Stories from Monday, May 12, 2008

Kristi Lea Brown of McCook and Jeffrey DeBoer of Lincoln announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the couple are Mark and Patty Brown of McCook and Doyle and Norma DeBoer of Lincoln. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Harvey and Clara Dunn of Indianola...

Kenneth and Suzanne Gansebom of Carroll are hosting a card shower and open house in honor of their 55th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 2, 1953. Their children are Dale and Sarah (Gansebom) Brown of Omaha, Anthony and Shari Gansebom of Fort Calhoun, Mark and Lauri Gansebom of Carroll and Dean and Suzanne (Gansebom) Burbach of Carroll. ...

The family of Jim Harris is requesting a card shower in honor of his 90th birthday May 14. Cards of congratulation will reach him in care of Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. Seventh, McCook, NE 69001.

Kayla McConville of Bartley and Matthew Berry of Grand Island announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Steve and Kerry McConville of Bartley and Jeff and Linda Berry of Grand Island. The bride-to-be will graduate from the University of Lincoln-Kearney in December 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in organizational communications...

The family of Koda Reiman of Stratton is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday, May 17. She was born in 1928 south of Stratton. Cards of congratulations will reach her at PO Box 188 Stratton,NE 69043.

The family of Elsie Kasten, formerly of Hayes County, is hosting an open house in honor of her 100th birthday, May 18, 2-5 p.m., at Community Bible Church at 403 F Ave., in Central City. Her family includes Ellis and Dottie Kasten and family of Canada and Harold and Dorothy Cook and family of Central City. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 2123 14th Ave., Central City, NE 68826...

The family of Leona (Wight) Rosier of Bartley is hosting an open house and card shower in honor of her 90th birthday. She was born May 14, 1918, in Frontier County. The open house will be Sunday, May 18, from 2-4 p.m., at the Bartley Community Building. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 404 Asbury, Bartley NE 69020...

The family of Jim and Cathy Kenny is hosting a card shower in honor of their 25th anniversary. They were married May 14, 1983. Their children are Kristi and Matt Huff of Fort Collins, Colo., Paul Kenny of Lincoln and Nick and Joe Kenny of McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 310 Park Ave., McCook, NE 69001...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --Darlene Scott of Potter, formally McCook and Sherri Day announce the marriage of Courtney Y. Scott to PFC Joshua Hansmann of Kewaskum, Wis. They were married April 29, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is the son of Lynn Hansmann of Kewaskum Wis. He is currently home on leave from Iraq. The couple will spend the next two weeks in Wisconsin. He will then be deployed back to Iraq on May 16...

ATWOOD -- Decatur Community-Oberlin and Rawlins County-Atwood competed in the Northwest Kansas League golf tournament in Atwood Friday. Rawlins County placed fourth and Oberlin sixth in the team standings. Jordan Tally led Oberlin's golfers with a 48-45-93 for the day...

COLBY, Kan. -- Decatur Community-Oberlin, Rawlins County-Atwood and St. Francis High School track teams competed in the Northwest Kansas League track meet Friday in Colby. Rawlins County's girls and boys finished third in the team scores. St. Francis's boys took fourth and Oberlin was fifth...

CULBERTSON -- The officials at Culbertson Speedway tried to hasten to get the opening night show completed Friday night. However, only one A Feature could be completed before the rains fell. The remaining four A Features will be run June 6, before the scheduled heats and A Features for that night...

Cambridge High alum Kyle Custer wins men's 1,500 race LINCOLN -- The Nebraska track and field team earned 14 event wins on Saturday at the Nebraska Invitational as it competed with Division I foes Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Drake as well as the weather at Ed Weir Stadium...

Sept. 5, 1916 - May 8, 2008 ATWOOD -- Frank Lawrence Pochop, 91, died Thursday (May 8, 2008) at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. He was born Sept. 5, 1916, at Beardsley, Kan., to Rudolph and Vincentia (Novotny) Pochop. On April 11, 1950, he married Elizabeth Chleborad at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood. He worked as a farmer, raising crops and operating cattle and hog operations...

Feb. 26, 1964 - May 11, 2008 HAYES CENTER -- Brad Lee Curran of Hayes Center died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Great Plains Regional Center in North Platte. He was 44 years old. Brad was born on Feb. 26, 1964, in Imperial, Neb., to Donald Duane and Carole Kay (Leffler) Curran. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1982...

The family of Opal Pollmann Tincher is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on May 13. Her family includes Harold and Melva Esch of McCook, Robert and Linda Pollmann of MendotaHeights, Minn., daughter-in-law, Nola Pollmann of Bloomfield, Iowa, Kathy Metzger of Lexington and Jerry and Mel Miller of McCook. She has 19 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 602 West M Street, McCook NE 69001...

The family of Doris Mohr is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday May 14. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Hillcrest Nursing Home, Room S18, P.O. Box 1087, McCook, NE 69001

The family of Esther Wissbaum is requesting a card shower in honor of her 98th birthday May 18. Cards of congratulation will reach her in care of Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. Seventh, McCook, NE 69001.

After years of taking tests and toeing the line, seniors at McCook Senior High threw their caps in the air and sprayed silly string at their graduation ceremony at sunny Weiland Field Sunday. McCook School System Superintendent David Schley opened the commencement ceremony and commended the class for their talents, work ethic and "strong sense of caring for each other."...

Even rural areas are not immune to abducted children, and a training workshop put on by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children focused on strategies agencies can use in responding to missing children. About 35 people, representing two states and 10 agencies, attended the workshop at the Heritage Senior Center in McCook last week...

Remember when bottlers started putting "born on" dates on beer and soft drinks? It seems that there's a "born on" date on tires that we should be paying attention to. An investigative report by ABC-TV Friday pointed out that some tires, being sold as new, were actually made before the turn of the century...

Since 1936, when the concept of a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame became a reality there have been some 286 players, managers, owners, broadcasters (even eight umpires) elected to the roster of Hall of Famers. Since 1939 this shrine to Major League Baseball has been housed in a museum in Cooperstown, NY, the hometown of Abner Doubleday -- the fellow who is said to have invented the game...

Fireworks funding Dear Editor, The signs are everywhere. The grass and the dandelions are growing. Baseball and softball teams are preparing for their seasons. Boaters and campers are coming out of their winter hibernation. Spring is upon us, and summer is fast approaching...