Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Dear Editor: Congratulations to our County Commissioners for keeping their purchases local !!! These people should be commended for keeping our tax dollars in our community. I wish I could say the same thing for our City Council. I have kept quiet long enough about this because of the fear of being boycotted by our city...

We've said it once. We're going to say it again. Let's quit giving each other grief about the city's water situation. Instead, let's give all sides the benefit of the doubt, allowing them to explain their positions without resorting to personal attacks...

Perhaps, in order to understand who God is, we need to have a clearer understanding of who he is not. He is not "God in a box" where you wheel in and out of traffic and shout an order for a bacon double cheeseburger with extra mustard and no pickles, collect your cheeseburger in exchange for a few precious coins, and go on your merry way...

BOISE, Idaho -- Clarice A. (Frank) Quigley, 77, died Feb. 8, 2002, at a Boise, Idaho, hospital of pneumonia complications. She was born Sept. 8, 1924, at Beaver Crossing to Edgar and Ruby (Winters) Frank. The family moved to the Indianola area shortly after she was born. She attended Indianola schools, graduating in 1942...

COZAD -- Doris Swanson, 63, died Monday (April 8, 2002) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born April 23, 1938, at Stockville to Alva and Velma (Masters) Greenlee. She graduated from high school at the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis...

LINCOLN -- Esther Ruth McLeland, 82, died Thursday (April 4, 2002) at the Village Manor Home in Lincoln. She was born Aug. 10, 1919, at Culbertson to Jacob and Katherine (Kissler) Frick. She graduated from Culbertson High School in 1938. On July 17, 1938, she married Lester Roy McLeland at Oberlin. They spent their married lives in McCook where she was employed in retail sales and later as a dental assistant. She moved to Lincoln in 1996...