Stories from Monday, November 20, 2006

**Dear Editor, I was a teammate of Marty Powers and enjoyed the letter, "Thanks for the memories" in Monday's paper. I would like to get in touch with him. My e-mail address is ptlmachineshop@hotmail.com Thanks **Caddy Memmelaar via e-mail

LINCOLN -- Angela S. Finnesy of McCook and Christopher L. Sovereign of Battle Creek were united in marriage on Aug. 26, 2006, at the St. Patricks Catholic Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Joseph Faulkner officiating. Parents of the couple are Mike and Sue Finnesy of McCook and Dale and Sue Sovereign of Battle Creek...

The family of Athol Callan is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born Nov. 24, 1926, near Wheeler, Kan. Her children are Ron and Kathleen Hansen of Bartley, Beverly and Jim Foster of Lexington, Linda and Howard Sawyer of Cambridge, Ivan and Julie Hansen of Imperial, step-children, Roger and Shirley Callan of Cozad and Rodney and Barb Callan of Colorado Springs, Colo. ...

The children and grandchildren of Gerald and Delores Dellere are hosting a card shower in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on Nov. 27, 1956, at Saint Martin's Catholic Church in Seguin, Kan. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at HC 1 Box 68, Selden, KS 67757...

Dana Uehlin of Danbury and Eric Steiner of Turin, Iowa announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Ron and Patty Uehlin of Danbury and Bob and Susan Steiner of Turin. Grandparents of the couple are Wayne and Donna Messinger of McCook, Mary Uehlin of Oberlin and the late Alvin Uehlin, Paul and Patsy Peterson of Turin and Helen Steiner of Onawa, Iowa...

Dan and Kay Malleck of York, announce the birth of a daughter, Elley Kay Malleck. She was born Nov. 6, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. She has two sisters and one brother. Her grandparents are Gene and Marge Malleck of McCook and the late Charles and Lois Bartek of Wahoo...

The family of Doris (Meints/Kleint) Brown of Elm Creek and Don Meints of Oberlin are hosting a card shower in honor of their 80th birthday. The two were born Nov. 20, 1926. Cards of congratulations will reach them at Doris Brown, P.O. Box 424, Elm Creek, NE 68836 and Don Meints, 208 South Beaver Ave., Oberlin, KS 67749...

Indians fall to Otero JC, Trinidad State in final matches The McCook Community College volleyball team finished the 2006 season with a 3-42 record. Two of the wins came against Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture-Curtis.The Indians were guided by Gary Payne, who was in his first year as coach...

Nov. 10, 1915 - Nov. 16, 2006 June Helen Louise Martens 91, died Thursday (Nov. 16, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Nov. 10, 1915, in Pender to Henry Herman and Elizabeth Wilhelmina (Rowe) Martens.  She graduated from Pender High School...

July 22, 1926 - Nov. 16, 2006 CAMBRIDGE -- Paul E. Minnick 80, died Thursday (Nov. 16, 2006) at Cambridge Hospital. He was born July 22, 1926, to Thomas J. and Ada D. (Bible) Minnick at Cambridge. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1944, and from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1950. ...

A group of hard-core gamers pass the time late Saturday night in the Wal-Mart electronics department, awaiting the midnight release of the new "Nintendo Wii" game station. A similar scene occurred earlier in the week, with the release of the Sony PlayStation 3. ...

On the trip to Germany with my wife, Jean, son, Matt, and my father, Walter, we were able to make contact with a cousin of Walter's from his mother's side of the family, Horst Grassmann, of Hannover. Horst was about the same age as Walter, but before our trip to Germany the two had never met. Like all of the German relatives we met, Horst, his wife Ingebord, and daughter, Helga, could not have been more gracious...

Rules are rules, but they don't always translate to justice and nothing beats a little common sense. And it's especially unjust when strict application of the rules robs an honorable student of experiences that may only come once during a short, busy high school career...

A nationally distributed magazine, American Hunter, paid tribute to Southwest Nebraska as a "Top Stop for Pheasants" in its October issue. The magazine, which is the official journal of the National Rifle Association, used glowing terms, like "oasis on the prairie" and "excellent winter habitat" to describe the pheasant hunting opportunities in the Golden Plains of Southwest Nebraska...

As the constellations of summer move to the "downhill" side of the sky in the west, the stars of autumn are now firmly holding center stage overhead in the early evening hours. But, just as in August when the autumnal stars began to appear on the eastern horizon, so now are the stars of winter signaling that season's approach...

July 6, 1928 - Nov. 16, 2006 ATWOOD?--?Teresa Lorraine (Weldon) Woody 78, died Thursday (Nov. 16, 2006) at Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. She was born July 6, 1928, in Carlsbad, N.M., to William and Elsie (Kircher) Weldon. She grew up in Carlsbad and worked in caverns while attending Carlsbad High School...

May 22, 1928 - Nov. 17, 2006 STRATTON -- Margaret Ann (Pochop) Faimon, 78, died Friday (Nov. 17, 2006) at her rural home south of Stratton. She was born May 22, 1928, on the homestead of Rudolph and Vincentia (Novotny) Pochop. She attended grade school in the one room school house near her family farm and graduated from Atwood High School in 1945...

WAUNETA -- Katharine "Kay" Lorence 63, died Friday (Nov. 17, 2006) at Bryan LGH?Hospital in Lincoln. Survivors include her husband, Virgil of Wauneta; step-father, Alonzo Higgins of Yuma, Colo.; two daughters, Kailee Kerber of Arvada, Colo., and Brenda Shill and husband, Ivan of Benkelman; two brothers, Ronnie Higgins and wife, Debbie of Yuma, Colo., and Shorty Higgins of Denver, Colo.; one sister, Nadine Knudsen, Yuma, Colo.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...

April 9, 1922 - Nov. 17, 2006 Robert Lloyd Bacon 84, died Friday (Nov. 17, 2006) at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island. He was born April 9, 1922 at Peru, the son of the late Charles M. and Jennie M. (Richardson) Bacon. He grew up in Auburn where he graduated from Auburn High School...