Stories from Monday, December 3, 2001

One of the most special traditions in the McCook area is the Toy Box. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of the late Sharon Snyder and the continuing devotion of Bill Stewart and a loyal corps of volunteers, the Toy Box has made a joyous difference in the lives of hundreds of children...

Dear Editor, Have you ever fallen head over heels in love with a person of the opposite sex? Did you keep it to yourself or did everyone around you know it? Did your friends and acquaintances say, "he or she's in love?" "the love bug has bitten?" Did you want to be with that person, to buy him or her presents, to go out on dates and finally, did you want to get married and spend the rest of your lives living, laughing and loving each other and growing old together? As Billy Graham has said, "marriages may be made in heaven but the maintenance is done here on earth;" he also said, "marriage is made up of two good forgivers." If you don't take time every day to tell your husband or wife that you love them, that he or she is very special to you, estrangement begins to set in (children need a daily dose of love and affection also) and you begin to grow apart. ...

Dear Editor, This is to all sportswriters, AP, ABC sports and Gary Danielson. I believe college football championship should be decided by wins and losses, not by how many points were scored against a team. If they are going by the point system, then maybe there is some gambling going on within the above-mentioned...

The Republican -River valley had been known since the earliest days as some of the finest hunting land in America, and had long attracted the attention of roving hunters and trappers. Years before permanent settlement in the area, cattlemen had also found the grass and water in the plains country a source of wealth. ...

Louise M. Luther INDIANOLA -- Louise M. Luther, 86, died Saturday (Dec. 1, 2001) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born May 19, 1915, at Orleans to Aloysius and Susanna (Hoxmeier) Streff. She attended rural schools near Orleans. On Feb. 17, 1942, she married Kenneth Luther at Orleans. She lived most of her life at Indianola. They moved to Hillcrest on Aug. 11, 1997...

Mary L. (Henningsen) Decker ATWOOD -- Mary L. (Henningsen) Decker, 91, died Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born Oct. 4, 1910, in rural Rawlins County, Kan., to Anders "Andy" and Clara (Bohme) Henningsen. She attended the Tully School District 93, graduated from Atwood Community High School and received normal training...

Rosella (McKillip) Wicke ATWOOD -- Rosella (McKillip) Wicke, 84, died Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born Nov. 9, 1917, at the family farm house in Hayes County to Arch and Mamie (Marquissie) McKillip. She was baptized as an infant at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in rural Hayes County. She graduated from Hayes County High School in 1934 with a normal training certificate...

Jeremy Dean Hunkins TRENTON -- Jeremy Dean Hunkins, 17, died Thursday (Nov. 29, 2001) at his home in Trenton. He was born Feb. 5, 1984, to Gary D. and Jeanne L. (Hanes) Hunkins at Benkelman. He had lived his whole life in Trenton. He was a senior at Lakeside Central High School and a member of St. John's Lutheran Church...