Stories from Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Longhorns fall to Norfolk Catholic in C-1 title game LINCOLN -- Chase County's halftime adjustments were not enough to overcome a powerful Norfolk Catholic team Saturday in the Nebraska Class C-1 State Football Championship game. Norfolk Catholic won the game 20-13...

April 11, 1912--Nov. 20, 2005 ATWOOD -- Bernice E. (Bricker) Maris, 93, died Sunday (Nov. 20, 2005) at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was born April 11, 1912, in Wauneta to Herbert "Hub" and Lula B. (Yant) Bricker. She married Clarence L. Maris July 31, 1930, in Atwood. The couple farmed outside of Rexford, and owned a ceramics shop...

For years to come, auditorium crowds will benefit from the giving spirit of the McCook community in 2005. That was assured Monday night when the McCook City Council gave the go-ahead for the installation of the first 429 seats in the Share-a-Seat campaign spearheaded by Missy Nelson...

Chris and Michael Hainey were just 8 and 6 years old when their father, Bob Hainey, died unexpectedly in 1970. Bob, a 1952 graduate of McCook High School, attended Northwestern College in Chicago where his older brother, Dick, worked at the Chicago Tribune. After college, Bob stayed in Chicago, married and started a family. At the time of his death he worked at the Sun Times...

This winter, Rosalee Weskamp of McCook won't have to worry about stepping down icy back steps. Instead, she'll be able to enter her garage through her house, thanks to an addition she added on last year -- an addition that landed her in court against the City of McCook this summer...

For rural Nebraska, the skyways may become the new highways. A waiting list for hangar space, a steady stream of arrivals and departures, and a new hangar being constructed all point to the increased activity Red Willow Aviation and McCook Regional Airport have been experiencing lately...

For years to come, auditorium crowds will benefit from the giving spirit of the McCook community in 2005. That was assured Monday night when the McCook City Council gave the go-ahead for the installation of the first 429 seats in the Share-a-Seat campaign spearheaded by Missy Nelson...

The purchase of three new vehicles, two for the Police Department and one for the Fire Department, were approved Monday night by the City Council, but not without some questioning by council members over specifications. City council members voted to approve the bid from Deveney Motors for a 2006 special 4-wheel drive vehicle for the City Fire department, but questioned Fire chief Marc Harpham about the the need of a Hemi V-8 motor to be included in the package...

The family of Richard and Alfreda Colling is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 22, 1955, in Leoville, Kan. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 702 W. Fifth, McCook, NE 69001.

Kari Jo Couch and Chance Blickenstaff announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Slim and Cheryl Couch of Goodwell, Okla., and Bruce and Darla Blickenstaff of Wilsonville. Grandparents of the couple are Neoma Weatherford of Stinnett, Texas, Lloyd and Loretta Couch of Kilgore, Texas, Barbara Blickenstaff of Arapahoe, the late Duane Blickenstaff and Jim and Carolyn Park of Wilsonville. ...