Stories from Monday, October 23, 2006

The children of John and Julia Diehl are hosting an open house in honor of their parents' 60th wedding anniversary Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Chief Poolside in McCook, 2-4 p.m.They were married Nov. 18, 1946, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stratton. ...

The family of Dale and Winifred Workman are requesting a card shower in honor of their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married at St. John's Lutheran Church on Nov. 2, 1941 in Beatrice. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 1004 Norris Avenue, McCook, NE 69001...

Jim and Lori Ruggles of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, Natalie Ann Ruggles. She was born Aug. 24, 2006, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She weighed 8 pounds, 141/2 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long. Her grandparents are Mike and Pat Peters and Rick and Tracy Ruggles all of McCook. Great-grandparents are Jerry and Florance Uerling of Indianola and Floyd and Elaine Peters of Mesa, Ariz...

Jill Hansen and Aaron Purvis, both of McCook, were united in marriage on June 3, 2006, at the McCook Christian Church, with the Rev. Steve Bales officiating. Parents of the couple are Fred and Heidi Pinkal and Mike Hansen and Mark and Kathleen Eiler and the late Chris Purvis all of McCook...

Tyler Sue Randolph and Tyler Loop of McCook were united in marriage on July 1, 2006, at the Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, with the Rev. Randy Wahl officiating. Parents of the couple are Lynn and Rhonda Randolph and Gale and Becky Loop all of McCook. Grandparents of the bride are Raymond and Betty Ficken of Cambridge and Goldie Randolph of Indianola. Grandparents of the bridegroom are Bill and Dorothy Loop and Don and Virginia Hein, all of McCook...

Juston Grafel of Manhattan, Kan., and Ashley Diercks of Beloit, Kan, announce the birth of a daughter, Jaylin Christine Grafel, born July 26, 2006, in Beloit, Kan. She weighed 8 pounds, 5.75 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Her grandparents are Jonilyn Campbell of Beloit, Donnie Boden of Beloit and JR and Phyllis Grafel of Herndon...

Chris and Mackenzie (Cole) Allen of Arnold, announce the birth of a son, Kenneth James Allen. He was born Oct. 14, 2006, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 18.5 inches. He has one brother, five year old Steven. ...

Geneva Morford celebrated her 90th birthday Oct. 18. Cards of congratulation will reach her at RR 2 Box 15, Oberlin, KS. 67759

The children of Charles and Vivian Riley are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th anniversary Oct. 29. Their children are Bobbi and Jeri Riley, Bonnie Zlomke and Chris and Jan Riley. Cards of congratulation will reach them at PO Box 6, McCook, NE 69001...

HAYES CENTER -- Hayes Center wrapped up another win after downing Leyton Friday 44-8. The Cardinals have had an impressive season and are 8-0 going into the first week of playoff games. "We are playing our best football as we go into the playoffs," said Cardinals' coach Jim Cole. "We started out very physical on defense and scored on our first three series on offense to set the tone for the game. We are looking forward to starting the playoffs at home."...

ELLSWORTH, Kan. -- The season came to a close for the Decatur Community-Oberlin boys and girls cross country teams Saturday at the Kansas Class 3A regional meet at Ellsworth, Kan. The Red Devils did not qualify any individuals for the state meet next weekend at Wamego Country Club...

SCOTT CITY, Kan. -- Decatur Community's girls volleyball team took the sub-state tournament title Saturday at Scott City and are headed to the Kansas Class 3A state tournament with a 31-0 record. Oberlin was the No. 1 seed at sub-state and automatically moved up into the semifinals...

ST. PAUL. Minn. -- McCook graduate Jeremiah Herron, a senior on the Wayne State College men's cross country team, was the individual medalist at Saturday's Northern Sun Conference Cross Country Championships in St. Paul, Minn., with a time of 27 minutes, .04 seconds on the 8,000 meter course...

BENKELMAN -- The McCook High School sophomore volleyball team placed second at the Dundy County Invitational Saturday with a 2-1 record. The Bison defeated Chase County 25-15, 25-16 and Wauneta-Palisade 25-9, 25-21 before losing to the host Dundy County Tigers 25-17, 27-25...

The McCook Bison eighth grade football team ended its season at home with a 22-0 loss at the hands of the Holdrege Dusters last Tuesday. The Bison 8th grade "A" team went 0-4 on the season and the "B" team finished 2-0-1 on the season. The Dusters came out throwing the ball and the Bison defense held strong, but mental mistakes by the Bison and missed tackles allowed the Dusters to march down the field and score within the first few minutes of the game...

McCooh High School head boys basketball coach Tim Garcia announced that the 6th grade intramural basketball program will begin on Tuesday morning in the senior high gym. The three-week program will begin at 6:45 a.m. on each day school is in session, Monday thru Thursday, and be finished by 7:45 a.m. There will be no practices on Friday mornings...

SEWARD -- Ben Hiser, the son of former McCook residents Vicki and Tom Hiser, captured two gold medals and three silver medals Oct. 5 at the Aloha Superstar World Cup martial arts competition in Hawaii. Hiser, a 14-year-old eighth grader at Seward Middle School, qualified to compete in the 2008 Martial Arts World Finals in Beijing, China...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (kusports.com) -- The Texas A&M volleyball team swept Kansas University, 3-0, Saturday night, 30-28, 30-24, 30-23. Savannah Noyes, a 6-foot-3 sophomore from Indianola and Southwest High School, led KU with 11 kills in the loss, which dropped the Jayhawks to 10-10 overall and 3-8 in the Big 12 Conference...

PALISADE -- A Hunter's Sight-In is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 29 from 1-5 p.m. at Bovau Canyon Gun Club Range, located 5 1/2 miles south of Palisade. The club is not responsible for accidents.

Feb. 20, 1919 - Oct. 21, 2006 HARTINGTON -- Emil P. Loecker, age 87, of Hartington died on Saturday (Oct. 21, 2006) at Golden Living Center in Hartington. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington with Rev. Craig Loecker, Rev. John Pietramale, and Monsignor Cyril Werner officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery in Hartington...

Sept. 11, 1908 - Oct. 19, 2006 HERMISTON, Ore. -- Thomas Emerson Bevington, 98, died Thursday (Oct. 19, 2006) at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, Ore. He was born Sept. 11, 1908, in Custer County to Harley and Stella Bevington. He grew up and attended school in Nebraska...

May 12, 1919 - Oct. 20, 2006 OBERLIN -- Floyd A Brown, 87, died Friday (Oct. 20, 2006) at the Decatury County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. He was born May 12, 1919, to Charles C. and Rose Anna (Wooley) Brown on the family farm in Decatur County. He attended Plainview Country School and graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1937...

Aug. 15, 1936 - Oct. 21, 2006 OBERLIN -- Ethel Schroeder, 70, died Saturday (Oct. 21, 2006) at the Decatur County Hospital. She was born Aug. 15. 1936, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Robert and Miriam (Kuhn) McDermott. She later moved to Oberlin. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a stepson, Tony Schroeder...

As a Rotary member and promoter of the disc golf course in Kelley Park, Duane Tappe wanted Stephen Kirk to be one of the first to play the new course. That's because Tappe is a mentor to Stephen, a 10-year-old fourth grader at St. Patrick's School and grandson of Dee Lehn...

There's an old story about the time astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. flew into McCook on business only to be alarmed by a crowd of kids waiting at the terminal. As it turned out, America's first man in space shouldn't have worried about his privacy. The kids, at the airport for an appearance of a TV spaceman, Major Astro, didn't notice the real spaceman walk by...

Have you seen the new slimmer and trimmer Ron Crowe? If you haven't, you will be amazed by the transformation that has taken place in the longtime media representative from McCook. In just four months time -- between May 15 and Sept. 15 -- he lost 44 pounds ... and he is keeping if off as autumn evolves into winter...

Now that we have looked at the horse he rode in on, and the pretty girl he saves, lets have a try at the hero, Perseus. Perseus is sort of an "A" shaped constellation just left (as you are looking east) from Pegasus and Andromeda. It rises in the early evening and can be seen in the northeastern sky just after dark-thirty. Find Pegasus again, follow the two arms of Andromeda to the north as she "reaches" for the hero Perseus...

Mrs. Asa Wolfe was born Alice Mae Thomas, in a sod house near Indianola in 1890. She was a sickly baby and not expected to live, so her parents (Robert & Kate) sent her to Indianola to be cared for by her Grandmother, Lucy Dunning. What was expected to be a short time turned into a permanent arrangement and Alice grew up in Indianola with her Grandmother. ...

Randy Kelley and Deanna Carpenter, both of Lincoln, announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Elizabeth Kelley. She was born Sept. 21, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces. She measured 20 inches in length. ...