Stories from Wednesday, February 6, 2002

A year after winning the last battle, commercial air service to McCook is threatened again. It may be an especially difficult fight this year, thanks to the September 11 attacks and the loss of projected federal budget surpluses. McCook is on an especially tenuous bubble, as the rural airport receiving the largest annual subsidy in the nation, $1.3 million, for an estimated 5,000 passengers a year...

I don't know very many heroes. You know the type I mean, people who are willing, in an instant, to risk life and limb to pull someone from imminent peril. We have all witnessed moments of courage and bravery on our evening news, scenes of sacrifice so selfless they bring tears of pride and admiration to our eyes...

Karen LeAnn (Foster) Hoffman OMAHA -- Karen LeAnn (Foster) Hoffman, 50, died Monday (Jan. 28, 2002) at her home in Omaha. She was born Jan. 9, 1952, to Valgene and Maxine (Stover) Foster at McCook. She grew up in the Max, Benkelman, Wauneta and Rising City communities and graduated from Rising City High School in 1970...

Doris L. Huber COLBY, Kans. -- Doris L. Huber, 85, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colo. She was born Feb. 23, 1916, to Henry and Etta (Leefers) Tecklenburg at Fairbury. She later moved to the Rexford and Selden area in Kansas...