Stories from Monday, October 16, 2006

Christopher and Kati Seybold of McCook announce the birth of a son, Dalton James Seybold. He was born Oct. 9, 2006, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte and weighed 9 pounds. He measured 20 inches in length. He has a sister, Breanna Ray, 5, and a brother, Matthew Allen, 3. ...

Brock and Mindy Rogers of McCook, announce the birth of a daughter, Aubrey Ahren Rogers. She was born Aug. 8, 2006, at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. She has one brother, Isaac, 8, and a sister, Gabriella, 2. ...

Matthew and Jennifer Hazen of McCook, announce the birth of a daughter, Keara Danielle Hazen. She was born Sept. 25, 2006, at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 9 pounds, 8.6 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long. She has two siblings, Brianna, 5 and Xander 2. Her grandparents are Phil and Mary Pate of McCook and Monte and Julie Hazen of Maywood. Great-grandparents are Richard Cox of Curtis and Lou and Connie Moser of Crete...

The family of Lester and Marilyn Betts is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 21, 1956, at the First Lutheran Church in Dorrance, Kan. Their children are Leslie and Lorie, Jake, Krystle and Autumn Betts of Dorrance, Kan., Lorenda and Steve, and Nicole and Sarah Forbes of Beaver City. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 330 N. Cherokee, McCook, NE 69001...

SCOTTSBLUFF -- The McCook Bison varsity volleyball team lost matches to Ogallala and Scottsbluff Saturday at Scottsbluff. The Bison (8-17) fell to Ogallala 25-19, 25-18 and Scottsbluff 25-15, 25-16. In the Ogallala match, Erica Clapp had 1 ace serve. Tara Powell and Sam Brown each had 4 kills. Clapp and Joanna Bryant each had 3 kills...

Angry orange flames consume a vacant house at 21 South Street, used as a training site for McCook, Red Willow Western and Palisade firefighters Sunday morning. Firefighters used water shuttled in from McCook's industrial park by Red Willow Western tankers and pumped into portable water supply tanks on site, rather than use water from hydrants along South Street. ...

Mar. 22, 1910 - Sept.27, 2006 MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. --Hazel "Toots" Bybee, 96, formerly of Curtis, died Wednesday (Sept. 27, 2006) at the home of her daughter. Toots was born on March 22, 1910, on a farm south of Curtis. Daughter of Robert W. and Mary Etta (Stalder) Florom...

What's your vote worth? How about $56? That's how much Nebraska's senate candidates have spent per voter eligible to participate in the Nov. 7 election. News reports show that Sen. Ben Nelson and Pete Ricketts already have spent $15.85 million to represent us in Washington for the next six years...

Jan. 16, 1913 - Oct. 12, 2006 ATWOOD -- Floyd F. Wicke, 92, died Thursday (Oct. 12, 2006). He was born Jan. 16, 1913, at Ludell. He was a farmer and stockman on a farm north of Ludell until his retirement. He was a resident of the Atwood Good Samaritan Center for the past four years...

Not only do Ron Penner of State Farm Insurance and Michael Owens, DDS, share office space in the building at 521 Norris Ave. in McCook, they also are responsible for the very visible southeast corner of Norris and F. Because of that, the men have had requests to place political signs al-ong the west side of the building, providing a convenient view for drivers and walkers headed north on Norris...

The family of Duane and Bev Dodson are hosting an open house, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2-5 p.m., at the Maywood Community Hall in celebration of the couple's 50th anniversary.

Asa "Ace" Wolfe was a longtime citizen of Southwest Nebraska. In 1859 he was born in the village of Wellfleet, in a one-room "dugout" -- a residence constructed by digging into the bank of a canyon, sodding up the front and covering the structure with planks, then a layer of tarpaper, covered over with sod to keep the tarpaper in place. ...

As the old radio announcer used to say, "And now back to our show." Another of the autumnal constellations is Andromeda. In order to find Andromeda you need to find the great square of Pegasus, the flying horse. Remember Pegasus? Andromeda is "riding" on the horse's back...