Stories from Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Roderick and Jada Carpenter announce the birth of a daughter, Jada Marie born Friday (April 5, 2002). She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Grandparents are Rodney and Thelma Carpenter of McCook and the late Willis T. Cruse.

Dear Editor, To the person who stole my decorative flag and flag pole off my garage Monday night, I hope you enjoy your lion and lamb flag. I presume you didn't have a Phillips screwdriver or you would have taken the flag holder also. How about returning them to 11o2 Missouri Ave.?...

Friends! Countrymen, Countrywomen and Countrykids, too! Lend us your ear! It's time for the Barbershop Harmony Show ... an annual extravaganza planned, promoted and presented by the Prairie Statesmen Chorus of Southwest Nebraska. The show -- which will be presented at the McCook Memorial Auditorium -- will take center stage this coming Saturday night, April 20, starting at 7:30 p.m...

When I worked for the school district in Brighton, one of my daily duties was making cash deposits for the school lunch fund. Each school prepared the deposit and placed it in either a zipper bag or a locked bag. Not much of a distinction, except to the unfortunate one who had the bank run that day. Zipper bags, unlike locked bags, had to be processed immediately, to protect both the bank and the customer from light fingers making unauthorized "changes."...

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Cecil V. Chapman, 82, died Sunday (April 14, 2002) at Northern Colorado Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1919, in Rifle, Colo., to Milton Thomas Green and Mary Iris (Slack) Chapman. On Oct. 15, 1945, he married Dena L. McMahen in McCook. They moved to Johnstown, Colo., in 1964 before moving to Longmont in 1967. He worked for the St. Vrain Valley School District following his retirement from Red Dale Coach Company, retiring completely in 1998...

Opal I. Hager, 78, died Sunday (April 14, 2002) at McCook Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 11, 1923, at Riverton to Ernest and Lula (Johnson) Secrest. She graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1941. She moved to the McCook community in 1954. She was employed by the Electric Hose and Rubber Co...