Stories from Monday, September 29, 2008

Kimberly Laird and Seth Kunnemann announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Scott and Patty Laird of Hayes Center. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln in 2005 and is a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program...

Danielle Dueland and Henry Angle of Lincoln were united in marriage on April 26, 2008, at the United Methodist Church in McCook with the Rev. Dr. Jeff Thurman officiating. Parents of the couple are Daniel and Peggy Dueland of McCook and Henry Angle and Shauna Stanton of Kearney...

The children of Dale and Theda Beth Stanley of Wilsonville is are hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 45th wedding anniversary. The open house will be Saturday, Oct. 4, from 2-5 p.m., at the Baptist-Christian Church on main street in Wilsonville. ...

The family of Delbert and Orian (Reiners) Fritz of Bartley is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 3, 1948. Their children are Don and wife Janine Hall of McCook, Robert Fritz and wife, Carol of Omaha, Allan Fritz and wife, Katie of Wamego, Kan., Delvin and Tina Leibrandt of Bartley and Jolene Goodenberger and husband, Lynn of Omaha. ...

Josh and Amie Broz of Hayes Center announce the birth of a son, Spencer Dean Broz. He was born Aug. 31, 2008, at Community Hospital in McCook, weighing 7 pounds, 4.2 ounces, measuring 22 inches. He has a 5-year-old sister, Addison. Grandparents are Carol Collicott of McCook, Dean McQuiety of Cambridge and Jim and Kathy Broz of Hayes Center. Great Grandparents are Alice Ruppert and Vincent and Margaret Broz all of McCook...

Schuyler Cole and Dusty Kircher, both formerly of McCook, of Kearney, were united in marriage on June 7, 2008, in Bolles Canyon in McCook with the Rev. Dr. Mary Hendricks officiating. Parents of the couple are Deborah Lundberg Cole of McCook, the late Richard Cole and Mike and Val Kircher, all of McCook...

KEARNEY -- Alison Peterson and Seth Svoboda of Kearney were united in marriage on June 7, 2008, at First Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Rev. Eric Lesher officiating. Parents of the couple are Ward and Paula Peterson of Kearney, Jerry and Pam Vap of Papillion and Tom Svoboda of McCook...

Wade and Kristin Hunter Lusk of Wyoming announce the birth of their daughter, Avery Ann Hunter on June 10, 2008, at Community Hospital in Torrington, Wyo. She weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 211/4 inches long. Her grandparents are Jerry and Anna Montey of McCook and Allen and Deb Hunter of Torrington. ...

HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School volleyball team placed sixth at the Holdrege Invitational Saturday with a 1-2 record. McCook lost in the first round to St. Paul 25-22, 25-18, defeated Alliance in the consolation round 25-21, 25-16 and lost to Hastings-St. Cecelia 25-19, 25-18...

HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School girls golf team placed sixth out of 12 teams at the Holdrege Invitational Saturday. Minden won the team title with a 392 score, followed by Grand Island Northwest 401, Lexington 407, Hastings 426, Broken Bow 435, McCook 442, Aurora 465, Holdrege 466, Gothenburg 475, Holdrege B team 573, Dundy County-Stratton 592 and Superior 608...

BENKELMAN -- Dundy County-Stratton High school girls and boys cross country teams won their own invitational on the Benkelman Golf Course Thursday. Dundy County-Stratton's Gabrielle Mullanix won the girls individual title. Teammates Hannah Stroup taking ninth and Breanna Krutsinger 13th...

Nov. 12, 1915 - Sept. 26, 2008 STRATTON-- Mary Esther Richards, 92, formerly of Stratton, died Friday (Sept.26, 2008), at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Nov. 12, 1915, near Coffee, Mo., to James Thomas and Edna Ursula (Ellis) O'Dell. In 1924, she moved with her family to Nebraska, living near Beverly, and later, on a farm east of Stratton. She was a graduate of Stratton High School...

The sun shone and a gentle breeze blew -- the weather gods were good to McCook for the community's annual Heritage Days celebrations. "We had a wonderful four days," said Pam Harsh, director of the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce. "The crowds were great. And of course, awesome weather helps."...

BIRD CITY -- An Imperial man died in a motorcycle accident at 11:15 a.m., Saturday, about 91⁄2 miles north of Bird City on Kansas Highway 161. According to an accident report prepared by the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jack L. Carman, 61, of Imperial was southbound when his motorcycle entered the ditch. Carman lost control, the cycle laid over on its side and slid to a stop facing in an unknown direction. The motorcycle was moved before the trooper arrived...

When our country was first founded, the top vote-getter for president got the job; the second place candidate became vice president. According to a Zogby International poll, a lot of people would like to be able to pick and choose today, selecting one candidate for one job, and another for other duties...

I believe (Dick Trail) is confused in (his) analysis of Senator Obama and his tax cuts. With more than 600,000 Americans who have lost their jobs since January, ask them if they pay taxes or get tax credits? Didn't Bush just send everyone a check for $600? Where did he get that? Print more money?...

The rising cost of food prices, especially meat, has been a concern for all taxpayers. Why complain? There are plenty of useless dogs wandering around, and as I understand it, dog meat is just as good, if not better, than Nebraska corn-fed beef. Last month I saved over 100 dollars by hunting and shooting dogs in the city limits...

Recently I had the privilege of attending a dinner party in Lincoln, prior to the Nebraska vs New Mexico State football game. One of the people at the party was a nice lady who told me that she had recently retired from teaching. She had been a long-time professor at Harvard University. I confessed that it had always been an ambition of mine to attend an Ivy League football game, preferably Harvard vs Yale, to pay my homage to the place where American football began...

BEAVER CITY -- The trial of a Grant/Holbrook man accused of killing an Arapahoe mother of two little girls will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 2, 3 and 4. Herchel Huff is charged with killing Kasey Jo Warner as she and her daughter walked on a country road southwest of Arapahoe Oct. 3, 2007...