Stories from Saturday, April 1, 2006

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Council members will be asked to approve an ordinance that sets the salary of the city manager at their meeting Monday night at 7:30 in the City Council chambers. Accommodations will be set up in Memorial Auditorium if the space is needed, City Clerk Lea Ann Doak said...

The City of McCook beat Friday's deadline for compliance with government water standards by two months. Mayor Dennis Berry notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a letter on Friday that the city is in full compliance with the requirements of the February 2005 Consent Decree...

A more obscure person of Scripture would be hard to find in comparison to Pilate's wife, Claudia Pecula. In fact, there is but a single verse in all of Scripture -- in which she remains unnamed -- where she is referred to only as Pilate's wife. Unwilling to come out of the shadows she sends a messenger to her husband, governor of Judea, with a dire warning:...

With some citizens up in arms over other actions by the the City Council, now is a good time to mark a major positive accomplishment by McCook's governing body. Friday, Mayor Dennis Berry notified the Environmental Protection Agency that not only is the city's water supply in full compliance with state and federal standards; it has been that way for two months prior to Friday's deadline...

By DICK TRAIL McCook Recently I was sitting in the lounge at Red Willow Aviation visiting with a fellow pilot and in walked a pair of young men. Both were short in stature, black hair, brown skinned and bright brown eyes. They were dressed in green military-style flight suits. Asking what they were flying the response was "Our Cessna 152 Citation!"...

Honestly, why DO people still get married? It's not like we're good at it or anything. In fact, we're pretty bad at it. More people end up getting divorced than they do staying married. What starts off as the hopes and dreams of living happily ever after ends in shambles, disarray, and a general disregard for the other person. It's a pretty sorry state of affairs...

So our Congress is working on an immigration Bill being confronted Mr. and Mrs. USA by the Floodtide of illegals and otherwise. Hasn't that happened before? Go back to the 1880s on to the present day -- the European Countries were the ones involved...

Consolidation of counties for 911 call centers will come with the passage of LB 1222, Sen. Tom Baker said in his conference call at the McCook Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning. LB 1222 is currently on select file and Baker said he expects it to pass...