Stories from Friday, September 22, 2006

Nov. 11, 1921 - Sept. 20, 2006 OBERLIN --?Walter William Mosier, 84, died Wednesday (Sept. 20, 2006) at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin. He was born Nov. 11, 1921, to George Abner and Grace (Rhamy) Mosier, in Rawlins County. He was raised on a farm north of Ludell and attended Atwood schools...

Oct. 14, 1963 - Sept. 18, 2006 OKLAHOMA -- Kenny Dean Short, 43, died Monday (Sept. 18, 2006) at his home in Marietta, Okla. He was born Oct. 14, 1963, to Merle and Laverta JoAnn (Doak) Short in McCook. He worked as a masonry, oil field worker, construction, and as a security guard...

April 16, 1912 -- Sept. 20, 2006   CURTIS -- Louise Bernice Peterson, 94, died Wednesday (Sept. 20, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born April 16, 1912, on a farm north of Curtis in Frontier County to Garth and Flora (Larsen) Nichols. She attended grade school in rural Curtis at the Curtis Agricultural High School. ...

June 12, 1957 - Sept. 20, 2006 NORTH?PLATTE -- Sharon Elaine Budke, 49, died Wednesday (Sept. 20, 2006) at her home in North Platte. She was born on June 12, 1957, in Omaha to Donald Richard and Barbara Louise Kaskie Wood. She attended grade school in Omaha, and then moved with her family to Indianola, graduating from Republican Valley High School. She then graduated from the Grand Island School of Business...

If you've ever walked home from church with more questions than answers or feeling like you've just wasted another hour of your life, you may want to investigate Jack Heckathorne's book, "The Separation of Church and God." If you've given up on organized religion and by association, God, you may want to check out this book...

Every town worth its salt should be known for something special, said Jim Harris, the guest speaker at McCook's annual Heritage Breakfast this morning. "McCook is special, but why?" he asked. Harris grew up in McCook, the youngest son of John T. and Eleanor Harris, popular McCook business owners and civic leaders. Jim Harris grew up knowing, always, that McCook was special ... that there was something about the community that set it apart from any other...

Inductees onto the McCook High School "Bison Alumni Wall of Fame" for 2006 are Robert Douglass, Class of 1955, and Toby Warren, Class of 1984. The Wall of Fame recognizes MHS graduates of at least 10 years who have contributed significantly to their profession and community. Engraved plaques featuring photographs and descriptions of inductees' accomplishments are on permanent display on the wall at the north end of the main hall of the high school, near the auditorium...

A long-time Nebraska farmer once made an interesting observation. You can have a neighbor who is so honest that, if you asked him to look after your wallet for a few days, you wouldn't bother to count the cash when you got it back. Yet that same neighbor, if he shared an irrigation ditch, wouldn't hesitate to take more than his share; in effect, stealing water from you and money out of your bank account...

Ten items or less n Sometimes the perfect excuse just falls into your lap. Such is the case with the recent E. Coli breakout involving spinach and the advice not to eat the fresh produce, not that most people need a reason to avoid spinach. Now I can blame my lack of weight loss after the recent arrival of child No. 6 on the absence of fresh spinach in my diet. If only I could have a bowl overflowing with fresh leaves of spinach, I know the pounds would be melting away...

Why is it that so many liberals think there is a growing theocracy in the United States? The answer to that is simple. The liberals know full well that their attempt to change our culture is failing. Since they are unable to change our culture to match their view the problem is religion, hence theocracy...

Top Ten Reasons Not to Register Guns: (Actually 11) 11. Impossible to find every gun. 10. Guns will get in the hands of criminals and terrorists anyway. 9. Might as well start registering every conceivable weapon imaginable which would be an infinite task. Don't forget Ma's butcher knife. Heck, register all her kitchen knives. Might as well register her kitchen! You can leave out the kitchen sink. No, you better include that, too!...

Aug. 26, 1904-Sept. 21, 2006 FORT MORGAN, Colo. ‚ Troy M. Cowen, 102 died Thursday (SEpt. 21, 2006) at the Valley View Villa Nursing Home in Fort Morgan. He was born Aug. 26, 1904, in Hopkins, Mo., to Manford and Mary Cowen. The family moved to Fort Morgan in 1918. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1923...

The McCook High School boys tennis team had to battle rain, cold and Holdrege Thursday afternoon. The weather was the big winner as two varsity and one junior varsity match were not completed because of the conditions. Holdrege won 5-of-7 varsity matches...