Stories from Tuesday, December 10, 2002

TRENTON -- The Palisade mother found guilty in October of beating her baby son and sentenced to 7-10 years in prison filed a notice of appeal Monday in Hitchcock County district court in Trenton. Renae M. McDaniel, 24, started serving her sentence for felony child abuse Nov. 12, in Nebraska's women's correctional facility in York...

My comment is to the 9-year-old girl who left such a loving gift in the Toy Box. We received your gift and your note, and will follow your instructions. Thank you and Merry Christmas. A Toy Box Elf.

Dear Editor, To follow up on the picture of the rock building near the swimming pool and Don Schaaf's description I extracted some material from the 37th Star Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) secretary's book beginning in 1937...

Dear Editor, I attended the concert at the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon and it was very good! There is so much talent among all the participants that it's almost unbelievable. It isn't necessary to travel 300 miles or more to see and hear good music and singing. Hats off the everyone involved in the concert...

Want to be happy? Really happy? It may be easier than you think. According to exciting new studies, psychologists now know that it's not great riches, but friends and forgiveness which lead to happiness. In a front page article in Monday's USA Today, Marilyn Elias reports, "The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don't care about keeping up with the Joneses next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily."...

GIBBON -- Rick and Stacey (Minson) Brown of Gibbon announce the birth of a daughter, Kylee Rae, born Tuesday (Dec. 3, 2002). She weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and has one brother, Lane, age 2. Grandparents are Jim and Julie Mockry of McCook, Bob and Sheryl Mitchell of Gibbon and Ron Brown of Columbus. ...

CULBERTSON -- Jon and Linda Swanson of Culbertson announce the birth of a daughter, Aubrey Ann, born Monday (Dec. 2, 2002). She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces. She has one sister, Courtnei, age 4. Grandparents are Larry and Donna Swanson of McCook and Robert and Carol McMahon of Colton, S.D...

The 55PLUS Christmas program to be held on Thursday at Community Hospital still has room in the evening program which begins at 7 p.m. The afternoon program at 1:30 is full and reservations have been closed. To register for the evening program, call the 55PLUS Info line at (308) 345-8255 and leave your name, phone number and number of people attending...

Kent Kilpatrick, owner of the Bottle Shop and the Spirit Shop comments on the city's purchase and offering for sale of the old McCook Army Air base.

TRENTON -- A 42-year-old Trenton man pleaded guilty to Class III and Class IV felony drug charges Monday afternoon in Hitchcock County district court in Trenton, and will be sentenced Thursday, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m. Judge John Battershell accepted Michael Kamery's pleas of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, a Class III felony; and possession of methamphetamine, a Class IV felony, amended from (a second Class III felony charge of) distribution of methamphetamine...

BENKELMAN -- Dundy County Judge Bert Leffler bound a Stratton man over to district court Monday, charging him with four felony and two misdemeanor drug and traffic offenses. Leffler also issued a warrant for the arrest of another Stratton man facing similar charges...

Sculptor Gary Ginther helps guide his 850-pound creation into its final home outside the former Carnegie Library at Norris and E streets in McCook. The Bison 2000 Committee, MHS Alumni and High Plains Historical Society sponsored the project.

HAYES CENTER -- Allen L. Bodeman, 63, died Sunday (Dec. 8, 2002) at the Blue Valley Lutheran Care Home in Hebron. He was born Sept.1, 1939, at Palisade, to Chester J. and Hannah Marie (Banister) Bodeman. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1956. He attended Hastings College and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1960. He also attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis...

BERTHOUD, Colo. -- Helen "Heinz" Larington, 75, died Tuesday (Nov. 26, 2002) at her home in Berthoud, Colo. She was born in Culbertson to Andrew and Amelia Heinz. She was baptized and confirmed in Congrational Church in Culbertson. Later she attended the Methodist Church in McCook. She graduated from Culbertson Public School in 1945, and also attended McCook Junior College...