Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Four coaches share honors When knee injuries took out McCook's all-state football players Brendan Liess and Jeff Klug, a lot of weight and responsbility fell on senior Tony Purvis. Purvis responded by rushing for 1,145 yards and passing for 845, and led the Bison into their fourth straight Nebraska Class B state title game appearance. He scored 16 touchdowns...

Tiger boys fall to Eagles MAYWOOD -- Maywood's girls hung on to defeat Brady 42-36 in Tuesday night area high school basketball action. The Maywood boys fell short to the Eagles 56-34. Celsie Contreras led the Tigers in scoring with 13 points. Staci Koester added 11. Brooke Koester and Michelle Hastings each had 6 points...

Head Coach: Tim Garcia Assistant Coaches: Dan Hilton, Jeremy Yilk Class B Record: 2-2 Scoring: Name Games Pts. Avg. 1. Garrett Rippen 4 68 17.0 2. Joel Arterburn 4 46 11.5 3. Brandan Crick 4 34 8.5 Rebounding: Games Rebs. Avg. 1. Garrett Rippen 4 27 6.75...

The McCook High School freshman girls basketball team picked up its second win of the season Monday night in a 44-22 decison over Southern Valley. The game was played at the MHS gymnasium. McCook jumped out to a 12-7 first quarter lead and improved it to 30-11 by halftime...

May 3, 1908--Dec. 13, 2005 NORTH PLATTE -- Florence Eggleston Clough, 97, died Tuesday (Dec. 13, 2005) at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte. She was born May 3, 1908, in Coventry, N.Y., to Henry Leroy and Carolyn Mable Spencer Eggleston. She graduated from Wallace High School in 1925...

June 10, 1912-Dec. 10, 2005 MAYWOOD -- Helen Farrar, 93, died Saturday (Dec. 10, 2005) at Senior Living Choices in Curtis. She was born June 10, 1912, to Charles and Nellie (Turner) Harris at Red Cloud. She married Eldon Haresnape on May 13, 1930, in Red Cloud. He preceded her in death in 1945. She married Wallace Farrar in Maywood in 1954. He preceded her in death in 1980...

Feb. 21, 1945--Dec. 11, 2005 ATWOOD -- James Edmund Finn, the second child of Edmund J. and Ruth (Cole) Finn was born Feb. 21, 1945, in Salida, Colo. He departed this life on Dec. 11, 2005, in Denver, Colo., at the age of 60 years, 9 months and 20 days...

Sept. 25, 1922--Dec. 12, 2005 Wayne Allen Boyer, 83, died Monday (Dec. 12, 2005) at his residence at Willow Ridge in McCook. He was born Sept. 25, 1922, in Red Willow County to Benjamin E. and Retha M. (Puelz) Boyer. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1940...

While he was slated to be the keynote speaker at the South Platte United Chambers of Commerce annual meeting in McCook on Tuesday night, U.S. Rep Tom Osborne had other matters to attend to -- namely budget reconciliation talks in Washington. In his place, Osborne's Chief of Staff, Bruce Rieker, was the keynote speaker at the function...

The balcony at Memorial Auditorium takes on a new look, as wooden boards are removed in preparation for the stadium-like seats to be installed in January. The Share-A-Seat Committee raised enough money through donations and grants to purchase the new permanent seating at the auditorium. (Lorri Sughroue/McCook Daily Gazette)...

Congratulations, good people of McCook. You've done it again! Missy Nelson called Tuesday to announce that the Share-a-Seat campaign goal has been reached. During a whirlwind two-month drive, enough cash, grants and commitments were received to purchase 534 stadium-type seats for the McCook Memorial Auditorium...

**Dear Editor, We would like to thank all the people of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas who followed Garrett Nokes to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Also, those from Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and the Dakotas. And, all of those back home who stayed up late to watch every night...

It's 'Christmas'! Dear Editor, My fellow Christians, it is now a time of great celebration! Our Lord has come through Mary as an infant to redeem us all, and we must not forget the true meaning of this Christmas season. We must wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and not just a "Happy Holidays" as many of the stores will be saying...

**Dear Editor, I'm trying to re-establish contact with a former shipmate friend of mine from McCook by the name of William ("Bill") Brainard. Bill and I served in the U.S. Navy aboard the same ship, the USS FLORIKAN (ASR-9), a submarine rescue vessel from 1951 until 1954 during the Korean War and our home port was in San Diego...

It's nearly time to set up my annual gift wrapping assembly line. Oh, it's not much. Just the kitchen table, wrapping paper, tape and scissors, and, of course, name tags so the gifts don't get mixed up. I'm an adequate wrapper, meaning I can get the paper on straight (usually) and I don't waste paper over-wrapping. However, fancy ribbons and bows, other than the economy package at the local discount store, are beyond me...