Short Takes

WR Todd Peterson got a scholarship today. The Cornhuskers play on ABC when they play USC. It will be a 7 pm game.

Toby Williams joined Turner Gill in Buffalo as defensive line coach. He played with Gill at NU and had a very successful NFL career with the Patriots and Packers. He is a brother to Jimmy Williams who is also coaching at Buffalo.

The Harlan County Dam was 1929.58' above sea level, up .08' from last week. Normal pool is 1946'. The lake is up app 3 feet from a year ago.

Did you know William Shatner was born in Montreal, Canada on March 22, 1931 and also attended college in Montreal. Shatner was James T. Kirk of "Star Trek" and the famous DENNY CRANE of Boston Legal. Maybe he got the mad cow disease in Canada. Maybe he is an illegal alien.

Simon is so awesome on American Idol. He just saws the truth and Randy and Paula act dumb praising a bad performance. I heard a couple of people don't like Simon. He just tells it like it is.

John Hanson knows Ag and should be elected in the 3rd district for the House seat.David Kramer is the best choice for the Senate. Ben Nelson will win it all again.

"The Office" moves to #1 this week over "Boston Legal" im this writer's opinion. Dwight said tonight that when he sees someone smile at him, he sees a chimpanze begging.

Pujois has 15 HR's this year. By the way, Bonds needs two more HR's to tie Babe Ruth's 714.

National Top Movie Rentals
1. "Fun With Dick and Jane"
2. "The Chronicles of Narnia"
3. "Wolf Creek"
4. "Brokeback Mountain" (Brad's favorite)
5. "King Kong"
6. "An Unfinished Life"
7. "Memoirs of a Geisha"
8. "Derailed"
9. "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
10. "Bad Santa"

I have no desire to watch Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible III". How about you?
Top show this last week was RV followed by United 93.

Eric Gustafson from Axtell is one of the best athletes in the area. He will attend UNK.

From "The World is Flat' book.
"The worrying news, though, was that the scores of American fourth graders were stagnant, neither improving nor declining in science or mathsince 1995. As a result, they slipped in the international rankings as other countries made gains. "Asian countries are setting the pace in advanced science and math," Ina Mullis, codirector of the International Study Center at Boston College, which manages the study, told the AP. "As one example, 44 percent of eighth-graders in Singapore scored at the most advanced level in math, as did 38 percent in Taiwan. Only 7 percent in the United States did"

We need to make note of this and discuss ways to improve NOW!