Stories from Monday, May 24, 2004

Lindvall places 1st in Class D 300 hurdles; Eustis-Farnam claims relay title OMAHA -- With Kyle Bedore out due to a pulled hamstring, McCook needed every point from the team to place second at the Nebraska State Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday...

Following the McCook Bison golf team's second place finish at the B4 District tournament that qualified them for the Class B State tournament Tuesday and Wednesday at Lincoln's Holmes Golf Course, head coach Ron Coleman picked up a penny lying heads-up in the parking lot of West Wind Golf Course in Ogallala...

Bears to compete at Class C2 state CULBERTSON -- This is it. Graduation is over. The track team has returned from Omaha. The only thing left is the boys golf state tournament and Culbertson will be there, for the final time. Despite their Class D2 classification, the Bears captured the Class C2-5 district golf meet with a score of 352 and advanced to the state tourney for the first time since 2000...

LINCOLN -- The McCook High School girls tennis placed 10th at the Nebraska Class B state tournament Thursday and Friday at Lincolnn. Pius X won the Class B state title with 41 points, followed by Lexington 34 1/2, Holdrege 32, Alliance 26, Scottsbluff 25, Omaha Skutt 25, York 22, Hastings 18, GICC, 16 1/2 McCook 16, Kearney Catholic 14, Waverly 12 and Elkhorn, Hastings St. Cecilia, Nebraska City 10 and Omaha Gross 10...

Lindsey Brown and Eric Foster, both of Indianola, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Bob and Deanna Brown of Indianola, Cindy Stark of North Platte, Paul Kinne of McCook and the late John Foster. Grandparents of the couple are Jack and Evelyn Hook, Ardis Brown of Indianola, the late Bob Brown Sr., Geneva Cain of McCook and Floyd and Aldene Foster of Summersville, Mo. ...

Lissa Chopp of Lincoln and Nathan Fellers of McCook announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Joan and Larry Chopp of Lincoln and Candy and Ted Fellers of McCook. The bride-to-be is a student in nursing school. She plans on receiving her registered nursing degree in September. The prospective bridegroom is a physical therapist assistant and is employed with Homestead Healthcare. The couple is planning a July 3, 2004, ceremony at Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln...

Barney and Cathy Horton of Atwood announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Rachael, to Michael James Parsons, son of Dian Parsons of Hastings. The bride-to-be is a 1992 graduate of Atwood High School, and holds degrees in sociology and psychology from Cottey College and Oral Roberts University. ...

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the woman killed in the Hallam tornado, as well as to the thousands affected by the loss of their homes, farmsteads, property or public buildings on which they depend. Saturday afternoon's tornado warnings in McCook were a good reminder that weather is one of those things over which we have no control -- as if the ongoing drought weren't reminder enough...

**Dear Editor, I enjoyed the March 1 story about the Nelson Buck surveying party. But there is more to it. A few years ago I worked with Dr. Leo L. Lemonds, a retired vet from near Hastings, to see what other information there was. His report is here: www.rootsweb.com/~neredwil/buckmassacre.htm...

**Dear Editor, To the Citizens of McCook Neb.: I am writing to express my gratitude to the citizens of your fine city. I have been retired from the military for many years now. However, the day I passed through McCook back in 1942 has remained in my memory as clearly as if it were yesterday. ...

The family of Don and Suzanne Burton is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary May 31, 2-4 p.m., at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building in McCook. The couple married June 6, 1954, at the Christian Church in McCook. ...

Nancy, Matt's Peruvian friend from the AIB, had mentioned that her mother had invited my three traveling companions and me to a little dinner, before we were to leave on our plane from Lima to the U.S. We were excited to have the opportunity to actually visit in a Peruvian home, and pressed our driver, Antonio (Nancy's brother-in-law) as to the details of the party. Since our plane was not scheduled to leave until midnight, we were concerned that we might overstay our welcome that evening...

The family of Arlie and Delores Archer is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary June 6 at the Senior Center Hall in McDonald, 2-4 p.m. Their children are Alan Archer, June Archer and Joyce McDaniel.

Cartoonist Rube Goldberg, cartoon character Wile E. Coyote and the "Mouse Trap" board game inspired the crazy, convoluted contraptions that clanked, clunked and crunched during McCook Junior High's fifth annual "Rube Goldberg Device Competition" Thursday...

A cloud rolls over McCook on Saturday evening, prompting local authorities to sound tornado sirens when rotation was noted in the clouds over Norris Avenue. Earlier, a tornado warning was sounded when the National Weather Service Office in Goodland detected a possible tornado in the county, and minor damage was reported south of Beaver City. ...

Sept. 14, 1970-May 22, 2004 Michael Jay Hall, 33, of McCook died Saturday, May 22, 2004 at Community Hospital. He was born Sept. 14, 1970 to Jerry Wayne and Linda Lee (Tirrill) Hall at McCook. He graduated from McCook Senior High in 1990. He played Legion baseball, wrestled in high school and was an avid pool player. He worked for Sitel for around seven years...

Oct. 1, 1904-May 22, 2004 SIDNEY -- Esther Elbert, 99, died Saturday (May 22, 2004) at Memorial Extended Care in Sidney. She was born Oct. 1, 1904, to George and Olive (Townsend) Elbert at McCook. She grew up and was educated in McCook. She worked for the McCook Daily Gazette, Brook's Jewelry Store and Cottingham's Dress Shoe;...