Stories from Monday, June 6, 2011

July 18, 1933-June 2, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Joeann F. ten Bensel, 77, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was born July 18, 1933, near Milan, Missouri, on the family farm, to Othel and Goldie (Shatto) Forrester. The family moved to North Platte, Nebraska when she was seven years old. ...

We shouldn't be surprised with the pace of summer picking up with the passage of Memorial Day, but nevertheless, we are. Congratulations again to the Community Hospital Health Foundation, Heritage Hills Golf Course and the many other organizations and individuals involved in the 23rd annual John Mullen Pro-Am Golf Tournament...

Willis Jones, a member of the 96th (B-17 Flying Fortress) Bomb Group in World War II, suffered through great adversities during the war, including being shot down (on his 26th mission) over Augsburg, Germany, and surviving 13 months in a German POW (Stalag). As bad as being shot down and being a POW was, his 14th mission was worse...

More than 200 people, many of them wearing Justice for Kailee T-shirts filled the the center island on the 700 block of Westridge Saturday afternoon for a memorial tree planting for Kailee Clapp, who was killed Jan. 21, 2011. Her accused assailant, Stathis Sebastian Mobley Kirkpatrick, remains in jail, charged with first degree murder; use of a knife or other deadly weapon to commit a felony, a Class II felony; tampering with physical evidence and unlawful burial (throwing away or abandoning human skeletal remains), each a Class IV felony.. ...

Financial totals weren't available Monday, June 6, but organizers are expecting another big donation from the 2011 John Mullen Pro-Am Golf Tournament. The 23rd annual edition was played June 3-5 at the Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook. A total of 26 PGA professionals and 104 amateurs competed in this year's event. The tournament featured 36 holes of team play Saturday and Sunday, plus the pros shooting for a cash purse Friday evening in the popular Ron Coleman Memorial Horserace...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Shrine Bowl experience is one that likely stays with the participants for a lifetime -- especially sweeter for the winning team. Four Gazette area representatives came out on the high end of a record-setting South team 41-20 victory in the 2011 edition of the high school all-star football classic last Saturday night at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln...