Stories from Monday, November 17, 2003

OGALLALA -- The McCook Bison football team will be making a return trip to the Nebraska Class B state championship game. The Bison fought off Ogallala 28-7 Saturday in the state semifinals in front of an estimated crowd of 2,800 fans at Ogallala, including more than 1,000 Bison faithful...

OBERLIN -- Arthur L. Nelson, 94, died Sunday (Nov. 16, 2003) at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. He was born Dec. 26, 1909, to Adolph and Susan (Johnson) Nelson in Cherokee, Iowa. He was raised in Worthington, Minn., and attended school in Worthington...

Alice Elizabeth Corder, 83, died Friday (Nov. 14, 2003) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Dec. 21, 1919, to William J. and Agnes (Sterling) Kennedy in Frontier County. She graduated from McCook High School in 1938. On May 16, 1941, she married Dale T. Corder in Oberlin. She was a homemaker. The couple lived their married life in the McCook community. For the past 30 years, the couple spent their winters in south lower Rio Grand, Texas...

WAUNETA -- Robert M. Carey, 81, died Saturday (Nov. 15, 2003) at Heritage of Wauneta. He was born July 12, 1922, to Lawrence H. and Clara (Witt) Carey in McCook. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1940. On Nov. 7, 1943, he entered the Navy as a Seabee and served during World War II. He was honorably discharged Jan. 18, 1946...

The family of Fred Prell is hosting an open house in honor of his 85th birthday, Nov. 22, 2-4 p.m., at the Masonic Temple, third floor. His wife is Gwen Prell.

Dear Editor, In response to Mike Hendricks' column on Judge Roy Moore: The First Amendment to the Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." Judge Roy Moore is not Congress and is not attempting to establish a one-church nation...

Jerry and Linda Olsen of Haigler and Kenneth and Peggy Evans of Kiowa, Kan., announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Jenni Diane Olsen and Danial Paul Evans. The bride-to-be is a 1999 graduate of Dundy County High School. She plans to graduate from Fort Hays State University in December 2003 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design with a minor in Spanish. ...

Larry and Mary Fahrenbruch and Chuck and Beatriz Roesch, all of Atwood, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Janae Fahrenbruch and Pablo Martinez. The bride-to-be is a 1997 graduate of Atwood High School and a 2002 graduate of Fort Hays State University. ...

**Dear Editor, National Farm-City Week is Nov. 21-27, the week leading up to Thanksgiving. It celebrates the interdependence of farm and city people, and it seems like the perfect time to highlight how both rural and urban Nebraskans benefit from our state's livestock industry...

LEWISVILLE, Texas -- Angela Marie Cappel and Kevin Vance Murdock were united in marriage Oct. 4, 2003, at The Historic Round Grove Church in Lewisville, Texas with the Rev. Clay Lein officiating. Parents of the couple are Jim and Pat Johnston of Longview, Bob and Carolyn Cappel of Yankton, S.D., and Jack and Shirley Murdock of Lewisville...

Lincoln, here we come! Following one of the most successful sports weekends in Southwest Nebraska history, three of the area's leading football programs are sending teams to the state high school football championship contests at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln...

In this country, Hall-oween has become a very big holiday. In addition to handing out treats to elaborately costumed little goblins, people have begun to decorate their houses with witches, black cats, ghosts, and colored lights, some approaching the degree to which people decorate at Christmas time. These practices have begun to alarm certain churchmen, who believe that the emphasis on All Saints Day has been diverted to a pagan holiday...

Cal Siegfried, cowboy commentator, and Joe Frazier, world champion auctioneer, will team up Sunday, Nov. 23 at the sixth annual An Evening for Hospice at the Coppermill, bringing a generous dose of humor as more than 24 donated "packages" are auctioned off to benefit the organization...

**Dear Editor, Where did we sleep last night? When was the last time we had a our favorite cold or hot beverage? When did we have our last meal? Did we go out and order our favorite food? What was the last song on the radio we heard, or out of our collection of the latest CDs? When we are hot, we cool ourselves down, and now that we are cold, we find a way to keep ourselves warm...

Ten items or less n With deer season beginning Saturday, I would like to wish visiting hunters as well as native hunters good luck with their attempt to lower our area deer population. I must point out that I don't really understand the big deal about killing a deer because I do it nearly daily from my vehicle. ...

Dan Lankas guided the Buffaloes for 20 seasons

Top-ranked Cambridge will play fourth-ranked Crofton in the Nebraska state Class C2 finals, after both undefeated teams won in semifinal play Saturday. Matt Sexton rushed for two touchdowns to lead Cambridge (12-0) over Lawrence-Nelson 16-13 in Nelson...

LINCOLN -- Paxton's move to a higher division this year didn't hurt its bid for a second straight volleyball championship as the Tigers beat Republican Valley for the Class D1 state title Saturday. Paxton (24-1) won Class D2 last year. This year's win also ended Republican Valley's streak of five straight D1 titles...

The McCook Community College men's basketball team took a couple of easy wins over the weekend. MCC stopped the Hastings College junior varsity squad 103-59. Brandon Butler scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Marteen Esveldt had 12 points and nine rebounds. Peere Shackelford added 10 points...

CURTIS -- Del Van Der Werff, the head basketball coach at Nebraska College of Technical-Agriculture-Curtis rerurns seven letterwinners from a team that finished 15-11 last year. The Aggies brought in seven new recruits and have the tallest team in school history...

The friendships were always the most important aspect of their volleyball team. More important than the scores. More important than the trophies. More important than the wins and losses. The friendships between the women on the Malleck Oil volleyball team will continue even as the team ends more than 30 years of spikes, serves and swings...

The McCook Tribune of Sept. 5, 1902, included a note about Lyman Miller's left foot. He had been having "a very painful and quite a serious time from blood poison ... caused by a cactus." The Tribune was pleased to be able to report that "the infected member" was gradually improving...