Stories from Tuesday, August 16, 2005

April 8, 1919--Aug. 15, 2005 OXFORD -- Sybil B. Thomas, 86, died Monday (Aug. 15, 2005) at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege. She was born April 8, 1919, to Arthur and Gladys (Shellenbarger) Nicholson in Havelock. She lived in Beaver City until the family moved to Colorado in the early 1930s...

Dec. 11, 1924--Aug. 14, 2005 BENKELMAN -- Junior F. Andres, 80, died Sunday (Aug. 14, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Dec. 11, 1924, to Frank and Vica (Harrington) Andres in Guide Rock. He graduated from Parks High School in 1943...

Oct. 17, 1925--Aug. 13, 2005 GREELEY, Colo. -- Robert G. Quick, 79, died Saturday (Aug. 13, 2005) at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo. He was born Oct. 17, 1925, to Merritt and Gertrude (Griffith) Quick at the family home in Quick. He graduated high school in Curtis in 1942 and received an associate's degree in business from McCook Junior College...

The children of Alan and Kindra (Ross) Oberg of Culbertson are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. The couple was married Aug. 16, 1980, at the Methodist Church in Culbertson. Their children are Ross Oberg and Kari Oberg. Cards of congratulations will reach them at Rt 1, Box 174, Culbertson, NE 69024...

The family of Nadine Cross is requesting a card shower in honor of her 81st birthday Aug. 20. Cards of congratulations will reach her c/o Evangelical Free Home, 112 W. Fourth, Boone, IA 50036.

A McCook city councilman is looking for $75,000 in the city budget to help pay for six new tennis courts at the public school. Before adoption on second reading of the city budget, Greg Larson, McCook School Board President, approached the council Monday night and asked if it would include the $75,000 to cover a matching grant the school is applying for in building six new tennis courts. ...

After hearing reports from Police Chief Ike Brown and Jail Task Force chairman Reuban Hoff, Mayor Dennis Berry said at the Monday night City Council meeting that the city wasn't ready to commit financially at this time to a combined facility housing the jail and the McCook police and fire departments...

Sometimes, things are not as simple as they seem. Take Red Willow County's jail study, for example. When it was first ordered by the Red Willow County Commission, we assumed that the jail consultants would gather facts and figures to present to the county commission for consideration...

**Dear Editor, I would like to comment on an article from your Editorial Roundup of 8-11 A.D. 2005, from the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch on teaching intelligent design in schools. The article states: "I.D. (Intelligent Design) as proponents call it, is not science ... The problem is that its predicated on ideas untested and untestable by scientific research. It's faith disguised as science"...

**Dear Editor, What a weak survey question, "Should you change the name ..." About 99 percent agree on the question. That would be like asking a McCookie, "Is Tom Osborne really God?" I was going to suggest, "Do you think the price of gas will reach G.W.'s I.Q.?" Unfortunately, it has already passed it...

**Dear Editor, With the summer months winding down quite quickly, we feel it is time to once again express our public "Thank You" to the hard-working crews of the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. They have saved the City of Indianola many dollars, this summer, as in past summers. ...

After determining that they can build this light sport recreational plane for less than competitors can sell kits, Ron Willocks (left) and Ken Daub have decided to launch production of the 576-pound airplane in McCook. The company, called Clear Horizons, will share space with Pawnee Aviation at the production facility south of the railroad tracks. ...

Construction crews pour more concrete sidewalk in place on the B Street project in McCook. Motorists will have a chance to try out the new pavement later this week as the project enters Phase II. Traffic from East Seventh to just east of Airport Road is scheduled to be moved to the new pavement on the north side on Friday. ...