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Nelson issues statement on financial reform
(Local News ~ 04/29/10)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 28, 2010 -- Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson made the following statement on financial reform during a conference call with Nebraska reporters. Senator Nelson also released a letter sent to all Senate offices from businesses concerned about the derivatives issue, which is attached to this statement...
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Governors authorize events center funding
(Local News ~ 04/29/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors authorized $8.4 million in funding to help construct the Health Complex in North Platte and the Events Center in McCook. At its regular meeting Wednesday night at the McCook Community College campus, the board approved the use of $3.4 million from the college's capital improvement fund, garnered from 1 cent property tax levy and a $5 million bond issued through Mid-Plains Community College Facilities Funding Corp. ... -
Prayer for better, brighter, hopeful America
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/10)
I would like to ask readers of the Gazette several brief and simple questions. 1. Does our nation need prayer at this hour? (It's a rhetorical question obviously!) Are you praying for the United States of America? Would you join with like-minded people on the first Thursday of May (6th) to pray for our nation, its leaders and institutions? And if not could you check your cynical meter for high levels of apathy, passivity, pessimism or indifference?...
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Hemp durable, versatile product
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/10)
Not too many weeks back, I wrote an article regarding industrial hemp being such a good product, having such a variety of uses. I wrote Gov. Heineman about it and his reply was to the effect that hemp is of the cannabis family and so was marijuana, and he would not go along with legalizing it to be grown in Nebraska...
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Time for some constellation-gathering
(Column ~ 04/29/10)
The full moon is rising in the late evening hours now so most evening observing will be wiped out for the next few days. However, this is a good time for some constellation gathering in the early evening about 45-minutes to an hour after sunset. It is also a good time to look for the three early evening planets...
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Laura M. Becker
(Obituary ~ 04/29/10)
May 18, 1963 - April 25, 2010 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Laura M. Becker, 46, died Sunday (April 25, 2010) at Cambridge as a result of an auto accident South of Hendley. She was born May 18, 1963, in Norton, Kansas, to Willis C. and Lynn M. (Nichols) Nelson. She grew up in Norton, Kansas, and graduated from Norton Community High School with the Class of 1981... -
MCC baseball squad thumped at NJC
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/10)
STERLING, Colorado -- The McCook Community College men's baseball team ended the Empire Conference portion of its 2010 schedule on a down note Wednesday, April 28, with a 12-5 loss to host Northeastern Junior College. The loss locked the Indians into the fourth seed in the Region IX playoffs starting May 7. ...
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Bison teams facing tough competition at Holdrege Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/10)
A tough high school track and field meet will be even tougher Friday, April 30, with several new teams entering the Holdrege Invitational. The competitive Holdrege meet is set to start at 1 p.m. with the girls pole vault, followed by the remaining field events commencing at 2 p.m... -
Roberta M. Williams
(Obituary ~ 04/29/10)
Dec. 21, 1918 - April 28, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Roberta M. Williams, 91, died Wednesday (April 28, 2010) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born on Dec. 21, 1918, at her home on her parent's farm in Red Willow County near Indianola, to Chester and Ora (Probasco) McCafferty. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1937 and taught rural school for two years...
