Stories from Tuesday, September 19, 2006

OGALLALA -- McCook High School junior Justine Hager claimed third-place medalist honors Monday at the Ogallala Invitational girls golf tournament. Hager posted a 47 on the front nine and a 43 on the back nine for a 90 on the West Wind Golf Course in Ogallala...

July 13, 1924 - Sept. 17, 2006 TRENTON -- Georgia Marie Adamson, 82, died Sunday (Sept. 17, 2006) at her residence west of Trenton. She was born July 13, 1924, at Bartley to Aaron Fremont and Anna D. (Reese) Ohlson. She grew up in the Hayes Center Community whre she graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1942. She later graduated from McCook Junior College and the Parks Business College in Denver, Colo...

Aug. 20, 1920 - Sept. 18, 2006   PALISADE?-- Kathryn Jessen 86, died Monday (Sept. 18, 2006).    She was born Aug. 20, 1920, to William C. and Josephine (Gammon) Kieffe at Crawford. She graduated from Chardon High School in May 1938 and attended nursing school in Alliance. She moved to Idaho in the 50s and pursued her career in nursing, graduating in 1958. She worked as a nurse in many different hospitals and nursing homes...

Alexander Tate Hallowell, infant son of Robert Tate and Celeste Rael (Jordan) Hallowell died Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. Preceding him in death were his paternal great-grandmother, Sissy Jordan and paternal great-grandparents, Edna Hallowell and Steve Phillips...

April 20, 1925 - Sept. 22, 2006 OXFORD -- Dickey Lee Cook, 81, died Saturday (Sept. 16, 2006) at his residence in Oxford. He was born April 20, 1925, at St. Francis, Kan., to Ross Theron and Carroll Georgia (Bear) Cook. The family moved to Oxford where they farmed. They later moved to McCook...

Avery and Evelyn Winters will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married on Sept. 20, 1941. Their children are Carol, Dick, Ken, Linda, Peggy and Scott.

A large crane, right, sets the new therapy pool into its foundation at Community Hospital on Monday. The seven-and-a-half-foot by 14-foot HydroWorx therapeutic pool and aquatic center are part of the new Rehabilitation Center construction in front of the hospital. ...

A convenience store and quilt shop will be opening soon, after the McCook City Council gave their approval Monday night, and parking was approved at a new location for an eye clinic. John Nothnagel, president of the C.T. Jewel Co., requested a liquor license for "Hi Times Liquor Mart," a convenience store he plans to open at 502 East B...

Deadlines were extended for work being done on two city projects, but one councilman warned that a dangerous precedent was being set. "What's the point of having a contract if you don't abide by it?" Councilman Jim Kenny asked. Extending completion dates without any penalties is sending the message to other contractors that it's okay to go over deadlines in McCook, he told the council...

McCook Public Schools board of education purchased a 2001 Blue Bird LTC40 over-the-road activities coach bus during a special meeting Monday evening. The bus will be purchased for $142,850 from Master's Transportation of Kearney, with sets a value of $28,000 on the schools' trade-in of one of its two 2004 14-passenger Ford Collins 14-passenger Type A buses. McCook and Bison graphics will be applied to the new bus for $1,000...

Water users in McCook will see another break in in their water bills -- they will not have to pay the $1 increase in the monthly ready-to-serve-fee, originally planned for October. Councilman Phil Lyons made the motion Monday night at the City Council meeting to drop the $1 increase, that was up for its final approval along with the amended two percent water rate increase. This was seconded by Councilman Aaron Kircher and unanimously approved by the council...

McCook Public Schools' board of education unanimously approved a 2006-2007 budget of $21,359,169.50, a total tax request of $4,933,316.72 and a tax levy of $1.191555 at a special board meeting Monday evening. The total tax request includes $489,172 ($200,000 for the bond principal and $289,172 for bond interest) for the bond fund to pay on the expansion and remodeling of North Ward Elementary. The levy for the bond fund will be $0.139115...

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Dear Editor, I am a church person, a person of faith. But I don't think the U.S. needs a government that rules as if it were the voice of God. This nation's constitution was written partly in order to help us avoid that problem -- the problem called theocracy...

Dear Editor, The Crusades were not acts of unprovoked aggression by Europe against the Islamic world, but a delayed response to centuries of Muslim aggression. It is time to acknowledge this fact and not coddle or apologize to the Islamo-fascists for preventing them from taking over Europe after they had invaded other non-Muslim lands and brutally conquered them...