Stories from Saturday, May 28, 2005

I finally broke down and bought a DVD player. My son, Michael, said, "Welcome to the new millennium, Dad." Actually I didn't just buy a player, I bought a unit that has a player and a recorder so I can transfer all my VHS tapes to DVD's. VHS tapes deteriorate seriously in quality over time and DVD's don't so it seemed like it was time to make the transition. ...

Riding thousands of miles, collecting thousands of signatures, Gayle and Dixon Hayes of Rockville, Mo., will carry their message throughout the Midwest and then to the nation's capital -- "hoping to change some things." The Hayeses are pastors in a little church "back home," Dixon said as the couple and their three horses and mule took a break on U.S. Highway 83 south of McCook Thursday afternoon. "Our message is for all Christians to stand together, to change some things."...