Stories from Saturday, September 1, 2007

The Nebraska hunting and fishing company owned by McCook native Mike Roth, Matt Egglston of Broken Bow and Chris Fryzek of Burwell, partners of Challenge Concepts LLC, plans an "extreme outdoorsman challenge" to hunt five native species in three days in December...

Concerned because of population losses and declining retail sales, McCook has launched a program called HomeTown Competitiveness. The program, conceived by Nebraska community development leaders, helps towns meet challenges with a program featuring four pillars: Leadership, Entrepreneur-ship, Charitable Giving and Young People...

Residential water users will get a break after all, if the McCook City Council approves adjusted water rates at its regular meeting Tuesday night, 7:30 at the City Council Chambers in Memorial Auditorium. The council also will consider the resignation of Councilman Marty Conroy and whether to support a pending lawsuit against LB701...

CAMBRIDGE -- A Texas helicopter mapping company completed mapping invasive plants on the Republican River and its main tributaries Aug. 24.  NorthStar Aero out of Jasper, Texas, flew the length of the Southwest Weed Management Area river project in approximately 12 hours, said RC&D executive administrator Jennifer Rittenhouse-ten Bensel of Cambridge. ...

McCook defense holds Scottsbluff to seven yards of total offense, one first down The McCook defense limited Scottsbluff to seven yards of total offense and one first down and blew out the Bearcats 44-0 in Friday night football action at Weiland Field...

I've always been a bit mystified about the strong emotions that gambling elicits from people. People's response to it varies widely. Some see nothing wrong with it at all and actively participate in gaming ventures. Some believe others should be able to gamble if they choose to, even though they don't do it themselves. And then there are those who believe that gambling is an evil and terrible thing to do and don't think anyone should be able to gamble on anything ever...

Yesterday in a local hardware store I overheard a customer asking for a product to "Kill all the grass, everything, in my yard!" He further spoke that water rates in McCook had increased to where he could no longer afford a green lawn. Recently Robert Yost, whose letters I always enjoy, wrote in the open forum that he no longer waters his yard and if it rains his weeds will be green and if no rain it will all be brown. ...

I've always been a bit mystified about the strong emotions that gambling elicits from people. People's response to it varies widely. Some see nothing wrong with it at all and actively participate in gaming ventures. Some believe others should be able to gamble if they choose to, even though they don't do it themselves. And then there are those who believe that gambling is an evil and terrible thing to do and don't think anyone should be able to gamble on anything ever...