Stories from Friday, April 12, 2002

It is forced, manipulated or coerced. It includes rape, child sexual abuse, same-sex assault and harassment. And most often, it is done by someone you know or someone you are married to. It is sexual assault. Some of the ideas and the myths that people believe when it comes to sexual assault are outlandish...

Hey, have you heard the story about Arizona Diamondbacks' slugger Luis Gonzalez' chewing gum being auctioned off an Ebay? Strange, but true -- and not completely surprising. Rumor has it that someone bid $6,000 for Gonzo's used gum. Actually, there were two people bidding more than $3,000...

Second chances don't come by every day, but thankfully everyone receives at least one second chance, in the form of baby teeth. God gave us baby teeth for a reason. They're like a trial pair. You can mess them up and you will still get a second set...

LINCOLN -- Susan J. Brooks, 49, died Tuesday (April 9, 2002) at her home in Lincoln. She was born Oct. 8, 1952, in McCook to Bruce and Martha (McKillip) Brooks, Sr. She attended Cambridge Public Schools and graduated in 1970. She worked as a business manager for a pharmaceutical company in Oregon and also as an office manager in health care. She also volunteered at a daycare with battered and abused children...

CURTIS -- Mary Lea (Robeson) Lashley, 77, died Thursday (April 11, 2002) at her home in the Senior Living Choices at Curtis. She was born July 28, 1924, in Sharon Springs, Kan., to Steven and Elizabeth (Gregor) Robeson. The family moved to Nebraska in 1928 and lived in the Curtis community where she attended grade school and the Nebraska School of Agriculture. ...

HAYS, Kan. -- Andrew "Andy" B. Schmid, 72, died Tuesday (April 9, 2002) in Hays, Kan. He was born Oct. 1, 1929, to Martin and Eva Marie (Haller) Schmid on the family farm Northeast of Atwood. He attended country schools and graduated from Atwood High School in 1948...