Stories from Friday, December 7, 2001

HAMLET -- Samantha Jo Cole and Charles Shepard Wilson Jr. were united in marriage on May 26, 2001, at the Hamlet Union Church with the Rev. Matt Hoffmann officiating. Parents of the couple are Jim and Sandi Cole of Hayes Center, and Charles and Julia Wilson Sr. of Elgin, Texas. Grandparents are Leona Martens of Curtis, and Gerald and Gladys Cole of Curtis. Special guests included Jim and Dot Classen, and Steve and Cindy Roberts, all of Omaha...

JEFFERSON, Iowa -- Laurel Diane Goin, formerly of McCook, and Charles Scott Cagle of Neosho, Mo., were united in marriage on Sept. 8, 2001, at the First Presbyterian Church at Jefferson. The Rev. Jerry Sawyer officiated the double ring ceremony. Parents of the couple are David and Lois Goin of Jefferson and Warren and Betty Cagle of Neosho...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Stacee Wieser of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Duncan Patterson of Bellevue were united in marriage on Sept. 22, 2001, at the Queen of Apostles Catholic Church in Council Bluffs with the Rev. Tom Crowley officiating the double ring ceremony...

Louis Pachner OBERLIN -- Louis Pachner, 82, died Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was born Dec. 31, 1918, at Oberlin to Frank and Barbora (Ruzicka) Pachner. He grew up at Center Township of Decatur County, Kan. He attended Center School...

Harry Hein Harry Hein, 92, died Thursday (Dec. 6, 2001) at Hillcrest Nursing Home of McCook. He was born June 19, 1909, at McCook to John C. and Anna Margaret (Lenhart) Hein. He grew up at Culbertson where he graduated from rural school. He began farming on the family farm at Culbertson...

Carl Schafer CULBERTSON -- Carl Schafer, 88, died Thursday (Dec. 6, 2001) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born Jan. 6, 1913, at Frank, Russia, to Jake and Marie (Ditter) Schafer. Following the death of his father, he and his mother came to the United States in 1923 and settled at Culbertson...

Are you avoiding it? Do you look at it like it's the plague? Have you piled clothes on top of it on purpose? Of course, I'm talking about the bathroom scale -- the Scrooge of the bathroom. As if our tightening jeans aren't enough, the scale is always bringing our overweight behinds back to reality...

Dear Editor, It is nice to know that McCook has someone on the City Council who has some common sense regarding the J.T. Harris issue. As we all know, if that were a common person, it would of been a different outcome, in other words, less, not more. We need more a common- sense approach when it relates to dealing with taxpayers' money...

Many things are different about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America and the December 7, 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. But one thing -- one very important thing -- is the same. The horrible assaults united our nation in a way that no other events ever have...

Ann Elizabeth Trimpey BURLINGTON, Colo. -- Ann Elizabeth Trimpey, 87, formerly of Culbertson, died Friday (Dec. 7, 2001) at The Legacy Nursing Home in Burlington. She was born Feb. 1, 1914, in Frontier County to Peter S. and Bessie Montgomery Smith. She grew up in Culbertson...