Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2003

McCook shuts out York 9-0 to reach Class B state semifinals

The new manager of Parker Industrial Hose Division - McCook is at the helm and ready to help an industry that has been a vital part of Southwest Nebraska's economy for 32 years grow even stronger. Dan Tangeman officially took over the manager position at Parker on Nov. 5 and plans to move ahead full throttle...

CAMBRIDGE (AP) -- Waid Vontz ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more Monday night to lead No. 1 Cambridge to a 28-0 win over No. 7 North Platte St. Patrick's in the quarterfinals of the Class C2 playoffs. Vontz scored on runs of 2 and 6 yards and threw TD passes of 14 and 5 yards to Matt Depperschmidt...

Being a parent is not a job for wimps. It takes a lot of stamina to weather the ups and downs of childhood. Putting up with the temper tantrums of 2-year-olds, the "my parents are so stupid" stage of preteens, and the door-slamming, leave-me-alone mantra of teenagers is enough to make any parent want to resign. By the time you get that last child graduated and out the door, you feel like you've earned the equivalence of a merit badge...

"War isn't pretty." Dad wasn't trying to spoil my enjoyment of the movie we were watching on our old black-and-white television way back in the 1960s. He was just speaking from experience. While I was reacting to the Hollywood explosions and celluloid-sanitized shooting in the way any 10-year-old might, Dad must have been remembering the reality of his time in the South Pacific in the waning months of World War II...

For football fans -- especially those from Southwest Nebraska -- it would be hard to find a day more perfect for football than Monday, November 10, 2003. On that magnificent afternoon and evening, four teams from the southwest section of the state captured victories to qualify for the state semi-finals...

OBERLIN -- Hilda L. Eaton, 90, died Saturday (Nov. 8, 2003) at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. She was born Jan. 19, 1913, to Dick and Maude Moore on a farm in Smokey Hill Township in Ellis County, Kan. She attended Good Hope School until the ninth grade. The went to Hays High School for the next three years...

KEARNEY -- Joan D. Moore, 74, died Saturday (Nov. 8, 2003) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born April 4, 1929, in McCook to EO and Delsie (Simmons) Dike. She attended school in McCook. Following her education she was united in marriage to Clayton W. ...

Spc. Nicole Anderson says soldiers live for letters, e-mails from home

Marcia Lou (Earl) Higgins, 77, of Sun Lakes, Ariz., passed away at her home Nov. 4, 2003, of ovarian cancer. She was born Dec. 17, 1926, at Benedict. She grew up in Bartley and graduated and entered her career in McCook with the railroading industry transferring via many eastern states, ending her career in Denver after 40 years...

TRENTON -- Louise E. Youngquist, 90, died Sunday (Nov. 9, 2003) at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born April 9, 1913, to Fred Pearl and Freida (Andorka) Shaffer in Atwood. She grew up in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. She graduated from Trenton High School in 1930 and taught in rural schools...