Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2002

Joel and Tori Hauxwell of Culbertson announce the birth of their daughter, Neleigh Grace on Monday, (Feb. 25, 2002). She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Her grandparents are Neal and Margie Hauxwell of McCook and Kevin and Karma Rousselle of Culbertson...

Paul and Sarah Hoyt of Culbertson announce the birth of their daughter, Erica Susan Hoyt on Tuesday (Feb. 19, 2002) at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte. She weighed 8 pounds, 0.5 ounces. She has a 1-year-old sister, Beth. Her grandparents are Dennis and Susan Chipman of Curtis and Ronald and Alana Hoyt of Culbertson...

Theron and Lindsay Jarecke of Palisade announce the birth of their daughter, Ellie Lou Janecke Thursday (Feb. 21, 2002) at Community Hospital of McCook. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Her grandparents are Rod and Deb Spencer of Culbertson and Cliff and Mary Jo Jarecke of Hershey...

If you think today's McCook Daily Gazette seems to have some extra heft, you are correct. Besides extra advertising inserts, there are three extra sections comprising the second installment of the Progress 2002 edition. Included are many stories and photographs about local accomplishments, including the Work Ethic Camp, the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce, Community Hospital, the city of McCook, YMCA, and many other local entities...

Dear Editor, I like to work crossword puzzles. Being that I am human, I sometimes fill in the wrong word, without checking to see whether the letters fit with the words going the other way. That's what I did with the 33 submarines. I read Hal Lindseys book, "Planet Earth 2000 A.D.," six or seven years ago...

Dear Editor, The school's new superintendent should be able to delegate authority and be able to trust the employees. The schools should have a chain of command, be able to follow it and not pass the buck. In other words, the buck should stop at the top of the chain of command. ...

I've been thinking about the Hastings police investigation into the item left behind at a car wash, then decided there was really no tasteful way to go into it. But I do have one question -- How in the world could it have taken them this long to figure out it didn't come from a man? Not only was it not from the same species, it came from an animal of the opposite sex...

Leona Adelia Lamb, age 106, of McCook, died Tuesday (Feb. 26, 2002) in Omaha at Silvercrest Assisted Living. She was born July 18, 1895, to William Calvin and Louisa Jane (McWilliams) Lowrey at Dunbar, Neb. She graduated from Dunbar High School in 1914 and was graduated from Peru State College where she obtained a life-time teaching certificate. She taught for more than 11 years...