Stories from Thursday, April 14, 2011

Jan. 7, 1922-April 12, 2011 HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- Memorial services for Edward D. Harris will be conducted from the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege on Monday, April 18, 2011, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Tom Gopp officiating. Private family inurnment is at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege prior to the memorial service...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska -- It's springtime in Nebraska -- is there any doubt Mother Nature is in charge? An unfavorable weather forecast for Wednesday, April 13, helped McCook Community College and Western Nebraska C.C. officials move up the scheduled nine-inning Empire League contest between the two baseball teams one day. MCC took the long trip to Scottsbluff 24 hours earlier than originally scheduled, and the Indians came home Tuesday night with a 7-4 victory...

What's the old saying about Nebraska weather -- if you don't like it, wait 10 minutes and it will change? Mother Nature is offering her usual spring influence on outdoor athletic events. The cold, rainy and snowy forecast in the next 24 hours helped local officials alter sports schedules for McCook High School and McCook Community College athletic teams...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College board of governors unanimously approved the construction of an events center in McCook during a monthly meeting at McCook Community College. "We've finally arrived," said Dr. Michael Chipps, taking the podium following a ring of applause and standing ovation in support of the boards vote. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook, Nebraska, High School students will have a new heating system this winter, and air conditioning -- yes, AC -- next spring. At their monthly meeting Monday evening, board of education members accepted a proposal from Siemens Industry Inc. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Director of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Bob Houston lauded the McCook Work Ethic Camp as the model for the state's community centers at the WEC quarterly meeting at the Chief Restaurant in McCook this morning...

Major decisions will always have their critics, but the Mid Plains Community College board of governors was spot-on in its unanimous vote to proceed with two major projects Wednesday night. Yes, Nebraska and the nation face an unprecedented time of uncertainty, but the future has never been a sure thing...

At last! What we of the astronomical persuasion have been waiting for. The ringed planet Saturn is at last in the evening sky. When last we saw our giant friend he was leaving the evening sky heading for a trip around the far side of the sun. He was also displaying a rather flat ring plane which means we were viewing them almost edge-on and couldn't see them...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The controversial bill that sought to remove ethanol labels from fuel pumps, LB 698, was killed by Senator Mark Christensen this week. He told members of the McCook Chamber of Commerce, during his Thursday morning conference call at the Keystone Business Center, that he was disappointed with the ethanol industry...