Stories from Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Jan. 19, 1920--Jan. 3, 2006 NORTON, Kan. -- Josephine E. Welborn, 85, died Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2006) at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kan. She was born Jan. 19, 1920, to Ernest and Anna (Schmid) Hanni on a farm south of Hendley. She grew up in Hendley and attended country school...

Oct. 27, 1936--Jan. 1, 2006 ATWOOD -- Fay Elvin Trail, 69, died Sunday (Jan. 1, 2006) at the Rawlins County Health Center. He was born Oct. 27, 1936, to Wesley and Elizabeth (Burnside) Trail in rural Rawlins County. He graduated from Atwood Community High School in 1955. He received an associate's degree from McCook College in 1957. He enrolled at the University of Kansas' School of Pharmacy in 1958...

Jan. 26, 1908--Jan. 3, 2006 ATWOOD -- Nina R. (Lintner) Schmid, 97, died Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2006) at the Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kan. She was born Jan. 26, 1908, to Richard "Monty" and Lena (Burk) Lintner on the family farm northwest of Atwood. She attended the Hawkeye School...

Jan. 17, 1921--Jan. 2, 2006 NORTH PLATTE -- Dale F. Peters, 84, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, at Linden Court Care Center in North Platte. He was born Jan. 17, 1921, to Elmer Lloyd and Anna (Reiter) Peters in Indianola. He grew up on a farm north of Indianola and attended the Indianola, Republican Valley and McCook School Systems...

CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge defeated Chase County in both the girls and boys divisions Tuesday at the Cambridge Invitational basketball tournament. Chase County's girls fell just three points short against the Cambridge ladies 58-55. The Chase County Longhorn boys lost to the Trojans 61-45...

Bison freshman boys rip Lex McCook's freshman boys basketball teams pushed past Lexington Tuesday. The A team won 61-44 and the B team 47-29. "Defensively we played a great game," said Bison coach Bill Beckenhauer. Seth Schaeffer led the A team in scoring with 19 points...

OBERLIN -- The McCook High School Bison wrestling team lost a pair of duals Tuesday night at the Oberlin/Phillipsburg Triangular. McCook lost to Phillipsburg 54-20 and Oberlin 57-9. "The McCook wrestling team wrestled two duals tonight against two very tough teams from Kansas," said McCook wrestling coach Nick Umscheid...