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McPherson County News~ Established 1889 ~

Serving McPherson County & Tryon, Nebraska

Over The Hills By J.R. Trumbull

Quote: “I may not knowall the answers - but I cer-tainly have a lot of opin-ions!!!”

A helpful list I found onthe internet the otherday: I amended some ofthem a bit.

12 Things to always re-member-

1. The past cannot bechanged

2. Opinions, even yourown, don’t define yourreality

3. Everyone’s journey isdifferent

4. Things do get betterwith time – in one way oranother

5. Judgments are a con-fession character

6. Overthinking willlead to sadness in mostcases

7. Happiness is foundwithin yourself

8. Positive thoughts cre-ate positive things

9. Smiles are contagious10. Kindness is free11. You only fail if you

quit12. What goes around,

eventually comes aroundThere’s a lot of truth in

every one of these state-ments. An online friendalways ends his postswith “Look for the good.”Look for the good, dwellon the positive, and enjoythe little things in life. Ihave a small “herd” ofwild turkeys that provideendless entertainmentand encouragement. Onehen is crippled yet keepson being a turkey to thebest of her ability. I

TEN YEARS AGOJANUARY 17, 2008

McPherson CountyClerk, Judy Dailey, re-ported the first filing forthe primary election wasthat of Michael J. Janecek,incumbent member onthe McPherson CountyHigh School Board of Ed-ucation. Other positionscurrently held byRochelle Kemp and DougSchmidt were up for elec-tion.

The Lady Longhorns (6-4) lost to Arnold and wonover Stapleton. MekaMelvin scored 11 pointsin the game againstArnold. Melvin also ledMCHS in the 39-33 winover Stapleton. She scored16 points and had nine re-bounds, two assists andthree blocks.

The MCHS boys basket-ball team lost to Arnoldand downed Stapletonover the weekend. Bogo-Borowicz scored 18 andCochran, 16, in the gameagainst Arnold. TheMCHS boys were 4-6 onthe season.

The McPherson CountyRecruitment Committeeplanned to execute theiradvertising campaign andpromotion pamphletswere being finalized.

First semester seniorson the honor roll atMCHS were Meka Melvin(all A's), Petar Pavlovic,and Jalyn Starr.

Deaths: Jack A. Ander-son, 86, of Belton, Mis-souri, died December 9.

TWENTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 15, 1998

District 4 held theirschool competition forthe National GeographyBee. Tyler Abel was thechampion and Leron Hallfinished second.

Tyler Neal, son of Terryand Elnora Neal, wasamong high school sen-iors selected by areateachers to receive theDAR Good Citizen Award.

Kerri Moore of Tryonand Tony Miller of Edisonwere married October 25.

Births: Twin boys wereborn December 11 toJerod and Tina Burge.They have been namedDerrick Jerod and Bron-son Glen.

Deaths: Bennie R. Shim-min, 70, of North Platte,died January 3.

Seniors on the semesterhonor roll at MCHS wereJeremy Arensdorf (all A's),Tara Connell, Ryan Cor-rell (all A's), Toni Kemp,and Todd Schroder.

THIRTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 21, 1988

Blizzard conditions par-alyzed much of the stateand Wm. F. Brabham,weather recorder, re-ported at least 12" of snowwith winds at 20-40 milesper hour. Following threeyears of unusually mildwinters, the state hadbeen hit with some of thecoldest temperature read-ings on record.

Kirt and LaRae Thomp-son of Gothenburg, werethe parents of a babydaughter, Stacy Rae, bornJanuary 4, 1988, at theGothenburg MemorialHospital.

The McPherson CountyHome Extension Councilmet to discuss plans forthe new year. BettySchroeder gave an updatereport on the historybook. Lorna Dobbins wasthe chairman.

FORTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 19, 1978

John Edward "Smokey"Allen died January 14, atthe age of 68 at the GreatPlains Hospital.

In Sandhillers Bowlingresults, Larry Neal hadthe high men's series of526; Pete Pyzer had thehigh men's game with198; and Geneva Neal hadthe high women's seriesand games with 546 and233, respectively.

Birth Announcement:Mr. and Mrs. Pat Simon-son of Seneca, were theparents of a baby boy,Aaron John, born January11.

Alan Miller was picturedin this issue. He scored 22points in a Longhorn lossat Arthur. Alan led Tryonin the scoring depart-ment that year.

Phoebe Lutes-Barrettand Frank Joseph Martinwere married at 10:00a.m. December 24 in Cali-fornia.

The United Church ofChrist at Thedford, pro-vided the setting of theJanuary 7 wedding of Jes-sica A. Paxton and John D.Warren.

Mrs. Eva Connell ex-pressed sympathy in herFlats News column, to theDean and Don Thompsonfamilies over the death oftheir mother, LenaThompson. "She was myfirst grade teacher atPrairie Dale school innortheast Arthur County,"Eva reported.

FIFTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 18, 1968

The engagement of JoyceThompson to DennisMcKillip was announced.

Tryon's basketball teamwon one and lost two dur-ing the last week. In theLittle Loup Tournamentthey won third place bydefeating Brewster, 50-48.In the Halsey-Dunningcontest, Rocky Nicholsonscored 20 points forMCHS, Otis Kemp, 13,Randy Munson, 8, andAllen Kinsman, 7.

The Tryon volleyballteam defeated the Brew-ster girls in three straightgames to win third placein the Little Loup tourna-ment.

Deaths: Funeral servicesfor Ruby V. Huffman, 71,wife of B.C. Huffman,would be held January 20in North Platte. She diedJanuary 16 in the Ogallalahospital following a shortillness.

SIXTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 16, 1958

O'Conner scored 16,Jameson, 12, and Pettit,11, in the 48-59 loss to Sta-pleton. The Tryon teamhad a very bad night andit seemed all the playershad about the same luckwhen it came to puttingthe ball through the hoop.

The Stapleton-Tryonbasketball team markedup another win by defeat-ing the National GuardTeam of North Platte.Russ Miller was high forthe winning team with14. Karn chipped in 11.

Deaths: Walter Bassett,70, died January 1, andservices were held at theEclipse Church.

Pvt. Don J. Leeds wouldgraduate January 23 fromthe field communicationscourse at Fort LeonardWood, MO. The 19-year-old soldier was a 1957graduate of Tryon HighSchool and employed byTriangle Ranch at Hyan-nis in civilian life.

A party would be held inhonor of Larry Neal whowas leaving for the U.S.Air Force on Monday.

Fay Thompson andFrancis Waits helped RayLange butcher last week.

In grade school news, itwas reported pupils couldearn prizes for learningBible verses on their owntime. Duane Schmidt, asecond grader, recited 15verses committed tomemory and asked forthe two prizes which hehad earned.

Danny Nicholson wasthe third grade readinghigh scorer.

SEVENTY YEARS AGOJANUARY 15, 1948

Engagement: Mr. andMrs. D.T. Doyle of Ring-gold announced the en-gagement of theirdaughter, Pearl LaVonne,to N. Ellis Carlson ofMead.

Farm property inMcPherson County wasnow worth more than$2,755,000, and ruralhomes here and through-out the state, are in thebest condition in history.

Births: Mr. and Mrs. Her-mel Priest were the par-ents of a baby girl, SherryLorene. This was the firstgrandchild of Mr. andMrs. C.E. Daly and thefirst granddaughter ofyour editor and wife.

Deaths: Mrs. EllaKramer died January 1 atthe Lewis ConvalescentHome in Sutherland afteran illness of several years.She married Charles H.Kramer and the couplemoved to a ranch nearHyannis in 1905. As a newcounty was organized, thedivision placed theirranch in Arthur County.

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A MOMENT IN TIMEIf I had a moment in time

To capture on the wallOf special people in my life,Is there room to fit them all?

I can’t do it in just one poemBut here are a few I’ll share.There’s a lot I will leave out

‘Cause there’s memories to spare.

Mom’s special filled cookies,Thanks Ann for memory’s delight.

Guys overfeeding Dad at club,He still ate supper that night!

Rocking horse bucked me off,Uncle John choked with mirthDad didn’t think it so funny-

I uttered words I’d heard from birth!

Aunt Ina’s last words to me,There never was a doubt.

She’s with Jesus nowAlways cheerful, not a pout.

Many memories from club,Joe’s laughter and Jim’s grin.Jokes and long told stories

Better stop now for there’s no end.

Brandings could fill a bookAs the scenes go through my mind

Some had just best stay there,For me alone to find.

Memories drift through my mind,This poem can’t contain them all.

Hope I’ll see the folks that spark themAt final roundup when Jesus calls.

hadn’t seen her all sum-mer so figured that a bob-cat or coyote had gottenher, but when the bunchgathered late this fall,there she was gimpingalong keeping up with theothers. Another one usu-ally makes sure that I amawake and that I knowthat she is keeping theworld under control.How do I know that she is“turking” to me? It’spretty evident when she

is looking right at the win-dow where I am watchingher and making eye con-tact when she “speaksout”. The little thingsmake my day!

“Positive people alsohave negative thoughts.They just don’t let thosethoughts grow and de-stroy them.”

“I am grateful. If itweren’t for where I’vebeen, I wouldn’t be whereI am.”

J.R. Trumbull - 23 Nov 2012

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