Stories from Friday, August 9, 2002

A cold front which began moving through the area Thursday afternoon caused injuries in Chase County, destroyed buildings in Hayes County and brought tree damage to Red Willow County. In Chase County, two men were struck by lightning at about 2:45 p.m. (MDT) Thursday afternoon while working in a cattle corral north of Wauneta for Maddux Cattle C0...

Dear Editor, I am responding to recent articles which appeared in newspapers across the country concerning the conflict in the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod over a prayer service in Yankee Stadium at the time of the destruction of the Trade Towers...

As almost every family can tell you, it's tough to cut back on expenses. If family members didn't need or want things, they wouldn't have spent the money in the first place. So how are they going to cut back? And, if they do, which family members are going to have to make the biggest sacrifices?...

Dear Editor, Bible prophecy is history written in advance. Who but the great God who works all things after His will, who knows the beginning from the end, could tell us exactly, precisely what is going to happen in the future? Revelation ch. 1:1, "This is the revelation of Jesus Christ (His unveiling of the divine mysteries), God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. ...

Shirley Peters has been trapshooting for 11 years, firing in excess of 50,000 shells through her Browning BT99+ shotgun. Her years of practice and love of the sport are finally paying off. Shirley brought home the 2002 Handicap Championship Lady trophy from the state competition in Doniphan June 30...

The McCook Junior High will hold an orientation program for students that will be attending the junior high for the first time. Students that will be in 7th grade during the 2002-2003 school term this schedule: Wednesday 9 a.m. -- All 7th graders with last names A through F...

LINCOLN -- Two million dollars of Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds are being directed to 16 Nebraska counties recently declared as disaster areas by USDA Secretary Ann Veneman, according to a Natural Resources Conservation Service official here. Landowners will have from Aug. 5 until Aug. 16, 2002, to apply for these funds...

The agenda for the Monday meeting of the McCook Public Schools board of education includes discussion of the food service contract and substitute teacher certificates for the 2002-2003 school year. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the junior high conference room...

Free T-shirts will be given to everyone who volunteers to give blood on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 21-22, at the Community Building at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in McCook. "Starve a mosquito: Give Blood" is emblazoned on the shirts. The sessions are set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, and noon to 6 p.m. thursday. Appointments can be made by calling (308) 345-4473...

Just look around you and most of the time it's not too hard to figure out the season, the holiday, the event approaching. Christmas lights? I'll give you three guesses and the first two answers are wrong. Kids walking down the street with a towel wrapped around their necks? A sure bet it's the middle of summer. ...

OBERLIN -- Edith M. Richards, 99, died Thursday (Aug. 8, 2002) at the Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born March 20, 1903, to Boyd Allen and Nora (Cody) Holliday in Decatur County. She attended school in Bellville, Kan. until third grade and then moved to Cedar Bluffs...

BARTLEY -- Vernon L. Rosier, 88, died Wednesday (Aug. 7, 2002) at his home in Bartley. He was born Dec. 20, 1913, to Issac and Nellie (Karchner) Rosier near Wilcox. The family moved to Red Willow County in 1922. In 1940, he married Leona Wight at Maryville, Mo. The couple farmed north of Bartley, retiring in 1980. In 1990, the couple moved into Bartley...