Stories from Monday, December 1, 2003

Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon said Monday morning four car accidents investigated recently by his officers have been alcohol-related. Two weekend accidents, a fire believed to have been set deliberately and any number of other calls kept Red Willow County sheriff's officers busy over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend...

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce's annual "Holiday Tasting Tea" will be Friday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. During the tasting tea -- the official opening of the community's Christmas season -- shoppers can visit participating Cambridge businesses and sample a different holiday goodie at each...

INDIANOLA -- The parents of Candy Apple Day Care kids plan a community household shower to help an Indianola family recover from a house fire. Brent and Kimmie May and their children, Jordan, Kenzie and Alec, lost their home in a house fire Nov. 26. Kimmie operates Candy Apple Day Care and Brent teaches social studies at McCook Senior High...

A McCook man was flown to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney following a one-vehicle rollover accident Friday night northwest of Indianola. Brian Lytle, 28, is listed in stable condition this morning at the Kearney hospital. According to a report from the Nebraska State Patrol, the accident, reported at 9:29 p.m., happened on a gravel county road eight miles north and three miles west of Indianola. The report indicates Lytle was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from his car...

THE PRAIRIE The McCook Community College men's basketball team had a disappointing 1-2 finish at the Western Nebraska Thanksgiving Classic. The Indians let a 17-point first-half lead slip away in a 104-101 overtime loss to Trinidad State, Colo., on Saturday...

I was first introduced to Southwest Nebraska in 1948, when I joined a University of Nebraska Anthropology Team, to unearth an Upper Republican village at a site near Alma. That summer teams were scrambling to do field work in this part of the state, as the dams on the Republican and Medicine Creek were nearing completion, and those sites of historical interest would soon be covered by lake water. ...

Support for Nebraska's former coach fell short.

HOXIE, Kan. -- Delmar Foster, 62, of Jennings died Friday (Nov. 28, 2003) at Sheridan County Hospital in Hoxie, Kan. He was born April 23, 1941, to Ray William and Marie (Koeperich) Foster in Sheridan County, Kan. He was raised in Sheridan County and attended Solomon Valley School. He graduated from Sheridan Community High School. From 1960-1965, he lived on the family farm in Sheridan County, in Hoxie, Kan., from 1968-1993, and he moved back to the family farm in 1993...

Clarence Donald "Butch" Burtch died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Wray, Colo., at the age of 86. He was born Sept. 30, 1917, at Zion Hill, south of Curtis, the son of the late Orville and Anna (Tiller) Burtch. Butch graduated from the University of Nebraska School Agriculture in Curtis and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln...

The family of Howard and Irene Schneider is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary, Dec. 4 Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 803 West J, McCook NE 69001.

ST. PAUL -- Jana Jo Hochstetler and Christopher James Kmoch, both of McCook, were united in marriage Nov. 8, 2003, at the United Methodist Church in St. Paul with the Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Parents of the couple are Janice L. Hochstetler of Dannebrog, the late Donald Hochstetler and James W. and Carol J. Kmoch of York...

The family of Harry and Elsie Petsch is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th anniversary, Dec. 11. The couple married in 1943 in Tempe, Ariz. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at RR1 Box 108, Palisade, NE 69040.