Stories from Thursday, March 11, 2004

Tyler 'predicts' outcome of Nebraska's first two games Greetings to all. While conducting my daily internet search for news, I skimmed the headlines underneath the college football section. The headlines that were posted seemed to follow a disturbing trend...

May 17, 1936-Dec. 25, 2003 LOS ANGELES -- Ronald Richard Redding, 67, died Dec. 25, 2003, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. He was born May 17, 1936, to George Marion and Edna Lucille (Horton) in Danbury. He grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1954...

March 15, 1915-March 8, 2004 CAMBRIDGE -- Sara Alice Arnold, 88, died Monday (March 8, 2004) at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. She was born March 15, 1915, to John N. and Alpha D. (Wymore) Arnold near Hyannis. Her family moved to Bartley in 1947. She worked as a housekeeper and nanny for many years in Cambridge...

The best place for the city of McCook to start looking for economic growth is in its own back yard. Rex Nelson, executive director of the McCook Economic Development Corporation said he hopes to begin expanding McCook's economy by facilitating expansion of existing businesses and encouraging entrepreneurs...

INDIANOLA -- Several turn-of-the-last-century buildings in downtown Indianola will come down within the next 30 days to make room for the community's new fire station. A $239,000 Community Development Block Grant, presented in July 2003 by Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, will help Indianola replace a three-stall metal building used as a fire barn since the late 1950s...

The Oracle of Omaha delivers an indictment.

Sometimes it takes something as small as a model wooden fire truck to make a person wake up and realize the importance of the people in their lives. Having worked closely with the McCook Fire Department and the McCook Police Department over the past three years, I decided to try to help them raise the needed funds for an exhaust system for their equipment bays...

The Eighth Circuit panel decision upholding a $151-million judgment against Nebraska regarding licensing a "low-level" radioactive waste dump was a jolt. In response, some urge settlement. While this judgment is an unwelcome cost, it is small change compared to harm to Nebraskans' health, environment, economy, and pocketbooks if a nuke dump is sited in Nebraska...

LAS VEGAS -- A McCook Senior High and McCook Junior College graduate has been awarded the Wheeler McMillan Award for his leadership in supporting the development and use of biomass for bioenergy and other renewable energy sources. Robert Harris, the son of John T. and Eleanor Harris of Opelika, Ala., and formerly of McCook, received the award during the Power-Gen Renewable Energy Conference, the first trade show in the United States to provide a venue for all renewable energy technologies...