Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2001

The children of Carol and Cecil Hinshaw are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary on Oct. 9. They were married in 1976 at St. Paul. Cards will reach them at 2901 W. 42nd St., Scottsbluff, NE, 69361. Their children are Kelli Hinshaw of Lincoln; Whitney Hinshaw of Scottsbluff, and Jake Hinshaw of Kearney. Cecil Hinshaw is a graduate of McCook High School...

Does learning end at the school door? Not any more than it begins when the bell rings in the morning, or when a student first sets foot in pre-school. Learning is a lifetime occupation, from the first day we open our eyes until the day they close forever -- and that's the way it should be...

Have you heard the one about the blonde that went to the doctor with a sprained ankle? How about the blonde that went to the doctor with a hole in her hand? I have. I've also heard the one about the blonde in the cornfield and I know what you have when you find a blonde skeleton in the closet...

Dennis Brooks Schnell NORTH PLATTE -- Dennis Brooks Schnell, 81, died Tuesday (Oct. 9, 2001) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte after a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 7, 1920, on the family farm near Harvard to Conrad and Mary Margaret (Schlitt) Schnell. ...

Fredricka 'Freda' (Weber) Evertson CAMBRIDGE -- Fredricka "Freda" (Weber) Evertson, 96, died Wednesday (Oct. 10, 2001) at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. She was born Aug. 21, 1905, at Reamsville, Kan., to Henry and Fredricka (Harms) Weber. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith at the age of three weeks. She attended country school near Reamsville. She was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cambridge on Jan. 22, 1961. The family moved to Cambridge when she was 17...

Monroe Schmidt FRONTIER COUNTY -- Monroe Schmidt, 78, died Wednesday (Oct. 10, 2001) at his home in Frontier County. He was born Jan. 9, 1923, at Cozad to Enno and Taliena (Hicken) Schmidt. He attended school in Cozad. He farmed near Willow Island. On July 19, 1942, he married Mae Morris at Lexington. ...