Stories from Wednesday, January 23, 2008

May 5, 1916 - Jan. 21, 2008 Katie Neola (Smith) Nichols the youngest of eight children was born May 5, 1916, to parents, George and Sara (Linscott) Smith in a sod house in Wallace County, Kan. Katie went home to Jesus on Jan. 21, 2008, at the age of 91...

Dec. 25, 1924 - Jan. 21, 2008 ELWOOD -- Lowell Victor Hansen, 83, of Brush, formerly of Boulder, Colo., died Monday (Jan. 21, 2008) at Eben Ezer Skilled Nursing Center at Brush. He was born Dec. 25, 1924, at Elwood to Otto and Elizabeth (DeBoer) Hansen. He attended Elwood High School and graduated in 1942...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Plans for the Kelley Creek Walking Trail are slowly moving forward, as several consent agenda items concerning it were approved by the McCook City Council Monday night. The council unanimously approved all items that concerned Phase 1, the trail from East Fifth to East H along the existing grass trail and the "inner loop" trail, a sidewalk along U.S. Highway and 34, from West 11th and B Streets to Wal-Mart and Heritage Hills Gold course...

The current one-cent city sales tax and the additional half-cent city sales tax that were approved in the special election Nov. 13 are now officially on the books. The McCook City Council approved Monday night the third and final reading of city ordinances Monday night that reflect the new taxes...

The Cambridge ethanol plant is nearly ready to begin churning out fuel, but the water it needs is in doubt. Lower Republican Natural Resources District officials sent out letters in November to all proposed ethanol plants in the district explaining that new rules require big water users to make sure they don't increase overall consumption of water in the basin...

I'm pretty easy to please - a regular low-maintenance type of gal. Of course, Danny may have a word or two of contradiction to share, but even he admits that, for the most part, I stay on a pretty even keel. Fill up my tummy, provide me with a warm, dry, safe place to sleep, and I'm as content as a kitten...