Stories from Friday, March 6, 2009

Traci Keyser scores 30 points for Trojans; Wauneta-Palisade girls fall in state opener Check the Gazette Web site later today for updates By JOHN J. MESH Gazette Sports Editor LINCOLN -- Cambridge and Perkins County advanced to the Nebraska Class C-2 girls state tournament semifinals with quarterfinal wins on Thursday, while Wauneta-Palisade lost its first round game in Class D-1...

PLAINVILLE, Kan. -- The Rawlins County-Atwood boys basketball team rallied from a 6-point deficit to defeat Plainville 68-58 Thursday night at the Kansas Class 2A sub-state tournament at Plainville. The Buffaloes improved to 18-4 and will play Wakeeney-Trego (21-2) in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday...

The McCook Community College baseball team split a doubleheader with the Hastings College junior varsity Thursday afternoon at the Jaycees Sports Complex. The Indians won the first game 15-5 and lost the second game 8-7. In Game 1, McCook bats took a while to wake up but they came alive in a big way, leading 6-5 going into the sixth inning...

Sept. 5, 1916 - March 5, 2009 Arlene M. Rossitto died Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Good Samaritan Care Center in Oberlin, at the age of 92. She was born Sept. 5, 1916, at Sturgis, S.D., the daughter of the late Elmer Peter and Anna Sophie (Lanouette) Bachand. Arlene grew up in the Bear Butte Valley east of Sturgis and graduated from high school at St. Martrin's Academy in Sturgis in 1934 and attended business college at Rapid City, S.D. She began working in the Mead County Court House in Sturgis...

Aug. 8, 1918 - March 3, 2009 HAIGLER - Virginia Clegg Harford, 90, of Haigler, died Tuesday (March 3, 2009) at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray. She was born Aug. 8, 1918, at Sanborn to Lee and Florence Clegg. Her given name was Lorna Virginia, but family tradition had the middle name as the one commonly used...

Sept. 10, 1922 - March 5, 2009 Geneva "Jenny" Adrain Rutledge died Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She lost her battle with cancer, but is presently victoriously with her Lord and Savior in Heaven. She was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Goshen Township, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Harrington) Delay. She grew up in Ohio and later followed her daughter to Nebraska where she has lived for the past 34 years...

Aug. 6, 1932 - March 1, 2009 BENKELMAN -- Mary Margaret (Ough) Powell, was born to Harry L. and Elizabeth M. (Gibb) Ough in Benkelman Aug. 6, 1932. She was a member of the graduating class of Benkelman High School in 1950 and went on to attend Nebraska Wesleyan University for one year before attending Colorado A&M where she graduated in 1954. ...

CULBERTSON -- Fred W. Mustion, 83, died Thursday (March 5, 2008) at Community Hospital in McCook. Funeral services will be Tuesday, 11 a.m., at Bethel Missionary Church in Culbertson with the Rev. Richard Karr officiating. Burial will be in the Culbertson Cemetery...

McCook Community College plans a ribbon cutting Open House Wednesday to unveil the new Center for Applied Science and Technology (CAST). The event is set for 10 a.m. at the former Pepper Building at 112 E. Second Street in McCook. Through this partnership between MCC, McCook Public Schools, the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp; Valmont Industries Inc., Phoenix Transitional Services, Nebraska Workforce Development, training in welding and machine shop skills are being offered through a variety of sources.. ...

Everyone has a story to tell. The problem is, how do you get those stories -- and keep them? New equipment at the McCook Public Library is now available to record oral and video interviews, capturing stories from parents, grandparents or friends that would otherwise be lost forever...

Derrel Martin, Ph.D, describes water-hungry trees and plants in the Republican River Basin, at the 2009 Southwest Nebraska Water Conference at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Thursday. Since 2007, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors have been studying water use by riparian plants in the Basin and Martin updated producers on the status of the project and preliminary findings. ...

Kassidy Urling, from left, Joey Knappert and Kennidee Urling show the fruits of their labor -- about $10 plus some change in a pie pan -- from their sno cone stand Thursday afternoon. With temperatures hovering in the 70s, the kids said they had a good turnout but still hadn't made a profit: the snow cone machine cost $26...

There are several different companies attempting to bring video-on-demand (VOD) services to a larger number of American households, harnessing the power of the World Wide Web to bring it to TV screens everywhere. The Roku set-top box, for example, costs 99 dollars, and allows you to download movies and TV shows through Amazon.com, while electronics manufacturer LG has announced a flat-panel monitor combined with a Blu-Ray player that streams programming from Netflix's Internet site, so long as you're a subscriber to the company's mail-order movie rental service.. ...

Sometimes when I get in a melancholy mood, I think back on my life and the myriad of choices I've made that has me where I am and I always wonder how totally different my life would have been if my choices had been different. I had the skills when I was young to be a professional baseball player, just like my dad was, but I got too interested in girls and, consequently, didn't work hard enough to perfect my craft...

A bill to establish a hotline for families in crisis is a good start, but no one should expect miracles. Nebraska's "safe haven" fiasco, under which 36 children from many states and by some reports, even one foreign country, most of them adolescents, had the positive effect of pointing out just how desperate some parents are...

Aug. 3, 1954-March 5, 2009 LINCOLN -- John R. Jilg, 54, died March 5, 2009. He was born Aug. 3, 1954, in McCook. He was employed by Pavers as a heavy machine operator. He was a foster father to several children who survive him. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister...

The family of Gene and Jan Mahon is hosting a card shower in honor of their 30th wedding anniversary. They were married March 9, 1979 in McCook. Children of the couple are Rich and Tonya Placzek and Kevin and Tami Darling, all of McCook, David Mahon and Kimber Mahon. They have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 806 West 14th, McCook, NE 69001...

Jennifer Tines and Deon Hampton of Lincoln announce the birth of their daughter, Jensyn Nicole Hampton on Feb. 8, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. She weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 19 inches. Her grandparents are Dude and Alice Tines of Venango and Don and Teresa Hampton of Mullen. Great-grandparents are Wayne and Betty Hampton of Mullen, the late John and Mary Walz and the late Shorty and Dorthy Tines...

William Earl Meyers of McCook will celebrate his 90th birthday on March 11, 2009. His children are Linda Meyers of Lincoln, Janice Petersen of Shoreline, Wash., Jim Meyers of Seldon, Kan., Barbara Schurtliff of Grayslake, Ill., and Jean Johnson of Albion. He has 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Cards will reach him at 38320 Road 713, McCook, NE 69001...

Christy Musselman of Orangeville, Pa., and Jacob Tucker formerly of McCook, of Orangeville announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the couple are Chris and Becky Musselman of Orangeville, Ray and Pam Tucker of Stillwater, Pa., and Cliif and Trish Clapp of McCook...

LINCOLN - Marie Christine Colling and Martin Frederick Kipper, both of Lincoln, were united in marriage on May 31, 2008, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Lincoln with the Rev. Paul Colling, uncle and godfather of the bride, of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Lexington and the Rev. Benjamin Holdren of St. Patrick Parish, Lincoln officiating...

Tiffany Clark of McCook and Jeremie Sund of Blue Hill were united in marriage Oct. 18, 2008, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in McCook with the Rev. John Strecker-Baseler officiating. Parents of the couple are Renalle and Bob Loshbaugh of McCook, Steve and Sharon Clark of McCook, Bruce and Suzi Sund of Hastings and Rhonda Brewster of Blue Hill...

Community Lenten services continue...