Stories from Thursday, November 7, 2002

Which structures in Red Willow County are historic? Which ones deserve to be recognized, restored and promoted? The Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey began the process of answering those questions, and the public will have a chance to learn, and comment on, the results of that survey later this month...

This year, it's not just government agencies that are feeling econmic budget crunches, individuals and families are also feeling the pressure. So the decision on where to send your contributions for charity may be a little bit more difficult this year...

Dear Editor: Tucked away in the past is a memory of our fifth-grade teacher in Denver telling us about an intriguing city known as Consantinople. Donald, a bright student who always seemed to know something about everything, quickly raised his hand and said, "It was called Istanbul by the Turks."...

Dear Editor: Good article. We have driven from Colorado to visit the Arch two times. The first time I had problems finding how to get there from I-80. In each instance, we stayed overnight in Kearney and took 5 meals there. The Arch, in my opinion, is the greatest display of the history of the development of the west. Just think--...

Dear Editor: First off, how did you decide to use the American Indian/Native American theme for your article? (Which Indian are your cheering for?, Renee Bottom, Tuesday, Nov. 5.) This article shows you to be very insensitive ..I'm truely trying to understand why a person would feel the need to insult the ways of another culture . We are still alive and very true to the ways of our traditions. To mock a culture without thinking of how we would feel is irresponsible. ...

Allen Wilkerson credits his internship with Lifeline Chaplaincy for teaching him the importance of an open-hearted ministry. Consequently, the newly-arrived evangelist at the McCook Church of Christ wants to "meet people where they are -- just as Jesus did."...

ATWOOD -- Atwood has been awarded a $181,700 "Downtown Revitalization" grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. The Rawlins County Square Deal reports 20 business owners are committed to spending a matching $181,700 in private funds to improve their properties...

Offensive lineman Ryan Farrell (No. 74) clears the path for Ben Klug, in a first-round Class B playoff battle Wednesday against the Hastings Tigers. McCook won 34-7 and goes on to face Crete at Doane College at 4 p.m. Monday in quarter-final action...

Have you heard the latest? It seems the United States Government is now going into the beer making business. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning to give the beer industry a $300,000 grant to make beer more consistent tasting. Beer makers will be using that money to find out why beer changes flavors depending on what time of the year it's made. They will then look at ways to address that problem...

BEAVER CITY -- Cindy Sue Bieghler, 46, died Friday (Nov. 1, 2002) in a two-vehicle accident near Monroe. She was born June 22, 1956, to Harold and Elsie (Krei) Rohde at Norfolk. She grew up at Randolph, graduating from Randolph Public School in 1974. She graduated from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion in 1978. She had a double endorsement in math and Spanish with minors in education and social sciences...

TRENTON -- George E. Brown, 93, died Monday (Nov. 4, 2002) at Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. He was born July 1, 1909, at Culbertson, to Leroy J. and Bertha (Gose) Brown and moved with his family at an early age to their farm southeast of Trenton. He attended country school on their farm and later attended Trenton High School...

NORCATUR -- Leon Wood, 80, died Monday (Nov. 4, 2002) at the Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born June 28, 1922, to Joel Chester and Ruth Ann (Rankin) Wood in Caldwell County, Mo. He was raised in Missouri and attended high school at Mountain Grove, Mo...