Stories from Friday, January 4, 2002

Alison Wiege and Nicholas Brown announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Jan and Jason Barber of Minatare, Mike and Terri Wiege of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Gary and Karen Brown of Wilsonville. The bride-to-be graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1996. The prospective bridegroom is a 1997 graduate of Cambridge High School. Both are attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The couple is planning a June 2002 wedding in Scottsbluff...

Jon and Patty Anderjaska of Palisade announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Jon, on Thursday (Dec. 27, 2001) at Chase County Hospital in Imperail. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. He has one sister, Betsy, 14, and two brothers, William, 10, and Wesley, 6. His grandparents are Roland and Marilyn Anderjaska of Hayes Center and Niel and Bernita Miller of Davenport...

Suree Michelle Urling of Wilsonville and Bobby Joe Schilz of McCook were united in marriage on July 28, 2001, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook. The Rev. Sam Williams officiating the double ring ceremony. Parents of the couple are Chester and Kathie Francis of Wilsonville, John H. Urling of DuBuque, Iowa, and Lonnie and Pamela Schilz of McCook. Grandparents are Harold Ike of Cambridge, Bettie Gull of McCook, and Delbert and Beverly Schilz of Denver, Colo...

Rebecca Berry and Thomas Wiemers, both of McCook, were united in marriage on Sept. 1, 2001, at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook. The Rev. Dr. Jeffery Thurman officiated the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Steve and Chris Berry, and Gary and Barb Wiemers, all of McCook. Grandparents are Dale and Wynnie Workman of McCook, Mary Bradney of Benkelman, and the late Dean Bradney...

Tori Sue Rousselle and Joel Michael Hauxwell were united in marriage on Sept. 29, 2001, at the McCook Christian Church in McCook. Pastors Clark Bates and Jason Van Pelt officiated the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Kevin and Karma Rousselle of Culbertson, and Margie Hauxwell of McCook. ...

The parents of Jennifer Lynn Auten and Ryan John Reese, both of Holbrook, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children. Parents of the couple are Ken and Sherri Auten of Ayr, and Eldon and Patty Reese of Holbrook. The bride-to-be is a 1996 graduate of Blue Hill High School in Blue Hill. ...

W. Lloyd Huff ATWOOD -- W. Lloyd Huff, 91, died Tuesday (Jan. 1, 2002) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born Dec. 21, 1910, at Denver, Colo., to Lloyd Alpha and Margaret Ellen (Hatch) Huff. He graduated from Colorado State College at Greeley, Colo. He was a teacher for several years before entering the service...

Arthur E. Hertzler Knox, M.D. A.E. Hertzler Knox, M.D., of Simsbury, Conn., died Dec. 31, 2001, at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn. He leaves his wife, Doris (Hegenberger) Knox whom he married in McCook on Feb. 28, 1942. He also leaves his children, Cynthia Knox Oxendine, a doctor of clinical anthropology in Flagstaff, Ariz., Pamela D. Lavery of Farmington, and A.E. Hertzler Knox, M.D., a pediatrician in Bristol, Conn; five grandchildren; and five great-grandsons...

Herman Nordhausen WAUNETA -- Herman Nordhausen, 91, died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at his home in Wauneta. Survivors include his wife, Alvina Nordhausen of Wauneta; three daughters, Anita Smith and husband, Mert of Seward, Veleta Sutherland and husband, Jim of Battle Lake, Minn., and Judy Evers and husband Rudy of Wauneta; two sons, Robert of Enders, and Harold and wife, Janet of Wauneta; one daughter-in-law, Colleen Nordhausen-Garton of Windsor, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.. ...

Carl Robert Siebecker CAMBRIDGE -- Carl Robert Siebecker, 83, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 13, 1918, at Orafino to Carl F. and Carrie (Max) Siebecker. On May 26, 1951, he married Bonnie Robeson at McCook...

Donna Mae Frank CURTIS -- Donna Mae Frank, 62, died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at the Sunset Haven Rest Home in Curtis. She was born May 5, 1939, at Bartley, and lived her entire life in that area. She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Marion...

Staying home all day, whether on a regular basis or for just one day, is an experience all its own. As a stay-at-home mom, I experience the world in a different manner, usually with a constant dull roar in the background, than those who venture out the front door everyday...

Are you interested in how people see McCook? I guess that for about the past 40 years I've been really interested in how relatives, newcomers or visitors are impressed (or not) by my hometown. The first impression of our city comes from Anne Matthews, author of Where The Buffalo Roam, a book about the visit to McCook of Rutger's University professors, Frank and Deborah Popper. ...

I want to talk to you this week about a touchy, controversial subject that I'm sure all of my readers will have a definite perspective about. We hear about "affairs" all the time. We read about them, we see them on television and in the movies, we hear about others having them and, perhaps, we've had them ourselves. But when asked, our society usually responds very negatively to the whole idea of affairs...

Barn Again! A play on words from the "born again" phenomenon of the Jimmy Carter era, the Smithsonian Institution show is now on display at the High Plains Historical Society Museum, 413 Norris Ave. "The barn is more than a building. It is a witness to centuries of change." So reads the brochure on the exhibit, and the statement is true...

As soon as Miami converted a Nebraska fumble into a touchdown, Big Red fans knew it was going to be a long night. Yes, the Huskers were able to score twice in the second half, but even Nebraska's radio announcers had all but conceded the national championship before their team went to the halftime locker rooms down 34-0...

Ruth Vieth GRAND ISLAND -- Ruth Vieth, 78, died Saturday (Dec. 29, 2001) at the Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island. She was born April 8, 1923, at Dickens to Leo and Anastasia (Wasia) Kotschwar. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grand Island. After graduating from high school, she taught in rural schools for two years...