Stories from Monday, December 4, 2006

LINCOLN--Katie Ann Harr and Amos Einer Joseph of Lincoln were united in marriage on Sept. 29, 2006, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Lincoln, with Msgr. Raymond Hain and Rev. Brendan Kelly officiating. Parents of the couple are Phil and Donna Harr of McCook and Jerl and Debbie Joseph of Hampton. Grandparents of the couple are Dorothy Robertson of North Platte; Dorothy Burns of Fort Collins, Colo.; Ray and Marie Parsley of Hampton; and Don and Evelyn Klute of Hampton...

Carla Ferguson of Palisade and Josh Taylor of Champion announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Wayne and Marlyn Ferguson of Parks and Ron and Dena Taylor of Champion. Grandparents of the couple are John and Willma Ferguson of Parks, Darlene Day of Yuma, Colo., and the late Cliford Day; Hazel Taylor Woolery and Wilfred Comstock, both of Ephrata, Wash., the late Glen Taylor and the late June Comstock...

Amanda Hock and Billy Davidson of McCook announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Carol Hock of Culbertson, the late Bernard Hock, Suzanne Davidson of Curtis and David and Connie Davidson of McCook. The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of McCook High School and is pursuing an Associate of Arts degree at McCook Community College. ...

Marlene and Ken Foster celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Barcelo Maya Tropical Beach Resort, Mexico. The couple were wed Nov. 17, 1956 in McCook. They were accompanied by their children Kristinia and Greg Johnson of Urbandale, Iowa, Deanna and Greg Donohue of Evergreen, Colo., and Todd and Dawn Foster of McCook. Also joining the family were their grandchildren Carly and Joseph Johnson, Samuel and Stefen Donohue and Kendell and Cameron Foster...

Robert and Brenda O'Dea of Scott City Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter Mikayla Dawn to Brian Gerald Wiechman, son of Susan Wiechman of Scott City and the late Gordon Wiechmann. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Scott Community High School and a 2004 graduate of McCook Community College. She is enrolled in the dental hygiene program at Central Community College in Hastings with plans to graduate in May 2007...

Dana Bunstock and Jason Osterstock, both of Bryan, Texas, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Parents of the bride-to-be are Chuck and Gaylea Bunstock of McCook. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Earl Osterstock of Lenhartsville, Pa. and Janet Osterstock of Columbus, Ohio...

Jerry and Cheri Beckenhauer of McCook announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Beckenhauer to Daniel Pomajzl, the son of Alvin and Rosemary Pomajzl of Crete.   Grandparents of the couple are Arvene and Mildred Myers of McCook, and the late Neva Myers, Howard and Dorothy Beckenhauer, Lumir and Lillian Pomajzl, and Lon and Rose Johnson...

The family Charles and Beverly (Kennedy) Huxoll of Holbrook are hosting an open house on Dec. 10, from 2-4 p.m., at the Holbrook Community Building in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Dec. 23, 1956 in Loomis. Children of the couple are Theresa Koeneke and husband, Bob of Lincoln; Shane Huxoll and wife, Cyndi from Lexington, Mark Huxoll and wife, Kammi from Smithfield, Tracy Marshall and husband, Brad of Ceresco, and Jill Hill and husband, Josh of Manhattan,Kan. ...

Scott and Deanna Johnson of McCook announce the birth of their daughter Dani Lauryn Johnson. She was born Nov. 8, 2006, in North Platte and weighed 8 pounds, 1/4 ounce. She has two sisters, Allison, 7, and Hayden 4, and one brother, Cale, 4. Her grandparents are Rod and Maggie Fox of McCook and Phil and Barb Johnson of Cambridge. Her great-grandmother is Evelyn Bartlett of Gothenburg...

Staff Sgt. Andrew and Kellie Martin announce the birth of their son, Robert Augustus Martin. He was born Nov. 9, 2006, at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Ga. He weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. His grandparents are Richard and Bette Martin of Wilsonville, Terry and Connie Cook and Danny and Barbara Evetts all of Lafayette, Tenn. Great-grandparents are Ann Gunter, Corene Evetts, Flossie Harp and Mildred Cook all of Lafayette and Ann Martin of Herndon...

Wade and Mindy Hill announce the birth of their daughter Hadley Elaine Hill. She was born Nov. 20, 2006, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 9.5 ounces and was 20 inches long. She has a sister Hannah Hays, 10 and brother, Hunter Hays, 6. Her grandparents are Rich and Mary Hitchler of North Platte, Blaine and Britt Hill of Hayes Center, and Deborah Hill of Maywood...

The family of Virginia Schaffert is hosting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday on Dec. 9. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 512 Arizona Street Box 315 Culbertson, NE 69024

The family of Carol Helm of McCook, formerly of Danbury, is hosting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born Dec. 5, 1926. Her children are the late Danny Thomas, a casualty in the Vietnam War in Oct. 1979, Eugene and Cathy Thomas of Culbertson, Edward and Linda Thomas of McCook and Carolyn and Darryl Lee of McCook. She has nine grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at Willow Ridge, Apt. 320, McCook, NE 69001...

Nov. 1, 1932 - Dec. 1, 2006 CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Georgene A. Kircher, 74, died Friday (Dec. 1, 2006) at her home in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was born Nov. 1, 1932, to George and Mary Thummel in Oberlin. She attended school in Oberlin. She married James Kircher on Dec. 29, 1954, in Indianola. She was a cosmetologist at Chris' Hair Port. She was a former resident of McCook...

Alcohol retailers may still get the chance to sell hard liquor on Sunday during the holiday season after all. An city ordinance that would allow retail establishments to sell alcohol other than beer and wine on Sunday goes before the McCook City Council Monday night on its second reading...

LINCOLN?-- Attorney General Jon Bruning Friday filed suit in Lancaster County District Court against Kyle Kopitke, of Nelson, formerly of Oxford, for defrauding Nebraskans in a charitable war museums scheme. Lancaster County District Court Judge Jodi Nelson granted Bruning's emergency request for a temporary restraining order against Kopitke and the museums to restrain him from relocating the war museums and removing the corporate assets of the museums until the court orders otherwise...

Jack Frost paints every detail on a sunflower head and on tall, willowy grasses in a Hayes Center road ditch. He'll have to work late in Southwest Nebraska for the rest of the week, with temperatures expected to be near or above 50 degrees.

It was part of every farm kid's life. When it came time to drive to town -- which was once or twice a week instead of every day like it is today -- one of the regular stops was the co-op. There was gasoline and tires, oil and tractor fuel, a place to haul the corn after harvest, and a place to store it until the market was right. ...

Whether or not you're a football fan, you would get a kick out of trick plays. They're a hoot. The reason they're so much fun is that trick plays are not only unexpected ... they are off-beat, with the team playing the trick trying to catch the other team off guard...

Continuing with our tour of the constellations of winter, we come to a constellation with a dual personality. That is Auriga (pronounced oh-RYE-guh), The Charioteer. Auriga can be found now in the northeast in the early evening (about 7 p.m. local time) First locate our friend Taurus, the Bull, and move to its left (as you are looking at it). ...

To the good people of McCook and the surrounding area, the Pantry expresses heartfelt thanks to the churches, businesses and their employees, individuals and church youth groups who trick-or-treated for the Pantry, and Scouts for their generous support of the Pantry with time, food and monetary donations...

To anyone who was around in 1941 the name of Pearl Harbor brings forth indelible images in the mind, the same as does the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1962. People remember just where they were when they first heard the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, to jump start World War II. It's true that at that time most people had never heard of Pearl Harbor and had no idea just where it was, but over the next days, weeks and years of World War II we surely did find out...