Stories from Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Feb. 16, 1915 - Feb. 24, 2007 WRAY, Colo. -- Alice Lucille Black, 92, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2007) at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colo. She was bom Feb. 16, 1915, in Prairie View in Phillips County, Kan., to Mirium and Lillie May (Kappers) Randolph...

July 22, 1909 - March 5, 2007 ARAPAHOE?-- Otto George Haussler, 97, died Monday (March 5, 2007) at the Cozad Community Hospital. He was born July 22, 1909, north of Holbrook, to Carl and Mary (Huxoll) Haussler, He grew up on the family farm north of Holbrook...

A McCook woman is helping others step back into time, one sip at a time. And the dwelling of legendary senator is lending a hand. Sen. George Norris's former home, a Nebraska state historical site since 1968, has become the historical backdrop for Dawna Bates' "Tea With Thee" tea parties, where peals of laughter and the smell of baking scones now emanate through the rooms...

Twenty years after playing golf for McCook Community College, Ron Cash is returning to McCook as the golf professional at Heritage Hills Golf Course. Cash has agreed to terms with the Heritage Hills board and will begin his duties here in the middle of the month...

March -- with St. Patrick's Day in a couple of weeks, "the luck o' the Irish" can come to mind. Regardless of our heritage, however, "luck" is a fleeting thing, especially if we have a gambling problem. For more than 42,000 people in Nebraska, in fact, the pursuit of "luck" has turned into a serious problem with grave consequences...

I'm just going to say this about that and nothing further. It isn't worth my energy. It isn't worth my time. Eyewitness testimony bears out the proof of the resurrection. And the commitment of those eyewitnesses to that truth is unparalleled. Eyewitness testimony. "I was there. This is what I saw."...