Stories from Monday, June 17, 2013

Eva Barratt Bryan Aug. 21, 1913 - June 15, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Eva Barratt Bryan, 99, died Saturday (June 15, 2013), at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born Aug. 21, 1913, in Decatur County, Kansas, to Clyde and Bessie (Stiner) Berry...

Leonard Cochran Sept. 2, 1926 - June 15, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Leonard Cochran, 86, died Saturday (June 15, 2013), at Decatur County Health Systems in Oberlin. He was born Sept. 2, 1926, in Decatur County, Kansas, to Virgil and Elsie (Horn) Cochran. He was raised on a Decatur County farm. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War...

Myrtle Carman Waldo Jan, 23, 1912 - June 14, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas --Myrtle Carman Waldo, 101, died Friday (June 14, 2013), at Good Samaritan Hosptial in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born Jan. 23, 1912, to Jess and Chelsie (Vaughn) Bell in rural Selden, Kansas, and was raised on the Sheridan County farm...

Stephen C. Kruse March 24, 1963 - May 27, 2013 SELDEN, Kansas -- Stephen C. Kruse, 50, died May 27, 2013, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born March 24, 1963, in Hoxie, Kansas, to Marlin and Irene (Heim) Kruse. He attended Golden Plains Junior/Senior High School and NCK Technical College in Beloit...

Phillys Evangeline Lyons June 27, 1918 - June 14, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Phillys Evangeline Lyons, age 94, of McCook, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at Community Hospital. Phillys was born June 27, 1918, on her parents' farm near Wauneta, Nebraska to Jay A. and Orba (Pflum) Person. She attended and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1935. Phillys attended the University of Nebraska as one of the first Regent Scholars; graduating in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education...

Shirley Pond Feb. 14, 1937 - June 15, 2013 HOLBROOK, Nebraska -- Shirley Pond, age 76, of Holbrook, died at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge on June 15, 2013. She was born Shirley Ann Valentine Stout on Feb. 14, 1937, to Joseph and Mable (Fritzen) Stout at Oxford, Nebraska. Shirley attended and graduated from Oxford High School in 1955...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Area tourism officials will host two groups of travel writers this week, one visiting the area to fish Swanson Reservoir and the other to golf Heritage Hills Golf Course. The fishing travel writers include the publisher of Bassin' Magazine and Crappie World, Brud Uhl, who will be accompanied by a contributing editor to Kayak Angler Magazine, Ben Duchesney...

TRENTON, Nebraska -- About 40 historically-minded individuals attended the Second Great Western Cattle Trail Tour sponsored by the Great Western Cattle Trail Association of Nebraska -- GWCTA-N -- and the Hitchcock County Historical Society on Saturday, June 15. ...

The conscience of someone who, 20-some year ago, stole a U.S. Army tie clasp from the Museum of the High Plains in McCook, Nebraska, got the better of him/her recently and he/she returned the tie clasp with a letter of explanation and apology. The person, who did not sign the typewritten note attached to the museum's front door, said he is in his late '30s and is now in recovery, and that he regrets his past and is ashamed of stealing from the museum when he was 17 years old. ...

CULBERTSON, Nebraska -- The annual Culbertson July 4 parade will be Thursday, July 4, at 10 a.m. The parade theme for this year is "Silver Salute to Independence." First place prizes will be given in business, organization, auto and farm and overall. You may enter the parade by contacting Travis Rousselle at (308) 340-8880. Pre-registered entries will receive priority in the parade lineup...

Cambridge, Nebraska, ushers in summer with its annual "Medicine Creek Days," and the parade Saturday morning. Desarae Balderston of McCook, the new 2013 Wilsonville Rodeo junior queen, waved a queen wave at the crowd, while Cody Runner, left, and Riley Warwick in a 2011 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck from Janssen Kool Honda of McCook doused the crowd and tossed candy. ...

The McCook, Nebraska Lions Club's annual Father's Day fishing derby lines Huck Finn Pond in Barnett Park with anglers of all ages and abilities. Nine-year-old Sierra Kotschwar of McCook held a stringer full of pretty good-sized channel catfish, while 10-year-old Emily Kircher of Indianola and 9-year-old Logan Havlicek of McCook caught more bait-sized small fries. ...

When Roxy and Mike Lang cleared out honeysuckle shrubs June 11, they discovered this bird nest in a rotted out post. Roxy writes, "We thought it very interesting and a very strange place for a nest. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

Nebraska -- going places. No, that's not a new slogan from the department of tourism, but perhaps it should be. That's because we've always seemed to be a state where everyone seems to be going somewhere else, at least in modern history. From the earliest Spanish explorers to the French fur trappers, 49'ers in search of gold, Mormons on their way to Salt Lake City, Nebraska has been a place to travel through...

A tragic Cowboy death; June 12, 1884 -- A cowboy, Jacob Van Meter by name, was thrown from his horse on Sappa Creek, in Kansas, last week and died in Benkelman, where he was taken to receive medical attention. He had fallen under his horse on his head and shoulders. He sustained a fractured skull and concussion of the brain...

ARDMORE, Pa. -- It wasn't the outcome Brandon Crick wanted. But hopefully the experience gained at his first major professional golf tournament will pay dividends down the road. The former McCook High School standout competed in his first major when he earned a berth in the 2013 U.S. Open. Crick, a 2006 McCook High School graduate, didn't survive the weekend cut in the four-day national championship competition held Thursday through Sunday, June 13-16, at Merion Golf Club at Ardmore, Pa...

Robert 'Bob' Leslie Troudt May 12, 1942 - June 15, 2013 WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Robert "Bob" Leslie Troudt, the middle of three sons, was born in Nelson, Nebraska, on May 12, 1942, to Leslie G. Troudt and D. Leone (Adamson) Troudt. The family lived on a farm southwest of Nelson, Nebraska, until 1955, when they moved to Davenport, Nebraska, for a short time before returning to the Nelson area in 1958...