Stories from Monday, November 28, 2005

Aug. 22, 1917--Nov. 24, 2005 ARAPAHOE -- Edith Clara Swanson, 88, formerly of Cambridge, died Thursday (Nov. 22, 2005) at Tri-County Area Hospital in Lexington. She was born Aug. 22, 1917, in Furnas County to Ross C. and Elva V. (Bryant) Martin. She graduated from Beaver City High School in 1934...

Aug. 20, 1917--Nov. 25, 2005 Ada Martha Williams, 88, died Friday (Nov. 25, 2005) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Aug. 20, 1917, in Gandy to George Albert and Amelia Jane (Clark) Jewel. She attended rural school near Maywood and high school in Hayes Center...

Rebecca Brooks and Robert Lampe were united in marriage Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, at the United Methodist Church in McCook with the Rev. Dr. Jeffery Thurman officiating. Parents of the couple are Larry and Shirley Brooks of McCook and Larry and Ruth Lampe of Hillsboro, Iowa...

CAMBRIDGE -- Amber Heitmann of Cambridge and Toby Webb of Bartley were united in marriage Saturday, Aug., 20, 2005, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Cambridge. Parents of the couple are Randy and Kathryn Heitmann of Cambridge and Dan and Shelly Webb of Bartley...

The children of Amor Huff are requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born Nov. 30, 1925. His children are Charlene, Allen, Talana, Becky and Nancy. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 409 E. Fifth, McCook, NE 69001.

Darin and Bernadette Miner announce the birth of a daughter, Christina Rose, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2005, at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces and was 22 inches long. She has two sisters, Kathy, 8, and Swanlee, 5. Grandparents are Fred and Evelyn Gray of Indianola, Louella Miner of McCook and the late Paul Miner. Great-grandparents are the late Fred and Grace Gray, Goldi Carey and the late John Carey and the late Bill and Bertha Urban...

Aaron and Misty Schmidt announce the birth of a son, Nathaniel Lee, on Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. He weighed 6 pounds, 4.4 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has a sister, Isabella, 19 months. Grandparents are Robert and Alice Yost, Carolyn Schmidt and Tony Murawski, all of McCook, and the late Myron Schmidt. Great-grandparents are Lillian Brown of McCook and Helen Swayne of Culbertson...

Peggy and John Ahlemeyer of Wilsonville announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son, Greg, to Alynn Endecott. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Walt and Patti Endecott. She graduated from Louisburg High School in Louisburg, Kan., in 2001 and received her associate's degree in science from Fort Scott Community College in 2003. ...

The children of Byron and Peggy Daniels are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 29, 1980, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook. Their children are Benton, Cody and Michaela Daniels, all of Trenton. Cards of congratulations will reach them at P.O. Box 61, Trenton, NE 69044...

Laura Lyons and Aaron Plas announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Philip and Diane Lyons of McCook, Jeff Plas of Elyria, Ohio, and Jim and Patty Phinney of McCook. Grandparents of the couple are Phillys Lyons of McCook, Dorothy Wilson of Lincoln and Ann Plas and Robert and Dorothy Bechtel, all of Ohio. ...

Ronald and Victoria Bauer, of Ord, and Marcy and Carolyn Shadley, of Trenton, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children Lisa Bauer and Aaron Shadley. Grandparents of the couple are Clarice Bauer of McCook, Don and Norma Sitzman of Culbertson and Donna Guthrie of Indianola. ...

Huskers tabbed No. 1 overall seed LINCOLN -- The Nebraska volleyball team will spend the opening weekend of the postseason at home, as the NU Coliseum was chosen as one of 16 sites for NCAA first and second-round play this weekend. Nebraska will make its 24th NCAA Tournament appearance, and will go in the NCAAs as the top overall seed among the 64 teams...

Area backs make 1,000-yard club Huskerland Prep Sports The Bobby Mills 1,000-yard club, which was awarded the NSAA's "Outstanding Service Award" last year, is in its 32nd year. There were 104 backs to reach the milestone in 2005 -- 60 seniors, a record 40 juniors and four sophomores...

McCook Chiefs 0-5 at tourney LINCOLN and OMAHA -- The McCook Chiefs Homeschool basketball team went to Lincoln and Omaha on Friday and Saturday for girls and boys games against the Seward Eagles, Omaha Street School Lions and Omaha Roadrunners. McCook lost all five games...

Production and distribution difficulties associated with today's blizzard have made it impossible to produce today's newspaper, according to Publisher Gene O. Morris. The next edition will be a combined Monday-Tuesday publication on Tuesday. The newspaper appreciates our readers' and advertisers' understanding...

Nov. 9, 1917--Nov. 26, 2005 ATWOOD -- Martha M. (Dozbaba) Vrbas, 88, died Saturday (Nov. 26, 2005) at the Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. She was born Nov. 9, 1917, in rural Rawlins County to Frank and Hattie (Urban) Dozbaba. She attended country school in Rawlins County and high school in Atwood...

Feb. 3, 1923--Nov. 24, 2005 MCDONALD, Kan. -- Vance Charles Lewis, 82, died Thursday (Nov. 24, 2005) at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver, Colo. He was born Feb. 3, 1923, in Healy, Kan., to Roy A. and Myra (Kyle) Lewis. He attended grade school in Galotea, Colo., and graduated from Haswell High School in Haswell, Colo. He attended business college in Denver...

A McCook city loader clears snow in downtown McCook this morning, Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, after a blizzard rolled through the area, dumping about 6 inches of snow in .51 of an inch of moisture. Wind gusts as high as 68 mph accompanied the storm. The blizzard shut down schools and businesses, and local authorities took several hours to locate a woman stranded in her car south of town. ...

A Culbertson woman survived blizzard-condition blowing snow and 70-mile-an-hour north winds huddled in her car stuck in a ditch south of McCook Sunday night and Monday morning. Red Willow County Sheriff Gene Mahon said late Monday morning that Jan Kotschwar of Culbertson was uninjured, but very cold when deputies and a county maintainer operator found her car on County Road 703 just north of the Highways 83 and 89 junction about 10:45 a.m...

Once again, residents of the Great Plains have been reminded of the awesome power of winter weather. Following a very mild October and November, residents of the region were shocked back to reality Sunday when wind-whipped rain and snow peppered the Plains, bringing traffic to a stand-still and closing schools throughout the area...

LINCOLN -- As of 12 pm on Monday, November 28, 2005, The Nebraska State Patrol and the State Department of Roads have closed Interstate 80 westbound from York to North Platte as a winter storm continues to make travel treacherous. Eastbound I-80 is closed from North Platte to Aurora...

LINCOLN -- The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the three victims of a Sunday, November 28, 2005, single engine plane crash near Atlanta, in Phelps County, Nebraska. Killed in the crash were the pilot, 24-year-old Daniel M. Walker (DOB 10-28-81), and passengers 20-year-old Heather Boatman (DOB 3-8-85), and...

U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne is hopeful Nebraska can find some wiggle room for a Republican River Compact settlement with Kansas that won't cost millions of dollars or shut down thousands of wells. "It isn't like we're dealing with people from New York state," Osborne told about 40 people gathered Saturday at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building...

McCook and the Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Association will celebrate the 40th anniversary of "The Sound of Music" with four performances in March. Auditions for the musical are scheduled to take place Dec. 17, 9:30-11:30 a.m., and Dec. 20, 7-9 p.m., at the McCook Senior High Auditorium...