Stories from Monday, September 22, 2003

Hannah Slama of Beaver City makes friends with Kool-Aid Man during Eager Beaver Days in Beaver City. Kool-Aid Man made appearances Saturday when Beaver City celebrated its past and present with a parade, car show, craft shows, puppet shows, kids' games and activities in the sun-drenched and shade-dappled city park...

Thomas Peck, 4, (second from left) and Daniel Peck, 7, of mcCook take in one of the activities at St. Patrick Church's Fall Festival on Sunday. Leading the horses were Clay Jordan, 13, (left) and Darla Jordan. Steve Stein of McCook won the Duct Tape Derby and was taped to the gym wall st St. Pat's, one of the many events at the church's annual fundraiser...

Brad Jakobowski (second from left) of Curtis takes a chance at the coin toss in the park at Curtis during the Curtis Fall Festival. There to cheer him on were his brother, Jim, of Lincoln, Jerry Sundquist, Tom Brown and Bob Willis. U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Matt Hodson and Staff Sgt. Clint Hosick are welcomed home during the festival...

Nebraska is going to have trouble coming up with the money to pay the ethanol plant incentives, so the plan should be scrapped or scaled back, right? Not in the opinion of State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton, the co-chair of the Governor's Roundtable which met last week to discuss incentive strategies...

Nebraska is going to have trouble coming up with the money to pay the ethanol plant incentives, so the plan should be scrapped or scaled back, right? Not in the opinion of State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton, the co-chair of the Governor's Roundtable which met last week to discuss incentive strategies...

The family of Sarah Beneda is hosting a card shower in honor of her 95th birthday, Sept. 25. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 309 West Seventh, McCook, NE 69001.

The family of Danny and Shelly Webb of Bartley is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th anniversary, Sept. 29. They were married in 1978 in Bartley. Their children are Jay Webb of Cambridge, Toby Webb of Bartley and Dustin Webb, also of Bartley. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at PO Box 61, Bartley, NE 69020...

The family of Keith and Nadine Oetting are hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 30th anniversary, Sept. 29. Their children include John and Amy Oetting of Gretna and Stephanie and Scott Dorothy of McCook with one grandchild on the way. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 1409 West Third, McCook, NE 69001...

Burt and Reighe Donna (Jones) Nagel will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 5, 2003. Reighe Donna is the daughter of the late Ralph and Flora Jones and the sister of Eugene Jones and his wife Linda of Benkelman. She was a 1949 graduate of Stratton High School. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 2969 Aldrich Trail, Woodbury, MN, 55125-7604...

The family of Glenn and Beryl (Loop) Harper is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th anniversary, Sept. 22. Beryl is a former resident of Stratton. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple in care of Bill Kenny at PO Box 216, Rangely, CO 81648...

Two wing-dings Dear Editor, Too bad Hays Center and McCook can't have their wing-dings on different weekends. Many of us who would enjoy Making the trek up to Hayes Center already have committed to Heritage Days. Not that we would win any of those events, but there are more knife-throwers in McCook than one would first think. A good throwing knife that costs about $10 will last a life time. I bought mine 35 years ago (an altered 1917 bayonet)...

OBERLIN -- Krista Simonsson and Brian Gutchewsky were united in marriage Aug. 2, 2003, during a candlelight ceremony at Faith Lutheran Church in Oberlin with the Rev. Charlotte Stecker-Baseler officiating. Parents of the couple are Brian and Pam Simonsson of Oberlin and Jack and Mary Gutchewsky of Herndon...

RED CLOUD -- Jami Lea Beitler and Dallas B. Garey were united in marriage May 31, 2003, at the United Methodist Church in Red Cloud with the Revs. Richard Fairbanks and Hyeongdong Baek officiating. Parents of the couple are Donald and Rachel Beitler of Red Cloud and Douglas and Betty Garey of Beaver City...

Steve and Eileen Johnson of Cambridge announce the engagement of their daughter, April Lee, and Jeremy Lee Cardwell, the son of Rocky and Cindy Cardwell of Wiggins, Colo. The bride-to-be is a 1999 graduate of Cambridge High School and received a bachelor of science degree in general science from York College. ...

Two wing-dings Dear Editor, Too bad Hays Center and McCook can't have their wing-dings on different weekends. Many of us who would enjoy Making the trek up to Hayes Center already have committed to Heritage Days. Not that we would win any of those events, but there are more knife-throwers in McCook than one would first think. A good throwing knife that costs about $10 will last a life time. I bought mine 35 years ago (an altered 1917 bayonet)...