Stories from Wednesday, January 9, 2002

During the past several years, it has become apparent that the McCook Municipal Swimming Pool needs attention. There are leaks in the 64-year-old plumbing system and the bathhouse does not meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Seeing that something needs to be done, the McCook City Council has started setting aside funds for future action. Currently, there is $62,000 in the reserve, with another $350,000 raised through sales tax collections...

Dear Editor, I read with dismay that the City Council has decided that water rates need to increase by $25 per month. Aren't the council members smart enough to realize that poor people don't have an extra $25 a month for them to fritter away on pipe dreams?...

Call waiting can often seem a rude interruption to a private conversation, but it inched open a gate to reconciliation one day last summer. The original phone call had been made in celebration of a much-hoped for baby for my husband's niece, Shannon...

Allen W. Carlson OMAHA -- Allen W. Carlson, 75, formerly of McCook, died Monday (Jan. 7, 2002) at his residence in Omaha. He was born March 7, 1926, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arvid and Ruth Carslon; and his wife, Betty...

Clair E. Laidig M.D.F.A.C.S. SEATTLE, Wash. -- Dr. Clair Eugene Laidig, 73, died Saturday (Jan. 5, 2002) in Seattle. He was born July 23, 1928, at Danbury and graduated from Danbury High School in 1947. He attended Doane College and Northwestern Medical School were he earned his medical degree...