Stories from Saturday, June 9, 2007

CURTIS -- The Middle Republican Natural Re-sources District Board of Directors will be asked Tuesday to finalize an agreement with local irrigation districts that will buy surface water for $8.6 million, at its regular meeting in Curtis, 7:30 p.m., at the American Legion building...

Our apologies to anyone who has dealt with our automated telephone system after business hours, but we hope the Red Willow County Courthouse doesn't go to an automated answering service. That's one of the proposals before the Red Willow County commissioners on Monday, and one of the others is to hire a courthouse receptionist...

In keeping with the Buffalo Story Telling Festival, I am presenting a true story from my childhood. You see I grew up on a farm just south of McCook in a community of ethnic German people. Our neighbors had family names of Uhrich, Troop, Huff, Kisker, and Lauer to name a few...

I ended last week's column explaining how Norm and I almost got trapped in a parking garage in downtown Denver after the Rockies-Cardinals baseball game. Fortunately we escaped and headed west to find a room for the night and a good meal before we went to Red Rocks for the Chris Isaak-Stevie Nicks concert. We found a place to hang our hats just a few miles east of Red Rocks in a conclave recessed from the thoroughfare that also included the Lone Star Steakhouse and a Village Inn restaurant...