Stories from Monday, March 5, 2007

The family of Bob and LoAnn (Bowen) Campbell formerly of McCook and Culbertson, is hosting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married March 9, 1957, in Culbertson. Their children are Shawn and Sally Campbell of Baltimore, Md., Shelby Campbell of San Francisco, Calif., and Syd and Liz Campbell of River Ridge, La. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 2306 Clark, Ames, Iowa 50010...

HASTINGS -- Ashley Michelle Ruppert of Kansas City Mo. and Daniel Joel De Witt of Orange City, Iowa, were united in marriage Aug. 5, 2006, at the Grace United Methodist Church in Hastings with the Rev. Jim Miller officiating. Parents of the couple are Jeff and Angie Ruppert of McCook, Rick and Lona Rader of Hastings and Jeff and Lila DeWitt of Luverne, Minn...

Patrick and Elvera Wendelin of Lindsborg, Kan., Roxie Erickson of Manhattan, Kan., and Delbert Erickson of Atwood announce the engagement of their children, Farah Wendelin and Kris Erickson. Grandfather of the bride-to-be is Karl Wendelin of Herndon; Grandmother of the prospective bridegroom is Bernice Martin of Oberlin...

ALLIANCE --  Michele and Wayne Glass of Alliance announce the birth of a daughter, Daisy Yvonne Glass. She was born Feb. 19, 2007, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. She weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces and was 18 5/8 inches long. She has an older sister, 5 year old, Ashlyn Nicole. Her grandparents are Donna Hoelscher of Indianola and Carol Glass of Alliance. Great-grandparents are George and Jean Hoelscher of Indianola...

Randy and Bonnie Carlock, formerly of McCook announce the birth of a daughter, Sarah Lynn Carlock. She was born Feb. 8, 2007, at Beatrice. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 inches long. She has two older sisters, Monique, 6, and Elizabeth 3. Her grandparents are Gloria Carlock of Bartley and Lucas "Caddy" and Karen Memmelaar of Atwood. The Carlock family is making their home at 2012 West Cedar Road, Pickrell, NE 68422...

Stan and Mitty Quigley celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary March 1. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 39276 Rd. 720k, Indianola, NE 69034.

Tom and Arlene Bliss of Atwood announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Lin, to Adam Jon Ketterl, son of David and Judy Ketterl of Herndon. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Lorraine Wurm of Atwood and the late Charles Bliss and the late Faye and Lindley "Roe" Lane...

Shane Stratton and Christy Seybold announce the birth of a daughter, Aubrie Ann Seybold. She was born Feb. 1, 2007, at Community Hospital in McCook, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 18 1/4 inches. She has a sister, Abagail Kaye, 3. Grandparents are Mark and Lisa Seybold of Benkelman, Rhonda Seybold and Curtis Graham of Benkelman, Denie Stratton and Al "Papa" Mardirosian of Longmont Colo., and Roger Meier of Longmont. Her great-grandmother is Dotty Seybold of Greeley Colo...

The family of Art Koetter is hosting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on March 5. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 718 West 5th Street, McCook, NE 69001.

Bryon and Linda Sowers of Colby, Kan. announce the engagement of their daughter, Clarissa, to Joshua Rinehart, son of Terry and Vanessa Rinehart of Burlington, Colo. The couple will be joined in marriage May 5, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the home of Bryon and Linda Sowers...

Lisa Cuellar of Indianola and Elton Butterfield of Cambridge announce their upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Mike and Millie Cuellar of Indianola, Sandy and Larry Cornett of Cambridge and the late Patrick Butterfield. Grandparents of the bride- to-be are Mary Walz of Indianola and the late John Walz, Marilyn Cuellar of McCook and the late Manuel Cuellar. ...

Family and friends of Shirley Evans are requesting a card shower in honor of her birthday March 8th. Her children are Jack and Jana Evans of North Platte, Lanny and Ricka Evans of Hayes Center, Michael and Nancy Evans of Maywood and "Kel" and Sharon Evans of Cambridge. She also has numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Cards of congratulations can reach her at Box 4, Hayes Center, Neb. 69032...

Brooke and Mitchell Nelms of Omaha announce the birth of their daughter, Atleigh Summer, born Feb. 18, 2007. She weighed 7 pounds, 1ounce and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Mark and Kim McConville and Merritt and Susan Nelms of Indianola. Great grandparents are Eileene Grose of Oberlin, Kan, Max and Donna Nelms of Bartley and Richard and Luella McConville of McCook...

The family of Golda Zwickle is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on March 7. Her children include Gary Zwickle and Mike Zwickle of McCook and Diane and husband LeRoy Meissner of Culbertson. She has six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 1300 East H Street, McCook, NE 69001...

The 2006-07 season came to an end for the McCook Community College men's and women's basketball teams in the first round of their respective Region IX Tournaments. The MCC men lost to Northeastern Junior College, the No. 4-ranked team in NJCAA Division I 77-51 Saturday in the Region IX men's tournament at Scottsbluff...

COLBY -- The Rawlins County-Atwood girls basketball team fell to Golden Plains 45-31 Saturday in the finals of the Kansas girls Class 1A sub-state tournament at Colby. Megan Cahoj led the Atwood girls. Cahoj scored 15 points and had 2 assists. Sara Miller and Macy Migchelbrink added 6 points each. Miller led the team in rebounds with 12 and Sydney Carlson had 6...

June 22, 1916 - March 4, 2007 ARAPAHOE -- Alvena Johanna Anna Wickenkamp, 90 of Elwood, died Sunday (March 4, 2007) at the Elwood Care Center. She was born June 22, 1916, at Frontier County to John and Johanna Anna (Noltensmeier) Wickenkamp. After her schooling, she worked at home helping with house work and raising other siblings. She also worked in Lexington doing house work for people...

Kelsey Woitaszewski applies paint to Gracie Nelson's face Saturday, at the McCook Elementary PTO Family Carnival night. Face painting, a pop toss and the cake walk were just a few of the activities families enjoyed throughout the afternoon. (Billie Cole/McCook Daily Gazette)...

The popular "Wild Hogs" movie, starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy, strikes a chord with middle-aged Baby Boomers who dream about regaining their youth. By all accounts, it's a funny movie, but like most movies, it's designed to entertain, not reflect reality...

I've seen the future ... and it's kind of scary. It happened this past week, when I joined my wife, Barbara, and her parents, Ruth and Ellis Sutton, for a nearly 3,000-mile tour of seven states: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Kansas...

When I was young, my family would sit on the front porch or in the yard of my grandfather and grandmother's house on warm summer evenings and talk. Since I was a youngster, I mostly listened to the adults. Every so often we would notice a bright star-like object -- a satellite -- pass overhead and I would remark that a satellite was currently viewable. ...

Your editorial Feb. 27 expresses my feeling about Nebraska's state songs. We have to appreciate the love Jim Fras felt for this beautiful state after being in a part of Russia occupied by Germany during World War II. Ginger ten Bensel's song seems to carry on Jim Fras' idea of Beautiful Nebraska. She "loves Nebraska and there's a million reasons why." Let's keep Jim Gras' "Beautiful Nebraska" as the official state song and add Ginger's song as a contemporary...

Our fourth grade class from Gifford Grade School in Gifford, Ill., is studying the United States. We would like your help. We would like your readers to send postcards or letters telling us about your state. Please send information to: Fourth Grade U.S.A. Project...

In McCook, Neb., we naturally think of Gen. Alexander McCook, as the man after whom our city is named. But when we consider the family McCook, from Ohio, the "Fighting McCooks" we can be doubly -- no, 16 times as proud. As noted by the 39th Congress of the United States in 1866, "(The McCook family) has achieved a record of which the nation may well feel proud."...