Stories from Thursday, June 2, 2005

The McCook National Bank Seniors vividly remember playing Ogallala on Monday night and dropping the game by one run. Wednesday, Ogallala was back in town and the Seniors wanted revenge desperately. After having a chance to win against Ogallala's ace pitcher, the Seniors liked their chances going into the game...

Trailing by one going into the seventh inning of Wednesday's game against Ogallala, the First Central Bank Juniors had put themselves in position to rally in the bottom of the seventh and win their fifth game of the season. The Ogallala Juniors thought differently as they scored three runs of their own in the top of the seventh to get the victory 8-4...

The John Mullen Pro-Am Health and Heritage Classic golf tournament tees it up this weekend at Heritage Hills Golf Club in McCook. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Community Hospital Health Foundation to help construct a patient-centered, technologically-advanced rehabilitation center...

(May 23, 1906 - May 31, 2005) CAMBRIDGE -- Loyd E. Nicholson, 99, died Tuesday (May 31, 2005), at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Arapahoe. He was born May 23, 1906, to Benjamin and Bertha (Best) Nicholson in the Sherman Precinct of Wilsonville. He spent his youth in this area and graduated in 1925...

The children of Alvin and Melve Hinz are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 45th anniversary June 5. They were married at St. John's Lutheran Church in Culbertson. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 71580 Rd. 380, McCook, NE, 69001...

The family of Lois M. (Makings) Schmitt, formerly of Trenton, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday June 9. Cards will reach her at 2323 Bellwood Drive #104, Grand Island, NE 68801.

The family of Gus Bartels is hosting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday June 15. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 72494 Ave. 346, Wauneta, NE, 69045.

The family of Erceil and Vera Sellers is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th anniversary. They were married June 5, 1945, in Kingsbridge, South Devon, England. They have four children, Carol and Steve Barger of Scottsdale, Ariz., Patti Sellers-Bubna of Scottsdale, Ariz., Linda and Rich Johnson of Kimball, and Diane and Mike Alverson of Boise, Idaho. ...

State Sen. Tom Baker said this morning that the Legislature's passage of LB126, the bill that would close many of the Class I elementary-only schools in Nebraska, will immediately affect McCook-area District 8 and 41 schools. "Neither school is more than 10 miles away from a Class III," Baker said during his weekly phone conference with members of the Legislative Committee of the McCook Chamber of Commerce...

OBERLIN -- A Kansas state fire marshal said Monday that the fire that destroyed the Centennial Bowl and Red Crown Lounge in Oberlin was deliberately set. Fire investigator Melvin Dale of Garden City, Kan., told a reporter for the Oberlin Herald that he will have to wait for lab reports before determining how the fire was started. Dale said it would take up to 30 days to finish his report and file it with the Decatur County Sheriff's Office...

McCook Mayor Dennis Berry and Cora Berry, top left, run the Cornhusker State Games torch up Norris Avenue on Wednesday evening on its way to the Gold Medal Talent Search in Norris Park. Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, center right, emphasized the importance of exercise and was kept busy presenting awards. ...

**Dear Editor, On behalf of the veterans of the First Cavalry Division Association Southeastern Colorado Chapter in LaJunta, Colo., I would like to thank Sabrina Davis, Stephanie Hansen, Katie Brawner, Felicia Wilkins, Jessica Bair, Jordann Hoyt, Maegan Peterson, (MCC Softball) Coach Scott Wacker and Chris Hall for stopping by a few minutes before our meeting on May 7, 2005, in La Junta and signing our guest book...

**Dear Justices of The U.S. Supreme Court: If possible I would like to exercise my First Amendment rights. In doing so I need to give you a setting. In preparing to go about doing my daily chores as a farmer and rancher, those that must be done every day, seven days a week, I turned on the TV and watched a short presentation of a young service man that was only 19 years of age being laid to rest in Wyoming. ...

**Dear Editor, The statement that I made in a letter published in the May 24 edition of the Gazette concerning the physically and spiritually destructive nature of homosexual behavior met with a challenge. (Before entering into this arena, I want to state flatly that I do not dislike or hate people who act on same-sex temptations. ...

**Dear Editor, The picture and description of the old library evokes such wonderful reading memories for me [Carnegie Library plans open house" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1098159.html)]. From the time I was 9, I checked out books almost every week. The Bobsey Twins were probably some of my first and then NANCY DREW!...

When Mark Stencel became superintendent of the Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course in Curtis six years ago, he had no previous golf maintenance or management experience. "I'd been a farmer up 'til then," he said. Because of his brief experience, Stencel is shaking his head in disbelief at his selection as one of the key people in the development of the multi-million dollar Dismal River Club near Mullen...

(Nov. 30, 1915 - June 1, 2005) Martha M. Craig (Aller) Kenyon passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on June 1, 2005, at the age of 89. She was born Nov. 30, 1915, at Elysian, Minn., to Charles Edward and Louise (Sershen) Craig. She attended and graduated from the Hebron Nebraska Schools...