Stories from Saturday, November 19, 2005

In the 123-year history of McCook, there is no better symbol of progress than the hospital. The health care story -- here as elsewhere -- is amazing, starting with doctors on horseback and one-room offices in the 1880s, and progessing to a well-staffed, technologically advanced, multi-million dollar medical campus in 2005...

I received a call a couple of weeks ago from Senator Nelson's appointment secretary in Washington, D.C. She advised that the Senator wanted to talk to me and she was calling to set up a time we could have that conversation. The Senator called at the prescribed time, which happened to be during McCook first playoff game and the first thing he wanted to know was how the Bison were doing. ...