Stories from Tuesday, November 6, 2001

Look all across America, and you will find few teams with a better record than the Republican Valley volleyball team in the past four years. During their incredible run of success, the Lady Mustangs have compiled 98 victories and only four defeats. That figures out to a 96-percent-plus winning rate, far better than the winning marks of top college and professional teams in any sport...

Dear Editor, In the past few months, I have seen at least two articles in this paper about projects that involved young men from this area. They both received special awards. It was refreshing to me to see them recognized for something that didn't involve sports. These fellows are Lucas Haag from Bartley and Lance Manker from Indianola...

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the person who referred to the Christ as a 2000-year-old camel jockey. Here are just a couple of observations I have from talking with men of faith and others who have no faith. It appears if (we) ask directly, God will come into that place he created in every man who belongs to him...

Dear Editor, Stratton used to be a quiet little town where if you had a problem, you would call the person and discuss it with them instead of running to the village board. I recently had a couple of days off, which I enjoyed by riding my horse and leading colts around town...

Do you have any pet peeves? Most of us do. Here are a few of mine. Candy wrappers crinkling during the "I love you" scene of a good movie. Black slacks that attract lint from as far away as the Andromeda System. Plastic produce bags, sealed tighter than Tut's tomb. These tiny, mundane annoyances don't mean much after a good night's sleep, but they can multiply to overwhelming proportions by the end of a hectic day...

Julie Ann Buturlia OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Julie Ann Buturlia, 42, died Saturday (Nov. 3, 2001) at Overland Park. She was born Nov. 15, 1958, at Oberlin to Johnnie and Christine (Ricketts) Richards. She was raised in Oberlin and Atwood. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1976. She was a graduate of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan...

Dorothy A. Dybdahl BENKELMAN -- Dorothy A. Dybdahl, 84, of Benkelman, formerly of Curtis, died Monday (Nov. 5, 2001) at Benkelman. She was born Oct. 20, 1917, at Smithfield to Clarence and Rosie (Stark) Littell. She lived on the family farm until her early teens when she moved to Maywood and worked for many people in the surrounding communities...

Keith Edward Ells MANKATO, Kan. -- Keith Edward Ells, 69, of Mankato, died Sunday (Nov. 4, 2001) at Bryan Memorial Medical Center, East Campus LGH, in Lincoln. He was born June 17, 1932, at Benedict to Edward and Aleta (Marlow) Ells. On Jan. 27, 1952, he married Eunice Andres at Hebron. ...