Stories from Thursday, September 17, 2009

April 20, 1933 - Sept. 11, 2009 LEXINGTON -- Harvey D. Hampton, 76, died Friday (Sept. 11, 2009) at his home in Lexington following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born April 20, 1933, in Mullen to Carlie and Cammie (Morrison) Hampton. He grew up in the Sandhills area. He settled in the Lexington area in the 1960s where he was a farm hand and mechanic for many area businesses...

April 29, 1931 - Sept. 15, 2009 Kenny Discoe of McCook was born at North Platte, Neb., on April 29, 1931, to Evangeline (Pattison) and Harry Kenneth Discoe of rural Brady. He died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at Community Hospital of McCook. He was 78 years old...

The children of Chuck and Marcia Druse are hosting an open house in honor of their parents 50th wedding anniversary. The open house will be Saturday, Sept. 26, from 2-4 p.m., at St. John's Catholic Parish Hall in Cambridge. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 72199 Rd 413, Cambridge NE 69022...

The McCook Bison will hit the reset button for the 2-1 Scottsbluff Bearcats in Scottsbluff Friday night. The Bison will make the 262 mile trek to the panhandle of Nebraska with the sting of a 48-10 loss to Aurora fresh in their minds. About Scottsbluff...

The McCook Community College dropped three straight games 14-25, 17-25, 14-25 to Central Community College Wednesday at True Hall Gymnasium. The Indians record is 2-12 for the 2009 season. "We struggled with serve receive versus Central CC," said Indian coach Michelle Reiners...

Sen. Max Baucus of Montana has introduced a health care bill designed to gain enough support to pass the senate, but no Republicans and not all Democrats have signed on as yet. The main thing missing that President Obama might like is a government option for heath insurance; the bill does include nonprofit insurance cooperatives in every state, something the Congressional Budget Office said "seems unlikely to establish a significant market presence in many areas of the country."...

As per my article of April 29, of this year, I am again soap-boxing for industrial hemp. There are thousands of uses for it, including everything from biofuels to building materials. Namely, a couple of uses are for making the best kind of rope there is and some car makers use it in some of their cars. A very important additional use is making making paper, as I said before...

Time for a change. With the kind of weather we have been having here in Southwest Nebraska lately, it is time to change from T-shirts and shorts to longer sleeved shirts and longer pants. It is also time for a change of seasons. Autumn will start officially on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 3:19 p.m. MDT. That is the time the sun will cross the equator traveling south...