Stories from Friday, April 7, 2006

OGALLALA -- The McCook High School varsity girls tennis team fell 7-2 at Ogallala Thursday and the junior varsity went 4-0 in doubles. McCook's dual record is 1-1. Winning varsity matches for the Bison were Jen Chmiel, who improved to 9-0 in No. 2 singles with an 8-3 win over Ogallala's Catherine Ruhlman; and No. 4 singles player Angela Lichtenwaldt, who defeated Rachel Allen 8-2...

Nov. 7, 1909 - March 20, 2006 Poulsbo, Wash. -- Flavius M. Foster, 96, of Poulsbo, Wash., died March 20, 2006 at Mary and Martha Health Care Center in Poulsbo, Wash. He was born Nov. 7, 1909 to Douglas and Pearl (Bobbit) Foster in Clayton, Kan. The family moved to Corning, Kan. when he was one-year old and then moved to Dresden, in 1926. He attended shcool in the Corning area...

IMPERIAL -- Fire destroyed a dry fertilizer storage facility in Imperial this morning, an estimated $300,000 loss in the building and contents. The structure, located on the southeast corner of the U.S. 6-Nebraska 61 intersection, is owned by Frenchman Valley Farmers Cooperative Inc...

LINCOLN -- Dave Hergert has hired lobbyists in his fight against the impeachment proceedings, Sen. Tom Baker said in his weekly teleconference to the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce, a fact Baker found surprising. "We're in uncharted water here, folks," Baker said, adding that the last time the Nebraska legislature went through the impeachment process was sometime in the 1980s with Attorney General Paul Douglas, who resigned before being impeached in connection with the Commonwealth Savings scandal.. ...

The upcoming Taste of Home Cooking School offers an excellent opportunity to support local schools in a label collection drive. Campbell's Labels for Education Program provides free educational merchandise in exchange for saving Campbell product labels...

Wacky humor and an original music score add a fresh new look to a legendary outlaw in a legendary time. A cast of 57 young Southwest Nebraska-area performers has been selected to present an original musical stage performance of "Robin Hood," Saturday in McCook. These performances conclude a week-long visit by touring directors from the famed Missoula Children's Theater...

It's Nebraska's turn in the spotlight. Celebrations around the state today surrounded the release of the Nebraska quarter, the 37th in a popular series that the U.S. Mint began releasing in 1997, with states honored in the order they were admitted to the union...

For all of those people who own or use a cellular phone on a regular basis, here is a little pop quiz: Question No. 1) Think of the person you call most often on your cell phone. Now recite that person's entire phone number and No. 2 on speed dial doesn't count...

I am really surprised at the way the citizens of McCook were acting at Monday's meeting. From what I read in the paper it was just terrible, what kind of people are we any way. I agree 100 percent in what was said by Steve Batty and Bill Frasier in the April 6 issues of the paper...

First, let me give you my compliments on the story in today's paper called, "City-county jail subcommittee open for business." Whoever wrote it was great at writing in a clear, understandable fashion. Second, I need to make a point of clarification or correction regarding the story. The portion that contains an error is in the sixth paragraph, when the article discusses bond proceeds or a sales tax and mentions Dan Smith and Paul Grieger of D.A. Davidson & Co...

Like many district patrons, I am having trouble understanding the current plan to expand the high school day next year to accommodate a student "snack period." Isn't this the same administration that cut ag education and French from the school day? Now, instead of attending classes in agriculture and a second foreign language, the kids will be studying the outside of McDonald's sacks?...