Stories from Monday, July 9, 2007

The family of Ruth Marie Bridgmon Edghill of Palisade is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on July 16, 2007. Her children are Craig Bridgmon and wife, Barbara of Colorado Springs,Colo., Kristy Bridgmon of Denver, Colo., and the late Rick Bridgmon. She has three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Cards of congratulations will reach her at P O Box 144, Palisade, NE 69040...

The children of Warren and Wayne Harrison are hosting an open house and card shower in honor of their fathers' birthday. Family and friends are invited to an open house July 15, 1-3 p.m., at the Hitchcock Senior Center in Stratton, 903 Bailey. Cards of congratulations can be sent to Warren at HC1, Box 150, Stratton, NE 69043-9737 and to Wayne at PO Box 22, Wauneta, NE 69045...

The family of Dr. Gary and Pat Nielsen are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 35th wedding anniversary July 9. Their children are Matt and Angie Nielsen and Nate and Amanda Nielsen, all of McCook. Cards of congratulation will reach the couple at 1004 West L Street, McCook, NE 69001...

Matt and Laura Clause of McCook announce the birth of their daughter, Isabelle Brook Clause on April 23, 2007 at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. Her grandparents are Mark and Betty Wilcox of McCook and Mark and Joyce Clause of Gering. Great-grandparents are Lyle and Jean Wilcox and Helga Binkey of McCook, Earl and Carol Binkey of Trenton, May Clause of Gering and the late Kenneth Clause and Shirley Ward of Alliance and the late Frank Ward...

Marissa Smith of Lincoln and Brett Lindau of Aurora, Ill., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Dave and Jan Smith of McCook and Jim and Marcia Lindau of Axtell. The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of McCook High School and received a Diploma in nursing from Bryan College of Health Sciences and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She works as an Oncology Nurse at BryanLGH West in Lincoln...

Ilah Rice will celebrate her 80th birthday on July 15. She is a former Hayes Center resident and Hayes Center high school graduate. Her family includes her husband, Charles Rice, son, Don Rice and wife, Merri and daughter, Judy Sinkey and husband, Barry. She has three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at at 2101 Heritage Place, Erie, CO...

Nicole Martin and Matthew Yannacito of Arvada, Colo., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Tony and Tracie Martin of Arvada and Mick and Marcia (Schaffert) Yannacito formerly of Indianola of Arvada. The bride-to-be is employed with Ehrman and Associates Insurance Brokers. The prospective bridegroom is employed with Colorado Custom Stainless...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --Andrew T. Harrison and Rebecca L. Wielinski were united in married on May 5, 2007, at Allisonville Christian Church in Indianapolis, Ind. The ceremony was conducted by the bridegroom's uncle, David DeBord of Brighton, Colo., who is the minister of the couple's home church...

Paul and Kelsie Sather of Spearfish, S.D., announce the birth and adoption of a daughter, Rebecca Ann-Marie Sather. She was born May 25, 2007 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, S.D., and placed with her adoptive family May 27, 2007. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. She has a brother, Sam, 4. Her grandparents are Dick and Kathie Cappel of McCook and Jer and Phyliss Sather of Princeton, Minn. Great-grandparents are Lorna Trupp and Loretta Cappel, both of McCook...

Andrew and Deborah Heskett of Leavenworth, Kan., announce the birth of their daughter, Anna Faith Heskett, born March 29, 2007. She weighed seven pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. She has two sisters, Laura, six and Meghan, four and a half. Grandparents are Mark and Cathy Heskett of McCook, Pat Waltke of Adams and the late Robert Waltke. Great grand parents are Maxine Myers and Adair Myers of McCook and the late Gladys Wade...

Myndi Manary and Brad Shumer of North Platte announce the birth of their son, Kasen Gage Shumer on June 15, 2007. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long. He has an older brother, Gavin, 5. His grandparents are Nancy and Boyd Miller of Culbertson, Colleen Shumer of Grainton and the late Leonard Shumer...

Michael and Elizabeth Bauer of Columbus, Ohio announce the birth of their son, Samuel Michael Bauer on June 7, 2007, at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. His grandparents are Ron and Vicki Bauer of Ord and Ruth and Gordon Sather of Blair. Great-grandparents are Don and Norma Sitzman and Clarice Bauer, all of Culbertson...

Megan Jacob and Bryan Duckworth, both of North Platte, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride-to-be are Kurt and Michelle Proud of Bartley and Mark Jacob of Curtis. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Frank and Brenda Duckworth of Indianola...

The family of Katherine Atteberry will celebrate her 95th birthday with birthday party and luncheon for family and friends on July 15, 2007, from noon to 3 p.m., at the Ella Missing in Arapahoe.

Janelle and Gabe Kowalek announce the birth of a son, Kaden Gene Kowalek, on April 26, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches. He has two brothers, Colten, 6, and Ethan, 2. His grandparents are Ed and Rita McConville of Indianola and Kenny and Pam LaVigne of Auburn. Great-grandparents are John and Bernadetta Sis of Indianola and LaMoine and Garnet McConville of McCook...

Susie Steele, formerly of McCook, will celebrate her 75th birthday July 11. Cards of congratulation will reach her at 1002 West 13th, Hastings, NE 68901.

The family of Bob Newcomb of Bartley is hosting an open house in honor of his 80th birthday. He was born July 12, 1927. The open house will be Saturday, July 14, from 2-4 p.m., at the Bartley Community Fire Hall. His family includes his wife, Arlene, sons, Doug of Stratton, Gary of Bartley, Larry of Brush, Colo., and Craig of Bertrand. He has four grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at P. O. Box 112, Bartley, NE 69020...

NORTH PLATTE -- The North Platte Outlaws avenged an earlier loss to the Furnas County Nine by taking a two-run win on their home field Sunday. The Outlaws plated six runs to Furnas County's four over the seven inning contest. Ryan Eder started on the hill and worked four and one third innings, absorbing his first loss of the season...

The McCook American Legion Junior B's baseball team finished its season with a couple losses to the Curtis-Frontier County 14-17 year olds last week. Curtis-Frontier County won the games 14-1 and 14-8. The Juniors B's finished their season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses...

It was Mel Welp and Mark Hinz Memorial night at McCook Speedway Friday night. Something done on this night that was done in the past memorial nights was cash handed out to the heat race winners. The past was present at McCook Speedway, as the drivers who won the A Features had done so at least once before this year...

June 5, 1944 - July 7, 2007 LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Terry Carl Huff, 63, died Saturday (July 7, 2007) at Hospice of St. John in Lakewood, Colo. He was born June 5, 1944, in McCook to Robert and Agnes (Carter) Huff. He grew up in McCook, where he graduated from McCook Senior High School in 1962. He graduated from McCook Junior College in 1964 and Colorado School of Mines at Golden...

Aug. 3, 1918 - July 6, 2007 OBERLIN -- Paul H. Wray, 88, died Friday (July 6, 2007) at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. He was born Aug. 3, 1918, in Hopkins, Mo., to Guy and Lela (Carmichel) Wray. He grew up in Missouri and Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Darlene Tabor on July 6, 1957, in Souix Falls, S.D. He lived in Minnesota and Colorado for 35 years, before moving to Oberlin in 1998. He worked as a manufacturer of dairy products...

Anyone who doesn't appreciate the value of CPR training wasn't at Thursday's "Mr. Basketball" all-star tournament in Kearney. It's always frightening when someone has a medical emergency; even more so when it's a young athlete involved in a competition...

When you take a drive through McCook's business district, it doesn't take long to realize that the town has a problem. The problem -- more glaring in some places than others -- is that McCook has too many vacant business buildings. The problem didn't crop up overnight. Some of the storefronts have been empty for years, but recent developments have pushed the empty building situation to the serious stage...

The Earth was at its farthest point from the Sun for the year on July 6, did you feel any colder? As discussed before, the Sun being so far away has nothing to do with the seasons -- or earthly temperatures. Rather the tilt of the Earth on its axis at this time of the year points the northern hemisphere toward the Sun, so sunlight shines more directly on our part of the planet...

One of the first people I met when we came to McCook in 1957 turned out to be one of McCook's most interesting and colorful figures -- Bud Harmon. Bud was working on a new product for the food industry and needed to borrow a pail of corn syrup), which we were happy to supply...

An overnight downpour drenched the McCook area Sunday night and Monday morning, delivering rainfall amounts of more than three inches in McCook, Indianola, Bartley and Edison. "The storm stalled over your area," said Brad Mickelson, a meterologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland. "You were the lucky ones again."...

Middle Republican Natural Resources members will discuss how much they will levy in property and occupation taxes for residents in Red Willow, Hitchcock, Frontier and Hayes counties, at their regular meeting Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., at McCook Community College, Room 213 in McMillen Hall...

Brianna Kruger of Holbrook tosses candy from the Cargill Aghorizons (of Arapahoe) float in Holbrook's annual "Holbrook Days" parade Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon, volleyball players splashed through deep water -- imagine that! -- in the Republican River to play "River Rat Volleyball." Other Holbrook Days activities included a livestock show, antique tractor pull, music in the park, kids' games, a street dance, lunch and supper, karaoke, bingo and "prairie pizza" bingo...