Stories from Monday, May 6, 2002

Laura Jean Wilcox of McCook and Matthew Brooks Clause of Gering, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Mark and Betty Wilcox of McCook and Mark and Joyce Clause of Gering. The bride-to-be is studying interior design at University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The prospective bridegroom is studying architecture at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The couple is planning a June 22, 2002, ceremony at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook...

Brenda Burkey and Matt Manteufel, both of Kansas City, Mo., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Jonathan and Patricia Burkey of McCook and Thomas and Berdeen Manteufel of Saint Louis, Mo. The bride-to-be is a 1994 graduate of Grant High School and a 1998 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. ...

BRUNSWICK -- Toni Marie Meuret and James Brian Guthrie were united in marriage on April 27, 2002, at Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in Brunswick with the Rev. Keith Rezak officiating. Parents of the couple are Pat and Holly Meuret of Brunswick and Ron and Terrie Guthrie of Ogallala. Grandparents are Norbert and Marianne Olberding, John and Rosella Meuret, Burdell and Jeanie Thurston and the late Johnny Jones and Barb and Lyle Guthrie. Godparents of the bride were Kim and Michelle McCrady...

Ann Schlatz and Shane Martin, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Garold and Elizabeth Schlatz of Holdrege and Vernon and Mary Martin of Arapahoe. The bride-to-be is an art teacher at Republican Valley High School. The prospective bridegroom is the manager at Hometown Brand Central in McCook. The couple is planning a June 1, 2002, ceremony at All Saints Catholic Church in Holdrege...

Dawn Caroline Petty and David Edward Salyer, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Daniel and Debra Petty and Lynn and Karen Salyer all of McCook. The bride-to-be attends McCook Community College and is employed at Brown's Shoe-Fit Co. The prospective bridegroom attends McCook Community College and is employed at SunMart. The couple is planning a June 1, 2002, ceremony at the Evangelical Free Church in McCook...

The family of Carl and Augusta (Andrijeski) Miller are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 70th anniversary on May 18. Children of the couple are Richard and wife, Retha Miller of Cody, Wyo., LaVerne and wife, Bernadette Miller of White Lake, S.D., Kenneth and wife, Jeanie Miller of Longmont, Colo., Charlene and husband, Andy Weskamp of Norton, Kan., Carla and husband, Dewey Teel of Neligh, Leo and wife, Diane Miller of Lincoln, Melvin and wife, Jerry Miller of McCook, and Carol and husband, Randy Lashley of Trenton. ...

The family of Jack and Hazel Loomis are hosting an open house in honor of the couples 50th anniversary on May 12. The open house will be at the Hayes Center Legion Hall on May 12, from 3-5 p.m. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at HC 30 Box 121, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Kenneth and Janice (Eisenbarth)Waddell are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary on May 18. Children of the couple are Trudy Waddell of Bartley and the late Timothy Waddell, Kendall and Carol Waddell, also of Bartley and Larry Waddell of McCook. The couple has eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 712 East Second, McCook, NE 69001...

WAUNETA -- Eva Agnes Polly, 84, died Wednesday (April 24, 2002) at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. She was born June 19, 1917, to Joseph Iznac and Olga Cecelia (Vlasin) Kerchal on the family farm north of Wauneta. She attended grade school in Hayes County and she graduated from Wauneta High School in 1935. ...

Marcella Marie McNeill Luther, 84, died April 30, 2002 in Fountain in the Sun, Mesa. She had been in poor health the past two years. Of the many problems, lung cancer was probably the final blow. She endured these misfortunes with the same fortitude and courage that she exhibited throughout her life...

What's in a name? For most of us, EVERYTHING is in a name. In fact, we pay more attention to naming things than we do just about anything else. My wife and I labored over naming our children for weeks before their births. We wanted their names to be perfect...

Postmaster R.B. Som-erville said that beginning Aug. 1, 1942, the McCook lobby would remain open until 9:15 p.m. each weekday evening and 8 on Sunday evenings. This was for the convenience of boxholders who would be wanting mail that arrived on the evening Zephyr. ...

Prior to the 1870s life was pretty bleak and lonely on the prairie. About the only residents in this part of the state were roving Indians, and a few hunters, and cattlemen. In the '80s, homesteading attracted settlers, and most of those lived in sod houses, or in wooden shacks along the streams. Along with family, these early settlers missed their church the most...

Want to see something spectacular? Then latch on to an out-of-state copy of the March issue of Golf Digest magazine. There -- in a full page ad with brilliant color -- you will see an awesome picture showing the 16th hole of Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook...

Dear Editor: From what I am reading and hearing there is a move afoot to discontinue the Handi-Bus service that so many of our senior, handicapped, disadvantaged,and other citizens who are unable to drive rely on for their week-day transportation. The idea of discontinuing this service is not, in my opinion, in the best interests of the City of McCook and its citizens...

During the past few years, the McCook Daily Gazette and other members of the McCook media have been frustrated by the difficulty of getting news reports and comments from faculty members at the college in McCook. The limited number of comments is upsetting because information was freely distributed during the first 65 to 70 years of the college's existence. ...

ARAPAHOE -- Dulcie Winona Elston, 81, died Friday (May 3, 2002) at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. She born Jan. 16, 1921, to Frank and Alma (Voss) Elston in Arapahoe. She was raised in Furnas County and graduated from Holbrook High School in 1938. She taught country school for two years and worked as a teller at Security Bank in Holbrook...