Stories from Monday, March 22, 2010

May 6, 1926 - March 20, 2010 Annabel Huston, age 83, died Saturday (March 20, 2010) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born on May 6, 1926, in Holyoke, Colo., to Joshua and Grace L. (Scott) Walcott. She graduated from Holyoke High School in 1942, at the age of 16. After graduation, Annabel went to work for Fosters Lumber Company and Co-op in Holyoke, Colo., for 2 years...

I want to highlight several successful projects launched in the last year that have helped more Nebraskans access their state government and put more efficient operations in place for state workers. Our goal is to provide improved access, increased accountability and transparency, while also resulting in greater efficiency and lower costs...

If proponent's numbers are to be believed, they are impressive. According to supporters of the health care reform bill passed by the House Sunday night, Nebraska's 3rd District will see numerous benefits: But at what cost? According to the official party line, the bill, which will set up two new entitlement spending programs, health insurance subsidies and long-term health care benefits, would actually decrease the deficit. ...

Zebulon Pike's adventures to the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, in 1806, have sometimes been compared to the Voyage of Discovery of Lewis and Clark. But Pike lacked the observation skills and the optimism of the earlier duo. He did the country he explored, which we now refer to as the High Plains region of America, a great disservice when he wrote, "those vast plains of the western hemisphere may become, in time, as celebrated as the sandy wastes of Africa". ...

KEARNEY -- A 20-year-old Bartley woman is listed in serious condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney following a motorcycle accident at 3:10 p.m., Sunday, on the Cambridge Lake Road. Stacia Foster is being treated for head and neck injuries, according to an accident report from the Nebraska State Patrol...

As the old adage goes, "Nothing good ever happens after midnight." It wasn't quite midnight when the House of Representatives voted to pass a government takeover of health care; it was closer to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, but the 219 to 212 vote was not good news for our country...

The winds of change are a blowing in the Legislature. Last week, LB 1048, which allows for the development of private wind and other renewable energy for export to other states advanced to the second round of debate on the floor of the Legislature. The Natural Resources Committee amendment was adopted, which became the bill, and another amendment filed by Sen. ...

Mother Nature may cooperate with the McCook High School girls tennis team for the season-opening competition Tuesday, March 23. The Bison girls are scheduled to host Hershey and Lexington Tuesday afternoon. Matches will be contested on the high school courts located just west of the Senior High building and just north of the Ed Thomas YMCA, and at the Elks tennis courts two blocks each of the high school on West 5th St...

Slow starts have been the unfortunate trademark of the McCook Community College women's softball team so far this spring. The Indians fell behind early in both games Sunday, March 21, as MCC lost to Otero (Colo.) Junior College by scores of 8-1 and 12-7...