Stories from Friday, January 24, 2003

Every young person is important, and improving technological opportunities may be one way to keep more of them in Southwest Nebraska. The thread of that idea spontaneously wound its way through presentations by speakers ranging from local business people to a Kansas Judge and a U.S. ...

The third drug bust in Red Willow County in a month has resulted in the arrest of two McCook individuals. Thursday night's bust has brought the total of those arrested for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamines in Red Willow County to 11 in a one month period...

The investigation continues on a case where 12 vehicles in McCook had windows shot out Wednesday night. According to McCook Police Chief Ike Brown, someone shot BBs with an air gun at vehicles in the 800-1100 block West L area and on the Reservation in northern McCook...

The Harlem Ambassadors have descended upon McCook with their anti-drug, pro-school message and will spend two days spreading the word. The Ambassadors arrived Thursday for their Saturday night basketball game and have a full schedule on their only stop in Nebraska...

At first blush, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson's campaign to apply a name to a weather phenomenon seems like simple grandstanding. For the past week, McCook native Nelson has been referring to the worst drought since the dust bowl years of the 1930s as "Drought David."...

Winter has always been my favorite season, for a variety of reasons: A deep, fresh snowfall, untouched by human footsteps; activities such as sledding and skiing, which you can only do in the winter; and cute, warm, cuddly sweaters which hide months of winter fat...

Just in case you plan to watch Sunday's Super Bowl -- and yes, there's a football game being played -- and want to avoid all the extra stuff surrounding it, kickoff is slated for 5:25 p.m. CT. The first "Swashbuckler Super Bowl" features the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from Qualcomm Stadium (formerly Jack Murphy Stadium) in San Diego, Calif...

CURTIS -- Marvin D. Amstuz, 75, died Wednesday (Jan. 22, 203) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Oct. 11, 1927, at Wellfleet, to Oscar and Rachel (Hall) Amstuz. He graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1945. He farmed with his father south of Stockville before entering the military. He served in the Army from Sept. 11, 1950 to Aug. 18, 1952. He returned to the farm after begin discharged...

Mildred Wing Hauxwell, 98, passed away at Linden Court in North Platte on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003. She was born Nov. 7, 1904, at Harvard to Harry and Ella (Peterson) Wing. When two years old, she moved with her parents to a farm near Indianola, where she spent her childhood. She attended the Indianola school and graduated with the class of 1922...