Stories from Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Absentee ballots that were filled in with ink had to be reproduced by hand before new automated scanners could work, a county election official said. This was the first year ballots in Red Willow County were scanned at the Courthouse by the electronic M650 machine, according to County Clerk Pauletta Gerver said...

Bill Green of McCook casts his ballot in the primary election Tuesday. Green said he and his wife, Arlene, have missed voting in very few elections. "Voting's very important to me," Green said. "No. 1, I'm a Democrat. It's gotten so lopsided lately -- too many Republicans. I've always been Democrat. My folks were Democrats."...

Jan. 13, 1910 - May 9, 2006 Oberlin -- Dena Hartzog Gillespie, 96, died Tuesday (May 9, 2006) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Jan. 13, 1910, in Edmond, Kan. She was raised in Prairie View, Kan., and attended school at Luctor School in Prairie View...

Nov. 15, 1934 - April 25, 2006 Buffalo, Wyo. -- Marlene Ann Neleigh, 71, of Buffalo, Wyo., died of cancer, Tuesday (April 25, 2006), at her home. She was born Nov. 15, 1934, in Trenton, to Harry and Vadna (Cohrs) Buhler. She was raised and educated in Trenton, graduating in May 1952...

There will be plenty of time to analyze the meaning of Tuesday's election between now and the general election in November, but we hope one point is already apparent: Those who have been involved in the political process should keep involved. We hope that Tuesday was not the end of the road for Tom Osborne's involvement in steering public policy, as even GOP nominee Gov. Dave Heineman indicated in his victory speech...

Springtime has come to the Golden Plains and it is glorious. Mild temperatures, occasional rain, budding trees and growing gardens provide an abundance of evidence that we have traversed another dreary winter and summer is drawing nigh. Yet, even if that evidence went missing, there's another seemingly foolproof source. ...

Although Mark Christensen came in the for the 44th District Legislature race with 2,482 votes, only five votes separated Frank Shoemaker and Jeff Tidyman for second place, apparently setting up an automatic recount. Shoemaker came in at 2,239 votes and Tidyman at 2,234, with the top two candidates proceeding to the November election...