Stories from Monday, September 27, 2004

MINDEN -- The McCook cross country teams competed at the Minden Invitational on Saturday. The boys finished sixth and the girls finished fifth in the team standings. Shawn McMurtrey won the boys division with a time of 17:43. Cody Martin also finished in the top ten for the Bison. He placed ninth, clocking a time of 17:49...

HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School volleyball team won out of three matches at the Holdrege invitational on Saturday. McCook defeated Minden in three sets to open the day. The Bison lost the first set 25-20 to Minden, but came back to win the next two sets 25-15, 25-22...

LINCOLN -- The McCook High School softball team posted 1-2 record Saturday at the Lincoln Southeast Tournament. The Bison opened tourney play with a 3-0 victory over Lincoln North Star. McCook fell to Norfolk 1-0 in eight innings and Blair 5-1. The Bison (13-10) host a junior varsity/varsity doubleheader against Lexington at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Jaycees Sports Complex...

CRAWFORD -- The Dundy County Tigers football team fell to 0-4 on the season with a 42-36, four-overtime affair Friday night to ninth ranked Crawford in D-1 action. Dundy County took an 8-0 lead into halftime, and scored six in the fourth quarter. Crawford scored all 14 of their regulation points in the fourth to send the game into overtime...

Nov. 29, 1928-Sept. 24, 2004 OBERLIN -- Melvin J. McIntire, 75, died Friday (Sept. 24, 2004) at Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colo. He was born Nov. 29, 1928, to Joseph and Dori (Dunover) McIntire in West Appleton, Maine. He was raised in Beverly, Mass., and attended grade school and high school in Beverly...

Aug. 18, 1923-July 15, 2004 OBERLIN -- Anna M. Leitner, 80, died July 15, 2004, at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born Aug. 18, 1923, to JJ and Elizabeth (Siemens) Thiessen in Meade, Kan. She was raised in Meade and attended schools there...

May 8, 1925-Sept. 24, 2004 Hastings resident Betty Bee Newlun, 79, of 2715 West Eight Street, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, at her home. Services will be Thursday, Sept. 28, 2004, 10:30 a.m., at Grace United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Miller officiating. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery, both in Hastings...

Oct. 14, 1920-Sept. 25, 2004 Catherine Helen Mitchem, 83, died Saturday (Sept. 25, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Oct. 14, 1920, to Dimatro "Mike" and Jane (Balius) Worske in McCook. She was married Feb. 11, 1940, to Vernon Mitchem in Oberlin...

Blessed with glorious weather, celebrations soared to new heights of success this past weekend in McCook, Hayes Center and Stratton. It's amazing, really, how festivals in close-together towns could be so well attended, but -- in all three cases -- celebration planners were pleased with attendance and participation...

About 107 entries turned out on a beautiful Saturday for Heritage Days Parade. "What a glorious day we enjoyed for this year's Heritage Days Parade," said Marie Owen, who attended her final edition of the celebration as executive director of the McCook Heritage Days celebration. She plans to move to Texas with her husband, Don, this week...

Garan Coons of the Many Moccasins Dance Troupe of Winnebago performs the "men's fancy dance" during the Grand Duke Alexis buffalo hunt rendezvous at Camp Hayes Saturday afternoon. With Buffalo Bill, the Grand Duke, General George Custer, General Phil Sheridan and "California Joe" looking on, dance troupe members mesmerized spectators with their music and drumbeat, fancy footwork and floating feathers. ...

Feb. 2, 1937-Sept. 25, 2004 ALMA -- Jessie Yvonne Snyder Pickel, 67, died Saturday (Sept. 25, 2004) in Alma. She was born Feb. 2, 1937, to Frank Dee and Mary Dena (Goodwin) Russell in Wellfleet. She grew up in Lincoln County and attended schools in Wallace. ...

HOLDREGE -- Kathrine Morell led the McCook High School golf squad to a second place finish on Saturday at the Holdrege Country Club. Morell's first place finish is her sixth of the season, to go along with two runner up finishes. She shot a 74. McCook also got top 10 finishes from Lesley Nelson and Justine Hager...