Stories from Monday, November 13, 2006

Rose Stewart and Leeland Shiers, both of McCook, were united in marriage on Oct. 14, 2006, at St. Patrick's Church in McCook, with the Rev. Gary Brethour officiating. Parents of the couple are Tom and Karen Stewart and Dan and Theresa Shiers. Grandparents of the bride are Joan Stevenson of McCook and Wayne Stewart of McCook. Mary Shiers of Kearney is the grandmother of the bridegroom...

Andrea Large and Kip Richards, both of Hayes Center, were united in marriage on Feb. 11, 2006, at the McCook Christian Church with the Rev. Don Wymore, uncle of the bridegroom and the Rev. Stuart Pederson, uncle of the bride officiating. Parents of the couple are Joey and Myra Large of Wauneta and Larry "Chip" and Starla Richards of Hayes Center. ...

Jill Zimmerman and Jeremy Houghtelling, both Winside, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Leon and Debra Zimmerman of Broken Bow and Ken and Beth Houghtelling of Cambridge. The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate of Broken Bow High School and a 2005 graduate of Wayne State College. She is employed as the 7-12 Social Studies teacher at Winside Public Schools...

Erica Michelle Tiede of Goodland and Joseph Adam Spangler of Colby announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Mitch and Patty Tiede of Goodland and Don and Sherry Spangler of Colby. Grandparents of the couple are T.J. and Pat Martin and Wilbur Tiede of Goodland and the late Mary Maxine Tiede, Jeanie and Burdell Thurston of McCook and the late Blaine "John" Jones and the late Paul and Veronica Spangler...

Amber Harpham of McCook and Joe Hubl of Stratton announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Kevin and Cheryl Harpham, formerly of McCook, of Columbus and Larry and Deb Hubl of Stratton. Grandparents of the couple are Darrell and Rosella Heuertz of Roseland, Delbert and Helen Harpham of Harvard, Wilma Hawkinson of Stratton, the late Loren Hawkinson, Marge Hubl of Trenton and the late Henry Hubl...

Jan. 4, 1924 - Nov. 8, 2006 Catherine (Kate) Pirnie Evans passed away on Nov. 8, 2006, at Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow with her children at her side. She was 82 years old. Born on Jan. 4, 1924, to Ida Copsey and Thompson Baker Mills in a farmhouse near Westerville, she was the youngest of six children. Her childhood was spent on farms and in schools in Custer County and in the Thedford area. She graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1940...

July 23, 1913-Nov. 10, 2006   BENKELMAN -- Irene E. Thompson, 93, died Friday (Nov. 10, 2006), at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born July 23, 1913, at Haigler to Nate and Effie (Straw) Phifer. On July 4, 1931, she married Murrell S. Thompson at St. Francis.  They lived on the Thompson ranch north of Haigler for a number of years and in 1948, they moved to Benkelman where Nate was employed by Youngtson Oil Company...

April 25, 1947 - Nov. 10, 2006 OBERLIN -- Karen Flynn 59, died Friday (Nov. 10, 2006) at Decatur County Hospital. She was born April 25, 1947 in Denver, Colo., to Slim and Wilma (Hansen) Ball. She lived in Denver, East Peoria, Ill., Phoenix, Ariz., and Fairplay, Colo. She attended grade and high school in East Peoria and Phoenix. She attended Front Range College in Fairplay...

April 27, 1934 - Nov. 11, 2006 PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. --?Walter Von Simmonds, 72, died Saturday (Nov. 11, 2006) at Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg. He was born April 27, 1934, in Agra, Kan., to Albert and Agnes (Schoonover) Simmonds. On May 8, 1955, he married Donna Douglass in Kensington, Kan. He worked as a truck driver for Dayco before retiring...

The family of Glenn Callander is hosting a cardshower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born Nov. 18, 1926. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 73697 Ave 378, McCook, NE 69001.

When Krystal Bartlett graduated from McCook High School in 2005, she didn't know if she was ready for big-city college life. As a high school student she enjoyed everything having to do with theatre, drama and speech. At one time she seriously considered going away to a drama school in California or to the University of Colorado...

In the Jan. 12, 1945 issue of the McCook Daily Gazette (the same issue that told about a Bob Hope USO show at the Air Base) there was a report on the appointment of Col. John "Killer" Kane, one of the most colorful and distinguished pilot-leaders of World War II, to be the new Commandant at the McCook Air Field...

We have a feeling a lot of us around McCook won't know what to do with ourselves Saturday, since we won't be going to Lincoln. Not that we took going to the state football championship game in Memorial Stadium for granted; it's just that we're, well, spoiled...

When you're a political junky -- like I am -- the real fun comes on election night after the polls close. Months of waiting are forgotten as the final results come flowing in, sometimes faster than the mind can comprehend. Thanks goodness Barbara and I have a little television set on the kitchen counter, just next to a radio. That's where I was last Tuesday evening, switching back and forth between CNN, Channel 10 in Lincoln and local radio coverage on KICX and Coyote Country...

For all the expanse of the heavens and the seemingly random groupings of stars into constellations, it is strange that one bright star shines alone in the far southern sky on fall evenings. That star is Fomalhaut (pronounced FOH-mah-low), the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Australes, the Southern Fish and the 18th brightest star in the sky. ...

I found this article on the Web ["MJC gets help from the Land of Goshen" (http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1169826.html)]. I was one of the starting offensive tackles along with Dennis Franks of McCook who was the other starting OT on the 69 team with Caddy and Greg Finn. That team beat a great NU freshman team that was the core of their three championship teams. Caddy and Greg were also roommates that 69 year...

If the Legislative Districts were based on the number of voters rather than the census numbers, district boundaries would be a little different. 2006 Nebraska General Election http://www.necitizen.com/legislature/Images/Nebraska-Districts.jpg http://www.necitizen.com/legislature/...

As Thanksgiving and Christmas are soon going to be with us, I would like to address a little about etiquette in our society. Courtesy, politeness, thankfulness. How often do you hear many people say thank you, of it it is said, to be met with no response, a wave of the hand or quote, "No problem."...

The family of Alice Hays is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday Nov. 22. Cards of congratulation will reach her at 1603 Lake Avenue, Gothenburg, NE, 69138.

Aug. 1, 1928-Nov. 11, 2006 Wilma Meints, 78, died Saturday (Nov. 11, 2006), at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Aug. 1, 1928, four miles north of Wauneta to Raymond and Alta (Lentz) Handel. She attended school in Palisade.  On June 21, 1947, she married Paul Meints in Oberlin. ...