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Tax day cometh
(Column ~ 04/12/10)
April brings spring showers, but it also brings a date a little less pleasant -- tax day. For those who procrastinate, the next few days will be worrisome. For those who filed their taxes early, the refund may be in the mail, but that doesn't mean your concerns are over...
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Irene K. Gibson
(Obituary ~ 04/12/10)
Nov. 30, 1918 - April 9, 2010 Irene K. Gibson, 91, died Friday (April 9, 2010) at Community Hospital in McCook. On Nov. 30, 1918, Irene was born in Lawrence to Joseph and Mary Magdelena (Grabber) Heilers. They moved to Stratton in 1919, where she grew up and attended school...
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Lucille J. Kolsky
(Obituary ~ 04/12/10)
June 13, 1928 - April 10, 2010 OBERLIN -- Lucille J. Kolsky, 81, died Saturday (April 10, 2010) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born June 13, 1928, at Phillips County, Kan., to Truman Hadley and Violet Husky. She grew up in Phillips County...
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DeVona E. Roudebush
(Obituary ~ 04/12/10)
April 1, 1928 - April 9, 2010 CURTIS -- DeVona E. Roudebush, 82, died Friday (April 9, 2010) at Linden Court in North Platte. She was born on April 1, 1928, to Everett and Martha (Clawson) Cole on the Cole Farm, south of Curtis. She lived her entire life in Curtis. She graduated from University of Nebraska School of Agriculture... -
Donald Ira Wasson
(Obituary ~ 04/12/10)
Feb. 21, 1923 - April 8, 2010 SELDEN -- Donald Ira Wasson, 87, died Thursday (April 8, 2010) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born Feb. 21, 1923, in Decatur County to Ira Wasson and Dolly Brainard. He grew up on the family farm in Bassetville Township of Decatur County. He attended Vickers School, Selden Rural High School and graduated in 1941 from Decatur Community High School... -
Nebraska makes itself heard in Washington
(Column ~ 04/12/10)
Nebraska has seldom spoken so clearly to Washington as we are now in response to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's threat to make an end-run around Congress and adopt its own, potentially disastrous regulations on greenhouse gas emissions...
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Lower Republican NRD drops out of group
(Local News ~ 04/12/10)
CURTIS -- A member of the Republican River Basin Coalition has dropped out of the organization. The coalition was formed in 2007, with representatives from the Upper, Middle and Lower Republican Natural Resources Districts in the Republican River Basin...
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Last chance to mail in census forms, save money
(Editorial ~ 04/12/10)
If you haven't gone through your mail in a while, you might want to keep an eye out for that census form. Nebraskans, apparently, aren't doing as well in turning in their U.S. Census forms as they were in 2000. By the most recent count, Nebraska's overall participation in the current census count was 67 percent -- 12 percentage points below the rate 10 years ago. Red Willow County, in fact, is more than 15 points below the 2000 rate...
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McCook memories, Robert Rishel
(Column ~ 04/12/10)
The Rishel family, originally from Indiana, came to a farm in Red Willow County Nebraska in 1897, after spending some 14 years in Gage County. We are indebted to Robert Rishel, born in McCook in 1924, for giving us some history of the Rishel family, and for sharing his memories of growing up in McCook in the days before World War II... -
MCC picks up key baseball wins over Lamar
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/10)
McCook Community College baseball fans might have been excused for giving up on the Indians early this season after a dismal start. MCC has righted the ship after a long losing skid, and the Indians are in the hunt for a post-season playoff berth. McCook picked up two important wins in a four-game home series with Lamar (Colo.) Community College last weekend. ... -
Bison girls first, McCook boys second at Broken Bow Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/10)
BROKEN BOW -- The Broken Bow Invitational is a nice diversion -- and a successful one -- for the McCook High School track and field teams. The Bison teams battled in a small but competitive field in the varsity meet Friday, April 9, at the Broken Bow High School stadium. The McCook girls claimed the team title in the six-team field, while the Bison boys finished second behind Gothenburg... -
Bidding airline plans open house
(Local News ~ 04/12/10)
PORTLAND, Oregon -- SeaPort Airlines, who operates daily scheduled flights in the Northwest, Mid-South, Midwest and Alaska, will be hosting an open house event Tuesday at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport. Open to the public from 1:30pm to 2:30pm on April 13th, SeaPort Airlines will be landing at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport and hosting an open house allowing the community to explore the aircraft, ask questions, and learn more about SeaPort's operations...
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More spending will not lower our debt
(Column ~ 04/12/10)
Two weeks ago I made my way across the state, hosting 13 public events in as many towns. One issue stuck out as critically important to many Nebraskans: our national debt, and what we are going to do about it. Our debt has long been of great concern to me, especially now as unfettered borrowing continues to bankroll an increasing amount of our federal expenditures. ...
