Stories from Friday, October 9, 2009

The company that bills itself as the world's foremost outfitter has lived up to its slogan for Chadron State College's wildlife management program. Two semi-truck loads of taxidermy were shipped from the Cabela's corporate headquarters in Sidney to the college's Burkhiser Complex on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5-6. Included in the shipments were full body mounts of many large animals, such as moose, elk, African lion, mountain lion, caribou, grizzly bear, zebra and deer...

Sept. 20, 1927-Oct. 13, 2009 LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A memorial service for Barbara A. Kelly, 82, Lawrence will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at Plymouth Congregational Church. Private inurnment will follow at Pioneer Cemetery on the West Campus of The University of Kansas. She died Oct. 8, 2009, in Lawrence...

STEVE KODAD Gazette Sports Editor GOTHENBURG -- McCook avenged a loss to Lexington during varsity high school volleyball action at Gothenburg Thursday night. But the Bison girls struggled through a loss to the host Swedes before they came to life. McCook dropped a three-set decision to Gothenburg (20-25, 25-22, 25-20), then won a three-set decision over the Minutemaids (6-25, 25-21, 25-15). ...

Nov. 8, 1917-Oct. 6, 2009 BENKLEMAN -- Lenna J. (O'Neall) Scrivner, 91, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at Dundy County Hospital. She was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Dundy County Nebraska to James M. and Olivia E. O'Neall and attended the Benkelman schools, graduating from Benkelman High School. ...

Another 'Kodad' Moment

Tom and Jackie Shoemaker of Cambridge announce the birth of their son, Graham Thomas Shoemaker, on Sept. 14, 2009, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. He has three older siblings, 8-year-old Shelby, 6-year-old Bryson and1-year-old Carter. His grandparents are Dean and Ann Sladek of Bartley, Dick Schoemaker of Cambridge and Sheryl Wymore of Kearney...

The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Ella and Donalee (Sonny) Wilson are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 15, 1949, in Goodland, Kan. They have five children, 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren with two on the way. Cards of congratulation will reach them at 41143 Dr. 709, Wilsonville, NE 69046...

Congress has the responsibility to craft reasonable legislation which serves the American public. Many of the issues Congress deals with on a regular basis are simply too important to be rushed. Unfortunately, Members of Congress are too often asked to make decisions on bills which can have more pages than major novels with only a few hours to actually read them...

I want to thank Dick Trail for his kind words about Senator Ben Nelson and glad to see that he agrees with Senator Nelson and is for health care reform but opposed to socialized medicine. It is also gratifying to see that Mr. Trail commends Senator Nelson for his opposition to any bill that would cover illegal immigrants, fund abortions or raise taxes...

With American troops often deployed in remote or combat areas where mail service is sporadic at best it is important that the U.S. takes steps to protect the right to vote of our men and women in uniform. For military and overseas voters, that right is only as good as their ability to cast a ballot and have it counted...

Boy, we don't like to use that word. We have all kinds of euphemisms we use for dying: passed on, passed, passed away, beyond the bar, succumbed, deceased, and expired are just a few. One of the things now written on a person's chart among health care professionals is "negative patient care outcome."...

One of the first lessons a scientist learns is that 100 percent agreement on scientific matters is rare. And a consensus can be reversed. But that reversal won't come from talk radio or TV pundits. It will come from those who publish under the stringent demands of scientific journals...

Barack Obama is only the third sitting president, behind Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee cited "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" only nine months after the president took office...

Dear Editor, My name is Myron Bennett. I grew up in Danbury, and started to McCook College in 1958. One of the first college officials I met was E.P. Baruth. His involvement wiht college students and his care and concern for their success and achievement are legendary. ...

BILLIE COLE McCook Daily Gazette BARTLEY -- Only a 7-foot, 4-inch volleyball net separated two of the oldest rivals in southwestern Nebraska high school volleyball, Southwest and Cambridge Thursday night in Bartley. Southwest swept Cambridge in three close sets...

INDIANOLA -- Krista RaeAnn McConville and Tyler Joel Kennedy of Kearney were united in marriage on July 11, 2009, at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola with the Rev. Thomas McGuire officiating. Parents of the couple are Steve and Kerry McConville of Bartley, Fred and Holly Kennedy of Indianola and Mike and Marsha Sides of Bartley...