Stories from Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Sometimes, great thoughts are not so great. Take today's thought, sent to the Gazette and other media members by the world's largest news organization, the Associated Press. The "Thought for Today" -- March 20, 2002 -- is attributed to a German author, Jean Paul Richter:...

If all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, then, what's our excuse? A terrible calamity has befallen our world, an evil so dark its roots can only be found in the very depths of hell itself. This crime is so abhorrent that perpetrators of it fear for their very lives when they are incarcerated with convicted rapists and murderers...

PALISADE -- Marie V. Strayer, 92, died Saturday (March 16, 2002) of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was born Sept. 1, 1909, to Henry and Elizabeth (Wacker) Bauer in Culbertson. She was raised primarily in Palisade. On Nov. 25, 1933, she married Virgil W. Strayer, in Culbertson...

CURTIS -- Dora M. Weiss, 96, died Wednesday (March 19, 2002) at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. She was born Nov. 18, 1905, to George and Clara (McMichael) Johnson near Farnam in Frontier County. She graduated from Stockville High School in 1923...

WICHITA, Kan. -- Tara L. Huss-Emert, 24, died March 11, 2002, in Wichita, Kan., from injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident. She was born April 12, 1977, in Atwood. She attended several schools and graduated from Spring Hill High School in Spring Hill, Kan., in 1995...

OBERLIN -- Rex L. Bolliger, 65, died Wednesday (March 19, 2002) in Wichita, Kan. He was born March 25, 1936, to Walter and Leona (Cuthbertson) Bolliger in Dellvelle, Kan. He was raised in the Norcatur area and in 1954, he graduated from Norcatur High School...

SUN CITY, ARIZ. -- Willard H. "Will" Ebeling, 75, died Monday (March 18, 2002) at his home in Sun City, Ariz. He was born Feb. 8, 1927, to Edwin Nathan and Laura Catherine (Lintner) Ebeling at Atwood. He attended school in Atwood, Concordia and Clay Center, Kan...