Stories from Friday, January 6, 2012

WILSONVILLE, Nebraska -- Stacy Snyder of Arapahoe, Nebraska and Kirk Wilson of McCook, Nebraska, were united in marriage Aug.6, 2011, at The United Baptist-Christian Church in Wilsonville Nebraska, with Keith Theobald officiating. The reader was Robert Snyder, uncle of the bride, of Yutan, Nebraska...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida -- Theodore E. Chancellor and Megan E. Gonshor were united in marriage April 2, 2011. They later received their Christian vows in Grimbsy, England, with the Rev. Rod Church of England, formerly of the First Congregational Church in McCook, Nebraska...

Joshua Clayton Weyeneth Isaac and Whitney Weyeneth of Fort Stewart, Georgia, announce the birth of their son, Joshua Clayton Weyeneth, who was born Dec. 7, 2011, at Winn Army Community Hospital at Fort Stewart. He weighed 8 pounds, 13.7 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. ...

Zander Gage Ralston Afton and Nick Ralston of McCook announce the birth of their son, Zander Gage Ralston, who was born Nov. 27, 2011 at Community Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, 10.8 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long. He has one sister, Hannah, 18 months. Grandparents are Cathy and Arden Myers and Ken and Marlene, all of McCook. Great-grandparents are Harry and Barbara Hixson of McCook and Gordon Petersen North Platte, Nebraska...

90th birthday The family of Nina Schnell is hosting a reception in honor of her 90th birthday. The reception is Jan. 14, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at 500 Centennial Circle, No. 105, in North Platte. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 500 Centennial Circle, No. 105, North Platte, NE 69101...

90th birthday Friends of Maxine Newcomb are hosting an open house in honor of her 90th birthday, Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Cambridge Senior Center from 2 - 4 p.m. She was born Jan. 16. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1207 Johnson St, Cambridge, NE, 69022...

87th birthday The family of Victor Kisela is requesting a card shower in honor of his 87th birthday. He was born Jan. 10. His children are Mark of Juniata, Nebraska and Jerry of Benkelman, Nebraska. Cards of congratulations will reach him at PO Box 232, Stratton,NE 69043...

80th birthday The family of Norine Stewart of North Platte, Nebraska is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born Jan. 14, 1932, in Stapleton, Nebraska. She was a long-time resident and business owner/operator in McCook. Her family includes Glenn and Donnelle Stewart of Almena, Kansas, Dale and Joan Stewart of McCook, Nebraska, Dianne and Dan Allen of Greeley, Colorado, Carol and Mike Schlegel of rural Culbertson, Nebraska, Peggy and Rod Calvin of rural North Platte, Nebraska, Rod and Nitaya Stewart of Demorest, Georgia, 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. ...

Dylan Scott Foley John and Anita Foley of McCook announce the birth of their son, Dylan Scott Foley, who was born on Dec. 7, 2011, at McCook Community Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 10.2 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long. He has one brother, Brighton. Grandparents are Robert and Deanna Propes and Marie Foley, all of McCook, Nebraska and the late Michael Foley. Great-grandmother is Margaret Brown of Wilsonville, Nebraska...

70th anniversary The family of Elmer and Wilma Zeller are hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 70th wedding anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 15, from 2-4 p.m. at the Bartley Town Hall. Their children are Andrea O'Dea of McCook, Steve and Judy Zeller of Lincoln, Nebraska, Charles and Sherry Zeller of Bartley and Regan and Mary Jane Zeller of Omaha. Cards of congratulations will reach them at PO Box 288, Bartley, NE 69020...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Members of the Tri-City Research and Investigation of the Paranormal team will embark on the North Platte Community Playhouse on Jan. 21, to answer the age old question of whether or not spirits reside at the NPCP. NPCP General Manager Scott Carlson was contacted by T.R.I.P. founder Nate Raterman, and asked if the Playhouse would allow them to conduct an investigation at our venue...

Remove sales tax-exempt status from soda and power drinks? Nothing wrong with that idea. Use the $20-30 million in tax revenue to set up a new government program? Maybe not so much a great idea. Sen. Bill Avery's LB753 would begin levying the sales tax and divert 90 percent of it into a new state Department of Education Obesity Prevention Fund and 10 percent to a state Health and Human Services Obesity Prevention fund...

At the risk of creating a pen-pal relationship with Dick Trail, I cannot let his most recent diatribe go by without making numerous corrections because as usual Dick is very short on facts. As I've said before, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but they are not entitled to their own set of facts...

It's been quite a week around the country. It started off on Tuesday with the widely anticipated Iowa caucuses, the very first test of a candidate's appeal to the electorate and the results were somewhat surprising. The front-runner, Mitt Romney, won by only 8 votes over the late-charging Rick Santorum while the libertarian-minded Ron Paul was a distant third. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County Commissioners will discuss audit issues at Monday's meeting. The meeting begins at 9 a.m., in the commissioners' room at the courthouse. At 10:30 a.m., the board will discuss a response to auditor Donald Wilson's observation that the Veteran Service Officer's bank account and the county fair's donations and disbursements are not in the county budget...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook School Board will elect new officers, at its regular meeting Monday, Jan. 9, 6:30 p.m. at the Junior High conference room. By board policy, the superintendent will chair the election of the president and then the newly-elected president will preside over the other elections of vice president and secretary...

Max Owens, Curtis, helps Farrell's Pharmacy customers get a better view of the warm January weather on Thursday. McCook's official high of 71 degrees at 4:15 p.m. missed the record by one degree. Owens is a sophomore pre-pharmacy major at McCook Community College...

Christensen introduces law on City Council LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Sen. Mark Christensen introduced legislation Thursday morning to change the Nebraska law that forced two McCook City Councilman to forfeit their seats earlier this week. LB 786 seeks to modify section 19-613 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, which addresses forfeiture of office for council members, in a manner that will replace the reference "convicted of a crime" with "convicted of a felony or of any public offense involving the violation of the oath of office of such member.". ...

McCook, Nebraska --Women are invited to attend the Women's Winter Retreat, "Busyness is so not a Spiritual Gift!" featuring a Women of Faith speaker on Saturday, Jan. 28. The retreat, sponsored by the McCook Evangelical Free Church, opens with registration at 8 a.m. and the retreat beginning at 9 a.m. All events will be held at the McCook City Auditorium at West Fifth and C Street in McCook...

CURTIS, Nebraska --Leslie "Deac" Corwin Wills, 86, of Curtis, Nebraska, died Wednesday (Jan. 4, 2012), at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. 
He was born Oct. 13, 1925, in Wellfleet, Nebraska, son of Charleton Corwin and Martha May (Sypher) Wills.
He grew up in the Wellfleet and Maywood area. ...

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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) -- A woman from Trenton, Neb., died after her car plunged into a pond in an industrial park area in suburban Denver. Greenwood Village Police Department officials Friday identified the woman as 69-year-old Jean L. Madsen...

When I was a young man little girls were made up of sugar and spice and everything nice. Little boys, similarly, were made up of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, at least according to the wooden signs that hung in my bedroom back then. The statements seemed a little unfair to me even then, but if Mother in all her infinite wisdom, had hung them on the wall of my bedroom, they must be true...