Stories from Monday, September 24, 2007

Movie Review - Stardust Starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Robert De Niro, and Ian McKellan. Directed by Matthew Vaughn Running Time: 128 Minutes Rated PG-13 for some fantasy violence and risque humor. Stardust is the story of a young man named Tristan who promises a woman to retrieve a fallen star for her hand in marriage. ...

Knights runners third in varsity girls division; McCook, Eustis-Farnam boys place eighth, 11th MINDEN -- The McCook girls, paced by a first-place individual performance by freshman Jessa Sughroue, won the team title Saturday at the Minden Invitational cross country meet...

LINCOLN -- Family and friends of McCook High School's late, beloved golf coach, Ron Coleman, gathered in Lincoln Sunday afternoon for Ron's induction into the Nebraska Sports High School Hall of Fame. During the emotional ceremony, Ron's oldest son, Justin, spoke for the family. "The kids loved him," Justin said. "They knew he would give them whatever they needed, be that a hug or a swift kick in the 'booty.'"...

BENKELMAN -- Great-great nieces of Nebraska Sen. George W. Norris plan to attend the dedication Saturday of a sculpture honoring their famous relative. "The Statesman," a bronze sculpture of Norris created by Cambridge Lake artists Jon Leitner and Gary Ginther, will be dedicated at noon, Saturday, on the front lawn of the George Norris House, 706 Norris...

Yule G. Dorwart, 85, died Sunday (Sept. 23, (2007) at the Ponderosa Villa Nursing Home in Crawford. Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Peace Lutheran Church in McCook with Pastor Bradley Rick officiating. The ceremony will be closed casket. Burial will be at the Memorial Park in McCook. Friends can sign his book at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook...

Shyanne Destiny Waddell, infant daughter of Michael Paul and Rebecca Sue (Gilliam) Waddell of Bartley, was born at Methodist Hospital in Omaha on Thursday, September 20, 2007.  She died later that same day at Children's Hospital in Omaha.  Survivors include her parents Michael and Rebecca Waddell of Bartley; two sisters, TayLynn and Audra Waddell of Bartley; maternal grandparents, Brent and Lori Cobb of McCook and Earl "Butch" and Sherry Gilliam of Lincoln; paternal grandparents, Trudy and Jerry Burkholder of Bartley; great-grandparents, Kenneth and Janice Waddell of McCook, Joyce Gilliam of Crete, Jo Burkholder of Corsicana, TX, Doris Phillips of Sedona, AZ, Kenneth and Jean Kohlmann of Lincoln and Francis Shiree of Lincoln; great-great grandmother, Dorothy Eisenbarth of McCook; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.. ...

STERLING, CO -- Velma I. Neville, formerly of Haigler, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 at the Sterling Life Center in Sterling, Colorado at the age of 91. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Forch Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with Rev. Sean Redmond officiating.  Interment will follow services at the Haigler Cemetery at Haigler...

I am certainly glad that Steve Smith's letter in September 14 paper was under the bold heading of "Opinion." Because, I for one, do not believe that you can suck water out of an aquifer indiscriminately and put the blame for decreased stream flows on just those within two miles and not on the shoulders of all irrigators in the aquifer...

If you're band fan, happy days are here again. The good news is coming from McCook High School, where the director of bands, Donita Priebe, is leading the resurgence of the MHS Marching Band. "We will have a marching band and dance team of 64 members this year," Director Priebe said. "We have accomplished that with 32 band members from the senior high, 14 members from the senior high "Starz" dance team; and 16 members from the junior high band."...

Baby boomers who grew up on grainy black-and-white movies of World War II probably recognize many of the images from the new Ken Burns film that started on PBS Sunday night, but with a new perspective. It's not the sanitized war of the popular films of their youths, nor the anti-war picture of the Vietnam era. It's just "The War."...

John Batty is not a native of McCook, but still ranks as one of McCook's longest residents. John was born in Alma, Neb., in 1914, the son of a dentist. The family moved soon after he was born to York, Neb., where his father took over a dental practice. They were not to be long in York. In 1919 John's mother passed away, and a year later his father died...