Stories from Thursday, May 25, 2006

Aug. 3, 1937 - May 23, 2006 COZAD -- Dale Linke, age 68, died Tuesday (May 23, 2006) at the Cozad Hospital. He was born Aug. 3, 1937 at Lincoln and at the age of 9 months, was adopted by L. J. "Louie" and Hilda Lucas Linke of Eustis. He attended Houser School and the Salem Lutheran Parochial School in Frontier County. He graduated from Eustis High School in 1955. After graduation, he worked at the K-K Appliance at Gothenburg...

Bison boys place 2nd, Crick 3rd in Class B Several new Nebraska boys high school golf champions were crowned Wednesday at four different courses across the state. Ewing High School in Class C-2 was the only 2005 team champion to defend its title. No individuals -- not even two-time Class B champ John Hurley of O'Neill -- repeated as champions this year...

Two of the three McCook American Legion baseball teams opened the season Wednesday night. The McCook National Bank Seniors lost their season-opener to Hastings 14-1 at Duncan Field in Hastings. The McCook First Central Bank Juniors hosted Hastings in a doubleheader at Jaycees Sports Complex...

Sept. 29, 1908 - Oct. 25, 2005 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Leta Lenhart, 97, died Oct. 25, 2005, at Pikes Peak Care Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born in McCook, Sept. 29, 1908, to Conrad and Katherine (Roth) Lenhart. She attended the McCook Public School and graduated from Stayner Business College. ...

Nov. 28, 1944 - May 16, 2006 BENKELMAN -- Royce Herman Stute, 61, died Tuesday (May 16, 2006). He was born Nov. 28, 1944, to Alfred and Mary Stute. Following high school, he attended McCook Junior College for two years on a football scholarship. After receiving an associates degree from McCook Junior College, he furthered his education at Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, Colo., again on a football scholarship...

Feb. 28, 1930 - May 23, 2006 STRATTON -- Richard Lynn "Dick" Hannah died Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at his rural home south of Stratton. He was 76 years old. He was born Feb. 28, 1930 in Stratton to Charles Errol and Selma Pearl (Evans) Hannah. He grew up in rural Stratton on the family farm and graduated from Stratton High School in 1947...

One of the more popular displays at Atwood's Early Rod Run last weekend wasn't a car at all; it was this prototype Pawnee Chief kit helicopter, manufactured in McCook. Marvin May of Oberlin, who served as test pilot for the project, is a distributor for the kit, and his son, Chris, offers a kit completion service...

Civil libertarians are understandably conconcerned about recent revelations that some telephone companies are turning over phone records to federal spy agencies. While federal agents would become extremely bored listening in to most of our calls, who's to say how personal information might be used against us if it gets into the wrong hands?...

I've am now a firm believer in Murphy's Law. I used to scoff at the idea. "Things do go right every once in a while," I'd tell myself. What a fool I was. It all started two weeks ago when Brad had left for Wyoming and I tried starting the weedeater. It didn't...