Stories from Monday, September 12, 2005

OBERLIN -- Keely Witt of Oberlin and Chris Wilson of Kearney were united in marriage Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, in a garden wedding at the James and Kimberly Witt farm in rural Oberlin. The Rev. Jonathan Hoesch of Kearney officiated at the double-ring ceremony...

The family of Ellsworth Brown is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born Sept. 23, 1925. Cards of congratulations will reach him at PO Box 85, Trenton, NE 69044.

LINCOLN -- Misty Sallinger and Aaron Guthrie, both of Lincoln, were united in marriage Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Capitol City Christian Church in Lincoln. Parents of the couple are Sue and Don Sallinger of Lincoln and Marty and Jane Guthrie of McCook...

Justin and Wendy Miller of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, August Rose, on Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Community Hospital of McCook. She weighed 7 pounds, 3.6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She has one brother, Daniel Helsel, 12, of Arvada, Colo. ...

The family of Kenneth and Susan Wells is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 40th wedding anniversary. They were married on Sept. 11, 1965, in McCook. Their family includes Lori Stevens and husband, Mike; Brian Wells and wife, Sara; and Chelsea Wells. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 812 E. Fifth, McCook, NE 69001...

The children of Ray and Eunice Kehler are hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. The event is planned for Sunday, Sept. 18, 1-4 p.m., at the home of Pete and Katrina Letheby (329 Mallard Lane) in Grand Island. The couple was married Sept. ...

McCook posts two firsts, two seconds YORK -- The McCook High School boys tennis team captured the York Invitational Friday. The Bison scored 27 points, outdistancing second-place Elkhorn by 6 points. Joel Putz captured No. 2 singles with a 5-0 record. Brandon Crick placed second in No. 1 singles with a 4-1 mark...

ELM CREEK -- Southwest's volleyball team beat out six teams for second place in the Elm Creek Invite, Saturday. The Roughriders played three very close matches with Pleasanton, Hershey and Elm Creek. Elm Creek finished third and Hershey took first. Southwest's Heather Teel and Chelsey Quigley led the team in scoring. Teel accumulated 19 points, most of them against against Hershey...

Years of fits and starts, planning and preparation toward providing safe drinking water for McCook residents will come to a head Thursday during a special meeting between the McCook City Council, city officials and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality...

McCook Public Schools' board of education this evening will conduct special hearings and a public hearing to discuss the nearly $20 million budget and a tax levy of $1.136114 per $100 valuation for 2005-2006. Both figures are lower than last year. At 6 p.m., in the junior high conference room, educators will conduct a hearing to determine whether the school should implement the authority to exceed the state-mandated basic allowable growth rate of 2.50 percent and access the applicable allowable growth rate of 3.7536 percent. ...

Josh Leas on Casey (right) beat out big brother Zach on Misty, to win Wellfleet's main street horse race during the community's annual fall festival Saturday. Josh and Zach are the good-naturedly competitive sons of Jenny and Bill Korinek of Wellfleet; the fast and flashy gray mares are half-sisters born to a registered Quarter Horse named Handy. ...

July 29, 1939--Sept. 4, 2005 OGALLALA -- Shirley Ann (Myers) Worley, 66, died Sunday (Sept. 4, 2005) at the Perkins County Community Hospital in Grant. She was born July 29, 1939, in Trenton to Archie D. "Pete" and Pauline F. (Pfister) Myers. In her youth, she lived with and assisted her sister-in-law's grandmother, Azalea LeBeault in Campbell...

Oct. 16, 1923--Sept. 3, 2005 PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. -- Emma Mae (Thomas) Tramp, 81, died Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at her daughter's home. She was born Oct. 16, 1923, in Stratton to Lloyd Wiley and Midred Arlene (Evans) Thomas. She graduated from Trenton High School in 1942...

March 5, 1933--Sept. 9, 2005 FIRESTONE, Colo. -- Anna Bell Lenhart, 72, died Friday (Sept. 9, 2005) near Smithfield. She was born March 5, 1933, to Arthur Olin and Anna Bell (Dotson) Deller in Bushong, Kan. She married Floyd Stewart Lenhart on Dec. 23, 1950, in Yates Center, Kan. ...

July 25, 1957--Sept. 9, 2005 AXTELL -- Kenneth Cameron Cappel, 48, passed away Friday (Sept. 9, 2005) at the Mosaic at Bethphage Village in Axtell. Kenny was born on July 25, 1957, at McCook to Gaylord Paul and Ruth Carol (Guthrie) Cappel. He had been living at Bethphage since 1980...

Sept. 13, 1916--Sept. 8, 2005 BENKELMAN -- C. Max Guernsey, 88, died Thursday (Sept. 8, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Sept. 13, 1916, to Clarence and Mabel (Taylor) Guernsey in Holyoke, Colo. He joined the U.S. Army in 1941 and served as a tech sergeant in India and Pakistan. He received an honorable discharge on Sept. 1, 1945...

The Hormel name and Austin, Minn., have been closely linked for more than 100 years. Though no Hormels have been actively engaged in the operation of the plant, or have even lived in Austin for more than 50 years the townspeople of Austin still speak of the family, George, the founder of the plant, his wife Lillian, their son, Jay (the man who introduced Spam to the world), and his wife, Germaine as neighbors who happen to be on vacation from Austin...

Our buttons are bustin' with pride after another phenomenal week of caring and sharing by the people of the McCook area. Every time we turned around this past weekend, there was another inspirational example of volunteers donating their time and talents to help those in need...

**Dear Editor, Regarding George R. Anderson's letters about evolution and the responses from others: The "Piltdown Man" fossil case he refers to was one instance of fraud that sometimes happens when unethical people try to take advantage of museums and universities who will pay a premium for rare fossils of archaeological value...

**Dear Editor, Investing more time than it deserves ["Team mascots should be fun for everyone" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1113778.html)]? Where once Native Americans were 100 percent of the US population, they are now reduced to less than 3 percent of the present day population...

**Dear Editor, A high school guy came up to the van and said, he figured out the conspiracy. I said, "the one about Kennedy shooting?" No was his answer. I said "the one that we really didn't land on the moon?" Again no was his answer. He then told, that the end of World War II All the Nazi's came to the Americas and snuck into our country from Mexico. I said, "go on."...