Stories from Wednesday, January 5, 2005

McCook Knights Free Throw Championship slated for Sunday The McCook Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship takes place at 1 p.m. Sunday at the St. Patrick's gymnasium. The competition is for boys and girls ages 10-14. Arapahoe-Alma girls game ppd...

June 14, 1943-Jan. 3, 2005 COLBY, Kan. -- Karren R. (Griggs) Donaldson, 61, died Monday (Jan. 3, 2005) in Levant, Kan. She was born June 14, 1943, in Colby, Kan. She lived most of her life in Colby. She was a retired apartment manager. Survivors include her companion, Dave Donaldson of Colby, Kan.; sons, Gerald Bieker of Paola, Kan., and Douglas Bieker of Culver, Kan.; daughters, Carrie Zodrow of Oberlin; mother, Nettie Griggs of Colby; brother, John Griggs of Colby; sisters, Barbara Turner of Colby and Ginny Curry of Levant; and 11 grandchildren.. ...

Dec. 23, 1917-Jan. 1, 2005 Helen Irene Jewell of Santa Barbara, Calif., passed away peacefully in her home Jan. 1, 2005. She was born in Wilsonville on Dec. 23, 1917, to Edward and Jesse (Walker) Cuckler. Helen was watched over by her three children, Robert, Nancy and Diane and her two devoted caregivers, Gloria and Carol...

MALCOLM -- Larry and Linda (Goodenberger) Bos of Malcolm announce the birth of their daughter, Rachel Lee, on Sunday (Nov. 28, 2004). She weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. She has two sisters, Sarah, 6, and Lea, 4. Grandparents are John and Phyllis Goodenberger of McCook and Ervin and Mary Ann Bos of Clarkson...

The children and grandchildren of Eleanor Allen is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday Jan. 9. Cards will reach her at 1305 Nasby, Cambridge, NE 69022.

The children and grandchildren of Paul and Levina Fritsche of McCook is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary Jan. 9, at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building in McCook, 2-4 p.m. The couple married Dec. 24, 1954, in McCook. Cards will reach them at Rt. 1 Box 169, McCook, NE 69001...

Blowing snow and street lights blur in the early-morning hours today, as Chris Hall maneuvers a city of McCook snowblower across the parking lot at the Heritage Senior Center. McCook school children returned to class today, following a one-day break Tuesday as a powerful winter storm socked Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas with freezing drizzle. crispy ice crystals, blowing snow and single-digit and sub-zero temperatures...

A former employee of the Nebraska Work Ethic Camp was sentenced to 24 months probation. Darwin Lee Sagel, 40, of Herndon pleaded guilty in November to charges of second degree sexual assault of a prisoner or inmate, a Class IV felony. An additional charge of unlawful acts by a corrections employee was dismissed in a plea agreement...

It was, by all definitions, a boomtown. My first, and only, experience with that particular phenomenon. We lived in a rundown trailer court in the comparatively nice three-bedroom mobile home we had purchased. (It later made the trip over the mountain and proved to be sufficient shelter for more than 12 years.)...

In the 2005 session of the Nebraska Legislature, State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton will be working with other lawmakers to get a fair shake for small school districts. "Some school districts are small by necessity," he said, giving Dundy County as an example. With just over 2,000 population, the county must provide educational opportunities, but consolidation with other districts is impractical because of the distances involved...