Stories from Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Seven area basketball teams move into the final games of the girls subdistrict tournaments. Cambridge, Perkins County, Arapahoe, Eustis-Farnam, Wauneta-Palisade, Wallace and Maywood will all play Thursday for the subdistrict championship in their respective classes...

Jan. 10, 1918 - Jan. 8, 2008 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-- Marjorie Mae Walters passed away in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 8, 2008, just two days before her 90th birthday. She was born Jan. 10, 1918, in Kansas City, Mo., and was adopted at an early age by Arthur E. and Florence (Houser) Walters. She grew up on a farm in Hitchcock County and attended rural school district 74 and graduated from Trenton High School...

ABILENE, Texas -- McCook cowboy Garrett Nokes can't believe his calf-roping horse is dead. And he's hoping he wasn't killed by someone taking pot-shots at just any passing horse trailer. "It's one of those things that never happens, but it did," Garrett said this morning, still trying to pick up the pieces and figure out how and why his 10-year-old sorrel Quarter horse, Thumper, died...

STRATTON -- The staff of the new grocery store in Stratton plans a grand opening celebration Saturday, offering food specials and samples to entice new shoppers and express appreciation to old shoppers who have returned. "Stratton Country Market" is a re-creation of grocery stores from the community's past 35 years or so. ...

HOLBROOK -- Combine Laurie's passion for vintage textiles and antique jewelry with her husband's carpentry skills and desire to promote Highway 34, and the result is a one-in-a-million shop that Laurie will call "Phoebe Delia's." Laurie Ramesbothom and her husband, Fred Baugher, of Stockville, are saving one of the dilapidated turn-of-the-last-century wood-and-brick buildings in downtown Holbrook. ...

If today's nice weather didn't give you spring fever, we're sure the snow and cold forecast for tonight and Thursday will. Chamber of Commerce officials are hopeful the weather will clear for this weekend's annual Home and Builders Show, set for Friday through Sunday...

Heaven gained another soul this week. So much more than a farmer, he, as many in his generation, served during World War II. This man, however, had a gift. See, many own tools and can use them, but Bill was a craftsman. A hunk of metal in his hands could be turned into any tool or weapons that made even experts step back and say "Well done."...

The Nebraska state wrestling tournament begins Thursday in Omaha. Several area athletes qualified for the state meet after the district tournament Saturday. McCook will send seven wrestlers to Omaha. Nate Morgan will wrestle in the 103 class and is the 11th seed.

I had just hit the transition stage of labor when I cried out to Danny, "Just take me home and it will stop." It broke his heart to tell me "no" but he knew that even going home wasn't going to help this time. It broke my heart as well. I was sure that if I could just return to our little bedroom in our little alley house, this fearful and fearsome pain would stop...