Stories from Monday, November 10, 2008

Hannah Loshbaugh of McCook and Phillip Welsh of Neligh were united in marriage on July 26, 2008, at McCook Christian Church in McCook with Jason VanPelt officiating. Parents of the couple are Bob and Renalle Loshbaugh of McCook, Barb Loshbaugh of Indianola and George and Sandy Welsh of Neligh...

LINCOLN -- Andrea M. Kerr and Christopher J. Ruiz, both of Lincoln, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the couple are Wendy and Leon Lovitt and Rich and Becky Kerr, all of Beatrice and Joe and Tracey (Marr) Ruiz of Lincoln. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Stan and Sharon Marr of McCook...

LINCOLN -- It was a day of redemption for Nebraska. The Cornhuskers' 45-35 victory over Kansas on Saturday came a week after a humiliating 62-28 loss at Oklahoma and a year after a 76-39 defeat to the Jayhawks. "It feels so good to come back and redeem ourselves after what happened last year," Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz said. "We played so well today. But we didn't play as well as we could. We probably left 14-17 points out there."...

Aug. 18, 1916 - Nov. 7, 2008 Mary Florence "Polly" Grim died Friday, Nov.7, 2008, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 92 years old. Mary was born, Aug. 18, 1916, at St. John's, Newfoundland to Garfield and Mary "Gen" (Coleman) Pollard. She grew up at St. John's and attended Mercy and Presentation Convent Schools ...

Aug. 6, 1926 - Nov. 8, 2008 OMAHA -- Sharon Alene Amorena, 82, of Holbrook, died Saturday (Nov. 8, 2008) in Omaha. She was born Aug. 6, 1926, in Holbrook. Survivors include her husband, Miguel Amorena of Holbrook; daughters and sons-in-law, Sharlene and Edward Markow of Walnut Creek, Calif., Mary Madrigal of Fort Lupton, Colo., Lydia and Stephen Smith of Brighton, Colo., Antonia and Michael Veruchi of Lone Tree, Colo., and Danielle Amorena of Omaha; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.. ...

SUTHERLAND -- Cambridge High School's volleyball team will return to the state tournament this week after making it through the C2-11 sub-district tournament and class C2-6 district finals. Cambridge started the end of the season journey in the C2-11 sub-district, defeating Maxwell in the first round and knocking out No. 1-seed North Platte St. Pats in the semifinals...

May 31, 1937 - Nov. 5, 2008 WAUNETA -- Lyle Humphreys, 71, died Wednesday (Nov. 5, 2008) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born to William Kermit and Opal Marjory Lemon Humphreys on May 31, 1937, south of Max in Dundy County. In 1940, he had a serious battle with sleeping sickness, leaving him with disabilities the rest of his life. ...

ST. FRANCIS -- The visiting LaCrosse Leopards football squad posted 38-30 victory over the St. Francis Indians in the Kansas Class 2-1A state football playoffs. St. Francis finished the season with a 9-2 record. La Crosse, ranked No. 2 in Class 2-1A in the Kansas media polls, improved to 11-0 and won its second regional championship in the last three years...

LAMAR, Colo. -- The McCook Community College volleyball team concluded its season at the Region IX South Tournament in Lamar, Colo., during the past weekend. MCC lost to Trinidad State 21-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 and Otero Junior College 23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21...

Call it a bit of a shock. Call it a reality check. Call it a punch in the mouth. But after Schuyler marched the football downfield on its first series in Friday night's Nebraska Class B quarterfinal game at Weiland Field in McCook, the McCook Bison regrouped and dominated the Warriors 42-7...

Okay, so I didn't watch this flick, nay, film. I just happened to be too busy to do it, so instead of not putting up a review for this movie. I decided it would be great to open up the process for YOU to review it! If you've seen the movie, feel free to post your best review of the film in the comments. It's an all out free for all so get to writing! I'm interested to see if I should try to watch this 'piece of animation' before it leaves Cinema 3, so let me know if this flick is worth it...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Tim Meissner of McCook said it took six miracles to save him from a heart aneurysm that could have killed him within a matter of minutes. It's the same defect that did claim the life of actor John Ritter. Tim's story began when the 49-year old man complained to his wife of pain in his leg. He assumed it was a blood clot that had developed as the result of an injury he had while working cattle...

Despite having less support among veterans than his opponent, President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to support U.S. veterans, citing the service of his grandfather in Patton's army and his grandmother's work in a bomber factory in World War II. If Obama is successful in getting us out of Iraq, killing Osama bin Laden and bringing our service people home -- without planting the seeds of a worse future conflict, he will have accomplished much on behalf of those who serve our country, as well as those who won't have to.. ...

Hello, I am the manager of an incredibly successful small business. I come before you today to confess that during this time of hardship, I have failed to address my business's wasteful and thoughtless spending, and have paid no attention to how a failing economy might affect the future operation of my business. This being said, I humbly regret to say that recently business has been under extreme pressure...

As a Vietnam-era veteran, it appears to me to be very hypocritical, that the same liberals who looked down their noses at me and called me a "baby killer" in the '70s and '80s are responsible for the murder of more than 40 million helpless babies. Sincerely,...

I was asked not long ago to give a speech about how to persuade. It was something I had learned in my Toastmasters Club and I was to share that knowledge with another group. I had to be sure who my audience was because the principles I would share with business people would not be the same if I was talking to a group of parents...