Stories from Friday, November 17, 2006

After less than six months of the job, Tim Schwartz has resigned as the golf professional at Heritage Hills Golf Course. Schwartz, 35, said this morning that he is leaving McCook to join a golf management company in Denver. "It's a good opportunity," he said. "The company manages 52 golf courses in Colorado and Texas."...

Special to the Gazette   I am continually amazed how misunderstood the area and residents of the 3rd District are by the rest of the state, and major media outlets within the state, and the third district. Newspapers in both the primary and general elections, backed candidates whom were defeated, partially, in my opinion, because the endorsements of the papers showed a basic lack of knowledge of the district or the people who reside here...

Landon Mader waits in line with his mom, Crystal. Landon was dressed as an Indians and Anderson a pilgrim for McCook Elementary's third grade Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. Students could dress as Indians or pilgrims and treated parents and grandparents to the holiday meal. Landon is in Mrs. Johnson's class...

Pete Ricketts would have been better off keeping most of the $12 million of his own wealth he poured into his unsuccessfully Senate campaign, according to a panel of political and media experts. About half of the 55 television ads Ricketts ran were attacks on Sen. Ben Nelson, according to Nelson's camp...

Ten items or less: Anyone who has been outside the high school or around the YMCA when a football game is scheduled at Weiland Field has likely seen a few out-of-town cars circling the practice fields or driving aimlessly through the parking lots. The vehicle usually contains the parents of a player who has never attended a McCook game and doesn't know the game field is not located at the high school. ...

I say hats off to Esther Wissbaum of McCook for her very timely comments in the Monday, Nov. 13 paper under Letter to the Editor. It seems to be so popular to just grunt when someone says thank you. What happened to "please," "thank you," "yes sir," "yes ma'm" "no thank you," and a few of the little kindnesses that go unnoticed?...

March 5, 1925-Nov. 16, 2006 ARVADA, Colo. -- Francis M. "Mel" Eaton, 81, died Thursday (Nov. 154, 2006). He was born March 5, 1925, on a farm in Franklin County. He served in the Navy during World War II aboard the USS Thetis Bay (CVE90) in the South Pacific and was recalled to active duty during the Korean War and served aboard the USS Kishwaukee (AOG10) and the USS Catalpa (AN9)...