Stories from Monday, February 26, 2007

CULBERTSON -- JoLyn Koebel and Timothy Hare of Queen Creek, Ariz. were united in marriage at Bethel Missionary Church in Culbertson Dec. 31, 2006 with the Rev. Richard Karr officiating. Parents of the couple are Bud and Annie Kehler of Culbertson, Alan Koebel of Papillion, and Pam and Dusty Hare of Tucson, Ariz. ...

Barbara A. Roberts of McCook and Gary L. Whitehead of Garden City, Kan., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Alice Raile of Oxford, Stan Raile of Hastings and the late Joseph and Sharon Whitehead. Grandparents are LaVera Beringer and Ilene Raile of St. Francis, the late Edwin Beringer, Clarence Raile, LaVern and Doris Whitehead and Earl and Mildred Taylor...

The family of Harland and Mary (Welsh) Daniel of Palisade is hosting an open house in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on March 4, 1957, in Puerto Rico. Their children are Wayne Daniel and wife, Brenda of Palisade, Donna Curtis and husband, Dwain of Lincoln, Kay Schneider and husband, John of Elko, Nev., Sandra Parks and husband, Gary of McCook and Terri Kuhns and husband, Mark of Geneva. ...

Brian and Stephani Hawkins from Euless, Texas, announce the birth of a son, Jack Adrian, born Jan. 13, 2007. He weighed 9 pounds and 4 ounces and is 21 inches long. Grandparents include Carol Kompus of Herndon, Kan., Jan Hawkins of Mesquite, Texas and the late Jack Hawkins. Great grandmothers include Wilma Bobinmyer of Herndon and Clara Brink of Mesquite...

Arapahoe girls basketball team headed to state The girls basketball district finals began Friday with three area teams moving into the State tourney on Thursday in Lincoln. Arapahoe's girls will travel to the State tournament after pushing over Axtell in Elm Creek Friday. Wauneta-Palisade and Perkins County also earned a chance to go to Lincoln this week as well...

Five McCook Community College men's basketball players scored in double figures as the Indians won a hard-fought 75-66 decision over Lamar Junior College Friday night at True Hall Gymnasium. The Indians won their final regular-season game and home finale. MCC improved to 14-16 overall...

Oct. 14, 1922-Feb. 22, 2007 ARAPAHOE -- Dorothy C. Mues, 84, died Thursday (Feb. 22, 2007) at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born Oct. 14, 1922, at Edison to Benjamin and Carmen (McCoy) McCann. On Nov. 10, 1945, she married Wayne Mues of Arapahoe. They made their home in Arapahoe and have been life long residents...

Sept. 19, 1918-Feb. 21, 2007 SCOTTSBLUFF -- Georgie Bernetta Steele, 88, formerly of Benkelman, died Wednesday (Feb. 21, 2007) at Scottsbluff. She was born Sept. 19, 1918, at Mackey, Idaho, to George Jonathan and Edith Cora (Bush) Buhler, in a two-room house built by her father...

Nov. 6, 1924 - Feb. 23, 2007 LINCOLN -- E. Dean Everitt, Sr., 82, of Lincoln, widower of Dolores (Dee) Everitt, died Friday (Feb. 23, 2007). He was born in Omaha on Nov. 6, 1924. He graduated from Osceola High School in 1942. He lettered in football, basketball and track and was All-Conference in all three sports and Honorable Mention All-State in football as tailback. He was on the first (original) Goldenrod Conference winning football team in 1941...

All letters mailed from the McCook Post Office on Thursday will be hand-cancelled with a stamp featuring the Quasquicentennial Logo, reminds Postmaster James Casson. March 1, is the date set aside for the special postage cancellation in celebration of McCook's 125th Birthday...

Chris Lopez, right, Torrington, Wyo., lands a nose-breaking blow to Ryan Kendall of McCook during the Wyobraska Challenge V match Saturday night in McCook's Memorial Auditorium. Nearly 300 people were treated to six rounds of mixed martial arts, one round of kickboxing and one of grappling, featuring debuts of several local fighters...

He may have done many notable things in his lifetime, in many different areas, but for most of us the name Paul Harris is only associated with Rotary International. Paul was born in Racine, Wis., in 1868. Paul's father had been set up with a drug store in Racine, which should have been profitable, but through mismanagement he saw that business fail. ...

Twenty-five percent off. Is it a bargain or not? That depends; "Buy three, get one free" sounds like a lot better tire sale than "Get 25 percent off, but only if you buy four." A 25 percent reduction in groundwater irrigation pumping is what the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources is proposing to bring Nebraska into compliance with the Republican River Compact by 2012...

So you think we're going to pot? Well, if you're talking about pots of the hole-in-the-street variety, you are absolutely right. The much-cussed pits and pockets are busting out all over town, posing a threat to tires and tie rods, as well as considerable consternation for drivers...

I was going to talk about satellite viewing this week when something else came up, or is about to come up. An eclipse of the Moon will occur on Saturday, March 3. On this particular occasion, however, we, here in Southwest Nebraska won't receive the best view of this event. We will only be able to watch less than the last half of the eclipse as the Moon will rise locally with the eclipse already more than half over...

The family of Bob and Burnetta Ahrens will host an open house March 3 in honor of their parents wedding anniversary, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial from 3-5 p.m. They were married in 1957 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial. Both were born and raised in Chase County and after they were married, resided on their farm south of Champion where they still live today. ...