Stories from Tuesday, November 10, 2009

TRENTON -- Former Nebraska State Senator Tom Baker of Trenton plans to run for his old legislative seat next year. Baker says his priorities in the Legislature will be job creation, cutting state spending, tax relief and sensible solutions to the state's water challenges...

Phil and Beverly Rhea were married Nov. 10, 1984 at the Methodist Church in McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 418 West 10th, McCook, NE 69001.

Robert and Joanne Hanna of Allen, Texas, will host an open house Saturday, 1-3 p.m., at the Chief Restaurant in honor of Margaret Hanna Powell's 90th birthday. Robert is Margaret's brother. Cards of congratulation will reach her at 1107 West 14th, McCook, NE 69001...

The McCook Public Schools -- MPS -- board of education voted unanimously Monday evening to sell the former Fitsch District 8 school buildings, contents and land. Board members, at their monthly meeting, authorized Superintendent Grant Norgaard to contact real estate agents and auctioneers in preparation of a sale of the property about five miles southwest of McCook...

We've had a snow or two, most of the leaves have fallen, and high school football season is wrapping up in preparation for basketball. We take the changing seasons for granted, but throw a little adversity into the mix, and it's a different story. Those snows can turn into a blizzard, the electricity can fail, and economic hard times can leave any of us out in the cold...

Harvest crews are running at full speed, making up for time lost to wet conditions earlier in the fall. Big trucks, tractors and combines hurrying to and from the field, combined with hunters and normal traffic to make rural roads potentially dangerous places to travel...

Introducing returned POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan asked, "Where do we find such men?" He was speaking of many veterans, when he then answered, "We find them in our streets, in the office, the shops and the working places of our country and on the farms."...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- The National Weather Service Office have established a Web site with information about the 1935 Republican River flood. The site, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gld/?n=1935flood is a work in progress in preparation for the 75th anniversary of the event next year...

Anyone interested in learning more about operating a Apple or Macintosh computer is invited to participate in a new users group which is forming. A meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, at the Biéroc Cafe. This free start-up meeting should last about an hour. ...