Stories from Thursday, November 8, 2007

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Trojans' football team certainly is thinking championship again after dominating at the state playoffs this year with an undefeated season. It has been since 2005 that the football team won the state championship. Coming off an 11-0 season, the Trojans head to the Nebraska Class C-2 semifinals against the Blue Hill Bobcats (11-0) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Clint John Field in Cambridge...

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Trojans will make their fifth trip to the state volleyball tournament Friday with the No. 3 seed in Class C-2. The Trojans come into Friday's first-round match against No. 6 seed Perkins County with a 24-3 record. The match starts at 1 p.m. at the Waverly High School gymnasium...

The children of Elmo and Minnie Sughroue are hosting a card shower and open house in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. The open house will be Saturday, Nov. 10, from 1-2 p.m., at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 40430 Rd 714, Bartley, NE 69020...

CURTIS -- Sherry Gordon of Wellfleet had a problem two years ago with no solution: too many wild cats. "My shed was overrun with animals and I couldn't pinpoint where they came from," Gordon stated. Sherry shared her frustrations with her friend at the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah. Through this conversation, Gordon learn-ed about a program Best Friends had called "Trap, Neuter, Return."...

One of the original proposals for dealing with the Republican River water shortage was transferring water from the Platte River basin to send to Kansas. That idea didn't make it into LB701, but Republican River Natural Resources Districts were given the power to levy taxes and impose irrigation fees, with an eye toward increasing water flows...

The labels show ice-capped mountains, a palm-shrouded hibiscus, or a deer's silhouette -- outdoorsy images calculated to appeal to health-conscious consumers. Over the past decade, consumers have bought that image, as sales of bottled water tripled in the United States. Americans now drink more bottled water than milk or coffee...

Your story about the woman missing smelt from her Japanese homeland ran in today's Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star. A man named Harold Proctor called and said his dad used to catch smelt in Sandy, Ore., and Portland, Ore. He said they could actually scoop the smelt up in nets because they were in schools are were small. Obviously, Oregon is a ways to go for smelt, but they can be found in the U.S. on the west coast...

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you have probably heard mention of the writers' strike. Some people might consider it the end of the world, my husband being one of them. I, however, hope it continues for at least the next three years...

CULBERTSON -- A Culbertson man has opened a broker service for the newest hot commodity - water. Bill Barger announced the formation of Nebraska Water Broker LLC, that will broker the sale of water allocations between irrigators in the Middle Republican Natural Resources District...

City water users sometimes complain about high water bills but Kurke Curl of McCook has them all beat - he received a bill this month for $19,000. The bill included $1,003 in tax and 999,000 gallons of water used. Although he has three properties, two in the city and one on Ravenswood Road, the bill was for the residence on the Ravenswood Road only...