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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
The staff of Nebraska Auction Service poses for a photograph as the company opens a new office in McCook. From left are: auctioneers Dave Horton of Alma and Randy Helms of Holbrook; clerk Valerie Rogers of Trenton; auctioneer Clay Jordan of McCook and owner/auctioneer Johnny Walker of Stratton; ringman Ron Schoenberger of Enders; cashier Nell Walker; and auctioneers Greg Eskew of Imperial and Denny Messersmith of Cambridge. The auction staff also includes cashier Crystal Darling of Imperial and clerk Beth O'Dea of McCook. Other "permanent fixtures" of Nebraska Auction Service -- beloved and greatly missed, Johnny said -- were Harry Godtel, Johnny's "all-around auction assistant," who died in February 2007 at 94 years of age; and auctioneer Doug Schlegel, who died in May 2007 at 56 years of age. Nebraska Auction Service can be reached at (308) 345-2615, or at Johnny Walker's cell phone, (308) 340-7173.