Stories from Tuesday, July 28, 2009

After meeting with Judge Sonia Sotomayor, watching the confirmation hearings, reading her past judicial decisions, and carefully reviewing her overall record, I have decided I cannot support her nomination for the Supreme Court of the United States. She has good reason to be proud of a long career as a public servant. However, for the reasons detailed below, she will not have my vote...

Wasting taxpayer money is always a bad idea and wasting it for the wrong reason is even worse. Soldiers often face the "fog of war" on the battlefield. My simple gut check helps me see through the "fog of Washington." A Vote Against Wasteful Spending and for Our Troops...

July 5, 1917-July 26, 2009 MAYWOOD -- Ruby (Folkers) Kahler, 92, died Sunday (July 26, 2009). She was born July 5, 1917, near Angora, to Jaye and Mollie (Grove) Folkers. She spent her early years in Morrill County except for about three years that the family lived in Guernsey, Wyo. They returned to Morrill County in 1926. They later moved to Bridgeport. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1935. 
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By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor A road that goes nowhere, an argument that won't go away and a bridge that goes over a short-cut road are frustrating Red Willow County commissioners. Commissioners conducted a public hearing Monday morning to help them decide whether to close the east half of County Road 713, the one-mile-long two-track path south of Indianola that they left open a year ago so that landowner-farmer Stan Quigley can access his fields without crossing land owned by neighbor Phil Bamesberger. ...

Trenton Klimper, right, hopes to install a bronze war memorial created by Sondra Jonson, left, of Cambridge, as his Eagle Scout project. The McCook City Council has approved the Norris Park project, which will require about $6,000 total to complete. The pair posed at a recent open house at the Chief Motel...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Veldron Williams Hall knows the power of perseverance. Maybe she learned it as a 15-year old in 1935, when she hung on to wooden beams for 10 hours, while the swirling flood waters of the Republican River churned up to her knees...

Community theater tryouts for the fall production of "Harvey" will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the home of director Don Harpst, 505 N. Cherokee in McCook. There are roles for six men and six women in the cast. Producer and assistant director is Howard Kool Interested persons may call (308) 344-5303 or (308) 345-6367 for more information...

One fact that shouldn't be lost among the debate about healthcare reform that along with responsibility comes control. If we are going to give government the final responsibility for paying for health care, governmental control over our lifestyle choices will naturally gravitate in government's direction...

His name is Mark Cash and yes, he was related to the legendary singer Johnny! Mark was one of the very first persons that I taught to fly. He was a young Air Policeman at Otis AFB, located on Cape Cod just south of Boston, Mass. It was 1964 when our paths first crossed. ...

HAMLET -- The Hamlet Union Church is hosting a Born 2 Win women's conference a "women's super spa day for mind, soul and body," Saturday, at the church with registration beginning at 9 a.m. CT. Lunch will be provided and the conference should conclude at 2:30 p.m. CT...

Jan. 11, 1938 - July 27, 2009 CULBERTSON -- David Lawrence Heskett of Culbertson died Monday, July 27, 2009. He fought a fast moving cancer courageously over 10 months. He was 71 years old. David was born Jan. 11, 1938, at Goodland, Kan., to Ralph Merritt and Reatha Virginia (Townsend) Heskett...