Stories from Monday, August 2, 2004

The family of Constance Chrisman is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday Aug. 5. Cards will reach her at 801 East Second, McCook, NE 69001.

The family of Margie Welsh is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Aug. 5. Cards will reach her at 701 West 14th, McCook, NE 69001.

The family of Leona Wolfram is hosting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday Aug. 7. Cards will reach her at 811 South Second Street, Atwood, KS 67730.

The friends of the Rev. Don Murphy are hosting a card shower in honor of his 75th birthday Aug. 8. He is a former resident of McCook. Cards will reach him at 5014 Southwest 17th Terrace, Topeka, KS 66605.

The family of Irene Loghry is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Aug. 7. Her family includes Bill and Judy Loghry, Peggy and Dennis Kennedy, Jim and Kay Wedhelm, Bob and Mary Loghry and Gregg Loghry. Cards will reach her at 1310 East C Street, Apt. 1, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Eulah Adkinson is hosting an open house in honor of her 90th birthday Aug. 8 2:30 p.m., at Grandview Retirement Center in Stratton. Her family includes Pat Waters of Fort Collins, Colo., Carol and husband, George Huff of McCook and Bill and wife, Linda Zahl of Stratton. Cards will reach her at RR2 Box 8211, Stratton, NE 69043...

The family of Kip and Kristi Korell is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th anniversary, Aug. 4. The couple married in 1979. Their children are Justin, Brian and Kelsey. Cards will reach them at PO Box 176, Culbertson, NE 69024.

The family of Roland "Stretch" and Doris Welch is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 40th anniversary Aug. 8, 2-4 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 4511 Sixth Avenue in Kearney. The couple married in 1964 in Culbertson. Their children are Ben and Chuck Welch, Ronda Dostal, Sandi Irons, Steve Frick and Sue Helms of Holbrook. They have 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Cards will reach the couple at 4420 Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847...

The family of Bill and Mary (Hoatson) Schenck is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary Aug. 4. The couple married in 1954 at Sacred Heart Church in Sutherland. Their children are Monica Wacker, Karen Hiatt and Elaine Polly, all of McCook, Barbara Schenck of Fort Collins, Colo., and Joe Schenck of Papillion. They have nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Cards will reach the couple at 809 East H Street, McCook, NE 69001...

The family of Gary and Carolyn Leitner is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary Aug. 7, 2-4 p.m., at the Assembly of God Annex, 801 East C Street in McCook. Their children are Chandra Berry, Michele Root, Deon Leitner and Kristi Shipman...

The family of Keith and Lea Messersmith is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary Aug. 7, 5-8 p.m., at the Farnam Senior Center.

CULBERTSON -- Danielle Rosa Barth of Lincoln and Anthony Curtis Schermerhorn of Bellevue were united in marriage May 8, 2004, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Culbertson with the Rev. Dan Spearow officiating. Parents of the couple are Gary and Donna Barth of Culbertson and Wayne and Linda Schermerhorn of Natural Bridge, N.Y...

BLAIR -- Chelsea Johnson of Arlington and Tad Lambert of McCook were united in marriage May 29, 2004, at the St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Blair with the Rev. Al Salanitro officiating. Parents of the couple are John and Betty Johnson of Arlington and Doug and Stephanie Lambert of McCook...

COLUMBUS -- Two off-enders who walked away from the Work Ethic Camp were apprehended in their hometown of Columbus early this morning. One of the two men was taken into custody at 12:22 a.m. and the other between 4 and 5 a.m., according to authorities. They are Tyler Behnken and Brandon Terry, both 18...

Joe Mundorf is all legs atop a bareback named "App Attack," during the Saturday night performance of the Red Willow County fair PRCA rodeo in McCook. Mundorf won the bareback competition with a score of 82. Rodeo Rose Productions of Hershey provided the rough stock for the two-day rodeo...

Years and years ago, a small brotherhood of free spirited musicians and entertainers walked through the countryside, carrying a lute or juggling equipment, ready to put on a show for the citizens of the village they happened to be passing through. We see the modem descendants of those entertainers still today. ...

Anyone who had any doubts that the terrorists who hate us are intelligent should no longer have any questions. The terror threat level has been raised from yellow or "elevated" to orange or "high," at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank headquarters in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and the Citicorp building in New York, and the Prudential Financial building in Newark, N.J...

**Dear Editor, I read with interest the news article concerning the construction of the new elementary facility (July 29, 2004). The article explained, in detail, the changes and additions of the elementary facility. Changes include a new sprinkler system, new lockers, new cabinetry, new physical education room, and bathrooms in all resource, preschool and kindergarten classrooms. ...

**Dear Editor, I would like to briefly comment on a letter from Robert A. Yost in your issue of 7-22 A.D. 2004. Robert, the "needle's eye" verse you mentioned is Luke 18:25, "For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ...

Oct. 25, 1920-July 31, 2004 Cleo M. Potter, 83, died Saturday (July 31, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Oct. 25, 1920, to Leo Joseph and Mary Pearl (Chambers) Cross in Pisgah, Iowa. She grew up in Modale, Iowa where she graduated from Modale High School...