Back in 1997 a small group of dedicated people got together and said, "We can do it." So they did. I'm speaking of North Platte Area Habitat for Humanity, of course. The first steering committee meeting of a group to form an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International under the leadership of then editor of the North Platte Telegraph newspaper, Keith Blackledge, was held on March 3, 1997. After many meetings and gathering much required date it was reported that the name of