Stories from Tuesday, September 2, 2003

HOLDREGE -- The McCook Bison softball team, ranked No. 2 in Class B by the Omaha World Herald, captured the championship at the Holdrege Invitational Saturday. The Bison posted a 3-0 record and improved to 4-0 overall. McCook defeated Gering 2-0 in the first round, fought off defending Class C state champion Cozad 5-3 in the semifinals and shut out Lexington 3-0 in the championship...

Lesa Kathryn Miller and Michael William Tines, both of Culbertson, were united in marriage June 20, 2003, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook with the Rev. Jerel Scholl, assistant pastor, officiating. Parents of the couple are Leland and Barbara Miller of Culbertson and William "Dude" and Alice Tines of Venango...

The family of Doris Hubl Adams is hosting an open house and card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born Sept. 7, 1923. The open house is Sept. 7, 2-4 p.m., at the Prairie Development Center in Atwood. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 406 North Second, Atwood, KS 67730...

The children of Dorothy Loop are hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthda, Sept. 15. Cards of congratulations will reach her at P.O. Box 977, McCook, NE 69001.

Jon and Ronda Graff announce the birth of a son, Ethan Jon Graff on July 12, 2003. He weighed 9 pounds and 9 ounces. He has one sister, Anna, and three brothers, Alex, Andrew and Erik. His grandparents are Pete and Dolores Graff of McCook and Ron and Linda Larson of Horseshoe Bend, Ark...

Skunks were causing nightly problems in McCook in the early fall of 1960. They were downtown, in yards and generally stinking up the city. Policemen were being supplemented by Gazette employee Bus Bahl and a wildlife authority named Jim "Rattlesnake Pete" Holmes...

"Why doesn't he act like I want him to?" and "why doesn't she do what I want her to do?" are the two questions that come up most often in regards to relationships. Of course, there are easy answers to these questions but there are also difficulties hidden within the answers...

In this era of long weekends, annual vacations and extensive travel by retirees, communities in the Golden Plains are missing a bet if they don't take steps to develop tourism attractions. The payoff is potentially huge, with consultants estimating spending for travel and tourism in Nebraska surpasses $3 billion annually...

As the Nebraska Cornhuskers begin to fight their way back to national contention in football, athletes from Southwest Nebraska will once again be a part of the process. It's been true for years. Raised in a state united in support of the Huskers, many young athletes not only dream of playing for the Big Red ... they make the extra effort necessary to wear the coveted Cornhusker uniform...

CAMBRIDGE -- Helen B. Moseley, 90, died Saturday (Aug. 30, 2003) at Cambridge Manor. She was born Oct. 1, 1912, to Dr. Benjamin F. and Florence Stewart in Oklahoma City, Okla. The family moved to Nebraska and lived in Moorefield and Cambridge. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1929. Later that year, she married Truman M. Moseley...

CURTIS -- Roselyn Kay Castor of Broomfield, Colo., 63, died Thursday (Aug. 28, 2003) in Curtis. She was born Oct. 5, 1939, to Carl and Erma (Munson) Presler in Holdrege. The family moved to a farm near Stockville. She graduated from Stockville High School in 1957...

BEAVER CITY -- Flossie Anna Hardin, 98, died Friday (Aug. 29, 2003) at the Beaver City Manor. She was born Jan. 30, 1905, to Daniel and Emma (Pearson) Hilligoss in Waldron, Kan. She grew up in Kansas and Missouri. When her father died, the family moved to Iowa. There she was was a dishwasher and cleaning girl at the Bacon Hotel in Corning, Iowa...

BRANSON, Mo. -- Delmar O. Green, 81, died Wednesday (Aug. 27, 2003) at Skaggs Community Health Center in Branson, Mo. He was a lifelong resident of Atwood. He was born Jan. 16, 1922, to Joe and Lucy (Fikan) Green. He graduated from Atwood High School in 1938 and received a degree in industrial management in business from the University of Kansas in 1943...

The family of Lyod and Vida Davis is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 70th anniversary, Sept. 7, 11 a.m., at Centennial Park in Loveland, Colo. The couple married Sept. 7, 1933, in Colby, Kan. They have seven children, 26 grandchildren, 68 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. The couple has resided in Atwood and in Trenton for part of their lives...

Kami Wick and Bruce Loeffelholz, both of Pleasanton, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Henry Angle of Kearney, Shauna Stanton of Kearney and Jerome and Patricia Loeffelholz. Grandparents of the couple are Linnaea Budke of McCook, Marie Upton of Trenton and Irene Stittle of Ravenna. ...

OBERLIN -- The Oberlin High School varsity, junior varsity and ninth grade volleyball teams opened the season Friday with a sweep of Wheatland and Hoxie. The Red Devil varsity defeated Wheatland 25-18, 25-12 and Hoxie 27-25, 25-18. The JV squad defeated Wheatland 25-15, 24-26, 15-11 and Hoxie 25-12, 25-19...

McCook High School junior Katherine Morell opened the 2003 fall golf season by capturing first-place medalist honors at the McCook Invitational. The 18-hole, par-72 tournament was played at McCook's Heritage Hill Golf Course. Morell, an 11th-place finisher at the Class B state tournament in 2002, fired an 80. She shot 38 on the front nine holes and 41 on the back nine holes...

McCook High School's Courtney Moore (8) serves during Friday night's volleyball scrimmage at the MHS gymnasium. Moore is one of seven players on the Bison volleyball team with playing experience on last year's squad. The McCook football team also scrimmage Friday night at Weiland Field. ...

A new conference center may be in the foreseeable future for McCook. The McCook Chamber of Commerce Conference Center Task Force will ask the McCook City Council to submit a preliminary application for a $200,000 grant to help fund the Maxine and Frank Morrison Conference Center in the 400 block of Norris Avenue...

By The Associated Press and McCook Daily Gazette Attendance at Nebraska state parks over the Labor Day weekend fell with the temperatures, but warmer weather brought back some of the visitors on the holiday. Nebraska had struggled for several days through a streak of hot weather with highs in the 100s, but that weather pattern broke into cooler temperatures on Friday...

On an "Old-Fashioned Saturday Night" in downtown Cambridge, nearly 700 people visited, ate hotdogs and listened to live music. Activities were designed to mimic a Saturday night 50 or more years ago, when families went into town or downtown to do their shopping. ...

LINCOLN -- The Nebraska Court of Appeals has overturned a conviction by a Hitchcock County district court jury and has ordered a new trial for Renae N. McDaniel, the Palisade mother found guilty in October 2002 of felony child abuse. Kevin Slimp, an attorney in the Nebraska Attorney General's office, said Friday morning he is filing a petition for further review by the Court of Appeals. ...

An Alda man has been arrested in McCook for allegedly beating his wife into unconciousness Saturday evening. McCook Police Chief Ike Brown said officers responded to a call placed by the woman's adult son and responded to a residence in the 500 block of West G. Officers reported the victim was unconscious when they arrived and appeared to have been assaulted. The woman was taken to Community Hospital of McCook and has since been released...

Hollie Wayman and Brandon Anderson, both of McCook, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are John and Julie Wayman of Bartley and the late Michael and Margaret Anderson. Grandparents of the couple are Kenneth and Betty Wayman of Industry, Kan., Andy and Geri Anderson and Polly Grim, both of McCook. ...

TRENTON -- Verjean (Horinek) Carlson and Angus LeMoyne Garey, both of McCook, were united in marriage July 12, 2003, at St. James Catholic Church in Trenton with the Rev. Patrick Murphy officiating. The maid of honor was Beck Chvatal, daughter of the bride. The best man was Scott Garey, son of the bridegroom...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Laura Marie Scott and Karl David Hying, both of Kansas City, Mo., were united in marriage May 3, 2003, at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church in Kansas City, Mo., with the Rev. Robert Gregory officiating. Parent of the couple are Rita Scott of Easton Pa., Allen Scott of Omaha and David and Karen Hying of York. ...

Emergency personnel from Indianola and McCook attend to victims of a two-car accident just before noon Friday, at the Republican Valley High School intersection on U.S. Highway 6-34 east of McCook. Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Scott Zehr reported that cars driven by Lawrence Kentfield, 74, of Beaver City, and Faune Kinne, 15, of McCook, collided when Kinne attempted to turn north off U.S. ...

In this era of long weekends, annual vacations and extensive travel by retirees, communities in the Golden Plains are missing a bet if they don't take steps to develop tourism attractions. The payoff is potentially huge, with consultants estimating spending for travel and tourism in Nebraska surpasses $3 billion annually...

As the Nebraska Cornhuskers begin to fight their way back to national contention in football, athletes from Southwest Nebraska will once again be a part of the process. It's been true for years. Raised in a state united in support of the Huskers, many young athletes not only dream of playing for the Big Red ... they make the extra effort necessary to wear the coveted Cornhusker uniform...

Skunks were causing nightly problems in McCook in the early fall of 1960. They were downtown, in yards and generally stinking up the city. Policemen were being supplemented by Gazette employee Bus Bahl and a wildlife authority named Jim "Rattlesnake Pete" Holmes...

"Why doesn't he act like I want him to?" and "why doesn't she do what I want her to do?" are the two questions that come up most often in regards to relationships. Of course, there are easy answers to these questions but there are also difficulties hidden within the answers...

I don't listen to Dr. Laura all that often, but I understand she has taken up sailing. She often mentions the challenges and life lessons that can be gleaned by using the wind to propel your craft. I'm no Dr. Laura, but I've learned a few life lessons from my limited time on the water...