FIRTH, Neb. (KOLN) – It was room full of people and emotion-at one point, needing the calming hand of a pastor to guide trenchant disagreement toward cordiality. Dozens packed in to the Firth Community Center for a Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy public hearing, weighing the pros and cons of renewing the 10-year permit for Prairieland Gold Capitol’s composting site, which neighbors say wafts out a terrible smell.