Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2004

Culbertson frosh shatters records CULBERTSON -- Michelle Slater started off the 2004 track season with just a few goals in mind: breaking the 100 meter and 200 meter records at Culbertson High School and to make it to the Nebraska state track meet in Omaha this weekend...

BOYS CLASS B McCook Coach: John Gumb 167 Kyle Bedore 12 168 Josh Cherry 9 169 Carl Fritz 12 170 Brendon Liess 10 171 Trent Lyons 12 172 Shawn McMurtrey 11 173 Mason Pohl 10 174 Derek Ruppert 11 175 Richard Smock 12 176 John Swanhorst 9 177 Jeremy Young 11...

Oberlin's Ruf named to KVA squad in 2A OBERLIN -- Oberlin High School's Sarah Ruf was named to the Kansas Volleyball Association Class 2A second team recently. Here is the KVA squad: KANSAS VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS 6A First team--x-Stephanie Bruggeman, SM East; Megan Farr, Manhattan; Lindsay Gray, Olathe East; Angela Jacobor, Maize; Stacy Spiegelberger, BV Northwest; Destiny Clark, Manhattan...

ARAPAHOE -- From "helmet hair" to "mall bangs," and poodle perms to ponytail haircuts. Mary Hurst of Arapahoe has seen -- and created -- them all. Forty years ago, Mary was backcombing "beehive helmets" and sitting practically everyone under hair dryers. Today, Mary designs hair styles that are much more relaxed, and she has only two customers who sit in curlers under dryers...

In case you haven't noticed, gas prices in McCook have reached more than $2 a gallon. I don't know about the rest of you, but I think I'm going to have to dig out my tennis shoes. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, you can bet that gas prices will rise by at least another 10 cents a gallon. I'm betting a lot of people are going to be staying closer to home this year...

Like a tough old cowboy, the American beef industry keeps getting up after being knocked down. "It's incredible really," says Cal Siegfried of McCook, the general manager of Heartland Feeders "Despite having our borders closed, the U.S. beef industry has bounced back, almost to where we were before the BSE scare."...

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Crocker Goen, of Fort Valley, Ga., were Saturday, May 15, 2004, 1:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Fort Valley, with burial in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mrs. Goen passed away peacefully on May 13, 2004, at the age of 82. Born in McCook, she was a graduate of Red Willow High School. ...

The family of Beaulah Weber is hosting a card shower in honor of her 91st birthday May 21. She was born in 1913 in Bird City, Kan. Cards of congratulations will reach her at El Dorado Manor in Trenton, NE 69044.

The children of Jean (Burks) Carse are hosting an open house in honor of her 85th birthday May 25, 2-4 p.m., at Heritage Plaza in Cambridge. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 12005 Nelson Street, Apt. B15, Cambridge, NE 69022.

The children of Kenneth and Betty Bradley are hosting an open house in honor the couple's 50th anniversary May 30, 2-4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in McCook. The couple married in 1954 at the First Baptist Church in McCook. Their children are Keith Bradley and wife, Ruth and Brenda Dame and husband, Doug. They have two grandchildren...

Brent and Michelle Townsend of Danbury announce the birth of their daughter, Isabella June, April 11, 2004. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 1/2 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long. She has a sister, Alexandria Carson, 5 years old. Grandparents are Rocky and Judy Leibbrandt and Gary and Lucy Townsend, both of Danbury. Great-grandparents are Vola Carter of Trenton, Mereta Duncan of McCook, Dale and Darlene Leibbrandt of Danbury and Neva Townsend of Oberlin...

LINCOLN -- Chris and Paulette Luebbe of Lincoln announce the birth of their twins, Alexander Dean and Elizabeth Ann, April 22, 2004. Alexander weighed 5 pounds and 14 ounces and Elizabeth weighed 4 pounds and 9 ounces. Grandparents are Betsy and Don Wagner of McCook, Dennis and Mary Mihm of Indianola and Ron and Cheryl Luebbe of York. Great-grandparents are Clifford Mihm of Indianola and the late Sylvia Mihm. The great-great-grandmother is Lois Lawritson of Glendale, Ariz...