Stories from Monday, February 2, 2004

CURTIS -- Pauline "Ruby" Floyd, 85, died Friday (Jan. 30, 2004) at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. She was born Nov. 4, 1918, to Justin E. and Nora Belle (Hibbs) Floyd near Smithfield. She attended the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis and graduated in 1937. ...

ARAPAHOE -- Faye Lillian Johannsen, 85, died Friday (Jan. 30, 2004) at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born Nov. 4, 1918, to Harrison and Pearl (Gorton) Remington in Holbrook. She attended Holbrook High School and graduated with the class of 1936. After school she went to California and worked in a plane factory during World War II...

HASTINGS -- Neleigh Nicole Smith of North Platte and James Richard Korth of Ogallala were united in marriage Dec. 27, 2003, at the Evangelical Free Church in Hastings with the Rev. Bruce Lester of the McCook Evangelical Church officiating. Parents of the couple are Dave and Jan Smith of McCook and Mike and Jean Korth of Hastings...

OMAHA -- Stacey Woodring and Terry Knief were united in marriage Oct. 4, 2003, at the Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church in Omaha with the Rev. David Block officiating. Parents of the couple Donald and Bonnie Woodring of Moorefield, Loren and Sandy Knief of Denver, Iowa and John and JoAnn Saul of Waterloo, Iowa. Grandparents of the couple are Barbara Woodring of Curtis, Waldo and Margaret Knief of Readlyn, Iowa and Helen Gehrke of Denver, Iowa...

Nicole Watkins and Mitchell Hardwick, both of Benkelman, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Dallas and Kelley Watkins and Jim and Janet Hardwick, all of Benkelman. Grandparents of the bride are Roberta and Vernon Hansen, Bonnie Urling and Wayne and Heddy Reiners. ...

The McCook High School boys basketball team evened its record at 9-9 with a 47-43 victory over Lexington Saturday night. The McCook Bison girls dropped to 12-6 with a 35-32 setback to Lexington. The games were played before a packed house at the MHS gym as part of Color Day Royalty festivities...

The McCook Community College men's basketball team led by as much as 7 points in the second half but couldn't hold on in the final minutes as Otero Junior College won 86-80 at True Hall gym in McCook on Saturday night. MCC head coach Ty Orton said that he thought his team was surprised when...

MADRID -- For the second straight year, Wauneta-Palisade swept the boys and girls titles at the Golden Plains Activities Conference basketball tournament. Wallace claimed both third-place titles with wins in the consolation matches. The Bronco girls needed overtime to defeat Wheatland, but ended up with a 64-55 win Saturday night at Wheatland High School in Madrid for the girls top prize...

McCook High School's Dallas Korus posted a 5-0 record and captured the 119-pound weight class at Friday's McCook Duals Tournament. The Bison wrestling team posted an -5 mark in duals against Wray, Colo., Alliance, North Platte, Scottsbluff and Ogallala...

CAMBRIDGE--Cambridge showed its explosive side Friday night in its 95-58 blowout of Republican Valley in the semifinals of the Republican Valley League Tournament at Cambridge. Cambridge had a 9-7 lead over Republican Valley midway through the first quarter, then Cambridge went on a 17-2 run to finish the quarter with a 26-9 lead...

Seniors Maggie Jones and Richard Smock were crowned as McCook High School Color Day Royalty queen and king during postgame ceremonies Saturday night at the MHS gymnasium. They are (back, from left) first attendants Paul Putz and Kassi Cunningham, Jones and Smock and second attendants Sarah Loecker and Brooks Snyder. ...

CURTIS -- The Medicine Valley/Maywood wrestling team dominated the lower weight classes en route to winning its home meet. The Rattlers won five of the six lowest weight classes. Adam Hazen won 112, Earl Mortensen 119, Chris Zysset 125, Jeff Myers 130 and Shaun Merrigan 135...

It is ironic that one of the finest athletes ever to come out of Culbertson, a town known for outstanding athletes, never played a down of football, or shot a basket, or ran a footrace for the Culbertson Bears. Indeed, he never did even make it to high-school...

Supporters of small schools in Nebraska are shaking their heads in disbelief, wondering how the state can be so out of step in its approach to school size. Legislative Bill 1048 in Nebraska would force the state's 241 elementary-only schools to merge with larger K-12 districts. ...

**Dear Editor, After enjoying Mr. Hendricks column today, I have a question or two. Why couldn't the council list solutions they have to the water problem in the Gazette, including solutions from the public? Set a deadline for realistic solutions, then have the Gazette publish them for three business days...

**Dear Editor, My congratulations to you and your paper for printing the former city attorney firm's letter in full, and for this particular newsperson's view of the city's current dilemma regarding water, among other things. I've experienced the anguish of a public official "trying with all my might" to serve in the interests of "the common good."...

**Dear Editor, I want everyone to know about a law that I found out about recently. It is about passing at intersections. I did not know that the country road coming from Timmerman's Feedlot was an intersection, until I got fined for passing there. I was traveling west as I passed the country road, and passed another car going west. The State Patrolman who stopped me did not inform me that it was an intersection, so I went to court...

**Dear Editor, Are we American TV watcher's confused by all the yea and nay over the statement "weapons of mass destruction"? Had any such thing ever appeared in the Eastern Mediterranean Region? Now hear this -- Second Kings Chapter 19, Vs. 35 -- King James biblical version: "And it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred four score and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.". ...

**Dear Editor, It is my opinion that the 6/34 highway is not a "speedway." I have traveled 6/34 every day for the last 11 years, back and forth from work (I live 18 miles away) and as I travel east, people are in the biggest hurry. I get passed a lot from the airport road on out...

**Dear Editor, It is my opinion that the 6/34 highway is not a "speedway." I have traveled 6/34 every day for the last 11 years, back and forth from work (I live 18 miles away) and as I travel east, people are in the biggest hurry. I get passed a lot from the airport road on out...

**Dear Editor, I read with much pain and tears in my eyes about the resignation of Dr. John Groves. For 13 years, he has been my doctor and the doctor of my late husband Paul Winder. With his great medical knowledge, compassion and his ability to treat the total person he carried us through a very hard time, actually helping Paul to live five years longer than the specialist has predicted. After Paul's death, he guided me through some very bad periods of grief as well as some serious illness...

**Dear Editor, I would like to reply to a letter from Chris Boley in the Letters column on 1-29 A.D. 2004. Chris, the children in the public schools are not taught the whole truth about evolution, and most everyone knows, a half truth is a lie. Here are a few brief facts and then I'll give some references. Evolution is a theory, it cannot be proven. Adolph Hitler believed in evolution. Evolution teachings promote murder (abortion), prejudice, illiteracy, etc...

I would much rather see a preacher driving down the street in a new Lincoln, than an abortionist in a new Lincoln, or the owner of a dirty book store.

There are a few companies that are trying to glamorize prostitution and pornography. God has had an answer for that for a long time: Proverbs 11:22 "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman without discretion."

Now just wait a minute, I think Burger took the truth and Bennett.