Stories from Monday, May 9, 2005

KEARNEY -- The McCook High School boys track team placed third at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet Friday afternoon at Kearney. "The day had its ups and downs," said McCook boys track coach John Gumb. "We were expecting a runner up finish, and had it not been for losing 24 points to disqualifications and other mishaps we would have easily accomplished that...

NORTH PLATTE -- The McCook High School girls tennis team finished third at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference tournament Saturday at North Platte. Kearney won the GNAC girls tennis championship with 26 points, followed by Hastings with 20. McCook 18 and Scottsbluff 17...

HASTINGS -- The McCook High School boys golf team placed seventh at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference tournament Friday with a 331 score. The tournament was played on the Lochland Course at Hastings. Columbus shot its best score of the year to tie Kearney with a 311 and win the GNAC in a playoff...

The 2005 McCook Bison Summer Wrestling Camp this year will take place June 20-23 at the McCook High School wrestling room. This camp is offered to any wrestlers between the grades of 3-12. This camp offers folkstyle instruction encompassing all aspects of technique necessary to become a champion...

BENKELMAN -- The Chase County boys and girls track teams dominated the Dundy County Twilight Invitational in Benkelman Friday. Dundy County boys took second and the girls third and the Maywood teams were both fifth. Matthew May of Chase County took first and tied the 1990 record of 50.70 in the 400...

Aug. 25, 1920-May 5, 2005 ARAPAHOE -- Victor C.W. Haussler, 84, died Thursday (May 5, 2005) at his home in Arapahoe. He was born Aug. 25, 1920 in Furnas County to August and Anna (Mues) Haussler. He attended country school at St. Matthew's Parocial School. After school he worked for other farmers in the area until enlisting in the U.S. Army on Aug. 21, 1942...

Jan. 2, 1918-May 6, 2005 ARAPAHOE -- Lucille LaVeda Weglarz, 87, died Friday (May 6, 2005) at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born Jan. 2, 1918, to Alvin and Grave (Chapman) Swinger in Hudsonville, Ill. She graduated from Lakewood High School in Chicago, Ill. She begin doing bookkeeping at a local general store and then worked for wire manufacturing for the next 37 years. She retired in 1985...

Aaron and Amanda Peterson announce the birth of their daughter Sara Ellen Peterson. She was born April 17 at McCook Community Hospital and weighed 7lbs and 2.4 oz and was 19" long. She has a brother 2 year old Andrew. Grandparents are Steve and Shari Haag of McCook and Mike and Lisa Peterson of Lincoln. Great grandparents are Ray and Myrna Haag of Bartley, the late Sara and Ken Reiners of Danbury, Jerry and Diana Asher of Page, and Doris Ziska of O'Neil...

Vanessa Cole and Jake Wamsley, both of Killeen, Texas, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Jim and Sandi Cole of Hayes Center and Rex and Cindy Wamsley of Hickman. Grandparents of the couple are Gerald and Gladys Cole of Curtis, Leona Martens of Moorefield, the late Reiny Martens, Carol Wamsley of Lexington, the late Clarence "Brownie" Wamsley and Jack and Geri Little of Kearney. ...

Kira Salter and Ryan Morthole announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are George and Ruth Salter of Escondido, Calif., and Riley and Karen Morthole of Culbertson. Grandparents are Phillip Covington of Burkley, Wash., and Mary Lou Galer of Salt Lake City, Utah, Harley and Hilda Morthole of Culbertson and Cora Meyers of Hastings. ...

Cindi Parr and Dan Wolfe, both of Kearney, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Neal and Karen Parr of Mason City, Ill., and Greg and Diane Wolfe of Indianola. The bride-to-be is a 1996 graduate of Illini Central High School in Mason City and a 2000 graduate of the Univeristy of Illinois. ...

Karen Patricia Colling and Patrick Lawrence Stolz, both of Cheyenne, Wyo., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Joseph and Eileen Colling of McCook and Lawrence and Rose Marie Stolz of Cheyenne. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Palacious High School in Palacious, Texas. ...

The family of Kyle and Linda Drain is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th anniversary May 10. Their children are Jessica Drain and Wes Drain and they have one grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 411 West D Street, Trenton, NE 69044...

The family of Dorothy Eisenbarth Nielsen is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday May 17. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1514 West Circle Drive, McCook, NE 69001.

The family of Edla Christina (Nelson) Olson is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday May 14. Her children are Arian and Steve Arnold of Herndon, Nione and Michael Rhodin of Louisville, Colo., Galen and Lynn Olson of McKinney, Texas. She has one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach her in care of Good Samaritan Center, 108 East Ash, Oberlin, KS 67749...

April 2, 1980 - May 6, 2005 KEARNEY -- Derrick M. Deets, 25, died Friday, May 6, 2005, at home in Kearney of liver cancer. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Rev. Mark Price officiating. ...

Nov. 19, 1923-May 6, 2005 STRATTON -- Warren A. "Mike" League, 81, of Stratton, died Friday (May 6, 2005) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born November 19, 1923, at Haigler, to Ray Edwin and Anna S. (Hawkinson) League. The family moved to their farm south of Stratton. He attended country school near his home and helped with work on the farm until he entered into the U.S. Army where he served his country in Germany during World War II...

June 16, 1921-May 5, 2005 HOXIE -- Lucille M. Shuler, 83, of Hoxie, Kan., died Thursday, May 5, 2005 at the Sheridan County Hospital in Hoxie. She was born June 16, 1921 on the Krizek Homestead north of Jennings, Kan., to Victor and Pauline (Beneda) Krizek. She attended the Jennings School for eight years until moving to Decatur Community High School of Oberlin, and graduated in 1941...

INDIANOLA -- The former student who nominated a Southwest Public Schools teacher for the "McCook Area Educator of the Year" award admires her never-ending enthusiasm for and commitment to her students and teaching, despite teaching in the same school for 30 years...

Each spring various organizations in McCook honor their volunteers, people who put in countless hours of their time and talent for the benefit of these organizations. One of the organizations that benefits a great deal from the work of these volunteers is the hospital. It is probably not overstating to say that the very existence of this hospital has been dependent on volunteers, men and women, who have worked in behalf of the hospital. Today's volunteers are following a long-standing tradition...

For as long as most of us can remember, Nebraska officials have been talking about regionalization -- of county government, of state agencies, of schools and -- most recently -- of jails. Just last week, Nebraska State Sen. Tom Baker of Trenton suggested that local government boards across the state may want to hold off on jail plans because the state is considering "Public Service Access Points."...

Graduation season is upon us. Within the next few days our local high schools are going to open their doors and unleash another class of graduating students upon the world. These scholars are finishing up one chapter of their lives and looking forward to the beginning of another. There is excitement, anticipation, and exhilaration in the air...