Stories from Thursday, October 30, 2003

IMPERIAL -- Dorrence Dwight Scott, 72, died Tuesday (October 28, 2003) at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. He was born Feb. 15, 1931, to Harley Allan and Helen Marie (Phelps) Scott in Trenton. He attended school in Palisade. On Dec. 26, 1950, he entered the Navy and served on the USS Piedmont during the Korean Conflict. He was honorably discharged Oct. 11, 1954...

Julianne Faye Garrett, 56, died Wednesday (Oct. 29, 2003) at her home in McCook. She was born Sept. 4, 1947, at Omaha, to Kenneth L. and Angela M. (Lennemann) Pape. She graduated from St. Agnes Academy in Alliance and Alliance Nursing Academy. On Jan. ...

OBERLIN -- Martha M. Euhus, 75, died Wednesday (Oct. 29, 2003), at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Nov. 22, 1927, to Herman W. and Adele (Bridges) Noles in Charlotte, N.C. She was raised in Charlotte. She graduated from Central High School in Charlotte...

Red Willow County Schools will receive $165,000 and two county fire departments will receive $7,500 each from a settlement between Van Diest Supply Co. and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. The case stems from allegations that the company mishandled the disposal, storage, and/or transport of hazardous waste including soil contaminated with the herbicide 2,4-D, and lindane and rinsate, both pesticides. The incidents were alleged to have happened between 1999 and 2001...

Despite its spooky origins, Halloween can be a happy time -- what's more fun than dressing up in a silly costume and asking the neighbors for candy? But distracted, excited children, running around on the streets after dark could result in a bad situation. Parents and adults should take precautions to make sure Oct. 31 doesn't turn into a tragic and truly scary occasion...

I was given a copy of the Gazette that carried (Walt Sehnert's) article on Joe Uhrich, which was interesting to me, as he sold me my wedding suit in May or June in 1944, soon 60 years. We will, the Lord willing, celebrate our 60th on June 12, 2004. I picked out a suit that was comfortable to me, but he sold me the suit with the coat a size smaller. He said I should look good, even if I wasn't quite so comfortable. Ha!...

According to recent estimates, the state of Nebraska is facing a loss in expected revenues of around $200 million this year. Last year it was $765 million. The year before that it was $170 million -- a total of $1.135 billion over the last three years. Since I have trouble wrapping my brain around a thousand dollars, let alone a billion, I thought I'd break it down...

HASTINGS -- Hastings College senior Daniel Woodburn, from Curtis, was one of 15 individuals named to the 2003 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Class. The award includes an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. The scholar athletes are from all NCAA divisions -- I-A, I-AA, II, III and the NAIA. Woodburn, a business major, was the only player selected from the NAIA division...

Large sunspots are clearly visible in an image by Bob Linderhold of Cambridge at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. "Tonight, the northern sky was fairly well lighted from the solar winds from this activity," he wrote in an e-mail accompanying the image. "Quite spectacular."...

McCook aims for second straight sweep in Class B-5