Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2003

At last, members of the McCook Board of Education believe they have come up with a building plan that the district can afford and the voters will accept. The plan -- which was discussed in detail with members of the McCook media Tuesday evening -- calls for a single-site McCook Elementary School to be constructed at the current North Ward site...

Vera Marie Remington, 73, died Tuesday (Oct. 28, 2003) at her home in McCook. She was born July 3, 1930, to Isaac Elmer and Leretta Stella (Bush) Lewis in Wauneta. She grew up in Wauneta where she graduated from Wauneta High School in 1947. She graduated from McCook Junior College...

Sally Jean Williams died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, at McCook Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 59. She was born in Glendale, Calif., to Frank Madison and Fern Adele (Parsons) Spore on Jan. 4, 1944. She grew up in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Calif., and graduated from high school in 1961. She also attended the Pasadena City College...

The Work Ethic Camp in McCook is "very beneficial" State Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island told the Gazette on Tuesday. Aguilar stopped in McCook as part of a tour with Attorney General Jon Bruning, Sens. Mike Foley of Lincoln, Tom Baker of Trenton and Ray Mossey of Papillion...

McCook residents had the chance to try out new pavement of the newly constructed westbound lanes on B Street today as the renovation nears an end for the year. Eastbound traffic will utilize both eastbound lanes, while westbound traffic will be restricted to the inside westbound lane for approximately three weeks while construction crews put the finishing touches on the new barrier curb and sidewalks...

"Jenny" is 14 and enjoys field hockey. "How many of you boys would like to meet her?" Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning asked an auditorium of McCook Junior High students. Their whoops and cheers turned to a collective groan and gasp of shock as a photo of "Jenny," actually a 30-something child molester, appeared on the screen...

Slow starts in both games by the McCook Bison volleyball team resulted in a 15-9, 15-6 loss to Chase County-Imperial Tuesday night. The Bison also lost in the junior varsity and sophomore matches. The matches marked the final home appearance in a McCook uniform for varsity seniors Regina Rawlings and Sarah Loecker and junior varsity senior Alex Achilles...

WALLACE -- Top-seeded Wallace used three sets to claim the Golden Plains Activities Conference championship Tuesday. The Wildcats defeated Wauneta-Palisade in the final match of the day, 15-9, 11-15, 15-10. Mollie Sheffield and Jessica Clark each nailed 12 spikes for host-team Wallace. ...

The McCook High alum places 9th at NSIC championships.

INDIANOLA -- Repoublican Valley defeated Dundy County 15-7, 15-10 Tuesday in a battle of ranked Class D1 teams at the Republican Valley High School gym. Republican Valley's Brittany McConville served 6 points (with 1 ace), had 24 ace sets and 6 digs...

There's something for everyone at the college.

**Dear Editor, Back in 1979, I collected some nuts from Torsten Anderson north of Max. His tree at that time was right at 100 years old. (I) planted them, and in seven years we got our first nuts. Now the largest tree is near 35 feet high and is loaded with black walnuts...

**Join the military In regard to "Epicurean swine," by Steve Stramel, Monday, Oct. 27: Steve, you are politically confused. The U.S. of A. is not a democracy, we are a republic. I'll give you two examples. One, the majority of people in this country believe that abortion is murder and disapprove of the current liberal abortion laws. ...

I have debt problems. Not an unusual circumstance in this day and age of easy credit, no money down, buy now, pay later. However, this is a debt I cannot hope to repay. There is neither time enough nor resources enough to repay this astronomical debt...