Stories from Wednesday, September 12, 2001

The children, grandchildren and great-granddaughter of Richard and Marilyn Koetter of rural McCook are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 15, 1951, in McCook. Cards will reach them at RR1 Box 157, McCook, NE 69001...

David and Darlene Phelps of Atwood, Kan., will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16, 2001. Cards will reach them at 607 Plum, Atwood, KS 67730.

Nettie J. Davenport HOLDREGE -- Nettie Jane Davenport, 78, of Holdrege, formerly of Orleans, died Saturday (Sept. 8, 2001) at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. She was born Aug. 15, 1923, in Furnas County, near Oxford, to George and Maggie (Allen) Payne. She attended rural schools in Furnas and Harlan Counties, and graduated from Stamford High School with the class of 1941. In 1946 she attended the Lincoln School of Commerce...

Austin Wesley Jurey ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Austin Wesley Jurey, 91, died Saturday (Sept. 8, 2001) at the Sandia Hospice Pavillion in Albuquerque. He was born Sept. 20, 1909, at Clifton, Kan., to Wesley Forrest and Jessie Myrtle (Press) Jurey. On Feb. 12, 1938, he married Ethel Fern Roe in Norcatur, Kan. They farmed in Norcatur and Norton, Kan., Wilsonville and the Cambridge areas until retiring and moving into Cambridge. She preceded him in death on Aug. 13, 1998...

Ella Mae Jackson CAMBRIDGE -- Ella Mae Jackson, 88, died Monday (Sept. 10, 2001) at the Cambridge Manor. She was born May 1, 1913, at Bloomington to George and Amelia (Ruhs) Grotfeld. She graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1929. She went on to Normal Training. ...

ACT deadlines College-bound high school students who need to take an entrance exam have two opportunities to register for the ACT prior to the Oct. 27 test date. The postmark registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 21 and the late registration deadline is Oct. 5, and will require an additional fee. Students can obtain additional information from school counselors or they can register online at www.act.org...

Clariss Howell, (back left) Linda Stritt and Julie Walters, all of the Linda Stritt State Farm Agency, along with Sharlene Crow of Community Hospital Health Foundation, Linda Lafferty with Kinder Morgan for Kids, and Brian Rokusek with the McCook Clinic presented bicycle helmets to first grade students in all McCook Schools. The annual donation was made possible through donations from area businesses...

McCook Senior High Marching Bison Band representatives Bryan Regier, director, and band members Sarah Wilcox and Stephanie Grassia accept a $300 check from Dwane Timm, vice president and ag loan officer at McCook National Bank. The bank's donation will be used to purchase decorative bandanas that will be sold at upcoming MHS sports events. Proceeds from the sale of the bandanas will be used to help finance the band's trip to the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day...

As long as we live, this day shall haunt us and horrify us. Murderous suicide attacks -- taking an immeasurable toll in death, injury and destruction -- left us numb with grief and aghast with anger. Here in McCook -- as in villages and cities all across the world -- good, normal, caring people gathered to witness the atrocities as they flashed non-stop across our television screens...

Dear Editor, We sent two kids to school this year, one to kindergarten, the other to sixth grade. It cost us $90 for school supplies. Evidently, sixth graders are unable to learn without six different writing utensils, erasable ink pens, color pencils, regular pencils, sharpe marker, color markers and red ink pens. ...

Dear Editor, If you think families and churches can't afford their welfare and charity, is it smart or stupid to compare the political parasites' nefarious parvenu mirage of utopia (pawning the unborn to peonage)? Social Security is the biggest financial farce and bogus chain letter in the country!...

Dear Editor, The taxpayers must understand the difference between what the school board does and what the administration's job is. The administration must be held accountable for their actions and spending taxpayer's money. The school board sets policies and the administration runs the public schools...

Glenn S. Wells COZAD -- Glenn S. Wells, 90, of Cozad, formerly of Edison, died Monday (Sept. 10, 2001) at Southview Manor at Cozad. He was born July 2, 1911, at Edison to Andrew and Iona Belle (Brundage) Wells. He grew up northwest of Edison, and later the family moved into Edison. He worked as a ranch hand in South Dakota for 10 years. Later he worked for Vaughn Dawson in farm and ranch work for 20 years, north of Edison...