Stories from Tuesday, March 16, 2010

With the call for fiscal responsibility growing louder and louder, the Senate passed legislation in January that was purported to address irresponsible spending. The bill, nicknamed "Pay As You Go" or PAYGO, was advertised as preventing passage of legislation that would be paid for by adding to our already astronomical national debt. ...

The family of Beulah DeHart is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th Birthday. She was born March 19, 1925. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Beulah DeHart, Imperial Manor Parkview Heights, Room 401, 933 Grant St., PO Box 757, Imperial, NE 69033...

STOCKVILLE -- Before wind energy can be developed, four key questions need to be answered: The Frontier County Board of commissioners has an interest in the economic development of the county and has chosen to address the above questions and issues...

The Community Development Block grant the city is applying for to benefit 21st Century Systems is different than the county's revolving loan fund. The McCook City Council unanimously approved Monday night at its regular meeting the application for a $505,000 CDBG grant, the Memorandum of Understanding and a resolution that allows the mayor to sign all grant related documents...

The McCook City Council seemed in favor that alcohol should be allowed at the city auditorium, but could not come to a consensus on what kind of fees should be charged. Currently, alcohol is not allowed on city property and city code would have to be amended to change that at the auditorium. ...

HAYES CENTER -- The FBI has arrested a Hayes County man on suspicion of the theft of dozens of tractors and farm implements between November 2005 and April 2008. Ryan R. Hanzlick, 32, of rural Hayes Center and Matthew T. Jones, 21, of Colby, Kan., are charged with 12 counts of transporting goods and merchandise (knowing they were stolen, converted or taken by fraud), according to the FBI office in Kansas City and the North Platte Bulletin. Each man faces 120 years in federal prison...

The moment the overture for "Annie" started, the latest offering from the Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Association (SWNCTA), and I heard the beginning strains of "Tomorrow," I knew I was in the right place for a jolly good time. The plot of "Annie" is full of the kind of action that makes a musical fun to watch: it's 1934, FDR is in the White House, and orphanages are common-place. ...

Helen Marie (Wendland) Wendland July 15, 1931 - March 14, 2010 ARAPAHOE -- Helen Marie (Wendland) Wendland, 78, died Sunday (March 14, 2010) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born July 15, 1931, in Gosper County to Oscar and Elsie (Monter) Wendland. ...

Two-thirds of Americans are "dissatisfied" or "angry" with the federal government, according to a rcent Washington Post-ABC News Poll, the highest negative numbers in the past 14 years. Just wait until health care reform is passed through back-door maneuvering, if that's what actually happens...

With more than 4,000 miles flown in six days, the Good Samaritan has returned. Local businessman Richard Stull stated that it was a trip of a lifetime and he is ready to go again. The mission, flown on his dime in his personal six-passenger Piper Cherokee Six, was to deliver badly needed medical supplies to Haiti...

March 23, 1923 - March 13, 2010 GRAND ISLAND -- Verle August Carlson, 86, died Saturday (March 13, 2010) at the Veterans Home in Grand Island. He was born March 23, 1923, at Culbertson in Hitchcock County, Neb., the son of the late Carl August and Dora Jane (Perkins) Carlson. Verle grew up in the Cornell community south of Trenton and graduated from Trenton High School in 1941...