Stories from Friday, April 27, 2007

Promoter Chuck Gray has made the decison to cancel Friday night's races at McCook Speedway. More than six inches of rain fell at the track earlier in the week, ending sometime Wesnesday night. Thursday morning was the track prep crew's first opportunity to try to work the track, and to no avail...

KEARNEY -- Nebraska-Kearney head football coach Darrell Morris announced Thursday the names of 11 players -- four transfers and seven high school seniors -- who will join the Lopers next year. One of the high school seniors is McCook's Sam Sis, a 6-foot-1, 255-pound offensive lineman...

July 20, 1960 - April 25, 2007 WAUNETA -- Justin Lee Ellicott, 46, died Wednesday (April 25, 2007) at Dundy County Hospital. He was born July 20,1960, at Scottsbluff, to George and Dorothy (Hinkle) Ellicott. As a young man, he moved with his family from the original Ellicott ranch at Harrison to several different locations in the state of Colorado, after his father become an extension agent...

Dec. 10, 1917 - April 25, 2007 RED?CLOUD -- Lois Bethel Dow, 89, died Wednesday (April 25, 2007) at the Good Samaritan Center at Atkinson. She was born Dec. 10, 1917, at Macedonia, Iowa to Ethel (Roll) and James P. Ridlen. She grew up in Chase County where she moved with her parents in 1926. ...

The top of a power pole on West Fourth and A is dangling on the wires, the base knocked down by a vehicle Thursday night. Brian Buhr, operation superintendent at Nebraska Public Power District, said the scene was secured last night and that crews will have a new pole set by the end of the day...

The Red Willow County Commissioners signed an updated agreement for the McCook walking trail but only after stipulating that the county would withdraw from a 1977 agreement and not contribute financially to the project. Commissioners voted to sign the updated pact, with Commissioners Leigh Hoyt and Steve Dower voting for it and Commissioner Earl McNutt voting against it...

Whatever the outcome, those of us who call the Republican River valley home can be assured, we went above and beyond in our effort to help Nebraska meet water obligations to Kansas. The problem is, there's no guarantee Kansas will be impressed. And, there's no guarantee the rest of Nebraska will get off as relatively unscathed as LB701 is designed to accomplish...

The lady from England probably wasn't born before World War II. Britain and France appeased Hitler for five years. If it wasn't for Russia and the United States you probably would be speaking German or Russian. The United States kept Russia out of Western Europe and England for 40 years...

A couple of things have lately come into the news, that I would like to address. First, sales tax. We all dislike the word tax. However, the 1 percent tax in McCook has been a lifesaver for us. High as property taxes are, they would still be more if we didn't have the sales tax...