) -- Scott Ohlson of Chase County-Imperial won the Class B boys race at the Nebraska state cross country race with a time of 16:56.75 Friday afternoon. Syracuse won the Class C boys team championship at the Kearney Country Club. Bishop Neumann won the Class C boys championship over Ainsworth, 38-58...

The McCook Community College volleyball team defeatedt Lamar College, Colo., 30-23, 33-31, 25-30,26-30,15-11 Friday night at True Hall Gymnasium. Kayla Laird had 49 set assists for the Indians. Lindsey Hartman had 4 kills, 14 digs 3 ace blocks and 4 ace serves...

ARAPAHOE -- Arapahoe's football team dominated Maxwell on Friday 48-0 in three quarters. The game ended early on the 45-point rule. Tony Braithwait started the first quarter with a 28-yard pass to Blake Maaske, with Tyler Hamel making the run. Adam Borden finished the first with a one yard run with just 1:28 left...

Cherry kicks school-record 52-yard field goal; Purvis runs for four TDs GRAND ISLAND -- The No. 1-ranked McCook High School football team started Friday night's game at Grand Island Northwest with a bang. Junior Josh Cherry boomed a 52-yard field goal in the first quarter to set a school record...

I used to hear the title of today's column or a derivation of the title used as a descriptive phrase a lot when I was growing up. If a teacher was "getting on" a student, someone would say that student was "really catching the dickens." I occasionally heard my relatives talk about some married man who stayed out too late or did something he shouldn't have done and that he "really caught the dickens" when he got home. ...