Editorial

New project is fitting tribute to the Morrisons

Friday, March 26, 2004

While in town for the funeral of Maxine Morrison, former McCookite Bill Harris visited with the publisher about the importance of a new interstate interchange to serve the Archway east of Kearney.

Harris is leading the effort, which would be a fitting tribute to Gov. Frank Morrison and Maxine, who were the leading voices in support of the arch development.

News out of Washington offers hope that the Archway interchange could happen in the near future. Two million dollars for the interchange, located at milepost 275 on I-80, are included in the U.S. House's six-year, $275 billion highway bill.

The Great Platte River Road Memorial Archway is an outstanding tribute to America's development, and would be greatly helped by easier access from the interstate.

Bill Harris is an excellent advocate for economic development. He became actively involved in public service in McCook as a council candidate and later served as mayor of Lincoln. We wish him the best in his efforts to have an interchange built at the Archway.

Nebraskans provide Huskers' nucleus

In this era of big time college football, it is worth noting that the majority of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team are from the Huskers' home state. According to the Huskers' spring roster, released this week, 67 out of the 113 players are from Nebraska.

In this area, we are proud that one of those players in Ben Eisenhart, a redshirt freshman who is competing for playing time as a free safety for the Huskers. Ben, who is 5-foot-11 and weighs 185 pounds, is the son of Russ and Annette Eisenhart of Culbertson, where Ben played high school football.

Other Husker players from nearby are Jack O'Holleran and Kade Pittman from North Platte and Joey Robison of Bertrand.

McCook College scholarships available

High school students throughout Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas and Northeast Colorado should take note: the McCook College Foundation is offering 10 additional academic scholarships in 2004-05, and that's on top of the scores of scholarships already offered through the Walsh-Brady program and by the college itself.

For seniors, those college days are getting closer by the moment. One of the things grads should do is check out the opportunities at McCook Community College. The college offers one of the lowest cost higher education opportunities in the nation, and -- to make MCC an even better deal -- it is a small campus, which allows the faculty to better serve the individual needs of students.

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