Stories from Thursday, November 10, 2005

LEXINGTON -- The McCook Junior High School wrestling team swept Lexington, North Platte Madison and North Platte Adams Tuesday afternoon at Lexington. "The team did very well," said McCook coach Dan O'Brien. "This was the first time some of them have ever wrestled a match."...

Nov. 26, 1906--Nov. 8, 2005 NORTON, Kan. -- Sophia A. Otter, 98, died Tuesday (Nov. 8, 2005) at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kan. She was born Nov. 26, 1906, in Graham County, Kan., to Gerhardt Bruggeman and Mary Dittinger. She went to school in New Almelo, Kan...

March 23, 1898--Nov. 8, 2005 TRENTON -- Clara Wagner Metzer, 107, died Tuesday (Nov. 8, 2005) at the ElDorado Manor in Trenton. She was born to John and Marie Katherine (Eisenach) Wagner on March 23, 1898, in Culbertson. She attended Culbertson Public Schools...

Feb. 24, 1912--Nov. 9, 2005 Ina Neva Wagner died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 93. She was born Feb. 24, 1912, in Hayes County, the daughter of Fred and Mary (DeWerff) Korell. She grew up north of Culbertson in Hitchcock County and graduated from Culbertson High School...

Matt Mason, known in Omaha as the "slam guy" told members of the Buffalo Commons Storytelling group that slam poetry was basically "a gimmick " to make poetry readings more entertaining. Gimmick or not, Mason performs and wins national slam poetry contests, coaches and judges team competitors, and conducts poetry slams once a month in Omaha...

OBERLIN -- Oberlin voters used ballots mailed to them and then mailed back to the courthouse by Tuesday to approve the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The mail ballot system -- used for the first time in Decatur County -- resulted in a 67 percent voter turnout. The as-yet unofficial count is 386 for the proposal and 358 opposed...

The McCook High School Bison team, coaches and fans have a lot of respect for the Holdrege Dusters' football program. During the past two years, the Dusters have played the Bison as tough as any Class B team in the state. That includes Monday night's thrilling quarterfinal playoff game at Weiland Field, when the Bison scored in the last minute for a hard-fought 10-6 victory...

**Dear Editor, The story on the front page of 11-8-05 Daily Gazette was a bit discouraging. It seems that our county can't come up with a couple hundred bucks to help Work Ethic Camp offenders with Christmas package postage. I am aware of the tremendous amount of labor that these folks have provided for our city, county and surrounding area. It seems to me that we could give back a little. Where can we grateful citizens send a donation?...

**Dear Editor, If Annie M. Warren is truly concerned about "doing all we can to help people with debilitating diseases," she should be supportive of adult stem cell research rather than embryonic stem cell research. For clarification, there are basically two types of stem cells, embryonic (ESCs) and non-embryonic or adult stem cells (ASCs). ...

The way I see it, come January Brad is mine. It started in September with dove season. October brought antelope season. November rolled around and it was pheasant season, then turkey season. This weekend brings deer season and come December, muzzleloader season kicks in...

**Dear Editor, This is an email my mother (Linnaea Budke, McCook) received from a soldier from McCook. Thought it might be nice to print this one. **Char Hamilton Hayes Center **Dear Mrs. Budke, Thank you very much for the packages you sent and everything that was in them. I passed them around to the soldiers in the unit and everything was enjoyed very much. There was not one item left behind after they started looking in each package. You sent exactly what everyone wanted or needed...