Stories from Wednesday, November 2, 2005

April 17, 1911--Oct. 9, 2005 LAKEWOOD, Colo. --Alma Jeanette Sanders died on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at the Villa Manor Care Center in Lakewood, Colo., at the age of 94. Alma was born at home on her parents farm north of Holbrook on April 17, 1911. Her parents were John and Jessie (Arthaud) Haley. She attended school at Holbrook and graduated in 1928. She taught one year before entering St. Elizabeth School of Nursing, in Lincoln. She graduated in 1933 as a Registered Nurse in Nebraska...

June 2, 1923--Nov. 1, 2005 LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- June E. Atkinson, age 82, passed away Nov. 1, 2005, at St. Anthony Healthcare. She was born on June 2, 1923, in Benkelman to Guy and Ruth (Rickard) Warren. June had lived in Remington, Ind., for 48 years before moving to Lafayette. She was a homemaker and had worked at various factories in the area and at the Days Inn of Remington for three years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rensselaer, Ind...

Feb. 28, 1917--Oct. 28, 2005 HAIGLER -- Edna H. Zuege, 88, died Friday (Oct. 28, 2005) at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born Feb. 28, 1917, in McCook to Jacob and Pauline (Becker) Koch and attended school until she was needed at home. They later moved to Haigler...

Trojans to play Wauneta-Palisade for state berth The Cambridge volleyball team captured the Nebraska Class D1-11 sub-district Tuesday at the McCook High School gymnasium. The Trojans defeated Maxwell 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-13. Cambridge will play Wauneta-Palisade at 7 p.m. Friday at the MHS gym for a state tournament berth...

ST. FRANCIS -- St. Francis downed Ness City-Dighton 42-0 in the 2-1A football playoffs Tuesday. St. Francis had 354 yards rushing and 62 passing. Ness City-Dighton totaled 53 yards for the game. Jordan Geinger led the Indians in rushing running 16 times for 158 yards and 2 TDs...

A new day and a new way arrived Tuesday, Nov.1, 2005, for hundreds of McCook pupils, parents, teachers and school staff members. After more than a century of attending "ward" schools, public school students in McCook's primary grades are now receiving their education at a single site elementary campus...

Ahhh. Finally, my least favorite holiday, bar none, is over for another year. I don't have anything against trick-or-treating, mind you, and I try not to get too caught up in the debate about whether or not Halloween is spiritually damaging to young people. ...

E85 pumps continue to expand across Nebraska, with Kugler Sinclair in McCook becoming the 30th pump in Nebraska to sell the ethanol blend. E85 contains 85 percent ethanol and is designed for "flexible fuel" vehicles which are designed to run on the blend. More than 39,000 such vehicles are on the road in Nebraska today, according to the Nebraska Ethanol Board...

Community Hospital of McCook is seeking a designation change in order to receive better funding, according to hospital officials. Because of reimbursement changes in the new federal Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program and the potential end of other rural healthcare initiatives, the hospital wants to change to "critical access" status to become eligible for increased reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid services...

Taking part in the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture's annual Halloween Dance on Monday are, back, cowboy on flamingo -- Brittany Ruttman of Grand Island, Pebbles Flintstone -- Kari Oberg of Culbertson, Witch -- Amber Andelt of Pleasant Dale, Princess -- Korrie Cox of Wellington, Colo., Old Man -- Megan Strelow of Bassett and Old Man -- Erin Fritz of Verdon, front, Woman -- Jim Sharp of Wray, Colo., Marilyn Monroe -- Emily Cone of Burwell, and a student guest from Kearney. (NCTA)...

Feb. 27, 1913--Oct. 31, 2005 GRAND ISLAND -- Theodora "Ted" King died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, at the Tiffany Square Center in Grand Island, at the age of 92. She was born Feb. 11, 1913, in Yuma, Colo., the daughter of Arthur Francis and Glennie May (Shaver) Hutchinson. She grew up in northeastern Colorado, graduating from Otis High School in 1930...